The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-16
WAS PRONOUNCED SUCCESS.
Annual Banquet of Methodist Brother
hood Last Evening.

The third annual banquet OF chapter
$50, Methodist brotherhood, was held
in the parlors OF the Hedding Meth
odist church last evening at 1880 o'clock,
Last nights yearly gathering Of the
members of the brotherhood with their
wives and invited friends was doubtless
the most pretentious social function
which the organization has vet attempt
ed IN its three years existence Fully
Us persons sat down to the excellent
chicken pie feast provided. The menu
was, replete with good things and to
say that it was amply satisfying would
be expressing IL mildly. The parlors
were tastefully decorated in detail, red
and white crepe paper being used with
artistic effect. Attractive leaflets on
which were inscribed the menu and the
program OF toasts were distributed 70
the guests.
The after-duner exercises began
shortly before 0 o'clock, the program
occupying an hour and half John
H. Bishop acted as toastmaster and in
trOduced each speaker in bis usual happy
manner
Social Influences OF the Brotherhood
was the first toast aud l.. b, Dodge
who responded, told Of the leavening
influence OF the brotherhood movement
among men Taking "The Other Eel
lows" for his speech, +. NJ. Lyon, who
was called mp next. made a sparkling
little speech that elected much mirth.
Horace Sovles of the Montpelier sem
mary faculty followed with few re-
marks on the advantage and di5adyan-
tages OF what is coloqually termed
bluff
Here the program was inter.persed
with selections By the brotherhood male
quartet. The singers were obliged to
respond to an encore The toastmas-
ter then called upon Francis y. Hath
away, who replied with a short com
mon sense talk on "The Duty Of Hap
piness." The pastor. Rev. +. o. Thay
er, next responded to the toast, "A
Manly Came" He said that the day
for heroic actions had not vet passed
and urged that more men answer the
call OF the firing line "Ciyic Respon
sibilities Of the Brotherhood was next
on the program, aud NJ Nj, Gordon re-
sponded with pithy resume of Just
what kind Of citizenship follows the
true brotherhood spirit The brother
hood. he said, should be the first to
gain and the last to leave the stand for
honest principles aud civic righteous
ness.
In little speech hat truly reject
ed The spirit 81 tile occasion, Judge
Scott followed next BY responding 70
the subject, ~Ihe Best Of Good Feel
ing Speechmaking closed with Lay
mems Movement BY H. Il. Springer
Mr.. Springer told OF the inception Of
tile great movement and wildly de-
scribed its far reaching effects. The
movement was boru a generation ago,
he said when the women Of the church
banded together and organized the first
missionary societies. To-day il stands
as one of the most significant religious
the world has ever known
At the conclusion OF these remarks, the
master of the exercises thanked the
guests for their careful attention and
announced a selection by the male quar-
tet. which brought the program TO
close.
Last evenings affair marks another
milestone in the history of the brother
hood movement in the local church The
organization has large and growing
and in its three years OF
existence has made rapid strides in
every direction. Already il has been i
powerful factor in the development of
the church and its prospects for the
future are exceedingly bright The
banquet aud arrangement Of the pro
gram was carried out under the COM
bined committees Of the brotherhood.