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B. Ashley, Worthy Grand Patron; Mary M. Deale, Worthy Grand Secretary.
The present officers are: Mrs. Annie Rams, Worthy Matron; Robert C. Crum, Worthy Pa- tron; Mrs. Mayme Corson, Associate Matron; Mrs. Fannie C. Berry, Secretary ; Mrs. Emma Matthews, Treasurer ; Mrs. Lu Egbers, Con- ductress ; Mrs. Ethel Lovitt, Associate Con- ductress.
The past presiding officers of this chapter are as follows. The Matron's name being given first, and the Patron's second : Martha H. Hamilton, William R. Hamilton, 1SS4; Martha H. Hamil- ton, Samuel S. Wilson, 1885; Martha H. Hamil- ton, Charles D. Warden, 1886; Julia P. Warden, Orville F. Berry, 1SS7 ; Mary E. Booth, John F. Scott, 1SSS; Ella R. McKee, Junius C. Ferris, 1SS9; Nannie A. M. Hardy, William H. Bartels, 1890; Nannie A. M. Hardy, William H. Bartels, 1891; July A. Cherrill, R. H. Hardy, 1892; Emma Elder, R. H. Hardy, 1893; Emma Elder, R. H. Hardy, 1894; Fannie C. Berry, R. L. Casburn, 1895; Mattie Boswell, C. L. Ferris, 1896; Mary Loynd, C. S. De Hart, 1897; Mary Loynd, William H. Bartels, 1898; Minnie P. Rowe, W. C. Hamilton, 1899; Mary Loynd, W. C. Hamilton, 1900; Fannie C. Berry, W. C. Ham- ilton, 1901; Emma Matthews, Will C. Hamilton, 1902; Sue P. Markle, R. L. Casburn, 1903; Sue P. Markle, W. C. Hamilton, 1904; Mary Loynd, W. C. Hamilton, 1905; Mary Loynd, Charles Duncan, 1906; Fannie C. Berry, W. C. Hamil- ton, 1907; Emma Matthews, J. T. Jenkins, 1908; Emma Matthews, J. T. Jenkins, 1909; Amy Horney, J. T. Jenkins, 1910; Amy Horney, W. C. Hamilton, 1911; Mabel Cain, J. T. Jenkins, 1912; Mary Loynd, C. A. James, 1913; Lulu Ayers, J. T. Jenkins, 1914; Gertrude Wilcox, John E. Horney, 1915; Gertrude Wilcox, John E. Horney, 1916; Annie Rams, Robert Crum, 1917; Annie Rams, Robert Crum, 1918; Annie Rams, Robert Crum, 1919. W. H. Poartels, of this Chapter, was elected Worthy Grand Patron of Illinois in 1892.
PLYMOUTH CHAPTER No. 38 was organized June 29, 1887, by Sophia Clark Scott, Grand Matron, and G. R. Hough, Worthy Grand Pa- tron. The charter members were: Hattie Bur- dette, Amanda Bowman, Anna Gilbert Hen- dricks, Julia C. Metzger, E. D. Olmstead, Mrs. Amy Olmstead, Mary E. Romick, Sarah V. Ship- pey, Sarah L. Sapp, Angeline Whittington, John W. Bowman, W. B. Cox, W. S. Hendricks, Wes- ley D. Huddleston, Henry G. Metzger, Sam
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Monk, J. W. Metcalf, E. D. Olmstead, W. S. Romick, J. A. B. Shippey, David M. Sapp. The original officers of this chapter were as fol- lows : Mary Romick, Worthy Matron ; E. D. Olm- stead, Worthy Patron; Lide K. Kendall, Asso- ciate Patron; H. G. Metzger, Secretary; Sam Monk, Treasurer; Julia Metzger, Conductress ; W. S. Romick, Associate Conductress; Sarah Shippey, Warden; J. W. Metcalf, Sentinel. The present officers are : Alice Tuck, Worthy Matron ; Asa Hamilton, Worthy Patron; Lizzie Toland, Associate Matron; Nellie Swisegood, Secretary ; Sarah Morrow, Treasurer; Ruby Bickford, Con- ductress ; Olie West, Associate Conductress ; Ella McKelvie, Warder; Alonzo Cox, Sentinel. The present membership of this Chapter is about sixty-seven.
