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Annual meeting first Wednesday in May.
President, Mrs. Florine E. Ducker, South Weymouth.
Vice-President, Mrs. Ina E. McFarlane, Chelsea. Warden, Mrs. Myrtle A. Fay, Marlboro.
Secretary, Mrs. May H. Gaynor, 7 Greenbrier, Dorchester.
Treasurer, Mrs. Cora B. Cutting, Roxbury.
Marshal, Mrs. Etta F. Cobb, North Abington.
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Conductress, Mrs. Lena C. Boynton, Whitman.
Chaplain, Mrs. Susie M. Mowry, South Weymouth.
Inside Guardian, Mrs. Nellie E. Duckworth, Brockton.
Outside Guardian, Mrs. Helen Tourtelotte, Campello.
Rebekah Lodges.
No. I. Mary Washington, first and third Thursday, 4 Berkeley.
No. 8. Mystic, second and fourth Thursday, 25 Main, Charlestown.
No. 27. Azar, first and third Thursday, 4I River, Dorchester Lower Mills.
No. 29. Brighton, first and third Thursday, Union Square, Allston.
No. 34 Progressive, first and third Wednesday, 45 Fairmount Avenue, Hyde Park.
No. 35. Crescent, second and fourth Tuesday, 328 Washington, Dorchester.
No. 36. Bernice, second and fourth Wednesday, 409 West Broadway, South Boston.
No. 79. Justitia, first and third Wednesday, 203 Warren, Roxbury.
No. 92. Loyal, first and third Tuesday, 25 Main, Charlestown.
No. 101. Miriam, second and fourth Thursday, 618 Washington, Dorchester.
No. IIO. William Parkman, first Wednesday and third Saturday, 670 Centre, J. P.
No. 115. Harriet M. Durrell, second and fourth Wednesday, 35 South Fairview, Ros- lindale.
No. 125. Victor, first and third Friday, 558 Columbia Road, Dorchester.
No. 131. Star of the Zenith, second and fourth Tuesday, 163 Meridian, East Boston.
No. 149. Eunice, second and fourth Thursday, 45 Fairmount Avenue, Hyde Park.
No. 156. America, second and fourth Thursday, Geneva Avenue, corner Bloomfield, Dorchester.
No. 174. Lydia G. Hersey, first and third Friday, 670 Centre Street, J. P.
No. 201. Rainbow, second and fourth Friday, 515 Tremont.
No. 206. Radiant Star, first and third Thursday, 584 Columbia Road, Dorchester.
GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. Odd Fellows Hall, 1651 Washington.
Massachusetts District Grand Lodge, No. 26.
District Grand Master, George C. Gordon, Allston.
District Deputy Grand Master, Archie T. Campbell, Taunton.
District Grand Secretary, D. M. Thompson, 87 Kinnaird, Cambridge.
District Treasurer, Fred C. Artis, Allston.
District Grand Director, J. B. Waters, Boston.
No. 4. . Boston Patriarchy, 1651 Washington, third Thursday in every month.
No. 23. Past Grand Masters Council, 1095 Tremont, Roxbury, third Monday.
No. 814. Bay State Lodge, 1651 Washington, second and fourth Tuesday.
No. 1384. Sumner Lodge, 1095 Tremont, Roxbury, first and third Wednesday.
No. 1622. Plymouth Rock Lodge, 1095 Tremont, Roxbury, second and fourth Wed- nesday.
No. 2418. Boston Lodge, 1651 Washington, first and third Tuesday.
No. 8612. Massachusetts Lodge, 1651 Washington, first and third Monday.
No. 8966. New England Lodge, 158 West Springfield, first and third Monday.
District Grand Household of Ruth, No. 5, of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine.
District Grand Most Noble Governor, Mrs. Sarah V. Bright, 7 Hazelwood, Malden.
District Grand Worthy Recorder, Mrs. Lulu Tunstell, 365 Northampton.
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No. 66. Household of Ruth, 1095 Tremont, Roxbury, second Wednesday.
