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Crystal, No. 88, Lyme, instituted September 27, 1871, membership 115. William C. Peck, noble grand, R. F. D., Lyme; Robert H. Noble, recording secretary, Lyme. Meets Thursdays.
Fairview, No. 101, Groton, instituted November 20, 1893, membership 401. Charles R. Brown, noble grand, 64 Mitchell street, Groton; Irving H. Poppe, recording secretary, Monument Street Extension. Meets Mondays.
The following is the directory of Rebekalı Lodges in New London county, 1921 :
Gates, No. 19, Niantic, instituted March 14, 1921. Mrs. Lena A. Beck- with, noble grand, Niantic; Miss Ethel I. Beckwith, recording secretary, Niantic. Meets second and fourth Mondays.
Osprey, No. 20, New London, instituted March 18, 1884. Mrs. Ada Sparks, noble grand, 4 Coit street; Mrs. Emily Kingdon, 175 Lincoln avenue. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays.
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Hope, No. 21, Norwich, instituted June II, 1884. Florence Douglass, noble grand, 19 Penobscot street; Mrs. Ada M. Revell, recording secretary, 58 Baltic street. Meets first and third Wednesdays.
Orient, No. 27, New London, instituted September 21, 1891. Jennie L. Barbour, noble grand, 148 Montauk avenue; Mrs. Elizabeth Klein, recording secretary, 51 West Coit street. Meets first and third Thursdays.
Ruthic, No. 28, Jewett City, instituted April 3, 1908. Jennie Wilds, noble grand, R. F. D. No. 4, Norwich; George H. Thornton, recording secretary, 79 Ashland street. Meets first and third Tuesdays.
Home, No. 50, Groton, instituted November 25, 1904. Lulu Metcalf, noble grand, Poquonnock Bridge; Mrs. Jennie Morgan, recording secretary, Groton. Meets second and fourth Thursdays.
Mystic, No. 56, instituted May 15, 1914. Lillian Price, noble grand ; Mrs. Ettabelle Griswold, recording secretary. Meets first and third Fridays.
Directory of Encampments, Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New London county, 1921 :
Palmyra, No. 3, Norwich, instituted June 15, 1843. C. Leslie Schlough, chief patriarch, 59 Dunham street, Norwich ; J. F. Amburn, recording scribe, P. O. Box 88, Norwich. Meets second and fourth Thursdays.
Orion, No. 4, New London, instituted April 23, 1879. John F. Gallup, chief patriarch, 34 Stewart street, New London; Andrew Morris, recording scribe, 113 1-2 Howard street, New London. Meets first and third Tuesdays.
Mystic, No. 17, Mystic, instituted January 8, 1891. William B. Ward, chief patriarch, 20 New London road, Mystic; L. S. Doyle, recording scribe, Williams avenue, Mystic. Mcets second and fourth Fridays.
Cantons Patriarchs Militant, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of New London county, 1921 :
Oneco, No. 3, Norwich. Herbert Willey, captain, 323 Main street, Nor- wich ; James H. Smith, clerk, Winchester street, Norwich.
Aram, No. 10, Mystic. Charles G. Cox, captain, Noank; Horace K. White, clerk, Noank.
Unity, No. 19, New London. Charles L. Maxson, captain, Lce avenue, New London ; Daniel E. Crouch, clerk, 140 Main street, New London.
In the county are lodges and societies of many names and of many kinds, some of them large, prosperous and influential, owning property and club house and contributing richly to the social life of the community, and prac- ticing wide charity. Among these are the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Knights of Pythias; the Improved Order of Red Men; Knights of Columbus ; Fraternal Order of Eagles; Junior Order of United American Mechanics; Knights of Maccabees; Foresters of America; Loyal Order of Moose ; and the Order of Owls. Bodies pertaining to the different nation- alities, trades and labor organizations, societies patriotic, philanthropic, social, and religious, are well represented in all the towns, and each in its own way strives to accomplish something for the benefit of its members and the com- munity.
The women's fraternal orders-Order of the Eastern Star, Daughters of Rebekah, Daughters of Pocahontas, the Pythian Sisters, and others, are rep- resented through lodges in different towns; also the Daughters of the Revo- lution, Daughters of America, and other patriotic societies. Being coast territory with many rivers, yacht and boat clubs abound, and there is an association devoted to the interest of master mates and pilots. The Boy
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Scouts flourish, and both Norwich and New London have Young Men's Christian Associations and Young Women's Christian Associations, with special buildings for their work.
