St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-06-14
VERMONT NEWS.
.nnuaI Convention Of 0. e. y.

fzzE H.
nl as. Chapter, No. 80, to the grand
b aes re' and guests, was an exemplihca-
onlel ofthe work, also the addenda of the
M Me- Tie. There was an attendance OF
1do or more, some being present from
T4oo p and Greenfield, Mass. The
NJ "nd;t;on of the grand chapter, is as fol-
I 49, Number OF chapters, "a; number OF
'an,hers, 1924; gain during the year,
la Na chanter and 493 members. The lar
o 1na+ cain was in Phyllis chapter OF Rut-
I'D which initiated 38. The state.
l annt of the general fund shows balance
ll'p e. 007, and there is 81, 585 in the
Masonic home fund.
The following officers were elected or
oonointed, and installed: Grand Patron,
np GFrederick G. Pettee, Of Brattleboro;
D Drand matron, Mrs. Willis F. Griswold.
81 Snringfeld; associate grand patron,
" George H. Gorham, OF Bellows Falls;
nssociate grand matron, Mrs. Lillian c.
1 Sbase, of East Fletcher; grand secretary,
Ganrv L. Stillson. of Bennington; grand
!.easnrer, Miss Eta A. Fairman, of
windsor; grand conductress, Mrs. Jessie
y Bigwood, of Burlington; associate
nrand conductress, Mrs. George F. Le-
fsand of Springfield: grand warder, Mrs.
1 christina Borland of st. Johnsbury;
G+and chaplain, Rev. l. P. Chase, of Bar
ION Landing; grand lecturer, Mrs. Emma
M, Miller, Of Newport; grand marshal,
4 Mrs. Carrie L. Hamilton, of Brattleboro;
+ grand sentinel, Carl r. Storrs, of New
Il eeort. grand Adah, Mrs. Abbie D. Stone,
ri Barre; grand Ruth, Mrs. Fannie K.
4 Wbeatley, of Montpelier; grand Electa,
Mrs. William Ford, of Lyndonville; COM
mittee on foreign correspondence, Mrs.
4 Helen Stillson, OF Bennington. The Offices
q If grand Esther and grand Martha were
n not filled.
Il The next convocation will be held at
II Enosburg Falls. 1t was voted to change
N the annual meetings of subordinate chap
tiers from December to April.
Episcopal Diocesan Convention.
N The 115th annual convention OF the
Episcopal diocese of Vermont will be
II held at St. James church at Woodstock
II Wednesday and Thursday, June 81 and
4 %. The convention will meet for organi
cation Wednesday morning at $50
N o'clock. The opening service will be hello
II at 9 O'Clock, the celebration OF the holy
u communion. The offering will be fol
n diocesan missions. The convention will
Il then proceed to business. The annua
Il address of the Rt. Rev. Arthur c. A. Hall
n bishop of the diocese, will be delivered il
n the church at II O'Clock. The evening
session of Wednesday will be chiefly de
Il voted to the consideration of missionary
n work of the diocese. Tuesday evening
II Iuue 20, there will be services in St
q lanes church with a sermon by Rev. S
n Halsted Watkins. of St. Adams. Wednes
u day, morning prayer will be said at 6.3C
n o'clock, followed by celebration OF tn
N holy communion at 6.45; evening praye
at o'clock. Thursday, holy communion
N at 7.15 o'clock; morning prayer at
81 o'clock.
n Marker for Ann Story Cabin Site.
Wallace c. Clement, OF Rutland. who's
nj wife is president of the Vermont Societ.
III Of Colonial Danes, has made recommend
nj atoms regarding the proposed marke
e for the site of the Ann Story Cabin i
Salisbury. At the request of the pres
III dent Mr.. Clement has visited the locatio
81 Of the old cabin, which stood west of til
I'd highway leading from West Salisbury t
@ Middlebury. Directly west of the sit
Y but a few feet distant, is large limeston
E ledge, which in some places, is frol
u thirty to forty feet high, Fletcher /
81 Proctor, of Proctor, has given a NOM
ment for a marker, and Mr.. Clement
idea is to level off the top of the ledge an
g place the monument thereon, fax
off one side of the ledge, put suitab
Inscriptions on both the monument an
the face of the ledge, and put markers {
ii the four corners of the site OF the o.
n cabin. Mr.. and Mrs. Columbus Smit
Il have decided to the society the site OF Il
cabin and right of way leading theret
This will be the first historic site to
marked by the state society.
u Automobile Club to Meet.
DR.. Lewis Hazen, president of the We
mont Automobile club, has called
q meeting of the club at Montpelier Tue
Il dav, Iune 10. At that time the schedu
for the seasons runs will be made OF
and plans discussed in detail for trips
be made. 1t is probable that the eli
will visit the White Mountains in Ju
when a prominent Boston club make
rendezvous there at their annual meetii
j and when races will be held, feature
which will be mountain climbing. I
Vermont club now numbers 200 menbe
with prospect of an early large increa
as the number of cars in use in the sta
has increased at rapid rate during t
past year. Burlington alone has mo
than so machines and St. Adams, MOI
pelier and Rutland nearly as many,
The amount of $4,000 has be
pledged in stock subscriptions to ass
the W. A. Choate Manufacturing Co.,
Albany, N. Y, to erect plant in "
mington for the manufacture OF scho
furniture. 1t is expected that the co
pany will be organized at once and bui
ings erected so that work can be beg
this fall w. A. Choate has been in
business at Albany for twenty-five yea
or more. In view of the fact that tn
is no factory for making school furnit1
east of Buffalo, it is anticipated that
project will prove successful. Havl
lost their only manufacturing establi
ment in the fire of last August, the PEG
u OF Wilmington feel great interest in
i undertaking.
A new pipe organ valued at abe
u $4,000 has just been placed in
u Catholic church at Woodstock.
organ is the gift of two friends of
y church.
Il The board of education of the W
Lebanon, N. H., high school has cleo