The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-15
PATRIOTIC ORDERS INSTALL
And About 200 People Participated in
Triple Installation.


AT joint meeting of three OF the
patriotic orders of the city last evening
about 40 officers were installed. From
6 o'clock until 5 o'clock bountiful
oyster supper was served by the ladies'
of the auxiiaries Following the ban
quet in the auxiliary hall, where about
$50 members and their families and in
vited guests were served, the tables
were removed from that hall and al
S:l5 the first installation was begun
The ladies of Col. j. B. Mead circle, No
|, were first given the floor to proceed
with their Installation ceremonies Mrs
Emma Roberts acted as Installing Off
Ger and the following officers were
sworn into office. the ritual work of the
ladies being very nearly perfect; Pres
ident- Mrs. .Alminia Matott; senior, vice
president, Mrs. Lillian Ducharme; jun
ior vice president, Mrs Gracia Dudley;
secretary, Mrs lnez Tassie; treasurer,
Mrs. Flora Burnham; chaplain, Mrs.
Hattie Cutler; patriotic instructor, Mrs.
Abbie Wiley; conductress, Mrs. Laura
West; assistant conductress, Mrs. Elsie
DingwaIl; guard. Mrs. Vera Lewis; as
sistant guard, Mrs. Florence Webster; I;
musician, Mrs Mabel Carr.
The installation of the officers of The
Sons of Veterans auxiliary, No. 5, fol-
lowed Immediately after, the floor work
being deserving Of much praise. All
were dressed in white, which added to
the impressiveness of the installation.
Mrs. Lula Blanchard of the Montpelier
order acted as installing officer and
Miss Leola George played for the march
ing. The following officers We're intro
duced to their respective places Pres
ident, Mrs, Mabel Carr vice president,
Mrs Josie Densmore; treasurer, Mrs.
Carrie Gauthier; secretary, Mrs. Clara
Perry; chaplain Mrs. Mary Parker;
patriotic instructor, Mrs. Carrie George;
guide, Mrs. Carolyn Lacross: assistant
guide. Mrs Allie Owens; color guard
No. /. Miss Barbara DiBgwall; color
guard No ?. Miss Gertrude Belville;
inside guard. Mrs Elsie Dingwall; out
side guard. Mrs. Lula Richardson; eoun-
cilor Elmer Perry.
Following Immediately were the cere-
monies of Major l.. A, Abbott camp,
Sons Of Veterans. installing the follow
ing officers. Commander, o. J. Dodge;
senior vice commander. G. L. Gauthier;
iunior vice commander, Harry Ding
wall; patriotic instructor, &. H Ma
gooA camp councillors, Elmer Perry,
G. r. Brigham and G. r. Magoon; chap
ilain, T. H. Perry; secretary, &, z. Rol-
Inns: treasurer. A. w Robinson; color
bearer. r. R. Davis; guide, q. I. Brig
ham; inside guard, + T. ColyIn; out
side guard C. G. Carr. The last officer
installed into office, namely, .. j.
Dodge. commander of the Sons Of Vet
erans. took the floor, calling for
speeches after having made his formal
talk with the installing officer, Y. Y.
Lewis Of Brooks camp, No. 80, OF Mont
peier.
Several men and women representing
the outside orders and many from this
order were called upon for short talk,
each responding and everyone speaking
of the splendid supper they had had.
Il. q. Wilson now of Barre, but repre-
senting the Morrisville order and cap
tain OF that camp, mentioned the eN-
celIence of the ceremonies OF the even
ING. Nat Bond OF the local q. A.. K,
post gave a very short talk, expressing
pleasure in being with the large body
of Sons and their Auxiliary. He spoke
of the illness OF several of the post
members who might have been at the
meeting had it not been for their condi-
tion. Mr. Bond also expressed his de-
sire to see a soldiers monument erected
in Barre in honor of all Of Barre's sol
ders. Mr. Hill of the Montpelier camp
responded to a request.
Elmer Perry expressed his gratitude
in that the Montpelier camp was so
well represented and also spoke OF the
growth of the post and OF posts IN
other towns in the state saying that
most was last evening being organized
in White River Junction. There were
several others called upon, who took
little OF the time in testifying to their
appreciation of the work and speaking
OF the success of the whole evening.
The supper was prepared by the fol
lowing ladies: Mrs Elmer Perry, chair
man of the committee, Mrs, Allie Owens
and Mrs. Josie Densmore. A social
hour was enioycd around supper time,
the men participating in games Of
cards while the younger people present
PLAYED games and danced About 200
people enjoyed the long evening OF cere-
monies. including about % from the
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