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OFFICIAL ROSTER, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
In common with a number of other townships in the county, the early rec- ords of Washington township have passed beyond the reach of human hands. Many of the books of the township which are of no material value, in some cases have been carefully preserved, while the clerk's minutes of the trustee meetings are almost entirely missing. The earliest record in Washington township which can be found begins with the year 1877.
1877-Trustees : James E. Flannigan, John McGargill, Patrick McMullen; clerk, John Carrick.
1878 Trustees: John McGarigill, James E. Flannigan, Patrick McMullen ; clerk, John Carrick.
1879-Trustees : J. E. Flannigan, Gregory Seery, Thos. J. Finn; clerk, John Carrick; assessor, Michael Kenney.
1880-Trustees : Gregory Seery, J. E. Flannigan, T. J. Finn; clerk, John Carrick; assessor, Michael Kenney.
1881-Trustees : Wm. Gavin, Jas. E. Flannigan, Thos. J. Finn; clerk, John Carrick; assessor, Michael Kenney.
1882-Trustees: Wm. Gavin, Jas. E. Flannigan, T. J. Finn; clerk, John Carrick; assessor, Michael Kenney.
1883-Trustees : T. J. Finn, Wm. Gavin, J. E. Flannigan; clerk, John Car- rick; assessor, Michael Kenney.
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1884-Trustees : Jas. E. Flannigan, T. J. Finn, Wm. Gavin; clerk, John Carrick; assessor, Michael Kenney.
1885-Trustees : Timothy Curran, Jas. E. Flannigan, Thos. J. Finn; clerk, John Carrick; assessor, J. B. Skahill.
1886-Trustees : Wm. Gavin, George McQuillan, Timothy Curran; clerk, John Carrick; assessor, J. B. Skahill.
1887-Trustees : George McQuillan, Timothy Curran, Wm. Gavin; clerk, E. W. Dunn; assessor, J. B. Skahill.
1888-Trustees : Patrick Head, Geo. McQuillan, Thos. J. Finn; clerk, E. W. Dunn; assessor, J. B. Skahill.
1889- Trustees : George McQuillan, Thos. J. Finn, Patrick Head; clerk, E. W. Dunn; assessor, M. E. Carr.
1890-Trustees : Wm. Gavin, Jr., George McQuillan, Patrick Head; clerk, E. W. Dunn; assessor, M. E. Carr.
1891-Trustees : George McQuillan, Patrick Head, Thos, J. Finn; clerk, E. W. Dunn; assessor, M. E. Carr.
1892-Trustees : Martin Moore, Wm. Gavin, Jr., Patrick Head; clerk, M. E. Carr.
1893-Trustees : Wm. Gavin, Jr., Martin Moore, Patrick Head; clerk, M. E. Carr; assessor, J. B. Morrison.
1894-Trustees : Patrick Head, Wm. Gavin, Jr., Martin Moore; clerk, M. E. Carr; assessor, J. B. Morrison.
1895-Trustees : Martin Moore, Patrick Head, Wm. Gavin, Jr .; clerk, John Curran; assessor, M. E Carr.
1896-Trustees : Jas. T. McNally, Martin Moore, Patrick Head; clerk, John Curran; assessor, M. E. Carr. .
1897-Trustees : Martin Moore, M. B. McQuillan, Patrick Head ; clerk, John Curran ; assessor, Thos. Hughes.
1898 Trustees : John Hardman, J. T. McNally, Patrick Head; clerk, John Curran; assessor, Thos. Hughes.
1899-Trustees : J. T. McNally, John Hardman, Patrick Head; clerk, J. B. Skahill; assessor, Thos. Hughes.
1900-Trustees: John Hardman, Theo. Maire, Jos. Garrity, clerk, J. B. Skahill ; assessor, Thos. Hughes.
1901-Trustees : Theo Maire, Wm. Gavin, Martin Moore; clerk. J. B. Ska- hill; assessor, Richard Coyle.
1902 -- Trustees : Martin Moore, Wm. Gavin, Frank O'Brien; clerk, J. B. Skahill; assessor, Richard Coyle.
