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Mr. Sutton and Mr. Parker were by the Board appointed a special com- mittee to correspond with school Superintendents, and to visit School Boards and to do whatever else they deemed necessary for the selection of a competent Superintendent.
They corresponded largely and visited most of the leading schools in the State, and as a final result of their efforts, procured the election of Prof. C. P. Rogers, of Marengo, Iowa, who had been Superintendent of the schools in that city for five successive years, and who had to refuse an election by the School Board of Marengo, for two more years, at $1,500 a year, in order to accept the position of Superintendent of the Marshalltown schools.
A contract was made with Mr. Rogers for three years, and there was a general disposition on the part of the Board to place the schools wholly in his hands, and the responsibility of their welfare wholly upon his shoulders. He accepted the situation and the responsibility. He has been successful beyond all expectation ; and after four years of most untiring labor, has placed the
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schools of Marshalltown among the very first graded schools of the country. We doubt if they have an equal in the State of Iowa for thoroughness of discipline, for elasticity of system and for practical results.
Prof. Rogers is wholly and entirely an educator. He lives in the school- room, seeks little society outside of his pupils and his teachers, and takes little interest in anything except that which pertains to the welfare of the schools and the general interests of education. He is a graduate of the State Univer- sity, and has been President of the State Teachers' Association ; has conducted normal schools in different parts of the State, and is generally acknowledged as one of the foremost public school men of the West. Firm and determined and unyielding in what he seeks to accomplish, he is yet entirely mindful of the wishes and sentiment of his patrons, and only seeks to find what the general desire of the community is, and then to shape his plans to meet that require- ment as nearly as possible, consistent with his own ideas of justice and right.
The general feeling that is becoming wide spread throughout the country in favor of more practical and less extended courses of study has made itself felt in the Marshalltown schools as well as elsewhere. It has undoubtedly mate- rially affected the Marshalltown High School, which had one of the most extensive and complete courses of any high school in the State.
How well Prof. Rogers will succeed in shaping his course to meet this new demand is yet to be seen. But it is evident that the people of Marshalltown have no disposition to give up Prof. Rogers, even though disposed to curtail the course of study, as they have full confidence that he will be as successful in shaping the schools in the future as he has been in the past.
From the imperfect state of the records, we are unable to furnish a full report in regard to attendance, salaries, number of teachers, etc. ; however, it will be remembered that the number of persons between the ages of 5 and 21 in the Independent District in 1864 was 545; the average attendance, 205.
For the years as given below we find the number of pupils between the ages of 5 and 21 to be :
In 1871, 1,053; 1872, 1,101; 1873, 1,101; 1874, 1,203; 1875, 1,250; 1876. 1,447 ; 1877, 1,561; 1878, 1,604.
During these years the average attendance was : 1871, 468; 1872, 490; 1873. 560; 1874, 668; 1875, 611; 1876, 978; 1877, 1,128; 1878, 1,179. The number of months' school for each year was ten months up to 1873. From that time, the school year has been nine months.
During the first two years after the organization of the Independent District of Marshalltown, only four teachers were required to instruct the youth and "juvenile insubordinates" of our city. From 1866 the number of teachers increased. From the records we learn the number of teachers to be: In 1871. 11 ; 1872, 12; 1873, 14 ; 1874. 15 ; 1875, 15; 1876, 15; 1877, 20; 1878, 22.
We have gleaned as carefully as possible from the sources within our reach facts and figures in connection with the public schools of our city. We will close our labors on the history of Marshalltown schools by giving the names of the teachers who have been employed in these schools, and the time ; the first figures giving the date of beginning : the last, the close of the labors of each.