In Norwich the Elks occupy a beautiful mansion on Main street, next to the post office, and in New London their home is on Washington street, next to the Armory.
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PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY
This Order, which now has granges in every agricultural State of the Union, dates its existence from the year 1868, fifty-four years ago. The oldest grange in New London county was organized in Lebanon, March 21, 1884, sixteen years after the founding of the order. There are now in the county. Pomona Grange No. 6, which has jurisdiction over Bozrah, Col- chester, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Lebanon, Montville, New London, Nor- wich, North Stonington, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, and Waterford (East Lyme, Lyme and South Lyme being under the juris- diction of Pomona Grange No. 8); and subordinate granges, sixteen in number, located in Lebanon, Waterford, Colchester, Griswold, Preston, North Stonington, Lyme, East Lyme, Bozrah, Old Lyme, Ledyard, Stonington, Mystic, Norwich, Groton and Franklin. There are no granges in New Lon- don, Lisbon, Montville, Sprague or Voluntown. Although the order in its half century of usefulness has become widely known, its origin is not a matter of general knowledge. This fact renders the following history timely and interesting :
Fredonia Grange, No. I, Patrons of Husbandry, was the first grange of the order ever organized, and to Chautauqua county, New York, belongs the honor not of giving birth to the grange idea, but of giving the idea form and being. The founder of the order was Oliver Hudson Kelley, known by grangers throughout the United States as "Father Kelley." He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 7, 1826, receiving his education in the public schools of that city. He left Boston when he was twenty-one years old, and for a time was a reporter on the "Chicago Tribune." For some time thereafter he was a telegrapher, later going to Minnesota, where he traded with the Indians. While living on his farm there, he operated the first reaping machine ever used in that State. In 1864 he was appointed a clerk in the Department of Agriculture at Washington, and when the close of the War between the States created conditions little understood at Washington, Mr. Kelley was chosen by Isaac Newton, United States Commissioner of Agri- culture, in January, 1866, to travel through the Southern States and from actual contact with the people and through personal acquaintance with them gain a true knowledge of conditions and furnish the government with needed statistics. There was considerable danger attached to such a mission, but Mr. Kelley's personality, his high character and his fraternal affiliations, enabled him to gain a close view of the needs of the people. While on this mission, the "Grange" idea was born in his brain, that "idea" comprehending an organization of agriculturists, non-partisan, non-sectarian, an organization national in scope, "united by the strong and faithful tie of agriculture," a band of brethren among whom no dissension could arise. This idea con- ceived in 1866 was perfected after Mr. Kelley's return to Washington, and on December 4, 1867, the National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, was
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organized as a temporary head. A school of instruction was also instituted in the District of Columbia. The personal enthusiasm of Mr. Kelley carried conviction, and six men became imbued with the faith and courage of the founder, each chosen for some particular trait, and all men of strong char- acter. These seven men are entitled to be considered the founders of the Order: Oliver H. Kelley, William M. Ireland, Rev. John Trimble, Rev. A. B. Grosh, F. M. McDowell, J. R. Thompson, William Saunders, all residents of Washington, D. C., and all except F. M. McDowell, who was a pomologist of Wayne county, New York, being in government employ. A constant co- worker with these men was Mr. Kelley's niece, Miss Caroline A. Hall, who advocated and finally secured the admission of women to the order upon terms of equality. In its early years, Miss Hall did an immense amount of clerical, publicity and detail work which contributed largely to its very existence. While Mr. Kelley must always be regarded as the founder of the Grange idea, Miss Hall's mothering in those early days enabled the infant to survive childhood.
These founders of the order for nearly two years labored with great energy and with a faith and zeal amounting almost to inspiration, until, with the assistance of friends who became interested, they completed a well- devised scheme of organization, based upon a ritual of four degrees for men and four for women, which is unsurpassed in the English language for orig- inality of thought, purity of sentiment, and beauty of diction. Having formed a constitution to govern the order, these men met on December 4, 1867, and constituted themselves the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, with William Saunders as master; J. R. Thompson, lecturer ; William M. Ireland, treasurer, and O. H. Kelley, secretary. The remaining offices for obvious reasons were left vacant. The first Subordinate Grange was organ- ized in Washington, D. C., January 8, 1868, as a school of instruction, with William M. Ireland as master.
