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The one hundredth anniversary found the craft enjoying their own quar- ters in Masonic Temple at 126 Bank Street, but in the disastrous fire which swept Waterbury February 2, 1902, this temple was totally destroyed. All property, jewels and furniture therein, except records and jewels in the vault, were lost.
After the fire, the various Masonic bodies held meetings in St. John's parish house until a suitable hall could be found. Waterbury was rapidly rebuilt and arrangements were made for a hall to be laid out on the fourth floor of the Mullings Building at 95 Bank Street. It soon became apparent that these quar- ters were not large enough to accommodate the various Masonic bodies. The need of a new and properly equipped temple was evident to all, and the first step in this direction was taken in December, 1905. A by-law was then adopted by both Harmony Lodge, No. 42, and Continental Lodge, No. 76, F. & A. M., providing that the trustees of both of said lodges should constitute a joint board of trustees, to be known as the Masonic Building Fund Trustees, to care for and invest all funds received for the purpose of purchasing land and erecting and furnishing a temple thereon. The fund was started by an appropriation of $1,000 by each of the lodges, and other contributions were made from time to time.
In 1908 a building committee, representing all bodies, was appointed and in the early part of the year 1911 the homestead of Elisha Leavenworth became available as a possible site for the proposed temple. The executors of Mr. Leavenworth's will declined to divide the frontage on West Main Street, and as other parties were ready to purchase, prompt action was necessary. It was then that Almon C. Judd, Robert P. Lewis, John R. Hughes, Carl Munger and Albert Schumaker, all members of the craft, and enthusiastic workers for the new temple, came forward and purchased the entire frontage on West Main
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Street. These men then offered to convey to the Masonic building committee all or any part of said land without any advance in price, and the committee finally secured a site for the new temple at a price of $20,000. This met with instant approval, the money was raised in part by subscription and the full purchase price was paid over on July 1, 19II.
In the same year the members of the Masonic building committee recom- mended to the several bodies that a corporation without capital stock be formed under the statute laws of the State of Connecticut by incorporators, representing all the Masonic bodies of Waterbury, to take charge of the building of the temple.
In accordance with this and other recommendations, each body appointed three of its members to act as incorporators, with full power and authority to act with the incorporators appointed by the other Masonic bodies in this city, in forming such a corporation. The incorporators met and organized the Waterbury Ma- sonic Temple Corporation, which erected and maintains this beautiful temple for the use, benefit and occupancy of the several orders of Masonry, situated within the Masonic jurisdiction of the Town of Waterbury.
Until 1847 Harmony Lodge was the only Masonic organization in Waterbury, and until July 1, 1845, there was no other fraternity of any kind. Now, how- ever, there are within the original territory, five Masonic lodges, three chapters, a council, a commandery, and a lodge, council and chapter of the Scottish rite.
Continental Lodge, No. 76, was formed in 1869. In the charter of Continental Lodge are the names of forty-nine brethren, one-half of whom were members of Harmony Lodge. From its origin to the present time Continental Lodge has enjoyed uninterrupted prosperity and the relations between it and its mother lodge have been of the most cordial and fraternal character, having made it possible for many enterprises to be carried out by them together. Among these might be mentioned the Masonic Board of Relief, the purchase of a burial lot and the erection of a monument in Riverside Cemetery, and co-operation with the other Masonic organizations in forming the Waterbury Masonic Temple Corporation.
There have been seventy-one masters of Harmony Lodge in the 121 years of its existence, and there are now between fifty and sixty veterans of over thirty years' standing. Among its early members were eleven men who had served in the Revolutionary war, and from that time on, it has been represented in every war in which this country has engaged. There were four men in the war of 1812, two in the Mexican war, thirty in the Civil war, two in the Spanish war, and at least eighteen have answered the call of their country in the present emer- gency.
Many of its members have filled high places in state and national govern- ments. Among these are George L. Lilley, governor of Connecticut and member of Congress ; Stephen W. Kellogg, member of Congress for three terms; Joel Hinman, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Errors of the State of Connecticut ; Charles E. Turner, United States consul-general at Ottawa, Canada, and Henry I. Boughton, Henry F. Fish, George W. Benedict, Aner Bradley, Jr., John Ken- drick, Philo G. Rockwell, Joseph B. Spencer, George B. Thomas, William E. Thoms, Francis T. Reeves and John W. Webster were mayors of Waterbury. Many members have served as state senators and representatives and on various municipal boards of the city of Waterbury. Many prominent clergymen of various denominations have been members. Among them Rev. Joseph Anderson, D. D., pastor of the First Church in Waterbury for over forty years and a member of the corporation of Yale University, and Rev. F. D. Buckley, rector of Trinity Church for twenty-five years.
