Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-05-24
ODD FELLOWS WEEK.
Annual Meetings Of State Bodies in
Burlington.

| odd Fellows week in Burlington wa
opened the 18th by the annual department
council of the Patriarchs Militant VIII
the president. Col. f. A. Spear OF Mooa'
stock, presiding.
The president stated that there had beer
an increase of 43 in membership ana rec
| commended an increase in tax from 70 le
! IS cents per capita, thereby providing toi
| the national assessment and leaving the
department 25 cents per member
| The report of the secretary, A. 4
Spaulding of Woodstock, showed II can
/ tons, three battalions and one regiment IN
the department with a total membership
| OF 1876. -
The report Of the treasurer, F. I. Kid
der of Woodstock, sho ed the total re-
| &c pts to have been S212.0l, with dishurse-
ments of Sl31.07 leaving a balance Of
ss0.97.
The following officers were elected
President, Col. +. A. Spear OF Woodstock ]
vice president. Lieut.. Col. w. I. Hsigh OF
Brattleboro; secretary, Maj. A. r. Spauld-
ing OF Woodstock treasurer, +. /. KID
der Of Woodstock; chaplain, Capt. Z. r.
Dodge of Rutland; officer OF the day, capt.
w. j. Cain Of Brattleboro, officer OF the
guard. Capt. Alexander Duncan OF Barre /;
aid, Capt. l.. Ii. Slater of Brattleboroi sem
tinel, G. A. Metcalf OF Brattle boro; picket,
A. j. Tenney of st. Adams.
The annual parade OF the Patriarchs oc-
Cured in the afternoon, Col. r. A. spear
commanding, and was composed OF a
platoon OF police, Sherman's Military
band, first and second battalions, can
tons Lafayette of Burlington, Ninton OF
Barre, franklin of st. Adams, Crescent OF
st. John sbury, Palestine OF Brattleboro,
Woodstock, Hamilton and Green Noun
tain lodges of Burlington.
In the evening, just preceding the ball
Of 100 couples, the deco alton OF ehiyalry
was conferred By Col. Spear on Capt W.
j. Bradley Of Brattleboro, Major A. r.
Spaulding of Woodstock, Capt. X. A.
spear Of Burlington and Mrs. Sarah Stur-
gis of Brattleboro.
Encampment was held the 10th with
Grand Patriarch w. p. Horton OF Rutland
presiding.
This branch Of the order has a total
memb ership of l726, has had an increase
OF IS in the year and loss OF II by death.
Receipts OF q ,50l.79, and expenditures OF
Il ,496.2S were reported. The value OF the
property Of the encampment is sl2,5I3.36.
The following officers were elected
Grand patriarch, w. b. Hutchinson Of
Woodstock grand high priest, W. r.
Coombs OF BrattleoorO; grand senior war
den, George H. Stearns OF st. Johnsburg;
grand scribe, {. w. Farr of st. Johnsbury (;
grand treasurer, l.. j. Brown OF Bradford I;
grand junior warden, O. W. Harwood of
Bennington; grand representative to the
Sovereign Grand Lodge, W. p. Horton OF
Rutland.
The annual banquet OF the Past Grand
Masters and Past Grand Patriarchsi asso-
citation came in the evening. DR.. W. l..
Harris OF Chester was POSTMASTER and re-
sponses were made by n. b. Dana OF Bos-
ton, grand master OF Massachusetts; La
mont Hill on Of Portsmouth, grand master
Of New Hampshire; 0. +. Gibson OF Bur-
lingtoD, grand master OF Vermont; Massa-
chuset,s' grand representative, grand
secretary and past grand sire, George II.
Fuller OF Boston, j. L. Perkins OF Boston
and A. 5. Pinkerton OF Worcester.
The committee on nominations through
II. l.. Stillson OF Bennington submitted a
list OF officers OF the association for the
year ensuing. The report WAS accepted
and was as follows President, Col. II.
W. Hall OF Burlington; vice president,
DR.. w. l.. Havens OF Chester Depot: secre-
tary, II. l.. Stilson OF Bennington; treas
urer, j. w. Goodell Of Burlington; execu-
tive committee, l.. G. Grant OF Burlington,
o II. Henderson OF ST. Johnsbury, ;. A.
Reed OF Windsor and II. l.. Parker OF
Lyndonvile.
The Goth annual session OF the Grand
Lodge convened the 18th with 225 dele
gates In attendance.
1he grand master, O. +. Chilson Of Bur
lington, gave the membership OF the
subordinate lodges as $3.50, with an in
crease OF So during the year. He stated
that the Rebekah lodges gained 269 mem
bers for the year ending December 81,
1905. and three lodges have been added
since that time. There are now 5,l53
brothers and sisters affiliated with the
Rehekah branch Of the order.
The grand treasurer, l.. e. Grant OF
Burlington, reported receipts Of s6,210.56.
expenditures Of s2,665.55 aud balance OF
s3,5l5 Of.
sentative, presented the Grand Lodge with
a gavel made by Filipino at the United
States arsenal at Cayite, Philippine
Islands, under the direction OF New
England Odd Fellow. The wood was
taken from Spanish gunboat sunk by
Admiral Dewey's fleet at the battle OF
Manila.
The report Of Grand Secretary Harry +.
Parker Of Bradford, contained these
iacts:-Three lodges have over 200 menu
bers. and IS over 1901 each Wantasiunet.
No. 5, OF Brattleboro is the largest lodge
in the jurisdiction, having 372 members.
Thirty-seyen lodges gain, while % lose,
and six hold their own. Hamilton Lodge,
No. IA, makes the largest gain for the
year ~. Amount paid for relief OF
brothers WAS =, 269 IS: of transient broth
ers, sl,75l p; of widowed families. SOS
for burying the dead, s2,720; other dona-
tions, s3l7sl; special relief, S7p3.25
total. sl3,9i6.73. The total valuation
Of property, buildings. real estate.
cash on hand, etc, is s127, 900 p. Amount
OF Indebtedness, S11.213.1s. he received
from the subordinate lodges for the
California Odd Fellows, y ,202.S3; from
the Rebeksh lodges, $40, making a total
of s1,292A forwarded TO +. B. Ogden.
grand warden, Oakland, Cal.
These officers were chosen - Grand
master, p. A. Robbins cf Newport
deputy grand master, Calvin Endress OF
Bennington; grand secretary, II. T..
Parker Of Bradford; grand treasurer, l..
G. Grant Of Burlington; grand warden,
r. W. Jackson OF Barre; grand representa-
tive for two years. o. 4. Gibson Of Bur-
lington. Appointive officers were an
nounced as follows:- Grand marshal.
Frank f. Perry Of Brattleboro; grand
conductor, x. r. Hatch on Bristol: grand
guardian, +. +. Sargent of 81. Johnsbury:
grand herald, +. q. Nichols Of Richmond.
No admissions have been made to the
Gin Odd Fellows home during the mast
year. There was one death, John o.