No. 131. Household of Ruth, 1095 Tremont, Roxbury, second Tuesday.
No. 2607. Household of Ruth, 1651 Tremont, Roxbury, first Thursday.
No. 4585. Household of Ruth, 1095 Tremont, Roxbury, fourth Wednesday.
No. 4762. Household of Ruth, 1651 Tremont, Roxbury, first Wednesday.
No. 5152. Household of Ruth, Ruggles Hall, 5 Ruggles, Roxbury, second Monday.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT OF INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
Manchester Unity.
Provincial Grand Master, Thomas Mowbray, Fall River.
Provincial Deputy Grand Master, William Unles, Blackington.
Provincial Corresponding Secretary, Harold J. Wentzell, 8 Beacon, room 68.
Provincial Treasurer, George W. Rockett, II Fairmont, Malden.
Past Provincial Grand Master, John Cronhimer.
Meeting of Grand Lodge held at Boston, second Wednesday in May.
Franklin Lodge, Rathbone Hall, 24 Warren, Roxbury, second and fourth Monday.
Hub Lodge, Rathbone Hall, 24 Warren, Roxbury, second and fourth Thursday.
Irving Lodge, II Appleton, first and third Friday.
Metropolitan Lodge, M. E. O. F. Hall, Harvard Avenue, Hyde Park, first and third Tuesday.
Paul Revere Lodge, 163 Meridian, East Boston, first and third Friday.
Rockett Lodge, Walcott Hall, 32 Central Square, East Boston, second and fourth Wed- nesday.
United Lodge, Wenona Hall, Geneva Avenue, corner Bloomfield, Dorchester, second and fourth Tuesday.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD LADIES.
Manchester Unity.
Grand Lodge office, 118 Hathaway, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Provincial Grand Lady, Mrs. Victoria B. Ferrin, Beverly.
Provincial Deputy Grand Lady, Mrs. Penelope Moore, Dorchester.
Provincial Grand Treasurer, Caroline M. Cooper, Worcester.
Provincial Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Mary Kay, New Bedford.
No. 5. Brittania, meets second and fourth Friday, Walter Scott Hall, II Appleton.
No. 7. Martha Washington, meets second and fourth Tuesday, 163 Meridian, East Boston.
No. 45. Maple Leaf, first and third Tuesday, Wenona Hall, Geneva Avenue, corner Bloomfield, Dorchester.
UNITED ORDER OF INDEPENDENT ODD LADIES. Instituted in East Boston, 1845.
Supreme Board, annual meeting first Thursday in March, semi-annually first Thursday in March and September.
Supreme Secretary, Mrs. Julia A. Burroughs, 29 Evelyn Road, Everett.
Annual meeting of Massachusetts Government, September 18, 1926, Berkeley Hall, 4 Berkeley.
Past Lady Governess, Mrs. Frances A. Rawding, Lynn.
Lady Governess, Mrs. Ella M. Mansfield, Lynn.
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Vice Lady Governess, Mrs. Margaret A. Skillings, Somerville.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Alice M. Carr, 183 Weston, Waltham.
Financial Secretary, Clara B. Newhall, Lynn.
Treasurer, Bertha J. Truesdell, Somerville.
No. I. Amity, second and fourth Thursday, Central Hall, Central Square, East Boston.
No. 3. Olive Branch, first and third Monday, 66 Main, Charlestown.
No. 5. Ambassadress, first and third Thursday, Liberty Hall, 1203 River, Hyde Park.
No. 10. Purity, second and fourth Saturday, 214 Dudley, Roxbury.
No. 15. Aloha, first and third Monday, Roxbury Hall, 67 Warren, Roxbury.
No. 25. Hamblin, second and fourth Wednesday, Social Hall, 1165 Tremont.
No. 29. Columbia, first and third Thursday, Seaverns Hall, 670 Centre, J. P.
No. 32. Prosperity, first and third Saturday, Bethesda Hall, 409 Broadway, South Boston.
