Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-23
MAINE FRATERNiTlES
a Chat About the Secret Societies Of
Our State.

i SuT 0tdte.
| Knox Lodge Of Odd Fellows, Rock
land. has initiated 10 candidates thus
far this year.
] Dr. II. NJ. Robbins. past exalted ruler
OF the Rockland Lodge of Elks is in at
| tendance at the session and reunion of
the Grand Lodge, in Denver Col.
Louis p. Whitney, vice grand of Ii
gonna Lodge. No. 5. l. o. o. F.. Port
iand, mas resigned his office in the lodge
and with his family will move to Pasa-
| dena. Cal
The quarterly session Of the Cum
berland District Lodge, I. o. G. IT,.
| Portland, will be held with Rose Of
| Casco Bay Lodge Of Orr's Island. in
| September
| Past Chancellor Joseph Fl. Clark Of
Gen. Berry Lodge, X. of P, Rockland,
has received an appointment as deputy
grand chancellor for the twelfth and
thirteenth districts
The Portland Sons Of Veterans have
accepted an Invitation from the Lewis
ton G. A. r.. to assist them at dinner
! to be served to the veterans who are
to be encamped on the State Fair
| september B..
| John III. Mcnamara of Boston. who
is spending his vacation in Camden,
has presented George s. Cobb Post. G..
A. r.. OF that city with a handsome
| Sign. The sign has been hung over
| the door of the Grand Army hall.
| Chas. Z. Merrill of Auburn has been
appointed chaplain of the department
division of Maine, Sons of Veterans, by
the division commander, Darling S.
Hayes. Other appointments are as fol-
lows: Councillor, Robert L. Whitcomb.
Portland; inspector, Charles L. Chase,
| Newport; personal aide. Alfred P.
Brown, Sanford; assistant secretary,
Benjamin r. Dyer Sanford. At the
| annual meeting Of the division the Of
fees of secretary and treasurer were
combined and Col. f. K. Gould of
| Rockland was elected TO the position.
Arcana Lodge. No. 1o2. K. OF P.
| Thomaston, will entertain the rank
team of Peter Woodland Lodge Of
Lynn, Mass. Monday evening. Septem-
Der g. The first and third ranks will
| be exempIified by this most celebra ted
rank staff in the past. The rank
| team comprises GO members and has
| recently purchased new paraphernalia
at cost of So, 900. The exercises will
be held in Watts hall and will be a
most important event in Pythian cir
| cles. Invitations have been extended
| to all the X. of p. lodges in the vicin-
| ity of Thomaston to be present.
J. Edward Sullivan Of Bangor, State
deputy grand president Of the Maine
Fraternal Order of Eag giles has received
m invitation from j. ]. Davis Of An
| derson, IND, chairman of the commit
tee of arrangements. to attend ban
quet to be held on August 10 in Mil
waukee, Wis, in honor of Hon. II. D.
Davis, grand worthy president of the
F. o. +. The banquet is rendered by
all the State deputy grand presidents
and will be held in the Hotel Pfister.
| Mr.. Sullivan will accept the invitation
and will respond to the toast, Estate Of
Maine"
| The Portland comm......i,s of the
| United Order Of the Golden Cross. are
to attend the Goth anniversary field day
| to be held at Lake Maranacook, Tues
day. July "a. The program for the day
| is to include addresses by the grand
and supreme officers. and Is to be
| given under the direction of the grand
| lodge of Maine. Music and dancing will
be enjoyed during the day and a game
OF baseball will be played between
| two feminine teams. There Is also to
be gall game between the Penobscots
and Kennebec. Supreme Chancellor ].
p. Bnrlingame of Providence. r. l.,
has signified his intention to be present
| and deliver one of the address Of
the occasion.
| The Maine Daughters of the Revolu
| ton are looking forward to the visit of
| Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey of Wash
| ington. D. c., regent of the District of
| Columbia. She will visit Boston, COM
| ing from there to Portland. and plans
are being made by the Portland chap
| ter for her entertainment. Mrs. Mussey
| one of the foremost women in the
| country along all the progressive
| lines for women and will be a great
| incentive to the Portland Daughters.
Just what form the entertainment
| will take has not been definitely de-
cided as yet but probably a lunch
| con at Riverton with some private
| entertaining. She was married in
1871 to Gen. r. D. Mussey and was
associated with him in the general
practice Of law until his death in
1892. She has since continued the
practice. being a member Of the Bar
of the Supreme Court of the United
| States. She Is attorney in several
foreign legations and counsel for sew
eral national. patriotic and labor or
CARNATIONS. She is the attorney and
one Of the founders Of the American
| National Red Cross. past president OF
Legion Of Loyal Women. dean and
founder OF the Washington College of
Law. She secured from Congress
bill giving mothers the same right to
their children as fathers in the dis
trict. and also giving married women
the same right to do business and
control their earnings and other i'm
portant measures.