The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-01

was Mount Moriah lodge, No 16, of
Wardsboro, chartered Oct u, 1893. He
gave some interesting history of Mount
Moriah lodge Golden Rule lodge, No. Is,
of Putney was the only Masonic lodge in
Windham county at the time Mount Mo
riah lodge received its charter.
Subsequent to the grand lodge meeting
Oct. IL, 1913, in Windsor an application
in due form signed by Jairus Hall, Jesse
Swift, Edmund Livermore, Israel Law
ton, John Roberts, Ebenezer Jones, Alb
ner Perry, Jonathan Fisher, William Bug
bee. Benjamin Knights, Barnabas Hast
ings and Ebenezer B. Munson was pre-
sented to the grand master and dispen-
sation was granted them under the name
Of Social lodge, to be located in Whining
ton, and to have the number 80, nam
ing Jairus Hall worshipful master, Jesse
Swift senior warden and Edmund Liver
more junior warden, but Masonic work
was suspended, it appearing that objec
lions had been raised by certain members
of Mount Moriah lodge. At the annual
communication Of the grand lodge in Yer
gennes Oct 10. 1914, it appeared by reso-
luton that difficulties had arisen between
| the two lodges respecting the division of
| furniture, funds and jewels, and a COM
mittee was appointed to try to settle the
| differences, which was accomplished, and
on June / 1915, a charter was duly IS
sued to aforesaid petitioners naming the
| three officers as above, by NJ w John
| Chapman, grand master, and r. w ,Jona-
than Nye, grand secretary, which char
| ter, framed, hangs on the walls of Social
| lodge room.
Israel Lawton was the first treasurer
and John Roberts the first secretary. Col.
Haskins could find no data as to who the
other first officers Of the lodge were.
Much Early Activity.
During the first year of its existence
the lodge made II Masons, and every year
Thereafter to 1896, or the time of the dis
appearance of William Morgan and the
consequent anti-Masonic excitement, cou
pied with the persecution of all Masons
by those opposed to secret societies, anC
more particularly the Masonic institution
the lodge did a great amount Of work
counting among its membership many o
the best and most prominent citizens o
Wilmington, Dover, Wltitingham, Mari
boro, Halifax, Readsboro and Stamford
Early worshipfuI masters were Jairu
Hall, John Roberts, Sias Axtell, Rufu
Green, Adna b. Childs, John Pulsiphe
and Justus Gale Judge Roberts serve,
: the longest oil anyone and was maste
, when the lodge ceased to work. The las
/ report by the old Social lodge to the CRANE
, ,lodge was in 1929. Social lodge was no
represented at the annual communication
of 1880 and 1881, and by reason of sucl
failure for two years it became extinc
and was dropped from the roll of subordi
nate lodges
The bylaws Of the grand lodge required
that lodges going out of existence shoul,
surrender their charters, records and prop
erty to the grand lodge. The charter
: irecords and property of Social lodg
We're not surrendered. Speaking on thi
point Col Haskins said | have a dis
tinct remembrance, after I was made
Mason, of being informed by Brothe
Adna B. Childs that he, together will
many other members of the lodge had
feeling that the anti Masonic excitement