History of Franklin County, Indiana : her people, industries and institutions, Part 33

Author: Reifel, August J
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1648

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Owosso Tribe No. 214, Improved Order of Red Men, at Whitcomb, Brookville township, was organized December 27, 1894, by Lewis Hahn, with charter members as follows: Thomas Lingar, Charles H. Myers, N. H. Duncan, John R. Gouldie, Edward H. Morin, A. T. Updike, Wayne Smolley, James Goudie, George T. Coates, Charles Linderman, Henry Myers, J. R. Bright, J. C. Morin, Bert Logan, James Lingar, Joe Murch, Henry Geiling, Frank Phenis, W. T. Prifogle, John Flack, S. M. Seal, Nathan Proctor, Frank Moorman, Charles F. Holliday, P. M. Elwell, Sol Hammer, David Hammer, Charles M. Elliott, I. A. Popper, Charles Saunders, Frank E. Myers, Lew Linderman, Sherman Miller, Wilbert Rogers, William H. Cates, Matt Steele, M. B. Shocket, William G. Myers, William Gregg, George A. Pri- fogle, John E. Rogers, Asa Saunders, James Boyce, Bert Quick, Thomas J. Robinson, Albert M. Rogers, Charles Harrop.

The tribe now has a membership of fifty nine. They have owned a build-

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ing for about fifteen years, its cost being about four hundred and fifty dol- lars. It was purchased from the old Grange of the township.

The 1915 elective officers of the tribe are: Henry Geiling, sachem; Nathan Proctor, senior sagamore; Alfred Clark, junior sagamore; Allen Lanning, prophet ; Leo Hill, chief of records; M. J. Updike, keeper of wam- pum ; M. P. Elwell, Freeman Stuart and Charles M. Elliott, trustees.

Lodge No. 90, Daughters of Pocahontas, is a live, active body and a great aid to the tribe.

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.

The only lodge of this fraternity in Franklin county, White Water Valley Aerie No. 1129, is at Brookville. It was instituted June 29, 1905, with about one hundred and twenty-five charter members. It now has a membership of one hundred and two. In the United States this fraternity has a following of over four hundred thousand, and is only about nineteen years old. The first officers of the Brookville Aerie were: President, Ona Climer ; secretary, Dora F. Gagle ; treasurer, A. O. Cates. The order owns its own building, the first floor being occupied by the National Theater. They meet the first and third Mondays in each month. The officers in the spring of 1915 are as fol- lows : President, Paul H. Killen ; vice-president, Charles Senefeld ; secretary, Frank Deutsch; treasurer, John A. Schum; chaplain, John E. Williams ; trus- tees, R. H. Cook, W. A. Fries, William H. West ; inside guard, Herman Metzger ; outside guard, Albert A. Williams.

BROOKVILLE CAMP NO. 14672, MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA.

Brookville Camp No. 14672, Modern Woodmen of America was organ- ized December 12, 1910, with the following charter members: Charles H. Blacklidge, Arthur O. Cates, Abraham Davis, Harry Rusterholz and Lewis Schreiner. The officers for the current year are as follows: Charles Black- lidge, venerable consul ; Frank Brake, worthy advisor; Lewis Schreiner, bank- er ; Joe Siebert, clerk ; O. L. DeBeck, escort; Harry Rusterholz, watchman ; Charles Cooksey, sentry ; I. D. Garrigues, physician. The present membership is fourteen.

CHAPTER XVI

LITERARY CLUBS AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS.

It is an axiom of human nature that people are gregarious and prefer to mingle together rather than to isolate themselves from the world. There have been organizations of people from the earliest times and at the present time there are literally thousands of different active organizations in the United States. These include all kinds of clubs, labor unions, benevolent and protective societies ; organizations for men, for women and for children; or- ganizations for social purposes, for the working classes, for the rich and poor ; for Jew and gentile, for all nationalities; in short, there is a club for every purpose, and for every kind of people.

There have been organizations of one kind or another in Franklin county for three-quarters of a century. In the days before the Civil War there were debating societies and literary clubs scattered over the county. In fact, most of the organizations up until the past score of years were literary in character. Brookville College supported two literary societies whose programs, as shown in the local papers of the day, were of a high literary character. Where there was one club fifty years ago for the women of Brookville, there are now nearly a dozen, each doing its own particular work and yet all working to- ward the same general end. There are some clubs which admit both men and women to membership, namely. the Saturday Club and the Historical Society.

