The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-17
Boston Degree Team Works
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PRESENTS GAVEL
TO LOCAL LODGE
Thirty Nine Lodges Represented When
Second Degree Was Conferred Last
Evening on Glass of Seven-Boston-
ians Return Home Today.

Representatives of 80 lodges from
five jurisdictions, including Massachu-
setts, New Hampshire, Connecticut,
South Dakota and Vermont, attended
meeting of Wantastiquet lodge, No. 5,
I. o. o. F., last evening, when the de-
gree team from Montezuma lodge, No.
33, of Boston conferred the second de-
gree on seven candidates and presented
a handsome gold trimmed gavel to Wan
tastiquet lodge in appreciation of the
hospitality extended to the Boston Wis
itors. The degree work was done in the
presence of about $50 persons, about
half of the number coming outside of
| Brattleboro.
Thirty members of the Boston lodges
came by automobile from Boston Sun
day, arriving here about clock, and
were served supper in Odd Fellows tenn
| pie, and yesterday they were guests of
Wantastiquet lodge on an automobile
/ trip about town, past the Kipling place
and to Newfane, where they were
served luncheon by Newfane lodge.
They left this morning for their homes
in Boston
Following the degree work, which
was done in an especially pleasing way,
remarks were made by visiting brothers
and George c. Woodward, noble grand
Eof Montezuma lodge, presented the gold
trimmed gavel to Wantastiquet lodge,
Harold L. Smith, noble grand of the re-
ceiving lodge, making remarks of ae
/ Iceptanee. The gavel was engraved !" To
Wantastiquet Lodge, No. 5, from
Montezuma Lodge, No. 33, Boston,"
After the meeting a buffet luncheon
was served in banquet hall.
The visiting lodges represented were:
Montezuma, No. 33, and Commonwealth,
No. 3, of Boston; ROxbury, No. 211,
Roxbury, Mass; Harmonic, No. sc,
Sioux Falls, S. D.; Mt. Sinia, No. %,
Cambridge, Mass; Acushnet, No. Al,
| New Bedford, Mass; Cheshire, No. 80,
Winchester, n. H.; Altimont, No. so,
Ludlow (Vt.); Hope, No. so. Manches
ter (Vt.); Anchor, No. 90, Alstead, \.
H.; Relief, No Sc, New Haven, Conn;
| Sugar River, No. 80, Newport, y. H.;
Cohasset, No 90, Troy, n. H; Mt.
J Pleasant No. 176, Dorchester; Boston,
} No. 25 Boston; Coos, No. 80, Lancaster,
n. H.; Moosehillock, No. 25, Woods
Nllle. n. H., CIlIIon, NO. ou, w lnSleu,
5 Conn; Nonotuck, No. 81, Northampton,
, Mass; Groveton, No. %, Groveton, n.
$ H.. Oasis, No. 146, Somerville, Mass;
t Saxtons River, No. 33, Saxtons River
e (Vt.): Mt. Raulston, No. 9S. Fitchburg,
Mass; Framingham, No. 45, Framing
l ham, Mass; West River, No. "a, South
: Londonderry (Vt.); Wardsboro, No. 20,
r Wardsboro Vt) Mt Kilburn, No. 102,
: Walpole, n. H; Paqdoig, No. 80, Marl-
e borough, n. H.; Beaver Brook, No. Sc,
S Keene, n. H.; Dunster Hill, No. Y,
e Greenville, n H.; Bellows Falls, No.
t 23, Bellows Falls (Vt.); Granite No. /,
!. Nashua, n H.; Colfax, No. 2l; Bel
t mont (Vt.); Social, No. 1S2, Orange,
r Mass; Deerfeld Valley, Readsboro
n (Vt.); Newfane, No. 70, Newfane
) (yt.); Norfolk, No. 4S, New Hamp-
Q shire lodge; Amity, No. 40, Hinsdale
: n. H.; Souhegan, No. 80, Wakefield
q Mass.
!. Wantastiquet lodge was the enter
tainment committee with Holland j
Wilson, degree master, as chairman.