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LA HARPE LODGE, No. 195, was organized Feb- ruary 13, 1888, and worked under a warrant from the Grand Lodge until November 22nd of the same year, when the charter was received. The charter members were as follows: Brothers W. W. Gillon, Ed. Gillett, C. H. Ingraham, W. T. Campbell, A. H. Sears, John N. Bainter, V. B. Ingraham, John Cathers, William N. Gau- mer, D. R. Sights, George Coulson, J. R. R. Mor- ford, C. H. Figley, I. H. Todd, F. C. Peterson, J. C. Coulson, Zerah Kern, C. M. Strader, Wil- liam Smith, J. C. Craig, M. Sperry, C. L. Greer, Joy Sperry. Sisters : M. A. Campbell, Mary Figley, L. C. Gillett, Kate Wager, Letitia Sears,
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Alice M. Coulson, Zola Figley, Carrie Campbell, Lina Crum, Elizabeth Figley, Mary J. Smith, Eva Kern, Lilla Ingraham, Rose Gillon, Mary Peterson, Birdie Figley.
The officers are: Ella Woodside, noble grand; Ethel Headen, vice-grand; Clara Law, treas- urer; Charity Shrier, secretary.
ANGELICA LODGE No. 51 was organized at Warsaw, October 22, 1891. It was instituted by Genevieve Lodge No. 177, of Hamilton, this county. The present membership is seventy. The first officers were: B. F. Leinker, noble grand; Elizabeth White, vice-grand; Irene Leinker, recording secretary; Nellie White, treasurer. This lodge was composed of the fol- lowing charter members: C. H. Gumbel, Ernst Gumbel, B. F. Leinker, F. M. Waugh, C. H. Mc- Mahan, Wilson Strunk, J. W. Grant, W. H. White, Frank Herold, J. A. Hauft, H. Leiferman, G. A. Gumbel, A. F. Bliesener, Archie Clark, W. P. Raich, W. L. Winnard, H. A. Brinkman, and Madams Mary. Leinker, Irene Leinker, Lucy White, Nellie White, Elizabeth White, Eva Mc- Mahan, Jennie Grant, Ida Gumbel, Amelia Strunk, Belle Herrold, Salina Leiferman, Lucy Hauft, Minnie Bliesener, Maggie Clark, Nannie Trout.
The present officers are : Ora Anderson, noble grand ; Flora Hummel, vice-grand ; Lillian Ehlebe, recording secretary ; Emma Daugherty, financial secretary.
JESSAMINE LODGE No. 507 was organized at Bowen, in 1897 by the Hamilton Lodge. It now has a membership of about seventy-six. The first officers were: Ida Cornelius, noble grand ; Cora McClure, vice-grand ; Christie Ramsey, secretary ; Anna Lancaster, treasurer.
The Past Noble Grands for this lodge are: Ida Cornelius, Mollie Herron, Cora MeClure, Jessie Gant, Belle Bucklew, Rosa Camron, Edith Norris, Christie Ramsey, Hattie Dickhut, Mayme Gorby, Ella Crossland, Margaret Rist, Lavenia Gorby, Emma Schulze, Anna Nash, Emma New- land, Mary Hart, Bessie Brinkley, Nellie Norris, Minnie Neal, Mertie Veach, Susie Cecil, Ella Brunson, Effie Young, Clara Neal, Stella Thomp- son, Josephine Shenic, Lulie Hornecker, Belle Gorby, Lulu Waddill, Della Baxter, Elsie Smith, Dona Ouren, Mary Akers, Tillie Cnadler, Lizzie Junk, Pearl Robertson, Geneva Reed, Bernice McNeil, Gladys Matthew, Anna Gorby.
The officers for 1918-19 are: Anna Gorby, noble grand; Dora Oakman, vice-grand; Mary Akers, secretary ; John Young, treasurer.
