History of Lancaster, New Hampshire, Part 55

Author: Somers, A. N. (Amos Newton)
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Concord, N.H., Rumford press
Number of Pages: 753

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Edward Savage, grand captain of the guard, 1867, '68.

Thomas S. Ellis, grand sword bearer, 1875, '76; grand junior

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warden, 1877; grand senior warden, 1878; grand captain general, 1879. (Grand lecturer, 1877, '78; district deputy grand master, 1879, '80, grand lodge.)

Edward R. Kent, grand captain of the guard, 1877; grand war- der, 1878 ; grand sword bearer, 1879; grand standard bearer, 1880; grand junior warden, 1881 ; grand senior warden, 1882-'84; grand captain general, 1885; grand generalissimo, 1886; deputy grand commander, 1887; grand commander of the Grand Com- mandery of Knights Templar, 1888; representative of the Grand Commandery of Indiana since 1886.

George C. Williams, grand marshal, 1860, '61; junior grand deacon, 1862; grand sword bearer, 1864, '65.

Grand Lodge .- Benjamin F. Hunking, grand lecturer, 1864- 1867; Edward Savage, grand lecturer, 1870-1873 ; D. D. G. M., 1875-1876; Charles E. McIntire, grand lecturer, 1885.

Grand Commandery .- Moses A. Hastings, grand captain of the guard, 1888; grand sword bearer, 1889; grand standard bearer, 1890; grand senior warden, 1891 ; grand captain general, 1892; grand generalissimo, 1893; deputy grand commander in Grand Commandery Knights Templar, 1894; grand lecturer of the fifth Masonic district in the grand lodge, 1886-1887.

Grand Chapter .- Edward Savage, grand steward, 1870; grand master of first veil, 1871; grand master of second veil, 1872; Thomas S. Ellis, grand steward, 1879; Thomas C. Beattie, grand steward, 1894-1895 ; Ivan W. Quimby, grand steward, 1889.

Grand Commandery .- Jared I. Williams, grand captain general, 1860-1861; George C. Williams, grand junior warden, 1862.

OLIVE BRANCH CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR.

This chapter of adoptive Masonry was instituted in Lancaster, at Masonic hall, March 16, 1870. The ceremonies of instituting the chapter and installing its officers was conducted by Grand Com- mander Forbes. A meeting for that purpose was called at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the above date, and after an address by Com- mander Forbes, the degrees of the Order of the Eastern Star were conferred upon the following named persons: Ann I. Savage, Ruth A. Hovey, Helen Cherry, Martha A. Rowell, Richard Hovey, Abner Thompson, Philo S. Cherry, Ellen E. Cobleigh, Sarah B. Cleaveland, Martha J. Thompson, Edward Savage, Erastus V. Cob- leigh, Charles A. Cleaveland, and William L. Rowell.

An election of officers resulted in the choice of the following per- sons : Edward Savage, W. P .; Ann I. Savage, W. M .; Ellen E. Cobleigh, A. M .; Martha J. Thompson, treasurer; Helen Cherry, secretary ; Sarah B. Cleaveland, C; Ruth A. Hovey, A. C.

At an adjourned meeting in the evening of the same day Com-

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mander Forbes installed these officers, and conferred the degrees upon Mrs. Eudora Smith and Miss Emma Marshall.

A code of by-laws, prepared by a committee consisting of Sarah B. Cleaveland, Ann I. Savage, Martha A. Rowell, Edward Savage, and Abner Thompson, were adopted, and with but slight changes are the same that are in force to-day.

The first public installation of officers of the chapter took place Jan. 26, 1877. The ceremony was conducted by Frank Peabody, W. P., assisted by Rev. George H. Pinkham of Whitefield, after which the assembled company partook of an elaborate banquet, the first ever given by the chapter. In January, 1885, the chapter gave a public entertainment from the proceeds of which they purchased an organ, and placed it in Masonic hall. The chapter has been a popular and a useful institution in the community. It has enjoyed a healthy growth, and now numbers over one hundred members.

The chapter was organized on what is known as a " McCoy Char- ter," which left every lodge independent of all other lodges. This charter was given up under the advice of Rev. C. J. Henley, in 1888, for a charter issued by the grand chapter of the United States. This charter was granted to the entire membership of the first lodge, as No. I of the General Grand Chapter of the United States, May 12, 1888, with the following charter members: Lucy Spooner, Jo- sephine Bailey, Helen A. Stuart, Persis F. Chase, Luella Peabody, Carrie M. Smith, Abbie L. Roby, H. Alice Peabody, Kate Hatch, Annie O. Kent, Addie Wilson, Grace Whitcomb.

