The Republican journal., 1912-12-12
SECRET SOCIETIES.


The annual meeting and election of officers
IF Aurora Rebekah Lodge, l. O. o. F., will be
held Tuesday evening. Dec. oath.
A stated conclave of Palestine Commandery,
Knights Templar was held last evening for
work in the Order of the Red Cross.
Phoenix Lodge, F. & A. M, worked the en-
tered apprentice and fellowcraft degrees on
three candidates last Monday evening.
Mrs. Susie B. McKechnie of Burnham. D. D.
G. c. of the Pythian Sisters. visited the tenn
pies in Freedom and Belfast in an official capa-
city last Thursday and Friday evenings.
There was large attendance at the meeting
of Timothy Chase Lodge. F. & A. M, last
Thursday evening. The degree was conferred
on three candidates and q banquet followed the
work.
At the regular meeting of Canton Pallas, U.
r. K. of P. held Dec. 18th. the following Off
GERS were elected: Captain, Arthur R. Murch:
Lieut. Leon T. Shute; Ensign, Albert H. Morse;
Clerk. Orrin J. Dlckey; accountant, Ralph H.
Howes. A banquet followed the election.
Hancock Lodge, F. & A. M. of Castine, has
elected the following officers to fill the chairs
during the year 1918: W. NJ. Warren P. Hoop
er; S. W., w. C. Brown; J. w., Rosmar Dever-
eaux; S. D., Andrew Patterson; J. D., L. c.
Gray; secretary, F. S. Perkins; treasurer, R. B.
Fred Jones, Frank Hooper; trustees of charity
fund, J. C. Whiting and W. A. Walker.
Belfast Lodge, No. 14O, N. E. o. P, at its
regular meeting on Monday evening, observed
a Children's Night and the following program
was finely rendered: music, Catherine Colcord;
reading, Alton Braley; music, Julia> Littlefeld
reading, Katherine Kittridge; music, Louise
Clement; songs, Louise Clement. Julia Little
field, Catherine Colcord Eleanor Bruce, Kath-
crime Kittridge, Frances Wiley, Lillian Dexter
At the annual meeting of Primrose Chapter,
O. E. S., last Friday evening the following of
fcers were elected for the ensuing year:
Worthy matron. Mrs. Hattie S. Richie; worthy
patron, Charles R. Coombs; associate matrop,
Mrs. Julia A. Vickery; conductress, Mrs.
Eleanor J. Woodcock, associate conductress.
Mrs.i Lulu C. Hills; secretary, Miss Alberta
Wadsworth; treasurer, Miss Ellen Maude Bar
ker. The installation will take place in Janu-
airy and the appointed officers will then be an
nounced.
Memorial services IN remembrance of brother
Elks who have passed away, were held by the
members of Rockland lodge at their Home
off CT
four O'Clock. Every lodge of the order held
similar service at the same time according to
ancient custom. The ceremonies were cele-
brated under the direction of Exalted Ruler
John E. Leach. Rockland lodge has, since its
organization, lost Is brothers-Elmer Spofford,
Stonington; Addison r. Smith, Charles A.
Crockett, Robert H. Crockett, Charles H.
Berry. Rockland; William L. Greenlaw, Ston.
ington; Nathan 7. Farwell. Rockland; Henry
M. Gentner, Belfast; Williston Grinnell, Cam
den; Cyrus C. Hills, Frank E. Freeman, Rock
land; Benjamin R. York, Jr., Damariscotta
Mills; Erold E. Hosmer, Camden.
Belfast Commandery No 947, United Order
of the Golden Cross, worked the degree on ten
candidates at their regular meeting last Thurs
day evening. Arthur Varnum of Westbrook
was guest of the Commandery. He is the
son of Grand Treasurer VIM. P. Varnum, who
has been working in Belfast since the first of
October and has added about so to the Com
mandery's member ship. The following officers
were elected: Noble commander, K. B. Craig;
vice noble comm ander, Mrs. Hester Brown;
noble keeper of records, Mrs. Nellie Finch f.
nancial keeper of records, F. W. Brown; treas
urer, Charles B. Eaton; prelate, Annie NJ San
born; herald, James Dexter; warder of inner
gate, Alberta Drury; warder Of outer gate,
Harold French; past noble commander, Charles
E. Sherman; representative to Grand Com
mandery, Forrest L. Adams; trustees. Charles
B. Eaton and Charles E. Sherman. There will
be special meeting this, Thursday, evening
to work the degree on several candidates, and
literary and musical program and banquet
will follow.
Members of the Knights of Pythias from all
over Eastern Maine were in Bangor Dec. 9th
for the reception to the supreme and Maine
grand officers of the order. The session open
ed in City Hall Monday afternoon. when the
rank of esquire was worked by a picked team
of Bangor, Orono and Old Town Pythians, made
up as follows: A. J. Keith, Ira H. joy, George
Sutton, Frederick Shaw, Harvey Knowles,
Victor l. Brett, Charles R. Baker and George
Cuff. Bedivere Lodge of Dexter worked the
rank of page, and Havelock Lodge of Water
vile the rank of knight. At night a public
session and reception was held in City Hall.
DR.. Daniel A. Robinson presided and Mayor
Charles W. Mullen gave an address of well
come. Addresses were made by Edgar j.
Brown of Waterville. Chester L. Swallow of
Foxcroft, Thomas J. CABLING Of Macon, Ga,
supreme chancellor: B. S. Young of Ada, o.,
supreme vice chancellor; Fred E. Wheaton
of Minneapolis, supreme keeper of records and
seals; C. H. Davis of Denver, supreme repre-
sentative. Music was furnished by the
Pythian orchestra.
SEARSMUNT.
Helen Cobb sang very pretty solo Sunday