The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-03
Quonekticut Tribe Observed
10Th Anniversary of
Organization
UNIFORMS WORN
BY DEGREE TEAM
Supper in Headquarters Followed by
Parade, Entertainment and Opening
of New Club Rooms - Unusually
Large Representation in Line.

Quonekticut tribe, /. 0. R. NJ, OBJ
served last night with whoops and red
fire, parade, supper and entertainment,
concluding with the opening to members
of the new club rooms in the Woolworth
building, the Goth anniversary of the
institution of the tribe. Jointly with
this observance was the celebration of
the fact that the tribe practically has
doubled its membership and now, with
2S3 members, is the largest tribe in the
state.
The celebration was opened with an
elaborate supper served in the main hall
Of the tribe at $50 O'Clock. There
| were l53 members who enjoyed that
part of the evenings festivities and 10
more joined them for the parade up
| Main street to the Wells fountain, back
to the foot of Main street hill and then
to the hall.
The parade was led by Prophet John
| Kali in full regalia aud he was
followed in single file by the
members of the degree team in paint
and feathers. They were followed by
Uncle Sam, impersonated by Ashton
Taylor, and behind him marched John
Stone, Clayton Daniels and Frank NJ
Holiday, with fife and drums and cos
TUNED to represent the famous picture,
The Spirit OF '76.
The seven charter members of the
tribe who are members now were next
in line. They were Charles r. Crosby,
j. Edgar Mellen, Clarence S. StockwelI, i,
Bert L. Sargent, Harrie G. E. Pratt,
, George s. Pratt and Harry r. Law
renee.
II The uniformed body of the tribe un-
der command of Herbert f. Harris fol-
lowed, and then the long line of mem
bers IN column of twos, many of them
bearing sticks of red fire, each wearing
4 small flag in his hat. In the middle
of this line were members carrying fiat
an immense American flag, which was
greeted with applause all along the line
of march by the Spectators who lined
the sidewalks.
: After the parade the members gath
cred in the hall for the entertainment
and were somewhat fustered at first
when Frank NJ. Holiday announced that
the scheduled entertainers had missed
| connections aud that il would be up to
some of the members to fill their places.
+, After calling vainly upon several mem
bers to lend themselves for the benefit
of others he finally got V. A. Colburn,
. A. \. Jones and John Graves to join
{ him. Then T.. M. Goodenough, backed
!, in minstrel style, appeared. He refused
4 to work with ''whitc trasb,'' so the
I others were made up in the presence of
: the audience while q line of talk added
Y to the interest of the proceeding. With
e Mr.. Holiday as interloeutor and the
others as the end men a lively minstrel
! first part was given, concluding with
). a patriotic song by Mr.. Goodenougl
G that he was forced to repeat.
7 The entertainment concluded, J. Ed
Y gar Mellen briefly reviewed the cir
e cumstances that had led up to the tribe
s securing the floor below the hall anC
D Transforming it into club rooms, anc
ANNOUNCED that keys to the rooms were
It ready for sale and that the rooms wer,
e then open for inspection. 1t was the frs
:, view most of the members had of tn,
l. rooms, which have been equipped Will
/ a new pool table, writing desks an
Y reading table and chairs, with excelen
I lighting facilities.
II The members of the tribe conside
Q the celebration highly successful, as di'
y hundreds who witnessed the parade witt
20 the surprising number of men in line.