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Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church, located at Sixth and Summitt streets, was organized March 21, 1877. The present building was built in 1895 at a cost of $10,000. Main auditorium is seated with oak pews and all the furnishings are in oak. Auditorium will seat 300 and the annex will seat 150 persons. Basement is finished and used for Sunday school which has an attendance of 250. Rev. W. O. Thompson is the present minister and the church membership is 500. Officers are as fol- lows: Trustees, George Berthoux, Oris W. Smith, W. M. Slagle, E. D. Robb, A. Garber, J. A. Steele, W. M. Alcorn, E. D. Holland and F. O. Withers.
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, located at 515 South Lafayette avenue, was organized in 1882. The present frame building is the oldest church building in Sedalia and was erected by the Cumberland Presbyterian or- ganization, sold by them in the year 1882. The congregation owns the parsonage, a nice frame building near the church. Membership at pres- ent is 300 with an attendance at Sunday school of 100. Rev. Charles Baepler is the present minister. J. W. Jochoche, C. Grother, J. H. Bruns, James Heermann, J. Maus, F. Borchers, C. Kueck and C. Traugott are the church elders. The trustees are E. L. Keuper, treasurer; J. Berg- mann, auditor; G. Weil, secretary.
Trinity English Lutheran Church, at 910 South Osage avenue, was organized November 28, 1894, with twelve members. The church has been served by the following pastors : Revs. John F. Seibert, D. D .; J. C. Jacoby, D. D .; S. M. Lesher and the present pastor, J. A. Koser, D. D. Present membership is 130 and the church, under Rev. Koser, is in a flourishing condition. The following gentlemen constitute the board of officers: Charles Maggard, William Harbaugh, Carl Anderson, Samuel Brown, Carl Borgelt and D. H. Fries.
The East Sedalia Baptist Church was organized under the direction of Rev. E. T. Brown Friday, March 19, 1875. The following persons con- stituted its first members : Rev. E. T. Brown, Mrs. E. T. Brown, Elder J. B. Hopps, Mrs. J. B. Hopps, Miss M. Hopps, S. H. Olmsted and wife, J.
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L. Thomas, sister Emma Hubbard, sister L. Pickard, sister Retta Titus. S. H. Olmsted was the first church clerk and Rev. E. T. Brown the first pastor. April 17, 1875, the church called Elder Brown to its pastorate, and with the exception of one year, in which Rev. John Letts was pastor, Elder Brown continued to minister to the church till 1879. Elder Brown was the prime mover in the establishment and building of the Baptist Church in East Sedalia. He built the church at a cost of $3,000, with his individual means, except about $200 in work and lumber contributed by other parties. Rev. S. D. Fulton was the second pastor. The present East Sedalia Baptist Church building, corner of Fifth street and Summit avenue, was built in 1909 at a cost of $30,000. The building is a com- modious brick, modern and is furnished with oak pews and pipe organ. The main auditorium will seat about 600 people and the basement, equippel for Sunday school, will seat a like number. Present membership of the church is 750, with Sunday school attendance of 350. George Smith is superintendent. The boards of officers are: Deacons, R. A. Stanley, chair- man ; Fred Pierce, R. A. Miller, Joseph Hancock, M. V. Patterson, George K. Smith. Joseph Hancock is chairman of the board of trustees. The East Sedalia Baptist Church has a mission church located at 129 East Saline street. This mission was organized in 1915.