JULIA DUMONT SOCIETY.

It was a group of bright girls who were attending Brookville College in 1853 who established an organization which antedated Sorosis by fifteen years. On December 16, 1853, a group of Brookville girls, whose names were well known in the history of the town, organized the Julia Dumont Society, naming it thus in honor of one of the leading women educators of the day. These girls were the Misses Clarkson, Hitt, Holland, Haymond and Price. Georgiana Holland, now Mrs. C. C. Binckley, of No. 402 North Delaware street, Indianapolis, was president of the society during a part of its early career. Among its members who are still living are Mrs. C. C. Binckley ;

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Mrs. Rowena Price Hamer, of Denver ; Mrs. Lee Yaryan, of Richmond ; Mrs. W. H. Bracken and Mrs. S. S. Harrell, of Brookville.

The members of the society studied literature and did not a little original work themselves. They had a furnished room in the college building in Brookville equipped with all the furnishings of a modest library, and it was open to the members at all hours. Young women attending the college from other points were admitted to membership and in that way the society carried upon its roll women who became prominent educators and writers. Among the latter, the name of Mrs. Forcythe Willson became well known as a poetess even before she married her poet-husband ; the name of Mrs. Mary Bassett Hussey, a Brookville girl, is also one of the well-remembered members of the society.

This society did good work for about twenty years and then, as has been and always will be the case, the girls married and moved away, and the Julia Dumont Society, one of the first women's literary clubs of the United States, ceased to exist.

MARRIED WOMEN'S SOCIAL CLUB.

The oldest active women's organization of Brookville is the Married Women's Social Club, which was organized November 12, 1900, with thirty- nine ladies present. The original purpose of the club was "to promote socia- bility and have a good time generally," and during the fifteen years of its existence it has fairly lived up to its motto. Although the social side was the principal object during the earlier career of the club, it has also done some interesting work along the lines of music, art and civic improvement. It is federated with the county, district and state federations.

The first officers of the club were as follows: President, Mrs. A. H. Rockafellar ; vice-president, Mrs. F. W. Hathaway ; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. K. C Meyers. The present officers are as follows: President. Mrs. S. S. Harrell; first vice-president, Mrs. I. M. Bridgeman; second vice-president, Mrs. J. E. Morton ; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. R. J. Cain.

The original thirty-nine members were Mesdames J. O. Adams, Charles Bishop, John Bishop, Cliff Bruns, Fred Bruns, Lillie Burkhart, R. J. Cain, Douglas Case, Ora Case. W. D. Bradt, Ada Dennett, Nora Feicht, Martha Goodwin, Rose Goudie, S. S. Harrell, Will Heasom, F. W. Hathaway, M. P. Hubbard. Alice Haymond, Charles Hutchinson, M. H. Irwin, John Kimble, G. Ray King, Frank Masters, Charles Masters, O. M. Meyncke, K. C. Mevers, Charles Miller. E. L. Patterson, Frank Moorman, L. A. Rockafellar, W. H.

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Senour, J. C. Shirk, Dudley Templeton, Herman Trichler, H. S. Voorhees, Ada Holmes, H. P. Smith and Harry Smith.

The membership in 1915 included forty-two women, which is the limit now provided by the constitution. Twenty-three of the charter members still belong to the club. The full roster of members for 1915 is here given : Mesdames J. O. Adams, I. M. Bridgeman, John Bishop, W. H. Bracken, W. D. Bradt, Lillie Burkhart, G. B. Buckingham, Clara Charni, Clinton Case, R. J. Cain, O. M. Cowing, Elmer Dennett, George Dickson, Martha Goodwin, N. E. Holmes, M. P. Hubbard, S. S. Harrell, F. W. Hathaway; M. H. Irwin, John Kimble, A. N. Logan, Frank S. Masters, Charles Masters, J. E. Mor- ton, Charles Miller, Rose Miller, George Mullin, Frank McClure, George O'Byrne, E. L. Patterson, A. H. Rockafellar, A. J. Reifel, J. C. Shirk, Harry Smith, W. H. Senour, John Scanlon, Herman Trichler and R. S. Taylor.

THE N Y CLUB.

