Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume II, part 1, Part 88

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago, Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 864

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In 1902 and 1903, Mrs. E. A. Hali again pre- sided and since that time Mrs. Brewster Bab- cock, Mrs. W. E. Moore, Mrs. P. P. Poweli and Miss Henriette Adams have been at the head of the department, the name of which, under

Miss Adams, has been chauged to Home Eco- nomics.

The Department of Music had as its first chairman, Miss Eva Green. Under the iead- ership of Mrs. C. V. Hickox, Mrs. Louis Leh- man, Mrs. Eugene Hoicomb and Miss Katherine Paimer, the members studied many fine com- posers and heard much deiigiitfnl music. For six years the department was presided over most faithfuiiy and efficientiy by Mrs. M. Ber- dan Tiffany, and since that time spiendid ser- vice has been rendered hy Miss Althea Gross and Mrs. John Prince. Mrs. Prince who pre- sided in 1909 and 1910, appointed a committee, each of whom had charge of three meetings during the year, so that at every ciub meeting inusic of some character was provided, adding nınch to tbe enjoyment of the afternoon. In addition to tbis three excellent concerts were given.

Among the women who have presided with grace and tact over the sociai department, and made its teas and receptions a charming fea- ture of ciub life, are Mrs. John C. Cook, Mrs. Aifred Orendorff, Mrs. N. B. Wiggins, Mrs. Harris Hickox, Mrs. James A. Rose, Mrs. H. P. Shumway, Mrs. Henry Abeis and Mrs. Logan Coleman.

The University Extension iectures were in- angnrated under the presidency of Mrs. C. V. Hickox, and the ciuh has enjoyed this privilege almost every year since.

The Springfieid Club was the second in the State to entertain the State Federation of Woman's Clubs and in May, 1910, it entertained for the third time the Federation of the Twenty- first District.

Early in the spring of 1907, a vigorons cam- paign was inangurated by the Woman's Ciub to- ward a "City Beautiful." The city was divided into sections under the personai supervision of the ciuh members. They investigated aileys and back yards, giving special attention to the school yards. Packages of seeds, at one penny each. were sold to the children and prizes awarded at the end of the summer. Tbree doliars was given for the best flower garden in eacil schooi district. A metai flag was piaced on the sontheast corner of tbe hest kept block of each school district. These flags were placed for the first time Jnne 15th, and reawarded in Sep- temuber. A commemoration tree was given the school district making the greatest improvement

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before September. A flower show was held in the Arsenal during this month, when more prizes were awarded, and each child, who had done something toward making "Springfield Beauti- ful," was privileged to wear a badge.

The children responded splendidiy to this ap- peal and to the interest manifested in their surroundings, and a keen rivalry showed itself, not only among the children, but among the par- ents, as to who would have the best looking yard and block. The work was taken up by the schools later, so it was no longer necessary, for the club as a body, to continue the move- ment, but we may feel that we gave the im- petus to a far-reaching and lasting improve- ment, and inculcated ideas of order and beauty which will not soon be forgotten.

We can scarcely contemplate the past with- out a feeling of sadness and, in reviewing the history of our club, we realize how many dear faces and willing hands have been taken from us; how often the tolling bell has brought grief to our hearts. But such things must be, and we are grateful that so many of the women, prominent in the organization of the club, are still rauked among its wisest counseliors and most efficient members.

Mrs. J. W. Patton, our first President, is a member of the Philanthropic Department this year (1910) and has always been strongly iden- tified with the club work. In addition to Mrs. Brown and Miss Wilcox, already mentioned, we must not forget Mrs. H. P. Shumway, at vari- ous times serving as chairman of the Home and Domestic Science, the Literature and Social Departments, and now first Vice-President of the Club-always heipful, always encouraging. The name of Mrs. E. S. Walker, Chairman of Literature and Education for several years, and President for three years, must always mean much to the Springfield Woman's Club, for she has aiways had the interest and welfare of the club at heart and has never failed it in its most trying moments. Mrs. E. S. Johnson, Mrs. C. V. Hickox and Mrs. L. M. Castle, are Ex-Pres- idents but now members of the club.