PLYMOUTH LODGE No. 549 was organized by M. P. Berry, Grand Master, Carthage, Septem- ber 1, 1899, with the following charter members : Anna Tuck Sapp, Nellie Monk, Lulu Garrison, Olivia Scott, Ed Huey, Mattie Sapp, Alice Cox, Nellie Toland, Mary Foster, Sarah Underwood, Cecilia Shaffer, Edna Bickford, Rose Ellis, Mae De Witt, Lena Aldridge, Mary Mullen, Emma Nelson, Nellie Tuck, William Hook, Nellie Hook, R. H. Berry, W. G. Pendell, Pearl G. Smith, Ella McDaniel, George Tuck, L. R. Phelps, Lizzie Wymore, Lizzie Monk, Emma Wheeler, T. J. McDaniel, Eva McWherter, Nettie Pendell, Maude M. Sapp, J. E. McWherter, G. E. Hend- . ricks, G. L. Martin, J. M. Groves, M. P. Mullen, W. O. Tuck, Margaret Bennett, D. J. Frank, E. E. Ellis, Lavinia Bartell, Ella Johnson, Iona Lawton, Inez Bickford, Z. F. Bickford, A. E. Shaffer, Annie Thomas, W. L. Irwin, A. T. Bar- tell, Lizzie Johnson, J. W. White, J. W. Metcalf, John Wear, R. M. Hendrickson, Burr Foster, Cora A. Tuck, Josie Walton, Josephine Wear, Lizzie Hendricks, Della Martin, Jennie Irwin, Lizzie Toland, William Toland, - Lawton, William Chapman, Mary Chapman, George Hom- berger, M. M. Monk, H. A. Long, Laura Long, Samuel Monk, Mae Aleshire, Daisy Neuman, Abbie Shaffer, Nellie Shaffer, Will Smith.
The original offices were: Nellie Monk, noble grand; Eva McWherter, vice-grand; Lizzie Smith, secretary ; Pearl Smith, treasurer ; Ella McDaniel, chaplain. The present officers are : Josie Huey, noble grand; Laura Long, vice- grand; Maud Wright, secretary; Myrtle Hart- sook, treasurer.
The Past Noble Grands are : Lena Aldridge, Ada McDaniel, Inez Bickford, Etta Brown, Alice Brown, Cora Chapman, Alice Clouse, Rose Ellis, Mabel Emery, Grafton, Josie Huey, Abbie Huey, Myrtle Hartsook, Laura Hamilton, Mae Johnson, Laura Long, Lizzie Monk, Nellie Monk, Eva McWherter, Anna Sapp, Edna Bick- ford, Ella McDaniel, Nellie Toland, Lavinia Bartell, Mary Mullen, Lizzie Johnson, Lula Gar- rison, Cecilia Shaffer, Maude Wright, Fannie Hendrickson, Lida Wear, Myrtle Thomas, Pearl Smith, Edna Robbins, Trila Grafton, Rosa Mackey.
CRYSTAL GLEN REBEKAH LODGE No. 254 was instituted at Nauvoo on March 29, 1889. The charter members were Carrie Schoell, Celia Mills, Kate Reimbold, Jennie Hobbs, Mrs. Wil- liam Fisher, E. J. Baxter, J. W. Reimbold, Fred Schoell, J. F. Argast, Conrad Argast, Fred Kop-
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penhafer, C. E. Bidamon, Henry Harsch, Jacob Walter, John Wilhelmy and Charles Hobbs. The first officers were : Celia Mills, Noble Grand ; William J. Fisher, Vice-Grand ; Kate Reimbold, Secretary ; Carrie Schoell, Treasurer ; J. F. Ar- gast, Right Senior Noble Grand ; C. E. Bidamon, Left Senior Noble Grand; Jennie Hobbs, War- den; E. J. Baxter, Conductor, Jacob Walter, Inside Guard; Fred Schoell, Outside Guard ; A. C. Mills, Chaplain.
The by-laws were drafted by Sister Fisher and Brothers Mills and Reimbold.
The present membership is 121. Meetings are held every second and third Fridays of each month.
By invitation the District Convention of Re- bekahs met at Nauvoo in 1915, S. Emma Wal- ther being District President at that time. Nauvoo has two Past District Presidents, S. Emma Walther and Mittie Hibbard. Our de- gree staff has put on the work at district meet- ings at Warsaw, Ill., and also at Fort Madison, Iowa, and at meetings of numerous lodges in both states. Crystal Glen Lodge has Sisters who are official instructors and examiners, who have assisted with that work at the State As- sembly.
The past Noble Grands of this lodge are Ellen Amsler, Minnie Beisel, Stella Baumert, Alice Baxter, Carrie Benne, Carrie Bertschi, Lizetta Buckert, Gertrude Bechtel, Sophia Harsch, Sula Bicker, Mittie Hibbard Louise Hudson, Agnes Harlacher, Lina Hertenstein, Minnie Krueger, Sylvia Krueger, Celia Mills, Edith McGregor, Ada Rahn, Adoline Rahn, Edna Binder, Iva Rose, Myrtle Salm Lulu Schmidt, Catherine Stelzner, Emma Walther, Lulu Walther, Zelda Rheinberger, Leota Walther, Eunice Gnann. Edna Berger, Goldie Datin.
