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the grand master, deputy grand master.
grand warden, grand marshal. trustees
of Gill Odd Fellows Home, treasurer of
Gill Odd Fellows Home, grand secre-
tary, grand treasurer and finance com
mittee.
The report of the grand master and oil
the deputy grand master. &. @. Staples
of Brattleboro, had to do largely with
visitations in the various districts oil
the state and other routirG matters. Ihel
report of the trustees of the Gill Home
showed that two men and a womanl
died during the year, leaving l6 ct theI
home at the time the report was com
piled. five of these being women and | II
men Eighty persons have been ad-
mitted to the home since it was dedl-
Gated late in 1896.
A net gain of 800 in the membership
of the subordinate lodges was shown byI
the report of Grand Secretary Frank W.
jackson of Barre. As lodges showed al
net gain. six have the same membership
as last wear and 10 showed loss. Kill
inpton lodge Of Rutland showed net
cain of 40. which was the record for l92l
During the year IL members died
There was a membership OF 1893 on Jan
| of this year.
These officers were elected and I'M
stalled in the afternoon session OF the
Grand Encampment yesterday: Grand
patriarch Fred II. Palmer of Bristol );
grand high priest Harry III. Kidder of
Woodstock; grand senior warden, Percy
A. Dean of Bellows Falls; grand scribe
Gerry F. Walker of Bellows Falls :;
grand treasurer, Charles G. Staples of
Brattleboro; grand junior warden,
Charles w. Steele of Highgate; grand
marshal. a A Griggs of Newport :;
grand inside sentinel, W. III. Lawrence
of ProctorsvilIe: grand outside sentinel,
Enroll c. Grant of st. Johnsbury; grand
representative to the sovereign grand
lodge for two years. f. +. Campbell of
Waterbury. The work of installation
was done by f. +. Campbell, retiring
grand patriarch, assisted by w. L. Hor-
ton, past grand representative, of Claren-
don.
The following district deputy grand
patriarchs were appointed: District No.
/. A. G. Buffum of Bennington; district
No. 8, c. F. Rich of AIiddlebury; district
No, i. Allen Maxwell of Island Pond !;
district No. ), r. II. Downer of Waits
field: district No g. J. II. Stillwell of
Bradford: district No. Z. c. ]. Paul OF
Woodstock district No. s, f. ID. Hough-
ton of Bellows Falls.
Committees also were appointed as
follows: Credentials for next year. j..
w. ThurstOn of Island Pond. +. :. Fer
guson of Bristol. George Cole of Burling-
ton: finance, j. NJ. Jewel. past grand rep
reSpntative. Of prOctorSville, Alexander
Duncan. past grand representative. of
Barre. Calvin Endress, past grand repre-
sentative, of Bennington printing, Gerry
+. Walker of Bellows FAILS, Ned c. Buck
Of Randolph. Frank w Jackson. grand
secretary, of Barre mileage, w. u. H0r-
ton, past grand Representatives, of Claren-
don, \. =. Ober of Bellows Falls, f. l..
Stetson of Post Mills.
Among the guests present were Frank
II. Taylor, grand patriarch, of Maiden,
Mass; Walter +. Johnson, grand treas
urer of Massachusetts; Gen. II. b. Bond,
department commander. Worcester,
Mass: Grand Patriarch Harold j.
Toward of Maine; Herbert II. SandersOn,
grand patriarch. of Franklin, y. II.
Grand Junior Warden Ross of New
Hampshire; Alfred s. Pinkerton, past
grand sire, of Worcester. Mass.
All the officers of the Past Grand Off
| GERS association We're reelected in their
annual meeting. which was held at j
O'Clock. Following is the list: presi.
/ dent, H. G. Farrar, Z. G. r., of Rutland
vice president s. Il. Waite. z. T. r., OF
! Hyde Park; secretary, Franz w. Hack
! son. =. @. r.. of Barre; treasurer, o. T.
! Gibson, +. q. r.. eff Burlington; his
/ t0rian. L. G.. Nichols, T. G.. R. of Rich.
mond executive committee. Calvin En-.
| dress. Z. G. r., of Bennington. Alexander
/ Duncan. Z. g. r., Of Barre, and Col. W
| 4 Haigh Of Brattleboro.