The Republican journal., 1914-05-28
SECRET SOCIETIES.

special commune tion OF
iss 5.s + and A. NJ, Monday evening.
al,a,-sft 5sgree was worked.
..i,r rom Rockland and Camden,
Y ' Rs.fast, will be run June 18th to
D'sT -'I,;c,ts If Pythias in this section op-
A. .a .ee the famous degree team OF
F''c, Woodland Lodge work the Rank OF
!. a, Paneor auditorium.
.,..rs of the order of Pilgrim Fathers
.,csyv requested to be present at the
,svt Monday evening. Supreme
P esorga F. Bradstreet of Boston will
'' There will be degree work and
;.nortapt business. A fine program will
| ..r.3 and ice cream and cake served.
uor,ers of Camden Commandery are
E., forward with most pleasant anticipa-
the pilgrimage to Pennington June
81 9sth The plan now is to leave ROCK
|. b specjaI train about a. m. June Ath
,,ri,s IL Pennington about 11.3o- The
.s,,s will be entertained by Pilgrim Com
,,.r and probably taken to Rangeley
:, The Cvmmandery will take the Cam
R.,o with them and it is expected that
~, "A Knights will make the trip.
!. .,s annual meeting of the Grand Lodge
sp IN Portland last week the Grand
J.. ,,rt was conferred on rs delegates, in
dng Walter Il. Grant of Prospect and Per-
! F5gs,omb Of Belfast. The membership
ojyss in Waldo county was reported as
,rs Freedom. No. "a, Freedom. 81; Silver
{: no IS. Belfast, LOG; Waldo. No. ",
nbsn So. Mckinley, No. 81, Stockton
ines 60: Mt " lido. No. 81, Frankfort, 6s;
IL, C-yvu. No. 108, Brooks, 70; Penobscot,
Is ssarsF5rt. l01.
Ne ilstac. meeting of the Rebekah Lodge
held m QiJ Fellows hall, Unity, Friday
mine Nan 2zad. There was large attend
(. HcIuaiag quite number from out OF
70. Al q clock supper was served to the
ing 3ges. The degree team of Aurora
s,sa ydge Of Belfast worked the degree
lone CANDIDATE and received many compll-
:ns 90 .neir work. Then followed pro-
10 s1sa-ed by the Unity people, which
lnaea soprano solo by Mrs. E. P. Frost of
lus .dge. with Mrs. Leon Beckwith of
G.l as aceempanist. Most of the party
n Tie mght Nv Unity, coming down by the
mag var "A few returned by auto that
tol, ta members were present at the
Fing Mas 261h, in Port land, of the 22nd
gal session OF the Grand Chapter of the
Ter o. ne Eastern Star. Grand Matron Mrs.
lF Price Of Richmond presided. The
tets 4e2ted were Grand matron, Adelaide
stHey Nsterville; grand patron, Frank
! Gardner; assistant grand matron, Lillian
Fany, tarmlngton; assistant grand patron.
lss Archibald Portland; grand secretary,
hstte Il. Hooper, Biddeford; grand treasur-
alma Bodge, Augusta; grand conductress,
na Dickson, Camden; assistant grand
anCtress, Mrs. Elizabeth Libby, Portland.
TIE are l67 chapters of the order in Maine,
It membership of 19. 207.
The most notable event of the year in Scot
Kite Masonry occurred Tuesday afternoon
evening. May 18th, when General Knox
'p'ef Of Rose Croix, A. A. S. R., held its an
session for business and the reception of
Members There was class of five cam
4sa al Of whom intend to continue in the
= = I'LL the 32d degree, the Consistory, now
" slsrfed In Portland at stated times. is theirs
''nn James Padbury, Almon Peter Richard
!, .s1u d oscar Holmes Trip of Rockland and
"a ~ lyman Warren and Ralph Dana South
~ !. u Oi Belfast. 1t is perhaps worthy of note
.oapt' Warren, retired master mariner of
'safS .e drove from Belfast, % miles, to take
|. ! nose CFolx degrees, and will embrace the
\. opportunity to obtain those of the Con-
Opinion.
','D' - 0nef May Leavitt presided May goth
4s annual session in Portland of the Grand
,r' =, VI the Pythian Sisters of the Domain
'l'D'f' slight increase in membership
. ''po'eo and the order is in satisfactory
'e' condition. There was a gain of one
,,'s ''' oiheers were elected as follows:
,,,i D'ltt Eva Mansfield, North Yarmouth;
~, ''ulof' Maria Havey, North Sullivan;
,,. ''plor' Katrina Bryant, Freedom; grand
s, 49, 'ehnle Pickett, Portland; grand mis-
,.u records and seal, Jennie S. Arnold,
,,,5 ' grand mistress,E. E. Weeks, Auburn;
,,,3 F'''s''or' Katherine Sobel, Camden;
,,,s s4'Td' Susie McKechnie, Burnham;
(, 1'7'ee' Elizabeth Hall, Lisbon Falls.
!, !, 'ae a0alal convention of the Grand Lodge
sr 2o.l Ahights of Pythias, in Portland,
'h. we grand chancellor gave a history
Vyi,,, curing the year and spoke ap-
M ,r. VI lhe general celebration of the
II, ''Safy Of the order. He commend
N NJ =, 'P'sed Pythian home to the atten-
to- -, subordinate lodges. The annual
serds 1Dgar t. Brown, grand keeper of
il of H. SealS' showed present member
cp,n V,pef IN Maine of 1876, loss of
ls7 on T. = 'ne year. The Grand Lodge has
h loar. ana the assets of the subordi-
t,eyra, now amount to s5Os. .7ss. A mark
durira interest in the order is looked
ssp be.s 'He coming year. 1t was votei to
s,ipp ,t 4uarters in Waterville, instead of
strODo - pack to Portland as advocated by
IND ,s. action The officers elected were:
had ,ioo :, Charles S. Wilson, Portland;
\; nav, ns Chancellor, Howard F. Sawyer, Ban
NJ rsna |, p's's'e' Robert M. Eales. Vance,
Blown 'l' n Keeper of records and seal, Edgar
kner IA a'ervllle; grand master Of ex-
sisr a. DaNln c. Milliken, Portland; grand
fAd inDs, John H. H. Armstrong, Saco;
GI''iao,s III : g guard, Herbert N. Genthner.
ss,, ssn,a.,' Falls grand outer guard. IA Fred :.