Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-10-19
10th AN NlVERSARY
Members of Washington LODGE
No. 8, Celebrated Friday Night.
Master Mason Degree ExcImpliied ny
Past MNstcrs-Bnnquct Served IN
I5O Members Followed by Post.
prnndial Exercises.

The 10th anniversary of Washington
Lodge. No. 3. f.. d 4. NJ. was celebrated
Friday night III "A pleasing and fitting man
net. over $50 memDcr and guests gath
cred at tn" lodge rooms to witness tn,
.Nenplilication of the Master Mason de-
gree upon one candidate. The lodge was
opened with the regular officers in the
stations. but when the work WAS begun
they had retired and were succeeded by
past masters. The work WAS carried
out in an unusually impressive manner.
the verdict of those present being that
they had seldom. II ever. seen til" degree
,Sompliticd with SO much force and feel
ing. The past masters who served were:
T.. NJ. II. c. Humphrey as W. NJ.
+. NJ. c. c. Miller as 5. w.
y. NJ. J. +. Cushman as j. W.
J.. NJ. George w. Lowrcy as 5. -.
j. NJ. II. NJ. Mcintosh ~ J. d.
i. NJ. j. Holmes jackson as $. S.
J.. NJ. l.. A. Brodie as j. S.
J.. NJ. George W Grandv rs marshal.
Saylos Nichols as treasurer.
]. T. Trail as secretary.
The Rev. q. Glenn Atkins as chaplain.
At the conclusion Of the degree work
the company adjourned to the banquet
hall where II banquet was served hy Ca
terer Kent. Following the banquet AN
historical sketch was given by Sayl's
Nichols and remarks were mad" by l.. $.
Drew, T.. :. Retain. the Rev. q. G. Atkins
and 4. {. Miller. the speakers being in
troduccd by NJ. &. Grandy. worshiptul
master. Mr.. Grandy received letters from
=. NJ. l.. A.. stone of Detroit, Or. a. i.
Griruc]l of New York and others but was
unable to- read them at the exercises.
During the course OF his remarks M.
Miller presented l.. a. Brodic with IA past
masters jewel and II" made a hitting re-
spolsc to the presentation. The gather
inu then came to an end with the singing
OF Aud Lang Sync.
HISTORICAL SKETCH.
ON October IS. 1913. the Grand Lodge of
Vermont. convened in Windsor. granted "a
charter to T. brethren under the name of
washington Lodge. No. :. which after
wards became Washington Lodge, NO. ).
No other organization in this city c%-
ccnt the university. chartered IN l"l, an
tcda,os Washington Lodge. Vermont
had been admitted to the Union but -four
wears. /, is estimated thai at that dat"
u,a5, burlington had a population Oh
.,lout 800 souls. The first postoficc was
nrcned in l7ao. The first court mousse
luil, IN 1856. The first Jail built III 1896
The first newspaper tho burlington
Mercury. published in 1917. The hrst COL
lcrc commencement was in 1904. The first
succcssfu, steamboat in the world was
the Vermont of this town i'll 1913.
rho lodge suffered a great loss IN tho
burning of the records and books OF the
lodge IN the court house fire in June, ls2S'
rho first meetings Of the lodge were
h.ld in the house of Gideon Kim VINO
kent a hotel at tn. corner of KIM ana
Water street. King street was named al
t,r him.
PUBLIC OCCASIONS.
rho LAYING of the corner stone OF the
university. under General Lafayette i'll
sumo. 1926, was participated in by Wash
tn.ton Ledge. The lodge also participated
IN the ceremonies in connection with the
iavjns OF the corner stone of many other
prominent buildings erected in the carly
years of the last century.
From 1Sc. the meetings Of the lodge
were held in the court house until the
burning of that structure in ISIS. Tnep
,onms were secured in the building on
It. Paul street. now occupied by the
lfcme Savings bank, where regular COM
munications were held until 1874, when
another move was necessary because OF
Increasing membership and lodge rooms
fttod up in the turk block on College
street. Here the ledge remained until the
building and completion Of the Masonic
Temple in which tho lodge secured large
aud cOmnlodious quarters. The member
slip t. day is ~, Tho oldest living menu
tN,, rf NE,olt.tn, I adam ~lo, T., 49,.