The past presiding officers are as follows : Name of Worthy Matron being given first, Worthy Patron, second : Mary Romick, E. D. Olmstead, 1887; Mary Romick, D. M. Sapp, 1888; Mary Romick, J. Walter Metcalf, 1889; Sarah L. Sapp, W. S. Romick, 1890; Mary Cox, D. M. Sapp, 1891; Hattie Burdette, D. M. Sapp, 1892- 3; Mary Romick, J. W. Metcalf, 1897-8; Lida Wier, J. W. Metcalf, 1899-1900; Cecilia Shaffer, J. W. Metcalf, 1901; Nellie Shaffer, W. S. Ro- mick, 1902-3; Cora Tuck, D. L. Frazee, 1904; Laura Johnson, D. L. Frazee, 1905; Stella Jack- son, Asa Hamilton, 1906-7; Ruby Bickford, Sam M. Talbot, 1908-9; Olie West, Sam M. Talbot, 1910; Olie West, Asa Hamilton, 1911; Olie West, R. L. Cloud, 1912; Ruby Bickford, Asa E. Ham- ilton, 1913; Kate Hughes, Fred Worman, 1914- 15; Kate Hughes, Howard Lawton, 1916; Mat- tie Metzger, Howard Lawton, 1917; Ferne Brown, Asa Hamilton, 1918; Alice Tuck, Asa Hamilton, 1919.
LOYAL CHAPTER No. 240, Wokaw, was organ- ized March 16, 1891, by W. H. Bartels of Carth- age, Worthy Patron, assisted by Nannie Hardy, Grand Worthy Matron, also of Carthage. The following were the charter members of this Chapter : Mary E. Crawford, Belle S. Worthen, Emily Johnston, Lillian Hussey, Lillian Peder- sen, Emma Wetzel, Mary J. Andrews, Cora M. Crawford, Francis Frothingham, Pearl O. Kings- ley, Virgil Kingsley, John B. Worthen, John W. Wetzel, A. W. Hussey, James Crawford, H. J. Frothingham, Knud Pedersen, Henry Ruckstuhl. The first officers were: Mary E. Crawford, Worthy Matron; W. J. Frothingham, Worthy Patron; Emily Johnston, Associate Matron; Pearl Kingsley, Secretary ; Bell S. Worthen,
Conductress; Lillian Hussey, Associate Con- ductress.
The present officers are : Pearl Lutman, Worthy Matron; Ella Wallace, Associate Ma- tron; David Ayers, Worthy Patron; Clara Stephens, Secretary; Minnie Ayers, Treasurer ; Clara Raich, Conductress; Marie Klump, As- sociate Conductress. The present membership is about sixty-seven.
LOGAN CHAPTER No. 342, Dallas City, was or- ganized by dispensation, May 6, 1896, and a charter was given on October 15, 1896. The char- ter members were: Mr. and Mrs. George Shan- non, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lehman, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Buell, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Duvall, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Horn, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Huston, J. M. Lionberger, Mrs. Nancy Rose, Mrs. Laura Tandy, Mrs. Susan Carper, Miss Retta Logan, Miss Kate Krieg, Miss Alice Logan, Miss Carrie Burg. The present membership is about 108.
The first officers were: Miss Retta Logan, Worthy Matron; C. W. Lehman, Worthy Pa- tron; Mrs. Shannon, Associate Matron; C. E. Duvall, Secretary; O. W. Huston, Treasurer ; Miss Alice Logan, Conductress ; Mrs. Emma Leh- man, Associate Conductress. The present offi- cers are: Mrs. Lera Ellison, Worthy Matron; S. W. Carothers, Worthy Patron; Mrs. Hattie Benington, Associate Matron ; Mrs. Carrie Shain, · Secretary; Mrs. Hattie Kirby, Treasurer; Mrs. Grace Welber, Conductress; Mrs. Ethel Doty, Associate Conductress.
The following have been Worthy Matrons of this chapter: Miss Retta Logan, 1896; Miss Retta Logan, 1897; Mrs. Naomi Duvall, 1898; Mrs. Naomi Duvall, 1899; Mrs. Emma Lehman, 1900; Mrs. Hattie Kirby, 1901; Mrs. Emma Leh- man, 1902; Miss Retta Logan, 1903; Miss Retta Logan, 1904; Miss Retta Logan, 1905; Miss Ressa Byler, 1906; Miss Retta Logan, 1907; Mrs. Winifred Pershing, 1908; Mrs. Winifred Pershing, 1909; Mrs. Lucretia Prescott, 1910; Mrs. Lucretia Prescott, 1911; Mrs. Verna Koll, 1912; Verna Koll, 1913; Verna Koll, 1914; Katherine Simmons, 1915; Emma Paul, 1916; Verna Koll, 1917; Lera Ellison, 1918; Lera Elli- son, 1919.
