St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-22

| tor of trust funds, F. S. Platt of Rut-
land; standing committee, Rev. DR..
George Y. Bliss of Burlington, Rev.
S. Halsted Watkins of st. Adams,
Rev. w. F. Weeks of Shelburne,
George Briggs of Montpelier, e. J.
| Ormsbee of Brandon and c.. E.
| Parker of Vergennes.
The deputies to the general con-
| vention elected are: Rev. DR..
George Y. Bliss of Burlington, Rev.
! S. Halsted Watkins of ST. Adams,
Rev. Joseph Reynolds of Rutland ;.
Rev. Philip Schuyler Of Bennington,
| Spencer W. Hindes of Burlington,
| kittredge Haskins of Brattleboro,
George Briggs of Montpelier, J. T.
Adams of Fair Haven; alternates,
| Rev. w. F. Weeks of Shelburne,
Rev. c. w. Colt of w indsor, Rev. w.
| t. Forsythe of Enosburg Falls, Rev.
| Nelson Kellogg of Poultney, M. S.
| Botswick of ST. Adams, w. T. Dewey
| of Montpelier, E. 2. ellison of Rut-
| land, G. e. Parker of Vergennes.
The committee on finance and as
| sessment raised the salary of Bishop
Hall from $4,000 to $4,000 year.
| 1t was voted to hold the next con-
vention at Rutland in June, 1911.
Congregationalists in Session.
The 115th annual meeting OF the
Congregational churches of Vermont
was held in Montpelier last week.
The next meeting will probably be
held at Bellows Falls. The follow
ing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, Rev. G. S.
Mills of Bennington; e-president,
G. G. Fits of Brattleboro; secretary,
Rev. w. G. Clark of Barnet; cor
responding secretary, ]. M. Com
stock of Chelsea; treasurer, d. M.
Camp of Newport; auditors, J. G.
Clark of St. Johnsbury, G. F. Ran
ney of Newport; trustees, Rev.
Henry Fairbanks of ST. Johnsbury,
c. w. Osgood of Bellows Falls, w.
J. Van Patten of Burlington, Rev.
R. H. Ball of Fair Haven, Rev. G.
H. Smith of Pittsford; state advis-
DRY committee, Rev. S. G. Barnes
of st. Johnsbury, Rev. R. M. Hough-
ton of Brattleboro, Rev. Benjamin
Swift of Woodstock, Rev. e. P.
Treat of Richmond and Rev. S. F.
Bloomfield of Montpelier.
The delegates elected to the an
nual meetings of other denomina-
lions are: To the Vermont Metho-
dist Conference, Rev. J. B. Sargent
of Northfield; to the Vermont Bap-
fist convention, Rev. G. H. Dickin-
son of Middlebury; to the Vermont
Stanley F. Bloomfield of Montpelier.
The delegates elected to the ma
tional council are Rev. DR.. A. P.
Pratt of Bellows Falls, Rev. D. H.
Strong of Williamstown and G. G.
Fits of Brattleboro, with Rev. N. o.
Bowlby of Swanton, Rev. F. L. Fair
child of Castleton and Rev. G. N.
Durham of Brattleboro as alter
mates.
The convention also elected the
following members of the Fairbanks.
Fairbanks, Rev. Henry Fairbanks,
the Rev. G. w. c. Hill and ]. T.
Richie of ST. Johnsbury and Rev.
w. A. Warner of Barton. The newly
elected members of the Fairbanks
Board of Relief for Ministers are:
Rev. S. G. Barnes and Rev. G. H.
Merrill of ST. Johnsbury, Rev. R. G.
Flagg of Newport, A. M. Whitelaw
of Wells River and G. S. Adams of
ST. Johnsbury.
The V. D. M. S. elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Rev.
Henry Fairbanks, st. Johnsbury;
vice-president, Deacon N. G. Will
liams; auditor, Charles S. Adams;
board of directors for three years,
Rev. V. M. Hardy, Morrisville, H. J.
Gutchell, Montpelier, Rev. G. H.
Smith, Pittsford, Rev. G. S. Mills,
Bennington. Directors of the Con-
gregational Home Missionary soci-
ETY. for three years, Prof. G. B.
Smith, Pittsford; for one year to fill
a vacancy, Rev. Benjamin Swift
Woodstock.
Masons at Burlington.
A large number of Masons were
in Burlington last week attending
the various Masonic week meetings.
The Vermont Council of Delibera-
ton elected officers as follows:
Grand first lieutenant commander,
Henry L. Stillson; grand second lieu
tenant commander, Charles A. Cald-
erwood; grand minister of State,
Hamilton S. Peck; grand chancellor,
DIN w. Daley; grand prior, Silas H.
Danforth; grand treasurer, Charles
w. Whitcomb; grand secretary,
Henry H. Ross; grand master of cere-
monies, George F. Root; grand hos
pitaller, Charles A. Chapman; grand
seneschal, George H. Reynolds; the
three following appointments were
announced by the illustrious COM
bearer, Smith S. Ballard; grand cap
tain of the guard, Isaac D. Bailey;
grand sentinel, Albert Killam.
The grand commandery elected
these officers: Grand commander,
Sir Daniel S. Danforth of St. Adams;
deputy grand commander, Sir George
F. Root of Newport; grand general
issimo, Sir Frank L. Clark of Rut-
land; grand captain general, Sir Will
liam fl. Brewster of Middlebury;
grand senior warden, Sir DIN w.
Daley of White River Junction;
grand junior warden, Sir Edward L.
Bates of Bennington: grand prelate
Sir Alfred J. Hough of Montpelier; |
grand treasurer, Sir Charles w. |
Whitcomb of Proctorsville; grand |
recorder, Sir Henry H. Ross of Bur |
lington; grand standard bearer, Sir |
Frank B. Putnam of Brattleboro; |
grand sword bearer, Sir Elroy B. |
Whitaker of Barre; grand Warder, |