The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-04
DISTRICT MEETING
OF ODD FELLOWS
About 800 Attend Program
in Temple = PIP at
Banquet
FLAG PRESENTED
TO LOCAL LODGE


Visitors from Other States = Fine
Degree Work by West River Lodge
of South Londonderry.
The district meeting of subordinate
lodges of Odd Fellows in district No. 10.
held last evening in the new temple
OF Nantastiquet lodge, in Brattleboro,
was unusually successful. The banquet
which was served by Dennis Rebekah
lodge at $50 O'Clock, found 2l2 members
OF the order to enjoy an exceptionally fine
repast, and at the exercises in the lodre
room IN the evening about 300 were pres
ent.
Newtane lodge, with membership Of
Il, had the remarkable representation of
80 members Those present included be
SIDES delegations from all the lodges of the
district, members of eight Vermont lodges
not IN the district, members of six New
hampshire lodges, Of SIX Massachusetts
lodges, of two Maine lodges and one from
a Canadian lodge
The lodge meeting was opened in due
form by Wantastiquet lodge, No. 5. of
Brattleboro, H. j Wilson, noble grand
presiding. The grand officers present were
introduced and were: j. G.. Roy of East
barnet, grand master; +. a Spear of
Woodstock, deputy grand master; f. W.
jackson of Barre, grand secretary: II. A.
Morse of Bellows Falls, grand herald; F.
+. Perry of Brattleboro, past grand rep
resentativc; Z. j. Eddy of Brattleboro.
district deputy grand master, Patriarehs
Militant; W. T. Haigh of Brattleboro,
past department commander, Patriarehs
Militant; Robert w Taber of Brattleboro.
past grand representative of Massachu-
setts; f. A. Buckley of Hinsdale, y. III
district deputy grand master of the New
Hampshire jurisdiction; Charles G. Sta
pies of Brattleboro, grand treasurer of the
grand encampment; Harold l. Smith of
Brattleboro, grand marshal OF the grand
tncampment; and Herbert A. johnson of
Brattleboro, district deputy grand patri-
arch.
Grand Treasurer Staples welcomed the
visiting grand officers and members of the
order, saying that it was a special pleas
ure to welcome them this year because OF
the new temple of Wantastiquet lodge.
which was being used for the first time
lror district meeting
The response for the district was by +.
A. Dewitt of Newfane lodge, who said
that sincerity in invitations and accept
hnce came spontaneously because of the
bond OF Odd Fellowship which binds them
oil. He regretted that more did not attend
meetings of their lodges, rather than
place desire for sordid gain above their
obligations to the order
Grand Master j. c. Roy responded
hrIn fly fnt : hs, i a
Brasor sang solo.
The pleasant surprise for Wantastiduet
lodge came when W. T. Haigh as flag
bearer and W. J. Cain and George 4.
Metcalf as aids, all in full uniform,
marched into the lodge room accompanied
by the past noble grands of the lodge and
with Captain Haigh bearing handsome
United States flag Mr. Perry presented
the flag to the lodge from the past noble
grands Earl Woodard organist, played
Star Spangled Banner on the organ and
the entire attendance sang the concluding
words.
! The retiring grand master. DR.. L. G.
Holcombe, of Milton, had suggested that
all lodges in the Vermont jurisdiction
should have always in the lodge rooms the
national colors and the suggestion was
adopted at the grand lodge session f. Z
Perry, f. j. Eddy and A. L. MAYNARD
were appointed committee of Wantasti
quet lodge to make arrangements for 2
flag and Mr. Perry suggested that tbs
past noble grands should join together and
buy suitable flag and present it to the
lodge This was done last night
Noble Grand H. j. Wilson accepted the
gift for the lodge in very happy response
to the presentation by Mr.. Perry
/ Resolutions expressing the love anC
sympathy of the lodges of the district t,
d. w. Tenney of Brattleboro, one of til,
older and most constant members of Wan
tastiquet lodge, were adopted.
The exemplihcation of the initiatory de
gree by West River lodge, No. "a, o
South Londonderry was very creditabl
performance by degree team of 10 mem
bers.
Reports from the lodges in the distric
showed that Wantastiquet lodge now ha
a total membership of 5s8, a gain of .
! since Jan. l. West River lodge of Sout
Londonderry, Wardsboro and Newfan
, lodges all showed gains West Rive
lodge has suspended one member this yea
! for non-payment of dues, the first to b
| thus suspended in 10 years This lodg
has a membership of Is. Wardsboro, wit
. a membership of 66, has bought its ow
hall, and Newfane lodge, with member
ship of II, is recovering finely from tn
!. loss sustained by the burning of the lodg
5 home.
, Following another solo by Frank
f Brasor the unwritten work of the orde
: was exemplifed by F. w Jackson, gran
3 secretary. This was of special interest t
l visitors from Massachusetts, where the
e do not hold district meetings and hay
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