AUGUSTA CHAPTER No. 378 was organized July 22, 1897, by L. E. Thomas, Prairie Queen Chap- ter, No. 75, Golden, Illinois. The charter mem- bers were as follows: Mary Booker, Salina Senny, Ann Grigson, Kate Hughes, Cynthia Klepper, Mary Holt, Fanny Moore, Hattie Smith, Philena Golm, Jennie Slingerland, Gertie
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Thomas, Cornelia Tyner, Edna Wallingford, Alice Wrigley, Jesse Robertson, William Golm, G. H. Slingerland, E. L. Thomas, N. N. Tyner, A. J. Wrigley.
The first officers were. Philena Golm, Worthy Matron; George Slingerland, Worthy Patron; Alice Wrigley, Associate Matron; Ann Grigson, Secretary ; Mary Booker, Treasurer; Cornelia Tyner, Conductress; Mary Holt, Associate Con- ductress. The present officers are : Mrs. Maude Phelps, Worthy Matron; S. W. Venable, Worthy Patron; Mrs. Emma Stockton, Associate Matron ; Mrs. Irene Bredette, Secretary ; Mrs. Ethel McAfee,, Treasurer ; Miss Gladys McFarland, Conductress ; Mrs. Lizzie West, Associate Con- ductress. The membership in about eighty- three.
The subjoined is a list of past presiding officers : Mary Holt, Alice Lemmon, Jessie Mead, Minnie Winfield, Elizabeth Miller, Virginia Mar- kee, Lucy Working, Ethel McAfee, Kate Hughes, Hattie Smith, Philena Golm, Irene Bredette, Addie Stockton, Eugenia Steinbarger.
BROWNING CHAPTER No. 262 was organized at Denver, October 4, 1894. The charter members / were : Mary Mouldin, J. M. Cain, Clara A. McMillan, Lizzie Wright, Birdie Reaburn, Nellie Reaburn, Rebecca Saunders, Clara Saunders, Ora M. Massie, Sally Lemmon, Fanny L. Boren, R. A. Saunders, W. F. F. Saunders, C. M. Mc- Millan, R. L. Wright, P. E. Long, E. E. Mock and Theresa Mock. The first officers: Mary Mouldin, Worthy Matron; R. A. Saunders, Worthy Patron; Nellie Reaburn, Associate Matron.
Present officers are : Mrs. W. H. Shoup, Worthy Matron; I. Mouldin, Worthy Patron; Mrs. Velva Huddleston, Associate Matron; Mrs. Maggie McDuffee, Conductress; Myrtle Ewing, Associate Conductress ; Louise Vance, Secretary ; J. M. Cain, Treasurer. The present member- ship is about thirty-four.
The following is a list of the past presiding officers : Sally Lemmon, Mary Mouldin, B. Saun- ders, Mrs. Clara McMillan, Elmer Mock, Mrs. Matie Scott, Hattie Scott, Mrs. Jennie Cain, J. M. Cain, W. F. Saunders, Theresa Mock, Mary Fleming, Otha Siegfried.
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HANCOCK LODGE No. 71 was organized at Warsaw, July 25, 1850, with the following charter members: Orrin Warner, D. H. Cox,
Daniel G. Elifritz, John H. Knox and William A. Katz. The present (1919) elective officers of this lodge are: George E. Shafer, Noble Grand; Charles I. Ewing, Vice-Grand; H. A. Brinkman, Recording Secretary ; A. F. Bliesener, Financial Secretary ; Charles P. Young, Treas- urer. The present membership of this lodge is about fifty. Its original officers were: J. W. Ketchum, B. F. Leinker, William H. White and William A. Katz.
The following is a list of Past Grands: H. A. Brinkman, A. F. Bliesener, J. A. Beaty, Howard Baker, J. W. Berlin, C. B. Crane, A. Clark, A. W. Elilebe, L. Fairfax, R. C. Goehrig, J. W. Grant, P. D. Gaunt, J. T. Klingle, George Long, P. McCredie, Clarence McCredie, T. J. Neves, Ed. F. Plank, H. E. Roth, F. A. Reynolds, H. J. Stroh, A. Wiesch, C. E. Wallace, C. P. Young, W. D. Crenshaw, John Richardson, G. G. Maple. This lodge has had many different members and been the means of doing much good as a fraternity. It owns its own handsome property in the city of Warsay.