Among the early officers who are still con- nected with the club are Mrs. Susan Lawrence Dana, first Chairman of the Art Department ; Mrs. James H. Paddock, second Vice-President ; Miss Effie French, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. J. M. Adair, Treasurer; and Mrs. C. L. Conk- ling, one of the first Directors.

Unfortunately the club has never had a home of its own, the officers deeming it wiser to keep the dues low, admitting all to membership who werc eligible and cared to join, and not bur- dening the ciub with a debt willch it might take years to pay. At various times the club has met in Grace Lutheran Church, the First Con- gregational, Arion Hall, and now for several years we have found a home at the Central Bap- tist church.

OFFICERS, 1894-1910 .- The officers, and the years in which they served, are as follows :

1894-96-Francine E. Lanphier Patton, Pres- ident ; Frances A. Bourne Hall. Vice President ; Mary Crawford Paddock. Second Vice Presi- dent ; Effie French, Recording Secretary; Mary Kimball, Corresponding Secretary ; Rebecca Halderman Adair, Treasurer.

1896-97 .- Francine E. Lanphler Patton, Pres- ident ; Louise Williams Black, Vice-President ; Kate Hay Brown, Second Vice-President; Lou- ise Iles Enos, Corresponding Secretary; Olive A. Eggleston, Recording Secretary and Treas- urer.

1897-98 .- Francine E. Lanphier Patton, Pres- ident; Laura Clinton Johnson, Vice-President ; Caroline Owsley Brown, Second Vice-President ; Mary Glover Mitchell, Recording Secretary ; Maude Whitley, Corresponding Secretary ; Llllie Erminia Burkhardt, Treasurer.

1898-99 .- Francine E. Lanphier Patton, Pres- ident; Laura Clinton Johnson, Vice-President ; Kate J. Chatterton Hickox. Second Vice-Presl- dent; Marie E. Brown, Recording Secretary ; Alice E. Orendorff, Corresponding Secretary ; Lillle E. Burkhardt, Treasurer.

1899-1900 .- Mrs. James W. Patton, President ; Mrs. Charles V. Hlekox, Vice-President ; Mrs. Richard G. Hobbs, Second Vice-President ; Miss Eloise Pauline Laugeman, Recording Secretary ; Miss Aiice E. Orendorff, Corresponding Secre- tary ; Miss Lillie E. Burkhardt, Treasurer.

1900-01 .- Mrs. James W. Patton, President ; Mrs. Charles V. Hickox, Vice-President; Mrs. James H. Matheny, Second Vice-President ; Miss Velma Shumway, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. Richard N. Dodds, Corresponding Secre- tary ; Miss Cordelia Stanton, Treasurer.

1901-02 .- Mrs. Charles V. Hickox, President ; Mrs. Alfred Orendorff, Vice-President; Mrs. Edward S. Johnson, Second Vice-President; Miss Olive Sattley, Recording Secretary ; Miss

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Effie Sanders, Corresponding Secretary ; Mrs. J. M. Adair, Treasurer.

1902-03 .- Mrs. Edward S. Johnson, President ; Mrs. Alfred Orendorff, Vice-President ; Mrs. E. E. Hagier, Second Vice-President ; Miss Emma Jones, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. Howard Brown, Corresponding Secretary ; Mrs. Wm. Starne, Treasurer.

1903-04 .- Mrs. Edward S. Johnson, President ; Mrs. O. B. Babcock, Vice-President ; Mrs. J. M. Adalr, Second Vice-President ; Miss Emina Jones, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. Howard Brown, Cor- responding Secretary ; Mrs. Wm. A. Starne, Treasurer.

1904-05 .- Mrs. Edwin S. Walker, President ; Mrs. J. E. Bangs, Vice-President; Mrs. E. A. Snively, Second Vice-President ; Miss Ada Creighton, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. Harmon Brown, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Wm. Starne, Treasurer.

1905-06 .- Mrs. Edwin S. Walker, President ; Mrs. J. E. Bangs, Vice-President ; Mrs. Wm. Eaton Moore, Second Vice-President ; Mrs. Charies A. Armstrong, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. Archibald L. Bowen, Asst. Rec. Secretary ; Mrs. Roiand D. Berry, Cor. Secretary ; Mrs. Wm. A. Starne, Treasurer.

