History of Pasadena, comprising an account of the native Indian, the early Spanish, the Mexican, the American, the colony, and the incorporated city, occupancies of the Rancho San Pasqual, and its adjacent mountains, canyons, waterfalls and other objects of interest: being a complete and comprehensive histo-cyclopedia of all matters pertaining to this region, Part 61

Author: Reid, Hiram Alvin, 1834-; McClatchie, Alfred James, comp
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Pasadena, Cal., Pasadena History Co.
Number of Pages: 714

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"January 1, 1890 : Salvation Army. Capt. Anna Beall, Lieut. L. Bingham, Wm. Ballard. Charged with violation of resolution of city trustees December 3, 1889 .- January 10 : defendants discharged. - March 3 : Capt. Anna Beall arrested again for blocking the street. - March 4 : she demanded a jury .- March 5 : case dismissed without trial. - March 5 : Wm. Davey. Arrested for disturbing the peace with Salvation Army drum .- March 7 : case dismissed without trial."

In this last case Mr. Davey was released, but the offending drum was still kept under arrest by the city marshal, D. R. McLean. When the time arrived for the Army's usual street prayer meeting parade Miss Beall went to the city marshal's office and in the sweetest, most smiling way of woman's gentle persuasion she said : " Mr. Marshal, aren't you going to let me have my church bell?" This was irresistible; and the marshal laugh- ingly handed her the imprisoned drum. The Daily Star of September 2, 1891, reported some cases of narrow escapes from injury by people whose horses took fright at the Salvation Army drum on the street, and said further :

"During the meeting of the Salvationists in their hall some boys threw ' a handful of rotten eggs through the back door, striking one of the women and spreading a sickening odor throughout the room. That proceeding was disgraceful, but it appears to have had no connection with the events of the parade, as boys have been threatening for several nights to rotten egg the Army."

In April, 1891, occurred the visit of President Harrison and party to Pasadena. The distinguished guests were greeted on their arrival by an

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immense throng of people at the Santa Fe depot and Hotel Green. Post- master General Wanamaker suddenly left the presidential group, and push- ing his way through the crowd, went to a couple of women whom he had noticed in Salvation Army bonnets, shook hands with them heartily, giving some words of commendation, and then returned to his place.

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

On September 20, 1886, F. J. Culver, a Y. M. C. A. worker from the East, was passing along the street and was met by David Galbraith, then cashier of the Ist National Bank, who clasped his hand and said earnestly, "cannot something be done for our young men ?" "Yes," was the reply, " if the time has come and the people are ready to act." "Satan is acting -and we must act," said Mr. G. "Very well ; and when?" Culver answered. "To-morrow !" replied Galbraith with emphasis. Thereupon a meeting was called for the next day in an office on west Colorado street, and fifteen men were present. The question before the meeting was, "Shall we organize a Y. M. C. A. in Pasadena ?" The answer was decisively, "If it be God's will, yes." And arrangements were made for a mass meeting in Williams hall the next day. This larger meeting was addressed by Rev. T. N. Lord, then pastor of the Baptist church, and by Mr. Culver, explain- ing the plan, working methods, etc., of the Association. Names were taken for membership, and a meeting to organize was appointed at the Methodist church on September 27. At this meeting 96 charter members were enrolled. The first officers and directors were : C. M. Parker, president ; O. S. Picher, Ist vice president ; T. Nichols, 2nd vice president ; T. J. Fleming, record- ing secretary ; M. D. Painter, treasurer ; F. J. Culver, general secretary ; J. W. Hugus, G. E. Meharry, C. W. Abbott, D. Galbraith.

Prof. C. M. Parker, the first president, served until December, 1888, and was succeeded by A. F. M. Strong, who served until December, 1891, being then succeeded by Prof. Will S. Monroe, who resigned on March 1, 1892, on account of sickness. Then Dr. F. Grinnell was elected president, and holds the office yet-1895.