T. W. Tucker, Superintendent, March, 1864-April, 1866 ; Mrs. Jameson, March, 1864-April, 1866; Miss Jennie Ball, March, 1864-May, 1866: Annie Giddings, March, 1854-April, 1865; Annie Hickox. April, 1865- June, 1866 ; Miss S. S. Abbott, April, 1865-June, 1866; Belle Webster, April, 1865-June, 1865; Frona Page, April. 1866-June, 1866; Kate Brainard, April, 1866-June, 1867; Nettie Kilborn, April, 1866-June,
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1867 ; Abbie C. Davis, April, 1866-June, 1868 ; Mary Williams, April, 1866-June, 1868 ; Mr. Levi Davis, Principal, April, 1866-March, 1867; Mrs. Bovee, September, 1865-April, 1866 ; Mrs. L. Abbott, September, 1866-December, 1866; Mrs. Ford, December, 1866-June, 1867 : Mr. J. S. Mabie. Principal. March, 1867-March, 1866 ; P. M. Sutton, Superintendent, March, 1868-June, 1870; Annie E. Perry, September, 1867-August, 1870; Lida Noble, September, 1867-June, 1868; Miss E. E. Treadwel, September, 1867-June, 1867 ; Miss E. E. Nash, September 1867-February, 1868; Sadie E. Swan, February, 1868-June, 1868; Mr. M. C. Lamprey, March, 1868-June, 1869; Abbie Gifford, Principal, September, 1862-June, 1870; 'Susan Gould, September, 1868-June, 1869; Lucy Smith, September, 1868-June, 1871; Mary A. Gotham, September, 1868-June, 1871; Mattie Benedict, September, 1868-December, 1870; Jennie Smith, September, 1868-June, 1869; Hattie Sutton, September, 1868-June, 1869; Ada McNitt, April, 1868-April, 1876; Kittie E. Gilbert, September, 1868- April, 1870; Maggie Hanna, September, 1868-June, 1871; Miss Heacox, September, 1868-April, 1870; Lida Hanna, January, 1870; Mary Fredric, April, 1870-June, 1873; Mr. Slocum, April, 1870-Jnne, 1870; Miss Lyman, April, 1870-June, 1870; Charles Robinson, Superintendent, Sep- tember, 1870-June, 1873 ; Miss M. Davis, September, 1870-June, 1871; Ellen Shepherd, September, 1870-June, 1873 ; Mary Eastman, September, 1870-June, 1871; Jennie Moore, September, 1870-December, 1870 ; Asa J. Rogers, January, 1871-February, 1871 ; Mrs. J. H. Peterson, September, 1870-June, 1873 ; Kate Hudson, January, 1871-June, 1871 ; Jennie San- ford, February, 1871-March, 1871; Miss Webb, December, 1871-March, 1872; Phebe Lamson, September, 1871-March, 1871; Maud Rumsey, March, 1869-January, 1873; Emma Orvis, December, 1870-March, 1871; Miss Shoemaker, March, 1871-June, 1871; Miss Cressey, December, 1870 -March, 1871 ; Mary Robinson, September, 1871-June, 1873; Carrie E. Jones, September, 1871-June, 1873 ; Gertie A. Keeth. September, 1871- June, 1873; Charity Willrie, September, 1872-June, 1873; Nellie M. Weeks, March, 1871-June, 1873; Annie L. Brown, September. 1871- December, 1873; Anna M. Jackson, September. 1872-June, 1873; Nannie Anderson, September, 1872-June, 1873; Octavia Fields, September, 1872 -June, 1873 ; Henry Deymeyer, January, 1873-June, 1873 ; W. P. Bur- dick, Superintendent, September, 1873-March, 1874; Mrs. W. P. Burdick, September, 1873-June, 1874 ; Mrs. C. R. Dorset, September, 1873-Decem- ber, 1873 ; Miss S. J. Hinman, September, 1873-December, 1873 ; Miss E. M. Rumsey, September, 1873-December, 1873; Miss K. E. Deming, Septem- ber, 1873-June, 1876; Miss S. A. Bailey, September, 1873-June, 1876; Miss L. L. Hambleton, September, 1873-June, 1874; Miss B. S. Kennedy, September, 1873-June, 1878 ; Miss S. A. Young, September, 1873-Jan- uary, 1874 ; Miss L. Lee, September, 1873-March, 1874 ; Mrs. Van Brackle, September, 1873-June, 1874 : Miss E. T. Stewart, October, 1873-March, 1874 ; Miss Forbes, October, 1873-June, 1876 ; Mr. D. N. Norris, January, 1874-March, 1874; Miss M. A. Turner, January, 1874-March, 1874; Miss N. M. Dick, January, 1874-March, 1874; Miss Nellie Hay, January, 1874-June, 1875; Mrs. H. H. Bacon, April, 1874-June, 1874 : Ransom Babcock, April, 1874-June, 1874; C. P. Rogers, Superintendent, September, 1874 ; Mrs. C. P. Rogers, September, 1874-June, 1875; Mr. C. H. Carroll, September, 1874-June, 1875; Mrs. C. H. Carroll, September, 1874-June, 1875; Miss Mary E. Lamson, September, 1874-August, 1876; Miss Ella
