Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-02-28
MASONIC CONVENTION.
Interesting Session Held in ELS
worth Last Week.

StSSlOH III
worth Last Week.
The convention of the masonic lodges
OF this district, with several lodges of the
adjoining districts included by invitation,
was held at Odd Fellows hall, Ellsworth,
last Thursday.
The attendance was undoubtedly cut
down by the bad travelling, but in spite
of this, about $50 Masons were present.
Fifteen lodges were represented, as fol-
lows: Pleiades, Milbridge; Felicity,
Bucksport; Caspen Lake, Vermont; Baska-
hogan, Danforth; Bagaduce (under dis
pensation), Brooksville; Rising Star,
Penobscot; Lygonia and Esoteric, Els
worth; Bar Harbor, Bar Harbor; North
east Harbor, Northeast Harbor; Solomon,
Savage, Md; David A. Hooper, Sullivan;
fremont, Southwest Harbor; Mt. Desert,
Mt. Desert; Ira Berry, Bluehill.
The convention was one Of the best in
the history of the district. The work in
the exempllfcation of the degrees was
exceptionally good, and in the interesting
discussions of the work which followed
each degree, there was little, criticism.
The visiting Masons were loud in their
praises of the manner in which the COM
mittee from the two Ellsworth lodges
provided for their entertainment.
The convention was called to order by
District Deputy E. K. Whitaker, of Bar
Harbor. F. J. Brewer, of Bar Harbor, was
secretary of the convention. The lodge
was opened in the Master Mason's degree,
with the district deputy in the East,
James f. Parsons, of Ellsworth, in the
West and H. E. Rowe, of Ellsworth, in the
South.
After the opening, the lodge was turned
over to the Winter Harbor lodge, for the
exemplifcation of the first degree. The
degree team of this lodge was as follows:
F. E. Weston, W. NJ; c. H. Davis, S. W.;
Henry Frazier, j. W.; Francis Stanley,
chaplain; j. w. Roberts, treasurer; E. F.
Chaplain, secretary; H. Smallidge, S. D.;
James Webber, j. D.; Brad Keith, S. s.;
E. A. Bickford, j. s.; H. E. Rowe, of Els
worth, serving as marshal. Richard
Farrar acted as candidate.
At the close of this work, Northeast
Harbor lodge exemplifed the second
degree, with the following team: George
E. Turner, w. NJ; Ed. Hodgdon, s. W.;
Fred Bucklin, ]. W.; Charles Bunker,
chaplain; Alvah Reed, secretary; E. L.
Holmes, s. D.; Will Holmes, J. D.; Frank
Squirting, s. s.; Frank Elliott, ]. s.; Mr..
Lurvey, marshal. John Pedder served as
the candidate.
AT 6 O'Clock turkey supper was served.
The arrangements for the supper were
excellent, and the large crowd was fed
without confusion or delay.
In the evening the third degree was ex-
emplified by Mt. Desert lodge, with the
following officers: WI. Richardson, w.
NJ; T. Richardson, S. W.; Andrew Reed,
j. W.; Ezra Mason, chaplain; Clifford
Richardson, secretary; Eugene Richard.
son, S. D.. John Richardson, J. D.; Harry
Haynes, S. s.; Frank Higgins, j. s.; H. E.
Reed, marshal. Will Morris acted as the
candidate.
Music for this degree was furnished by
the quartette from Esoteric lodge-Messrs.
Tapley, Robinson, King and Cunningham.
At the close of the work, District Deputy
Whitaker again took the chair, for the
closing business of the convention. After
criticism and comment on the work, a
vote of thanks was given to the Ellsworth
lodge and the committee of arrangements
for the entertainment provided, and to
the Esoteric quartette for music. 1t was
voted to engage quartette for all the
degrees at the next annual convention,
and while it was not made part of the
vote, it was tacitly agreed that this should
be the Esoteric quartette.
The district deputy, in closing the lodge,
complimented the lodges which exempli-
fed the work, and also thanked the
Masons of the district for courtesies ex-
tended to him as district deputy.
| AT midnight supper was served, and
even after this the brothers fingered for
social intercourse while the smoke curled
| from cigars.
| The committee from the two Ellsworth
lodges which had charge of arrangements
was as follows: E. s. Means, Edgar
Moore and Capt. w. P. Woodward, from
Lygonia; w. Fl. Dresser, H. w. Morang
and John A. Stuart, from Esoteric.
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