Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-05-22
Vermont Odd Fellows Number.
ed 1903, Distributed among
76 Lodges, Jan. 1 Last.
S16,167 WAS PAID FOR RELIEF
E. l.. ingalls, of Hartford Elect
ed Grand Master at Annual
Meeting of Grand Lodge
Other Officers.


DAY in annual session, the place of
meeting being the hall Of the order in
burlington. Nearly $50 holders of the
grand lodge degree were present and
% initiates were admitted at the morn
ing session.
Edwin l.. Ingalls, of Hartford super
intendent of the union school district IN
Guiding that town, and one Of the widely
known educators of Vermont, was elect
ed grand master OF the State, and with
the other new grand officers, was in
stalled by the retiring grand master, F.
G. Nichols of Richmond, assisted by f.
w. jackson of Barre as grand marshal.
The evening was given up to the
Rebekahs, whose degree was exemplified
in the New Sherwood hall by Good VIII
Lodge, No. IL OF Rutland Prior to the
degree work, a reception was held for
members In the hotel parlors.
other elections and appointments in
the grand lodge Thursday were as fol-
lows:
Deputy grand master-Perlie j. Putnam
of Windsor
Grand warden-L. c. Holcombe of Mil.
ton.
st. Johnsbury.
Grand treasurer-L. C. Grant of Bur.
lington.
Grand chaplain-The Rev. Dr. Frank
DeFrees Miller of Enosburg Falls.
Grand representative to the sovereign
grand lodge--F. G. Nichols of Richmond
Grand marshall. G. Roy of East
Barnet
Grand conductor-E. A. Spear of Wood
stock.
Grand guardian-o. w. Edwards Of
Burlington.
Grand Observation-Disclosures Duncan OF
Barre.
Trustee of Gill Odd Fellows home. fol-
four years, DR.; w. n. Bryant of Lud'
low.
District deputy grand masters were APP
pointed as follows
District No. ii. r. Carpenter.
District No. Pc j. Trombly.
District No. 3-W. c. Finnessy.
District No. IS. NJ. Simmons.
District No. 5-Frank T. Rich.
District No. 6-F. T. Brigham.
District No. ii A. Smith.
District No. S-M. w. Kicker
District No. IN. j. Pike.
District No. 1O-Earl r Davis.
District No. 1l-CTo be appointed).
District No. 12--B. NJ. Newton.
District No. l3-G. b. Houghton.
Appointments of committees We're as
follows:
Credentials-H. 7. Brown of Ludlow
T. L. Richmond of Proctor, o. J. Gross
of Montpelier
Finance-H. c. Farrar of Rutland, D.
II. scribner of Hyde Park II. A. Morse
of Bellows Falls.
Mileage and Per Diem-W. p Horton
of Rutland, @. II. Nash of White River
Junction, A. V. Wiswell of Hyde Park
By-Laws-F. w. Jackson OF Barre, Cal
win Endress of Bennington, f. E Perry
of Brattleboro.
Printing-O. H. Henderson, grand sec
rotary, Charles w. Farr, grand scribe
grand representative, all of St. Johns
bury.
Initation-H. c. Farrar Of Rutland, E
L. ingalls, of Hartford. H. W. Scott o.
Barre, S. A. Reed of Windsor.
Chairmen of committees for the session
of 1914 are:
On subordnates, f. B. Morton of st
Adams.
Grievances f. NJ. Bartlett of Islant
Pond.
Jurisprudence, H. NJ. Mcfarland o
Hyde Park.
Returns, T.. ]. Nichols of Richmond.
Supplies, C. w. garr of St. Adams.
Resolutions, o. e. Chilson Of Burling
ton.
Correspondence, H. l.. Parker Of Brad
ford.
State of order, DR.. ". L. Ravens o
Chester Depot.
Legislation, II. 7. Robbins of Newport
Distribution, S, B. Waite of Hyde Park
Rebekah degree, F. E. Perry of Brat
teboro.
Upon assuming the chair Thursday
Grand Master ingalls, was presented wit
handsome bouquet of Jacquemon
roses. the gift Of his home lodge. Myrtle
No. 81. of Hartford, and rendered wit
appropriate remarks by Past Grand L
j. Ellis of that place.
Among the visitors from other juris
dictions who addressed the grand lodg
Thursday were Grand Master John W
Roberts, DR.. George L. Marshall =. G
NJ, p. G. r., Robert w. Taber. F. G
NJ, p. G. r., and Grand Patriarch F. "
johnson, all of Massachusetts, Gran
Secretary Frank l.. Way of New HamI
shire, and Grand Master John Irwin
McCabe of the Province of Quebec.
william C. Finnessy, appointed deput
grand master for the Burlington distric
is well known here as q partner In tn
w. G. Reynolds company, and was nobl
grand of Hamilton Lodge, No II, les
year.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
Grand Secretary o. II. Henderson n
ported as to membership in the fol;owin
words:
1.-The reports show a net gain OF SO
the year 1872 making our MEMBERSHIP
January !, 1918. the total of 1903. OF
mysteries were impaired to 359. thel
were received by cards and certificates
and 2s paid their arrearages and ono
more became active, Our loss Is indica
ed by l53 who failed to pay their pecun
airy obligations two were considered vi
faithful to their obligation, 1903 wei
granted cards. 80 passed to the great vi
known. Forty-four lodges show II,
gain, 20 show a net loss and three are at
standstill. Seven lodges have not bee
honored with initiates. Bellows Fal
Lodge No. %, made tho largest net gal
being p, Green Mountain Lodge. No
being second with II, and uamilto