The N Y Club dates its beginning from 1900, at which time the following young ladies banded themselves together for social purposes : Nelle Cooley, Nelle Swayne, Laura Swayne, Mable Ryan, Nelle Kimble, May Berry, Ethel Berry, Edna Harrell, Hallie Harrell, Zella Hutchinson, Edith Balsley, Winnie Morton, Anna Morton, Bertha Morton, Mary Goodwin and Katherine Winscott.

The first officers of the club included Winnie Morton as President and Nelle Kimble as secretary-treasurer. The present officers are Katherine Win- scott, president, and Aubra Ferris, secretary-treasurer. The other active members in 1915 include Winnie Morton, Laura Swayne, Gertrude Buckley, Cora Smith, Bertha Hermansdorfer, Nelle Swayne, Zella Winscott, Glenna Miller, Adah Masters and Maude Scanlon.

THE ART CLUB.

The Art Club was organized November 23, 1905, with seven charter members, namely: Miss H. S. McCready, Mrs. Minnie McCarty, Miss Jen- nie Miller, Mrs. Sophia Buckingham, Mrs. Blanche Smith, Mrs. Ethel Crist and Mrs. Lillie Winans. At the second meeting Miss Nora Cameron and Mrs. Bertha Dietz were added. The club was organized with the idea of mutual improvement and helpfulness among its members. It has given par- ticular attention to all kinds of fancy work.

The first officers were Miss Salina McCready, president, and Mrs. Min- nie McCarty, vice-president. The presidents from the time of organization

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down to the present have been as follows: Miss Salina McCready, Mrs. Kate Smiester, Mrs. Sophia Buckingham, Mrs. Bertha Dietz, Mrs. Minnie McCarty, Mrs. Ethel Crist, Mrs. Cora Taylor, and Mrs. Ella Lacy, the present incum- bent. The vice-president for 1915 is Mrs. Mary Harwood; the secretary- treasurer is Miss Mary Moore. The program committee is made up of Mrs. McCarty, Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Kissel. The list of twenty-five active members for 1915 follow : Mrs. Jennie Allen, Miss Nora Cameron, Mrs. Flo Clymer, Mrs. Ethel Crist, Mrs. Mae Croninger, Mrs. Bertha Dietz, Mrs. Mary Har- wood, Mrs. Rose Hornung, Mrs. Sophia Kissel, Mrs. Ella Lacy, Mrs. Minnie McCarty, Miss Winnie Morton, Miss Mary Moore, Miss Jennie Miller, Mrs. Lelia Roberts, Mrs. Bena Ritze, Mrs. Kate Smiester, Mrs. Blanche Smith, Mrs. Cora Taylor, Mrs. Myrtle Trichler, Mrs. Lou E. VanNess, Mrs. Lilly Winans, Mrs. Alpha White, Mrs. Lou Wise and Mrs. Clara Younts. The five honorary members are Mrs. Grace Moorman, Miss Adah Masters, Mrs. Elitha Swartzel, Mrs. Belle Remy and Mrs. Marie Ritze. Since its organiza- tion, ten years ago, only four members have died, Miss Salina McCready, Mrs. Kate Moore, Mrs. Sophia Buckingham and Mrs. Anna Stalcup.

BROOKVILLE STUDY CLUB.

The Brookville Study Club was the outgrowth of the desire on the part of four women to organize a club for purely literary purposes. These women, Mrs. Dora Seal, Mrs. George O'Byrne, Miss Margaret Dickson and Mrs. S. S. Harrell,-worked out the plans for the proposed club and on October 18, 1909, invited a small number of women to meet with them and assist in the organization of the club. The officers elected on this date were as follows : President, Mrs. S. S. Harrell; vice-president, Mrs. I. M. Bridgeman; secre- tary-treasurer, Miss Margaret Dickson.

This club is truly what its name indicates and devotes itself exclusively to literary and general cultural studies. It meets every two weeks from Septem- ber to June and holds a two-hour afternoon session. The first hour is given to the presentation of some subject of general interest; the second hour is devoted to current events and leading questions of the day are discussed both formally and informally. It is federated with the county and district federa- tions.