No. 43. Glenwood, first and third Wednesday, Guild Hall, 2374 Washington, Roxbury.
No. 46. Priscilla, second and fourth Friday, Guild Hall, 2374 Washington, Roxbury.
No. 50. Mistletoe, second and fourth Thursday, Franklin Hall, 10 Franklin Street, Allston.
No. 53. Blue Hill, first and third Friday, Odd Fellows Hall, 41 River, Dorchester.
No. 61. Progressive, first and third Tuesday, Fairview Hall, 43 Poplar, Ros.
Knights of Pythias-The Knights of Pythias, so called from the fa- mous friendship of Damon for Pythias, originated at our National Capi- tal, February 19, 1864, under the leadership of Justice Henry Rathbone. The official declaration of the purpose of its formation was a desire for "toleration in religion, obedience in law and loyalty in government." The lodge made little immediate growth, probably because the Civil War was absorbing too much of the time and interest of all America. As soon as the strife had ceased, the same craving for the continuance of the fellowship enjoyed during the war led to a multiplication of the lodges, just as the end of the Revolution led to the firm establish- ment of Masonry in this country. There are probably 5,000 Knights of Pythias Lodges in the United States, at present, with a membership of more than a million. After Washington, No. I, there was a lodge es- tablished in Philadelphia as the second, while Boston Lodge, No. 3, instituted in 1865, was the next in order of formation. There are many allied organizations of the order in the city, as may be seen from the appended list :
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
The annual session of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts is held in Boston on the first Tuesday (1 p. m.) in May.
Office of the Grand Lodge, 15 Ashburton Place, room 306, Boston.
Officers of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
Grand Chancellor, J. Franklin Batchelder, Haverhill.
Grand Vice Chancellor, Laurence S. Howard, Somerville.
Grand Prelate, Rev. Chellis V. Smith, Hyde Park.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, George E. Howe, 15 Ashburton Place, room 306.
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Grand Master of Exchequer, Harvey T. Pond, Boston.
Grand Master at Arms, George P. Fielden, Methuen.
Grand Inner Guard, Isaac Gordon, Boston.
Grand Outer Guard, George S. Donley, Orange.
Grand Trustees, William H. Chase, Hopedale; Harry R. Lawrence, Lawrence; Charles A. Stevens, Arlington.
Place and Evenings of Lodge Meetings.
No. 3. . Boston, 515 Tremont, second and fourth Thursday.
No. 6. Scandia, 3 Boylston Place, first and third Friday.
No. 10. Washington, 584 Columbia Road, Dorchester, second and fourth Thursday.
No. 12. Damon, 515 Tremont, first and third Tuesday.
No. 13. Ivanhoe, 66 Main, Charlestown, Thursday.
No. 14. Webster, 1165 Tremont, second and fourth Thursday.
No. 18. King Solomon, 646 Warren, Roxbury, second and fourth Thursday.
No. 19.
Commonwealth, 328 Washington, Dorchester, first and third Thursday.
No. 33. King Philip, 163 Meridian, East Boston, first and third Thursday.
No. 42. Massachusetts, 2374 Washington, Roxbury, first and third Monday.
No. 52. Marathon, 328 Washington, Dorchester, first and third Monday.
No. 58. Mt. Bellevue, Fraternity Hall, 27 Poplar, West Roxbury, second and fourth Friday.
No. 60. Boylston, 19 Otisfield, Roxbury, second and fourth Wednesday.
No. 92. Friendship, II Appleton, first and third Wednesday.
No. 93. Milton, I. O. O. F. Hall, 41 River, Dorchester, first and third Tuesday.
No. III. Brighton, I. O. O. F. Hall, Union Square, first and third Tuesday.
No. 126. Liberty, 515 Tremont, second and fourth Monday.
No. 129. Red Cross, Central Hall, Central Square, East Boston, second and fourth Tuesday.
No. 138. Hyde Park, K. of P. Hall, 1176 River, second and fourth Monday.
