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GENERAL JOSEPH WARREN COMMANDERY, No. 8, Loyal Legion, Uniformed Rank of the Order of United American Mechanics, was instituted June 23, 1887, at Johnson's hall, with twenty-six charter members. The first officers were as follows: Commander, Charles E. Munson; vice commander, Theodore S. Wooding; past com- mander, Albert Munson; recording secretary, David B. Tyler; treas- urer, Edwin B. Harper; marshal, Siron Decker; warden, Charles L. French; herald, Belmont G. Forrest; guard, George L. Wooding; chaplain, James T. Tonks. The present membership of the com- mandery is thirty-seven and the present officers are: Captain, Edwin J. Schuyler; first lieutenant, Alanson J. Scott; second lieu- tenant, Clement A. Greer; sergeants, Frank A. Henry, Isaac W. Morse, Seneca Williams, John Seeley; corporals, Charles W. Kott, George W. Kernathan. The meetings are held on the first and second Thursdays of each month at Mechanics hall, East Main street.
LADY TRUMBULL COUNCIL, Daughters of Liberty, was instituted June 2, 1882, in Johnson's hall, with about sixty charter members. The first officers were: Councilor, Chauncey Seeley; vice councilor, James Sandland; assistant councilor, Mrs. Stephen M. Burns; assist- int vice councilor, Mrs. Jennie Tyler; recording secretary, Edwin . Schuyler; assistant recording secretary, Alice E. Schuyler. The resent membership is 140, of whom forty-two are "American Mechanics." The council has both sick and funeral benefits. The resent officers are: Councilor, Nellie Porter; vice councilor, Minnie Bishop; assistant councilor, M. Louisa Morse; assistant vice coun- ilor, Anna Scott; recording secretary, Mrs. Dora Munson; assist- nt recording secretary, Cornelia Lopez; financial secretary, Joseph De Bussy; treasurer, Chauncey Seeley.
MARTHA WASHINGTON COUNCIL, No. I, Order of the Silver Star, as organized May 25, 1888, with forty-five charter members, and e following officers: Councilor, Charles E. Munson; associate coun- lor, Mrs. Ralph J. Shipley; vice councilor, F. P. Blakeslee; mar- 1al, Mrs. E. J. Schuyler; deputy marshal, Mrs. Charles E. Munson; cording secretary, Annie Beers; assistant recording secretary, linnie Keasel; financial secretary, Ralph J. Shipley ; treasurer, E. J. chuyler; inside protector, Minnie Shipley; outside protector,
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Ernest Doolittle; junior ex-councilor, H. M. Whiteman; junior ex- associate councilor, Mrs. H. M. Whiteman; chaplain, B. C. Hull. The objects of the order are social and benevolent, with regular dues and benefits in case of illness. The membership in 1895 was 125 and the society was in good financial condition. It is the only lodge of the order in existence, and membership is limited to mem- bers of the United Order of American Mechanics, their wives, daughters and sisters.
ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS.