1903-Trustees : Frank O'Brien, Wm. Gavin, T. J. Finn ; clerk, J. B. Skahill; assessor, Richard Coyle.
1904-Trustees : David Stanton, Frank O'Brien, Chas. Gavin; clerk, J. B. Skahill; assessor, Richard Coyle.
1905-Trustees : John Takes, David Stanton, Frank O'Brien; clerk, J. B. Skahill; assessor, Leo Skahill.
1906-Trustees : David Stanton, Frank O'Brien, John Takes; clerk. J. B. Skahill ; assessor, Leo Skahill.
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1907-Trustees : Frank O'Brien, John Takes, David Stanton; clerk, Jas. B. Skahill; assessor, Leo Skahill.
1908-Trustees : John Takes, Frank O'Brien, David Stanton; clerk, J. B. Skahill; assessor, Leo Skahill.
1909-Trustees : David Stanton, Frank O'Brien, John Takes; clerk, J. B. Skahill; assessor, Leo Skahill.
WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
Wayne township can well claim for its own heritage, the garden spot of Jones county, the promised land flowing with milk and money. No township in the county can claim more wealth of soil, or can present a greater degree of agri- cultural prosperity. The township assessment table given elsewhere in this his- tory will show that the township excels all other townships in assessed valuation.
There is very little timber land in the township. No rivers traverse its sur- face, and no hills disturb the evenness of its luxuriant meadows, and its cul- tivated fields. A large per cent of the soil is tillable, and is a rich sandy loam.
One striking feature which the casual observer traveling through the town- ship will notice, and that is the absence of weeds. The writer was very much impressed with this in comparison with the other townshps. The road sides and the cultivated fields and pasture lands, were not burdened with a load of noxious growths. The soil raised heavy crops, and to the richness and value of the soil's products was due the large barns and spacious farm dwellings so conspicuous in the township. The buildings were in good repair, nicely painted and pre- sented an air of comfort and prosperity. The fences were substantial and well kept up. The rotation of crops has kept up the quality of the soil and added to the value of the farms.
THE TOWNSHIP ORGANIZED.
In the civil partition of the county, Wayne township was set off as a part of the Bowen's Prairie election precinct, and later changed into townships, Wayne being set off from Fairview township and organized with its present boundaries, March 5, 1856.
By an order of G. C. Mudgett, county judge, directed to Joseph Gaut, under the date of March 15, 1856, the legal voters of Wayne township met at the house of O. G. Scrivens on the first Monday in April, being April 7, 1856, to or- ganize and elect officers. Jacob Zigler was chosen chairman of the meeting. The judges of election who were elected were Henry Simmons with twenty-three votes, Tilghman Hartman with nineteen votes and Jacob Zigler with seventeen votes. Benjamin F. Gaut and John Clark were chosen as clerks of the election. The names of the officers elected at this and subsequent elections appear in the official roster.
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THE FIRST SETTLER.
The first permanent settler in the township was James Spencer, who located in the north part of the township in the spring of 1840. It seems to have been the general intention to name the township "Spencer" in his honor, but at the organization in 1856, the township was named in memory of Wayne county, Ohio.
James McLaughlin is said to have built a cabin and dug a well on land on section 2, later known as the Lovell farm, as early as 1838, and possibly a few others may have founded claims before James Spencer but they remained only a short time, and he was the earliest settler still residing in the township at the date of its organization.
The growth of the township was not rapid until after 1850. During the decade prior to 1860, the population increased a hundred-fold. In 1860 the population of Wayne township was five hundred and eighty and in 1905, nine hundred and nineteen. The population of the township has not been increased by the development of any large towns.
The first child born in the township, and also the second child born in the county, was James McLaughlin, a son of James and Mary McLaughlin, born on what is now known as the Lovell farm in the northern part of the township on May 31, 1839. Mr. Mclaughlin now resides at Russellville, Kentucky, and is a brother of J. A. Mclaughlin of Castle Grove and M. Mclaughlin of Monticello.
The first school taught in the newly organized township was by Miss Nellie McConnon, in the house of Roswell Crane at Langworthy, but Miss Martha Crane, and doubtless others, had taught school in the unnamed and unorganized township. Miss McConnon afterward married W. H. Proctor, a prominent merchant of Monticello.
