History of Stearns County, Minnesota, Volume II, Part 117

Author: Mitchell, William Bell, 1843-
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : H. S. Cooper
Number of Pages: 1110


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The Exalted Rulers and Secretaries of the lodge since organization have been: 1900, W. W. Koons, H. A. Mckenzie; 1901, S. H. Ward, H. A. Mckenzie; 1902, W. W. Koons, H. A. Mckenzie; 1903, Fred Schiplin, H. A. Mckenzie; 1904, Frank L. Randall, H. A. Mckenzie; 1905, A. E. Fritz, H. A. Mckenzie; 1906, A. E. Fritz, H. A. Mckenzie; 1907, C. H. Bar- den, H. A. Mckenzie; 1908, W. W. Koons, H. A. Mckenzie; 1909, W. W. Koons, H. A. Mckenzie; 1910, H. A. Mckenzie, A. J. Schumacher; 1911, L. P. Leonard, A. J. Schumacher; 1912, J. J. Hilbe, A. J. Schumacher; 1913, W. W. Koons, A. J. Schumacher; 1914, J. J. Hilbe, A. J. Schu- macher.


The officers elected for 1915-16 were: Exalted ruler, James R. Jerrard; esteemed leading knight, James Quigley; esteemed loyal knight, Fred Dewey; esteemed lec- turing knight, C. H. West; secretary, A. W. Corwin; treasurer, C. O. Bensen; tyler, Frank Buckman; delegate to grand lodge, J. J. Hilbe; alternate, Fred Schiplin; del- egate to State meeting, W. W. Koons; alternate, E. T. Davidson. At the present time there are 485 members in good stand- ing in the St. Cloud lodge.


Since 1900 there has been an annual Memorial Day ceremony held by the lodge on the first Sunday in December, when the "Lodge of Sorrow" convenes with an outside orator as the main speaker. The speakers have been: 1900, Albert H. Hall, Minneapolis; 1901, Rev. R. J. Mooney, Minneapolis; 1902, C. G. Laybourn, Min- neapolis; 1903, Weed Monroe, Minneapo- lis; 1904, Tracy Bangs, Grand Forks; 1905, J. C. Netheway, Stillwater; 1906, C. S. Johnson, Brainerd; 1907, W. S. Mc- Cormick, Duluth; 1908, John H. Mitchell,


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St. Paul; 1909, E. A. Jaggard, St. Paul; 1910, W. H. Eustis, Minneapolis; 1911, Henry Deutsch, Minneapolis; 1912, H. F. Miller, Fargo, N. D .; 1913, J. U. Sammis, LeMars, Iowa; 1914, C. W. Stanton, Be- midji.


The Elks while primarily a social or- ganization, carrying no insurance benefits of any kind, do much in their individual communities along charitable Ines, a gen- erous fund being set aside by each lodge for the relief of the poor, sick and affleted. Their charity is unostentatious and few people realize the scope of the work. Re- cently a "Big Brother" movement has been organized in the larger cities where great assistance is given the juvenile court officers.


Since the dedication of the new home, St. Cloud lodge has decided to hold an annual Home-coming and Reunion of its members each February, the first one be- ing held on February 11 and 12, 1915.


The deceased members of the lodge are: Dr. A. Mumford, Dee Norton, Clar- ence J. Abel, Thos. A. Pattison, E. P. Bar- num, S. A. Gray, George J. McNaughton, E. J. Weber, J. Andrew Bensen, Guy S. Canfield, John C. Hammerel, D. T. Cal- houn, E. E. Wells, C. P. McClure, Thos. P. Flynn, W. I. Henshaw, John A. Mc- Donald, Hugh Spence, Thos. S. Bradford, H. S. Abeles, Henry K. White, Wesley Carter, George H. Reynolds, John O. Mc- Clure, G. A. Marschall, D. B. Searle, Alex- ander McGregor, H. G. Wire, P. H. Ander- son, George W. Stewart, C. P. Reeves, L. W. Collins, J. E. C. Robinson, C. W. Cline, D. B. Von Steinberg, A. J. Wampach, D. C. Abeles, E. E. Clark, W. H. Leopard, B. Mutschler, H. J. Quinn, H. H. Rowe, Wm. Stratton and Wm. Westerman.