The present officers of the club are as follows: President, Miss Mar- garet Dickson ; vice-president, Mrs. Mattie Meyers; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Amanda Patterson. The members for 1915 include Mrs. Winifred Adams, Mrs. Alice Bridgeman, Mrs. Jennie Buckingham, Mrs. Mary Cain, Mrs. Clara

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Charni, Mrs. Mae Charni, Miss Margaret Dickson, Mrs. Annella Ferris, Mrs. Sarah Harrell, Mrs. Kathryn Kimble, Mrs. Rose Logan, Mrs. Ola Masters, Mrs. Mattie Meyers, Mrs. Mary O'Byrne, Mrs. Amanda Patterson, Mrs. Ella Rockafellar, Mrs. Nora Senour, Mrs. Hallie Showalter and Mrs. Bertha Hermansdorfer. The club has lost three members by death since its organiza- tion, Mrs. Kate Moore (1910), Miss Margaret McClure (1911) and Mrs. Dora Seal ( 1914).

MOTHERS' CLUB.

The Mothers' Club was formally organized October 28, 1909, by fourteen women of Brookville. The first officers were as follows: President, Mrs. George Mullen ; vice-president, Mrs. Charles Masters ; secretary, Mrs. August Hermansdorfer. The charter members were Mrs. Ottis Adams, Mrs. August J. Reifel, Mrs. Alexander Cory, Mrs. M. P. Hubbard, Mrs. Charles Dobyns Mrs. Claire Buckley, Mrs. Will Baker, Mrs. August Brown, Mrs. John Scan- lon, Mrs. Charles Masters, Mrs. George Mullen, Mrs. Ernest Showalter, Mrs. Leroy Templeton, and Mrs. August Hermansdorfer.

The Mothers' Club, as its name indicates, seeks to bring into closer rela- tionship the mothers and the children. It takes a deep interest in the public schools of the town and has been instrumental in forwarding a better spirit between the teachers and parents. The present officers are Mrs. August J. Reifel, president : Mrs. Albert Clark, vice-president ; Mrs. G. W. Hyde, secre- tary. The membership now includes seventeen, as follows: Mrs. Harley Castle, Mrs. Albert Clark, Mrs. Claire Buckley, Mrs. Alexander Cory, Mrs. Charles Hitchcock, Mrs. M. P. Hubbard, Mrs. G. W. Hyde, Mrs. Roy Kack- ley, Mrs. John Kissel, Mrs. J. W. Lucas, Mrs. Charles Masters, Mrs. Frank Moster, Mrs. August J. Reifel, Mrs. John Scanlon, Mrs. Ernest Showalter, Mrs. John Weber and Mrs. Charles Whiteman,

NEEDLECRAFT CLUB.

The Needlecraft Club came into existence March 12, 1912, at which time sixteen married women of Brookville organized themselves into a club with the following officers : President, Mrs. J. H. Briggs, vice-president, Mrs. H. B. Smith; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. C. E. Case. The charter members were Mrs. J. H. Briggs, Mrs. Richard Brockman, Mrs. C. E. Case, Mrs. C. R. Crane, Mrs. Charles Dobyns, Mrs. Arthur Ferris, Mrs. W. R. Hubbard, Mrs. M. P. Hubbard, Mrs. C. W. Hitchcock, Mrs. Frank Moster, Mrs. H. B. Smith, Mrs. J. V. Scanlon, Mrs. Fred Sheppard, Mrs. Samuel Swift, Mrs. Charles Winscott and Mrs. C. B. Williams.

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This club combines its regular work with various social diversions. The name of the club is sufficiently indicative of the character of its work and dur- ing its career of three years the members have done some very creditable work. The officers for 1915 are Mrs. M. P. Hubbard, president ; Mrs. Arthur Ferris, vice-president ; Mrs. C. B. Williams, secretary-treasurer. The present mem- bers are Mrs. J. H. Briggs, Mrs. C. E. Case, Mrs. Arthur Ferris, Mrs. M. P. Hubbard, Mrs. J. H. Kimble. Mrs. Frank Moster, Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. H. B. Smith, Mrs. Samuel Swift, Mrs. J. V. Scanlon, Mrs. C. B. Will- iams, Mrs. Charles Winscott, Mrs. F. H. Miller and Mrs. Glen Siebert.

DOMESTIC SCIENCE CLUB.

