St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-03-21
Birth of Baby Elk Amid
Most Propitious Circum-
stances
BANQUET MARKS
CLOSE OF EVENT
Speeches, Music, Toasts, GoodfeIlow-
ship and Satisfaction Mark Gil
max of An Evening MOmen-
tOuS In Social and Fratcr-
nal Life Of Many Men


Born in ST Johnsbury on the even
ing of March Is, 1914 baby elk
An infant elk that has all the ear
marks of being among the best of the
species, and one that with growth
promises to be one of the liveliest
propositions ever taking on lie in
this place In other words, Lodge No.
1343 Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, had its beginning Thursday
evening, when 55 men from st. Johns
bury, Newport and Lyndonville were
Instituted as an organization, and their
elected officers were installed by Dis
trict Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler
Fred w. Calder Of Burlington assist
ed by other members of the grand
lodge. The final exercises Of ushering
into being this baby organization
came with the banquet held at the
New Avenue Hotel later in the even
ing, when the lid was pulled off, amid
excellent music, a menu that spoke
loudly for the hotel cuisine,
and some of the snappiest of
post-prandal exercises given un-
der the unexcelled management Of
toast master, J. Rolf Searles.
Officers Elected
At the meeting in Pythian hall at
which the officers of the new lodge
were installed the following were
elected for the coming year: Exalted
ruler, c. Roy Calderwood; esteemed
leading knight. w. A. Kicker; esteem
ed loyal knight, Edward Asselin; es-
tcemcd lecturing knight, James Cos
grove: esquire, F. w. Kelley; secre-
tary, T. Willard Magoon; treasurer,
F. G. Landry; tiler, Pliny NJ. Pike;
trustee for one year, Luther JeWett;
trustee for two years, Charles Goss;
trustee fer three years. George Cafd
beck
1nstituting officers We're: District
| Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Fred w.
Caldcn of Burlington; Past Exalted
Rulcrs r. l.. Patrick, Mayor-elect J.
Holmes Jackson of Burlington. 9th
! ers present from other lodges were
! Frank l.. Robinson, present exalted
! ruler Of Burlington Lodge No. J16;
| J. T. Stearns. past exalted ruler; J. w.
FOss, B. O. Foster, +. l.. Preston, c..
II. lockwood, secretary of the Bur-
( lingtOn lodge: and ID. A. Barber, all
| of Burlington. Among those present
from the Montpelier lodge were: wv.
B. Mckillip, r. G. Bowers and Lester
l.. Greene
The Banquet
Presided over in recognized mi
n1itable manner by one who is said
to be q past master in the art, j. Rolf
! Searles kept the baby Elk wide awake
to the possibilities Of enjoyment Each
| speaker was introduced in Il manner
that led the banqueters to suspect d
wide and intimate acquaintance with
those on the program.
! The excellent menu arranged BY
Proprietor Palmer was served in q
quick and efficient manner, and was
fully appreciated by those of Elkdom
who are recognized the world over az
connoisseurs of vi2nds. The menu
consisted of: Grapefruit macedoine
celery, olives, tomato soup, fried seal
lops, tartare sauce. saratoga chips
rolls, cucumbers, broiled one-hal
spring chicken. June peas, mashed
potatoes, shrimp salad, pineapple ice
assorted cake, roquefort |cheese
crackers. coffee. cigarettes and cigars
At each plate were large white ant
red carnations, and the heavy embos
sed menu cards were crowned b!
smaA silk American flags. While tn
courses were being served, Sargent
orchestra kept the diners in a musi
cal state. Many of the old I. c. 7
, musical numbers were trotted out an
everyone came i'll on the chorus. c
, Roy Calderwood, the newly appointe
\ exalted ruler, rendered solo and re
+ sponded to an encore and Olin Adam
had some difficulty in refusing the cal
fn, Tn r.
and His Pockets In His Pants,'' whic
c the orchestra played.
At the stroke Of eleven rite Q
4 the Elks was observed The light
f were dimmed and while the stroke
of the hour were ringing out,
o toast was made to the memory of dc
II parted Elks. A silent moment-an
the pleasures Of the evening wer
q continued.
The first speaker of the evenin
was f. w. Calden, past grand eXalte
ruler, who read letters and telegram
from prominent elks, all of whic
- contained congratulations and man
e words of advice and council. In clio:
ing the speaker spoke of the exec
lent personnel of the newly institute
t. lodge and of the spirit shown by til
l. new members.
is The next on the program Lests
s, Greene was not much of a talker, ar
tx proceeded to hold the interest of h
g hearers with a reading from Servit
-e the Kipling of the North, entitle
n THE shooting of Dan Magrue,s'
N story of the virile life of the mort
~ country.
l. Other short talks were given |
id Frank L. Robinson, exalted ruler
the Burlington lodge, George Stearl