The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-23
SECRET SOCIETIES.

At the meeting of Waldo Lodge, K of P. of
Durham, April 10th, Grand Prelate Chester
Swallow of Dover was present and the degree
of Page was conferred on one candidate.
A membership gain of 200 for the year was
shown at the 3lst annual meeting in Portland,
April 18th. of the Grand Commandery of
Maine, U. o. G. G. The present membership
is over 5000. Herbert W. Kenney of Port
land was reelected Grand Noble Commander.
The other offices were filled as follows: Grand
Vice Noble Commander, Fannie R. LoveJoy,
Bethel Grand Prelate, Phila A. Abbott,
Springvale; Grand Keeper of Records, Horace
Mitchell, Kittery: Grand Treasurer, VIM. P.
Varnam, Portland; Grand Herald, ]. Walter
Leighton, Gardiner; Grand Warder of Inner
Gate, Mrs. Harold A. Putnam, Portland;
Grand Warder of the Outer Gate. Charles
Averill, Auburn.
Conduskeag lodge, Knights of Pythias, is
making plans for entertaining the national
supreme officers of the order in Bangor in
June, and the event is expected to be the big
gest Pythlan event that has ever taken place
Carlin of Macon. Georgia, will be present, with
prominent officials of the order from Minneap-
oils. MINI and Denver Cole. and Pythians
from all over the State have been invited to
meet the supreme officers. A class of 200
candidates will receive the degree, and a feat
Rathbone Bible, upon which the order was
founded so years ago, and which is in the Gus
tody of the supreme chancellor, will be used
Two of the bodies of Scottish Rite Masonry
held meetings at Masonic Temple in Rockland,
Monday, April 2Oth-or the Oath day of the
Hebrew month Nissan, A. M, 5675, according to
the calendar and in this order. A special meet
of the Rockland Lodge of Perfection was call
ed at 23O p. m and the Ineffable degrees from
the fourth to 18th inclusive were communicate
ed, and the Sublime degree of Perfection, the
l4th grade. was conferred in full form. A
turkey supper was served at six o'clock by a
committee of ladies' of Goldenrod chapter, O.
E. S. At Z 30 O'Clock, Rockland Council, Prince
of Jerusalem, met and the 18th degree,
knight of the East or Sword" was conferred
in full form, and the 18th, that of Prince of
Jerusalem, communicated. The chief officers
of the two bodies of the A. A. S. R. are-Wll-
mer J, Dorman of Belfast T. P. Master of the
Lodge of Perfection, and Morris L. S!ugg OF
Belfast, Sovereign Prince of the Council of
Princes of Jerusalem. Frank c. Flint Of Rock
land is secretary of both.
The annual meeting of the Independent Order
of Red Men of Maine was held in Portland.
April 18th. Officers were elected as follows:
Great sachem, Henry I. Durgin, South Eliot;
great senior sycamore, Arthur E. Pollard,
Portland; great junior sycamore. Bradford G.
Redonett, Wiscasset; great prophet, Wilford 5.
Alexander, Eastport; great chief Of records,
Herbert P. Seal, Portland; great keeper OF
wampum. Augustus F. Jacquemin. Kennebunk;
great sannap, John Fogarty, South Berwick;
great mishinewa, Frank w. Meserve. Port
land; great guard of the wigwam, P. H.
Keene, Mechanic Falls; great guard of the for
est. Curtiss A. Lewis, Eastport; trustee for
three years, George A. Adams, Ogunquit; rep
resentatives for two years, MILFORD S. Alexan-
der of PASSPORT, Arthur B. Cook of Lewiston
and Harvey C. Blanchard of Cumberland.