1906-07 .- Mrs. Edwin S. Walker, President ; Mrs. Alfred Orendorff, Vice-President ; Mrs. Wm. Eaton Moore, Second Vice-President ; Mrs. Charles A. Armstrong, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. Archibaid L. Bowen, Asst. Rec. Secretary ; Mrs. Roiand D. Berry, Corresponding Secretary ; Mrs. Win. A. Starne, Treasurer.

1907-08 .- Mrs. Luclus M. Castle, President ; Mrs. Wm. Eaton Moore, Vice-President ; Mrs. Clinton L. Conkling, Second Vice-President ; Miss Elda Smith, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. Chas. G. Gray, Corresponding Secretary ; Mrs. Wm. A. Starne, Treasurer; Mrs. Roiand D. Berry, Asst. Treasurer; Mrs. Charles S. De- neen, Honorary Vice-President.

1908-09 .- Mrs. Lucius M. Castie, President ; Mrs. E. B. Rogers, Vice-President ; Mrs. C. D. Kipp, Second Vice-President; Mrs. Frank God- ley, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. Charles G. Gray. Corresponding Secretary ; Miss Elda Smith, Treasurer; Mrs. Roland D. Berry, Asst. Treasurer; Mrs. Charles S. Deneen, Honorary Vice-President.

1909-10 .- Mrs. George Thomas Palmer, Pres- ident ; Mrs. H. P. Shumway, Vice-President ; Mrs. Wm. R. Vredenburgh, Second Vice-Presi-

dent ; Miss Mary IIudson, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. George E. Keys, Corresponding Secretary ; Mrs. James H. Matheny, Treasurer; Miss Lou- ise Lawrence, Asst. Treasurer; Mrs. Charles S. Deneen, Hon. Vice-President.

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. (By Edwin L. Chapin. )

The purposes of those great bodles known as Young Men's Christian Associations are for the development of Christlan character and Chris- tian activity among their members, to promote evangelicai religion, to cultivate Christian sym- pathy and to improve the spiritual, intellectual and social conditions of young menl.

With these objects In view the Young Men's Christlan Association of Springfield, III., was organized almost immediately after the great revival of 1866. It at once opened reading rooms and In various ways undertook to carry out the purposes of its creation. But a Young Men's Christian Association is very much like .many other religious bodies.

A church member who was a little slow in coming up with his contribution was reminded of that fact by the official collector. He re- plied, "I owe so much I must get even first." The official repiied, "But remember that you are also Indebted to God." "Yes," came the reply, "but he don't crowd mne ilke my other creditors."

And so the parties, who more than forty years ago were deeply interested in the new project, suddeniy lost all interest when they discovered that while saivation Is free, it costs money to run a Y. M. C. A., and one by one the mem- bers faded away until, In 1872, the rooms were cioscd and all that remained, as a reminder of what might have been, with a little grit and caslı, was an oid tin sign swinging at the foot of the stairway, which bore the legend. "Young Men's Christlan Association Rooms." Just why It was not removed cannot now be told, but In the Providence of God it remained to teli ail passersby that the Christlan manhood of Spring- field was untrue to Itseif.

Ricli old men passed it daily and sald, "fifty years ago when we were young fellows. it would not have been allowed to have gone to pieces," when the truth was that those same

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old men never gave a cent of money or a mo- ment of time to any Christian work and their souis had withcred nntil they were sunken to the size of that of a flea.

Church deacons, eiders and stewards aiso passed hy on the other side of the street, and sighed as each one thongilt of the fifty cents or, perhaps the even dollar that, in the years gone hy they had reluctantly placed in the hands of the Y. M. C. A. anthorities and wondered why the management could have been so wasteful.

Now and then some kindiy disposed persons wonid talk over the matter and suggest that the rooms onght to he reopened-of course at somebody else's expense-and when the some- body eise did not agree they were calied stingy, mean, harsh, all of which were prohahiy trne. But there the matter rested and stili the sign swing from the foot of the stairs and, as it creaked hack and forth in the morning breeze, it seemed to say, "Shame! shame! shame! to the people of Springfield."