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In the fraternity itself many of its members have been called to fill high places of honor and esteem. Randolph B. Chapman was the grand master of the most worshipful Grand Lodge of Connecticut, John W. Paul was at one time grand secretary, the Rev. F. D. Buckley, grand chaplain. James Coer was grand senior deacon at the time of his death. James Callan was grand high priest, Grand Royal Arch Chapter. Frank H. Trowbridge was the most puissant grand master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masons in Connecticut. Nathan Dikeman, John W. Paul, Frederick A. Spencer and Nelson J. Welton were grand commanders of the Grand Commandery of Connecticut. Nelson J. Welton and John R. Hughes were thirty-third degree Masons of A. A. S. R.
Both Harmony and Continental Lodges now rank among the largest in the state. The membership of Harmony Lodge is 527 members, a gain of 65 during the present year. Continental Lodge has about the same number.
The past masters of Harmony Lodge from 1893 to 1917 were: Ralph L. Bronson, Harry O. Miller, J. Ward B. Porter, Frederick E. Stanley, James P. Elliott, Eugene C. Adt, Randolph B. Chapman, Edward E. Bacon, John F. Morden, Adam Callan, Louis C. Chapman, Frank A. Alden, Walter G. Chapman, Robert S. Walker, William H. Callan, Frank J. Erbe, Ernest L. Green, Ernest F. Guil- ford, Irving W. Harrison, James B. Isherwood, Crayton F. Carpenter, Joseph Wilhelm, Clark H. W. Newton.
The past masters of Continental Lodge from 1893 to 1917 have been: George E. Tompkins, William M. Cottle, William E. Norris, Hollis B. Bagg, William E. Brown, Edwin S. Babcock, Everett L. Starr, Frank E. Fenner, Charles M. Brooks, Jacob Kaiser, Joseph S. Neill, Walter D. Austin, George H. Crane, George G. Mullings, Edwin K. Diver, Samuel H. Patterson, Otto P. Armbruster, Louis E. Granger, Marshall F. Kloppenburg, William R. Keaveney, Leon H. Cummings, Richard S. Wood, Herman M. Turrell, Arthur T. Mayhew.
The present officers of Harmony and Continental lodges follow :
Harmony Lodge : Clark H. W. Newton, worshipful master ; George S. Callan, senior warden ; Alfred G. Germain, junior warden ; Irving W. Harrison, treasurer ; John A. Mckay, secretary; Leon A. Duley, senior deacon; I. Franklin Story, junior deacon; Ralph E. Day, senior steward; Frederick J. Willits, Jr., junior steward; Carlton B. Coe, chaplain ; William H. Phillips, marshal ; Crayton F. Car- penter, tyler.
Continental Lodge : Arthur T. Mayhew, worshipful master ; John W. Potter, senior warden; Arthur A. Bradley, junior warden ; Wilbur P. Bryan, treasurer ; Franklin B. Daniels, secretary ; Burton A. Young, senior deacon ; Hubert L. Bas- sett, junior deacon ; Frederick B. Peck, senior steward; James W. Abercrombie, junior steward ; Rev. Charles E. Benedict, chaplain ; Ralph T. Benedict, marshal ; Henry H. Peck, tyler.
The Masonic Club, a purely social organization, was organized on January 24, 1895, in the old Masonic Temple, 126 Bank Street. Its first officers were : President, George F. Hughes ; vice presidents, J. W. B. Porter, Harry F. LaForge ; secretary, George C. Curtiss; treasurer, James W. Cone; board of managers. Ezra L. Chapman, James Callan, H. T. Stedman, Wm. E. Norris, Howard G. Pinney, Jacob Kaiser.
It was active in a social way until 1900 when it went out of existence. Its last officers were: Dr. T. F. Axtelle, president, and C. H. Rockwood, secretary and treasurer.