BRISTOL LODGE No. 653 was organized at La Harpe, March 20, 1878, with charter members as follows: John W. Bray, G. H. Todd, George F. Cotton, Jesse Butler, A. J. Bradshaw, Wil- liam Sharpe and Samuel Sharpe. The first offi- cers were as follows: John W. Bray, Noble Grand; Calvin Johnson, Vice-Grand; A. L. Gil- liland, Secretary. The present membership is about 132.
The present officers are : John H. Pryor, Noble Grand; George Keeling, Vice-Grand; E. C. Warren, Secretary ; Fred Randall, Treasurer ; J. L. Kerr, W. G. Shrier, A. E. St. Clair, J. E. Gleason, William E. Ketcham, Trustees. This lodge has had thirty-seven Past Noble Grands, the list being as follows: S. E. Biggs, J. H. Bainter, Arch Britt, W. G. Bushby, H. H. Barnes, C. L. Bennington, Lloyd H. Brill, R. M .. Cassell, George Coulson, J. R. Crabill, H. H. Comstock, J. C. Coulson, H. W. Devine, E. E. Duncan, Amos Edmunds, William J. Fowler, C. E. Hillier, E. E. Huston, J. L. Kerr, W. E. Ketcham, Lewis Long, W. C. McClure, Roy Nel- son, R. A. Nelson, W. E. Patterson, Fred Ran- dall, E. I. Soule, C. B. Sperry, Samuel Scott, C. L. Scott, C. S. Sights, A. E. St. Clair, A. P. Wager, E. C. Warren, Albert Wiles, William Young, Joseph Yemm.
The present lodge hall, a modern brick busi- ness block, was built in 1896, at a cost of $6,000, and is owned by the lodge which is in a flourish-
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ing condition. The first meetings were held in the third story of the Gochenour building, long since destroyed by fire. The lodge quarters were then moved to the J. M. Campbell block, then to its present site. This lodge was the first in Western Illinois to use a "Degree Team," in initiating a candidate.
MONTIBELLO LODGE No. 7 (Hamilton) was or- ganized November 17, 1881, with charter mem- bers as follows: George Kimes, F. M. Jackson, William Morgan, A. B. Waggoner, Charles Swi- gelson. The present membership is about one hundred and forty-four. The first officers were : F. M. Jackson, noble grand; A. R. Waggoner, vice-grand ; William Morgan, secretary ; George Kimes, treasurer.
The present officers are: A. M. Gibson, noble grand; Ernest Huggins, vice-grand; E. F. Den- nis, recording secretary ; H. H. Brown, finan- cial secretary ; H. B. Kinkade, treasurer.
TEMPLE LODGE No. 222 was organized at Nauvoo, April 11, 1SSS, with charter members as follows : A. C. Mills, J. F. Argast, Henry Harsch, W. A. Dundey, J. W. Reimbold, Fred Schoell, E. J. Baxter, C. E. Bidamon, Conrad Argast, J. A. Dorn, G. A. Harsch, Jacob Walter, Charles Mulch, John Wilhelmy, George Tanner, Fred Koppenhafer, J. G. Hanks, W. J. Fisher, L. J. Little, Charles Hobbs. The first officers were as follows: A. C. Mills, noble grand; J. F. Argast, vice-grand; J. W. Reimbold, secre- tary ; W. A. Dundey, treasurer.
The present officers are: Robert J. Blum, noble grand ; John G. Wolf, vice-grand; IIenry Harsch, recording secretary ; Charles H. Hud- son, financial secretary ; Fred Schoell, treas- urer; Charles Singer, George H. Hart, W. H. Bicker, J. M. Bechtold, L. E. Hohl, trustees.
The present membership of this lodge is about 122.
