Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-08
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
HAVE GRAND TIME.
Finish of Membership Contest With
Degree Team From Worcester to Do
the Work.

When the knights of the grip get
out to push anything to success, it's
a foregone conclusion that they make
a ten-strike, so that 1t was no won
der the meeting of Norwich council,
ers, in Foresters' hall on Saturday
evening, reached the high water mark
of the councils history. 1t marked the
end of a membership contest which
has been going on for several months
between teams of fourteen members,
and the council also had present to
work the initiatory degree for them
the uniformed degree team of Worces-
ter council, No. 136. This is the only
uniformed degree team in New Eng
land.
The meeting was opened in the reg
ular form by Senior Councillor VIII
liam B. Young, Jr. Capt. Alexander
Jordan, past senior cOuncillod, report
ed a total of eight new names for his
team, beating out Senior Councillor
Young's team, which showed only
four. The losing team is to furnish a
supper for the winners. One transfer
card was received and there three new
candidates for initiation at this meet
ing, sending the membership up to
3S.
When the regular business of the
council was over, the visiting degree
team took charge of the three candi-
dates: John B. Collins of New Lon
don, James Dodd and d. B. Talbot of
this city, who were initiated in i'm
pressive form. The following COM
posed the degree team: Senior coun-
cillor, John F. Childs; Junior council
Tor, H. w. Fisher; past councillor, r.
c. Cleveland; chaplain, A. J. Hooper;
secretary, John E. White; conductor,
c. A. Poole; page, H. w. Van Orman
sentinel, ]. A. Farnum. pianist, p. w,
Chase; master Of ceremonies, c. S.
Robbins; assistant master of ceremo-
MES, J. L. Thompson.
Besides these, Past Councillors
George E. Deland, w. H. Durham and
Brothers H. 3. Bond, L. A. Scannell
w. A. Stone, George S. Butler, A. H.
Powers and A. NJ. Butterield made UP
the number OF Worcester visitors 10
nineteen.
With the business out OF the way. a
sleight of hand entertainment, show
ing a number Of new tricks that won
the admiration and applause Of the
visitors was given by La Mantaguer
and was followed by a banquet at
which one of McDougalds No l oyster
chowders was enjoyed.
Then followed a period Of speech
making, at which Senior Councillor
Young presided, speaking in apprec1a =
ton Of the benefit the council would
derive from the visit of the Worces-
ter men and seeing them do the work
Alderman A. L. Potter, a member OF
the council, extended a welcome in be
half of Mayor Lippitt, City Clerk A. G.
Crowel was heard from in well put
remarks, Deputy Samuel Weiss Of New
Haven praised the work of the degreo
team, and nearly all of the visitors
were called upon, besides Past Coun-
cillors Jordan and Frank II. Patrick of
the Norwich council.
The notable evening, which was ar
ranged for by F. II. Patrick, w. B.
Young, IT., c. D. TinEley and Henry w
LAM. was over at late hour and will
long be a pleasant memory for all at
tending.
The following was the makeup Of the
two teams in the membership contest:
Alexander Jordan. captain, c. D. Ting
ley, NJ. P. Fitzgerald. Noah Rogers, n
A. Bingham, ]. D. Haviland. William
w. Maynard, George A. Allen, James
F. Ahern, James Dawson, Jr.. H. A
Wilson, II. J. Saunders, William T.
Lane and Henry W. LAM.
w. B. Young. Jr, captain, F. H. Pat
rick, F. S. Galligan. J. Conway, r NJ
Tobin, c. S. Peckham. G. A. Bathrop
c. E. Carpenter, A. L. Potter, c. S
Bill, F. W. Dart. w. H. Rogers, G. L
Gidwell and H. R. Kind