The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-01
MANY MACCABEES
ARE EXPECTED
Three Days State Rally Will Be Started
in Montpelier City Hall Tuesday After
noon--Fine Program Is Prepared.

Between four and five hundred mem
bers of the Woman's Benefit association
of the Maccabees are expected to gather
in Montpelier Tuesday afternoon for the
three days state rally, the third annual
to be held in Vermont, and to meet their
supervising officer, Miss Rose Miller of
Providence, r. l., deputy supreme com
mandcr. The rally opens at 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon in the city hall
auditorium, and the visitors from
throughout the state may carry home
impressions of Montpelier, as sight
seeing tour of the city in automobiles is
planned for the last day, Thursday.
Visitors are expected from Waterbury,
Burlington Mortified, Rutland, st. Al
bans, st. Johnsbury, Winooski and
Barre, and prizes of $40 will be offered
to the review bringing the largest dele
CATION, presenting the largest class, and
silver sword to the guard presenting
the best guard work. The entire ritual
will be exemplfed by the several re-
views and their guards.
Tuesday afternoon the rally will open
with Miss Miller presiding, and it is ey-
pected that Mayor j. NJ. Boutwell, or
DIR. Ii. A. Flint of the Board of Trade
will welcome the visitors present An
informal reception will be held during
the afternoon, to which the Montpelier
Woman's club is invited.
The initiation work will be taken up
in the evening. and class of at least rs
candidates is expected to work upon.
Wednesday evening public meeting is
to be held and among the invited guests
are Gov. G. w. Gates, Senator w. P. i
Dillingham;, Mayor Boutwell,, Represen-
tative H. M. Farnham, Secretary Flint |
of the Board of Trade. The L. II. Baine
quartet will give several selections dur
ing the evening.
Mrs. Eva L. McNett, supreme past
and deputy supreme com
mander of New York, will also play an
important part in the rally and will
Join with Miss Miller in assisting to
make the meeting memorable one. A
drill exhibition between five picked
teams, Montpelier, two from Burling
ton, st. Adams and Swanton for a silver
sword will take place Wednesday even
ng.
Thursday morning the sightseeing trip
will be made, and the State House will
,e visited. II was intended to have the
rip made Wednesday forenoon, but it
vas thought best TO make the change
or fear the delegates might become
ired.
Miss Miller and Mrs. McNett arrived /,
n the city Saturday evening from Prov
ience II. l., where they attended the ,
econd state rally of Rhode Island, the
Meeting proving an exceptional success. (
Montpelier members are preparing to !
pen their homes TO the visiting Macca-
ees. and Mrs. Ida Goodwin, commander /
{ the Montpelier review, has the or
well in hand for the rally. =
Other state officers who are expected
D attend are Mrs. Eva Perkins of Barre, h
tate deputy; Mrs. Mertie Parker of
burlington, state deputy; Mrs. May Y
irard, Barre, state deputy. Mrs. Good h
in of Montpelier is also state deputy. Il
Coineident with the state rally is the N
Ict that only two weeks ago the corner T
one of new home Office building for n,
he association was laid in the city of nj
ort Huron, Mich This building when le
,mpleted viii be the only women's IN
llding Of its kind in the world. The NJ
sociation has a membership of nearly NJ
a 900 and a reserve fund of nearly OF
100000, and the association is work &C
g TO close the year with membership
100000. a