On May 12, 1891, the Grand Chapter of New Hampshire was or- ganized in Lancaster. There were then only seven chapters in New Hampshire, six of which represented in the convention for the organization of a grand chapter for the state. Most appropriately Olive Branch Chapter, No. I, was privileged to act as hostess on that occasion. The Lancaster chapter was honored by the selection of the following of its members as officers in the grand chapter : Dr. Frank Spooner, grand patron ; Luella E. Peabody, grand asso- ciate conductor ; Helen A. Stewart, grand marshal; Lucy Spooner, grand Martha.

The officers for 1896 are :

Emma F. Roberts, W. M .; Washington D. Marshall, W. P .; Addie E. Wilson, A. M .; Kate M. Marshall, secretary ; Sarah E. Griswold, treasurer; Clara A. Roby, C .; Gertrude Noyes, A. C .; Alice Woodward, W .; Mabel C. Thompson, Adah; Blanche A. Moore, Ruth; Mary Porter, Esther; Gertrude P. Crawford, Martha ; Nena H. Edmunds, Electa; Hattie B. Smith, chaplain; Mary N. Brackett, marshal; Nellie B. Kent, organist; E. C. Roby, sentinel.

The past worthy patrons have been : Edward Savage, H. H. Por- ter, Frank Peabody, Dan Lee Jones, Edward R. Kent, Eugene

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Leavitt, C. J. Henley, Frank Spooner, C. W. Brown, Chester P. Brown, W. H. Thompson, Herbert A. Moore, W. D. Marshall.

The worthy matrons have been: Ann I. Savage, Ellen E. Cob- leigh, Eliza M. Spaulding, Emma F. M. Jones, Martha A. Corning, Grace Whitcomb, Hattie Smith, Lucy Spooner, Helen A. Stewart, Luella E. Peabody, Emma F. Roberts.

Back in the fifties there was an organization of Adoptive Masonry, embracing wives and daughters of Master Masons. John W. Bar- ney, the presiding officer, was the "Helion" of the ritual. Henry O. Kent, Jared I. Williams, James D. Folsom, La Fayette Moore, B. F. Hunking, John S. Ockington, and the active Masons of those days, with their wives, were members. This society was the precursor of the existing chapter chronicled above.

. THE ODD FELLOWS.

In 1849 a lodge of Odd Fellows was organized here under the name of the White Mountain lodge, chiefly by a number of civil engineers then at work on the line of the Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad (now the Grand Trunk), which it was hoped would be built through Lancaster. This lodge flourished for a time, but · became extinct soon after its original promoters left town.

On Sept. 27, 1850, Coös lodge, No. 35, I. O. O. F., of Lancaster was instituted, in response to a desire on the part of a number of old residents, among whom were the members of the former White Mountain lodge. It flourished for a few years, but became defunct in 1856. Until · 1874 there was no attempt to resuscitate it. In that year a few of the surviving members revived the lodge, since which time it has had an eventful career, out of which it is emerging into what promises to be a prosperous future. When the lodge was reinstated in 1874, it began holding its meetings in a hall standing where Eagle block now stands. Here it met until the great fire of 1878 destroyed its hall. The lodge lost all its properties. With courage, however, the lodge resumed its meetings in a shed room of the old Lancaster House. Its tarrying was short here, lasting only from September 9 to September 28, when the Lancaster House was burned. Another removal brought the lodge to the old engine house, on the north bank of Isreals river near Frank Smith & Co.'s mill, on Middle street. It continued its meetings here until some time in November, 1878, when it removed to the hall on the third floor of the Benton block, on Main street. Here the lodge has found a home ever since, and during this period of its history it has grown steadily, so that to-day it is in a flourishing condition.

It is now engaged in erecting a large building on the site of the Allen Smith house, on Main street, near the corner of Main and Bunker Hill streets. The building is a brick veneer, and of fine

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appearance. It was begun in May, 1896, and completed for occu- pancy Sept. 1, 1896. The building operations were conducted by a stock company, incorporated under the general laws of the state. The lodge is at present the largest stockholder, and it is privileged to purchase up the stock as fast as it can do so, in order to become the owner of the property, which, with its real estate, is valued at $20,000.