The Ohio Street Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in Sedalia in July, 1864, by Rev. C. E. Carpenter. Rev. C. E. Carpenter died at Fair- field, Iowa, in May, 1867, at twenty-nine years of age. In 1862 Rev. Stan- ford Ing preached in a school house in or near Sedalia, but the house having been occupied as a hospital for sick and wounded soldiers, the preaching was necessarily discontinued. In November, 1865, Rev. George McKee effected a permanent organization in Sedalia, with a membership of seven, viz: Elizabeth Hulland, Dr. J. F. Tobias, James N. Johnson, A. McAlpine, Eliza McAlpine, Sarah A. Russell and Rachel McKee, the wife of the pastor. Under the direction of Rev. Mr. McKee a church edifice was commenced, the cornerstone being laid in 1865. The building was enclosed and the lecture room was dedicated by Bishop E. R. Ames in March, 1867. Rev. J. W. Bushong succeeded Rev. McKee in the pastorate charge of the Sedalia Church in 1867. The church was located on the corner of Ohio and Fourth streets. The present edifice was built of War- rensburg stone in 1888. Church has been served by many able ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Rev. Leroy Vernon, D. D., was the pastor of this church and was the first missionary to carry the
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King James version of the Holy Scriptures into the city of Rome. The church building has the largest seating capacity of any church in the city of Sedalia. The property is worth about $60,000 and is free of debt. Rev. Eli P. Anderson is the present minister. Church has a membership of 685 with a Sunday school attendance of 500. The trustees are: E. E. Johnston, Jacob Brandt, H. E. Carpenter, Earnest W. Dugan, Frank Faulkner, J. L. Butterworth, Harvey D. Dow, W. L. Porter, William Jolly.
The M. E. Church, South .- The services under the auspices of this denomination in Sedalia until 1871 were under the Sedalia circuit, hence the history of this church as a distinct pastoral charge begins on the aforesaid date. During that year (1871) under the direction of Rev. Preston Philips a church building on the corner of Third and Massa- chusetts streets was completed at a cost of about $3,500. In August of the same year it was dedicated by the late Bishop Marvin, and the first quarterly conference convened, November 20, 1871, with Rev. Dr. W. M. Prottsman presiding and H. C. Riggs pastor. J. R. Bennett, C. C. Woods, Milton Adkisson, M. M. Pugh and C. L. D. Blevens officiated as the early presiding elders. The first members of the church were J. S. Lingle, Preston Phillipps and wife, A. G. Hudson and wife, Mrs. D. D. Fear, James Dickerson, George L. Bell and Henry Franklin and wife. Meetings were held first in a private room on the second floor of a main street store and in that place the church was organized. The present church build- ing, located on the corner of Fifth and Osage avenues, is a good, sub- stantial and artistic brick and will seat 400 people. The parsonage in connection with the church is situated at 315 West Fourth street. The church building is valued easily at $20,000. Church membership is 688 with a Sunday school attendance of 300. Rev. W. T. McClure, D. D., is the present minister. The following gentlemen constitute the board of officers : H. R. Camp, E. W. Couey, E. M. Shultz, W. W. Rose, G. D. Malone, S. W. Rickets, A. M. Harlan, who is also superintendent of the Sunday school; D. H. Hoffman, L. Martin, H. C. Thornton, J. E. Roark, E. H. Harris, B. F. Burford, C. M. Licklider, H. T. Rapp, A. C. Melton, Lon V. Ware and L. D. Mellor.
Calvary Episcopal Church, Broadway and Ohio avenues. The first Episcopal Church services held in Sedalia were conducted by the Rt. Rev. Cicero S. Hawks, D. D., bishop of Missouri, in a frame store room on the old Gallie Lumber Yard site, in the summer of 1865. An organization of the members of the church was effected in December of that year,
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and the present name of the parish was adopted. The first vestry con- sisted of the following gentlemen: O. A. Crandall, A. H. Thompson, S. M. Vinton, Thomas E. Bassett and Charles A. Meyers. The present church edifice was commenced in 1885 and the cornerstone laid by the Rt. Rev. C. F. Robertson, bishop of Missouri. On July 11, 1886, the Rt. Rev. A. C. Garreett, bishop of northern Texas, dedicated the church. This building is of native stone, completed during the rectorship of Rev. J. J. Wilkins. The new rectory was completed in 1918. The present membership is 200 with a Sunday school attendance of fifty. The rector is the superin- tendent. Present vestry consists of the present rector, Rev. H. E. Martin, A. D. Stanley, S. W .; J. W. Mellor, J. W .; C. P. Brown, J. N. Hinman, George Trader, Harvey McFarland, Charles E. Messerly, Jr., C. W. Fry, Col. H. Demuth, Charles D. Guy, Victor Winnberg and Fred Jackson.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church, located at 915 South Vermont avenue, was organized in August, 1879. B. U. Hale is the present Con- ference president. . Those holding membership are: Mrs. Anna Montgom- ery, Mrs. Harry Straler, Misses Mildred and Helen Straler, Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Wilhite, Will Huff, Mrs. Serrell Jenkins, Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd, A. J. Boyle and Mrs. Mary E. Taylor.
