Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-02-15
MAS0NS AT BELLOWS FALLS
over 300 Attended Yesterday the Most
Successful Meeting Ever Held In the
Eighth Masonic District


Eighth Masonic District.
The most successful district meeting
ever held in the eighth Masonic district
of Vermont was attended in Bellows Falls
yesterday afternoon and evening by over
300 Master Masons. A special train was
run from Brattleboro at lis D. m, and it
returned shortly after midnight with 90
to 100 on board. The meeting was held
in the lodge rooms Of King Solomon's
Temple lodge, and was under the general
direction of Frederick J. Swift of Brat
tleboro. district deputy grand master, to
whom much of the credit for the success
is due. The Masons with one accord
praise their reception and entertainment
by the Bellows Falls brethren
\ lodge of Master Masons was opened
in form at 230 D. m. by King Solomon's
Temple lodge, No. 45, Dayton II. Switzer,
w. NJ. The Entered Apprentice degree
was conferred in form by Brattleboro
lodge, No. 102, George NJ. Clay w. NJ
Columbian lodge, No. 36, of Brattleboro
was on the program to give the lectures
but owing to the illness Of Christie b
Crowell w. NJ, Brothers Evans and Cud-
worth Of Blazing Star lodge No. 23 of
Townshend, were called upon for this
work. review of the work and lectures
by J. Vernon Dutton of Hardwick grand
lecturer, followed.
At o'clock a banquet was served by
banquet room Of the opera house. The
attendance was so much larger than ex-
pected that suppers were provided for 70
at Hotel Windham. Russell W. Blood,
worshipful master of Blazing Star lodge,
No. ., Of Townshend, was suffering from
a throat trouble so that he was unable to
speak aloud and at the request of the
district deputy grand master the masters
chair was filled in the evening by Dayton
II. Switzer, w NJ, OF King Solomon's
Temple lodge, with Blazing Star lodges
officers in the other chairs while the Mas
ter Mason degree was conferred. The
work of both sessions was characterized
by the grand lecturer as the best seen at
any Of the 13 district meetings held in
the state this year. Previous to the con-
ferring Of the degree the officers Of the
grand lodge were received by District
Deputy Grand Master Swift. After the.
comforting the grand lecturer reviewed
the work.
The grand officers present included
Grand Master Charles A. Calderwood Of
St. Johnsbury, Grand Senior Warden H.
L. Ballou of Chester, Grand Secretary
Henry II. Ross of Burlington. Grand
Treasurer G. W. Whitcomb of Proctors-
vile, Grand Lecturer ]. Vernon Dutton
Of Hardwick, Grand Pursuant r. W.
Blood of Townshend Remarks were
made by all of the grand officers and by
r. p. Jewett of Foxboro Mass, district
deputy grand master of the 22d district
of Massachusetts and George B. Wheeler
| of Bellows Falls, past grand senior dea-
con. The male quartet of King Solo
mons Temple lodge-H c. Elliott first
tenor, B. c. Mason second tenor, j. II.
Whitney first bass, w. A. Truax second
bass-rendered a large number of secular
selections in manner to win high COM
| mendation
The lodges of the district, all OF which
were represented, are as follows: Blazing
| Star, No. ., Townshend. r. w. Blood, w.
| NJ; Golden Rule No. 32 Putney. II. c.
| Warren, w. M; Columbian, No. SO. Brat
| tleboro, c. b. Crowell w. NJ; Social, No.
| IS Wilmington, ]. II. Goulding, w. NJ ;
| King Solomon's Temple No. as Bellows
| Falls, d. II. Switzer, w. NJ; Mt. Lebanon,
| No. 46, Jamaica, F. c. Brigham, w. NJ
| West River, No. 81 Londonderry, Fred
NJ. Leonard, w NJ; Unity, No. So. Jack
| sonville, f. \. Temple, W. M; Anchor.
! No. 90, Londonderry. II. NJ. Swift, w. NJ
! Brattleboro. No. 1O2, Brattleboro, George
NJ. Clay. w. NJ.