The Ancient Order of Foresters was founded in England and has traditions running back to the time of King Alfred. The his- torical period begins with 1745, when there were scattered societies known as the Royal Foresters. The high court was established and the present name assumed August 4, 1834. The modern period in America begins with 1864. In 1874 the subsidiary high court was established in the United States. In 1885 and 1886 the Ameri- can subsidiary high court came into conflict with the English high court on the question of color as an element in the eligibility of members. The American court insisted that only white persons should be eligible. The English high court recognized no such discrimination on account of color, and a large number of Ameri- can courts withdrew from the English jurisdiction and formed the Ancient Order of Foresters of America. The division as accom- plished in Waterbury, in 1889, separated the oldest court of Forest- ers in the city, Court Fruitful Vine, into two courts, one retaining its connection with the English jurisdiction and the other affiliating with the new American order. The account of this separation is given in the history of Court Fruitful Vine as follows:
COURT FRUITFUL VINE, NO. 5991, of the Ancient Order of For- esters, was instituted July 8, 1874, with forty-two charter members, from whom the following were chosen to act as officers of the court for six months: Chief ranger, David Jacquery; sub-chief ranger, Alfred Cleland; treasurer, Ward B. Porter; secretary, William H. Clark; senior woodward, Henry Mottershed; junior woodward, Thomas Mills; senior beadle, John Thackery; junior beadle, Reu- ben H. Adams; trustees, Charles Thatcher, Edward Nuttall, S. B. Munn. But few additions were made to the membership of Court Fruitful Vine until 1884, when a number of other courts of the order were started in Waterbury. The membership increased from this year until 1889, when the number on the roll was 110, and the funds in bank over $2,000. In September, 1889, a majority of the members of Court Fruitful Vine voted to leave the Ancient Order
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of Foresters and join the Ancient Order of Foresters of America, then newly organized by courts that had refused to obey a law of the high court of the order which provided that "no man shall be denied admission into the Ancient Order of Foresters on account of his color, creed or nationality." Only "white " males had been admit- ted to membership in the courts under the jurisdiction of the sub- sidiary high court of the United States, although there were courts composed of colored males in the United States working under dis- pensations granted by the high court of the order. A minority of the members of Court Fruitful Vine insisted that no majority of the members of a fraternal organization had a right to transfer moneys collected for the use of its members to another society, or to apply them to any other purpose whatsoever than the purposes for which they were collected. After an appeal had been taken to the law, an amicable arrangement was reached by which the minority members retained the books, papers, furniture and $350 of the funds of the court, and the majority members the remainder of the funds after paying the court expenses. The latter instituted a court in the Ancient Order of Foresters of America with the same name. The old court has increased in membership from ten at that time (1889) to sixty-six in 1895. Its funds on January 1, 1895, amounted to $1100. Its officers for the year are: Chief ranger, James Robert- son; sub-chief ranger, D. Mckellar; past chief ranger, Arthur Hill; treasurer, Charles Mitchell; financial secretary, E. A. Levick; recording secretary, Joseph Mackie; senior woodward, Alfred Cle- land; junior woodward, James Nibbs; senior beadle, James Suth- erland; junior beadle, William Platt; trustees, A. Cleland, Charles Thatcher, James C. Whiting. The following is a list of the chief rangers of this court since its institution :
David Jacquery, 1874-'75; William Tattersall, 1876; Alfred Cle- land, 1876; Walter Geraghty, 1877-'79; John Thackery, 1877-'78; Edward Nuttall, 1878; Walter Bartram, 1879; Henry Franklin, [880-'82; Ruben H. Adams, 1880-'81-'82; Edwin A. Levick, 1881-'90- 91; H. J. Barker, 1883-'85-'86; J. C. Whiting, 1884-'88; J. V. Gooding, [884-'85; C. L. Kershaw, 1886; George Husker, 1887; Peter Murphy, 888; George Turner, 1889; Peter Creighton, 1889-'90; Robert Mackie, 1891; Charles Mitchell, 1892; James Morton, 1892-'93; George Goodall, 1893; Arthur Hill, 1894; James Robertson, 1895.
COURT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, NO. 7974, was instituted on April 5, 892, with twenty-nine charter members. The first officers were as ollows: Acting past chief ranger, Robert Mackie of Court Fruitful Tine; chief ranger, James Cliff; sub chief ranger, Jesse Griffin; nancial secretary, Albert Harris; recording secretary, John Nichol;
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treasurer, Charles Logan; senior woodward, John Horsey; junior woodward, Theodore Schupp; senior beadle, Peter Borst; junior beadle, Walter Allen. The membership of the court at the begin- ning of 1895 was eighty-four. Its funds amounted to $500 and its property to about $400. Its officers for 1895 were: Past chief ranger, John Barrie; chief ranger, George Brown; sub chief ranger, James Simmonds; financial secretary, Albert Harris; recording secretary, Joseph DeBussy; treasurer, David Stein; senior woodward, George H. Stevens; junior woodward, Robert Brown; senior beadle, John Perrine; junior beadle, Alfred Laviolette; trustees, John Gilmour, George Brown, Adolph Recker.
ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS OF AMERICA.