It was a cold, coid night in Jannary of 1874, when a dozen boys were sanntering down the street wondering where they wonid go to spend an honr together. Ail the churches were ciosed (as they nsnaliy are on week days), respectable business honses had no piace to entertain boys, but the saloons were wide open (they usually are), yet there was something that admonished these hoys against entering any of these places, and so they moved aiong wondering what to do next, when the creak of the oid sign reached their ears and one of them said, "Feliows, do yon remember how we used to belong to the junior department of the Y. M. C. A .? " Ali did remember and ali resolved, then and there, that the Young Men's Christian Association of Springfield should be something more than a name, and that name painted on an oid tin sign. They had no money hnt they had grit and grace, and they knew how to get after those who had the greenhacks, they not only knew, hnt they acted accordingly, and on March 24, 1874, these hoys with their helpers reorgan- ized the Association, which today is one of the leading factors in religious work in this city.

Do yon know what the good people of 1874 said? It was this: "It will fizzle ont in a few months;" and, if these good people had had their way, it would.

For many years the Association had no per-

manent home except in the hearts of its ioyai members. Consequently the headquarters were moved from piace to place as circumstances compelied. The first piace of meeting after the reorganization was in the Cook bniiding on Monroe Street, and ahont the first religious work that was done was to organize and main- tain a prayer meeting at the Home of the Friendiess.

Professor Stephen Bogardns offered the As- sociation the use of his hali for public meetings, and, during the summer of 1874, the Spring- fieid public passing near the Commercial Coi- lege, of which Professor Bogardns was presi- dent, knew that the Y. M. C. A. was a going concern. The Association maintained an office in the Cook hniiding for two years and then moved to the Freeman building on Washington Street, where it remained for two years and then to the building on the north side of Sixth Street op- posite the postoffice, from there to the east side of Fifth Street hetween Adams and Monroe Streets where on July 1, 1877, William F. Bischoff was made General Secretary, and the Y. M. C. A. of Springfield was on its feet, its head erect, its hand ontstretched, and its face to the front.

Who is there, in the years that followed 1877, who does not remember Bischoff ?- noble grand, imperial, a lover of mankind and ioved hy ali who knew him, a winner of young men, and a herald of the cross. Many years have passed since he was laid to rest, but his nohie spirit has inspired every association meeting since. The Springfield Y. M. C. A. will never die so long as the memory of W. F. Bischoff re- mains. It was in his administration-for in all

Y. M. C. A.'s the secretary is the guiding star- that the thought of having a bniiding which shonid he the permanent home of the Associa- tion was first broached. And the iot on the cor- ner of Fifth Street and Capitoi Avenne was purchased and the hnilding now known as the Unity Bniiding was erected thereon. This prop- erty was owned hy the Association until nearly the time the new building was ready for use when it was sold and the Association moved to the magnificent new Y. M. C. A. bniiding. And after paying off the mortgage, there was enongh ieft to pay the rent for two small rooms while the Association was erecting the magnificent bniiding now its home, and which is the pride of every Christian worker in the city of Springfield.

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The history of the new huilding reads like a novel. Up to the year of 1906 the work of the Association had been a drag and no money to pay for it; interest to pay and no money to pay it; work to he done and no money to pay the worker; a secretary to be employed and no mouey to meet his demands. It was in such straits as this that ahout September 1, 1907, the Board of Directors met and with nothing left except faith in an over-ruling Providence ex- teuded a call to Henry N. Hanseu to hecome As- sociation Secretary. This call was accepted and things took an upward movement. The work of the Association had come under the hand of a master and, without a moment of hesitation, the new Secretary proclaimed-a proclamation that echoed and re-echoed through every home and business house of the city-that the Young Men's Christian Association must have a home large enough for its work, equipped with everything that was necessary, modern in every way, and without a dollar of mortgage indehtedness. To the timid soul his words seemed like a tale that was told, aud those more hrave questioned his judgment; but his own enthusiasm spread witlı his every word, and the great canvass of 1907 was opened with a husiness hanquet February 18, 1908. Arion Hall was filled to its utmost capacity, and at the speakers' tahle sat such rep- resentative men as Governor Charles S. Deneen, Hon. E. A. Halsey, Ex-City Controller of Chi- cago ; Dr. Edmund James, President of the Uni- versity of Illinois, and I. E. Brown, State Secre- tary. And as each one addressed the gathering, the husluess men present hegan to feel that after all it was possible for Springfield to do what was asked.