St. Cloud Lodge No. 92, I. O. O. F. was organized September 27, 1882, by Henry J. Strouse, grand master, and Sherwood Hough, grand secretary. The charter mem- bers were L. A. Evans, E. B. Strong, A, M. Cole, James M. McKelvy, L. A. Hildreth, D. E. Davis. The first officers were: L. A. Evans, noble grand; W. L. Waldron, vice grand; E. B. Strong, secretary; H. J. Nare, treasurer. The past grands have been L. A. Evans, Johna Schaefer, E. H. Wright, W. H. Alden, C. D. Burgan, H. C. Metzl, Geo. McMahon, W. S. Elliott, F. A. Staples, G. H. Dunnewold. C. E. Morgan,


Chas. F. Lamb, Henry McGregor, W. F. Noyes, Abe Vogel, H. G. Smart, A. J. Marx, Jas. A. Dickinson, Ross Richards, Wm. McIver, John F. McAuley, Joseph Carhart, Edwin Harland, D. A. Morrison, Nels Skafte, J. M. Brown, E. P. Long, J. B. Murphy, J. C. Hulbert, H. L. Smith, L. C. Brown, Chas. Peterson, Emil Peterson, Fred C. Scherfenberg, F. L. Estey, Olaf Frick, Andrew Williams, D. H. Knicker- bocker, G. W. Carlson, John Gustafson.


The present officers are: Axel Young, N. G .; Archie Galbreath, V. G .; Olaf Frick, secretary; E. P. Long, treasurer. A total of 314 have been enrolled, the pres- ent membership being 80.


The lodge endeavors to live up to the grand motto of the order-the Three Links, emblematic of Friendship, Love and Truth. It teaches the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. Its du- ties are to visit the sick, relieve the dis- tressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan. This lodge has been honored by having one of its members elected as grand warden and deputy grand master of the state.


Ursula Rebekah Lodge No. 33, I. O. O. F. was organized by J. C. Cockburn, Grand Master of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, and re- ceived its charter May 4, 1888. The char- ter members were: George McMahon, Isa- bell McMahon, W. A. Waldron, C. L. Wal- dron, R. E. McFarland, M. McFarland, F. M. Wright, Julia Wright, L. A. Evans, E. U. Evans, J. D. Thomas, E. L. Thomas, W. S. Elliott, A. L. Stanchfield, C. F. Lamb, J. Kopp, James Jones, D. W. Bruckert, C. E. Morgan, Fronie Morgan, H. McGregor, N. M. McGregor, W. A. Riley, M. E. Riley, C. H. Fisher, J. Fisher, P. Martin, James Bunn.


The first meetings were held in the Lewis Clark Hall, Fifth avenue and First street south, on the second and fourth Fridays of each month. In 1890 they moved to the McClure Hall, where they met the first and third Tuesdays of each month. January, 1911, they moved to the Edelbrock Hall where they met the first and third Saturdays of each month. In February, 1913, they moved to the Ma- sonic Temple, where they now meet on the second and fourth Fridays of each month.


The list of noble grands is as follows:


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E. U. Evans, M. L. Burgan, N. M. Mc- Gregor, Julia M. Wright, E. U. Evans, Mary Nixon, Fannie M. Stubbs, Sarah Buttress, Kate Noyes, Ida B. Carhart, Mrs. Yund, Sarah Elliot, Mrs. Baird, Lyda Richards, M. Tomlinson, Myra Harland, Phoebe Dunnewald, N. M. McGregor, Helen Osborne, Margaret McGregor, Lyda Richards, Phoebe Dunnewald, Margaret McGregor, Jane E. Tomlinson, Anna Hul- bert, Helen Osborne, Catherine Smart, Lyra Long, Emma Sigloh, Anna Thoreson, Ella Davis, Nellie Smith, Caroline Avery, Mrs. Baxter, Clara Kuhn, Anna Hulbert, Clara Kuhn, Sadie Loudon, Clara Kuhn, Ida Johnson, Anna Peterson, Sarah Elliott, A. W. Lowe, Selma Peterson, Louise Pe- terson. Secretaries: Julia Wright, May L. Burgan, M. L. Reinold, Mary Nixon, Fannie M .. Stubbs, Kate Noyes, Ida B. Carhart, Fannie M. Stubbs, Kate Noyes, Phoebe Dunnewald, May Hill, Kate Noyes, Bertie L. Evans, Lyra Long. Anna Thore- son, Lyra Long, Jane Harris, Fannie Zack, Winnifred Robertson, E. W. Lowe, Sophia H. Gamble, Clara Kuhn, Eila Davis. The present membership is 59.