The present officers are: Carrie Bush, Noble Grand; Blanche Young, Vice-Grand; Lulu Schmidt, Recording Secretary ; Sylvia Krueger, Financial Secretary ; Carrie Bertschi, Treasurer ; Lucy Scheu, Warden; Clara Cambre, Conduc- tress ; Louise Hudson, Chaplain ; Charles Hud- son, Inside Guard; John Bertschi, Outside Guard.
AUGUSTA LODGE No. 718 was organized De- cember 1, 1909, by Ella Reeve, P. P. The char- ter membership was as follows: Pearl Artz, Irene Bredette, Anna Brunton, Julia Clarkson, Edna Curtis, Pearl Carter, Cora Ellis, Minnie Ferris, Ollie Fahey, Sarah Gordon, Lottie Hough, Mary Holt, Kate Ketchem, Alice Lem-
mon, Ethel McAfee, Louise Markee, Hannah Morrison, Jessie Miller, Elizabeth Miller, Nettie Mickle, Mary Pitney, Effie Pickins, Alice Rit- tenhouse, Addie Stockton, Emma Stockton, Sylvia Stockton, Stella Springston, Lela Parr, Gertie VanHorn, Bernethu Walsh, Louise Wein- berg, Maude Young, Edwin Artz, H. P. Bredette, John Clarkson, A. E. Dickes, B. F. Ellis, James Frend, S. D. Faris, William Hough, M. G. Markee, Dr. Valentine, B. F. Newnhan, James Stockton, Kelsey Morrison, George Miller, C. E. Stockton, William Springston, Earnest Carter. The original officers of this Lodge were: Mrs. Mary Holt, noble grand; Mrs. Irene Bredette, vice-grand; Ollie Fahey, secretary ; Lizzie Mil- ler, treasurer.
The present officers are: Mrs. Ida Foster, Noble Grand; Mrs. Hannah Morrison, vice- grand; Mrs. Irene Bredette, secretary ; Mrs. Ollie Fahey, treasurer.
The past presiding officers are: Mary Holt, Irene Bredette, Ollie Fahey, Alice Rittenhouse, Dora Bertholf, Jessie Miller, Elizabeth Miller, Frone Ward, Gertie Van Horn, Anna Fowler, Alice Lemmon, Ethel McAfee, Bertha Winters.
EDGIVIA LODGE No. 504 was established at West Point, July 9, 1897, with charter members as follows : F. M. Clark, Harry Worrell, W. A. Worth, C. C. Hart, S. G. Corbin, L. C. Clark, A. Scott, H. A. Charpentier, Robert Ward, F. H. Hinkle, John Kimball, Alvin McCune, J. M. Clark, H. A. Eyman, Thomas Corbin, Bell Clarke, Milo McMillan, Rose Corbin, Emily Scott, Maria Charpentier, Minnie Ward, May Opie, Anna Harper, Minerva Slatery, Susie Hicks, Mattie Collons, Blanche Eyman, Lydia Guthrie, Violet Rankin, Ora Shaffer, Neva Hinkle, Jane Worth, Ida Hart. The first officers were: Ora Shaffer, noble grand; Violet Rankin, vice-grand; Neva Hinkle, recording secretary ; Ida Hart, financial secretary ; Jane Worth, treasurer.
The present officers are: Mrs. Iona Craw- ford, noble grand; Miss Edith Youngman, vice- grand; Mrs. Tina Mensendick, recording and financial secretary ; Mrs. Ida Hart, treasurer. Present membership is thirty-five.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
HANCOCK LODGE No. 56. The order of the Knights of Pythias is the third eldest of the secret societies now in existence in the world, Masonry being first and Independent Order of
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Odd Fellows being second. The Knights of Pythias order was organized at Washington City, D. C., just at the close of the Civil War and several of its charter members are still living.