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Cleaves, September, 1874-June, 1877; Miss F. M. English, September. 1874 -June, 1877 ; Mr. P. N. Miller, October, 1874-June, 1875 ; Miss Julia Por- ter, October, 1874-June, 1875 ; Miss Mattie Clinton, January, 1875-March. 1875 ; Miss Carrie Trine, October, 1874-December, 1874; Miss Lyde Reed, September, 1875 ; Emma Smith. September, 1875-June, 1877 ; Kate Dem- ing, September, 1876-June, 1877 ; A. F. Abbott, September, 1876-June, 1877 ; May Willigrod, September, 1876-March, 1877 ; Sarah Bailey, Septem- ber, 1876-June, 1877 ; Electa Rumsey, September, 1876 ; Mary McFarland, September, 1876; Mary Forbes, September, 1876-June, 1877 ; H. Z. Aus- tin, September, 1876-March, 1877; Kate N. Tupper, September, 1876 ; Mrs. E. N. Oskerday, May, 1877 ; Nancy Wills, March, 1877-June, 1877; Emma Stuart, March, 1877-June, 1877 ; Lizzie Whealen, March, 1877-June, 1877 ; Martha Breckbill, September, 1877-June, 1878; Mary Hartman, September, 1877 ; Helen Ashbrook, September, 1877; Hattie Holmes, September, 1877 : Mary E. Davison, September, 1877 ; Cordia Statler, September, 1877-June, 1878; E. E. Sears, September, 1877-June, 1878; Mary E. Harbison. September. 1877-June, 1878; Delia Weaver, September, 1877; Mrs. A. Marston, September, 1877 ; Mrs. J. C. Woods, September, 1877-November, 1877; Helen J. Smith, September, 1877-June, 1878; Cora Parkhurst, September, 1877; A. N. Canfield, September, 1877-November, 1877; Jessie Brown, September, 1877-November, 1877; Annie Somers, Septem- ber, 1877-March, 1878; Sarah Thompson, September, 1877-November. 1877.
The new teachers employed in 1878 are M. E. Tillotson, Carrie Lang, Jennie Rudolph, Mary E. Wilson, Hannah Hollingshead (four months), Josie Johnson (two months), L. J. Hanscom (seven months), Mrs. M. C. Hoy (six months).
The names showing but one date are of those who are still employed in the schools.
The school buildings are four in number, located in the four several wards. The High School Department is carried on in the First Ward building, a sub- stantial brick structure, erected in 1876, at a cost of $7,770. There is a library of between 400 and 500 volumes, and a beginning made toward a collection of philosophical apparatus.
The High School Department holds high rank in the State for its thorough system and excellent management. The several lower grades are as well sus- tained as those in any town in Iowa. Marshalltown has just reason to be proud of her public schools.
MILITARY.
Company C, First Independent Battalion, was organized April 2, 1878, with John C. Bell for Captain ; Justus Canfield, First Lieutenant ; J. Howard Pear- son, Second Lieutenant. About the 1st of July, Capt. Bell was promoted to Major, J. Canfield to Captain, J. Howard Pearson to First Lieutenant and W. W. Woods to Second Lieutenant. August 3, Capt. Canfield and First Lieut. Pearson resigned. Byron A. Bunn was elected Captain and Second Lieut.
Woods to First Lieutenant. The Company had thirty-one men Capt. Bunn enlisted seventeen more men the 7th of August, making the Com- pany's entire number to-day two commissioned officers and forty-eight non- commissioned officers, musicians and privates. They have fifty stand of Spring- field breech-loading rifles complete, and thirty-two regulation dress uniforms. The Company is becoming proficient in drill and destined to be one of the best companies in the State.
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The Gerhart Light Artillery .- In the Summer of 1872, at a Quarter- master's sale of Government arms and ordnance, at the Rock Island Arsenal, the Hon. Harry Gerhart, then County Treasurer of Marshall County, pur- chased a U. S. 6-pounder iron field gun, mounted on a 10-pounder Parrott gun- carriage. with limber and limber chest, at a cost of $75. This was the first regulation ordnance brought to this city, or into the county. No equipments accompanied the gun ; but these were afterward obtained by O. L. Aldrich, into whose care the gun was placed soon after its arrival. Previous to this, the citi- zens had, by contribution, raised funds and had manufactured two other small guns, by parties engaged in iron founding in this city. The first of these was cast by Mr. Chester Heald. This gun, like its successor, was cast solid, and having no facility for boring it out, Mr. Heald drilled the bore of the gun by hand. It afterward burst while firing a 4th of July salute. In 1870, Messrs. Lockwood & Frederick cast another gun, weighing about seven hundred pounds, with two-inch bore. This was known as the Seager gun, and remained in Marshalltown until July, 1873, when it was removed to Gilman.