The Church of Christ has two congregations in Sedalia. One at 1319 South Stewart avenue and one at Twenty-sixth and Massachusetts ave- nue. Their membership is about seventy-five, with Sunday school at- tendance of thirty-five. The above church and mission were established in 1905. The church on Stewart avenue is a good frame house twenty- eight by forty feet. The mission, on Twenty-sixth and Massachusetts avenue, is a frame construction twenty-four by forty feet. Officers of first named church are: J. W. Hogan, J. D. Powers and W. H. Palmer. Those of the Mission Church are: H. Franklin and L. A. Spellmeyer.
Good Will Methodist Church, three miles southeast of Sedalia, is a Southern Methodist. It is well attended, the membership being about fifty, with Sunday school attendance of forty. Rev. W. O. Thompson, of Sedalia, is the present minister.
St. Vincent's (now St. Patrick's) is the oldest Catholic Church in Sedalia. The original church building was a small frame, located on the corner of Lamine avenue and Pettis street. This church was organized prior to 1871. The next site was the site of the present St. Patrick's Church. The present building was completed in 1914. The present struc- ture is a magnificent church and represents a property value of $35,000.
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The name of this parish was changed from St. Vincent's to St. Patrick's when the location was changed to the present location. The following have ministered to the parish: Rev. Fr. Swift (who established St. Vin- cent's) and Rev. Frs. Walsh, Graham, Murphy, Scanlon, Haley, McNamee and the present incumbent, Rev. Fr. Jennings.
Sacred Heart Church dates from 1882. In that year Rt. Rev. J. J. Hogan, D. D., bishop of Kansas City, granted the German Catholics, then numbering thirty-five families, permission to found a congregation inde- pendent of St. Vincent's Parish of which they had hitherto been mem- bers. Father Dickmann, C. PP. S., immediately secured a place of wor- ship, first, in Keck's Hall, and then in the vacant Episcopal Church located at the corner of Fourth and Massachusetts streets. In the meanwhile they purchased the lots on the southeast corner of Third and Vermont streets, and the parish contributed towards the erection of the new church, combining church and school. October 1, 1882, the new church and school were dedicated and the Sisters of the Community of the Most Precious Blood took charge of the school which has ever since grown and flourished. The charter members of this church were C. L. Keck, Henry Schaffer, Joseph Burger, H. H. Meier, Frank Lorsbach, Peter Meyers, Alexander Kipping, John Young, Joseph Klink, George C. Deckmann, P. R. Meyers, Caspar Lix, Joseph Lix, Joseph Patt, George Altemueller, Peter Rast, Mrs. Binder, Henry Rottler, Hermann Loos, Caspar Kruse, Mrs. Phil Pfeiffer, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Andler, Michael Neckermann, Mrs. Hampeter, Frank Van Hoff, Mrs. Brockschmidt, Mrs. Wagner.
CHAPTER XXXV.