Since the separation of a large part of the American Foresters from the English order, and their reorganization as the Ancient Order of Foresters of America, the growth has been vigorous and rapid. When the supreme court of the United States met in New Haven in September, 1893, the reports showed the existence of 1061 courts with 112,248 members. In the state of Connecticut alone there were seventy-eight courts and 9025 members. John J. McDon- .ald of Court Shields, of Waterbury, was grand chief ranger of the grand court of Connecticut in 1893, and was a candidate in that year for the office of supreme chief ranger of the supreme court of the United States. In Waterbury in 1895 there were about 1200 members belonging to twelve courts or side degrees. The statistics of these several local courts are as follows:
COURT FRUITFUL VINE, No. 5991, of the Ancient Order of Forest- ers of America, retains the name and date of its original organi- zation under the English jurisdiction before the separation in 1889. It was instituted July 8, 1874, and is one of the older courts of the country. At the time of the division described in the sketch of the court that remained under the English jurisdiction, the legal struggle which ended in a compromise was watched by Foresters in all parts of the country. Those who remained under the English order numbered ten, and those who instituted the new Court Fruit- ful Vine, Foresters of America, numbered a hundred. The present membership of the court is ninety-eight, its funds amount to $1200, and its officers for 1895 were as follows: Chief ranger, William McGowan; sub chief ranger, Patrick Begley; treasurer, George Husker; financial secretary, Peter Murphy; recording secretary, M. J. Colloty.
COURT HANCOCK, NO. 7292, was instituted March 6, 1886. It has a membership of 156 and funds of $450. Its officers for 1895 were
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as follows: Chief ranger, E. J. Kenny; sub chief ranger, Charles Schmidt, Jr .; treasurer, James A. Hynes; financial secretary, M. J. Keefe; recording secretary, J. J. Butler.
COURT WOLF TONE, No. 7484, was instituted April 21, 1887. It has a membership of 141 and funds amounting to $890. Its officers for 1895 were as follows: Chief ranger, John S. Hayes; sub chief ranger, William Deneen; treasurer, James Coughlin; financial sec- retary, Hugh Keenan; recording secretary, Daniel Allman.
COURT SHIELDS, No. 7487, was instituted May 4, 1887. Its mem- bership is 125 and it has funds amounting to $1250. Its officers for 1895 were as follows: Chief ranger, E. P. Riordan; sub chief ranger, W. A. McKennerney; treasurer, John H. Moran; financial secre- tary, John J. McDonald; recording secretary, James W. Wigmore.
COURT STEPHEN J. MEANY,* No. 7635, was instituted June 1, 1888. Its membership is 210. Its officers for 1895 were as follows: Chief ranger, Patrick Campbell; sub chief ranger, Bernard Keefe; treas- urer, John Clohessy; financial secretary, William B. Halloran; recording secretary, Frank O'Rourke.
COURT FALCON, NO. 7717, was instituted July 12, 1889. Its mem- bership is 145 and it has a fund of $1118. Its officers for 1895 were as follows: Chief ranger, Thomas Owens; sub chief ranger, William Lawlor; treasurer, John Galvin; financial secretary, Edward M. Fitzpatrick; recording secretary, Peter F. Myers.
COURT LINDEN, No. 8170, was instituted August 1, 1892. Its mem- bership is 135 and it has a fund of $460. Its officers for 1895 were as follows: Chief ranger, John E. Burns; sub chief ranger, James F. Tiernan; treasurer, George Gibson; financial secretary, James Batters: recording secretary, Joseph A. Worsley.
COURT VIGILANT, No. 8323, was instituted November 13, 1893. {t has 105 members and a fund of $515. Its officers for 1895 were is follows: Chief ranger, William Barth; sub chief ranger, James H. Bolan; treasurer, James Cass; financial secretary, Thomas Finnegan; recording secretary, James Barrett.
COURT MARTIN HELMANN, No .- 8490, was instituted November 7, 894. Its membership is 142. Its officers for 1895 were as follows: Chief ranger, M. J. Smith; sub chief ranger, J. F. Collotty; treasurer, Daniel J. Mahaney; financial secretary, Henry M. Begnal; recording ecretary, T. F. Dillane.
The second degree in Forestry is the Ancient Order of Shep- erds of America. This degree is represented in Waterbury by
* For a sketch of the life of S. J. Meany, see page 987.