The little brown building in which the organization was effected was at that time the office of Mr. Saunders, and stood embowered with the trees in the gardens of the Agricultural Department on the corner of Four and One Half street and Missouri avenue. Later the late Colonel Aiken, of South Carolina, and other members of the order, made vigorous efforts to have the government preserve this historic building, but they were unsuccessful.
In February, 1868, Mr. Bartlett, of Madison, Ohio, wrote: In the organization of this Order we will be expected to initiate mighty, re- forms, and the world will be disappointed if we do not. Here may be inaugurated the idea of equality between the sexes by simply removing the disabilities," and in this, as all else, they were fully a quarter of a century ahead of their time. Early in 1868 Mr. Kelley decided to give up all other business and devote his entire time to the establishment of the Order, and April 3 he left Washington for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for that purpose. This measure was strongly opposed by his more conservative associates, but
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with supreme faith in the ultimate success of his plan and little dreaming of the years of hard labor before him, he left Washington with only two dollars and a half of Grange funds and a ticket for Harrisburg. Failing in his effort to establish a grange there, but obtaining some financial aid, and granting a dispensation for a grange, he came on to Penn Yan, New York, where another effort was made which also failed. From there he went to Wayne, Steuben county, the home of F. M. McDowell, who was the representative of New York among the founders, and ever a staunch supporter of the cause. Here he received a warm welcome and many cheering words which helped him to endure the dark hours of the struggle, for as he tersely expresses it, "the order of Patrons of Husbandry ought to endure, for it was founded upon the solid rock of poverty, than which there can be nothing harder."
A. S. Moss, of Fredonia, had become greatly interested in the plan and succeeded in interesting many other Chautauqua people, so to him Mr. Kelley next appealed. He arrived in Fredonia on April 15, and the next day, April 16, 1868, having at last found broad and liberal-minded men ready to back their faith with their money and their influence, he organized Fredonia Grange.
The first State Grange, that of Minnesota, was organized February 22, 1869, but the new order grew slowly until 1872, when it had an existence in twenty-two States. The years of 1873 and 1874 were years of wonderful growth, and in 1875 at the annual meeting held in Louisville, Kentucky, Secretary Kelley reported that the order had issued in the United States alone 24,290 charters to subordinate bodies. Iowa led all other States in 1873, with 754 granges. New York is now the Banner State with (January 1, 1920) 915 subordinate granges, and a total membership of 127,966, a net gain for the year 1919 of 6,377 members. In 1875 the order was stronger in the Southern States; later, New England was the leading section; but now it is strong everywhere in the Union, and the dream of the founder has come true, and granges with the "tie that binds" are scattered from Maine to California and from Washington to Texas, teaching the value of organization and fraternity.
Oliver H. Kelley, the founder, after serving the National Grange as sec- retary several years, about 1878 interested himself in building a town named Carabelle, in honor of his niece, on the gulf coast of Florida. He commenced there in a Sibley tent in the forest, eighteen miles from a neighbor. Fifteen years later there was a town of one thousand population, with churches, schools, saw mills, hotels, daily mail, in fact, most modern improvements. The tract contained several thousand acres of land, and not a dollar debt on it. Later he removed to Washington, D. C., Kalorama road, where he was called to "Cross the Bar," after eighty-seven years of tossing on life's changing seas.
Fredonia Grange No. I celebrated the twenty-fifth birthday of the order. one of the features of the occasion being the presence of Oliver Hudson Kelley, the founder, who had been brought to Fredonia as the guest of the grange from his Florida home. The golden anniversary was also celebrated
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in a fitting manner and the "Mother Grange" is now enjoying middle age prosperity, passing her fifty-second birthday with 735 members. The first master of the "Mother Grange" was V. E. Dodge, who until his death at the age of eighty-six years took an active part in grange affairs.
There are ten Pomona Granges in the State of Connecticut, Pomona No. 6 being the New London county organization, having jurisdiction of all towns of the county except Lyme, East Lyme and South Lyme as stated. The following named are the officers of the various bodies :
Connecticut State Grange-Allen B. Cook, master, Niantic; Minor Ives, overseer, South Meriden; Charles A. Wheeler, lecturer, Storrs; Louis G. Tolles, steward, Southington ; Charles M. Adams, assistant steward, Groton ; Rev. J. H. Hoyt, chaplain, New Canaan ; N. S. Platt, treasurer, New Haven ; Ard Welton, secretary, Plymouth; William F. Clark, gate keeper, Lyme; Mrs. Ruth T. Randall, Ceres, Bridgewater ; Mrs. Beatrice Peirpoint, Pomona, Waterbury ; Mrs. Walter S. Hine, Flora, Orange; Alice E. Corbett, lady steward, Glastonbury.