LODGES
MASONIC BODIES-INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS-REBEKAHS-KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-ELKS-MOOSE-EAGLES-RED MEN-MACCABEES-WOMANS' BENEFIT ASSOCIATION-KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS-WOODMEN OF THE WORLD -WOODMAN CIRCLE-KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECURITY-CHAPTER "B" P. E. O .- YOEMEN-UNITED WORKMEN-MYSTIC WORKERS-ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS-KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF FATHER MATTHEW-ROYAL NEIGH- BORS-MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA-TRADES UNIONS.
The Masonic Lodges of Sedalia have a beautiful lodge home at Seventh and Osage avenues. They bought the building from the Cum- berland Presbyterian Church when it united with Broadway Church and during the years 1906-07 remodeled the structure until it is, at present, one of the most attractive Masonic temples in Central Missouri. The different branches of the order bought bonds as lodges, and sold them to their membership to raise the money necessary to the remodeling of the building. The temple is used solely for lodge purposes, all the bodies in the city meeting there.
Sedalia Lodge No. 236, A. F. & A. M. is the oldest lodge in Sedalia. Late in the year 1863 G. C. Yost, G. R. Kell, T. J. Montgomery and others determined to make an effort for the establishment of a Blue Lodge. A petition was forwarded to the grand master for a dispensation, which was at once granted, and on the twenty-fifth day of January, 1864, Se- dalia Lodge, "under dispensation" was opened by Past Grand Master S. H. Saunders, as proxy for the then grand master, John H. Turner, with the following officers: Keorge C. Yost, W. M .; George R. Keill, S. W .; O. A. Crandall, J. W .; W. H. Lightfoot, treasurer; Logan Clark, secretary ; A. A. Neal, J. D .; T. J. Montgomery, S. D .; John Hancock, tiler. The following names were the charter members: George C. Yost, George R.
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Kell, O. A. Crandall, W. H. Lightfoot, Logan Clark, T. J. Montgomery, A. A. Neal, John Hancock, James A. Blakemore, Robert C. Barnhart, B. F. Hughes, James S. Hopkins, Jr., John F. Philips, C. W. C. Walker. Present officers are: Worshipful Master, William T. Wallace; Senior Warden, Walter J. Kennedy; Junior Warden, Del C. Moore: Treasurer, Charles H. Bard; Secretary, William E. Brown. A charter was granted by the Grand Lodge of Missouri, May 29, 1864, since which time the lodge has been presided over by the following Worshipful Masters: George C. Yost, George R. Keil, Benton H. Ingram, A. D. Jaynes, Benton H. Ingram, John B. Gallie, O. A. Crandall, Charles G. Taylor, Henry Suess, George L. Faulhaber, John D. Crawford, L. O. Ellis, F. A. Sampson, A. P. Morey, J. P. Gray, Phillip Hahn, Benton H. Ingram, W. W. Herold, Ernest W. Lamy, Charles L. Taylor, Ira T. Bronson, William Latour, A. B. Vedder, William H. Hogg, F. M. Fulkerson, George A. Gold, Elroy E. Codding, Charles T. Whisman, R. L. Netherton, William O. Stanley, John Devlin, J. West Goodwin, John R. Dalby, A. C. Miner, G. W. McVey, Robert M. Johns, George W. Mckown, A. B. Ridgway, A. M. Harlan, William E. Brown.
Granite Lodge No. 272, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons .- In Oc- tober, 1867, a petition for the forming of a new lodge was approved by Sedalia Lodge No. 236 and forwarded to Most Worshipful Grand Master William Dunscomb, who, on January 4, 1868, directed the issuance of let- ters of dispensation for the same. John F. Phillips was appointed to open the new lodge, which duty he discharged on the 15th of January, 1868. The charter was granted, bearing date October 15, 1868. The charter members were: J. M. Fox, Charles L. Martin, M. M. Lampton, H. C. Smith, A. H. Thompson, Wilkins Watson, H. C. Sinnett, L. S. Florsheim, J. H. Rice, J. M. Offield, M. Henoch, D. H. Smith, G. A. Sturges, B. C. Wilker- son, E. R. Stevens, A. R. Ellis, James O. Perry, Ira E. Barnes, G. G. Vest, George W. Ready, Henry Merrigold and E. S. Barrett.