Mr. M. M. Myers of San Francisco was elected general secretary in September, 1887; and resigned May 1, 1889. He was succeeded by Geo. . Taylor, who has continued in that office since. He was the delegate from California to the World's Y. M. C. A. convention and half-century jubilee in London, in May and June, 1894; and while abroad on this duty he visited the local Associations in all the great capitals of Europe, as their distinguished guest.

In 1886-87, the Association caught the " boom fever," bought a lot, and secured pledges for a fund to erect a $40,000 Y. M. C. A. building at the corner of Fair Oaks Avenue and Valley street .* The cellar was exca-

*C. M. Skillen and Samuel Stratton offered to donate to the Association a 50-foot lot next west of the Presbyterian church, on east Colorado street. if they would build there. This lot was then saleable at $150 per front foot [boom], or $7.500. But a majority of the directors thought that location was too far from the " loafing center " of the city to serve the special missionary objects of the Association's read- ing room, gymnasium, baths, games, etc.

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vated, the foundation walls built, the corner stone laid, and much material for the superstructure brought upon the ground. Then "the boom bursted ;" thousands and thousands of dollars of pledges vanished into exceedingly thin air ; and the unfinished walls still lie there as a reminder of our days of real estate bubblery - the late lamented "boom."

The Association has a Ladies Auxiliary committee ; and Lyceum for youths. Also a free reading room, open every day and evening, well sup- plied with daily and weekly papers, etc .; and a library of 150 volumes. In 1888, Gen. O. O. Howard, of national fame, lectured under its auspices, at the Tabernacle. And also the same year they had Bob Burdette, the noted humorist, in their lecture course. In October, 1892, this Association enter- tained the State. Y. M. C. A. convention, with 300 delegates, the largest number ever in attendance. Its sessions were held in the Presbyterian church.

During the year 1893-4 there were made 395 visits to sick persons ; and watchers were furnished 69 nights. Gospel meetings for men were held every Sunday, at which the total of attendance was 4,394. The registered visits to the reading room during the year were 7,300. Present number of members, 105. Board of Directors in 1894: Dr. F. Grinnell, president ; D. Galbraith, vice president ; P. M. Green, treasurer ; Geo. Taylor, general secretary ; A. J. Wallace ; Milford Fish ; E. C. Griffith ; Dr. J. R. Townsend.

PASADENA RAMABAI CIRCLE.

Organized November 19, 1888, at the Ist Congregational church, where a church full of people had assembled to see and hear the high caste native Hindoo woman, Pundita Ramabai, whose fame as a child-widow missionary in India has since spread throughout the United States and England, as well as her own country. Rev. D. D. Hill was first president of the Circle, and Mrs. H. G. Bennett secretary and treasurer. In April, 1895, there were 37 members ; with Mrs. Mattie Bent, president, and Mrs. Bennett still secretary and treasurer. The . 7th annual meeting of the National Ramabai Association was held in "Old South Church," Boston, March 1I, 1895; and there were then 103 local Circles or societies tribu- tary to the Association. The Pasadena Circle had paid in on its annual pledges a total of $238.79 during its seven years of existence, which showed something more each year than the amount it had pledged. It is a special missionary work to sustain Ramabai's school at Poonah, India, for child- widows, and thus help to break up the gross and cruel system of woman slavery in that heathen empire.

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR UNION.

Organized October 13, 1889, by the Y. P. C. E. societies of the Friends, Congregational, Christian and Baptist churches. First officers : Prof. C. E. Tebbetts, president ; deacon Geo. A. Green, vice president ; Miss Clarice

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Hall, secretary and treasurer. Executive committee, Geo. W. Tuttle, Mrs. F. E. Tower, Miss Lillie Duncan, besides the officers. The Methodist church young people [Epworth League] joined awhile, then withdrew ; and the Baptist society withdrew to join the Baptist Union : but others came in ; and in April, 1895, the C. E. Union of Pasadena comprised the Young Peoples societies of the following churches : Ist Congregational ; North Congregational ; Ist Christian ; Ist Presbyterian; Calvary Presbyterian ; Friends church ; Union Christian Endeavor society of Lamanda Park ; and Congregational church of Sierra Madre. On January 25, 1895, there were 345 active and 40 associate members. And the officers were : Rev. C. C. Reynolds, president ; W. N. Campbell, vice president ; Miss Clarice Hall, secretary ; D. M. Mulford, treasurer. Each local society appoints its own member of the executive committee, to cooperate with the board of officers.