EARLY SETTLER.
The following list of early settlers includes the majority of those who set- tled in the township prior to 1856. The names given in the official roster of the township given on another page, will give some idea of the residents who were in the township later. E. Ackerman, New York; I. Ackerman, New York; W. Armitage, Pennsylvania; Robert Barnhill, Indiana; George Brown, Indiana; Romantis Batchelder, Steven Batchelder, John Batchelder, N. Batchelder, B. Batchelder, and A. Batchelder, all from New Hampshire; N. Bigley, Penn- sylvania : Warren Burrough, New York; Martin Barts, Pennsylvania; John Clark, Pennsylvania; J. C. Clark, Pennsylvania; David Cook, Pennsylvania; Roswell Crane, New York; Joseph Dawson, Pennsylvania; Z. Dunning, New York; Minor Davis, New York; C. S. Gilkey, Michigan; O. M. Gaut, Joseph Gaut and Benjamin Gaut, Pennsylvania; A. Himebaugh, Illinois; L. Hitchcock, Pennsylvania ; Stephen Hester, Indiana; George Hall, New Hampshire; T. Hartman, Pennsylvania; William Jordan, New York; Alpheus Johnson, New York; George W. Lovell, Michigan; Daniel Loper, Pennsylvania; J. McDonald, Canada; G. C. Mudgett, Indiana; James Milne, New York; John McBride,
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Pennsylvania; W. H. Perrine, Ohio; David Reed and Robert Reed, Pennsyl- vania; James Spencer, Pennsylvania; Thomas Schoonover and G. Schoonover, Indiana; L. Schoonover, Illinois; Henry Simmons, Illinois; O. G. Scrivens, In- . diana; James Stacy, New York; E. Strawman, Pennsylvania; William Sanford, A. Sanford and W. P. Sanford, Ohio; C. Taylor, New Hampshire; D. Tucker, New Hampshire; M. Tippin, Ohio; S. Wooster, New Hampshire; E. Wooster, New Hampshire; Jacob Zigler, Pennsylvania.
The present inhabitants are largely German. There are but few families in the township at the present time who are not German or related to the German families. They are an industrious and intelligent people, and they are prosper- ous to a degree not found in any other township in the county.
EDINBURG THE COUNTY SEAT.
Wayne township has the distinction of harboring within the borders of her limits, the first county seat of Jones county. Though there be naught but the rich soil, the accumulated fertility of a decayed embryo city now on the surface to tell the story of her early romance, history must record the details of the achievements of this historic spot. The town of Edinburg was located in sec- tion thirty-six of this township, and had the advantage of geographical location in its favor for growth and desirability as a place of habitation and business.
A visitor thus described the Edinburg of 1840: "Edinburg was a city of grass. Its streets run in all directions. In fact it was all street. You could wander over its entire extent without getting sight of a single wall, brick, stone or wood. The earth below and the blue vault above were the only signs that the place was intended for human habitation; and as all cities require ornament of some kind, a bounteous nature had planted there and reared a few scattering trees. Such was Edinburg in the summer of 1840."
A log cabin had been erected as a courthouse. This log house was in reality a block house. The logs were squared on all four sides and made eight inches thick one way, and a tenon cut on each end. Heavy logs squared to twelve or fourteen inches, and with a slit along a mortise cut in one or two sides, were stood up at each corner, and on each side of the doors and windows, and the logs slid down till the wall was full. This was the first courthouse, in which Judge Wilson dispenses justice to those seeking it. This county capitol was erected at a cost of about one hundred and ninety dollars. Of this sum, E. Sutherland was paid one hundred and forty dollars for erecting the structure, and James Spencer. Wayne's first permanent settler, was paid fifty dollars for work done in rendering the building comfortable.
Another log cabin was erected by William Hutton, who was the first clerk of Jones county, and this building was used as a store, but the store not proving profitable, was soon abandoned.
In June, 1841, the first church organization in the county was effected at this place, and the history of this organization is given in the history of the Presby- terian church of Scotch Grove.
