The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-19
Second Day of Odd Fellows
Week Brings Larger
Attendance
CHOICE OF OFFICERS
NOW IN PROGRESS
Automobile Ride for Visiting Women
This Afternoon and Banquet Tonight
Skitchewaug Canton Wins First
Prize in Drill.

The 4oth annual session of the Grand
Encampment, ]. o. o. F., opened this
morning at 10 o'clock for the tran
saction of routine business The attend
ance was large, many who were not pres
ent for Canton day yesterday having ar
lrived on the evening trains yesterday and
the early morning trains
| The report of .. H. Henderson, scribe
| of the grand encampment showed that
| there was net loss Of four during the
year in the membership of the body, leav-
ing total membership of 1,792. Ninety
nine We're initiated during the year SO
Withdrew, 19 died and % We're suspended
! The degree was conferred on 10 candi-
dates and there were short addresses by
Walter F. Johnson, past grand patriarch
and grand treasurer of Massachusetts,, and
Albert ". Bullock, grand patriarch of
Massachusetts. Owing to the non-receipt
of the printed annual reports from Mont
lpelier in time for the morning session,
the election of officers was put over to
this afternoon as the first business to be
transacted at , o'clock.
Visiting ladies were entertained with an
automobile ride this afternoon, the ma
Ichines leaving the Brooks House at go
Ioclock
This evening in the Brooks House par
ltDlc at - the annual Session OIL
ltEe Past Grand Officers association will
lbe held, followed by a reception and ban
lquet at s o'clock in the hotel dining room
lat which the capacity of the tables, go,
Twill be present.
The 69th annual session of the Grand
Hodge will open tomorrow morning at Q
lo'clock and from 4 to $50 there will be a
.Rebekah reception in the parlors of the
1 BROOKS House At 80 IN the evening the
Rebekah degree will be exemplifed in
Festival hall and at the same hour IN
Odd Fellows hall the Golden Rule de
gree win be exenplifed by Oasis encamp-
ment.
The annual competitive drill was held
yesterday afternoon at the close of
the parade, in front Of the town building
The first prize was won by Skitchewaug
} Icanton Of Bellows Falls and the second
. lprizes by Rutland canton of Rutland
The first individual prize was won by
Chevaier Warn of Rutland, second by
! IChevalier Pope of Skitchewaug, and third
: lby Lieut.. Fish of Rutland canton
The prizes were S15 and SO for the
eantons, and S12, IS and So for the indi-
viduals
The Judges were Gen f. ID. Holmes Of
New Hampshire, Col Arthur c. Wilcox
lof Greenfield, Mass, and Adjt. z. I. Hart
lof Greenfield.
Decoration of Chivalry.
{ The balcony in Festival hall was we'll
) filled and many of the seats on the floor
, Preserved for spectators were filed yes
! terday afternoon to witness the ex-
; Iemplifcation of the work of conferring
the degree of chivalry upon two cheva-
liers and one Rebekah. Col Alexander
Duncan conferred the degree upon Capt
: w. Z. Cheney of st. Johnsbury and Capt
George Schmitt of Rutland, and Col w
j. Cain of Brattleboro conferred SINH.
: liar honor upon Mrs. Myrtle c. Wallace OF
2 lAntonio Rebekah lodge Of Burlington
/ These degrees are special honors conferred
. upon those who have passed through the