The Rebekah Lodge of the I. O. O. F. is an organization of men and women hav- ing for its object the elevation of man- kind. It recognizes the great need of co- operation in the trials and adversities of human life, and its aim is to visit and care for the sick, to relieve the distressed, to assist friends by kindly ministrations when in trouble, sickness or want; to aid in the establishment and maintenance of homes for the aged; to provide for the care, education and support of orphans of deceased Odd Fellows and Sisters of the Rebekah lodges; to cultivate and extend the social and fraternal relations; and to strive to remove the worldly barriers and place all upon an equal plane as members of one great family. Its teachings and the influence of lodge associations encourage the promotion of pure principles and the moulding of human character. The first officers were: E. U. Evans, N. M. Mc- Gregor, Julia Wright, C. L. Waldron, L. A. Evans, A. L. Stanchfield, H. McGregor, Fronia Morgan, Clarence Morgan, F. M. Wright, M. E. Riley. The present offi- cers are: Kelsie Hicks, noble grand; Hulda Young, vice grand; Ella Davis, sec- retary; Sarah Elliot, treasurer.


St. Cloud Lodge No. 63, Ancient Order of United Workmen .- The first meeting of the lodge was held in Masonic Hall, 301/2 Fifth avenue south, on April 10, 1880. This was the first fraternal beneficiary or- der organized in the city. On the night of institution the following gentlemen were present: W. B. Mitchell, Dr. W. L. Beebe, Prof. Thos. J. Gray, J. E. Wing, R. L. Scott, John Rogers, H. Becker, Ed Chappel, Sheriff Math Miekley, D. S. Rath- burn, J. H. Raymond, A. Smith, Dr. O. A. Gilman, C. F. Wheeler, A. L. Cramb and Ed. Hart. The first officers are: Past master workman, Mathias Mickley; mas- ter workman, J. E. Wing; foreman, A. L. Cramb; overseer, C. F. Wheeler; re- corder, Thos. J. Gray; financier, W. L. Beebe; receiver, W. B. Mitchell; inside watchman, Ed Hart; outside watchman, D. S. Rathburn. These were all duly in- stalled by Grand Master Workman Tai- sey. O. A. Gilman, A. L. Cramb and J. E. Wing were elected trustees. R. L. Scott, O. A. Gilman and John Rogers were ap- pointed finance committee by Master Workman Wing, and J. H. Raymond, Ma- thias Mickley, and C. F. Wheeler were named on the business committee.


Of the sixteen charter members three are still members of this lodge in good standing. They are: W. B. Mitchell, St. Cloud, Minn .; C. F. Wheeler, Naples, Idaho; Dr. W. L. Beebe, St. Cloud, Minn. Six of the charter list died members of the order, and six allowed themselves to become suspended, three of these on the first assessment after initiation.


Those admitted during the year 1880 were: John E. Johnston, wagon maker; Samuel Hayward, miller; E. A. Parks, teacher; John Seberger, deputy sheriff; W. T. Benjamin, mechanic; D. L. Kiehle, teacher. D. L. Kiehle at the time of his initiation was president of the St. Cloud State Normal School and E. A. Parks, su- perintendent of the city schools; Thos. J. Gray, science teacher at the State Normal, and Math Mickley, sheriff of Stearns County.


In spite of the excellent personnel of the charter list, the growth of St. Cloud Lodge No. 63 was very slow the first ten . years of its existence. At the end of the fifth year it had but sixteen members, three less than at the end of the first and


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at the close of the tenth there were only 32. Strenuous efforts had been made from time to time to increase the membership, but without success.


In 1891 things began to change. Syste- matic and persistent effort was made to increase the membership. As a result sixteen candidates were initiated that year, and three members admitted by card. The A. O. U. W. Guide, a weekly paper, was ordered for each member of the lodge. The I. O. O. F. Hall was leased, and the furniture purchased from the Odd Fellows. The next year weekly meetings were held. Seventeen members were ini- tiated and three admitted by card. Sick benefits were paid, but this was discon- tinued the following year.


Peerless Lodge No. 4, Degree of Honor, was organized with 52 charter members in 1895 through the efforts of several of the members of No. 63, and 46 new mem- bers were added to the Workmen lodge. From this on these two lodges worked hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder. Joint meetings were held, joint installa- tions conducted, and card parties, enter- tainments, picnics, etc., were frequent. The result was a rapid growth of both lodges.