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SANCTUARY ONWARD, NO. 7398, which was instituted in 1893, with these officers: Pastor, M. F. McKinnerney; sub pastor, C. H. Kane; financial scribe, J. F. Knox; recording scribe, D. Allman; treasurer, Joseph St. Louis.
The third degree in Forestry is a uniformed branch, the Knights of Sherwood Forest, represented in Waterbury by WASHINGTON CON- CLAVE, No. 22, which was instituted October 3, 1883. Its member- ship is fifty-one and its officers for 1895 were as follows: Com- mander, J. H. Murnan; vice-commander, John McEvoy; paymaster, G. V. Gooding; adjutant, P. Murphy; first lieutenant, P. Corrigan; second lieutenant, Jean Seautreau.
There is another branch of Forestry, known as the Companions of the Forest to which women are admitted. EVANGELINE CIRCLE, No. 62, was instituted October 14, 1888, and after an existence of three years was dissolved in 1891.
CIRCLE MEANY'S PRIDE, No. 73, was instituted March 25, 1889. It has a membership of fifty and funds of $350. Its officers for 1895 were as follows: Chief companion, Bridget Dowling; sub chief com- panion, Maggie Crane; treasurer, Fannie Bowen; financial secretary, Kate Brosnan; recording secretary, Mary Meah.
ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN.
The first lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen was organized at Meadville, Penn., October 27, 1868, by John J. Upchurch, widely known as Father Upchurch. The supreme lodge came into existence February 11, 1873. The first lodge in Connecticut was established October 11, 1878. The Connecticut lodges are under the jurisdiction of the grand lodge of Massachusetts, which was estab- lished February 25, 1879, and is incorporated in this state. The order at large has over 250,000 members.
WATERBURY LODGE, No. 5, of the Ancient Order of United Work- men was instituted August 3, 1880, with twelve charter members. The first master workman was E. P. Gregory, M. D. The member- ship in 1895 was 230 and the officers were: Past master workman, Joseph A. Garde; master workman, J. Edward Sandland; foreman, John H. Hoyt; overseer, Michael J. Sullivan; recorder, Oscar W. Cornish; receiver, Marshall Darling; financier, Frederick B. Hoad- ley. The lodge first occupied Johnson's hall, then moved to Mechanics' hall, and then to Congress hall in February, 1895.
AMERICAN LODGE, No. 44, was instituted January 23, 1890, with thirty-nine charter members. The first officers were: Past master workman, Albert Munson; master workman, Clayton B. Smith; fore-
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man, Frederick H. Spencer; overseer, Arthur M. Dillon; recorder, James A. Knox; receiver, Charles A. Hamilton; financier, Louis L. Cook. The officers in 1895 were: Master workman, John W. Green; foreman, Frank E. Ball; overseer, William B. Pond; recorder, James A. Knox; receiver, Charles A. Hamilton; financier, James H. Hunt.
CONNECTICUT LODGE, No. 52, was instituted May 18, 1892, with 137 charter members. The first officers were: Past master workman, Frank Kelsey; master workman, John R. Hoyt; foreman, Frank B. Hull; overseer, Joseph C. Lang; recorder, George Husker; financier, Dennis J. Casey; receiver, Dr. Henry S. Wildman. The member- ship in 1895 was 200 and the officers were: Past master workman, Michael F. McKennerney; master workman, Emil Ebert; foreman, William H. Brakenridge; overseer, Reinhold Ebert; recorder, George Husker; financier, Dennis J. Casey; receiver, John S. Hayes.
ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS.
The order of Chosen Friends was organized in Indianapolis, May 28, 1879. It is a fraternal, benevolent and protective society or both sexes," paying benefits in cases of total disability, old age ind death. It was introduced into Connecticut in 1881. It is repre- ented in Waterbury by two councils.
