The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-03
Annual Meeting and Initiation
in Barre Last Night
TWENTY TOOK THEIR VOWS
The Business Of the Session Was Pre-
ceded by Street Parade, Which
Was Brilliant and Gaudy
Affair.

The annual meeting Of Suadah temple,
No. l40, d. 0. K X, was held in Wood
mems hall last evening, with large
attendance .of members from within and
without the city. Activities began early
in the evening at 1880 o'clock, with a
parade, witnessed by hundreds Of people,
who lined the streets from Depot square
to the city hall, eagerly following the
movements OF the strange visitors, who
had suddenly taken possession Of the
city. Led by the Barre Citizens band,
the long serpent-lke line started upon
its career promptly at the appointed
hour On leaving the hall, the procession
wound its way up street, around the
park and back to Depot square. Here
a halt was called, the line reformed, and
la hasty return to headquarters was ef
fected
Directly behind the musicians, in a
commanding position, came the grand
vizier. surrounded by his aides Imme-
diately in their rear followed contin-
gent OF members OF the common or gar
den variety, deczed out in the strange
garb of the craft A savage Bengal
tiger" artistically daubed with paint in
mystic signs and jealously guarded in a
banana crate, came to bat next and
instantly scored a home run with the
crowd. He was splendid example of
what can be done IN the way of subduing
the terror of the Jungle. AT times, how
ever, it seemed that he must break loose
and create some awful havoc among the
/ bystanders.
Featuring his appearance with a low,
muliled groan, be would frequently break
into an ear-splitting sereeeh, which rang
ont sharply on the still night air. These
outbreaks were invariably followed by
series Of vocal pyrotechnics issuing
1 from the keeper, who vainly endeavored
to restrain the enraged animal. Bring
/ ing up the rear and following closely
\ on the feline. came the tyros, or unin-
Z itiated, marching firmly with the same
confident air Of mconcern that marks a
doomed man as he mounts the seaffold.
/ From the "Dokkes standpoint. the
4 'pee rade" was huge success, but to
the crowd it was an awe-inspiring sight
and weirlly calculated to make the or
/ binary individual lie awake O. nights.
Hence it was with sight Of relief
that the on-lobkers saw the mysterious
cayalcade disappear within the portals
of the temple.
On entering the hall, the annual busi-
ness OF the temple was taken up. Re-
ports OF the various officers were read
and indicated highly satisfactory con-
dition OF affairs Financially and nu-
merically. the temple was found to be
\ in a healthy condition and enters upon
another year with a promising future.
Following is a list of the officers elected
/ to serve for the year ensuing Royal
vizier, j. N Gall of Barre; grand emir,
w. H. Farrar OF Montpelier; sheik, w. A.
Mcdonald, Bellows Falls; mahedi, r. 4.
Mitchell OF Rutland; treasurer, James
Mackay of Barre; secretary, ]. L. Wall
lace OF Barre; satrap J, Ward Carver
of Barre; sahib H. S. Ramsey OF Clare
mont, n. H. The unexpired offices are
retained as follows: Imperial nawab,
In. i. Roberts Of Barre; deputy imperial
prince. w. IT, Duthie of Barre; royal
princes, Or. Robert Weir of Rutland and
w. II. Gilchrist Of McIndoes Falls.
Immediately after the election of Off
GERS came the ceremony OF initiation, as
many as twenty candidates taking adj
vantage of this annual opportunity to
enter the temple and walk the plank for
the first time At the conclusion Of
this strenuous procedure. tempting
buffet lunch was served, H. i. Campbell
of this city acting acceptably as caterer.
The annual meeting of the temple,
held last evening, was one Of the most
successful ever held in the temples ex-
istence. Over l50 members were pres
mt AS many as IS attending from towns
outside OF Barre. Definite arrangements
were not completed for the next meeting
but the names of several towns as q
location are under consideration. To the
officers of the temple credit is chiefly
due for the splendid reception rendered
to the "Dokkes," while the following
members are largely responsible for the
successful and entertaining manner in
which the parade was carried out
W IT Dufhie. H. NJ Tobin and A. III