The office of noble grand has been held here by the following persons: A. C. Mills, J. F. Argast, J. W. Reimbold, E. J. Baxter, L. J. Little, C. E. Bidamon, Fred Schoell, M. S. Wal- ther, Henry Harsch, Conrad Argast, Charles Mulch, W. M. Haggett, J. B. Parker, L. W. Schoell, George Harsch, Dan Droe, Max R. Krueger, C. Balmer, J. F. Hudson, Fred Salm, Jr., Charles Reimbold, J. M. Bechtold, Lewis Bush, S. D. Weiser, A. Amsler, Charles F. Bush, Charles Wetzel, George W. Dachroth, Virgil Nicaise, W. J. Singelton, L. H. Thomas, Charles Singer, Arthur McCallion, George Kemler, Lloyd
Davis, Ed. J. Hudson, L. B. Hobbs, Charles H. Hudson, Fred Walther, W. S. Warder.
FERRIS LODGE No. 674 was organized Novem- ber 23, 1873, with charter members as follows : Martin Stewart, William H. Bush, T. B. Long, George Garrett, John Tanner. The original officers were: T. B. Long, noble grand; George Garrett, vice-grand; John F. Tanner, secretary ; Martin Stewart, treasurer. The total member- ship is about seventy-nine. The officers are Edgar Abbott, noble grand; Pearl Tilton, vice- grand; F. R. Edwards, secretary ; W. G. Berger, treasurer.
The upper story of a brick building, built in 1897, at a cost of $2,000, is the property and home of this lodge, and it also owns both floors of a new brick building erected in 1911 at a cost of $2,500.
The following is a list of Noble Grands: T. B. Long, George Garrett, W. H. Bush, John Tow- ner, Martin Stewart, William Ruger, Homer Lafers, Emmerson Knowles, F. N. Casburn, J. Edgar Atkins, J. W. Lowrey, William Lowrey, F. O. Sherwood, Arthur Eaton, Roy Lowrey, D. F. McCollom, J. W. Richards, F. A. Maples, George Harrison, Ted Abbott, F. R. Edwards, William Crosby, and one other.
BOWEN LODGE was organized and chartered November 19, 1896, by Deputy George Nor- ris, with charter members as follows: G. F. Warner, J. C. Herron, L. S. Crossland, W. R. Harris, G. B. Gant, C. E. Gorby, F. W. Norris, J. H. Cross. The first officers were : G. F. War- ner, noble grand; J. C. Herron, vice-grand; L. S. Crossland, secretary. The present member- ship is about 120. The present officers are: M. E. Randall, noble grand; R. L. Oakman, vice- grand; W. C. Rowland, secretary.
The subjoined list names the Past Noble Grands: L. S. Crossland, H. B. Nash, J. B. . Simpson, W. C. McClure, G. B. Cornelius, George W. Nash, J. H. Cross, H. H. Van Brunt, F. B. Patchin, Walter Dickhut, S. H. Ramsey, George Bashen, James Tyler, J. V. Willard; T. A. Beard, J. W. Rist, Henry Ipperson, A. H. Bartholomew, Charles C. Hill, Harry D. Bartin, George S. Powell, O. H. Willis, John Doak, Oliver Shanks, J. W. Young, F. H. Worrell, William Dickhut, Arch Owen, J. B. Sherrick, S. F. Watkins, C. R. Baxter, Clyde M. Smith, H. T. Cain, E. J. Hor- necker, Charles Hatfield, Guy E. Poland, Charles E. Felger, O. H. Cossart, B. H. Kettenring, Thomas A. Wishon, J. D. Wilkey, M. E. Randall.
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M. P. Berry, Grand Master, Carthage, March 14, 1899, with the extra large number of charter members as follows: William Hook, Gilbert Martin, J. M. Groves, William Toland, F. P. Douglas, A. B. Cox, W. D. Cloud, J. A. Shotough, C. W. Snowden, C. F. Garrison, A. D. Lawton, S. C. Howell, J. J. Turner, L. R. Phelps, N. S. Hendrickson, W. J. Chapman, J. M. Thomas, J. W. White, J. A. Wear, T. J. McDaniel, D. M. Johnson, T. L, Humphrey, H. O. Whipple, W. A. Powell, W. D. Jack, W. F. McCutchin, B. M. Foster, J. E. McWherter, E. C. Cooper, C. H. Decker, R. L. Claud, R. H. Berry, H. S. Monk, J. H. Wier, Z. Bickford, S. W. Gaylord, R. W. Botts, William Wintermeyer, J. W. Metcalf, G. F. Homberger, A. J. Bartell, M. M. Monk, C. E. Skidmore, W. L. Irwin, A. E. Mullen, D. J. Frank, Samuel Monk, E. E. Ellis, John Conboy, > H. S. Sapp, M. C. Smith, S. B. Cooper, W. E. Beckle, B. M. Duncan, A. L. Holmes, C. E. Dunn, O. H. Woodard, A. E. Sheffer, A. C. Wear, G. E. Hendricks, S. H. Aldridge, L. A. Range, W. A. Smith, M. C. Shaffer, W. R. Hoskins, Oscar Holmes, Geo. H. Tuck, W. W. Cloud, William Martin, Henry Long, R. W. Huey, Ed. Huey, W. E. Flynn, A. J. Blair, J. W. Brown, H. B. John- son, F. W. Hunnman. The first officers were : J. M. Groves, noble grand; A. B. Cox, vice- grand ; William M. Hook, secretary ; G. L. Mar- tin, treasurer. The present officers are: G. W. Hamilton, noble grand ; N. L. Mason, vice-grand ; F. C. Holton, secretary ; Ed. Huey, treasurer.