Since the organization of Peerless lodge the Workmen have admitted 458 members and the Degree 467. The total number admitted by the Workmen since the insti- tution of the lodge is about 600.


The Past Master Workman still living and in good standing are W. B. Mitchell, Dr. W. L. Beebe, C. F. Wheeler, F. C. Lindt, Samuel Marshall, Thos. Savage, P. J. Seberger, L. J. Rocholl, Wm. C. Scheil, William Munsinger, Fred Albrecht, Wm. Albrecht, Jos. B. Theisen and John A. Schmidt.


The following is a list of the executive and financial officers with year of service, the first under each year being the master workman, the second the recorder, the third the financier, and the fourth the re- ceiver: 1880, J. E. Wing, T. J. Gray, W. L. Beebe, W. B. Mitchell. 1881, Thos. J. Gray, E. A. Parks, W. L. Beebe, W. B. Mitchell. 1882, C. F. Wheeler, T. C. Wing, W. L. Beebe, W. B. Mitchell. 1883, J. H. Raymond, T. C. Wing, W. L Beebe, W. B. Mitchell. 1884, J. H. Raymond, T. C. Wing, T. C. Wing, W. B. Mitchell. 1885,


J. H. Raymond, T. C. Wing, T. C. Wing, W. B. Mitchell. 1886, A. T. Whitman, T. C. Wing, J. E. Wing, W. B. Mitchell. 1887, J. H. Raymond, T. C. Boorne and Robt. Lutz, W. L. Beebe, W. B. Mitchell. 1888, Sam B. Fuller, Robt. Lutz, P. R. Griebler, P. J. Seberger. 1889, C. F. Wheeler, Robt. Lutz, P. R. Griebler, P. J. Seberger. 1890, C. F. Wheeler, J. F. Wray, P. R. Griebler, P. J. Seberger. 1891, J. E. Wing, A. E. Brandt, P. R. Griebler, J H. Raymond. 1892, L. W. Clark, A. E. Brandt, P. R. Griebler, J. H. Raymond. 1893, E. F. Page, A. E. Brandt, P. P. Thienis, J. H. Raymond. 1894, Edw. Maybury and F. C. Lindt, J. H. Weyrens, P. P. Thienis, J. H. Raymond. 1895, S. S. Betts, J. H. Wey- rens, P. P. Thienis, D. W. Harding. 1896, D. F. Adams, J. H. Weyrens, P. P. Thienis and J. H. Raymond, D. W. Harding. 1897, Sam Marshall, W. J. Van Dyke, J. H. Ray- mond, D. W. Harding. 1898, Thos. Sav- age, E. F. Page, J. H. Raymond, D. W. Harding and Peter Miller. 1899, P. J. Se- berger, E. F. Page and T. C. Terrell, J. H. Raymond, R. I. Hubert. 1900, D. F. Ad- ams, T. C. Terrell and P. J. Seberger, J. H. Raymond, R. I. Hubert. 1901, L. J. Ro- choll, P. J. Seberger, J. H. Raymond, R. I. Hubert. 1902, Rufus Fairbanks and William Mence, P. J. Seberger, J. H. Ray- mond, Chas. J. Metzroth. 1903, Chas. Lil- jenberg, P. J. Seberger, J. H. Raymond, Chas. J. Metzroth. 1904, Wm. H. Mun- singer, P. J. Seberger, J. H. Raymond, J. A. Benson. 1905, Wm. C. Scheil, Thos. Savage, P. J. Seberger, J. E. Robertson. 1906, Wm. C. Scheil, Thos. Savage, P. J. Seberger, J. E. Robertson. 1907, Ola Nel- son, Thos. Savage, P. J. Seberger, L. J. Rocholl. 1908, Fred Albrecht, Thos. Sav- age, P. J. Seberger, L. J. Rocholl. 1909, H. B. Davis, Thos. Savage, P. J. Seberger, Chris. Schmitt. 1910, Wm. Albrecht, Thos. Savage, P. J. Seberger, Chris. Schmitt. 1911, Jos. B. Theisen, Thos. Savage, P. J. Seberger, Wm. Munsinger. 1912, Jos. B. Theisen, Thos. Savage, Fred Steindorf, Wm. Munsinger. 1913, John A. Schmitt, Thos. Savage and Wm. Munsin- ger, Fred Steindorf, Wm. Munsinger and Chris. Schmitt. 1914, John A. Schmitt, Wm. Munsinger, Fred Steindorf, Chris. Schmitt.


