The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-03-10
NEW HOME
DEDICATED
Three Hundred MasonS Gath
cred Last Night
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In BLANCHARD BLOCK
Occasion was the More Notable BY the
Presence Of Many Grand Officers
Local Masons Are
Congratulated.
IN BLANCHARD BLOCK

The large and well appointed rooms Of
Granite lodge, No. 35, Il. b A. M, which
include the whole top story Of the Blan-
chard block, were last evening dedicated
in formal and ancient custom by the
Most Worshipful Grand Master, Walter
Z. Ranger Of Providence, n. T., and other
grand lodge officers, who were Right
Worshipful Deputy Grand Master Charles
a. Calderwood OF st. Johnsbury; Right
Worshipful Grand Senior Warden Lee
Tillotson Of st. Albans; Right Worship.
full Grand Junior Warden Everett G..
Benton of GuildhaIl; Worsbipful Assis-
tant Grand Chaplain Rev. Charles Part
ridge Of Woodstock; Worshipful Grand
Marshall p. S. Danforth Of st, Albans;
Worshipful Grand Steward Albert Kill
am OF Burlington; Worshipful Grand
Steward, NJ D. S. Thompson Of Bur-
lington; Worshipful Grand Tyler Henry
Poole of Wiiliamstown.
The dedicatory exercises were most
impTessiyely performed in the presence
of large gathering Of 900 master ma
sons and their wives aud lady friends.
AT the close of the dedication Worship
fnl Master William Cato introduced
Grand Master Walter f. Ranger, who
was formerly state superintendent Of
education. Mr.. Ranger gave a most in
teresting and instructing talk on mason
Nv and its meaning. He said that Gran
ite lodge, No. 35, was TO be congratu-
lated Oh the completion Of it's lodge
rooms and also deserved great praise
because OF the sincerity and earnest de-
yotion OF its members 10 the interests
Of masonry. Deputy Grand Master G.
A. Calderwood was next called upon,
who said he wished TO congratulate this
lodge for having an Eastern Star order
and be spoke good word for the ladies
order IN concluding his remarks Mr.
Calderwuod said that masonry was not
confined within the borders OF our own
state 81 county, but is known to all
the English speaking people Of the world
and littls do we know, be said, of what
masonry has done these people and 70
bring about peace and harmony among
nations.
Grand Senior Warden Lee Tillotson
paid a tribute to Granite lodge when he
said that il was well known among ma
sons that some of the best informed
and most jealous masons in the state are
members Of Granite lodge. He concluded
by reciting selection in the Canadian
dialect in very pleasing manner. Grand
Junior Warden Z. G. Benton proved him.
self good story teller and kept the
company in laughter with several stories
which were to the point.
The last speaker was Assistant Grand
Chaplain Rev. Charles Partridge. The
chaplain said that masons in Vermont
in the last ten years had begun to think
Of masonry more seriously, had begun
to see that the essential thing of being
mason was not simply being a mem
Der of the lodge, but to live and act
every day what the doctrines Of masonry
teach.
Following this part Of the programme
the company was invited into the ban-
quet hall, where delightful refreshments
were served by Caterer NJ. j MCGOWAN,
assisted BY the following young ladies;
The Misses Margaret Cato, Mary Wells,
Ina Patterson, Margaret Barclay, Jessie
aNHIa1ftY ANAAiAG kAAls GAtilttN
Ethel Even, Ethel Gladding and Henri
etta lnglish. During the evening a very
enjoyable concert was furnished by
Batehelders orchestra Of five pieces.
The rooms of Granite lodge are spa.
cious and very nicely furnished. TIE
south side Of the floor is taken up with
the lodge room, ante-rooms, cloak room
and smoking room, while on the north
side is large banquet hall, kitchen
aud reception room,
The masons who composed the com.
mittee Of arrangements were Worshipful
Master William Cato. James r. Coutts,
n l.. Small, l.. L. Roberts, G. Z. Camp
bell, j. NJ. Bonnyman and J. S. Will
son, Jr. The committee wishes to ex-
tend its thanks to the ladies who so
kindly assisted.