The lodge owns a lot on the southeast corner of the public square 611/2x300 feet, and some day expect to build a hall thereon.
The following is a list of Past Noble Grands : S. H. Aldridge, Thomas Atyeo, Z. Bickford, H. S. Blodgett, L. V. Brown, M. W. Bowman, A. B. Cox, W. D. Cloud, W. S. Duncan, E. E. Ellis, D. J. Frank, W. F. Elam, J. H. Folts, J. M. Groves, J. W. Johnson, Ed. Huey, Walter Huey, F. C. Holton, N. S. Hendrickson, G. W. Hamilton, J. E. McWherter, John Robinson, J. A. Swisegood, Geo. Snyder, William Standley, J. J. Turner, O. H. Woodward, S. E. Wright, M. W. Wellborn, William W. Walton, J. W. White.
PLYMOUTH ENCAMPMENT, No. 132, was insti- tuted by E. H. Kinney, Grand Patriarch of Table Grove, Illinois, June 2, 1904. Its first offi- ers were: D. J. Frank, chief patriarch ; J. E. McWhorter, high priest; S. E. Wright, senior warden; F. C. Holton, junior warden; S. H. Aldridge, scribe; Thomas Atyeo, treasurer, with the following charter members : S. H. Aldridge,
Thomas Atyeo, H. S. Blodgett, L. V. Brown, W. D. Cloud, J. W. Currens, L. E. Downing, W. F. Elam, W. E. Flynn, D. J. Frank, F. C. Holton, J. E. McWherter, L. R. Phelphs, Andrew Robin- son, L. A. Ranger, J. A. Swisegood, M. C. Smith, C. W. Snowden, H. S. Toops, S. E. Wright, J. W. White, Nick Webster, J. H. Wier.
The Past Grand Patriarchs are: D. J. Frank, S. E. Wright, J. E. McWherter, S. E. Holton, L. V. Brown, J. W. Currens, W. D. Cloud, Thomas Atyeo, C. W. Snowden, J. W. White, M. W. Bowman, W. F. Elam, B. C. Hughbanks.
The present officers are: C. B. Johnson, chief patriarch ; W. D. Cloud, high priest; M. W. Bowman, senior warden; W. F. Elam, junior warden; F. C. Holton, scribe; J. W. White, treasurer.
AUGUSTA LODGE, No. 965, was organized at the village of Augusta, December 3, 1908, with the following charter members: T. A. Beard, S. W. Alphin, John White, W. Young, S. D. Faris, W. McFarland, Henry Ipperson, John Carter. The first officers were as follows: Henry Ipperson, noble grand; John White, vice-grand; R. E. Valentine, secretary ; H. W. Young, treasurer. The present officers: Troy Mathews, noble grand ; W. Hough, vice-grand; K. J. Morrison, secretary ; H. W. Young, treasurer. The mem- bership is about 110.
The past presiding officers have been : Henry Ipperson, S. W. Alphin, William R. Springston, _ C. H. West, C. E. Vanhorn, George P. Palimer, A. M. Wood, George A. Miller, K. J. Morrison, Fred Morrison, Alva Grimes, Herman Newham, James Friend, William Ebben, Albert Miller, Perry Foster, James H. Pierson, Roger D. Clark, Ed. Fowler, C. M. Wood, Troy Mathews.