PASADENA CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE.

Organized April 11, 1891. Members : Mrs. C. H. Durant, Rev. W. C. Stevens, Judge C. N. Terry and wife, Aaron Winder and wife, W. G. Strang and wife, Dr. J. R. Townsend and wife, Mrs. I. W. Rust, Mrs. S. V. Max- field, Mrs. S. E. Bosley, Jesse Butler and wife, John Habbick, Miss Emma Allen, and others. This is a duly chartered branch of the National and In- ternational Evangelical Alliance which has its headquarters, publishing house, and missionary training school on Eighth Avenue, New York. The membership in April, 1895, was fifty-four. Officers : Rev. W. C. Stevens, president ; Judge Terry and Mrs. Maxfield, vice presidents ; W. G. Strang, secretary ; Mrs. Durant; treasurer.

PACIFIC GOSPEL UNION OF PASADENA.

First meeting November 7, 1892, held by A. L. Beer, J. C. S. Habbick, A. E. Baldwin, E. J. Mayo. Union formally organized in December, and meetings held for a year in a hall on North Fair Oaks Avenue; then in another hall on South Fair Oaks. Directors: C. N. Terry, president, J. C. S. Habbick, secretary ; John Habbick, treasurer ; Dr. J. R. Townsend; Tillman Hobson, J. W. Camper, Samuel Hahn, E. J. Mayo, A. K. Nash. Object : to reach the street-loafing and unchurched classes with religious in- fluences.

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CHAPTER XXVI.

FRATERNITY .- Secret Orders -Patriotic, Fraternal, Reformatory, Beneficiary, Indus- trial.

PATRIOTIC ORDERS.

JOHN F. GODFREY POST NO. 93, Grand Army of the Re- public; Department of California.

After several informal talks among old soldiers about forming an organization, a meeting was called for Tuesday evening, Nov- ember 3, 1885, at Craig & Hubbard's store, then in a frame building on west side of South Fair Oaks Avenue There were present at that meeting J. D. Gilchrist, E. S. Frost, W. T. Knight, Geo. A. Black, Geo. W. Barnhart, J. Ellis, R. B. Hubbard, W. H. Lordan, Wesley Bunnell, A. Wakeley, A. O. Bristol, W. J. Barcus, A. K. McQuilling, and Edson Turner; and the necessary steps were taken to go forward and organize a Post.

The next meeting was held and organization completed in Library hall, November 28, 1885. [The old original Library building then stood on south side of East Colorado street nearly where the Santa Fe railroad now runs, but was afterward moved to Dayton street where it still remains, being now changed into a dwelling house.] At this meeting the question of a name came up ; and after sundry suggestions which did not seem to hit the mark: E. S. Frost moved the name of Col. John F. Godfrey, who had then re- cently died in Los Angeles, and it was adopted. Col. Godfrey was born at Bangor, Maine. He enlisted as a private in 1861, and was chosen second lieutenant in the Maine 2nd Battery ; won promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel in the field. Resigned in 1864 on account of broken health. Re-enlisted in 1865 and was sent in command of scouts with Gen. Sully's campaign against the Sioux Indians. In 1874 he settled in Los Angeles as a lawyer, soon rose to distinction, and was twice elected city attorney there. When the Pasadena colonists held their second anniversary picnic under the great oaks of Lincoln Park, January 27, 1876, Col. Godfrey was one of the prin- cipal speakers [p. 112], being thus historically associated with Pasadena in its tender infancy ; and now his name being adopted by the G. A. R. (and later by the Woman's Relief Corps) adds more enduring links to the chain of his- toric kinship. [He died at Los Angeles June 27, 1885.] After the name had been decided on, comrade Horace Bell of Los Angeles proceeded as muster- ing officer to muster in the following charter members : C. C. Brown, Alfred Wakeley, A. K. McQuilling, F. J. Woodbury, W. J. Barcus, W. H. Lordan, Wesley Bunnell, Milo J. Green, Geo. A. Black, E. S. Frost, Jehu Ellis, John B. Hill, J. D. Youngclaus, Lyman Allen, J. D. Gilchrist.