GOOD CHEER COUNCIL, No. 4, of Connecticut, of the order of 'hosen Friends, was organized April 1, 1881, with sixteen charter members. The following were the first officers: Past councilor, Ienry Jaquet; councilor, Chauncey Seeley; vice councilor, W. W. erman; secretary, C. A. Smith; treasurer, J. W. Davis. The mem- ership of the council in 1895 was 150 and its officers were: Past puncilor, J. H. Davis; councilor, Joseph S. Worsley; vice councilor, eorge H. Wheeler; secretary, John J. Dowling; treasurer, Otto W. eue. The council meets on the second and fourth Fridays of every onth in Congress hall, East Main street.
RAINBOW COUNCIL, No. 7, of Connecticut, was organized March 29, '95, with forty-five charter members and the following officers: ast councilor, Mrs. Anita A. Judd; councilor, Henry C. Brandes; ce councilor, Mrs. Hattie E. Moulthrop; secretary, Terence J. yle; treasurer, Frank W. Judd. The council meets the second .d fourth Mondays of every month at Pythian hall, Bank street.
* " This fraternal benefit order admits men and women equally. It was the first fraternal order to adopt feature. At the outset it was predicted that no order could flourish upon this plan, but after an experi- : of sixteen years it has been found popular."
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KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
The "Knights of Honor " was organized in Louisville, Kentucky, June 30, 1873. The Grand lodge of Connecticut was established August 24, 1877. The order throughout the country has over 125,000 members, and has paid to the beneficiaries of members deceased several millions of dollars.
VALLEY CITY LODGE, No. 2852, of the Knights of Honor, was insti- tuted in Waterbury on October 20, 1882, with nineteen charter mem- bers and the following officers: Past dictator, Walter H. Billinge; dictator, Irving H. Coe; vice dictator, Charles A. Briggs; reporter, Henry B. Bartlett; financial reporter, L. S. Brackett; treasurer, Walter H. Scott. The membership in 1895 was eleven and the offi- cers were: Past dictator, George A. Edwards; dictator, Robert A. Dickson; vice dictator, William Wilson; reporter, Frederick A. Fitts; financial reporter, George H. Bario; treasurer, Charles A. Briggs.
WATERBURY LODGE, No. 3920, was instituted on February 14, 1895, with twenty-one charter members and the following officers: Dic- tator, E. W. Goodenough; recorder, William M. Shepard; treasurer, Frank W. Judd.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
The Patrons of Husbandry is an organization which numbers about 120,000 members in the United States and 11,000 in Connecti- cut. Its object is declared to be the education and elevation of the American farmer and the social, moral and intellectual improve- ment of its members. All persons of good moral character inter. ested in agricultural pursuits or agricultural subjects are eligible to membership.
MAD RIVER GRANGE was organized December 1, 1887, with fifty charter members, farmers and their wives, and children over four- teen years of age. The first officers of the grange were as follows: Master, A. B. Pierpont; overseer, H. B. Carter; lecturer, Gertrude U. Bradley; steward, C. S. Tuttle; assistant steward, William A. Faber: chaplain, J. H. Garrigus; treasurer, J. R. S. Todd; secretary, J. I. Byam; gatekeeper, D. C. Northrop; Ceres, Mrs. D. B. Hotchkiss: Pomona, Mrs. E. W. Hitchcock; Flora, Mrs. Z. C. Bowen; lady assist- ant steward, Fannie A. Porter. The grange has had the names of more than 700 members on its rolls and its membership in 1895 was about 200. Six other granges have taken root from it and are now in a flourishing condition with over 1000 members. The members of Mad River grange have built and furnished a large two-story hall at Mill Plain. Meetings are held weekly from November to May and bi-weekly from May to November. The officers of the
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grange for 1895 were as follows: Master, J. I. Byam; overseer, A. H. Coe; lecturer, Eva E. Byam; steward, John B. French; assistant steward, B. F. Hoggett; chaplain, W. L. Pierpont; treasurer, Charles Frost; secretary, John R. S. Todd; gatekeeper, Nelson Hall; Ceres, Sarah A. Warner; Pomona, Catherine Coe; Flora, Elizabeth Fair- clough; lady assistant steward, Anna Hall; executive committee, A. B. Pierpont, W. A. Faber, J. F. Gallagher.
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN.
