The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-19
Held 64th Annual Session in
Burlington Today
Net Gain shown in Membership Figures
r. +. Hatch Of Bristol Is Slated
to BE Elected Grand
Master.

Burlington, May l9.-The grand looge
Of Odd Fellows met for its Gath annual
session here to-day, with Francis y.
Perry Of Brattlehoro grand master, and
all ifhe officers present There was q
gratifying attendance. The report Of the
secretary, O. II. Henderson Of ST. Johns
bury. showed that there are at present
10 subordinate lodges and 81 Rebekah
lodges in the state, with a total member
ship Of 7 900, a net gain Of ia
Ihirty-seven subordinate lodges reporr
gain Of 2i0 and twenty eight a loss of
96, while the membership oi ten lodges
remained stationary There ia mem
hership of 2,Ae4 brothers and f.035 SIS.
ters 10 the Rebekah lodges a loss Of 2s
brothers and gain Of 65 sisters. Receipts
Of the lodges from various sources.
amounted Co s5675s.4l, and Of this sl3,
G95.6s was expanded for the relief Of
40 members Of the Vermont lodges,
while 12 transients we're relieved to the
amount of s21s2. One new lodge has
been formed during TIE year, At WASH
ington The Gill Odd Fellows home ls
lourishing,
A class of fifty took the grand lodge
degree this morning r. F. Hatch OF
Bristol, deputy grand master. wiH sue
eeed T E. Perry, grand master, this
afternoon.
The Grand encampment officers elected
yesterday were as follows
Grand Patriarch A. u King Of Bur-
iingtoni grand high priest + F Jones
of Island Pond grand senior warden
~ T. Walker Of Bellows Falls; grand
scribe, G. W Fare OF ST. Jonnsbury.
grand treasurer. L. J. Brown Of Brad
ford grand junior warden II ~ Scott
of Barre; grand representative fer two
years, q III. Howe of Burlington
Grand Patriarch a y King appointed
the following district deputy grand
patriarchs first and second districts 7.
B Parker Of Bennington third district
R a. Spear of Burlington; fourth dis
triet NJ } Bruninig 81 BARTON; ffth dis
trict E n Campbell Of Waterbury;
sixth district, r. B Lang Of White Riv-
er functions eighth district F a. Hans
ny Of Springfield.
At seven o'clock last evening the an-
nnal business meeting Of the Past Grand
Masters association WIS held IN the
pariofs 81 the Van Ness house 1ne
banquet Of the association followed
shortly after eight o'clock THE officers
elected ~ the association for the com.
iur wear were as follows:
President Fl. C Farfar of Rutland
vice president. s. =. Waite Of HYDE
Park; secretary. ~ w jackson oi
Barre; treasurer, o. y. Chilson of Bur
liHglon; executive committee. S, A. Reed
of Windsor, Fl p Parker Of Bradford,
and + +. Perry Of Bmttleboro
Fully 200 Odd Fellows and ladies at
tended tile banquet during which Les
s0rs orchestra furnished music The
menus was decorated with the picture
az the late ]. W. Goodell under which
was the inscription "a True Odd Eel
low AS tile post prandial exercises,
IT. G. Farrar Of Rutland presided as
toastmaster
The long list Of speakers included
men prominent in the order both from
this state and from other parts Of The
United States and Canada Among 9TH
ers were O. p. Chilaon Of this city,
Grand Secretary Henderson Of st. Johns
bury. Grand Master Perry Of Massa-
eanseits. Past Grand Sire pinkertou Of
Worcester Mass. Grand Master Coels
rill Of Province of Quebec Grand Master
Mosher 81 Binghamton, N. II. Deputy
Grand Master Kennedy of the Province
of Quebec. Dr. WI 3. IFavens of Chester
Depot. and Grand Master Small of New
Hampshire