New London County Pomona No. 8 -- C. M. Adams, master, Groton ; J. P. Hollowell, overseer, Norwich ; Rev. G. F. Goodenough, lecturer, Norwich, R. F. D. No. 6; M. F. Bartlett, steward, Jewett City ; Charles Armstrong, assistant steward, Jewett City ; Cyrus Avery, chaplain, Groton ; E. J. Hemp- stead, treasurer, New London; Alice A. Bishop, secretary, Norwich, R. F. D. No. 9: Edward Cook, gate keeper, Norwich; Mrs. F. Spaulding, Ceres, Norwich; Mrs. E. M. Bishop, Pomona, Norwich; Mrs. Eliza Barnes, Flora, Old Mystic; Flora Work, lady assistant, North Stonington; Mrs. John O. Peckham, committee on home economics, Norwich. Meetings third Thurs- day in February, April, June, August, October and December.
The Subordinate Granges are as follows, postoffice address same as name of grange unless otherwise indicated :
No. 21, Lebanon, organized March 31, 1884-E. N. Geer, master, Leon- ard's Bridge; Leslie Clark, overseer, Liberty Hill; Edward M. McCall, Jr., lecturer, Leonard's Bridge; Mrs. Iva Burgess, steward, North Franklin ; Andrew Lathrop, assistant steward, Leonard's Bridge; Rev. Hollis Camp- bell, chaplain, Lebanon; N. C. Pultz, treasurer, Willimantic; Armstead Bur- will, secretary, Lebanon; Herbert Nielson, gate keeper, Lebanon ; Mrs. Clara Abell, Ceres, Lebanon; Mrs. Elizabeth Troland, Pomona, Lebanon; Mrs. Myrtle Gecr, Flora, Leonard's Bridge; Mrs. Edith Hewitt, lady assistant, Lebanon ; Mrs. Katherine Sweet, committee on home economics, Lebanon ; J. Thomas, insurance, Leonard's Bridge. Meetings second and fourth Thurs- days at Grange Hall.
No. 41, Konomoc, at Waterford. organized March 25, 1886-Ernest Bar- rett, master, Waterford ; Elmer Peabody, overseer, Waterford ; Miss Marjorie Peabody, lecturer, Waterford, R. F. D. No. 2; Guy F. Radway, steward, New London; William W. Wright, assistant steward, Waterford; Hugh Mac- Kenzie, chaplain, Waterford; George A. Forsyth, treasurer, Waterford ; Fred Jacques, secretary, Waterford ; John Miner, gate keeper, Waterford; Miss Arline Peabody, Ceres, Waterford; Miss Ella Phillips, Pomona, New Lon- don; Miss Agnes Edwards, Flora, Waterford; Miss Margaret Wright, lady assistant, Waterford; Mrs. Carrie Carlough, committee on home economics, Waterford ; George A. Forsythe. insurance, Waterford.
No. 78. Colchester, organized February 14, 1888-Myron A. Abell. master ; F. H. Browning, overseer ; Mrs. Hannah Miller, lecturer; Miss Belle L. Strong, steward; Clayton G. Miller, assistant steward; Mrs. Emma Stebbins, chaplain ; Mrs. Ella Browning, treasurer ; Edwin R. Gillette, secretary ; Elmer
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H. Foote, gate keeper; Mrs. Clara Gillette, Ceres; Mrs. Etta Lombard, Pomona; Mrs. Carrie Abell, Flora; Mrs. Nettie Meigs, lady assistant ; Mrs. Ella Staples, committee home economics; Myron R. Abell, insurance, all of Colchester. Meetings second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month at Grange Hall, Colchester.