No. 141. Bay State, 515 Tremont, first and third Monday.
No. 158. Welcome, 3 Boylston Place, first and third Wednesday.
No. 163. Horace Greeley, 4 Berkeley, first and third Tuesday, 2 p. m.
Insurance Department, K. of P.
Clifford E. Jones, General Superintendent for Massachusetts, 12 Craigie, Somerville. Annual meeting of sections in December.
PYTHIAN SISTERS. Officers of the Grand Temple of Massachusetts.
Grand Chief, Mrs. Emma F. Perkins, Newton Highlands.
Grand Senior, Mrs. Helen McNault, Lynn.
Grand Junior, Mrs. Bertha Lovering, East Bridgewater.
Grand Manager, Mrs. Minnie Berry, Buzzards Bay.
Grand Mistress of Records and Seal, Helen P. Young, 68 Waverly Street, Waverly.
Grand Mistress of Finance, Mrs. Edith Horrocks, Lynn.
Grand Protector, Mrs. Kathryn Whitelock, Hingham.
Grand Guard, Mrs. Grace Oatman, Haverhill.
No. I. Rowena Temple, first and third Wednesday, Howard Temple, 66 Main, Charles- town.
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No. 39. Boston Temple, second and fourth Monday, at Gould Hall, Boylston Place, Roxbury.
No. 41. Crescent Temple, second and fourth Monday, 146 Meridian, East Boston.
No. 49. Mayflower Temple, first and third Monday, 1176 River, Hyde Park.
No. 66. Marathon Temple, first and third Thursday, Norfolk Hall, 326 Washington, Dorchester.
No. 74. Milton Temple, first and third Friday, Guild Hall, 2374 Washington, Roxbury.
Uniform Rank, K. of P.
Brigade headquarters, 46 Cornhill, room 404.
Brigadier-General Robert H. Hall, commander.
Assistant Adjutant-General Col. William F. Williamson.
Assistant Quartermaster General Col. William P. R. Estes.
Company No. 4, 1165 Tremont, Roxbury, first and third Wednesday. Leo S. Lisher, re- corder, 39 Julian, Roxbury.
Company No. 8, Theodore Roosevelt, 995 Washington, second and fourth Wednesday. George G. Kingsley, 751 Broadway, Chelsea, recorder.
Company No. 36, Blue Hill, Liberty Hall, Hyde Park, first and third Monday. Arthur W. Rogers, 201 Fairmount Avenue, Hyde Park.
Dramatic Order Knights Khorassan.
No. 143, Abou Ben Adhem Temple, Paine Memorial Hall, 9 Appleton.
Royal Vizier, Laurence S. Howard.
Secretary, Fred C. Minkemer, P. O. Box 46, Roxbury.
Treasurer, Charles A. Stevens, 27 Lake, Arlington.
Publicity Agent, F. C. Minkemer.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. (E. and W. H.). Supreme Officers.
Supreme Chancellor, W. Ashbie Hawkins, Baltimore, Maryland.
Past Supreme Chancellor, Solomon Tripp, Baltimore, Maryland.
Supreme Vice Chancellor, Wm. H. Willis, New York, New York.
Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal, Geo. E. Gordon, 2181 Washington, Boston.
Supreme Master of Exchequer, J. M. Lewis, Chicago, Illinois.
Supreme Master-at-Arms, J. B. Oliver, Crewe, Virginia.
Supreme Inner Guard, Blaine Chester, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Supreme Outer Guard, J. H. Weeden, Kansas City, Kansas.
Grand Lodge of New England. 2181 Washington, Boston.
Grand Chancellor, Benjamin Flereasy, Providence, Rhode Island.
Grand Vice-Chancellor, W. W .. Johnson, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Grand Prelate, Rev. Samuel Perry, Cambridge.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, Miles R. Gordon, Springfield.
Grand Master of Exchequer, Thomas G. Schuyler, Boston.
Grand Master of Finance, Frederick Riggs.