Although this was November 28, the Post charter bears date Decem- ber 23, 1885. The first officers installed were : Gilchrist, Post Commander ;

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Frost, Senior Vice Commander; McQuilling, Junior Vice Commander ; Bar- cus, Chaplain; Ellis, Quartermaster ; Brown, Officer of the Day; Black, Officer of the Guard ; Bunnell, Adjutant. The motto of the order is: "Fidelity, Charity, Loyalty." Its beneficiary plan is not by any fixed schedule, but by mutual aid according to circumstances in each case-aud a relief fund is constantly maintained. The first time the old soldiers attended church in a body on Memorial Sunday was May 30, 1886, at the Methodist Episcopal church, where a sermon appropriate to the occasion was preached by the pastor, Rev. A. W. Bunker, who had served in the First Maine Light Artillery.

In 1893 funds were raised by Comrade J. H. Stuntz, as a soliciting committee, and from other sources, to secure a hall for the Post and its allied orders. The second story of E. S. Frost's unfinished brick block on East Colorado street was leased for six years. Necessary alterations were made, both above and below, partitions put in, rooms finished and furnished, plumbing and gas-fitting done, a flag-pole erected, etc., at a total cost of about $1,600-thus providing two halls for sub-rental that can be opened together as one, for large assemblages. The number of members April I, 1894, was 130. [April 1, 1895, 127.] One of its delegates to the State encampment in 1894 was Gov. H. H. Markham. And in August, 1895, Geo. T. Downing, a past commander of this post, was elected commander of the Department of California.

In 1892-93 I spent several months collecting a complete list of all old Union soldiers then residing in Pasadena or its immediate vicinity, and it was printed in a small manual or "Directory of John F. Godfrey Post and its Allied Patriotic Orders." And from that roster, which was then com- plete up to February 1, 1893, I compile this table :

Old soldiers residing in Pasadena or its vicinity 287

Army nurses

Soldiers' graves in Mountain View cemetery. 2

Members of John F. Godfrey Post, G. A. R. 35

119

Members of John F. Godfrey Corps, W. R. C.

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Members of Phil Kearny Camp, S. of V. 48 Members Ladies' Aid Society. 24

Since that time, and up to March, 1895, I have thirty-four additions to the list of resident old soldiers ; five additions to the cemetery list ; and each of the four orders had increased their membership.

JOHN F. GODFREY W. R. C. No. 43 .- The first meeting to con- sider the matter of organization was held in the latter part of June, 1887, at Library hall on Dayton street. The Corps was organized July 6, 1887, with the following charter members: Cynthia B. Clapp, Avelina J. Crowell, Eliza M. Van Kirk, Clara A. Elsemore, Cynthia Ramsey, Margaret E. Lincoln, Maggie Williams, Emma A. McCoy, Virginia H. Rippey, Amelia G. Rice, Addie C. Conover, Minnie E. Wil-

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liams, Charlotte Smith, Margaret I. McQuilling, Catherine Meek, Mary L. Rippey, Helen A. Rippey. The first officers were : Cynthia B. Clapp, pres- ident; Avelina J. Crowell, senior vice president ; Eliza M. Van Kirk, junior vice president ; Emma A. McCoy, secretary ; Minnie E. Williams, treas- urer ; Amelia G. Rice, chaplain ; Margaret E. Lincoln, conductor ; Nellie M. Conover, guard; Addie C. Conover, assistant conductor ; Charlotte Smith, assistant guard.

