Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-19
.JEWETT CITY

part which took place in the lodge room | the evenings festivities began w:sh a 1 supper at F. m, prepared and served by Faith cdapter, No. 82. o. E. 5. Doro- | thy Durfee, worthy matron. The menu 1 consisted Of elid roast lamb, potato sal l ad, cucumber and tomato salad. Butter | ed French rolls, strawberry snortcake, | | home styie Win whipped cream, coffee l and cigars The table decorasioiis we're i bouquets of roses and peonies. Ille re- treatments were followed by three solos, l 1 piano, by Mrs. Earle E. Gi;bere, vocal, i I by Mrs. Lloyd G. Buckingham with Mrs. 1, George H. Prior at the piano, and v.o- | lin, by Tyler Gilbert, accornpanied by
 his sister, Miss Alice Gilbert. Adjoining ! to the lodge rooms the more than one I hundred Masons present were addressed 1 by Deputy Grand Master Arthur M.
 Brown, of the Grand Lodge of Connec- ticut MT. Brown emphasized the great facts of Masonic democracy and the uni versal brotherhood of man, pointing out 1 that to a true and upright Mason the i fatherhood of God was more than a the ory it is conviction. His listeners l gave the closest attention to his re-
 marks touching the present unrest in the country which our forefathers gave 1 so much to establish, and which has l called for such great sacrifices by the men and women of today to maintain. The times were recalled when there was
 no religious liberty and no equality in law, when the sons of the poor remained I poor. and the sons of the rich remained lrich Closing, he brought clearly home | to his listeners the fact that Masonry T is something more than the working of | degrees. MT Brown conducted the i'm pressive ceremony of presenting the tol- Il lowing past masters the new lamb skin mast masters aprone with hand paint led emblepis done in purple and gold. He q told each one with words applicable to each. that in these tokens Mt. Vernon l sought to honor her masters of the past
 Those present were Charles H. Ray George H. Jennings. Frank Bishor. Ed
 win N. Gray, George H. Prior, William T. Crunnb, Arthur NJ. Brown, Raymonc F. Cheney. Archibald M. Clarke, Earle E. Gilbert, Edward F. Blake, Wallace H. Payne, Fred L.. Kanahan, Benjam'n R. Gardner. The other past masters Vho were unable to be present were Charles Edward Prior, John N. Lewis Nlillofn H Barron, IT., Frank E. Olds and liar old D. Hewitt. The reply of each reef : pient evidenced the deep appreciation Of the honor which the lodge had bestowed rpon them at the hands of their distin-
 g.uished brother. Past Grand Master Thomas Mckenzie of Westerly delivered | an address to which it was a pleasure to listen. His knowledge of Masonic
 history and present Masonic activities 1 as told. were a Masonic education in < themselves. At it's close, acting for MT
 Vernon. he presented Worshipfal Bicth- 2 CT A. NJ Brown a past masters apron
 and took occasion to give most rleas- s ing tribute to the next most woTsEipful
 Lt- .
 state of Connecticut.
 Il The committee were G. H. Prior, F
 L. Kanahan and Dr. F. D. Browning. t Anne Brewster Tanning Chapter, D. A : R., celebrated it's twenty-ffth anniver- q sary on Friday afternoon with appro.
 pr!ate exercises and a dinner in the Con. s gregational church parlors. Palms ant n large baskets of beautiful peonies loan
 ed by Mre F. c. Whiting, and roses dec s orated the rooms, and the national col l. ors were displayed.
 c Miss Viva Richardson. musical in
 structor at Mt. Hermon, entertained wifi
 a piano solo and encore, the first mum
 Der being Rgoletto by Liszt and tn,
 second, Arietta by Gluck-Joseffy. Mis- Alice A. Brown read a very eon1prehen T slye paper of the work of the chapte : during the past twenty-five years, say e ing:
 !. Aside from the secretary's record O : the organizations of the chapter on : member has newspaper account of tn !, beginning of our history On June Is e 1897, seventeen ladies met at the resi- < dence of Harriet Tyler Young, whicl q stood where the field of young cariiation ;- is now. opposite this church Two Q
 these ladies were members of other chan
 i,, j., by Mrs. Sara Thompson Kinney, stat n regent; Mrs. Olcott, honorary state -e 1t gent; and Miss Rogers leader of the ( s. A. R. of Norwich. The following off l, cers were elected: Regent, Mrs. H { Q Partridge; vice regent. Mrs. Emmie r
 Davis Ca real daughter); secretary. Mis II Eliza w, Tiffany treasurer, Mrs. Mar 1 Tanning Olds; historian, Mrs. Id i Browning Ladd; registrar, Mrs. Sophi n Burnham. There are fourteen charte
 members In addition to the officers th IS list includes Mrs. A. c. Brewster ST l.. Mrs. Rose Beckwith Tracy Mrs Harrie g Stever, Mrs. Lawrence Pauton. Mis- ' Emma and Miss Mary Partridge, Mir is Eunice Palmer Reynolds and Mrs. Luc T Young Sweet Of these four have re T moved from town and eight have dieC J leaving Mrs. Tracy and Mrs. Ladd tn ,,S1 only charter members included on ou ,14 list On July 15 occurred the christer .+ ing of the infant chapter.
 S The total membership for the entir
 I period of 25 years is but fifty-two. nc 4 including five whose papers are now
 preparttion Sixteen of these have pass n ed to the great beyond. The chapter wa ,e fortunate in having two real daughters IS Mrs Eunice Palmer Davis, who passe n away in 1900, and Phoebe Palmer Ra!
 who died In 1909.
 " This year the receipts were the largeS n in our history, $234.40..
 r. When the chapter was five years (
 age permission to use the room over tn = library was granted by the Slater Co
 rent free, and that has been our hon
 ever since. There is rarely a meetin
 of the chapter that is not of value. Sut
 jects studied cover the whole field (
 American history and biography. Rec
 ognition is always made of birthdays [
 our two greatest Americans the on
 who made the country and the one wh
 saved it.
 On May IA, 1917, we unveiled, aftt
 fitting exercises, the Norwich North
 east bound. a stone between Jewett Cit
 and Plainfield which, in. early time marked the northeast corner of what VIZ then the town of Norwich. The .Worl war honor roll in the same yard ma he credited to the D. A. R.. as 1t was tn chapter that untied the red tape whic ; bopnd the 200 voted by the town to u ! council of defense for this purpose. ! The first step toward Red Cross vol } was in 1915 when receptacles were pl z in public places for contributions s 1916 the entire 26 members joined Il 2 National Red Cross and we received u state prize of a sterling silver bud vas r1i