Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-05-26
'REBEKAHS HOLD
10Th ASSEMBLY
Secretary's and Treasurer Re-
ports Show Good Condition
Of Order.
ATTENDANCE NEARLY 800
Gifts to Incoming and Outgoing
observation-disclosures in Men,
bership during Past Year
despite Deaths.
ATTENDANCE NEARLY 800

odd Fellows week closed Friday AT
>rnoon with the final session of the 18th
annual meeting of the Ecbekah assembly.
Nearly three hundred persons attended
the morning and afternoon meetings of
the assembly which were held In odd
Vellows' hall on Church street. Officers for
ihe coming year were elected and installed
and routine husi0css transacted.
The morning meeting opened with Mrs.
Susie H. Reach of White River Junction
presiding, and the following officers in
attendance: ice-prosidcnt, Miss Emma
II. Gates of Ludlow, warden, Mrs. Fran
res f. Stone, Springfield; secretary. Mrs.
Louise l.. Boycc, Barre; treasurer. Mrs.
Ella c. Finnoy, Iyndonville; marshal.
Mrs. Grace +. Richmond. Rutland: con
euctress. Mrs. Angie Endress. Bennington;
Inside guardian. Mrs. stella f. Bailey.
East Hardwick, outside guard Mrs. Clara
Eanborn, ST. Johnshuiy chaplain Mrs
.,ora NJ. Jackson. Barre.
~ ). Of nearly 100 took the degree
conferred b. che assembly ard the reports
of the officers showed the affairs of the
Rebekahs to be in an excellent condition
ihe secretary's report showed total
membership. January LIST. 1910. OF 6fss. in
EluulilB no DfOlnerS anu f,o"i SlsleTS, ana
this after deducting the loss through
death. transfer and suspension
The treasurer's report showed the total
of cash on hand to be 81 .s99O2 The per
capita tax for the year past amounted to
s $3.50, the tax for the Gill home. S645 81.
salc of supplies. s2l665 and the special
donation by lodges, S4ll.G5.
ELECTION or OFFICERS.
At the afternoon meeting. which
opened at two o'clock, the following
officers were elected: President. Mrs.
EnIma II. Gates Of Ludlow; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Frances f. Stone of SPRING
field. warden, Mrs. Grace Z. Richmond
Of Rutland; secretary, Mrs. Louise l.,
Royce Of Barre; treasurer, Mrs. Ella
l. Finney of LyndonVille.
The appointed officers are: Marshal,
Mrs. Lavlna Webster of Rutland con-
ductor. Mrs. Stella L. Bailey of East
lIardwick; inside guardian. Mrs. Nora
Jackson Of Barre outside guardian.
Mrs. Emma J. Buck OF Randolph,
chaplain. Mrs. Gertrude Dewey Of
bradford.
The following district deputies were
also appointed: First district. Miss Ma
trict, Mrs Josephine Rowell Of Fair
Haven: third district. Mrs. Laura Ed
wards of Burlington; fourth district. Mrs.
Eleanor Eolcombe OF Milton: fifth dis
trict, Mrs. Cora bradshaw of Lyndon
Vile; seventh district. Mrs. Adele Wallis
of Waitsheld, eighth district Mrs. Ella
Lawrence of Felchville; ninth district.
Mrs. Mary Comedy OF jacksonville. 10th
district, Mrs. Lila Reed Of Londonderry
nth district. Mrs. Sarah L. Foster of
Hyde Park: 18th district Mrs. Sylvia
Walker of Bellows Falls.
The Installation of the new officers took
place during the afternoon. The retiring
president was presented with Jewel and
the incoming president was given some
flowers by her lodge The reports Of COM
mittees We're also received during the aft
ernoon. The meeting closed at five
o'clock.