This society, being auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, has frequently held fairs, bazars, public dinners, musical, dramatic and other en- tertainments to raise money for the relief fund. And it bore a prominent part in securing, fitting, and furnishing the G. A. R. hall. They also own one-third of the G. A. R. lot in Mountain View cemetery. In December, 1894, there were 154 members.

PHIL KEARNY CAMP NO. 7, SONS OF VETERANS.

Instituted November 23, 1886. It was duly chartered at the time, and its first members were : W. E. Darracott, who was also first captain of the camp; W. A. Dunbar, C. J. Williams, Geo. H. Frost, S. L. Wallis, L. E. Jarvis, H. H. Johnson, W. E. Johnson, C. U. Bunnell, Whit. Elliott, S. M. Cambell, Jas. H. Cambell.

During 1887 there was some revision or reconstruction of the order, the Division of California was established, and this camp received a new char- ter as "No. 7. Div. Cal.," dated April 2, 1888-the one under which it is now working. The only persons eligible to its membership are sons of union soldiers or sailors in the war of the rebellion ; and sons of members of this order. Its objects are patriotic, fraternal, benevolent ; and it is auxiliary to the G. A. R. and W. R. C .; also owns one-third of the G. A. R. lot in Mountain View cemetery.

LADIES' AID SOCIETY NO. I, auxiliary to Phil Kearny Camp No. 7, S. of V. This organization was worked up by Captains Lacey and Bang- ham of the Sons of Veterans, and was instituted December 18, 1892, in the old Library building on Dayton street. It was the first society of the order on the Pacific coast, and stands as No. I in the California Division S. of V. Its charter members were :

Barnhart, May England, Fannie B. Moore, Edith

Brown, Lillian A. Fraser, Ida M.

Rogers, Ceres B.

Brown, Meda E. Janney, Mrs. Carrie Rodgers, Bonnie

Cambell, Mrs. Franc. Lacey, Mrs. Ida O. Rogers, Cressie V.

Crawford, Effie B. McClure, Mrs. M. F.

Stevens, Claudine De F.

Darlinton, Madge

McClure, Nina

Sutliff, Nettie M.

Downing, Carrie M.

McMurty, Sadie [ret E. Williams, Minnie E.

Dugger, Carrie P. Mendenhall, Mrs. Marga-

The first officers were: Mrs. W. S. Lacey, past president ; Bonnie Rodgers, president; Ida M. Fraser, secretary ; Ceres Rogers, treasurer. Motto : "Friendship, Charity, Loyalty." Objects: "To aid and assist the

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Sons of Veterans in all their objects, both financially and otherwise." Who may become members: "Mothers, wives or sisters of Union veterans of the war of 1861-65. Also female lineal descendants of such veterans. Also wives of Sons of Veterans." Officers in 1895 : Minnie Williams, past presi- dent ; Helen Darracott, president ; Carrie Downing, secretary ; Ida O. Lacey, treasurer. Number of members, 38.

AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION.

This order is better known by its initial title of the "A. P. A." The Pasadena council was instituted in Strong's hall July 6, 1894. Motto : "America for Americans." Em- blems, the American flag and little red schoolhouse. Its A. P. A. objects are, to cultivate, educate and concentrate public sentiment against alien ownership of land; against foreign dictum of church laws and penalties; against use of public funds or tax exemption for sectarian purposes ; against any school, church, convent, monastery, re- formatory or asylum that may not at any time be visited and inspected by the proper public officers; against any person being allowed to vote who cannot read in the American [English] language; etc., etc. Tilman Hob- son is the president in 1895. Membership about 450 on September 1, 1895.

MASONIC BODIES.

