The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-10-05
The News of Brooks

The district convention Of the Pythian Sis
terhood was held with Silver Crown Lodge Of
Brooks Friday evening, September 18th. The
local lodge had full attendance OF its mem
bers. and the following guests: lnzetta A.
Small OF Lewiston, Grand Chief; Annie b
Arnold of Augusta, G. M. N. c.; Katrina h.
Bryant of Freedom, D. D. G. c.; Susie B. Nc
Kechnie of Burnham, M. E. c.; Mrs. M. Flood
of Belfast, p c.; Mrs. W. F. Langill, Manager,
Belfast; Della Call, Burnham; Maude E. Mud
gett, Burnham; Emma WEIGH, f. F. Estes,
Marian Healey and F. B. Waterman OF Belfast.
At p. m. lunch was served in the banquet
room, and at o'clock the exercises OF the
evening were begun in the Pythian Hall under
the direction of Mrs Katrina Bryant. D. ID. G.
C. At the close of the usual opening work an
address of welcome was given by Miss Erma
Barker of Brooks, who spoke as follows:
Grand Chief, District Deputy, Most Excel
lent Chief, Sisters and Brothers: After the
lapse of another year the members OF Silver
Crown Temple have the pleasure of extending
to their brothers and sisters cordial greeting.
These conventions should be red letter days in
our work. It is at these conventions that we
enjoy the warm hand shake, the cordial greet
ings and genial smiles of good sisters and to
become acquainted with new members, ana IL
should be the pleasure of each member to,
strive to make these meetings a true fam
lily reunion, and place where the pleas
ure and comfort of each will be duly consider
ed. The social side of our order is an important
one, and if conducted with propriety will ma
terially aid in the usefulness Of our order.
Brothers and Sisters, the purpose OF our
order is to improve our conditions, morally, So
cially, Intellectually and religiously. This is a
grand purpose and if we each do our whole
duty in this direction success Will crown our
efforts. But how many are the duties and re-
sponsibilities of US all, both in and out OF the
Temple. One can not do the worlds work; but
one can do ones work. If you cannot be di-
rectly and actively engaged in fighting the
battle, you can, at least, polish your armor and
sharpen your weapons to strike an eHectlNe
blow when the hour comes: We can gather
from the past and the present stores OF wisdom,
so that when the future demands it we may
bring forth from our treasures, things new and
old. Wealth and rank and beauty may form
brilliant setting to the diamond, but they only
expose more markedly the false glare of the
paste. Life is burden, but it is imposed by
God. What we make Of it, it will be to US,
whether milestone about our neck or dla-
dem upon our brow. Take it up bravely, bear
it on joyfully, lay it down triumphantly. In
behalf of Silver Crown Temple l extend to
you most cordial and hearty welcome, and
trust that this meeting may prove benefit in
the advancement of our order in this district.
The response was by Mrs. Susie R. McKech-
ME, NJ E. c., of Burnham who said:
Grand Officers, Sisters and Brothers. In be-
half of the visiting Temples l thank you for
your most cordial welcome. We have looked
forward with pleasure to this meeting, glad of
an opportunity to visit this pleasant little vii
lage of Brooks and Silver Crown Temple. By
our presence tonight we show our inter-
est in Pythian work and by full enjoy
ment of this evening we hope to snow
our appreciation of the efforts made for
our comfort and entertainment. We have
come for instruction as well as pleasure, and
after the hearty welcome given US by our sis
ter can but resolve to each do their best to
help make this convention of 1911 success
and for the coming year to practice IN our
temples those principles OF purity, love,
equality and fidelity in greater degree than
ever before that may result in the up-bulldlng
of Pythian Sisters in district No. Is. Once
more let me thank you for your kind welcome;
be assured, sisters, that we shall remember it
as one of the pleasant things of the conven-
ton at Brooks.
The initiatory degrees were then exemplitied, !
in both the ladies and the Knights degrees,
with instructions by the visiting officials, after
which remarks were made by several of the
visitors and the local Knights. 1t was after |
midnight when the last goodbys were said and
the convention became a matter of history.
1t was a very dark, rainy and disagreeable
their erergy and enthusiasm, which made a
pleasant success of what would otherwise have
been dismal failure.