St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-24
ODD FELLOWS ANIMAL.
e. e. Sargent Elected Grand Master
OF the Vermont Grand Lodge.

of the Vermont Grand Lodge.
The state grand bodies of the I.
10. O. r. held their annual sessions
at st. Adams last week. The Grand
| Encampment met on Wednesday with
SIS members present. The Grand
Encampment degree was conferred
| on Is candidates. The grand patrt-
arch reported a small decrease in
membership. The grand scribe re-
| ported 1S48 members. The fol-
| lowing are the officers elect
ed Grand Patriarch, F. L. Jones,
Island Pond; grand nigh priest, Z.
F. Walker, Bellows Falls; grand SEN
Tor warden, III. w. Scott, Barre;
grand scribe, Charles w. Farr, St.
Johnsbury; grand treasurer, G. G..
Staples, Brattleboro; grand represen-
| tative. A. e. King, Burlington.
Thursday was the big day with
over $50 Odd Fellows in the city for
the Goth annual session of the
Grand Lodge. There were So past
grands admitted to the Grand
Lodge.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Grand master,
E. z. Sargent of st. Johnsbury: dep
uty grand master, F. G. Nichols of
Richmond; grand warden, e. L. IN
/
II. Henderson of ST. Johnsbury;
grand treasurer, l.. G.. Grant of Bur-
lington; grand representative to the
Sovereign Lodge, for two years, r..
F. Hatch of Bristol; grand chaplain,
Rev. DIR. f. Dr. Miller of Island Pond.
The next annual meeting will be
held at Woodstock. Four new lodg-
es have been instituted during the
year, three new Rebekah lodges, and
there are prospects of the institution
of four new Odd Fellows and one
new Rebekah lodge in the near flu
ture.
The reports from 76 subordinate
lodges showed a membership of 1883
on January 1. net gain of 80 for
the year. Five lodges have a mem
bership of between 100 and 200, 40
membership between so and 100,
13 with less than so. The two
banner lodges for the year are Wan
tastiquet No. 5, with As initiated
and a net gain of 81, and Orleans,
No. 70, who initiated "a and made
net gain of %. The membership
January J.. was 1883. The receipts
of lodges from all sources amounted
to $71,977.68, of this amount $751;
426.06 was expended for the relief
OF 400 members anu Of tTduSlSut5
brothers have been relieved to the
financial amount of $2,192.07, the
total amount expended for relief
being $17,386.58. The membership
of the Rebekah lodges, December 81,
was 4,014 sisters and 1890 brothers,
which showed a loss of FL sisters and
83 brothers, 308 ladies and 126
brothers have been initiated.
On Friday morning the 18th an
nual meeting of the Rebekah AS
sembly was held. The following are
the officers for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. Frances e. Stone of
Springfield; vice president, Mrs.
Grace e. Richmond of Rutland; war
den, Mrs. Stella e. Bailey of East
Hardwick; secretary, Mrs. Louise L.
-Boyce of Barre; treasurer, Mrs. Ella
E. Finney of Lyndonville; marshal,
Mrs. Nora M. Jackson of Barre. The
conductor will be Mrs. Angie En-
dress of Bennington and the follow
ing are the other officers appointed:
Inside guardian, Mrs. Emcgene S.
Buck of Randolph; outside guardian,
Mrs. Emma l.. Rand of Saxtons Riv-
err; chaplain, Mrs. Clara Peterson of
st. Jonnsbury.