The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-28
Successful Celebration by the
Foreign Masons.
DANCING ENDED JOLLITY
Among the Participants Ell I. RIGS. Who
Has Not Missed One o. the Series
Of celebrations Ia Twcnty
Years.


Tho twentieih annual Masonic aanem.
bly, IN celebration II 81. Johns night
was held last evening IL che Woodmen'a :
hall Ia the Bolster hlock and waa one Of
The most enjoyable and aucccssiul celf-
hfatlona ever held BY The foreign Nasens
of Barre. Over one hundred Aiasons with
their wives o. lady friends wefc seated
at four long tables arranged lengfhways
Of lha hall, and on che naaee was small
table, at which were toafcd the master
Of ceremonics and officers and invited
guests from the Granite lodge OF Ma.
sona. CeorFe I. Troup was the master
OF ceremonies and che other at this
table were Mrs. William Park; John @.
Wyllic. worshipfnl master Of Granite
lodge, No. IS. and Miss Eya Mcmillan.
Arthur &. 1ilden, senior warden Of Gran.
lie lodge. and Mrs. Tilden, hi r. Rice,
the grand old man IN Masonry IN
Barre, aud Alonxo I. Clark. chaplain
Of Granite lodge.
As soon a. al had been seated At
the tables, Mr.. Troup extended a hearty
welcome 20 the company In behalf Of tho
foreign Nas0ns. He said there we're
about cighty.dve members Of Operative
Masons from the mother lodge in Scot.
hand now residing in Barre, and he de.
clared Il was a great pleasure 20 him to
BE- able to state for the first time that
nearly all Of the eighty-hve were in
good standing in the lodge. These cole
brations OF ST. Johns night. he said,
were hrst started 20 years ago by Robert
kynock, and Il was one of the aims Of
4 fhna. se.aaf.a. - t.... a.. f.s~.s.... ~.
sons here, whose numbers have been
continually increasing. interested and in
good standing with the mother lodge.
The toastmaster then announced
very enjoyable program Of toasts. songs
and recitations. Rising toasts we're
drunk to the Grand lodge OF Scotland
the president OF the craft, and 10 the
Grand lodge Of Vermont. After q pleas
ing song by William Sherins. Senior
Warden Arthur G. Tiiden In very ap.
propriAte remarks proposed toast 10
Operative lodge. No l50, and then called
upon James Scott to respond. Mr. Scott
responded by giving 3 report on the
mother lodge showing that Il was IN
prosperous financial condition and has
over 200 members. Mrs. Peter Mutch
recited two humorous selections and a
vocal solo was given by Mrs. George
Troup. ir.. both Of which were encored
james s. Milne then proposed a toast
10 Granite lodge, No. 30, and Worship
ful Master John c. Wyllic responded IN
4 very interesting manner, extending the
irnternal greetings Of the lodge and Civ
ng a brief account Of the origin Of the
feast Of st. John. the evangelist VIII
lam oliver sangs n solo and responded
% an encore. A poem dedicated to st.
John was read by Chaplain A. 7. Clark.
w. S. Alexander next proposed toast
o the health of Mr.. Rice. who, in re-
stated that he had been pres
mt at the first celebration 20 years ago
md that it had been his pleasure 70
lttend every one since.
This concluded the program, and the
aides served bounteous banquet, TO
which full justice was done, and at mid
light the tables were cleared from the
all and dancing was in order for the
emainder of the night. The grand
march was led by toastmaster Troup and
frs. William Park, followed by 100 cou-
les. Excellent music was furnished by
sruee's orchestra Of six pieces. James
!. Coutts was floor director, assisted
y William Jones and Hugh Christie.
The committee which had the cele-
ration in charge was composed Of
gorge T. Troup, chairman; William
tephens, secretary; Willig Alexander,
william Mcdonald, Thomas ~, Rob
rt Beacrie. James Wood, Angus Me-
'onald James Class, James Alexander,
William Scott, George Lang and Alex
nder Naughty.