Roster of Past Masters: J. M. Fox, D. H. Smith, G. W. Ready, J. C. Thompson, B. G. Wilkerson, G. W. Ready, M. L. Jacobs, Isaac Wright, P. H. Sangree, J. Montgomery, N. L. Brown, S. D. Trumbo, Arch Camp- bell, J. D. Russell, R. C. Woods, George Lord, C. H. Zoll, W. S. Epperson, J. C. Parmerlee, J. H. Johnson, George E. McNeil, T. W. Bast, W. H. Holcroft, Mark A. McGruder, E. A. Strong, C. F. Ernst, F. S. Milligan, A. W. Bunyan, S. B. Kennon, J. G. Jolly, C. L. Marin.
Officers for 1917 are: Worshipful Master, W. A. Wheal; Senior
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Warden, C. A. Gilbert; Junior Warden, W. A. Harman; treasurer, E. E. Johnston; Secretary, S. B. Kennon.
Sedalia Chapter No. 18, Royal Arch Masons .- A meeting was held December 16, 1866, for the organization of a chapter. A charter was granted October 24, 1867. Charter members were: George R. Kiel, M. M. Lampton, John C. W. Lindsey, John B. Gallie, Thomas W. Cloney, John A. Pigg, W. C. Overstreet, George Anderson, George Stucker, Thomas J. Montgomery, Clifton Wood, Henry C. Smith, David H. Smith, Edward Powell, M. Layman, Josiah McCarrcy, W. H. Finlay, W. W. Wharton.
The chapter has been presided over by the following Excellent High Priests: George R. Kiel, J. M. Fox, George W. Ready, B. G. Wilkerson, B. H. Ingram, A. D. Jaynes, O. A. Crandall, J. C. Thompson, M. M. Pritch- ard, John B. Gallie, A. H. Thompson, F. A. Sampson, A. G. Holland, A. P. Morey, John A. Lacy, J. L. Smith, Arch Campbell, George Lord, H. G. Clark, William Latour, J. W. Mallery, W. S. Epperson, John P. Gass, C. H. Zoll, J. H. Johnson, George McNeil, J. C. Parmerlee, Charles E. Baker, E. A. Strong, E. A. Sisson, E. E. Codding, C. E. Baker, George W. McVey, George F. Boothe, H. B. Wright, and W. A. Davidson.
Officers : Excellent High Priest, Joel E. Roark; King, Samuel R. Dameron ; Scribe, John T. Ready ; treasurer, Elijah E. Johnston; Secretary, George F. Boothe.
Centralia Council No. 34, Royal and Select Masters, St. Omer Com- mandery No. 11 .- About the 12th of January, 1869, a petition for a dis- pensation to open a Commandery at Sedalia was signed, and Sir James F. Aglar, Grand Commander, granted a dispensation, under which a Com- mandery was opened and work done, after which St. Omer Commandery was constituted, with Seth Stoughton, E. C. The date of the charter was October 5, 1869. The charter members were: Seth Stoughton, M. M. Lampton, D. H. Smith, G. A. Sturges, J. M. Fox, B. G. Wilkerson, John F. Philips, J. C. Thompson, Alex Campbell, J. M. Shook, John B. Gallie, Peter Latch, Rod Gallie, A. D. Jaynes, G. W. Pont, J. A. Wallace and John T. Heard. Officers: Commander, Samuel R. Dameron; Generalissimo, John G. Love; Captain General, George Suter; Senior Warden, Cyrus A. Gil- bert; Junior Warden, James P. Downs; Prelate, William B. Malone; Treas- urer, Elijah E. Johnston; Recorder, Joel E. Roark; Standard Bearer, Walter J. Kennedy.
