Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-15
ORDER OF PROJECTION.

The odd annual session of the su-
preme lodge, New England Order of
Protection, was held Tuesday. May
18th. in Intercolonoal hall, Boston. The
session was called to order at 10 a. m.
and Supreme Warden Frederick T.
Peabody presided.
The committee on credentials report
ed and stated that 125 members were
in waiting ii receive the supreme lodge
degree. After the ceremony of initia-
ton was concluded the business of the
session was taken UP.
The supreme warden made very
interesting and detailed report, sub
hitting the work done by each grand
jurisdiction, with a summary of the
whole. This, together with the reports
Of the supreme secretary, supreme
treasurer, medical examiner, trustees
and executive committee, had been put
in printed form and given to the mem
bers. The facts presented in these re-
ports, together with the tables of the
gains and losses in membership class
flied in rates and sexes, in the differ
emit states, the list Of deaths with the
causes thereof, and other data were
given In full and greatly interested
the members.
A brief summary of the reports is
as follows: New lodges instituted, 26,
with membership of 1857; total num-
Der of lodges, 431; total membership,
$3.50; net gain for the year, 1898;
number of deaths, 496; amount paid
to beneficiaries, 1882, 1880; amount Of
insurance in force, $4,000, 500. The
death rate was $50 per thousand Of
the membership, which is less than
last year, and the average age of the
members is 416 years, which Is also
lower than last year. All of which is
very encouraging to the members. as
it goes to show that, although this is
the 22d year of the order and 1t has
been q year of general depression, it
has been one of progress in every re-
spect.
The treeasurer's report was as fol-
lows: The general fund-Cash on
hand April 1, 1908, s8,8O3.06; received.
$7O,674.S6; paid out, $71,2O5.O6; balance
on hand April 1, 1909, $S,272.8O. Re
lief and benefit fund-Balance on
hand and received, $S24,291.49; paid to
benef1ciaries. $762, 13O.5O; balance on
hand. $42,151.
The nomination of officers was TAX
en- up about IL o'clock, and Frank A.
Rice Of Cambridge was unanimously
chosen supreme warden. There were
two candidates for supreme vice war
den. Frank E. Hill Of New Haven and
David F. Sherwood of Providence. A
vote was taken, and while the same
was being counted the session adjourn
ed for dinner. This was served in the
lower hall, and the committee in charge
left nothing undone for the comfort of
the members present.
The session reopened at o'clock,
and the election of officers was resum-
ed, with the following result: Supreme
vice warden, David f. Sherwood of
Providence; supreme secretary, D. NJ
Freye of Somerville; supreme treas
urer, John d. Sanbourn of Newport;
supreme guide, Frank W.. Sweet of
Lynn; supreme chaplain, Mrs. NJ. Ed
ma Cole of Providence; supreme guar
dian, Mrs. Cora E. Graves of Spring
vale. Me; supreme guardian, William
Bertini of Wallingford; supreme trus-
tees. r. H. Small of New London, GIL
ford Newhall of Lynn, and William E.
Long of Jamaica Plains, together with
the executive board and the several
standing committees.
Laws were enacted making the Gre
dentials committee one of the standing
committees; making the retiring war
den eligible to election TO the grand
lodge, and giving permission to the
grand lodges using the Australian bal
lot to nominate representatives to the
supreme lodge by placing the nonlina
tons on a ballot, the signatures Of ten