The devotees of the culinary arts in Brookville organized themselves into the Brookville Domestic Science Club, March 15, 1913. There were twenty charter members and the constitution limits the membership to that number. It was organized for mutual helpfulness, intellectual improvement and with the idea of co-operating with the public schools of Brookville in helping to in- troduce the study of domestic science in the public schools. By giving an entertainment in 1914 the club netted about eighty-five dollars and this sum was used to help start the domestic science work in the public schools and also to provide books along domestic science lines for the public library. This club is a progressive organization and has already demonstrated its usefulness in the community. The work consists of demonstrated lessons in cooking and sewing and the preparation of papers covering various phases of domestic science. It meets on alternate Wednesday afternoons at the homes of the members.

The first officers were Mrs. Frank S. Masters, president; Mrs. G. E. Dennett, vice-president; Mrs. J. K. White, secretary-treasurer. The officers for 1915 are Mrs. Ella Lacy, president ; Mrs. Will Baker, vice-president ; Mrs. Arthur Ferris, secretary-treasurer. The members are as follows: Mesdames Jennis Allen, Ada Baker, Maude Briggs, Mary Cain, Mae Charni, Ada Den- nett, Ethel Crist, Aubra Ferris, Maymie Hubbard, Ella Lacy, Ola Masters, Minnie McCarty, Gladys Moster, Cora Pippin, Maude Scanlon, Mabel Shirk, Blanche Smith, Alpha White, Zella Winscott, and Miss Margaret Dickson.

PHYSICAL CULTURE CLASS.

The Physical Culture Class is not a club in the ordinary sense of the word, but rather a group of ladies who seek to provide its members with physical recreation suitable to their several needs. It was organized in the fall of 1907

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as result of the work which had been done in a physical culture class con- ducted by Mrs. Florence Bacon in 1906-07. The first woman in Brookville to give scientific lessons in callisthenics was Mrs. Mary Williams, who con- ducted a class in Brookville during 1896-97.

The members of the first class (1896-1897) were Mattie Adair, Mrs. John Bishop, Mrs. Charles Bishop, Mrs. George E. Dennett, Mrs. Martha S. Goodwin, Mrs. C. A. Haman, Mrs. F. W. Hathaway, Anna Muller, Cora Colescott, Margaret McClure and Jennie McClure. The present members are as follows: Mattie Adair, Mrs. John Bishop, Mrs. W. D. Bradt, Mrs. George B. Buckingham, Mrs. Mason Crist, Mary D. Cain, Mrs. George E. Dennett, Mrs. M. S. Goodwin, Mrs. John Goodwin, Mrs. F. W. Hathaway, Mrs. C. A. Haman, Mrs. M. H. Irwin, Mrs. F. L. Priest, Grace Priest, Mrs. J. C. Shirk, Mrs. Charles Shirk, Ellen Shirk and Cornelia Shirk. The hon- orary members include Mrs. J. O. Adams, Mrs. Allen Buchanan and Mrs. J. E. Fisher.

The class has no officers, but a director is appointed for each meeting who has general charge of the work for that meeting. The membership is confined to those who have had work under a trained physical instructor and now in- cludes eighteen women of Brookville.

The nine clubs which have been discussed thus far restrict their member- ship to women. There are only two organizations in Brookville which admit both men and women to membership, namely, the Saturday Club and the His- torical Society.

WOMEN'S FRANCHISE LEAGUE.

The Franklin County Women's Franchise League was organized Novem- ber 2, 1912, with the following officers: Mrs. S. S. Harrell, county chair- man; Mrs. George E. Mullin, president ; Mrs. W. H. Bracken, vice-president ; Mrs. George E. Dennett, secretary; Mrs. Martha Goodwin, treasurer. The charter members of the League were Mesdames S. S. Harrell, George E. Mullin, William H. Bracken, George E. Dennett, Martha Goodwin, William Banes, Belle Koerner, M. P. Hubbard, J. M. Vawter, J. Ottis Adams, Fred Miller, C. R. Crane, Frank Masters, Frank Meyers, Rose Loper Miller and R. J. Cain. To this list of charter members have been added the following : Mrs. I. N. McCarty, Emma James, Mrs. Frank Bonwell, Mrs. Albert Clark, Mrs. Clair Buckley, Mrs. Louis Federman, Mrs. John Goodwin, Mrs. Brad- way Hudson, Mrs. M. H. Irwin, Mrs. Charles Masters, Mrs. Fred Miller, Mrs. William Templeton, Mrs. William Pippin, Jennie Miller, Ida Seal, Mrs. Augustus Baither, Mrs. J. W. Fye and Mrs. Louise Schneider.