Sedalia Shrine Club, 1917 .- Officers in 1917 were: President, Charles H. Bard; First Vice-president, Samuel R. Dameron; Second Vice-president,
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G. Roy Thompson; Third Vice-president, Benjamin F. Walker; Secretary (pro tem.), R. Flores ; Treasurer, U. S. Grant; Outer Guard, George Suter.
Fern Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, was organized at the resi- dence of B. G. Simonds, July 3, 1875. B. G. Simonds was elected W. P. The other officers elected were: Mrs. M. M. Andrus, W. M .; R. V. C. Simonds, A. M .; L. B. Jackson, Treasurer; Isaac Wright, Secretary ; Sarah Simonds, Conductress ; C. A. Smith, Assistant.
Sedalia Chapter No. 57, Order of Eastern Star .- Past Worthy Ma- · trons are: Melissa Campbell, Minerva M. Knott, Margaret Ammon, May Belle Codding, Mary E. Black, Gertrude Englund, Eda Parks Will, Ida Easton, Mabel Mayberry, Sally Pritchard, Lovetta Mowbray, Elizabeth Ernest, Gertrude Owens, Anna L. Evans, Katie Blanchard. Past Patrons are: Elroy E. Codding, Archibald Campbell, John H. Johnson, William H. Holcroft, William E. Brown, William W. Blain, Albert J. Campbell, George W. McVey, Ed J. Evans, Mark C. Daniels. The officers for 1917 were: Worthy Matron, Belle Regan McVey ; Worthy Patron, Leo S. Har- ris; Associate Matron, Susie Moyer; Secretary, May Highleyman; Treas- urer, Gertrude Owens; Conductress, Jean Rodeman.
Colored Ancient Free and Accepted Masons .- Hawkins Lodge No. 44 organized June 29, 1873. Freemen Morton is Worshipful Master and Harry Tutt is Secretary.
Centennial Lodge No. 59 organized August 9, 1876. H. R. Brown is Worshipful Master, and John Jones is Secretary.
Odd Fellows .- Neapolis Lodge No. 153 organized May 26, 1871. Present membership, eighty-three. The first lodge of this order was established in Georgetown in 1858. The records of all its proceedings were destroyed by fire, hence there is no data for its history. Neapolis Lodge No. 153 is one of the oldest lodges in the city. It was organized by Elias Bixby, James G. Tesch, S. A. Lowe, Ambrose J. Courtney, F. L. Parker, Thomas J. Montgomery and Francis McCabe. The hall was in a room on Main street, south side, west of Osage. Here it was regularly installed by Grand Secretary C. C. Archer, August 23, 1865. Elias Bixby was the first Noble Grand. In 1871, the lodge room and its contents were twice entirely destroyed by fire, and twice injured by fire. Present officers are: Harry W. Noftsker, Noble Grand; Fred A. Benz, Vice Grand; Gar- field A. Carson, Past Grand; C. W. Rock, Recording Secretary; Noah Rogers, Financial Secretary.
Loyal Rebekahs No. 260 was organized in 1899. Present member-
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ship is 160. Officers are: Mrs. W. H. Miller, N. G .; Mrs. John Stuart, V. N. G .; Mrs. Jerome Moyer, R. S. N. G .; Mrs. Dehlia Gallie, L. S. N. G .; Mrs. Lou DeJarnette, R. S. V. N. G .; Mrs. C. A. Kerfoot, L. S. V. N. G .; Mrs. Noah Rogers, Secretary; Mrs. Grace Paulus, Financial Secretary ; Mrs. James Hall, Treasurer; Mrs. Brundage, W .; Mrs. Hacknois, C .; Mrs. Brewer, Chaplain; Miss Naomi Frederick, I. G .; John Taylor, O. G.