St. Cloud Lodge No. 63 is in a flourish- ing condition to-day. It has increased its


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membership 55 during the past year. It


has nearly 200 members and nearly $2,000 in its treasury, making it one of the strongest lodges, numerically and finan- cially, in the city. Its membership is made up of the best of our citizens- ministers, doctors, lawyers, bankers, mer- chants and respectable working men.


The officers for 1915 are as follows: Past master workman, John A. Schmitt; master workman, William Donken; fore- man, Wm. Kirsch; overseer, Clarence Mowen; recorder, Wm. Munsinger; finan- cier, Fred Steindorf; receiver, Chris. Schmitt; guide, Melvin Munsinger; inside watch, John Lambeke; outside watch, Vic- tor Sandberg; trustees, Jos. B. Theisen, Wm. Scheil, L. J. Rocholl. The represent- atives to the Grand Lodge, elected for the year 1915 and 1916, are Jos. B. Theisen and John A. Schmitt. St. Cloud Lodge No. 63 is represented on the official list of the Grand Lodge by P. J. Seberger, who is grand guide.


The roll of dead follows: Mathias Mick- ley, Mar. 3, 1888; Peter R. Griebler, June 22, 1893; Edwin Cappie, Nov. 13, 1895; O. A. Gilman, July 16, 1897; John Seberger, April 12, 1898; Alexander Smart, May 7, 1898; James E. Wing, Sept. 20, 1898; Harry McDevitt, Nov. 17, 1898; Peter Hockert, March 2, 1899; A. T. Whitman, Sept. 21, 1899; Peter Von Levern, Aug. 17, 1901; Barney Renskin, Aug. 9, 1902; John Materna, Feb. 5, 1903; Swan Swan- berg, Sept. 22, 1903; John Krenn, March 13, 1904; T. C. Boorne, May 5, 1905; John A. Freed, March 21, 1905; John W. Wolter, March 25, 1905; Constance Hall, Oct. 13, 1905; Nicholas Bidinger, May 10, 1906; J. Andrew Benson, Jan. 26, 1906; Frank Goodman, April 19, 1906; J. H. Raymond, May 4, 1907; Thos. J. Gray, 1907; J. H. Rice, April 22, 1908; Frank Weiman, April 24, 1908; S. A. Reichert, July 1, 1909; C. L. Boardman, Nov. 22, 1909; P. H. Ander- son, Jan. 14, 1911; E. C. Gardner, April 10, 1911; Robt. S. Carew, March 3, 1912; Frank Smith, April 1, 1912; Henry Schar- enbroich, Jan. 22, 1913; James A. Reid, April 19, 1914.


There were just 36 deaths in 34 years, an average of one a year .. During the first 17 years of this period there were only four deaths, and during the last 17 there were 32. The total amount paid to the


beneficiaries of these deceased members was $65,000.


Peerless Lodge No. 4, Degree of Honor, was instituted on January 31, 1895, by Mrs. Mary Daily, Grand Chief of Honor, with fifty-two charter members. The first officers elected and installed were: Past chief of honor, Rinna Page; chief of honor, Emma Marshall; lady of honor, Emily Berg; chief of ceremonies, Mrs. Florence Johnston; recorder, Florence Johnston; financier, Agnes Adams; re- ceiver, Mary Weyrens; usher, Dottie Bow- ers; inside watch, Mattie Johnston; out- side watch, Fred C. Lindt; trustees, J. H. Raymond, Alice Terrell, J. M. Gretta. The first name selected for the lodge was J. H. Raymond Lodge No. 4, but this was changed on February 21 to Peerless Lodge, No. 4.


Mary Weyrens, Josephine Huff and Della Gretta were the first to make appli- cation for beneficiary certificates, and cer- tificates were issued as follows: To Della Gretta, No. 131; to Josephine Huff, No. 132; to Mary Weyrens, No. 149.


On May 16, Florence Johnston resigned her position as recorder and Mary D. Ro- bischung was elected to fill the vacancy, and on June 20 Mrs. Florence Johnston resigned the position of ceremonies and Lydia Davis was elected to succeed her.