Two days later the great campaign hegan. The slogan was for seventy-five thousand dollars in thirty days. And it was arranged that as each thousand dollars was subscribed, the great clock fixed to the Court House for the occasion would move up a notch and at the same time whistles would hlow from Ide's Foundry, the Aetna Foundry, the McGrue Planing Mill, the Racine- Sattley Plow Company Works, the Springfield Mattress Company, and in fact, wherever a whistle could be found.

It was at 11:15 of that day when, from the headquarters on Monroe Street, was heard "the first thousand dollars is subscrihed." The great clock struck one and at the same moment the ears of the citizens were assailed by the clang-

ing of bells, the toot of whistles, the yells of mnen and the hand-clapping of women. Offices were closed, business houses deserted, homes locked, and men, women and children rushed out to assist in the movement. The following composed the members of the citizens committee of one hundred and forty-four :

Henry B. Mcveigh, Benjamin Knudson, R. Haas, John Maldaner, S. J. Haines, J. M. Kim- ble, J. C. Plerik, C. J. Gihlin, W. H. Conkling, E. L. Chapin, Henry Thoma, I. N. Ransom, J. B. Desnoyers, B. H. Luers, Rohert E. Wood- mansee, General Alfred Orendorff, J. W. Patton, James M. Graham, Alfred O. Peterson, W. S. Fagan, W. J. Aurelius, M. M. Hazlett, Davis S. Griffiths, M. D. Schaff, A. J. Barnes, Frank Sim- mons, Jr., Orville P. Bassett, Howard T. Hicks, Louis Miller, A. W. Sikking, W. E. Shutt, Col- ouel J. S. Culver, General J. H. Barkley, Hon. Thomas Rees, R. F. Ruth, Edward F. Hartmann, Col. Charles F. Mills, Louis H. Miner, Stephen T. Littier, I. R. Diller, Victor E. Georg, W. E. Savage, A. B. Carswell, L. J. Coe, George A. Bates, R. H. Patton, T. C. Baker, Sr., G. A. Lochman, Emil G. Schmidt, Hon. J. A. Rose, former Governor Richard Yates, W. S. Troxeil, J. F. Cadwallader, Peter Vredenhurgh, Hon. W. A. Northcott, Major Bluford Wilson, Hon. J. Otis Humphrey, Dr. B. B. Griffith, Dr. G. N. Kreider, Dr. V. T. Liudsay, Wm. A. Pavey, Henry Ahles, J. H. Sikes, R. N. Baker, Stuart Brown, George Pasfieid, Jr., J. L. Hudson, H. M. Snape, A. C. Brown, John W. Bunn, Dr. A. L. Converse, H. K .. Weher, G. A. Hulett, Judge C. P. Kane, J. H. Holbrook, Jerome Leland, Lewis N. Wiggins, Samuel J. Stout, E. E. Staley, Hon. John A. Barber, Burke Vancil, R. R. Ide, R. F. Herndou, R. N. Dodds, Ira B. Blackstock, J. E. Hemmick, George E. Day, John Lutz, Charles Bressmer, Charles Hungerford, R. C. Fleming. N. J. Nelier, John T. Todd, James A. Easley, James H. Matheny, P. E. Hatch, B. A. Lange, W. A. Edwards, John A. Mclellan, Fred Buck, Frank H. Bode, Alhert Myers, Nelson N. Allyn, Frank T. Kuhl, C. H. Rottger, Dr. H. B. Buck, Dr. Walter Ryan, Dr. L. C. Taylor, M. A. Jones, A. M. Fitzgerald, George S. Connelly, George E. Keys, John E. Melick, Hon. L. E. Wheeler, J. F. Prather, William G. Brown, H. F. Fullen- wider, E. S. Scott, Dr. Arthur Prince, Colonel H. M. Merriman, Frank H. Littlefield, W. J. Horn, Hon. G. A. Sanders, John H. Brinkerhoff, John S. Vredenhurgh, Mayor H. H. Devereux.