The embryo city manifested no evidences of growth and development. The people became dissatisfied with this location of the county seat, and it was not
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long until a petition was sent to the legislature asking for the relocation of the county head-quarters.
. Hence it is that the town or village of Edinburg occupies no place on the :nap of the county today. The excavation for the first building yet remains to locate the spot where "might have been" erected a commodious and a creditable courthouse.
THE FIRST POSTOFFICE.
The first postoffice established in Jones county was located at Edinburg. James Hutton became postmaster January 23, 1840, and the office was known on the records as Jonesville. On the 30th of May, 1840, the name was changed to Edinburg and James Hutton reappointed. The office was discontinued April 28, 1847, and on the 27th of May, 1856, was again established with Wm. Payne Sanford as postmaster. The office was finally discontinued August 8, 1873.
THE VILLAGE OF LANGWORTHY.
The village of Langworthy was laid out in town lots by Colonel W. T. Shaw. January 2, 1858, and is located in the northwest corner of the township. It is one of the older towns of the county, though it has failed to develop into a full fledged metropolis. The growth of Monticello, about four miles distant, has had a tendency to hinder the growth and development of the early hamlet.
One of the chief industries of Langworthy has been its creameries, and prin- cipal among its early dairy institutions, was the Crescent Creamery.
THE CRESCENT CREAMERY.
The Crescent Creamery was established by Charles E. Marvin in February, 1879. A writer in describing the creamery in April, 1879, says of it:
"The Crescent Creamery was built upon the latest improved plans for such establishments and was probably one of the most complete of its kind in the state. C. E. Marvin is the proprietor. The building is located near the old Lang- worthy depot, about three miles south of the corporate limits of Monticello. It is a two-story frame structure, twenty-six by fifty-four feet and eighteen feet high, standing upon a substantial stone foundation, with a solid stone and cement floor which is six inches lower in the center than at the sides and slopes to the rear of the building. Over the cement floor is a floor of plank so built that all water, sour milk or other liquids spilled upon the floor run through to the cement floor below where they are drained off.
"The Crescent Creamery has a capacity for receiving twenty-six thousand pounds of milk per day. It can easily manufacture over one thousand pounds of butter daily. Mr. Marvin is at present receiving the milk from six hundred cows and is making between four hundred and six hundred pounds of butter per day.
"The Crescent Creamery butter is already recognized as a superior article and finds a ready market at the highest prices in New York and Philadelphia. An air of cleanliness, wholesomeness, neatness and system pervades the whole
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establishment. The building and fixtures cost over two thousand dollars. Al- ready it is one of the institutions of the county-the model creamery in this part of Iowa-and its products rank second to none."
Mr. Marvin had the advantages of artesian water at his creamery. It was said to be the only creamery in the state at that time supplied with water from an artesian well.
This creamery later passed into the hands of S. W. Merrill and in the course of time became absorbed by the Diamond Creamery Company.
AN EARLY CHEESE FACTORY.
Langworthy has the distinction of being the location of one of the early cheese factories in Jones county, the chief competitor for this distinction being the Ross Cheese Factory which was in operation the same year at Bowen's Prairie.
The following brief sketch of the Langworthy Cheese Factory we clip from The Monticello Express under date of June 6, 1867:
"The Cheese Factory at Langworty is in operation under the superintendence of E. W. Miller, one of the stockholders and an old cheese maker. At present they are using the milk from over one hundred and ten cows, but for the season, they expect to have the milk from over one hundred and seventy-five. The fac- tory is situated on high ground near Mr. Miller's residence and but a short distance from the railroad depot at Langworthy. It is a two-story frame build- ing, twenty by thirty-six feet and well put up. The scales, cheese vats and presses are on the first floor. The second floor is used as the curing room and is arranged with racks and well ventilated. They are now making about one hundred and fifty pounds of cheese per day, but will soon double that amount."
THE LANGWORTHY COOPERATIVE CREAMERY COMPANY.
As stated on another page, the Crescent Creamery was sold to the Diamond Creamery Company. This company continued to operate the plant until it burned down about 1888. The Diamond Company then built a skim house, af- ter first buying out J. S. Hall who had a creamery southwest of the village, the latter creamery being then closed. The skim house erected by the Diamond Company was operated until about 1902, and since that time, the building has remained idle and now stands east of the depot along the track.
