The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-01-06
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The officers Of Minneapolis. (Minn.) Chap
ter No. 8, Order Of the Eastern Star, will pc
publicly installed Monday evening, Jan. 10th
Mrs. Abbie Eels Reed is chaplain and men,
Der of the reception and entertainment com.
mittees
Edward F. Littlefeld. D. D. G. C. p, Orrin
J. Dickey, acting G.. H. p. Samuel Adams. G
S., Melvin Dickey. G. S.W.. and L. E. McMa-
han, G. ]. w.. went to Unity Jan. 9th to install
the officers of Unity Encampment.
The officers of Primrose Chapter. Order Of
the Eastern Star, will be installed tomorrow
Friday .levening by Mrs. Emma G. Dickens OF
Camden, associate grand matron of the grand
chapter of Maine. A chicken supper will be
| served under the direction of Mrs. Lillian
Billings Mcdonald, assisted by large COM
mittee.
At special meeting of the department council
of the Patriarchs Militant of Maine. held last
Saturday evening in Portland. Will c. Miller OF
Augusta was declared elected to the office of
department commander with the rank of
brigadier general. There are q Cantons of
CQ0 HACTlaTCnb MluIAuIs L. W ". r.s III mdluo
and Gen. Millers election is for term of three
years.
Mrs. Cora ]. Bowker, District Deputy Presi-
dent. and Mrs. Gertrude P. Bowker, Deputy
Grand Marshal, will install the following Off
GERS of Aurora Rebekah Lodge, l. o. O. F.,
Tuesday, Jan 18th: Mrs. Sarah S. Guthrie,
noble grand; Mrs. Lottie W. Pottle. vice grand;
Mrs. Annie X. Adams. recording secretary,
Mrs. Effie G. Harrison, financial secretary:
Mrs. Abbie F. Cook. treasurer.
Tarratne Tribe of Red Men elected officers
last Monday evening as follows: Sachem,
Percy L Cunningham; senior sycamore, Lin
coin Clark; Junior sycamore, Milton 7. Healey:
chief of records, Orrin j. Dickey; collector of
wampum, Orrin J. Dickey; keeper of wampum.
Roscoe Arey; prophet, Harold S. Robinson;
trustee for two years, W. B. 1ngersoll; trus
tee for three years. Charles II. Hahn; dele
gates to the great council. Edward Robinson
and Charles H. Hahn. The installation will
take place the last of this month.
Silver Cross Lodge, Knights of Pythias. has
elected officers as follows: Chancellor Com
mander, C. L. Wright; Vice Commander, Harry
Clements; Prelate Harold McKeen; Keeper of
Records and Seal, Sam Durost; Master of FL
nance, C. E Stevens; Master of Exchequer, F.
G. Mixer; Master at Arms, Fred Seward; Mas
ter of Work, F. o. Whiting; Inside Guard Jet
son Pettee; Outside Guard, Arthur Morrison:
delegates to the Grand Lodge, H. E. Sellers
and Jetson Pettee; alternates. F. C. Whiting
and A. L. Curtis; trustee, c. L. Wright.
An unusual event in secret society annas
took place last eveqing ban. 5th). when Silver
Cross Lodge. Knights>ot, PYthias, conferred
the first rank. that of Page, On, the Mayor,
Aldermen and Councimen of Belfast. This
will be followed soon by comforting the rank of
Esquire, and about February LIST. when a num-
Ger of the leading grand officers of the State
will be present, the rank of Knight will be
conferred. group picture of all the men,
bers of the city government will then be pre-
scented to each candidate. copy sent to the
Grand Keeper of Records and Seals and one to
every Grand Lodge in the United States, As in
number. 1t is believed that Silver Cross is the
first lodge of any order in this country to con-
fer the degrees on whole city government.
and it is a remarkable fact that not one was
member of the order and that all were eligible.