WEST POINT LODGE, No. 844, was organized June, 1895, by the Cartliage Lodge. The charter members were: J. W. Cunningham, A. J. Hun- ter, Louis Hull, John M. Owen, L. D. Newland, G. C. Guthrie, J. S. Kimmel, H. A. Charpentier, S. G. Corbin, H. A. Eyman, Thomas Corbin, Peter Gumbel, Milo McMillan, O. C. Hart, Wil- liam Hicks, Samuel Hinkle, A. A. Scott, G. W. Wolf, Jack McCune, J. O. Ripley, Ed. Cox, . Frank Tanner, William Gosgrove, Charles Hunter, F. W. Hart. The first officers were; J. W. Cunningham, noble grand; Louis Hull, vice-grand; A. J. Hunter, secretary ; John M. Owen, treasurer.
The building now used by the order was bought and remodeled in 1899, at a cost of $4,000.
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The present officers are: Ben West, noble grand; Fred V. Freeman, vice-grand; John Memendick, treasurer; G. C. Guthrie, secretary. The present total membership is about thirty- nine.
BENTLEY LODGE, No. 412. The following infor- mation has been furnished by M. P. Berry, Esq., lawyer and banker, of Carthage, who has dis- tinguished himself in Odd Fellowship in this state and in the promotion of the charities of the order.
The history of Odd Fellowship in Carthage, begins in the Nineteenth Century, when Central Lodge No. 190 was organized. Its charter was given November 20, 1855. The records in Springfield, Illinois, show the following charter members: Dr. J. J. Crawford, Daniel J. Beebe, James Haylic, C. Winston, and Reuben Jacoby. Besides these were petitioned the names of B. T. Scofield, Thos. Nichelsen, Thos. Miller, D. Petermun, W. D. Clark and D. T. White.
For many years this was a highly prosperous lodge, and numbered among its members, many of the most prominent men in Hancock County. The names of James M. Davidson, J. B. Strader, B. F. Peterson, F. M. Corby, Henry W. Draper, John M. Ferris, William R. Hamilton, David E. Head, Bryant T. Scofield and Alexander Symp- son appear in the list of its head officers. For some reason or other the lodge went down and was reported closed at the November 15, 1881, session. B. F. Peterson was the Deputy who closed the lodge.
Bentley Lodge, No. 412, the lodge now in Carthage, was first organized in Denver, and was named Denver Lodge, No. 412. In the year 1878, it was moved to Bentley, its name being changed to Bentley Lodge, No. 412, and it re- mained there for several years, and then was moved to Carthage, its old name and number being retained. It has remained in Carthage ever since, and has grown to be a strong lodge, with now nearly 300 members. Clifton Rohr- baugh is now its Noble Grand; Edgar A. Payne, Secretary, and James I. Hendricks, Treasurer.
For several years after this lodge was located in Carthage, it continued small, its membership being only about forty persons, but about 1897, it began to grow, bought the lot on the south- east corner of the square and there built the present Odd Fellows Building, which cost about $18,000. M. P. Berry, W. H. Moore and N. J. Helfrich, were the Building and Permanent Renting Committee of the lodge, until its debt
was practically paid off. They then turned the affairs of the lodge over to its trustees, and re- signed. The lodge has now one of the most commodious lodge rooms in the state, and is numerically the largest lodge in Carthage.
A few years ago, the lodge rented one of its lower rooms to the Government, for its Post Office. Lately the Government has needed larger quarters for its business and the lodge has rented the Government both lower rooms of its building, and during the year 1919, put in a new office outfit, which is now one of the best in the county.
This lodge has furnished the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois several of its grand officers. In 1899, M. P. Berry was elected from this lodge as Grand Master for the State of Illinois, and served one year. In 1915, Mr. Berry was elected Grand Treasurer of the jurisdiction of Illinois, . and holds that position at this time. In 1918, J. Johansen, of this Lodge, was appointed Grand Conductor of the Grand Lodge and holds that position at the present time.
REBEKAHS
MAPLE GROVE LODGE No. 283, Carthage, was or- ganized November 20, 1890, its charter members being: W. H. Moore, Jesse L. Green, H. L. Spray, W. P. Selvage, John Webber, George L. Troute, Alice Green, Mayme Spray, Laura Sel- vage, Mary C. Stepp and Mary Robbins. Mrs. Augusta Johnson is now the Noble Grand of this lodge, Miss Lillian Vertner is Secretary, and Miss Anna Reyer, Treasurer, and the lodge is in a flourishing condition. It holds its meet- ings in the Odd Fellows lodge rooms, the first and third Thursdays of each month, and is prominent among the Rebekah lodges of the county.
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