The first use of the Gerhart gun, as it was called, was the firing of a colo- nial salute on the occasion of a political meeting, the second held by the Repub- lican party during the campaign of Grant and Greeley. The gun was handled by O. L. Aldrich as No. 1 and 2; by Hastings as No. 4 and 8, and by Cloud Brock as No. 3 and 4 and Gunner. The second salute fired by the gun was in honor of the presence of Gov. O. C. Carpenter at a political meeting ; the third was a national (thirty-eight guns) in honor of the re-election of President Grant : and the fourth was the firing of a national salute on the morning of July 4th, 1873.
On the event of the first harvest feast given by the Patrons of Husbandry and citizens of Marshalltown, October 1, 1873, it was desired to have several salutes fired during the day. In order that this might be properly done, O. L. Aldrich commenced the organization and drill of a gun detachment, composed of the following persons : O. L. Aldrich, Acting Gunner, and Corporals John Swanstrom, T. E. Mann, John Anderson, Robert W. Kelley, Frank A. Nord- strom, C. S. Hickox, John Linn and Charles Hanson. In the interval between the commencement and completion of this detachment, there appeared in the Marshall Times a programme of the Patrons of Husbandry and Citizens' Com- mittee for the day, in which it was announced that the " Gerhart Light Artillery Company " would form an important feature of the occasion. No one was more surprised by this announcement than was Mr. Aldrich, who was named as Cap- tain, since the idea of a regularly organized artillery company had never occurred to him. Put thus in a place of prominence, he set to work to make his title clear, called a meeting of the detachment, considered the question, and decided that everybody go to work in earnest. And, in consequence, on the 1st day of October, 1873, the " Gerhart Light Artillery " appeared in the procession, in two detachments, numbering twenty-six men, with O. L. Aldrich acting as Captain, Oscar Hartwell as First Sergeant and Ed. Van Schaick as Second Sergeant, and they made a very commendable appearance, and went through their evolutions in a praiseworthy manner. At the close of the day, they par- took of an oyster supper at R. Vogle's restaurant, as the guests of Hon. Harry Gerhart.
After this, they were solicited by many prominent citizens to continue the organization, whereupon the Acting Captain called a meeting of the Company, which was held at the engine house of Rescue No. 2. A Constitution and By- Laws were adopted, O. L. Aldrich was elected Captain and L. E. B. Holt, First
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Lieutenant. Matters moved on very quietly with the new company, until the time of the Virginius affair, when their patriotism and resentment were so aroused that they offered their services to the Governor of the State. This tender of services was accepted by the Governor and Adjutant General Baker. subject to the call of the President. Thereupon the Company was fully re or- ganized at the military headquarters of the State, and commissions issued to O. L. Aldrich, as Captain, and L. E. B. Holt, as First Lieutenant, to take rank from December 8, 1873. At that time there were forty-two names on the roll. Happily their services were not required at this time, yet they have seen some- thing of active work. During the labor and railroad riots of 1877, they did most efficient and welcome service as patrol to the city and surrounding country. which was then infested with a lawless band of tramps. There have been some obstacles in their way, but on the whole their organization has been a prosper- ous one. The present officers are : Orville L. Aldrich, Captain ; L. E. B. Holt, First Senior Lieutenant; Henry C. Mack, First Junior Lieutenant ; Elam N. Williams, Second Senior Lieutenant ; Winfield Tipton, Second Junior Lieutenant.
BANDS.
The First Regiment Band .- This Band, which was originally the Marshall Cornet Band, has been thoroughly re-organized by the present Instructor, Prof. G. M. Bice, who took charge in June, 1877. The Band had then fourteen members, only one of whom still remains a member.
An election of officers was held in June, 1877, and Prof. Bice was elected Instructor ; D. K. McKnight, Secretary, and Frank Bentler, Treasurer. The Band at once ordered uniforms, which were completed and worn for the first time on Christmas, 1877.
In the Spring of 1878, at a convention of officers of the First Regiment, held at Cedar Rapids, April 23, 1878, a motion was unanimously carried that Bice's Band be appointed the band of the First Regiment of Infantry, I. N. G., and Thomas McElroy was commissioned Drum Major. It now numbers eighteen members. and is considered one of the best in the State.