No. 96, Pachaug, at Jewett City, reorganized March 19, 1909-Harold Geer, master, Jewett City, R. F. D. No. 1; Edwin Lewis, overseer, Norwich; Miss M. Brewster, lecturer, Jewett City, R. F. D. No. 1; C. Frank Morgan, steward, Griswold; George Palmer, assistant steward, Norwich; Rev. J. Richardson, chaplain, Norwich; Mrs. Lena Chesbro, treasurer, Griswold; Ernest Richmond, secretary, Norwich; Charles Campbell, gate keeper, Gris- wold; Miss Mary Wilkinson, Ceres, Jewett City; Miss Ellen Campbell, Pomona, Jewett City; Miss Winifred Briggs, Flora, Jewett City ; Miss Lucy Grey, lady assistant, Voluntown; Mrs. Harrietta Kanahan, committee on home economics, Norwich; William A. Edmund, insurance, Jewett City. Meetings first and third Thursdays of every month at Town Hall, Griswold.
No. 110, Preston, at Preston City, organized December 21, 1889-Sidney G. Hall, master; Walter McClimon, overseer; Nathan H. Hall, lecturer; Mrs. Pearl Holden, steward; Charles Pendleton, assistant steward; Sterry Pierce, chaplain ; Arthur E. Shedd, treasurer; Fred Benjamin, secretary ; Howard Zabriskie, gate keeper ; Miss Marcia Zabriskie, Ceres ; Miss Florence Kennedy, Pomona; Miss Alice Krug, Flora; Miss Cynthia Crary, lady assistant ; Miss Cynthia Crary, committee on home economics, all of Norwich. Meetings second and fourth Tuesdays at Preston City Congregational Church Vestry.
No. 138, North Stonington, organized December 22, 1893-Irving R. Maine, master, Westerly; Harry B. Lewis, overseer, Westerly; John B. Perry, lecturer, Clarkes Falls; E. Frank White, steward, North Stonington ; Dudley W. Stewart, assistant steward, Westerly; O. D. Fisher, chaplain, North Stonington; Charles C. Gray, treasurer, North Stonington; Frank W. White, secretary, North Stonington; Clark Coon, gate keeper, North Ston- ington; Miss Emily P. Maine, Ceres, North Stonington; Miss Bertha M. Maine, Pomona, Westerly ; Miss Sarah Gray, Flora, North Stonington ; Miss L. G. Thompson, lady assistant, North Stonington. Meetings second and fourth Friday evenings of each month at Grange Hall.
No. 147, Lyme, organized April 9, 1896-Wilson Irvine, master, Lyme; J. W. Stark, overseer, Lyme; Mrs. Helen Daniels, lecturer, Lyme; Mrs. Florence Hall, steward, Hamburg; Lyman Harding, assistant steward, Lyme ; Miss Josephine Daniels, chaplain, Lyme; William Marvin, treasurer, Lyme ; Reginald Stark, secretary, Lyme; Maurice Peck, gate keeper, Lyme; Miss Charlotte Stark, Ceres, Lyme; Mrs. Hazel Lee, Pomona, Hamburg; Mrs. Helen Gage, Flora, Lyme; Mrs. Lydia Irvine, lady assistant, Lyme; Mrs. Hattie Reynolds, committee on home economics, Hamburg; Ray Harding, insurance, Lyme. Meetings first and third Thursday evenings of every month at Grange Hall.
No. 157, East Lyme-Allan B. Cook, master, Niartic; Frank Harris, overseer, Niantic; Mrs. Grace Hadlock, lecturer, Niantic; Mrs. Rose Hislop, steward, East Lyme; Arthur Saunders, assistant steward, Niantic; Fred Beckwith, chaplain, Niantic; Wilfred Scott, treasurer, Niantic ; Walter Scott, secretary, Niantic; Arthur Winslow, gate keeper, East Lyme; Miss Alice Cook, Ceres, Niantic; Miss Dorothy Bindloss, Pomona. East Lyme; Miss B. Maynard, Flora, East Lyme : Miss Leslie Beckwith, lady assistant, Niantic ; Mrs. Rose Richmond, committee on home economics, Niantic ; Julius Rogers, insurance, East Lyme. Meetings second and fourth Tuesday evenings at Comstock Hall, East Lyme.
No. 161, Bozrah, organized June 2, 1904-Charles B. Davis, master, Yan-
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tic; Oliver C. Gardner, overseer, Yantic; Clarence Parker, lecturer, Yantic ; Mrs. Ethel M. Lathrop, steward, Norwich Town; George Smith, assistant steward, Fitchville; Rev. W. Hetherington, chaplain, Fitchville; E. Leroy Lathrop, treasurer, Norwich Town; Edward Bishop, secretary, Norwich Town; Lawrence Avel, gate keeper, Yantic ; Mrs. Hattie Smith, Ceres, Fitch- ville ; Miss Maude Eiler, Pomona, Norwich Town; Miss Lucy Wilcox, Flora, Fitchville; Mrs. Lena Bishop, lady assistant, Norwich Town; Mrs. Robie Abel, committee on home economics, Yantic; Nelson Stark, insurance, Fitch- ville. Meetings first and third Wednesdays of cach month at Bozrah Town Hall.
