Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-11
300 ODD FELLOWS HERE.
In Attendance mt Annual Meeting o.
District Number Three.

District Number Three.
ODD Fellowship in Burlington was fully
alive Tuesday when about 900 MEM
cred at the Odd Fellows hall for the an
nual meeting Of district No. g. The great
er part Of the attendance was. naturally
from the subordinate lodges Of tho dis
trlct, including Lake Dunmore, No. II, of
Middlebury, Bristol. No. 90. Of Bristol,
Champlain. No. IS. Of vergennes. Samari-
tan, No. 50. Of Richmond. Green Noun
tain, No. l. Of Burlington and Hamilton,
No. IA. Of Burlington. The two Burling-
ton lodges were the hosts Of the evening.
The meeting was in charge of Irving ].
Potter, d. D. G. NJ. of District No. 3.
The attendance from outside the city
was unusually large including many
grand officers Of the State. The list of
grand officers present is as follows: t. A.
Spear. G.. NJ. of Woodstock; o. w. Ed
wards, d. G. NJ, of Burlington; F. w.
jackson. G. S., of Barre; DR.. l.. C. Hol-
comb, @. r.. Of Milton; II. C. Farrar, p.
G. NJ. Of Rutland o. Z. Chilson. p G. NJ.
Of Burlington; F. G. Nichols. p. G. NJ, of
Richmond; f. l.. ingalls,, p. G. NJ. of
Burlington; Lieut-Col. r. A. Spear of
Burlington: Il. F. Nash, G.S. W., of Bur-
lington: w. II. Duncan, d. u. G. p. of
Burlington; and w. B. Craven, captain
quartermaster, of Burlington.
Many favorable comments were heard
regarding the banquet which was served
to about $50 In the Odd Fellows hall -
$3.50 p. M, by the ladies of the Rebeka
degree including Beatrice Lodge, No. IL
and Antonio Lodge No. II. An orchestra
made up of members Of both the Burlng-
ton lodges furnished music for the BAN
quet and also during the evening. Miss
Hazel Cole assisted the orchestra at the
piano during the course Of the banquet
Following the banquet an interesting
program was carried out. The meet
ing was opened in form at eight o'clock
by Green Mountain Lodge, No. /. l.. A.
Clifford. P. G., introduced the grand Of
ficers. The presentation of the flag was
one Of the features of the evening. The
flag was let down from n concealed po-
sition at one end of the hall ard a
spotlight thrown upon 1t, the cere-
mony taking place to the strains of
''The Star Spangled Banner" while the
entire assembly stood at attention.
The address of welcome was made
by the Rev. c. A. Boyd of Green Noun
| tain Lodge, No. /, while the Rev. ]. H.
Spouse for the district Z. A. Spear of
Woodstock. grand master. acted as
spokesman for the grand officers and
| delivered the response for them. This
| was followed by the exemplification Of
| unwritten work by +. w. Jackson,
grand secretary. Then came the re-
ports of lodges in the district.
Perhaps the biggest feature of the
! evening was comforting Of the degree
by team composed entirely Of Past
Grands of the two Burlington lodges
Of Odd Fellows. The excellent work
which the degree team did showed that
the "old fellows could come back
Remarks by the grand officers pre-
coded the closing ceremonies by Ham
| ilton Lodge, No. IA. America" was
sung by the entire assembly before the
| meeting broke up.
$3.50 at the school building to draw up
plans for a club.
| The members Of the Little House,
keepers of the Neighborhood House
will meet Thursday evening at the
Neighborhood House under the direc-
ton of Miss Grace Palmer.