St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-05-25
VERMONT NEWS.
ODD Fellows Held Their Annual Convention
In Burlington.

Encampment /. o. 0. T. in Burlington
last week the following officers were
elected: Grand patriarch, a. E. King of
Burlington; gand high priest, L. F.
Jones of Island Pond; grand senior war
den, J. F. Walker of Bellows Falls; grand
scribe, c. w. Farr ofSt. Johnsbury; grand
treasurer, L. J. Brown of Bradford;
grand junior warden, H. w. Scott of
Barre; grand representative for two
years, o. w. Howe of Bennington.
In his report Grand Patriarch Harwood
said that, returns from 20 encamp-
ments show net gain. December 81,
1909, of 40; Frontier Encampment, No.
13, leading with net gain of IS. Wei
come Encampmeut No. 80, will undoubt-
eddy surrender its charter in the near fu-
ture.>
The report of the grand scribe, showed
a membership of 1874 in this State. The
cash in savings banks to the credit of the
subordinate encampments amounts to
S6,569, 80 and the whole amount of pro-
perty owned is valued at $13, 906.98.
There are SO encampments and there have
been no additions since last year.
Grand patriarch A. E. King appointed
the following district deputy grand pa
triarchs; first and second districts, L. B.
Parker OF Bennington; third district, r.
A. Spear of Burlington; fourth districr,
M. ]. Bruning of Barton; fifth district, E.
E. Campbell of Waterbury; sixth district;
r. B. Lang of White River Junction,
eighth district, F. A. HansIy of Spring
field.
Mr.. King also appointed the following
committees: credential, E. w. Haskins of
Burlington, ]. c. Strong of Bradford, E.
S. Kimball of st. Adams; printing, c. w.
Farr of ST. Johnsbury, E. A. Spear Of
Woodstock, Calvin Endress of Benning-
ton.
The Past Grand Masters Association
elected the following officers;
President, H. c. Farrar of Rutland; vice
president. S. B. Waite of Hyde Park;
secretary, F. w. Jackson of Barre; treas
urer, O. E. Chilson of Burlington. execu-
tive committee, S. A. Reed of Windsor,
H. E. Parker ofBradford and F. E. Perry
of Brattleboro.
At the Gath annual session of the
Grand Lodge, I. o. o. F., of Vermont the
the following officers were elected Grand
master r. F. Hatch of Bristol; deputy
grand master, E. E. Sargent of ST. Johns
bury; grand warden, F. 6. Nichols of
Richmond; grand secretary, o. H. Hen
derson of St. Johnsbury; grand treasurer,
L. c. Grant of Burlington; grand chap
lain, the Rev. ], B. Reardon of Spring
field; grand representative to the SOW
ereign lodge for two years, Francis E.
Perry of Brattleboro; trustee of the Gill
Home for four years, the Hon. 7. c. Rob
bins of Rutland.
The report of the trustees of the Gill
Home show four admissions for the past
year. two deaths and one dismissal.
Many permanent improvements have
been made and numerous donations re-
ceived. The finances of the home are in
prosperous condition.
The grand treasurer's report shows
total receipts to be $8,425.68 and total
disbursements, $3,292.94, leaving
balance of So, 1928.
In reference to membership the follow
ing is shown: In subordinate lodge
membership the report shows a net in
crease of 40, 800. but since the tables
were made up the report of the grand
lodge of Australasia was received giving
net increase in the jurisdiction under
that grand body 1924, which would
make the total net increase SO, 344. In
encampment membership the net in
crease is 1873; in Rebekah membership,
brothers $500 and sisters 4,211
Meet Next Year in ST. Adams.
The place of meeting for next year will
be St. Adams. AS the action taken by
the grand lodge largely determines the
action of the other bodies, it is probable
that in 1911 they will all meet in annual
session in St. Adams.
The attendance at the grand lodge
meeting this year was found to be over
$50. Along with other business a new
district was formed. District No. 10
was divided and new district, No. II,
formed. This territory is in the south
ern part of the state. The following ap-
pointive officers and district deputy
grand masters were appointed by the
new master of the grand lodge.
District deputy grand masters: first
district, L. B. Parker of Bennington;
second district, John Williams of Fair
Haven; third district. p. K. Wilson of
Bristol; fourth district, L. P Kemp of
Swanton; fifth district, G. o. Burton of
Derby; sixth district, F. F. Learned of
Wells River; seventh district, B. L. Syl-
vester of Mortified; eighth district, c.
o. Spaulding of Bethel; ninth district, o.
W. Kingsley of Jacksonville; tenth dis
trict, Earl F. Davis of Newfane; eleventh
district, E. G. Smith of East Hardwick;
twelfth district, H. A. Morse of Bellows
F aIls.
Appointive officers: Grand marshal, E.
L. Ingalls, of Hartford; grand conductor.
]. c. Cameron of Proctor: grand guar
dian, ]. P. Putnam of Windsor; grand
herald, L. c. Holcombe of Milton.
Rebekah Assembly.
At the 25th annual meeting of the Re
bekah Assembly a class of nearly 100
took the degree conferred by the assem-
bly,. The secretary's report showed a
total membership, January LIST, 1910, of
6,439, intending 2,405 brothers and
4,O34 sisters, and this after deducting
the loss through death, transfer and sus-
pension.
The treasurer's report showed the to-
tai of cash on hand to be 81, 899. OF. The
per capita tax for the year past amount
ed to $1,296.6O, the tax for the Gill
home, $64S. 80 sale of supplies. $246. 65
and the special donation by lodges,
$411.95.
The following officers were elected: Pres
ident. Mrs. Emma II. Gates of Ludlow;
vice-president, Mrs. Frances E. Stone of
Springfield; warden, Mrs. Grace E. Rich
mond of Rutland; secretary, Mrs. Louise