New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1926, Page 17

‘ Guests Present. the chapter degrees, Giddings chap- JIJI]'[;E | Among. the distinguished guests | ter had the proud distinction of be- ‘preson! were the following members | ing the only chapter in the state of of the Grand chapter: G. Percival Conecticut that refused to invite the 'Bard, M. Staitord Springs; R. G.|ritual committee or the grand chap- | | Collins, Greenwich; William L. Cort, | ter to attend a meeting to even ex- >\‘ w Haven; George Duval, Meriden; | plain its ritual. Old Ebenezer pro- |Edgar B. Ellis, Bridgeport, and bably quoth through his whiskers: (Continu=d from First Page) 'members of the grand council from | ‘What, in the name of little fishes, —_— | Pythagoras chapter of Hartford, | has the state of Connecticut got to “The rarest kind of charity 18| Eureka chapter of Waterbury, and |do with New Britain? And we feel, charity of speech and judgment for Keystone chapter of Meriden. Bliss |some of us, about the same wa our fellowmen. There is more need|Clark. Jr. of this city, who is grand | now. Perhaps this is why our ritual ! master councillor of the Order of |is probably a little bit difterent from In ‘the world today for charity of i nyo)ov or New England, also \\ua“o(}?“r clluzveri It's ours, anyway. speech and thoughl than for char- gyegt. A |& : ‘Then, too, our illustrious prede- ity of purse. \ History of Chapter | cessors occasionally displayed that « “Where there is one man in the| The history of the chapter given|old Connecticut thrift which has not world suffering for bread, there are' by William 8. Fay was, In part, a8 | added much to the good reputation thousands suffering on account of | O/IOWS: iof the old Yankee. Some of these | “To picture, for a moment, the be- | old timers may have had Jewish ginnings of Giddings chapter, will names, but their nervy scriminess you consider the town of New Brit- | was purcly Yankee. You know the ain, as it was in 1851, when the |Jew looks pretty good against the charter was granted by the grand | background of some of our old unfair judgment of others. | “There are a lot of so-called ‘blunt’ men in the world. They are simply good men with bad disposi tions. They destroy the happiness happiness be the fundamental right ORe year previous fo this that New |eighty thousand, it would be natural of man, what shall we say of those Britain had been divided from the to suppose that some one would be ill natured men who go about de- | tOWnship of Berlin, and that it an- |defrauded; and at one time it look- stroying the happiness of others? |tedated the formation of the city of | ed as though a chapter of only fif rue Masonry requires service.! New Britain by 19 years, It was even | companions might also be imposed That Is the supreme test of a good before the old Baptist church was |upon. One companion, the old rec- Mason. erected on the present sight of the |ords tell, applied for financial as- “That is the supreme test of Ma- | National bank; the Humphrey sistance, and it was learned that if sonry—service t@®others. 1 used to house, with its great sloping roof, ' the chapter did not grant this assist- think that it a man behaved himself | and wide front veranda and foun- |ance, he would certainly have to he was a good man. I have come tain In front, faced the take his own money out of the bank. to believe that a man can behave 'Ereen, stand where the y| “I suppose that is what some of himself and yet by his selfishness be | block is now; the South church these old faces tell of human ex- 2 bpd man. | course, was not built until 13 years pericnce. ; : “Selfishness Is the greatest of all |leater, and the Methodist church | “When the city of New Britain ob- sins. The greatest of all virtues is tained permission to construct love expressed In service. band where the soldiers system, and it was proposed “He who loves his fellowmen is| Ment now is, every sto its 3 ter main from Shuttl serving God the best he can.” | hitching post to tie old Dobbin, Meadow, Alvin North sald it could 320 Present at Dinner wh the family did its S ay be done, and he offered to drink all Howard Y. Stearns, high priest of Shopping. I say, famil v the water himself that would ever Giddings chapter, was toastmaster, |Of the house shopped. too, in those be dr from Shuttle Meadow to @fnner was sefved. THere s, and had not made his wife the New Britain. But that was before 320 present at the dinner, | family purchasing agent, as in these |the constitution had been amended which was said to be the largest latter days. Streets filled with mud, | for the 18th time, gathering of Royal Arch Masons and lighted at night by kerosene| “But, on the whole, T think it is SORRNat0. 