The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-22
OVER 800 MASONS
ATTEND MEETING
Largest Number in Temple
at One Time Since
.... Dedication -
LODGES IN DISTRICT
.. NO. s ASSEMBLE
Delegations Present from All 10 Lodges,
About 80 Coming from Bellows Falls
Degree Conferred by Putney and
Bellows Falls Lodges.

More than 300 Masons, the largest
number in the temple at one time since
the day of dedication, attended the an
nual communication of the eighth Masonic
district yesterday afternoon and last
evening, and the degree work, especially
that of Golden Rule lodge of Putney, was
pronounced by Grand Lecturer Edwin +.
Greene of Richford to be the finest he
had witnesses this year More grand Off
| GERS attended the meeting than had at
i tended any other district meeting this
year. 1t also was the most largely at
/ tended meeting of the eighth Masonic dis
| trict. The Harvard male quartet of Bos-
ton furnished music for the occasion. Ar
rangements for the gathering were made
By District Deputy Grand Master George
/ NJ. Clay of BrattlebOro.
| All of the 10 lodges in the district We're
represented, about 30 coming from Bel
= lows Falls. about 20 from Putney and
large delegation from Townshend.
! \ lodge of Master MasoHs was opened
at O'Clock by Columbian lodge Of Brat
tleborO, Godfrey Crosby w. NJ, and a
school of instruction was conducted by
Grand Lecturer Greene. This was fol-
lowed at 4.30 o'clock by the first section
of the Master Mason degree. which was
conferred by Golden Rule lodge of Put
ney. Fred +. Neil, W. NJ. and the work
was reviewed by the grand lecturer.
At 6.15 O'Clock the women of Bingham
chapter, o. +. s., served a chickCu-pie
supper to about go and many went out
side to get their supper. The lodge was
called from refreshmPnt to labor by Brat
tleboro lodge, Alexander W. Montgomery.
! W. NJ, and a reception was held for the
officers of the grand lodge Of Vermont,
followed by the second section of the
Master Mason degree, which was con-
lferred by King Solomons S Temple lodge
of Bellows Falls, Herbert i. Kelley, w.
NJ, and the work was reviewed by the
lgrand lecturer.
The grand lodge officers present, all of
whom made remarks, were Deputy Grand
Master George L. Whitney of Bellows
Falls, Grand Senior Warden Christie 3.
Crowell of Brattleboro. Grand Junior
Warden Frederick II. Babbitt of Bellows
Falls. Grand Secretary Henry H. Ross of
Burlington, Past Grand Master Henry l..
Ballou of Chester, and Grand Lecturer
| Greene.
Ihe lodges in the district, all of which
were represented. are Blazing Star. No
.23, of TOwnshend, Fred L.. Osgood w.
NJ. !; Golden Rule, No. 81, of Putney, Fred
f. Neil, w M: Columbian. No. Sc. of
Brattleboro, Godfrey Crosby. W. NJ;
Hall, w NJ. King Solomon's Temple, No.
45. of Bellows Falls, Herbert t. Kelley.
] w. NJ; Mount Lebanon, No 46. of ia
maica, Ralph ]. Daggett. ". NJ; West
River, No. 81, of Londonderry, Herbert
\. Williams, w. NJ; Unity, No 80, of
Jascksonville, Charles A. Faulkner, w
NJ; Anchor, No. 80. of South London
derry. George G. Smith, w NJ; Brattle-
boro. No. 102, of Brattleboro, Alexander
W. Montgomery. w. NJ. All but one or
two of the masters of the lodges were
present last evening. ..-.-...-
i Harvard quartet here since the changes
in its personnel Its work at the BANQUET
and in the hodge room was of high order
and was received with much enthusiasm
Only one of the former members, Mr.
Bartlett. is now with the quartet.