No. 162, Old Lyme-Nathaniel M. Terry, Jr., master ; William F. Clark, overseer ; Bessie Connolly, lecturer ; Mrs. Myra Morgan, steward; Eugene D. Caulkins, assistant steward; Mrs. Nellie Hughes, chaplain; Mrs. Lucy Caulkins, treasurer; Earle G. Morgan, secretary ; Harry P. Appleby, gate keeper; Louisa M. Terry, Ceres; Miss Frances Saunders, Pomona ; Mrs. Minnie Sterling, Flora; Miss Gladys Morgan, lady assistant, al of Lyme. Meetings second and fourth Fridays of each month at Grange Aid Society Hall.
No. 167, Ledyard, organized April 19, 1907-S. E. Holdridge, master, Norwich ; Fred Doolittle, overseer, Norwich; Andrew Avery, lecturer, Nor- wich : Ursula E. Avery, steward, Norwich; Irving Maynard, assistant stew- ard, Norwich ; Theodore D. Taylor, chaplain, Norwich; Mrs. Fanny Lamb, treasurer, Norwich; Ray D. Holdridge, secretary, Norwich; John Barrett. gate keeper, Norwich: Miss Carrie Finnegan, Ceres, Mystic; Miss Dorothy Doolittle, Pomona, Norwich ; Miss B. Goodenough, Flora, Norwich; Miss Sarah Corey, lady assistant, Norwich. Meetings first and third Fridays of each month in Town Hall, Ledyard.
No. 168, Stonington, organized July 5, 1907-Ralph C. Wheeler, master. Stonington ; Harold Critcherson, overseer, Westerly ; Mrs. Carrie M. Wheeler. lecturer, Stonington ; Mrs. Gertrude C. Noyes, steward, Stonington ; Ralph C. Wheeler, Jr., assistant steward, Stonington ; Mrs. Eliza P. Noyes, chaplain, Stonington ; Courtland B. York, treasurer, Westerly ; Joseph Noyes, secretary. Stonington ; Sanford Billings, Jr., gate keeper, Stonington; Mrs. Elizabeth Harvey. Ceres, Stonington; Mrs. Sarah A. Stewart, Pomona, Stonington ; Miss Hattie Wheeler, Flora, Stonington ; Mrs. Lena York, lady assistant, Westerly : Mrs. Mary B. Wheeler, committee on home economics, Stonington ; Amos G. Hewitt, insurance, Mystic. Meetings second and fourth Wednes- days in month at Road Church parlors, Stonington.
No. 171, Mystic, organized August 20, 1908-The list of officers of this lodge not at hand.
No. 172, Norwich, organized September 10, 1908-Mr. John E. Fanning, master ; Mrs. Ivy O. Peckham, overseer; John M. Swahn, lecturer: Miss Ruth M. Breckenridge, steward; William H. Rush, assistant steward ; Charles E. Ellis, chaplain ; Edward Cook, treasurer ; Willis J. V. Baker, secretary ; Wallace Harbeck, gate keeper ; Mrs. Mary N. Brown, Ceres; Miss Helen B. Moore, Pomona ; Mrs. Lena Pukallus, Flora; Mrs. Nellie F. Rush, lady assistant : Mrs. Ivy O. Peckham, committee on home economics; William S. Case, insurance, all of Norwich. Meetings second and fourth Wednesdays of each month in Steiner's Hall, Norwich.
No. 176, Groton, organized May 27, 1909-Edw. J. Chapman, master ; Richard J. Whitman, overseer; Mrs. Richard J. Whitman, lecturer ; Miss Laura Perkins, steward ; Charles M. Adams, assistant steward ; Dea. Cvrus Avery, chaplain ; W. S. Thomas, treasurer ; Marcus L. Trail, secretary ; Harry Hayes, gate keeper: Miss Hattie York, Ceres: Miss Mary Crouch, Pomona : Mrs. Jennie Hays, Flora: Mrs. Lucie Adams, lady assistant, all of Groton ;
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