The first Lodge of this fraternity in Hancock County was Hancock Lodge No. 56, organized at Dallas City, March 15, 1875, by J. B. Herd- man. The charter members were: C. B. Finch, J. F. Casper, Jacob Welker, James McKinney, F. M. Elliott, George F. Wibbell, Henry Bordey, Ed. B. Finch, M. Tandy, N. O. B. Landakar, Mr. G. Harris, W. C. Walker, Jr., J. M. Casper, James Logan, John F. Duffy, C. W. Lehman, J. B. Duffy, Harry Casting. The lodge now has a membership of about seventy-nine. It owns a hall in the third story of what is known as the Byer's Brick Block, built in 1904.
The first officers were: E. M. Robbins, past chancellor ; P. C. Walker, Chancellor Com- mander ; W. B. Snyder, vice chancellor; A. S. Casper, prelate; L. W. Landakar, master of ex- chequer ; J. M. Shaffner, master of finance; C. B. Finch, keeper of records and seals; H. W. Walker, master at arms; G. F. Wibbell, inside guard ; J. B. Duffy, outside guard. The present officers are: J. D. Butler, chancellor com- mander ; E. E. Ash, vice chancellor ; C. P. Hull, prelate; Ed Mead, master of work; M. E. Cas- per, keeper of records and seals and master of finance; Paul Lorenz, master of exchequer ; J. E. Little, master at arms; W. A. Rice, inside guard; E. A. Gebhardt, outside guard. Trus- tees, John Highfield, C. L. Shain and W. W. Lung.
The past presiding officers are: P. C. Walker, W. B. Snyder, A. S. Carper, C. B. Finch, M. G. Harris, V. O. Canfield, James Mckinney, C. W. Lehman, J. M. Lionberger, F. J. Flint, W. A. Rollosson, G. M. Cummings, R. T. Carter, M. W. Cummings, F. W. Burg, C. P. Hull, M. O. Ranck, W. A. Feldhousen, F. Bierman, Nelse Swanson, L. S. Reid, A. D. Welker, F. C. Richart, John Highfield, F. F. Reynolds, H. O. Carper, M. E. Carper, Geo. Shaffner, F. O. Pershing, F. W. Hinckly, Charles Jones, G. Ed Maftzger, Wil- liam M. Wheatley, E. E. Ash, C. L. Shain, J. B. Denker, W. D. Reese.
VICTORY LODGE No. 524 was organized at Augusta, May, 1895, by John A. Miller, grand chancellor. The charter members were: Frank H. Eastman, George H. Slingerland, Benj. B. Crain, George N. Bottorff, Olin Emmery, Cloville Young, Victor B. Skinner, Charles A. Koontz,
William O. Farlow, Franklin E. Wood, Eugene E Van Brunt, Prince W. Hedberg, John E. Newcomb, William M. Crain, Frank E. Williams, Rollo Frank, Swan G. Swanson, Charles H. Watts, Milton G. Markee, Benj. F. Ellis, Ed- ward W. Bushong, Sterling P. Lemmon, Eugene H. Darby, William B: Maddox, John F. Bottorff, Fred M. King.
The first officers were: Frank H. Eastman, chancellor commander ; George H. Slingerland, vice chancellor ; Benj. B. Crain, prelate ; Prince W. Hedburg, master at work; Sterling P. Lem- mon, keeper of records and seals; Augustus F. Henning, master of finance; Samuel E. McAfee, master of exchequer ; John E. Newcomb, master at arms; Swan G. Swanson, inside guard ; Ben F. Ellis, outside guard.
The present officers are: Charles H. Mead, chancellor commander; Bruce G. Markee, vice chancellor ; B. B. Crain, prelate; S. E. McAfee, master of finance; A. F. Henning, master of exchequer ; A. E. Decker, keeper of records and seals; John Newcomb, master at work; Chester McCreary, master at arms; Carl E. Dawkins, inside guard ; T. S. West, outside guard.
The membership is about ninety-seven.
The past presiding officers are: George H. Slingerland, Arthur E. Decker, Tobe S. West, Samuel E. McAfee, Augustus F. Henning. The hall occupied by this order is owned by the First National Bank.
OCCIDENT LODGE No. 388 was organized at Carthage, October 19, 1893, by Charles A. Barnes, grand chancellor of Illinois. The charter members were: William H. Hartzell, R. H. McAnulty, Will C. Newton, Edward M. Robbins, George R. Glossop, Henry C. Hoch, Edward F. Stepp, Fred B. Stevenson, Charles T. Carey, Charles J. Scofield, Earl C. Barber, Charles Dickerson, Irving Mayor, J. Mack Sholl, J. Edward Helfrich, Charles S. De Hart, Robert R. Cannon, Arthur M. Thompson, Charles Stepp, James H. Wood, Willard C. Hamilton, U. Hinesly, John W. Williams, C. P. Stough, Fred E. Blackman, W. E. Lyon, Luther H. Shipton, Leon W. Berry, M. M. Printy, Orville F. Berry, E. C. Quinby, Robert L. Casburn, John F. Scott, Edwin F. Coombs, Nicholas J. Helfrich, and William E. Boswell.