Grand Master of Arms, Henry R. Taylor.
Grand Inner Guard, Charles H. Allen, Newport, Rhode Island.
Grand Outer Guard, Edward E. Simmons, Westerly, Rhode Island. Grand Master of Work, William H. Martin, Springfield.
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Subordinate Lodges, Meeting in Boston. All meet at 5 Ruggles Street.
No. 3. William C. Nell, first and third Tuesday.
No. 6. David Walker, first and third Wednesday.
No. 8. Eureka, second Wednesday.
Uniform Rank. (Knights of Pythias.)
Company B, first and third Monday.
Company E, first and fourth Friday.
Supreme Court of Calanthe. (Knights of Pythias E. and W. H.) 2181 . Washington Street.
Supreme Worthy Councillor, Dr. Alice W. McKane, 3 Marble, Boston, Massachusetts.
Past Supreme Worthy Councillor, Jennie H. Ross, Baltimore, Maryland.
Supreme Associate, Louisa B. Anderson, Crewe, Virginia.
Supreme Orator, Nannie Street, Kansas City, Missouri.
Supreme Register of Deeds, Roberta K. Skinner, 15 Magee, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Supreme Receiver of Deposits, Florena K. Owens, Baltimore, Maryland.
Supreme Escort, L. I. Williams, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Supreme Herald, Isabella George, New York, New York.
Grand Court of New England.
Grand Worthy Counsellor, Mrs. Arabella Martin, Springfield.
Past Grand Worthy Counsellor, Mrs. Edith F. Roy, Providence, Rhode Island.
Grand Worthy Assistant, Mrs. Mary D. Gardiner, Cambridge.
Grand Worthy Orator, Mrs. Lillian L. Adams, Newport, Rhode Island.
Grand Worthy Register of Deeds, Mrs. Alfreda K. Whitley, Cambridge.
Grand Worthy Register of Deposits, Mrs. Alice M. Johnson, Boston.
Grand Worthy Escort, Mrs. Drusilla Simmons, Westerly, Rhode Island.
Grand Worthy Herald, Mrs. Sadie Barnett, Boston.
Auxiliary Courts of Calanthe. Courts meeting at 5 Ruggles Street.
No. 6. Syrian, second Tuesday.
No. 22. Harriet Hayden, third Thursday.
No. 24. Frances E. W. Harper, second Friday.
No. 30. David Walker, fourth Tuesday.
No. 32. Golden Leaf, fourth Monday.
Knights of Pythias. (Of N. A. S. A. E. A. A. and A.)
Jurisdiction of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
Office of Grand Chancellor, Ia Wellington Street, Boston.
Grand Lodge meets first Tuesday in July.
Grand Chancellor, Edward B. Barco.
Grand Vice Chancellor, John D. Frost.
Grand Prelate, Rev. B. W. Swain, D. D.
Grand Master of Exchequer, Norman N. Rayner.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, Geo. C. Higginbotham.
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Grand Master at Arms, Archibald C. Prescott.
Grand Medical Registrar, Dr. W. O. Taylor.
Grand Attorney, Butler R. Wilson.
Grand Lecturer, Stewart E. Hoyt.
Grand Inner Guard, Frank Mason.
Grand Outer Guard, Thomas A. Reid.
Grand Marshal, Johnson W. Hill.
Grand Secretary of Endowment, Oscar H. Fitzallen.
Grand Trustees, Joseph E. Benn, Lewis Williams, J. S. R. Bourne.
Lodges and Their Meeting Nights in Boston. Lodges meeting at Ia Wellington Street.
No. I. Crispus Attucks, second and fourth Wednesday.
No. 2. Puritan, second and fourth Monday.
No. 6. Hub City, first and third Monday.
No. 7. Progressive, first and third Tuesday.
No. 8. Emerald, first and third Friday.
No. 10. Gladiator, first and third Monday.
No. II. Rathbone, first and third Tuesday.
No. 13. Suffolk, second and fourth Wednesday.