Holladay's Band .- This Band was organized in November, 1876, under the name of Bohn Boys' Band, with W H. Bohn as Leader. The Band or- ganized with fourteen members, and has been increased to seventeen. Bohn led the Band up to the Spring of 1875, when he retired, and E. G. Holladay, of Jefferson, Iowa, was secured as a Leader, and the name was changed to Hol- laday's Band. In 1877, the members were uniformed, the uniforms being pur- chased in New York City.
In August, 1878, the Band received the appointment as Division Band of the First Division I. N. G.
The officers are : E. S. Jones, Drum Major; H. McNeeley, Leader and Treasurer ; A. N. Parrett, Secretary.
A PATRIOTIC DOG.
The entire country knows of the celebrated war eagle, " Old Abe; " but the public is less familiar with the equally meritorious conduct of the war dog, " Old Doc," who passed through the rebellion with the Twenty-third Iowa In- fantry. We quote the obituary notice given him in the Marshall County Times, December 30, 1875 :
" The old army dog, 'Doc,' is dead. He went to the wars with Company K (Capt. F. J. Woodbury), Twenty-third Regiment. He enlisted with the bal- ance of the company in 1862, accompanying it through all its meanderings, and
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participating in all its encounters, the principal ones being Fort Gibson, Miss., Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, Vicksburg, Milliken's Bend, Mobile, Ala., and others, receiving a wound by a shell at Fort Gibson, which dis- abled him for three weeks ; but he bore his sufferings with all the heroism of a veteran soldier.
" He was discharged from the service with the regiment, at Harrysburg, Texas, in the Fall of 1865, returning to Davenport, where he bade a final adieu to the members of the company, and returned to his old home in Marshall County, with his master and companion, David Inman, of Le Grand, to spend his days in peace and quiet, and go to his reward in a restored nation.
" At the re-union in Des Moines, Mr. Inman took the venerable old wounded ' Doc' with him, and he was recognized and caressed by thousands of old veterans, who had not forgotten the many pleasant and unpleasant times they had passed together on the battle field and in camp.
"'Old Doc' seemed to remember his friends, and was as much pleased to see them and talk through his tail as the boys were to see and greet him.
" Gen. Sherman saw the old veteran at Des Moines and remembered him, giving him his hand and words of greeting. 'Old Doc' looked up at him with affection and reverence, and doubtless recalled the many times he had seen the General and his staff sweep over the field of strife.
"Since his return he has had the misfortune to meet with two or three acci- dents. which doubtless shortened his days. He passed to his residence on the 14th of December, 1875, and was buried in Mr. Inman's Grove, with all the so- lemnity which would have been accorded any of the veterans themselves.
"' Old Doc' and ' Old Abe,' the Wisconsin war eagle, will pass down in his- tory little less famous than the members of the regiments themselves. These two old veterans met at Mobile, and were known throughout the army."
SECRET SOCIETIES.
Marshall Lodge, No. 108, A., F. ยง. A. M .- Instituted under a dispensa- tion from the Grand Lodge of Iowa June 3, 1857, with the following-named charter members : B. J. Blaney, Samuel Windren, W. P. Hepburn, George Glick, A. F. Ewing, A. M. Anson, A. M. Wilson and H. A. Gerhart. First officers : B. J. Blaney, W. M. ; S. Windren, S. W .; W. P. Hepburn, J. W. ; A. M. Anson, Treasurer; II. A. Gerhart, Secretary ; George Glick, S. D. ; A. F. Ewing, J. D. ; Benjamin Cook, Tiler. Present officers : R. S. McMurry, W. M .; B. A. Beeson, S. W. ; H. C. Henderson, J. W .; George Glick. Treasurer; C. W. Fracker, Secretary ; H. L. Merriman, S. D .; T. S. Dart. J. D .; J. F. Upson, Tiler. Membership, 130.
