Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21
N. E. 0. P. LODGES.
What They Are Doing for the Good
 of the Order.

bFdSS Slty lOuBe, IL. A. tO D. Ol II.
 R. T., will hold their annual dance
 at City hall on Thanksgiving eve.
 Lallier's orchestra has been engaged to furnish music.
 Among the many events which will be held on Thanksgiving night will
 be the social which the Daughters of Isabella will hold at Elks' hall on that evening. An orchestra will be present to furnish music and tickets are limited.
 The Brooklyn Athletic club will
 present handsome souvenir pro- grammes to all patrons of their an- nual dance which is to be held at City hall on Thanksgiving night.
 Lallier's orchestra will furnish spe. cial music for the occasion.
 The united French societies will give a dance and social at Bucking-
 ham Music hall on Wednesday even
 ing, Thanksgiving eve.
 Speedwell hall on Thursday even
 ing was well filled with members of the New England Order of Protec- tion, the occasion being a class initia- tion and a celebration of the twenty ! first anniversary of the order. The
 event had been suggested by the su-
 preme warden as he wished to come in contact with as many members as | possible. At the proposal of tho dep | uty, Joseph s. Nell, Anchor lodge, the oldest lodge in the city, complet- ed all arrangements and cordially invited the other four to participate The meeting took the form of a ] union meeting and the visitors pres ent were Supreme Warden Frederick T. Peabody, Melrose, Mass; Grand Warden Frederick Tolles of Wind l sor; member Committee on Finance M Cashmere of New Britain; Grand
 Guide T. Miles Payne of this city; MT I Bennett of Torrington, as well as l members from Thomaston and Nau- ! gatuck. The deputies of the local I lodges were also in attendance. Ex-
 ercises were opened by the. warden of
 Anchor lodge, Mrs Lillian Buell. in a ! pleasing manner. The class initiation i followed and 26 candidates were ini- | tiated by the degree staff of Anchor lodge and their work was highly
 praised. Of this number Mattatuck lodge furnished twenty-two, Anchor three and Brass City one candidate. | Remarks for the good of the order were made by supreme grand officers | and by a number of local members. The supreme warden, who made the ! principal address, said in part that | <hn raonrI nn tn not tnhar 1 for th a | nine months of the calendar year
 shows 4O9 new members initiated. A 1 wonderful showing. During the
 month of October nearly 500 had ! been initiated and that indications for November were even better. The | membership in Waterbury is about 1,700. He stated that an effort | should be made to bring the member
 ship up to 60.0OO before April and
 wished to leave with all the motto to
 guard we'll the door of entry as we'll l as the door of exit
 All present felt that each and ev- cry officer present inspired and urged them to greater effort. The members of the degree staff | who performed so we'll were Warden
 Mrs Esther C. Baker, Vice Warden
 Mrs A. Beadle; Chaplain Charles Seymour; Junior Past Warden
 Dwight E. Bradley; Guide Mrs | George Burritt; Guardian Mrs | George Mahler; Sentinels Frank Kainz and Thomas Andrews: Banner | Equity Mrs l.. Puell: Banner Benev-
 olence Mrs D. M. Rogers; Banner Charity Mrs L. M. Totten; Banner Order Mrs E. M. Oviatt. They have been rehearsipg under the direction of Degree Master o. Painter for some time. The pianist was Edward Nor gan.
 Refreshments were served by An- l chor and Mattatuck lodges The I lodges in tke city certainly give evil dence of being up to date, energetic | and full of life, and 1t is safe to pre- dict that they hold prominent places I in the order.
 Monday night in Columbus hall
 Brass City lodge completed plans for the celebration of their fourteenth I anniversary to which local and Nau- gatuck lodges have been invited. Su- preme grand lodge officers will be
 present. Anniversary takes place De- | cember '.
 l Friday night Sheridan lodge met | in Columbus hall and discussed mat ters which were of interest te their
 own members and received the invi-
 tation from Brass City with pleasure
 Four applications are pending for the next meeting.