The first officers were: Edward M. Robbins, past chancellor ; Charles J. Scofield, chancellor commander ; H. C. Hoch, vice chancellor; Wil- lard C. Hamilton, prelate; F. E. Blackman, master of exchequer; J. Mack Sholl, master
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of finance; George R, Glossop, keeper of records and seals; U. Hinesly, master at arms; Charles Stepp, inside guard, R. H. McAnulty, outside guard; Trustees, Charles S. De Hart, William E. Boswell, R. L. Casburn.
The present membership of this lodge is about forty. The officers are: J. Paul Califf, chancel- lor commander; Linus Cruise, vice-chancellor ; Clyde Ervin, prelate; John Chevillon, master at arms; John Helfrich, master of work; Will C. Newton, keeper of records and seals and master of finance; Earl W. Wood, master of Ex- checquer ; Ed. L. Strader, inside guard; Ed. Clark, Jr., outside guard.
The past chancellors are : Charles J. Scofield, Charles S. De Hart, John W. Williams, John D. Miller, Irving Mayor, Melvin P. Berry, John F. Helfrich, Will C. Newton, George K. Fleming, William L. Jacoby, Linus Cruise, John C. Chevil- lon, Farrell Cutler, Clyde Ervin, Charles A. Orth, Ed. L. Strader, J. Paul Calif, Eugene Bolton, John Price, William Bower
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
ALLEMAN COUNCIL No. 1853, Nauvoo, is the representative in the county of the Catholic fra- ternal and benevolent order of the Knights of Columbus. Its charter members were: Rev. L. C. Tholen, Louis V. Datin, William A. Argast, L. C. Schaefer, George Hemmy, Phin J. Kimball, Charles Riter, John R. Moffitt, Hillary Herbert, Frank L. Herbert, J. F. Pilkington, George Pilk- ington, James L. Ogden, Nick S. Welch, Andy Bowlin, Edwin Bowlin, Roy F. Radel, Ellsworth Radel, William Haas, J. B. Monroe, Maurice Monroe, Henry Monroe, A. M. Faulkner, S. G. McBride, Elmer McBride, Maurice McBride, L. A. McBride, William Conn, D. F. Wilkens, S. T. Kelly, Thomas G. Kelly, Thomas D. Kelly, B. F. Schaefer, L. M. Schaefer, Ray J. Schafer, Harold Rheinberger, Jos. F. Wilkens, James Stack, Thomas McGuire, George Hogan, John A. Casey, Paul P. Schenk, Louis A. Meirs, William Moffitt, Ralph Kuntz, Leo Haas, Donald A. Berger, Carl J. Haas, Fred C. Haas, Oscar T. Haas, William Yager, Edwin Wellner, George Wilkens, Carl J. Wilkens, Gabe Wilkens, Albert Weber, William Mackie, Henry Herbert, Glenn Isaac, John R. Boyles, Raymond Monroe, T. M. Dettmar, John P. Boeddeker, F. J. Boeddeker.
The first officers were : Louis V. Datin, grand knight; Phin J. Kimball, deputy grand knight; Ray J. Schaefer, chancellor ; Wm. A. Argast, re-
corder ; Charles Riter, financial secretary ; Donald A. Beger, treasurer; Harold Rhein- berger, lecturer ; J. L. Ogden, advocate; George Hemmy, warden; L. A. Meirs, inside guard ; Hillary Herbert, outside guard. The three trustees were: L. C. Shaefer, William Yager and Ellsworth Radel. The chaplain was Rev. L. C. Tholen.
The present officers are: Rev. L. C. Tholen, grand knight; Frank Herbert, deputy grand knight; Maurice Monroe, chancellor; Albert Weber, recorder; Paul Schenk, financial secre- tary ; Max Kirschbaum, treasurer; George Hemmy, lecturer; Charles Schmidt, advocate; George Pilkington, warden; Lucien Shaefer, in- side guard ; Ralph Wilkins, outside guard; L. C. Shaefer, Ellsworth Radel, Edw. Bowlin, trus- toes; Rev. F. A. Cleary, chaplain. The mem- bership is about 156. There are subdivisions at Carthage and Warsaw, about 175 members in all.
MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
PLYMOUTH ROCK CAMP No. 788 was organized at Plymouth, December 20, 1888, with the fol- lowing charter members: C. C. Hamilton, J. W. Metcalf, L. G. Radkey, Thomas C. Stuart, N. H. Tuck, S. M. Walton, D. E. Wade, John Wright, John McWherter, Dan Adams, Burt Thompson, E. H. Higbee, Dr. W. S. Hendricks, W. A. Ruggles, W. S. Romick, David Van Meter, D. J. Frank, O. H. McQuary.
The first officers were: W. S. Romick, Ven. consul; O. H. McQuary, worthy adviser ; C. C. Hamilton, clerk; D. Van Meter, banker; Burt Thompson, escort. The present officers are: W. E. Phillips, Ven. consul; James Wade, worthy adviser ; W. B. Cox, manager ; J. E. McWherter, escort; Fred G. Thomas, clerk; Fred L. Smith, banker. There is a membership of about 113.
AUGUSTA CAMP No. 527 was organized March 15, 1888, by deputy J. A. Westfall and the charter membership was as follows: W. H. Mead, F. A. Warden, P. V. Ellis, J. P. Ellis, J. B. Stockton, William M. Ross, L. H. Dexter, W. R. Dexter, Edwin Arts, Sr., J. A. Robertson, Moses Weinberg, B. A. Thornhill, M. Hess, J. D. Hess, J. E. Lord, Edwin Artz, Jr., Edwin West, Geo. A. Richardson, W. G. Ketchem, H. D. Wil- liams, William Golen. It has a membership of about 133 members. The first officers were; W. H. Mead, venerable consul; Edwin Artz, Sr., worthy adviser; J. D. Hess, banker; G. A.
Daniel H Kraus haar and Family
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Worden, clerk; L. H. Dexter, escort; Moses Weiberg, watchman; Dr. P. V. Ellis, physician ; J. B. Stockton, sentinel.
The present officers are: G. H. Slingerland, venerable consul; C. H. Mead, worthy adviser; J. B. Stockton, banker; J. H. Rice, escort; Geo. P. Palmer, clerk; W. D. West, watchman; J. A. Mathews, sentry ; W. E. Hillyer, physician ; J. A. Meade, C. N. White and M. G. Markee, mana- gers.
The past presiding officers are : S. H. Dexter, P. G. Winfield, C. A. James, Ed. Stockton, W. H. Mead, J. B. Stockton, S. P. Lemmon, Bruce Shiudle, E. L. Thomas, Edwin Artz, Sr., E. S. Hughes, D. H. Mickle, Roy Bottorff," G. H. Slingerland. The camp meets twice a month in third story of the Grigson & Pitney drug store building.
WARSAW CAMP No. 340 was organized May, 1887, and now enjoys a membership of about 185. The first officers were. W. R. Fairchild, first venerable consul ; Ed P. Becker, clerk, J. Eaton Johnston, banker. Present officers: W. F. Burkhart, consul ; George E. Shaefer, ad- viser ; William F. Stuckwish, watchman; Fred F. Schildman, banker ; H. Boulanger, sentry; J. Eaton Johnson, clerk (has been clerk for four- teen years and still acting) ; P. D. Gaunt, M. D., and S. E. Matzke, M. D., camp physicians; C. E. Wallace, M. T. Hunt, Chas. A. Young, managers.
This camp had two members in the United States Navy and nine in the army, several going overseas. Meetings are held in Odd Fellows Hall, but the camp expects to lease another hall in the near future.
RESCUE CAMP No. 212, Hamilton, was organ- ized several years ago with the following char- ter members : Albert D. Hazen, Albert B. Agnew, Edward Buchanan, Sherman T. Dodge, Charles H. Dodge, Ernest M. Leroy, Charles W. Moore, Silas P. Hubbard, W. K. Githens, Marcel Leroy, Emile H. Leroy, F. M. Jackson. The present membership is about ninety-five.
The first officers were: M. LeRoy, venerable consul ; F. M. Jackson, worthy adviser; E. M. Leroy, banker; W. K. Githens, clerk. The pres- ent officers are :. E. W. Hosford, venerable con- sul ; O. E. King, worthy adviser ; H. M. Cuerden, banker; E. M. Leroy, clerk.