For the year 1896 the following officers were elected: Past chief of honor, Emma Marshall; chief of honor, Emma Franklin; lady of honor, Albertina Griebler; chief of ceremonies, Hattie Gehrenbeck; recorder, Rose Betts; financier, Agnes Adams; usher, Dottie Bowers; inside watch, Ber- tha Seberger; outside watch, Sam Mar- shall.


Eleven members were admitted in 1895, 22 in 1896, 7 in 1897, 15 in 1898, 49 in 1899, 36 in 1900, 30 in 1901, 42 in 1902, 61 in 1903, 15 in 1904, 33 in 1905, 9 in 1906, and 17 in 1907 to July. The total number ad- mitted since the institution is about 475. There are now 158 members in good standing.


Below is given a list of the executive and financial officers with year of service, the first under each year being the chief of honor, the second the recorder, the third the financier, and the fourth the re- ceiver: 1895, Emma Marshall, Florence Johnston and Mary Robischung, Agnes


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Adams, Mary Weyrens. 1896, Emma Franklin, Rosa Betts, Agnes Adams, Mary Weyrens. 1897, Mary Miller, Theresa Se- berger, Nellie Trossen and Agnes Adams, Mary Weyrens. 1898, Albertina Griebler, Theresa Seberger, Agnes Adams, Mary Weyrens. 1899, Albertina Griebler, Theresa Seberger, Agnes Adams, Mary K. Brown. 1900, Hattie Geherenbeck, Theresa Se- berger, Agnes Adams, Mary K. Brown. 1901, Mary Miller, Theresa Seberger, Agnes Adams, Minnie Albrech and Mary K. Brown. 1902, Janette Fairbanks and Hattie Robertson, Theresa Seberger, Ber- tha Seberger, Mary K. Brown. 1903, Emma Sigloh, Theresa Seberger, Bertha Seberger, Mary K. Brown. 1904, Regina Knutson, Theresa Seberger, Bertha Se- berger, Hattie Geherenbeck. 1905, Lydia C. Davis, Theresa Seberger, Bertha Se- berger, Hattie Geherenbeck. 1906, Janet McQueen, Emma Sigloh, Bertha Seberger, Hattie Geherenbeck. 1907, Charlotte Hohman, Emma Sigloh, Bertha Seberger, Hattie Geherenbeck. 1908, Merga Kuhn, Emma Sigloh, Bertha Seberger, Hattie Geherenbeck. 1909, Mary Huber, Emma Sigloh, Bertha Seberger, Hattie Geheren- beck. 1910, Martha Young, Emma Sigloh, Bertha Seberger, Hattie Geherenbeck. 1911, Nellie Marvin, Emma Sigloh, Bertha Seberger, Hattie Geherenbeck. 1912, Mary Stafford, Hattie Geherenbeck, Tillie Becker, Janet McQueen. 1913, Abbie Al- len, Hattie Geherenbeck, Tillie Becker, Janet McQueen. 1914, Mary Smith, Hat- tie Geherenbeck, Tillie Becker, Jennie Dilley and Clara Wilker.


The officers elected for the year 1915 are as follows: Past chief of honor, Mary Smith; chief of honor, Maud Ray- mond; lady of honor, Minnie Bowers; chief of ceremonies, Lydia Davis; usher, Mar- tha Young; assistant usher, Helen Wendt; inside watch, Marie Smith; outside watch, John Jenson; trustees, Margaret Blattner, Mary Spaniol and Barbara Markley; med- ical examiner, Dr. G. S. Brigham.


The following is a list of those who died: Jane Nelson, 1903; Margaret Sin- clair, 1904; Elizabeth Nolan, 1904; Amy Herchmer, 1904; Emma Marshall, 1905; Celia Rocholl, 1906; Elizabeth Raymond, 1907; Henrietta Wolfsberg, 1907; John H. Raymond, 1907; Mary Blattner, 1910; An- netta Swanberg, 1912; Mary Spicer, 1912;


Mary Farrell, 1910; Elizabeth Parish, 1912; Mary Cullen, 1912; Henrietta Block, 1913; Agnes Adams, 1913; Geo. Beckman, 1913; Elizabeth Hockert Scheuer, 1914; Johanna Okerberg, 1914.