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PASADENA LODGE, NO. 272. F. AND A. M., was the first of the Masonic organizations, and was planned for at a meeting in Williams hall on Febru- ary 20, 1883, by C. M. Skillen, J. B. Springer, A. Wakeley, C. C. Brown, James Clarke, C. B. Ripley, R. Conkling, John Myrick, W. H. Wakeley, H. Ridgway, J. L. Cannon, J. Ripley, Isaac Heiss, H. McGee. The lodge was instituted October 22, 1883, in the old Public Library building, with these same men as the charter members. The first officers were: C. B. Ripley, Master; H. Ridgway, Senior Warden; M. Rockefeller, Junior Warden. In 1894 there were 119 members ; and chief officers were : P. P. Bonham, Master ; E. E. Griffith, Senior Warden ; W. L. Wotkyns, Junior Warden. .

CROWN CHAPTER, NO. 72, ROYAL ARCH MASONS .- The first meeting to talk up and arrange for this organization was held in the Masonic hall in

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Williams hall block, October 22, 1888. Those present were : R. Williams, F. L. Jones, E. White, H. B. Sherman, J. Banbury, Chas. Swift, John Habbick, A. M. Collis, F. E .- Biles, H. J. Slaughter, J. K. Vlier, C. H. Rhodes, D. S. Carnahan, T. J. Martin, Oscar Freeman, C. A. Smith, A. H. Conger. And the chapter was instituted on November 27, with these men as members ; and as officers : R. Williams, High Priest; F. L. Jones, King; T. J. Martin, Scribe. In 1894 there are 79 members ; and officers are : E. C. Griffith, H. P .; E. E. Gaylord, K .; J. R. Slater, Scribe.

PASADENA COMMANDERY NO. 31, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. -- The first preliminary meeting was held June 17, 1891, and the Com- mandery was instituted on July Ist in the Masonic lodge room in Williams block. Its first members were : F. L. Jones, E. L. Conger, L. W. Frary, W. T. Clapp, H. W. Magee, S. Washburn, A. Kemple, H. J. Slaughter, A. Wakeley, Wm. Shibley, J. Abraham, W. G. McGregory, Delos Arnold, T. E. Walker, J. Peaslee, G. E. Wright, J. A. Jacobs, P. Brown, D. O. . Miltimore, A. M. Collier, S. H. Yocum, J. J. Gillie, C. H. Rhodes, T. Win- ter, J. B. Springer, S. W. Allen, G. M. Cole, L. S. Porter, W. L. McAllister, and W. P. Hammond.

Names and titles of first principal officers : Sir Florin Lester Jones, Eminent Commander ; Sir Delos Arnold, Generalissimo; Sir Thomas Eaton Walker, Captain General ; Sir Everett Lorentus Conger, Prelate ; Sir Sherman Washburn, Treasurer; Sir Charles Hilliard Rhodes, Recorder. Motto : "In Hoc Signo Vinces." No. of members in 1894-60. Chief officers in 1894-Sir L. S. Porter, E. C .; Sir A. M. Collis, G .; Sir E. Griffith, C. G .; Sir Wyllys Hall, Prelate : Sir Romayne Williams, Recorder.

PASADENA CHAPTER NO. 108, ORDER OF EASTERN STAR ..- This organization was first proposed and talked up at a picnic at Devil's Gate, in the spring of 1890, some members of the Order in Los Angeles being there among the picnickers. And from this beginning the movement grew, until on August 7, 1890, this Chapter was duly instituted, in the Masonic lodge room in Williams block. A list of its first officers and members was printed in the report of Grand Chapter sessions of October 20, 21, 22, 23, 1890. The principal officers then were: Carrie Louisa Peaslee, Worthy Matron; William Henry Wiley, Worthy Patron ; Melissa Casandria Hester, Associate Matron; Isaac Newton Seares, Secretary ; Susie Etta Washburn, Treasurer ; Avelina Juanita Crowell, Conductress.