No. 34. Joseph L. Jones, second and fourth Monday.
No. 37. Stadium, first and third Thursday.
Order of Court of Calanthe. (Knights of Pythias.)
Grand Jurisdiction of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
Office of Grand Court, Ia Wellington, Boston.
Grand Worthy Counsellor, Mrs. Josephine Hayes.
Grand Register of Deeds, Margaret M. Garrett.
Grand Receiver of Deposits, Emma H. Whitehead.
Grand Secretary, E. Theresa Johnson.
Courts and Their Meeting Nights in Boston. Courts Meeting at Ia Wellington Street.
No.
3.
Hermione, second and fourth Thursday.
No. 4.
Progressive, second and fourth Tuesday.
No. 5. Emerald, second and fourth Friday.
No. 6. Gladiator, second and fourth Friday.
No. 12. Suffolk, second and fourth Friday.
No. 18. Puritan, first and third Wednesday.
No. 24. Hub City, first and third Thursday.
When Knighthood Was in Flower-The pageantry of Knighthood seems to have appealed to many of those who had a hand in the found- ing of fraternal orders, so that there are Knights of Malta, Knights of the Golden Eagle, Knights of Honor, Knights of Labor, Royal Black Knights, and orders such as the Golden Cross, and the United Order of the Golden Star. The Knights of Malta date from 1873; the Knights of the Golden Eagle was instituted at Baltimore in 1873, and the Knights of Honor, at St. Louis, that same year. Many of the benefit organiza-
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tions which still survive date from the two decades following the Civil War. The Knights of Labor was born in 1869 at Philadelphia, first as a garment makers organization but soon representing labor without any trade distinctions. The Royal Arcanum may be considered a Bos- ton affair, incorporated in 1877, and having most of its first lodges in New England. It soon became the strongest of the fraternal mutual assessment benefit societies in the State.
Almost as attractive was the lore buried beneath our Indian history, in the days before the country was plunged into civil war. The surpris- ing thing is that there are not more organizations which used the ab- origine.and his ceremonials as the foundation for their rituals. The Red Men were the foremost of the few fraternal orders in preserving in the titles of their lodges, officials ,and ceremonials, the names and ideas of the American Indian. It is claimed that this society in a direct descend- ant of the "Sons of Liberty," the secret Revolutionary order founded in 1764, and with which Paul Revere and the Green Dragon Tavern were associated. The descent is traced through the Tamina of from 1771 to 1810, from which the Red Men were reorganized in 1813. This Tamina, being political in its aims, soon dropped out of sight, and with politics eliminated, emerged as the present order in 1833. The Ancient Order of United Workmen, which has a large membership in Boston, claims to be the oldest of the more than 200 fraternal benefit societies in the United States. It was founded at Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1868, by John Upchurch, a Mason. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was formed, or reformed, out of the "Jolly Corks," a convivial fraternity, the first lodge being founded in 1871. The Boston lodge was established in 1879, and is supposed to have been the first grand lodge instituted. This is one fraternity whose purposes are best served by having a home building in the city in which it is located. The Boston Elks very early provided itself with attractive headquarters. The Elks Hotel, a splendid structure, was opened with elaborate cere- monies, in the early months of 1927.
Catholic Organizations-For a century Boston has been the recipient of a very large accession to its population from Ireland, and there are many Irish and Catholic fraternal orders in the city. The membership of the Catholic Societies alone make up more than half of the total for the secret and benefit societies of the Metropolis. The most of these fraternities are of recent origin, if one excepts the Ancient Order of Hibernians, which has a history dating back to 1691 in the old country, and one in America going back to 1835. The society in Boston was es- tablished a few years after the first on this side of the ocean. The Mas- sachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters was organized in Boston, in
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1879, being one of the first of the Catholic branches of the Foresters of America to be set up among the States ; only Illinois preceded it. Local self-government was the object desired, and with it, the Foresters of the city grew very rapidly, now being one of the two largest of such orders in the Metropolis. Its emblem, a Roman cross on a shield, is well known to Bostonians. The society, the Knights of Saint Rose, was originated by members of the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters of Boston in 1889.