Granite City Camp No. 1557, M. W. A. -On March 18, 1891, E. P. Sartell, F. C. Grunnewald, R. W. Johnson, J. F. Palmer, Dr. G. S. Brigham, and R. G. A. Cousens met in Knights of Labor hall, 231/2 Sixth Avenue North, and organized a camp of the Modern Woodmen of America. O. H. C. Raeder, D. H. C., previous to this had secured the following applications for membership: E. P. Sartell, Rev. R. L. Henshall, W. B. Mitchell, Geo. Wagner, Fred C. Grunnewald, R. W. Johnson, J. F. Palmer, Dr. G. S. Brigham and R. G. A. Cousens These were all duly balloted for and elected to become members by adoption


Deputy Head Consul Raeder, assisted by H. B. Johnson, duly obligated E. P. Sartell, F. C. Grunnewald, R. W. Johnson, J. F. Palmer, Dr. G. S. Brigham, and R. G. A. Cousens, after which the following officers were elected: Venerable consul, E. P. Sartell; worthy adviser, Rev. R. L. Henshall; excellent banker, W. B. Mit- chell; clerk, R. G. A. Cousens; escort, J. F. Palmer; watchman, Fred C. Grunne- wald; sentry, R. W. Johnson; camp physi- cian, Dr. G. S. Brigham; manager, three years, E. P. Sartell; manager, two years, Dr. G. S. Brigham; manager, one year, Fred C. Grunnewald. All these, except the Worthy Adviser and Excellent Banker, were installed. Rev. R. L. Henshall and W. B. Mitchell were not adopted until June 18 and were never installed to the positions to which they had been elected. The name selected for the camp was Granite City Camp No. 1557, Modern Woodmen of America.


The annual growth is shown in the fol- lowing: 1891, 14; 1892, 1; 1893, 12; 1894, 30; 1895, 40; 1896, 54; 1897, 17; 1898, 97; 1899, 147; 1900, 49; 1901, 42; 1902, 41; 1903, 9; 1904, 22; 1905, 20; 1906, 62; 1907, 49; 1908, 31; 1909, 66; 1910, 42; 1911, 27; 1912, 5; 1913, 10; 1914, 10. The total num- ber admitted since organization is 907. Of these 772 were adopted and 135 ad- mitted by card. The present membership is 353. Of the charter members, W. B. Mitchell is the only one still a member.


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HISTORY OF STEARNS COUNTY


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Granite City Camp No. 1557, M. W. A. -Those who served as Venerable Con- sul are: E. P. Sartell, from March 18, 1891, to January, 1896; J. F. Stephens, 1896-1897; Jacob Webb, 1898; W. A. Gould, 1899; Geo. W. Stewart, 1900; J. F. Stephens, 1901-02; L. C. Brown, 1903; H. G. Smart, 1904; O. A. McConnell, 1905; N. M. Varner, 1906; S. G. Stickney, 1907; J. E. Barr, 1908; A. D. Doone, 1909; Mor- gan Flaherty, 1910; Carl P. Koeh, 1911; W. F. Schultz, 1912-13-14. The following have served as Camp Clerk: R. G. A. Cousens, from March 18, 1891, to May 25, 1895; W. A. Gould, from May 25, 1895, to January, 1896; J. H. Weyrens, from January, 1896, to July, 1899; P. J. Seber- ger, from July, 1899, to 1915. The Excel- lent Bankers were: W. B. Mitchell, from March 18, 1891, to Oct. 10, 1891; Wm. Al- brecht, from Oct. 10, 1891, to May 13, 1893; J. K. Orton, from May 13, 1893 to January, 1895; J. G. Martin, from January, 1895 to January, 1896; A. D. Doone, from January, 1896, to January, 1897; W. J. Holes, from January, 1897, to January, 1898; F. H. Thielman, from January, 1898, to January, 1900; A. D. Doone, from Jan- uary, 1900, to January, 1907; Jacob Webb, from January, 1907, to Sept. 8, 1910; O. A. McConnell, from Sept. 8, 1910, to Jan- uary, 1915.


The following are the officers for 1915: Venerable consul, Morgan Flaherty; worthy adviser, John A. Henry; excellent banker, O. A. McConnell; clerk, P. J. Se- berger; escort, Ben Schoener; watchman, W. J. Murphy; sentry, J. W. Erickson; camp physicians, A. D. Whiting, J. H. Beaty, J. C. Beohm; managers, H. G. Smart, C. D. Hudson, Wm. M. Varner.




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