For many years it has been evident to many observers that the interests of Freemasonry demand the establishment of another lodge in Waterbury and un- doubtedly the time has come when steps will be taken to bring this about. Both
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lodges are so strong, relations between them so cordial, Masonic work in this city so plentiful, that it seems a most opportune time to form another lodge, one- half of the charter members to be drawn from Harmony Lodge and the other half from Continental Lodge. The movement is well under way and in the hands of men who have the best interests of Freemasonry at heart.
CLARK COMMANDERY
Clark Commandery, No. 7, Knights Templar, constituted May 10, 1866, has continued its notable work throughout the past quarter century. The annual observance of Ascension Day is still one of the customs of the commandery. Services are held in one of the city churches, after which the graves of deceased knights are decorated with flowers. Its equipment for the rendering of the ritual is second to none in the jurisdiction. Its membership today is about 290.
The following are the officers for 1917-1918. Marshall F. Kloppenburg, emi- nent commander ; S. McLean Buckingham, generalissimo; Herbert L. Beardsley, captain general; John L. Scott, prelate; Charles A. Templeton, senior warden; Robert V. Magee, junior warden ; Wilbur P. Bryan, treasurer ; George H. Crane, recorder ; James W. Abercrombie, standard bearer; Fenton F. Niver, sword bearer ; Howard F. Moody, warden; Charles W. Hotchkiss, sentinel; Ernest A. Andersen, third guard; Franklin A. Wells, second guard ; Cleaveland D. Wilson, first guard ; Carl E. Munger, Nelson J. Welton, J. Richard Smith, trustees ; Carl E. Munger, Nelson J. Welton, Henry H. Peck, trustees Clark Good Will Fund; Almon C. Judd, commissary ; Franklin B. Daniels, drill master; Frederick C. Marggraff, instructor of ritual and work.
The past commanders of Clark Commandery since 1893 are: Fred A. Spencer, Alfred J. Shipley, Wm. G. Smith, Elliott E. Candee, George C. Curtiss, J. W. B. Porter, Carl E. Munger, Fred E. Stanley, W. P. Bryan, John B. Ebbs, Benjamin L. Coe, Joseph H. Woodward, John R. Hughes, Charles M. Brooks, Frederick C. Marggraff, Franklin B. Daniels, John L. Scott, Wm. R. Keaveney, Paul Klimpke, W. L. Babcock, Marshall Kloppenburg.
EUREKA CHAPTER, NO. 22, R. A. M. 1
Eureka Chapter, organized in the town of Oxford, October 12, 1826, removed to Waterbury November 2, 1847, has now in 1917 a membership of 350. This is a growth from 216 in 1895. The 1917 officers are as follows: John E. Porzen- heim, excellent high priest ; Edward W. Johnson, king ; Louis C. Chapman, scribe ; Wilbur P. Bryan. treasurer; George E. Irion, secretary; Louis E. Granger, C. of H .; George J. Munson, P. S .; Frederick W. Davis, R. A. C .; I. Franklin Story, 3 V .; Harry J. Rider, 2 V. ; Clarence F. McKay, I V .; Charles W. Hotch- kiss, sentinel; trustees, Alfred J. Shipley, Carl E. Munger.
The past high priests of Eureka Chapter, from 1893 to 1917, are: James Cal- lan, Alfred J. Shipley, Eldridge E. Candee, William E. Norris, Elliott E. Candee, Carl E. Munger, William E. Thoms, Charles M. Brooks, Henry F. Marendaz, Eugene C. Adt, Joseph S. Neill, Walter C. Bon, Frank E. Beardsley, John J. Gailey, William E. Brown, Harry A. Richardson, W. L. Babcock, Wm. R. Kea- veney, Frank Mitchell, Thomas D. Prescott, Roberts G. Hannegan, Harry P. Sanderson, Alpheus E. Betts, John E. Porzenheim.
WATERBURY COUNCIL, NO. 21, R. & S. M.
Waterbury Council, No. 21, R. & S. M., was constituted March 21, 1853. In 1895 it had a membership of 245. Its roster today is nearly 325. Its present
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officers are: Edward W. Johnson, thrice illustrious master; Crayton F. Carpen- ter, Rt. Ill. D. M .; Arthur W. Robbins, P. C. & W. ; Wilbur P. Bryan, treasurer ; George E. Irion, recorder ; Louis C. Chapman, C. of G .; Ralph E. Day, conductor ; William H. Miller, steward; Charles W. Hotchkiss, sentinel; trustees, Alfred J. Shipley, Carl E. Munger, W. L. Babcock.