Probably the best known Catholic Fraternity is the Knights of Co- lumbus, founded at New Haven, Connecticut, March, 29, 1882, to "Pro- mote social and intellectual intercourse among its members, and to render pecuniary aid to them and to their beneficiaries." The order did not spread to outside States for the first decade after its institution. The first lodge in Massachusetts was that set up in Charlestown, in 1892, but from this year on the Knights of Columbus have been making re- markable progress, particularly during the World War. Its emblem is an eight cornered cross, with representations of cross, dagger, anchor and vessel, refering to Columbus and his voyage of 1492. The fraternal and benevolent activities of the order during the World War were so notable that the society won a place in the public eye, which has not since been relinquished.
The number of fraternal orders in Boston are so many, that little more can be attempted than to give a directory of the organizations, their names, parts, officials, and the like, as they existed in 1927 :
ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS OF MASSACHUSETTS. Main Office, Weymouth, Massachusetts.
State biennial convention the fourth Tuesday in August, 1927.
State President, Denis J. Slattery, Weymouth.
State Vice-President, John J. O'Connor, Holyoke.
State Secretary, Joseph M. Sharry, Worcester.
State Treasurer, Michael J. Dullea, South Boston.
State Chaplain, Rev. Philip J. O'Donnell, Boston.
Suffolk County Officers.
President, Jeremiah J. Crowley, Charlestown.
Vice-President, Bartholomew J. Fahey, Dorchester.
Recording Secretary,
Financial Secretary, Patrick J. Murphy, Chelsea.
Treasurer, Michael J. Ahern, 446 East Third, South Boston.
Chaplain, Rev. Thomas F. MacCormack, Charlestown.
List of Divisions in Suffolk County.
Div. I. Roughan Hall, 66 Main, Charlestown, first and third Sundays.
Div. 2. Junction Porter and Bennington, East Boston, first Sunday and third Wed- nesday.
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Div. 4. 1651 Wash., first and third Sunday.
Div. 5. Owls' Hall, 66 Main, Charlestown, second and fourth Sundays.
Div. 6. 376 West Broadway, South Boston, second Sunday.
Div. 9. Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley, Roxbury, second Friday.
Div. 10. Central Hall, 220 Broadway, Chelsea, first and third Sundays.
Div. 13. 540 East Broadway, South Boston, first and third Sundays.
Div. 14. 333 Market, Br., second Tuesday.
Div. 15. St. Joseph's Hall, St. Joseph Street, J. P., second and fourth Mondays.
Div. 16. Needham Hall, 1488 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury, first Sunday.
Div. 17.
Sarsfield Hall, 184 Dudley, Roxbury, first Sunday.
Div. 19.
Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley, Roxbury, second Sunday.
Div. 20.
Mishawum Hall, 11 City Square, Charlestown, second and fourth Sundays.
Div. 21. 10 Market, Brighton, first and third Sundays.
Div. 22. Needham Hall, 1488 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury, second Sunday.
Div. 26. A. O. H. Hall, Neponset, first Sunday and third Wednesday.
Div. 28. A. O. H. Hall, Winthrop Avenue, Revere, first and third Sundays.
Div. 31. Arcadia Hall, 204 Adams, Dorchester, first Sunday.
Div. 32.
St. Omar Hall, 376 West Broadway, South Boston, second and fourth Sundays.
Tonti Hall, 327 E Street, South Boston, second and fourth Sundays.
Div. 33 Div. 34. Hibernian Building, 184 Dudley, Roxbury, fourth Sunday.
Div. 36. National Hall, I National, South Boston, second and fourth Sundays.
Div. 37. Hibernian Hall, Union Street, Charlestown, first Tuesday and third Sunday.
Div. 39. Sarsfield Hall, 184 Dudley, Roxbury, first Sunday.
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