Signet Chapter, No. 38, R. A. M .- Organized August 10, 1867, under a dispensation bearing date July 10, 1867. Charter members : M. J. Bundy. Andrew Legge, J. Lee Knight, B. W. Johnson, Gilbert Smith, E. Sweetland, Thomas Mercer, H. J. Bishop, Charles E. Bromley, J. E. Everist, E. F. Hill. Thomas H. Benton. First officers : M. J. Bundy, M. E. H. P .; Andrew Legge, E. K. ; J. L. Knight, E. S. ; E. Sweetland, C. of H .; R. M. John- son, R. A. C. ; Thomas Mercer, P. S .; J. C. Everist, Treasurer ; Thomas Mercer, Secretary ; E. F. Hill, Sentinel ; H. J. Bishop, G. M. 3d V. ; C. E. Bromley, G. M. 2d V. ; Gilbert Smith, G. M. Ist V. Present officers : A. C. Sherwood, H. P. ; J. F. Upson, E. K. ; M. H. Ellis, E. S. ; M. Armbruster, Treasurer ; C. W. Fracker, Secretary ; B. Webster, C. H .; J. Forney, P. S .; George Neal, R. A. B. ; A. Saddler, G. M. 3d V. ; S. D. Vail, G. M. 2d V .; J. M. Fullerton, G. M. 1st V .; W. H. Libby, Sentinel. Membership, eighty.
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St. Aldemur Commandery, No. 30, Knight Templars .- Organized under a dispensation, Oct. 16, 1876, from John C. Parish, Grand Master State of Iowa. Charter members : N. S. Ketchum, H. S. Halbert, A. C. Atherton, John W. Clinton, N. M. Stone, Charles C. Gilman, Charles Gray, J. W. Ful- lerton, J. F. Upson, A. Russell, J. W. Gilman, M. A. Richardson, A. A. Noyes, F. L. Phettiplace, John Sherman, P. K. Hayden, George T. Craig, C. M. Boutin, James Hall, R. McCorn, C. H. Norton, B. L. Abbott. First officers : H. S. Halbert, E. C .; N. S. Ketchum, G .; George T. Craig, C. G. ; J. W. Clinton. P. : C. C. Gilman, S. W ; J. W. Fullerton, J. W. ; George Glick, Treasurer; C. W. Fracker, Recorder : George S. Hickox, St. B. ; George Kroger, S. B. : J. F. Upson, W .; S. F. Boston, Sentinel ; J. T. Turner, 1st G. ; J. R. Boulder, 2d G .; H. P. Williams, 3d G. Present offi- cers ; H. S. Halbert, E. C .; N. S. Ketchum, G .; Charles Holmdael, C. G .; G. F. Craig, P .; George Glick, Treasurer ; C. W. Fracker, Recorder ; C. C. Gilman, S. W. ; J. N. Fullerton, J. W .; G. S. Hickox, St. B. ; G. Kroger, Sn. B. ; J. F. Upson, W .; S. F. Boston, Sentinel; J. F. Turner, 1st G. : J. R. Boulder, 2d G. ; H. P. Williams, 3d G. Membership, forty-five.
King Solomon Council, No. 20 .- Organized under dispensation March 5, 1873. Charter members : Andrew Legge, A. M. Burchard, George Kroger, George Neal, C. W. Fracker, Byron Webster, A. C. Sherwood, M. H. Havi- land, L. D. Connors, J. T. Blackburn. First officers : Andrew Legge, T. I. M. ; A. M. Burchard, R. I. M. ; George Neal, P. C. W .; A. C. Sherwood, Recorder ; M. H. Haviland, C. C. ; J. Forney, Steward ; L. D. Connors, Sentinel. Present officers : B. Webster. T. I. M .; R. A. McMurry, R. I. M. ; George Neal, P. C. W. ; L. Armbruster, Treasurer ; C. W. Fracker, Recorder ; J. Forney, C. G. ; H. F. Chase, C. C. ; J. N. Fullerton, Steward ; W. H. Sibley, Sentinel. Membership, forty-five.
Banner Lodge, No. 123, I. O. O. F .- This Lodge was instituted under a dispensation Sept. 14, 1858, by R. B. Woodward, G. M. of the State of Iowa, and William Garrett, G. S. A permanent organization was not effected until Oct. 13, 1858. The charter of Banner Lodge was granted the 14th day of October. 1858, to the following-named charter members : George Keiler, W. II. Whaley, Philip McDaniels, Jacob Keiler, William H. Howard. The first officers of the Lodge were W. H. Whaley, N. G .; Jacob Reiler, V. G .; Philip McDaniels, Secretary ; William Howard, Treasurer. Present officers : James Chindstrand, N. G .; C. H. Brock, V. G .; R. Lindsay, Secretary ; John Jelfs, Permanent Secretary ; W. T. Treadwell, Treasurer. The membership of the Lodge numbers about one hundred. Meet every Tuesday evening.
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