The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-16
Vermont Odd Fellows Sc
lected 0. w. Edwards of
Burlington as Head
REPORTS SHOWED
NO NEW LODGES
And the Membership Re-
mains Practically the
Same

. 10 Hedu lne g1dnu lOuPe OF NefHOHJ Out
( Fellowship in lols-l9 as the result oi
t elections which took place in Rowland
r hall this afternoon, where the grand
/, lodge opened its annual meeting earlier
! in the day. The remaining elective off
+ GERS were named as follows. Deputy
. grand master, Alexander Duncan OF
Barre; grand warden, II. T. Brown of
Ludlow; grand secretary, Frank w
I jackson of Barre; grand treasurer, l.. c,
Grant of Burlington. As grand master
MIR. Edwards succeeds i. A. Spear OF
Woodstock, and Mr.. Duncan succeeds Mr..
Edwards as deputy grand master Mr..
Jackson was reelected to an Office which
he has held for several years.
Attendance at to.days gatherings was
the largest of the convention of grand
|. o. o. f. bodies. which opened Monday
evening. Delegates from distant lodges
whose arrival was delayed by heavy
rains, came last night and this morning,
many of them arriving in automobiles.
TO their number was added large dele
cation of Rebekahs, arriving for the an
nual festivities and business meeting of
the state Rebekah assembly, which opens
this evening. Fair weather is favoring
the Odd Fellows and their auxiliary or
ganization, and the attendance tomor-
ROW is expected to be even larger.
/ Grand Master Spear opened the I'D
annual session of the grand lodge this
forenoon at o'clock. Around 200 dele
gates and a majority of the grand lodge
officers were present. Judge Henry Y.
Borst of New York, deputy grand sire,
| who addressed the meeting last night,
was introduced as a guest. He spoke en-
couragingly of the progress of Odd Fell
lowship throughout the country. Other
guests included G., +. Price, past grand
chaplain of New York and Justin Emery,
grand master of New Hampshire Odd
Fellows. Messrs Price and Emery spoke
briefly.
Before the election of officers, various
committees were heard and reports from
several officers read. The annual state |
ment of the grand secretary showed that
the fraternity in Vermont has managed |
to hold its own in the past year, al |
though confronted by unusual conditions. |
The aggregate membership remains prac
tically the same, and the number Of
lodges is unchanged None were insti-
tuted and no charters were revoked
Election of officers was ordered by ballot |
and while there were no contests much
enthusiasm prevailed and the announce
ment of each ballot was followed by
brief remarks on the part of the candi-
date honored.
Sixty past grand officers received the
grand lodge degree, the only ceremonial
of the morning session. The work WAS
exemplified by Alexander Duncan acting
as grand warden. The business session
of the grand lodge was continued this
afternoon.
For the entertainment of Odd Fellows
wives and other members of the Rebekah
assembly who arrived early, there were I
automobile trips this forenoon. Most of
the visitors chose the trip to Milestone
hill and thence down to Wiliamstown
and through the gulf. This afternoon at
Hotel Barre, between the hours of to 5,
there was a reception in honor of the
of the Rebekah degree. The
degree will be exemplified by Ivy lodge of
this evening at s o'clock.
Tomorrow's program has been ar c
ranged as follows: Thirty third annual 5
session of the Rebeksh assembly in How I
land hall at a. m, with the state presi- t
Dent, Mrs. Emma S. Rand, presiding c
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will keep t
open house in Howland hall in the even p
ng at s o'clock, which function will Ii
mark the close of convention week. T
Past Grand Officers Association. !.
One of the most enthusiastic gather Il
ngs of convention week was the annual a
Meeting of the past grand officers ssso-
iation and the post prandial exercises
which followed it in Rowland hall last
venng. The session followed a busy n
ssembly in the afternoon, when the
apt xrb binh hnoro ftc httaf
ess meeting in the morning, continued
IS discussion of current problems Ap A
ointive officers, named to supplement n,
he grand encampment officers elected in "
he forenoon, were announced as fol- d,
,ws; Grand marshal, +. II. Palmer of b,
ristol; inside sentinel, II. II. Kidder of al
White River Junction; utside sentinel, tn
:. A. Dean of Bellows Falls.
Installation of the grand encampment ps
ffieers came in the earlier part of the ia
gening. j. NJ. Jewell of Proctorsyille Fl
as officially inducted into office along ch
ith the other officers elect, the install
Ig being done by the retiring grand
atriarch, Elmer L. Jenne of Newport.
he ceremony was witnessed by large IT
lmber of odd Fellows and the work
as highly commended by the onlookers.
Officers of the past grand officers as
,ciation We're elected soon after the ra
Getting was called to order. They are gr
follows: President. II. {. Farrar of to
utland: vice-president, Smith b. Waite III
HYDE Park; secretary. Frank W. Jack an
N of Barre: treasurer, O. +. Chilson of tn
arlington; historian. +. G. Nichols OF
edmond: executive committee, Calvin
ndress of Bennington, Gerry r. Walker
Bellows Falls, and W. T. Haigh Of
'attleboro: committee on invitation Of y
tests. H. c. FaTrar. q. ". Edwards of N's
arlington. J. II. Jewell of Proctors- pr
lie. and C. II. Metcalf Of Brattleboro. me
At s o'clock impressive post prsndial IN
ercises were gotten under way. For no
triotic reasons the annual banquet was LOT
lifted this year. but the program which th'
lowed lost noghting by the fact that ~
waited appetite The appearance Of a ITO
usd Of Canton Ninton members bear ser
: the colors sicnalized the opening Of lar
E program. The color guard marched
the head Of the hall and there de-
sited the color stand. the audience
ginu The Star Spaneled Banner. apg
ID every member standing at atten- i.eI
n. Prayer va offered by Rev. John M
Beardon Of Barre grand chaplain. B0s