The following are the thrice illustrious masters of Waterbury Council from 1893 to 1917; Frank H. Trowbridge, James Callan, R. R. Bird, Fred E. Stanley, Eugene C. Adt, Joseph S. Neill, Walter H. Ruggles, Walter C. Bon, George C. Curtiss, Harry J. Beardsley, Charles II. Swenson, Harry A. Richardson, Wm. E. Brown, Wm. R. Keaveney, W. L. Babcock, Thomas D. Prescott, Frederick C. Marggraff, Frank Mitchell, Frederick M. Davis, John E. Porzenheim, Edward W. Johnson.
Doric Lodge of Perfection, which confers from the fourth to the fourteenth degrees, lonic Council, Princes of Jerusalem, which gives the fifteenth and six- teenth degrees, and Corinthian Chapter, Rose Croix, seventeenth and eighteenth degrees, were all chartered September 23, 1897. The 1917 officers of these Ma- sonic bodies are as follows :
Doric Lodge of Perfection: Robert S. Walker, thrice potent master ; Freder- ick W. Chesson, deputy master ; Charles A. Templeton, senior warden; Charles M. Brooks, junior warden; Carlton B. Coe, orator; Almon C. Judd, secretary ; Willis M. Hall, treasurer ; George C. Curtiss, master of ceremonies ; Alpheus E. Betts, guard; Alfred J. Shipley, hospitaler ; Charles W. Hotchkiss, tyler.
Ionic Council, Princes of Jerusalem: Robert H. Batton, sovereign prince ; Clark H. W. Newton, high priest ; Arthur B. Buckman, senior warden; Hiram L. Kilborn, junior warden; Willis M. Hall, treasurer; Almon C. Judd, secretary ; George W. Seeton, master of ceremonies; John E. Porzenheim, master of en- trances ; Alfred J. Shipley, hospitaler ; Charles W. Hotchkiss, tyler.
Corinthian Chapter of Rose Croix: Howard F. Moody, most wise master ; Harry B. Sanderson, senior warden ; Ralph E. Day, junior warden ; Benjamin L. Coe, orator ; Willis M. Hall, treasurer ; Almon C. Judd, secretary ; George C. Cur- tiss, master of ceremonies; Alfred J. Shipley, hospitaler; Albert I. Chatfield, guard; Charles W. Hotchkiss, tyler.
Naomi Chapter, No. 23, Order of Eastern Star, which was instituted September 12, 1879, and constituted October 8, 1879, has the following officers in 1917: Catherine Goppelt, worthy matron; Louis E. Granger, worthy patron; Lura K. Richardson, associate matron; Jennie Marggraff, secretary ; Sarah A. Patchen, treasurer ; Margaret Moore, conductress ; Lena S. Perkins, associate conductress ; Charlotte Hannegan, chaplain ; Nellie E. Candee, marshal; Clara H. Wirth, organ- ist; Elizabeth Huber, Adah; Blanche L. Heebner, Ruth; Mary E. Woodcock, Esther ; Ereena T. Callender, Martha ; Charlotte Abercrombie, Electa ; Louis C. Chapman, sentinel; Susie H. Granger, warder.
Evergreen Court, No. 2, Order of Amaranth, which was chartered April 22, 1910, has the following officers for 1917 : Daysie Perry, royal matron ; E. K. Diver, royal patron ; Elizabeth Booth, associate royal matron ; Grace R. White, secretary ; Elizabeth Hengeveld, treasurer ; Mary Woodcock, conductress ; Katherine Turrell, associate conductress.
The Waterbury Masonic Aid Association, which was instituted July 16, 1896, has the following officers for 1917: Louis E. Granger, president; Ferdinand Wolff, vice president ; George C. Curtiss, treasurer ; Raymond H. Ryder, secretary. Directors, Ernest H. Horn, Charles W. Hotchkiss, Harry A. Richardson, Fer- dinand Wolff, Charles E. Schlier. Sick visiting committee, Harry A. Richardson, George O. Monroe.