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This organization is less than three years old and yet it has already done a wonderful work in creating a feminine sentiment towards woman's suffrage in the county. Its work from the first has been characterized by dignity and convincing argument and the appeal has been to reason rather than to senti- ment. There is no disposition on the part of the league to resort to militant methods such as characterized the franchise movement in England, for this reason the league has been able to do effective work in the county. Not only does it advocate enfranchisement of women but it is also taking an active part in advancing humanitarian measures of all kinds. Its interest in civic affairs, its advocacy of all general welfare measures and its ready willingness to lend its support in behalf of all movements which tend to make this county a better one in which to live, make the Franchise League a potent force in the life of the county.

The local league was organized by Belle O'Hair, a former resident of this county and now a teacher in the public schools of Indianapolis. Soon after the organization was effected a banquet was given to a large number of in- vited guests. The county chairman, Mrs. Harrell, acted as toastmistress. Rev. F. L. Priest, of the Methodist church, responded to a toast, "Women in the Church"; Superintendent A. J. Reifel responded to a toast, "Women in the Home," and E. W. Showalter, a young business man, to "Women in Busi- ness." An opening meeting was held at the home of Mrs. W. H. Bracken and the guests were taken to and from the meeting in automobiles furnished by friends of the cause. Mrs. F. E. Badgley, who recently died at Metamora, was a valued member of the league and gave a talk on this particular oc- casion.

The officers of the league for 1915 are as follows: Mrs. George E. Mullin, president : Mrs. I. N. McCarty, vice-president : Emma James, secre- tary-treasurer ; Mrs. S. S. Harrell, county chairman. The last meeting of the league before this volume went to press was held in Brookville, Friday, April 16, 1915. in the Library hall. An interesting program was rendered, with Mrs. W. E. Ochiltree, of Connersville, as the main speaker.

THE SATURDAY CLUB.

The Saturday Club of Brookville, like many important organizations, was a development. Back in the sixties, when Brookville College was flour- ishing, a few young men and women of literary tastes got together and organ- ized the Brookville Reading Club. Its chief ambition was to read dramatic plays and occasionally give a public entertainment in the town hall.

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of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was deeply interested in the Chau- tauqua educational movement, and in 1886 he organized the Brookville Chau- tauqua Circle, most of the members of the Brookville Reading Club joining and forming the Chautauqua Club. So in reality the Brookville Reading Club became the Brookville Chautauqua Club.

When the four years' Chautauqua course had been read a number of its members, not caring to continue reading the Chautauqua course, began to con- sider some other line of work, and the following persons met at the home of John C. Shirk to talk the matter over: C. W. McClure, R. M. King, C. F. Goodwin and J. C. Shirk. It was decided to form a new club and to work out its own program. The question of a name for the club was discussed and in- cidentally the night for meetings. It was thought by those present that Sat- urday night would suit best. Whereupon R. M. King proposed the name of Saturday Club, which was adopted.

A second meeting was arranged for one week later, on Tuesday even- ing, September 29, 1890, at the home of J. C. Shirk, to which a number of persons were invited. This meeting was called to order by J. C. Shirk, and Rev. W. A. Echols was asked to preside. John C. Shirk and C. W. McClure were appointed a committee to prepare and present a constitution for the gov- ernment of the club. The committee presented a constitution, which was read article by article and, with a number of modifications and changes, was adopted. C. F. Goodwin and C. W. McClure were appointed a committee to place in nomination the names of persons for president, vice-president, secre- tary and treasurer for the coming year. Rev. W. A. Echols was chosen presi- dent, Mrs. C. F. Jones, vice-president, and J. E. Morton, secretary and treas- urer. C. W. McClure and J. E. Morton were appointed a committee on mem- bership. J. C. Shirk, R. M. King and Miss Hattie Jones were appointed a committee to arrange for a program and select the time of meeting.

The committee recommended Saturday evening for meetings, but it did not suit a majority of the members and Tuesday evening was chosen. The constitution was as follows :

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History of Franklin County, Indiana : her people, industries and institutions, Part 33

Author: Reifel, August J Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen Number of Pages: 1648

Author: Reifel, August J
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1648