Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-20
TWO MASONIC TRIENNIALS
General Grand Council and General
Grand Chapter to Meet in Boston.

year III hdSOllC tiICitS III boSloil WI
be the Ninth Triennial Assembly o;
the General Grand Council of Royal
aud Select Masters Of the United
States, which will open in Masonic
Temple on Monday morning, June 1S
to be followed on Tuesday morning,
June 70, by the converting Of the
Thirty-Third Triennial of the General
Grand Royal Arch Chapter OF the
United States. The General Grand
Council will pc in assembly for two
days, while the General Grand Chapter
will convene fO. three days. The
whole week, however. VIII be given
over to business and social gatherings
10y both bodies, which will work TO-
g'ihcr in fratPrh;tl enjoyment Of the
hospitality Of the Massachusetts bod
les.
Although three months away.
preparations for these events hay" been
going ola for some time and it is en-
p"ctcd that thor1 will be Il notable
sLtherins: nf officers. delegates and
their ladies. The Hotel Brunswick has
h.eh designated as headquarters for
both the Gtleral Grand Chapter and
the General Grand Council, and apart
H!-ut$ have already been reserved for
tnt. week The local committees Of
buti' bodies have been actively engaged
in preparation for tn" visit and have
sent out circulars to officers ami mein-
bcrs. tn which encouraging responses
lave been received.
The arral. scments for the Thirty
Third I'ricnnial of he General Grand
Chapter are in the hands of the eX-
ccutivc committee of the Grand Royal
arch CHARTER Of Massachusetts, COM
posed of the fcl!oWinG-namcd: Past
G.und High Priest J. Albert Blake,
chairman Past Grand High Priests J.
Gilman Waite, Warren Il. Ellis and
Samuel Il. Hubbard. and Grand High
Priest Harry Hunt. This cOmmittee
is working with General Grand High
Priest Arthur G. Pollard Of Lowell to
make the thirty-third the most menu
orable of all the gatherings of the
General Grand Chapter.
Tic General Grand Chapter will open
its sessions iii Masonic Temple on
Tuesday morning. June 10. The morn
ing will be devoted principally to the
welcome Of the officers and delegates Of
The General Grand Chapter. Prob
ably most If the delegates will arrive
on Monday, and on reaching their
room, at headquarters will find that
everything has been arranged for their
comfort and pleasure during the week.
IN each room will be Il guide to Eos
ton, Il program for the exercises; of the
week tickets for banuuets and eX-
cul Sions badges and other little re-
mifiIcrs that the Grand Royal Arch
Chapter of Massachusetts extends q
most cordial greeting and hearty wei
come To the old BAY State.
During the week elaborate collections VIII
he $. rve, daily in Masonic Temple. SO
thai the business of the General Grand
Chapter my be dispatched without delays.
This will be in addition To banquetS
and receptions that will be otherwise
provided. On Tuesday evening there will
be 4 reception in Masonic Temple to the
General Grand Royal Arch Chapter OF
the United States by til. Grand Royal
Arch Chapter of Massachusetts. The ot,i
GERS and delegates OF the General Grand
Council will assist at the reception. This
affair will he. open to all Royal Arch
MlsonS and their ladies' ana tickets Tor
the occasion will be distributed.
ON Wednesday the General Grand
Chapter VIII De IN session All utN. lllIt
afternoon TIL" ladies accompany ing liz"
delegates Will be entertained by rNCur-
SomS to plic.s of historic interest i'll and
about Boston. In addition 10 This tt"r :
Will he II harbor trip iur all who desire"
a steamer will be chartered for the &C
cIsinn ard band and refreshments will
add to the enjoyment Of the attrrroon.
"Wednesday evening also will b" devoted
to the social side, the occasion being a
reception ut the Hotel Brunswick ten
dercd by General Grand High Priest Ar
thur c. Pollard and HirS. Pollard, To TIL"
entire visiting delegation and their ladies
This will he one of the leading features Of
the ", t'k'I entertainment.
Thursday Will he given over to business
sessions during the day and in the even
ing will come the great event of the week
7 his will be banquet III fremont Tenn
pie, which already has been nEaged. 1t
is proposed to have for this event some OF
the most famous speakers of the country.
and already negotiations are being CON
Quoted to secure their presence with
promises already in hand, ensuring Il
notable now of oratory. The general
topic Tor the aftcr-dinner exercises. will
be Free Masonry q World Power
In years past there has been some senti-
ment against the trcnnials. but recently
this has turned strongly in favor of the
General Grand Chapter. which is now
stronger than ever One Of the greatest
benefits of the triennalS is the bringing
together of delegates from all sections OF
the country in traternal meetings. which
strongly together. This year promises
greater results than ever before Re-
sponscs already received indicate that
several hundred delegates and their ladies'
viii be in Boston in June The last trirn-
NAL was held in Little Rock. Ark, and il
has not been held here since 1850.
The General Grand Chapter of tho
United States was established in Boston
on Oct. q, 1897. The first session was n
convention of representatives of St. An
drew's Chapter of Boston. NewburyDort
Chapter of Newburyport tsince remained
King Cyrus Chapter and Temple Chapter
of Albany. n. y. There were only seven
Royal Arch ,Masons present at this con-
ventinn These del gates met in the old
Masonic Hall ~. Anne street. now North
street, and concluded to issue circulars to
the Royal Arch chapters Of New England
and New York State. calling Il meeting
IN Hartford. This convention was held IN
that city on Jan. "a. 1898, and there was
completed the organization Of the General
Gfand Royal Arch Chapter Of the United
states They elected as the first general
grand high priest, Ephraim Kirby OF
| eonn"clicut. He was installed by Fen
iamm Hurd OF st. Andrews Charter Of
fosthn. the Oldest grind NIGH priest rem
resented. They also adopted a constitution
providing for convocations septennially.