In 1895 there are 130 members ; and the chief officers are: Mrs. Ella A. Sears, Worthy Matron: Mr. Charles J. Willet, Worthy Patron ; Mrs. Mary G. Wiley, Associate Matron ; Mrs. Carrie B. Slater, Secretary ; Mrs. Susie E. Washburn, Treasurer.

CORONA LODGE (UNDER DISPENSATION) F. AND A. M .- Organized December 21, 1894. Its charter members were: Dr. L. W. Frary, E. C.

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Griffith, W. L. Wotkyns, J. A. Jacobs, E. E. Gaylord, C. H. Rhodes, W. D. McGilvray, A. H. Conger, Dr. R. J. Mohr, E. T. Howe, E. H. May, C. J. Willett, E. Groenendyke, C. H. Keyes, Dr. A. H. Palmer, J. E. Smyth. First principal officers : Dr. Frary, W. M .; E. H. May, secretary ; Willett, treasurer ; Rev. Dr. Wyllys Hall, chaplain. [Charter to be confirmed and number assigned by Grand Lodge in December, 1895.]

The Masonic lodge room was at first in the A. O. U. W. hall in the Public Library building. Then they leased and fitted up a room of their own in the Williams hall block. But on February 28, 1895, the five different bodies of the order took formal possession of their elegant rooms in the magnificent block now known as the

MASONIC TEMPLE,

corner of Raymond Avenue and Colorado street, they having taken a long lease on the entire upper floor-divided the space into rooms adapted to all their various needs, and finished, furnished and decorated them in a style of artistic taste and elegance not excelled even in San Francisco -- some Masonic rooms there being larger, but none finer. The building cost $40,000, and was erected by Col. L. P. Hansen, J. S. Torrance and M. E. Wood, in 1894-95.

TEMPERANCE ORDERS.

ORDER OF COOL PASADENA LODGE, NO. 173, INDEPENDENT ORDER )TEMP OF GOOD TEMPLARS .- The first meeting to talk up or- ....... ganization was held February 24, 1879, at the little old schoolhouse which was moved from Orange Grove Av- Avenue to the corner of Colorado street and Fair Oaks FAITH HOPE CHARITY Avenue. Nearly all of the old settlers of the colony were present. The lodge was instituted on the same day, by Mr. Leland, Grand Lodge Lecturer, I. O. G. T. of California, assisted by members of the order from Merrill Lodge of Los Angeles, with the following as charter members : P. G. Wooster, C. C. Smith, F. S. Woodcock, I. N. Mundell, S. M. Cambell, Charles McAffrey, H. G. Bennett, S. D. Bryant, H. L. Bryant, Ella Bryant, A. S. Hollingsworth, Mrs. A. S. Hol- lingsworth, Della Washburn, Ward B. Swartzell, Nettie Millard, Elisha Millard, Iva Millard, Dell Millard, Ed. E. Millard, Esther Turner, Charles Turner, F. H. Heald, N. M. Townsend, John Lowe, Elisha Lowe, John Lowe, Jr., Frank Lowe, Alex. F. Mills, William G. Persing, W. H. Townsend, Dennis Prinz. The first officers were : Worthy Chief Templar, P. G. Wooster ; Right Hand Supporter, Miss Iva Millard ; Left Hand Supporter, Miss Jennie Masher ; Vice-Templar, Mrs. Esther Turner ; Secretary, Frank Lowe; Assistant Secretary, Miss Ella Bryant ; Financial Secretary, H. G. Bennett ; Treasurer, Mrs. Anna Mundell; Marshal, S. M. Cambell; Deputy Marshal, Miss Della Washburn ; Inside Guard, Mrs. C. C. Smith ; Outside Guard, Herbert

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Author: Reid, Hiram Alvin, 1834-; McClatchie, Alfred James, comp Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Pasadena, Cal., Pasadena History Co. Number of Pages: 714

Author: Reid, Hiram Alvin, 1834-; McClatchie, Alfred James, comp
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Pasadena, Cal., Pasadena History Co.
Number of Pages: 714