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C. E. Wieseumeyer, D. G. Campbell, J. H. Lord, J. H. Ncher, Dr. E. S. Spindle, Dr. Samuel Men- denhall, Benjamin Rich, Judge J. A. Creighton, Sheriff Charles Werner, George E. Coe, W. L. Ilodde, D. A. DeVares, Prof. Edward Anderson, Prof. L. M. Castle, Prof. J. H. Collins, W. H. Abels, Warren E. Bowlus and J. B. Barnes.

These were aided by the business men's com- mittee composed of the following: S. E. Pra- ther, J. H. Neher, Oscar Ansell, Stuart Broad- well, Fred Bengel, George J. Bellersheim, Charles T. Bisch, R. M. Dockum, George Becker, Nicholas R. Roberts, Walter Eden, E. B. Elder, J. H. Feltham, J. E. Gard, Arthur Hughes, Frank L. Hatch, Dr. E. A. Knodel, Edward Met- calf, Charles Robinson, Dr. O. H. Sego, D. T. Williams.

But It was uot the male citizens and business men of Springfield alone who did the work. The Woman's Club, three hundred strong, with Mrs. E. S. Walker at their head, worked day in and day out and without their help the efforts made would have proved a failure. These Club members gave out of their pin money twenty-five hundred dollars and by their enthuslasu induced others to give ten times that amount.

In a great campaign of this kind much is due to the small douor and justice would demand, If space permitted, the record of the name of every one who donated time and money to the good work from little Elsie Williams, who sold a dollar's worth of eggs and laid down four bright quarters as her contribution, to those who wrote thelr check for thousands, but in the rush of the world a donation must reach far above the pile of the ordinary person before the name of the donor will appear In print.

On March 22d the campaign closed and the record appears as follows:

Amounts previously received $63,390.00

Citizens' Committee 3,202.00

Young Men's Committee 6,930.00

Traveling Men's Committee 65.00

High School Team 85.00

Mrs. Samuel Mendenhall 5,000.00

Springfield Consolidated R. R. Co. 5,000.00 Springfield Woman's Club 2,500.00 Watch Factory Employes 1,602.00

Mrs. B. H. Ferguson 1,000.00

Colonel Henry Davis, Jr. 1,000.00

The Johnston Hatcher Company

1,000.00

Dr. George Pasfield

1,000.00

Louis H. Coleman 1,000.00

Mrs. Mary J. Dunn 1,000.00

The John Bressmer Company 1,000.00

J. E. Melick

1,000.00

Making a grand total of. $95,774.00

And so the building was paid for inch by inch, foot by foot it arose before the people who had taken so much interest in the work fairly real- ized it, the Young Men's Christian Association's building was a fact.

The great swimming pool in the basement is a mighty attraction to the boys who else would spend their time loafing on the streets, and a clean body tends to a clean mind.

The gymnasium is filled to the full with not only the younger generation, but with boys grown tall, and, from the grind and active busl- uess life, men come here and go away refreshed.

On the same floor, also, is Ferguson Hall, the gift of Mrs. Benjamin H. Ferguson, in memory of her deceased husband, a man who in life was held in highest esteem by everybody who loved manhood. And In this hall, where meetings are held week after week, those who enter ever think of the donor and her loved and lost. "Being dead, he yet speaketh," and his name and the name of hls devoted companion will ever be kept green in the hearts of the hundreds who visit the Y. M. C. A. !

On the second floor are the offices and a large dining room with kitchen attachments, where meals can be served to two hundred or more at time.

The fourth fioor, not yet fully fitted up, will be used as a dormitory where young men may find, at reasonable rates, pleasant rooms away from the noise and dirt of the city, and, better still, with the advantage of Christian sur- roundings.

Charles W. Zumbrook is the active and ener- getic President of the organization and Harry Pride is the Business Manager. There is a board of fifteen Directors chosen annually and, to be sure that nothing will go amlss, each Di- rector names two persons, making thirty in all, who are called the council and all important matters are submitted to these forty-five.

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume II, part 1, Part 88

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913 Publication date: 1912 Publisher: Chicago, Munsell Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 864

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago, Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 864