The Langworthy Cooperative Creamery was chartered November 1, 1898, and at once began the erection of a modern brick building to be used for cream- ery purposes. The company began business December 11, 1898, and has con- tinued in business ever since.
The original stockholders in the new creamery were: H. F. Wooster, C. J. Rettig, Henry Monk, John H. Poppe, L. E. Davis, Chas. E. Bates, S. C. Bat- chelder, Henry J. Ricklefs, Wm. Siebel, F. Stadtmueller, J. B. Ommen, J. H. J. Stutt, H. Poppe, F. Poppe, Geo. Hubbard, C. R . Scofield, Chris Stuhlken, John A. Siebels, G. W. Darrow, H. F. Wilkins, R. Batchelder, Lee Hannen, C. B. Darrow, Carl Albertson, Mrs. S. C. Mayberry, Walter Allen, D. J. Dierks, John
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Peters, E. J. Head, Fred Doden, Lewis Batchelder, B. H. Hankens, F. H. Dar- row, H. M. Dierks, John Heyen, S. E. Mayberry.
The first officers and board of directors were: president, Carl Albertson; vice-president, Wm. Siebels; secretary, E. H. Hankens; treasurer, G. L. Lovell; directors : C. L. Wahl, H. M. Dierks, C. J. Rettig, L. Batchelder, Fred Stadt- mueller, F. H. Darrow.
The present officers : president, Johnson Poppe; vice-president, Wm. Siebels ; secretary, J. H. Batchelder ; treasurer, G. L. Lovell; directors : Fred Poppe, Fred Doden, Fred Stadtmueller, G. J. Dierks, C. E. Bates, Henry Monk.
There are now one hundred patrons. J. H. Batchelder has been the butter maker since the organization of this creamery. Mr. Batchelder has made butter in Langworthy for twenty-seven years in all and has enjoyed a reputation second to none as a creamery man and butter maker. The business of the creamery amounted to the sum of sixty thousand dollars in 1908.
LANGWORTHY POSTOFFICE.
The postoffice at Langworthy was among the early offices established in the county. On January 25, 1858, A. B. Andrews was commissioned to represent Uncle Sam in mail matters. On March 22, 1860, John Fleming was appointed postmaster, and on June 22, 1861 he was succeeded by Peter G. Bonewitz. No change was made until December 15, 1869, when Benj. J. Dawson became post- master. He was followed in succession by Jas. H. Dickey, March 31, 1873; Andrew H. Hall, November 28, 1873; John Jacobs, June 26, 1883; Charles H. Rastede, July 28, 1884; Christopher Scheer, June 13, 1889; Henry Scheer. October 17, 1891; John Heyen, the present incumbent, was appointed May 17, 1895.
LANGWORTHY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The Langworthy circuit of the Methodist Episcopal church was organized in October, 1859, by Rev. Bishop Isabel, and for a number of years enjoyed a continuous itinerate pastorate. What was later known as the "Springer Me- morial" church was built in 1872, the first trustees being P. G. Bonewitz, Minor Davis, Michael Tippin, H. Albertson, J. F. Wilkins, Z. Dunning and F. J. Fish. Rev. Hedges was the preacher in charge. Rev. Wheat was the last preacher about ten years ago. In the spring of 1903, the church building, which stood on the south side of the village, was sold to Fred Doden and is now being used for a barn. The parsonage was moved into the village and is now in use as a residence.
The Langworthy circuit included Langworthy, Burr Oak, Hickory Grove and Amber. The circuit no longer exists.
BUSINESS ROSTER OF LANGWORTHY, 1909.
John Heyen is the only merchant and conducts a general store, and deals in feed, coal, agricultural implements, and is also postmaster; John Ommen is the blacksmith; John Batchelder is the leading man in the Farmer's Creamery; George Ireland is depot agent.
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THE WOODMEN.
