Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-05-15
first Day of Convention Given Up
to Patriarchs Militant of
Vermont.
47O MEMBERS IN 10 CANTONS
Election of Officers, Parade and
Exhibition Drill Comforting
of Decoration of Chiv-
airy and Ball,


Brass buttons black and gold uniforms
and the bright rlumcs Of the PatriaEch'
militant enHVene' the gray "I a1, ,,. %
lows week In This city. The princlpa
events, so FAR as the public was con
co1ncd, were the parade in the afternoon
and H. the evening The comforting Of tho
decoration OF chiyalry AID the FdtilarcAs
Militant ball.
The pretty ceremony @. comforting tl'
decoration of oH4H~''E 's'N P'dNo IL %,
Masonic Temple nall ana was
10y large hummer OF I'5'SoI'S' u''i's YI'''
to the pu'hc' me military nonors ' T.,
'ehoeEe" '."ip'''e WIN -.'o 'ilit'i'' .i-'
ro'u-i,N ''' I- ',''1, w.. a..n.-.ra
'mo'oS CIV ,''i -, ,,,, orst oo,,.
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-. 20 C,.rt,,, 1.i,,+o,, 30 rf, bo,n,
49,. -, c..,,,,i II, r,ci,,e, ron1ks when n,
,,to,,d tbe han and ,s he nassed be-
,,-eon mon, he walked beneath the 'arcl
Of steel" formed bv their crossed swords
irwin, y.,ebed his hands in cercronta
form, he took his obligation, knoeln-
~ druin' lIa''o III inc Vent,l % q
hoi'oN squ.I NV ~ VIZ iI,.,.i, -,l
Cantohs Ninloh hul'''u oi i'H'.,'il' ''''
IaIaEeIle Oh 'IIS CIV III N''', IVY
Ion he then received arms ana ac'outre'
ments from the lh"N assistants MIS-
Edith Chase. Miss Rcna ''I' NhEIhah
Miss Frances Olll ana MISS Lena iIoN os'
With Il few words OF a"a'h.O"h IRON
each The solo parts or the ceremony
were sung by Mrs 1o"I" laws
Under direction OF cap L. Charl's g. NC
EeiieT the decoration .' mite cross pear
Inc n red heart and % gold crown wa
Hinned onCoIonel Jackson UNIFORM ny NJ
lie Miss Margaret N"H'InS' ana zen.
W. iinckI'Y OF the d' 2'r'nont OF Name
representing the commandments o
tho Tah1hrrhs MlIlt"H'' sinole lh' i'c'P
lent on the ShoUld'f WIN lhe H"I OF hI'
sword ana declared MN III nun ulle u tn
decoration prayer was tHeh "Hefeu p'
Chaplain McGaitey'
The decoration of rhiIaIly was th .
conferred upon MIS-. -. H. Somers OF -
Johnsnury' MRS. Emma Gates OF Ludlow
Mrs. Richard MandaEo ana Mrs. H.
bod@e OF l'ul'ahu ana MRS Eila + 'h"r
OF LNhdonNllle' ana Hii'lly upon capt II
a. SomerS' 'r.' OF 81 'onnSpnrE' an
M'J"r '''"' n, M'''"'I OF n'at''ep'r'
IaSI ''I"n'l J''NSo!, COM RE" ll'Is ue'1
i"O'H anu MISS Ni''i'i'i' ''''N''" ''i'ii'
PATR1ARCTIS DANCE.
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M''lld"I ""I WAS h'I' III 'ne Ne" 0her
w. noun ne 7i""" mart" was '' D.
''''-.' O"'I" '',o H." COMMANDER OIL III
o'lal''IoHI' ana MISS FRANCES Hlli' WIN
a,, any 1,. I3 ,,''''-'''''''' .u''
NcGancv was floor manager. assisted n,
y 6 smith = proi,,,d and c.oorg
Hillary. Tho aids wora MAJ . MAJ
calf. Can't. Il. HAYES Sbaror,y an,
r5eut r T. Morton
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''1'''H''" I"'i'lSheu music
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OFFICERS CHOSEN.
The morning onened with thu 1871, nv
nual meeting of the danart,nnn, co,,r,i
Of the Fatllarcus Militant in tho bau -
the local ORGANIZATIONS or the o,do,. or
2ers were chosen as follows.
President, Col. " = Cain % Rratt,o