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Kellogg Lodge, No. 5, F. & A. M., an organization of colored Masons, was organized October 12, 1874. Its officers at present are : Worshipful master, A. H. Gatling; senior warden, W. W. Holland; junior warden, A. J. Darrow ; secretary, C. C. Fowler ; treasurer, W. H. Costen; tyler, S. Norwood.
THE WATERBURY MASONIC TEMPLE
The Masonic Temple, specially designed and planned for the use of the fra- ternity, is really two buildings erected at right angles to each other. The West Main street front building is 26 by 100 feet, four stories high, and is located directly opposite the Soldiers Monument. On the first floor is the main entrance, a large lobby, corridor, and the incorporators' room. The general library and reading rooms occupy the entire second floor, and the various lodge parlors and social rooms are on the third and fourth floors. The rear portion contains a fire-proof stair and elevator tower.
The main building is 70 by 110 feet, and extends from the rear of the stair tower across to Park Place, opposite the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. It contains four halls, with all necessary anterooms and conveniences. A large auditorium, known as Temple Hall, beautifully decorated and furnished, is on the first floor. It has a large stage, gallery, kitchen, several dressing rooms and six exits. It will seat about nine hundred people, and is considered the best equipped and most acces- sible hall for public use in the city. It is intended for a banquet hall for large Masonic gatherings as well as a source of revenue.
The second floor, which is on the same level as the third floor of the front build- ing, is divided into two lodge rooms, one 271/2 by 50 feet, and one 37 by 65 feet. These are used by the two blue lodges, chapter, council and orders of the Eastern Star and the Amaranth. The commandery asylum, 50 by 58, is on the third floor, and this room, which has a pipe organ and a large stage, is also used by the Scottish rite bodies.
The Temple is owned and controlled by the fraternity through the Water- bury Masonic Temple Corporation, a corporation without capital stock, organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut June 29, 1911, by the following incor- porators, representing all the Masonic bodies of Waterbury :
Harmony Lodge, No. 42, F. & A. M., Robert S. Walker, Albert Schumaker, Rev. F. D. Buckley.
Continental Lodge, No. 76, F. & A. M., Nelson J. Welton, H. H. Peck, F. B. Daniels.
Eureka Chapter, No. 22, R. A. M., E. C. Adt, G. G. Mullings, W. L. Bab- cock.
Waterbury Council, No. 21, R. & S. M., W. R. Keaveney, G. C. Curtiss, James Callan.
Clark Commandery, No. 7, K. T., J. R. Smith, B. L. Coe, Carl E. Munger.
Doric Lodge of Perfection, A. A. S. R., J. R. Hughes, F. C. Marggraff, M. F. Kloppenburg.
Ionic Council, Princes of Jerusalem, A. A. S. R., Robert P. Lewis, J. K. Smith, J. M. Woodward.
Corinthian Chapter, Rose Croix, A. A. S. R., Almon C. Judd, John B. Ebbs, Willis M. Hall.
The corner stone of the new temple was laid on Saturday, August 10, 1912, at 3:30 in the afternoon by M. W. Justin Holden, grand master of Masons in Connecticut, assisted by his associate grand officers. The ceremony of laying the stone was in accordance with the ancient Masonic custom and the exercises
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included appropriate addresses by members of the craft and singing by the Ma- sonic choir of Waterbury. There were a large number of Masons present from all parts of Connecticut, and the event was one of the most impressive of its kind ever held in Waterbury and will long be remembered by all who witnessed it. Thirty-six lodges were represented and ten thirty-third degree Masons were present when the stone was laid.
The stone contains a large number of historical documents, coins and medals, many of which had once before been deposited in a corner stone, that of the old temple on Bank Street, which was destroyed by the great fire of 1902, and recov- ered when the stone was taken from the ruins.
The temple was informally opened by the Waterbury Masonic Temple Cor- poration on Tuesday evening, March 24, 1914, and hundreds of the members of the fraternity visited the building and inspected their new home for the first time.
The first meeting in the temple for Masonic work was held by Harmony Lodge in the memorial lodge room on Thursday evening, March 26, 1914. The E. A. degree was conferred upon one candidate in the presence of a very large gathering.