BOWEN CAMP No. 1,014 was organized in 1887 and now has about 110 members. Its present officers are: W. J. Carlin, venerable consul ; Harry B. Marsh, clerk; E. C. Rice, escort; John
Rice, Jr., banker, Will Nash, sentry ; J. C. Her- ron, watchman.
ELVASTON CAMP No. 3,155 was organized Au- gust 27, 1895, by Deputy Head Consul T. W. New- man, with charter members as follows: Lyman Watt, Gilliead Bartholomew, Zenas Morey, George W. Ellison, C. A. Day, Dr. C. Runyon, Dutch Sollard, Stanley Barnes, Fran E. Chap- man, George T. Phepps, Samuel L. Howes, Wil- liam Roasa. The present membership is about seventy-five. The first officers were: Lyman Watt, consul; Gilliead Bartholomew, adviser; Xenas J. Morey, clerk; George W. Ellison, banker; C. A. Day, escort. The present officers are : James Dowdall, consul; Isaac Fisher, ad- viser; Fred C. Grauff, banker, B. F. Lewis, clerk ; W. P. Williams, escort.
The past consuls are: Lyman Watt, Morris Grubb, Zenas J. Morey, Dr. J. A. Miller ; B. F. Lewis, James Cozad, George T. Phipps, F. B. Horney, William Roasa, Nick Kinman, William Gable, C. S. Caldwell, James Dowall.
TEMPLE CAMP No. 905 was organized at Nau- voo March 24, 1892, with the following officers in charge: Consul, H. C. Dachroth; Adviser, Robert Aitchison; Banker, A. C. Mills; Clerk, Lewis Hudson; Escort, L. K. Parker; Physi- cian, W. M. Haggett ; Watchman, H. J. Bossler ; Sentry, A. C. Rahn; Managers, A. J. Beger, 3 years; E. J. Baxter, 2 years; Len Hudson, 1 year. The present officers are: Consul, Geo. H. Hart; Adviser, Mike Baumert; Banker, A. J. Schneider ; Clerk, E. W. Tuttle; Escort, Wm. Schenk; Watchman, Henry Schenk ; Sentry, John Wolf; Physician, Dr. W. M. Haggett ; Man- agers, A. J. Beger, Len Hudson, E. J. Baxter. The present membership is 128.
The following camps have been established and exist in this county, and the following Royal Neighbor organizations exist here also, of which no specific account is above given, for the reason that the information has not been supplied. If the information can be obtained, it will be embodied in a final chapter wherein will be set forth matters of interest which it has been impossible to embody in earlier chap- ters, because of the difficulty of ascertaining the necessary facts. In many instances where application has been made to one person who would be supposed to know, that person has referred to another person, and that person to another, and it has been impossible for the editor in the brief period of a lifetime to pur- sue this endless chain, much as he would liave
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enjoyed doing so if time had permitted. In other cases the information has been furnished promptly, and sometimes in considerable detail. In other instances the facts furnished are bare outlines.
List of camps of Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica of which no specific account is above given : Adrian, No. 3086; Basco, No. 2588 ; Burnside, No. 2163; Carthage, No. 326; Colusa, No. 3601; Dallas City, No. 1496; Denver, No. 3374; Disco, No. 6888; Ferris, No. 5962; Fountain Green, No. 2360; La Harpe, No. 428; Dallas, No. 7462; Middle Creek, No. 2561; Niota, No. 1658; Pow- ellton, No. 6572; Stillwell, No. 6848; Tioga, No. 6432; West Point, No. 836.
List of camps of Royal Neighbors of America of which no specific account is above given :
Augusta, No. 613; Bowen, No. 5042; Burnside, No. 5638; Colusa, No. 2011; Dallas City, No. 1533; Elvaston, No. 4708; Fountain Green, No. 388; Hamilton, No. 5824; Mallard, No. 2454; Middle Creek, No. 2249; Nauvoo, No. 2811; Niota, No. 1361; Plymouth, No. 812; Pontoosuc, No. 1541; Powellton, No. 5902; Stillwell, No. 5697; Tioga, No. 6408; Warsaw, No. 455; West Point, No. 5607.
ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA
PEARL SMITH CAMP NO. 5,042. The Royal Neighbors of America is the woman's auxiliary of the Modern Woodmen of America. The county has numerous societies of this kind and those who have reported for this work are as follows :
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