The Improved Order of Red Men is a social, secret, fraternal and benevolent association. Its origin is purely American, and is traced back to the war of the Revolution. The fraternal features were added after the war of 1812. Indian dress, ceremonies, sym- bols and nomenclature were made use of to hide the identity of its members from the uninitiated, and many of these characteristics have been retained by the present organization, which was formed n Maryland in 1835, when the benevolent feature was added. The notto of the order is Freedom, Friendship, Charity. The only con- litions of membership are that a candidate shall be twenty-one years of age, white, of good moral character and sound bodily health, a believer in a Great Spirit in whom all power exists, and hall have some known reputable means of support.
The Great council of Connecticut, Improved Order of Red Men, ame into existence August 30, 1887. Scattered tribes had been rganized a little earlier. In Waterbury the order has had a rapid nd vigorous growth.
TUNXIS* TRIBE, No. 10, was instituted December 15, 1889, with 58 charter members. It has had as many as 250 members and in 395 had about 230. Its first officers were: Sachem, George H. owell; senior sagamore, Fred W. Tate; junior sagamore, Thomas H. ewitt; prophet, Casimir H. Bronson; chief of records, L. S. Brack- t; assistant chief of records, T. V. Meyer; keeper of wampum, hn H. Guernsey; trustees, Frederick A. Spencer, Noah B. Tut- e, F. H. Trowbridge. The past sachems of Tunxis tribe in their der are as follows: C. H. Bronson, O. W. Cornish, L. S. Brackett, . L. Meyers, O. G. Rabe, G. H. Cowell, C. R. Upson, J. E. Bartlett, P. Harper, D. C. Somers, T. H. Hewitt, C. H. Blake, W. R. Matti- n, F. O. Peabody, W. D. Upson.
TOANTIC + TRIBE, No. 22, was instituted October 19, 1892, with 172 arter members, and its membership in 1895 was about 215. The
* The name is that of a tribe of Indians, the aboriginal inhabitants of Farmington.
+ For the name, see Vol. I, page 40.
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first officers were: Sachem, John Blair; senior sagamore, J. E. Rus- sell; junior sagamore, E. G. Munger; prophet, George M. Chapman; chief of records, David B. Neth; keeper of wampum, Frank C. Boden. The past sachems of Toantic tribe in their order are as follows: George M. Chapman, John Blair, J. Elliott Russell, E. G. Munger, John T. Roberts, W. L. Hall, William H. Flint.
UHLAND STAMM, NO. 190, is the German branch of the order, and was organized in Waterbury, January 28, 1874. It was named in honor of Uhland, the German author. Its membership was thirty- one and its first officers were: Chaplain, Louis Adt; over-chief, Albert Noether; under-chief, Emil Rissland; bei-chief, John Schwartz; secretary, Gustav Lange; assistant secretary, George Horn; treasurer, August Wendehack. From the date of its organi- zation until January 1, 1895, the amount raised by the lodge was $11,261.76, and the amount paid out in sick and death benefits $9138.50, leaving a balance in the treasury, January 1, 1895, of $2123.26. The total membership at that date was 102, and the officers for 1895 were as follows: Deputy, Albert Noether; chaplain, Jacob Singer; over-chief, Charles Kopp; under-chief, Fred Ogresch: bei-chief, Ernst Vestewig; secretary, Frederick Doescher; assistant secretary, William Nagel; treasurer, Louis J. Adt; representatives to the Grand lodge, Henry Fischer and Leo Zehnder. Among the members of the lodge are leading German citizens of Waterbury, Naugatuck and Union City. Meetings are held every second and fourth Wednesday in the month at Pfaff's hall, Grand street.
GOETHE LAGER, No. 45 (Encampment), was organized December I, 1891, with twenty-four charter members. The first officers were as follows: Ex-prophet, Charles A. Melchinger; prophet, Henry Fischer; chief, Charles Kopp; secretary, John Saxe; treasurer, Charles Kirch- ner. The membership in 1895 was thirty-six and the officers were: Ex-prophet, Henry Gessert; prophet, Frederick Liepfert; chief. Charles Loeffler; secretary, Leo Zehnder; treasurer, August Wende- hack. The encampment meets every fourth Wednesday evening at No. 40 Grand street. Its funds amount to $204.04.
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