The temple was dedicated May 23, 1914, by M. W. Grand Master Edgar H. Parkman, assisted by his associate grand lodge officers in the presence of a large number of the brethren.
A beautiful bronze medal was made to commemorate the dedication of the temple. The dies were cut by Alpheus E. Betts of Harmony Lodge and were presented to the corporation by him. The medals were also presented to the corporation by members of the fraternity employed by the Waterbury branches of the American Brass Company, where the metal was made and rolled.
The present officers of the Temple Corporation are: Vice president and treas- urer, Robert S. Walker; secretary, Willis M. Hall; owing to death of N. J. Wel- ton, there is at present a vacancy in the presidency. Directors, George C. Curtiss, Franklin B. Daniels, Willis M. Hall, John R. Hughes, Almon C. Judd, Carl E. Munger, Henry H. Peck, Albert Schumaker, John R. Smith, Robert S. Walker.
THE ODD FELLOWS
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is, next to the Masonic order, the oldest and strongest of the secret fraternal orders in Waterbury. Nosahogan Lodge, No. 21, now has a membership of 940, and one of its members, George M. Chapman, is at present at the head of the order in the state.
Nosahogan Lodge celebrated both its fiftieth and its seventieth anniversaries in the last quarter century, both celebrations being the occasion of a large state gathering. It was organized July 1, 1845.
Together with Townsend Lodge it has now entertained the Grand Lodge of the state three times since 1892, and will again entertain it in 1918. In 1892 George H. Cowell, a member of Nosahogan Lodge, was grand master. The next meeting of the Grand Lodge was held in 1898, when John Blair, another member of Nosahogan Lodge, was retiring from the office of grand master. It met again in Waterbury in 1910, when Wm. E. Thoms was grand master. In 1918 it will hold a session in Waterbury, George M. Chapman, grand master and a member of Townsend Lodge, closing his term as head of the order in the state.
Nosahogan Lodge has had the honor of having ten of its members in the mayoralty chair. Of the later ones this includes former Mayors Reeves, Thoms, Bradley, Webster, Barlow, and Mayor-Elect Sandland. Judges Kellogg and Bur-
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pee of the Superior Court are prominent members. Former Chief of Police Egan and the present chief, Geo. M. Beach, are enthusiastic members of Nosahogan Lodge.
One of the most beneficent features of Nosahogan Lodge is its mutual aid association. This was instituted on May 2, 1884, and pays death benefits of $250 to widows of deceased members, and pays sick benefits of $6 weekly for thirteen weeks. In 1906 its method of assessment was altered and is now graded according to age. On December 10, 1917, all its bills were paid and it had in the treasury $5,761.33. It paid out in 1917 $1,471.
Its officers are: President, Herbert J. Phillips; secretary, George M. Egan ; treasurer, Homer G. Filley.
The present officers of Nosahogan Lodge are: Noble grand, Lester J. Smith ; vice grand, Robert Gardner ; recording secretary, R. C. Frink ; financial secretary, Wm. H. Lowe ; treasurer, Peter B. Reeves ; board of trustees, Francis T. Reeves, W. J. Larkin, F. C. Fromm.
The past noble grands of Nosahogan Lodge since 1893 are as follows: Herbert J. Phillips, Seron Decker, William J. Larkin, Charles H. Tomlinson, Frederick E. Cross, William B. Kelsey, John H. Guernsey, Charles H. Keach, John J. Sie- bert, Edward L. Bronson, Charles P. Haight, William A. Chase, William E. Thoms, Charles F. Pierson, Clayton M. Andrews, Peter B. Reeves, Adam Callan, Addison A. Ashborn, Albert H. Mills, William E. Wildman, Franklin B. Fischer, W. M. Ashborn, G. T. Fuller, James A. Callan, Edmund B. Stocking, O. P. Arm- bruster, F. C. Fromm, John H. Morrow, C. H. Granger, H. C. Dews, C. E. Mann, A. F. Ells, E. S. Ross, H. R. Dews, R. C. Frink, F. B. Williams, W. J. Pettis, Geo. Delevieleuse, Jr., Geo. A. Smith, F. A. Hungerford, H. J. Reynolds, R. C. Perry, F. E. Hanchett, H. G. Reynolds, A. B. Phillips, Edward Shepard, Lester J. Smith.
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