11 New Britain: {lanterns on posts. interesting to look back on those early days, and T think too, that the chapter then had some things we miss today. Not that those days were the good old days. They were old, all right, but their guodness is another of those about them. If pursult of Cchapter. Remember that it was only } Yankees. In so great a number as | | The program was opened with! “But, what of those old men, musie by the Nutmeg club orchestra whose faces told the most of human of New Britain and the Philhar- experience? Listen to their names: monic male quartet of Springfield. |Loyal Dudley, Hezekiah Seymour, | The invocation was made by Rev. uel Rapel Samuel Sutcliffe, grand chaplain. r Moses 3 Grectings from the grand high | Drandegec, Ho Camp, Ashohel priest were brought by ward A. Dickenso: 1 ater. Then go up Klatte, deputy grand high priest. € room, and logk at their | An address of welcome was made | pictures,— whiskers, whiskers, and by Mayor Gz r C. Weld, himself still more whis| Why, those old | prigy etir. 2 member of s cb e duffers, had they any financial| ring the mayor was given an enthusi {acumen, could have cornered the | powder in ovation when he announced v ef g st soup. Poor old . hot or cold addition to its being the birthday ') r, and Ashobel, your | water. No anniversary of Giddings chapter, it whiskers parted forever, we | cooking anniversary of | fear, along with your euphonious the mayor of y. He humorous- | old Biblical names, and if your de- | ly stated that he thought it very nice generate successors are not bald | that both parties should be cele- , they consider the brated together. ssed, to say nothing of boa The roll of membership of Gid- | whiskers enough to fill a hair pillow. hapter in its 76 years of his- | “But whiskers, or no W tory and at the present time, 2 human nature changes v ing to the mayor, shows names and we find that Moses E | men who are strong. faithful (\mI and Ashobel, differ very little, and elvic life of the city and state, | or example, they had the same An exhibition of playing upon an | indomitable spirit of independence Prepared at home ina minute by oy X SR L B S S NN N s “What, then, did they have that wze e e NN 9% STORE of CHRISTMAS CHEED § unity of purpose and a solidity of | organization that it is hard to main- | tain in these latter days. The (‘\mpAI ter was the chapter, and many a tired companion went on foot and | \ \ '" |out of his way to attend its mcel-‘ b A ¥ |ings. They were a small body, very | h ‘ | serious and much {n earnest, of ho- | mogeneous ancestry, all well known to each other, and very much inter ested in each other, individually and in the chapter as a whole. | “Secondly, it scems to me, the | were much less reserved and muc more outspoken, than we are i1 | these times. Unmasonic conduct we ken of a thing that could bhe spoken | without beating all round the bush 140 X sopminiald sn swving Dreiher 35 West Main Street At the Professional Building Next to Raphael Building even in open lodge, was not infre- quent, though, if the truth must b | known, it was not always done in the gentlest manner, A spade wa spade. And there were some spades in those days. “And the third thing that they ! had, probably, more than we, wa a snugness, even a smugness, If yo will, that was in many ways deligh | ful.” ; | Under the heading, T landmarks,” Mr. included : number of items of the history ¢ Giddings chapter, which were tributed in manuscript to the gue wagrre | FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD Watervill e, Me. Dec. 10.—P— Ci Johnson, a Shawmut youth who was injured in an automobi crash on November 4, yesterday g spoke for the first time since the a % % X ident. He regainea consclousness We have been gathering objects of art both useful s after he was infured, but ap- : parently had lost the power of | and ornamental from every land of the globe. Selling speech. A ’ 5 five weeks after his mis- gifts is our all year round business, thus our shop is s “"f’r"n'm ,‘f.;{{,l l";.'!f,\ more suited to render you intelligent service during 94(2{ G}'ace 949 yome “good morning,” and discussed ‘the T circumstances of the accident with the holiday season. the nu Antique reproductions of various types—Book Ends of unusual design, graceful Italian potteries done by the hands of the skillful peasants, Spanish jugs and ; vases, beautiful brass, etched and decorated by hand ¢ chandise. Your money will be cheerfully refunded if from India. Hand blown glassware maqle in Italy. f M,lk A any purchase does not give you full satisfaction, ’ f‘z?‘nlz:nds.mtAuregdg:sol?gr;iiebgngagggfitsya;};t;stt:,i]?fmoulnr“ ~are i j you happy to give. and Dlet We cordially invite your inspection. X Prices range from $5.00 to $50.00. 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