The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-16
46TH ANNIVERSARY OF
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
Celebrated BY a Large Company q
Knights and Friends Last Evening.
Rev. +. L. Leavitt Of Brattle-
boro the Speaker.

b0f0 the Speaker,
The 46th anniversary Of the Pythian
period was very successfully celebrated
last evening By Vincitia lodge, Ne. l0
knights of pythias, at their han ii the
Blanchard block. Nearly 1850 pythians
and their ladies were present, and from
o'clock until past midnight, when the
festivities ended, enjoyed themselves to
The highest degree. The company FIRST
gathered in Che rooms Of the Vineitia
club, and they went into the Pythian
hall The speaker 81 the evening was
Rev +. l. Leayitt Of Brattleboro, past
chancellor Of the knights.
Chancellor Commander Richard S. Cur
rier presided al the exercises IN the lodge
room, aud seated with him at the head
Of the room we're the speaker Of the
evening and Robert Weir Of Rutland,
che grand chancellor 81 the state. After
an enjoyable selection by Harris orehes-
ira and a pleasing vocal solo by Miss
Emma Phillips, the speaker was intro
duce.
As an introduction. the speaker said
that he was very glad to be able 10 ad-
dress 10 many Of the wives Of the
pythians. as he knew that d great many
Of the pythansi wives did not appre-
ciate the Knights Of Pythias lodge and
for that reason be had chosen TO speak
on the lessons to be learned in Pythian-
ism and show that the knights Of Pythi-
as have a place IN the world for good.
He said IN part: This is our 46th
anniversary, and we are now old enough
10 know our business. People at the
age of AZ begin % consider seriously
whether or not their life has amounted
to anything, and for the remainder Of
our lives We depend 10 great extent on
what we have accumulated up to this
time. we, as pythians. are proud Of our
past history, and We have a right to be
proud Of it pythianism is now beyond
the visionary and experimental age. Il
has shown that il has q place ii the
world. Our lives are either good 81 bad,
as It is impossible 70 Be neutral
You win always notice that the forces
Of evil arr Weil organized and firmly
united, and made AZ attractive Is posi-
ble You VIII find the money, the talent
and The brains making everything at
traetiye TO such an extent that we some
times do not wonder that men and w0m-
en- unite with the wrong, until they final
H. So ~ ~, ~ 4Bm Co.'S fEa4 thni4 ftssna
are being thrown away.
On the other hand, you viii find that
The forces Of good are. strangely enough,
not well organized and united You will
lnd here and there groups 81 people
working together for good. The forces
hat battle for the right work together
n groups and ! want you 10 realize
that fhs Knigais of Pythias are one q
these groups Il lhe battle Of life
You may wonder where The Knights of
Pythiss get their Inspiration to be friend
.y and charitable 10 mankind They are
taught 1t from the example set bv Damon
and pythias, who showed q tie people
ID their time the true spirit Of love and
n order to become a Knight
)f Pythias you are required to stand
certain tests that bring out the true
manhood that IS III you and the expert |
snees that knights are required to 20 /
through are Of ths kind that will he of /
% them All through their /
ives You are better men because YOU
lave gone through the lessons Of a page /
IN esquire and a knight.
II the wives of Pythians could know I
What lessons their husbands have learned 4
or the protection and purity of the
iomei But back 0f ali there "a some.
hing deeper which ! want Is leave with i
'ua. and that & that the principles Of
'ythianism are the teachings Of God.
n order to believe in men, you must
,elieFe il Gods and yon cannot meet
a the great lodge above without you
'eiie4e IN God
At Che close Of the address an enjoy
hle cello solo was played hy LYLE Perry.
md Miss Phillips sang again The com
AMY then went into the banquet hail
where a delightful lunch was served,
onsisting Of grape fruit chicken patties,
aratoga chips, be cream, assorted cake,
Office and fruit The lunch was pre-
Iared by Mrs G n. Benedict
A post prandial Fepast followed, which
vas another enjoyable part Of the even
ng's entertainment Chancellor Com
aaHder Clirrief presided as toastmaster.
nd the following toasts were responded
o: Friendship. G. Herbert Pape; Char
.y, N j Roberts; Benev0lence, o. D.
Pythianism, Rev r. Il.
leaYittS The Grand Lodge Robert Weir:
'he Uniform Rank. Col G. M. Wiley