Sedalia Rebekahs No. 125 has a membership of 100. The present officers are: Mrs. Lydia Buente, N. G .; Miss Mabel Ballard, V. N. G .; Mrs. Lillian Meyers, R. S. N. G .; Mrs. Anna Goodknight, L. S. N. G .; Mrs. Laura Cecil, R. S. V. N. G .; Mrs. Captola Noftsker, L. S. V. N. G .; Mrs. Etta Smith, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Ida Walker, Financial Secretary ; Mrs. E. T. Espelin, Treasurer; Mrs. Eva Brown, W .; Mrs. John Saunders, C .; Mrs. J. M. Potter, Chaplain; Mrs. G. W. Burnett, I. G .; G. G. Walker, O. G.
Knights of Pythias-Sedalia Lodge No. 27 organized November 14, 1872. Present membership, 168. The following were some of the charter members : A. B. Codding, Isaac Wright, Robert Walker, William Campbell, Clark; G. A. Gallie, S. A .; Mclaughlin. The lodge surrendered its charter in 1877, and reorganized.' Among the well-known charter members were: Rev. W. G. F. Wallace, John A. Lacy, Dr. W. P. King, Dr. W. H. Evans, Dr. D. T. Abell, Clay Arnold, George C. Heard, William L. Felix, E. L. Phipps, J. Blocker, Dr. L. O. Ellis, David Hurst and S. I. Thurber. The Knights of Pythias building is on Fifth street, opposite the court house, and is elaborately equipped with club rooms. This lodge also has a club house on Flat Creek, six miles south of Sedalia, on what is called "Goose Hold." The building is furnished for outing purposes and the grounds, "Pythian Park," are restricted to the mem- bership of the organization. Present officers are: Lon Leislie, C. C .; A. A. Miller, V. C .; Theodore Schwartz, M. A .; Frank Meyers, M. of W .; C. O. Rankin, Prelate.
Sedalia Lodge No. 125, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. was instituted May 25, 1889, by District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler W. D. Wetherill, of St. Louis, Missouri, assisted by the following members of St. Louis Lodge No. 9: Charles M. Napton, J. L. G. Charlton, C. D. Coleman, Louis T. Clark, W. W. Sylvester, E. B. Leight, H. T. Tillotson, Charles F. Sporleider, A. C. Packham and Charles F. Joy. The first officers of the lodge were: William Latour, Exalted Ruler; John D. Gibbs, Esteemed Leading Knight; C. A. Wesson, Esteemed Loyal Knight; M. L.
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Jacobs, Esteemed Lecturing Knight; Charles S. Conrad, Secretary ; Charles Airola, Treasurer ; James M. Snedaker, Tyler ; Fred H. Barde, Esquire; O. F. Kelsey, Inner Guard; Charles S. Dexter, E. R. Hunlock and W. H. Powell, Jr., Trustees. William Latour was the first representative to Grand Lodge, which was held at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1890. The present membership is about 500. The Elks have their own building on Third and Lamine avenues, where they have their lodge and club rooms. It is a beautiful three-story brick building, elegantly equipped and furnished and is one of the largest and best lodge buildings in Missouri. The pres- ent officers are: Victor H. Leffler, Exalted Ruler; Dr. Guy Tittsworth (now a captain in the United States Army) is Esteemed Leading Knight; Rex A. Wright, Esteemed Loyal Knight; Allen O'Bannon, Esteemed Lec- turing Knight; Alton R. Easton, Secretary; William J. Waldman, Treas- urer.
Loyal Order of Moose, Sedalia Lodge No. 1515, was organized in 1908 and has a good membership at the present day. The principal officers are: Ben Gallie, Dictator ; W. J. Tilbery, Vice Dictator; Call Bond, Prelate; Albert T. Loewer, Secretary ; J. J. Gallagher, Treasurer.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles .- Sedalia Aerie of Eagles was organ- ized in the city some eighteen years ago. The present officers are: S. Urban, Worthy President; Will Blatterman, Past Worthy President; Frank Moerschell, Secretary; August Helfert, Treasurer; Dr. E. F. Staats is the Aerie's physician.
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