Langworthy had a lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America organized about 1897. The lodge had an auspicious beginning. A lodge room was built and for a time the lodge flourished. After running six or seven years, the or- ganization was abandoned, the building being sold to J. H. J. Stutt and now stands west of the depot.
THE VILLAGE OF AMBER.
This cozy hamlet had its origin about 1873 with the building of the Midland division of the Northwestern Railroad. At first the village was named Blue Cut but in 1878 the name was changed to Amber.
W. H. Sanford was the first merchant in the village. Frank Schwartz and J. A. Weiss were also in business conducting a hardware store. W. H. Farragher was a dealer in agricultural implements. A man named Clark was blacksmith.
A SERIOUS CONFLAGRATION.
The village received a staggering blow on the evening of November 20, 1908, when fire broke out in the village and before its hungry flames ceased their ab- sorbing activity, the general merchandise store of D. J. Dierks, the carpenter shop of Nathan Steckel and the blacksmith shop of August Siebels were burned to the ground, entailing a loss of about three thousand dollars, with only light insurance. The fire started about 8 p. m., in the carpenter shop of Nathan Steckel. It is said that Mr. Steckel was in his shop in a semi-stupor at the time the fire started. He perished in the flames. This fire was a serious calamity to the business in- terests of Amber.
PRESENT BUSINESS ROSTER OF AMBER, 1909.
J. C. Bailey conducts a general store and is also postmaster; B. D. Herren, general merchandise; August Siebels, agricultural implements; Otto Otten, blacksmith; Geo. Bodaker, carpenter; Geo. Schoon, painter; D. J. Dierks, in- surance and real estate; John Bailey, butcher, Roy Morey, depot agent. There are two churches, the Methodist Episcopal, and the German Reformed; a Wood- men and a Mystic Worker lodge, a creamery, the latter being a flourishing and an important industry.
THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
This organization dates from about 1890, the present building being erected about 1893. Rev. J. M. Beall was the first minister. Henry Hartman and Cable Belknap were the first officers. The church at that time was in the Langworthy circuit. The church is now supplied by the Methodist Episcopal pastor at Center Junction, Rev. H. F. Dorcas.
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The present officers of the Amber M. E. church, are: Peter Peterson, Er- nest Ruhe and Cable Belknap, stewards: Mrs. Angie Lyons, Sunday school su- perintendent; Mrs. Grace Tebo, secretary; Miss Jennie Belknap, treasurer.
WOODMEN LODGE.
Amber Camp, No. 4322, Modern Woodmen of America, was organized No- vember 2, 1896, with the following charter members : J. C. Bailey, Philip Bailey, James T. Bradley, Nelson J. Bradley, Loren G. Burch, W. S. Casteel, P. B. Daly, W. E. Daly, Frank P. Doran, Ernest Engelbarts, W. W. Farragher, Thos. Flaharty, Jr., Martin Engelbarts, E. T. Hartman, Lewis T. Hartman, John Ohe, Frank Porter, William Robertson, H. E. Ruhe, Peter Robertson, O. T. Ruhe, W. H. Sanford, Chas. R. Weiss and C. W. Wilber. The lodge meets over Herren's store. There are twenty-four members at present. The first death loss in the lodge was in the September, 1909, report, when the death of John Elvidge, a social member, and Charles T. Porter, a beneficial member, were re- ported. The present officers are: Peter Robertson, C .; W. E. Dale, Adv .; O. T. Ruhe, clerk; J. C. Bailey, banker; managers: Philip Bailey, Peter Robertson, C. M. Soper.
MYSTIC WORKERS.
Amber Lodge No. 805, Mystic Workers, was organized May 6, 1907, with the following officers and charter members: Frank Nichol, prefect; Mrs. Mary Robertson, monitor; Otto Otten, secretary; Mrs. Henry Holmes, banker; J. C. Bailey, marshal; Henry Holmes, warder; A. Robertson, sentinel; supervisors: Mrs. J. C. Bailey, Will Craig, Ben Englebarts, Mrs. Cora Craig, Lena Engle- barts, C. W. Eden, Mary M. Eden, John Michels, Mrs. F. Nichols, Thomas Weiss. The lodge meets in the Woodmen Hall over Herren's store.
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