The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-18
|. ]. JONES, ISLAND
POND, IS GRAND
PATRIARCH
Elected at Yesterdays Meeting
Of Grand Encampment
BUSY DAY FOR ODD FELLOWS
Two Sessions of Grand Bodies at St.
Adams and Banquet in the
Evening
BUSY DAY FOR ODD FELLOWS

st. Adams, May 1S-In connection
with the sessions of the state grand
bodies of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows the 41st annual meeting
of the grand encampment convened at
the local odd Fellows hall yesterday
morning about 9:35 o'clock, there be-
ing large attendance. All of the
grand officers were present and the
attendance numbered about IS mem
bers of the encampment. The grand
encampment degree was conferred on
Is candidates. The grand officers
present were:-
A. f.. King, Burlington, grand Pat
riarch; l.. F. Jones, Island Pond,
grand high priest; Gerry r. Walker,
Bellows Falls, grand senior warden;
Charles w. Farr, st. Johnsbury,
grand scribe; Lyman j. Brown, Brad
ford, grand treasurer; II. w. Scott,
Barre, grand junior warden; j. A.
Foster, Waterbury, Grand marshal;
II. d. Gibson, Rutland, grand sentinel;
A T. Calhoun, Middlebury, grand out
side sentinel; G. II. Stevens, st Johns
bury, and DIN w Harwood, Benning
ton, grand representatives
The report OF A. f. King of Bur
lington, grand patriarch showed
small decrease in the membership OF
the various encampments but it was
reported that in several of the en-
campments there had been a substan-
tial increase in the membership which
said the report went TO show that
there was a renewed interest in the
work, with excellent prospects for an
increase in the membership during
the year The decrease in the mem
bership was largely due to the sus-
pension OF membership on account OF
the non-payment of dues.
The following were embodied in
the grand patriarchs report
Reports of the grand high priest, l..
f. Jones, Island Pond; the grand SEN
ior warden, Gerry F. Walker, Bellows
Falls, the grand junior warden, II.
w. Scott. Barre There were also re-
ports of the following district deputy
grand patriarchs: H. T. Hope, Poult-
ney, districts Nos. l and 2; r. A.
Spear, Burlington, No 3; M. J. Brun-
ming, Barton, No. A. E. E. Campbell
Waterbury, No. 8 II. ii. Somers, st.
Johnsbury, No. 6; r. b. Lang, White
River junction No. Z; Charles G. sta
pies, Brattleboro No. s. The report
of Grand Scribe Charles w. Farr of
st. Johnsbury, submitted this morn
ing, shows a small decrease in the
membership for the year from Decem-
Der 81, 1909, to December 81, 1910.
Reports already received for the year
1911, however, would indicate that
there will be an increase of about 100
members during the ensuing year.
There are at present SO subordinate
encampments with the number of
members reported December 81, 1903,
as 1S4S. The report shows net loss
of members during the year The
death loss this year has been 30,
which is an unusually heavy loss, it
is said, from this cause.
The early afternoon session was
passed principally in the general rou-
tine business OF the meeting and
shortly after o'clock the election of
officers was held These officers are.
Grand patriarch, L. ]. Jones of Island
Pond; grand high priest, G. F. Wal
ker of Bellows Falls; grand senior
warden, H. W. Scott of Barre; grand
scribe, Charles w. Farr of st. Johns
bury; grand treasurer, c. G. Staples
of Brattleboro grand representative,
A. E. King of Burlington.
Grand Patriarch Jones announced
his appointive officers as follows;-
Grand sentinel, A. T. Calhoun of
Middlebuxy; grand outside sentinel
w. d. Wilson of this city.
All the officers were installed during
the afternoon. There are about 250
guests in the city, this number in
GLIDING members of the various Odd
Fellows organizations and the Re
bekah assembly which is to meet Fri
day morning.
The annual meeting of the Past
Grand Ohicers' association was held
at the headquarters at the American
house last evening, 10 members being
present, H. c. Farrar of Rutland, the
president, presiding. Officers were
chosen as follows:
President, II. G. Farrar; vice presi
dent, S. B. Waite of Hyde Park; sec
rotary, +. w. Jackson of Barre; treas
urer, o. Il. Chilson of Burlington; ex
ecutive committee, S. A. Reed o
Windsor chairman f. E. Perry o
Brattleboro and w. p. Horton of Rut
land.
Following the meeting a banque
was served at the city hall by thu
women of the Baptist church. S.
Waite acted as toast master and tn
following were the speakers: Gran'
Master Sargent, Grand Secretar
George Fuller, Grand Instructor Wi
liam M. Weber, Past Grand Maste
Austin S. Esty, all of Massachusetts
Past Grand Master McCorkill an
Grand Master Kennedy, both of Que
bee and Grand Master Fred G. Pag
of Keene, N. H. Mrs. P. F. Hatch Q
Bristol recited.