The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-17
Homer Thrasher
HOnOred In Newport
Continued from page one)

| NglGNSldllu VI SONCllpIy > cliCllIl -
Hill; H. B. Cushman, county clerk;
Austin Page, Lyndonville; Rev. L..
| 4. Edwards, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church; Lee Wellman, secre-
tary of the Memphremagog Lodge;
4. S. Root, lifelong friends of HON.
ar Thrasher.
A cane, made of snakewood and
bearing a gold inscription readin,;
ITO Homer Thrasher by Masons of
Newport, 1919" was, presented MI.
Thrasher by the lodge. II. S. Root
made the presentation.
Judge Smith, as POSTMASTER, open
I'd the speeches. He said:
/ 1--WE are gathered here tonight to
pay our respects, to wish we'll and
show our appreciation of brother
rhrasher as a good neighbor, good
,itizcn and a good Mason, during his
residence here of more than three
score and ten years"
In introducing Mr.. Wells, the
.oastmaster said that in his letter ac-
cepting the invitation to attend the
banquet he had written that he pre-
ferrcd to come to Ncwpwort not as
grand master of the grand lodge of
Vermont, but as friend of Homer's.
Mr.. Wells spoke of his long friend
ship with Homer and declared the
Masons regretted very much to have
him go away, but at the same time if
ne must go, it was with the best
wishes of everyone for long life to
come.
r. P. Skinner pleaded for a more
fraternal spirit such as Homer had,
on the part of the other Masons. Mr..
Skinner did very well.
II. B. Cushman spoke Of his long
utilization with Mason bodies here
and of Mr.. Thrasher's long service as
| Z Mason. Mr.. Thrasher was recorder
in various bodies for several years
and always did his work well.
Judge Cleveland spoke very brief
ly of his lifelong acquaintance with
Mr. Thrasher. He said they went to
school together and that he had a
great deal of love for him.
E. II. Cosby brought the greetings
of the Masons of Quebec and spoke
in very entertaining way. He told
several very funny stories.
Rev. l.. A. Edwards spoke part
cularly of Mr.. Thrasher's relations in.
the church.
Lee Welman entertained with
short talk and was very humorous.
H. S. Root, who presented the
cane, spoke of his lifelong friendship
with Mr.. Thrasher. The two were
brought up together and were asso-
cated together in town affairs for
several years.
After the speaking was finished the
men all went down stairs in the lodge
room proper and were entertained by
quartet consisting of Harry +.
Hamilton, Rev. l.. A. Edwards, 0.
S. SearIcs and Mr.. Smith.
Walter Cleveland of Coventry en-
tertained with readings and Aaron
Grout read excerpts from Drum
mond. Some of James Whitcomb
Riley's poems were rccited.
The tall cedars were worked last
night on C. A. Davis, f. J. Hill, Ar
thur West, Ray Hunt, w. E. Bond
and E. J. Smith.
Following is the menu served at
the banquet: Roast turkey, mashed
potatoes, cranberry sauce, squash,
rolls, doughnuts, pumpkin pie, cigars
and cigarettes
The committee on arrangements
consisted of Judge E. ]. Smith, chair
man Rufus w. Spear, e. j. Hill, Fl.
S. Root and Arthur West.
E. F. Sherburn had charge Of the
dinner and did an excellent job
Rufus w. Spear had charge Of the
entertainment downstairs.
Among those attending were:
Harry Burgess, ]. f. Lambert, Frank
w. Thompson, T. Human, O. E.
Swift, George S. Somerville, Fl. G.
Ruiter, E. p. Dearborn, F. p. Park
in, A. H. West, E. A. Bowley, A. C.
Sleeper, G. F. Adams, Rodney CO.
burn, E. r. Davis, P. E, Lee, e. P.
Crawford, J. D. Fifeld, Il. f. Fifeld,
F. M. Sears, w. H. Wright, o. N.
Metcalf, D. A. Brabane, E. E. Ad
ans, Austin J. Beebe, c. E. McCarty,
E. J. Hill, F. N. Wilcox, w. W. Blod
gett, C. E. Nelson, f. H. Cosby,
Erastus Buck, Arson C. Child, G p.
Wilder, S. f. Phelps, w. ]. Rythcr,
j. f. McCarten, George Eaton, P. M.
Bowley, M. l.. Bowen, l.. Colodny,
O. w. Locke, S. d. Parker, G. II,
Brock, Austin D. Page, J. A. Pear
sen, r. H. Cheeny, Arthur F. Prince,
Hubert A. Pierce, H. T, Seaver, 0,
H. Rawson, e. c. Huntington, j. i.
Cleveland, II. D. Lindsay G. F. Da-
Wis, c. Macdiarnid, ]. P. Kipp, A. B.
Cobleigh, F. T. Rich, Lewis w. Pc
we'll, D. w. Hildreth, B. w. Longe-
way, II. P. Webster, D. N. Dwinnell,
O. w. Richmond, f. F Hobson, F.
ID. Hall, J. F. Blanchard, G. F.
Bigelow, F. R. Sherman, w. A. Tob-
ey, George M. Kimball, L. d. Will
man, J E. Spindler, Chase E. Man
digo, C. M. Flint, r. E. Percy, Jack
E! Clark, H. c. T. Hoag, B. V. Be-
relia, G. A Buz.zell, F. c. Nelson, M.
S. Magoon, l.. O. Miles, Earl Brown,
Aaron H. circuit, A. r. Drown, +. P.
Skinner, H. B. Cushman, w. e.
Cleveland, Raw E, Hunt, r. ]. Smith,