The building contains a commodious hall on the third floor for lodge purposes, a dining-room and kitchen, ladies' parlor, gentle- men's parlor, paraphernalia room, regalia room, ladies' toilet room, gentlemen's toilet room.

The second floor is occupied by the printing establishment of J. D. Bridge, editor and publisher of the Coos County Democrat, and other offices. The first floor comprises a single store-room, occupied by the Lane Clothing Co.

The building is heated throughout by steam and lighted by elec- tric lights, and is one of the finest in Lancaster.

The following officers were elected and installed for the term beginning July 1, 1896:

Fred H. Clough, N. G .; C. E. Willoughby, V. G .; George N. Kent, secretary; George V. Moulton, treasurer; E. A. Woodward, conductor; J. B. Cloudman, warden; George M. Congdon, O. G .; Thomas Ryan, I. G .; C. W. Sleeper, R. S. N. G .; H. W. Smith, L. S. N. G .; Elmer Whitcomb, R. S. V. G .; F. W. Grant, L. S. V. G .; R. M. Langworthy, R. S. S .; Benjamin Benton, L. S. S .; W. H. Thompson, chaplain ; J. R. Flanders, P. G .; J. D. Bridge, J. R. Flanders, representatives to grand lodge; F. H. Clough, C. E. Wil- loughby, George V. Moulton, J. B. Cloudman, D. R. Remick, N. Tuttle, George A. Woods, visiting committee; P. J. Noyes, W. H. Thompson, Isaac Bartlett, finance committee ; W. E. Lyon, janitor.

PERSEVERANCE REBEKAH LODGE, NO. 56.

This lodge was instituted as an adjunct to Coös lodge, I. O. O. F., on Dec. 15, 1893, with the following ten charter members :

Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bridge, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Clough, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Nourse, Mr. and Mrs. W S. Matthews. There were forty-four candidates initiated at the first meeting, on the night of the institution of the lodge.

OBJECTS AND PURPOSES.

The objects and purposes of Rebekah lodges are declared to be :

I. To aid in the establishment and maintenance of homes for aged and indigent Odd Fellows and their wives, or for the widows of deceased Odd Fellows; and homes for the care, education, and support of orphans of deceased Odd Fellows.

2. To visit the sick, relieve the distressed, and in every way to assist subordi-

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nate and sister Rebekah lodges in kindly ministrations to the families of Odd Fel- lows who are in trouble or want.

3. To cultivate and extend the social and fraternal relations of life among lodges and the families of Odd Fellows.

This lodge has been remarkably prosperous from the first, and now numbers 140 members and ranks high in the state. It has conducted its work in a quiet way, and has not become as well known as many institutions that have done less good in the com- munity than it has. Members of the lodge always attend the sick of their numbers, and in many ways care for their members in sick- ness and death.

The lodge meets the first and third Friday evenings of each month, in Odd Fellows' hall.

The present officers are :

Mrs. J. D. Bridge, N. G .; Mrs. C. F. Moses, V. G .; Mrs. F. H. Clough, secretary ; Mrs. B. M. Matthews, treasurer; Miss Gertrude Noyes, conductor; Mrs. F. E. Richey, chaplain; Mrs. J. B. Cloud- man, I. G .; Miss Kate Spaulding, O. G .; Mrs. Isaac Glynn, R. S. N. G .; Mrs. George V. Moulton, R. S. V. G .; Mrs. Isaac Bartlett, L. S. V. G .; Miss Lillian Rosebrook, R. A. S .; Mrs. A. E. Avery, L. A. S .; Mrs. P. J. Noyes, Mrs. Ada Amadon, Miss Alice Folsom, finance committee; Mrs. J. D. Bridge, Mrs. C. E. Matthews, Mrs. F. H. Clough, Mrs. B. M. Matthews, Mrs. George Woods, Mrs. A. D. Howe, Miss Susie McIntire, visiting committee.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

A lodge of the order of Knights of Pythias was instituted in Lan- caster on Sept. 28, 1888. It is known as Pilot lodge, No. 32, Knights of Pythias. The charter members were :

Fred L. Linscott, Amos F. Rowell, F. H. Carlton, E. C. Amey, Everett Fletcher, Charles F. Colby, J. R. Hannaford, Manassah Per- kins, Rollin J. Brown, Joseph Streeter, George H. Beckwith, Harry H. Jones, Frank E. Richey, Holman H. Noyes, Fielding Smith, Joseph B. Cloudman, George E. Stevens, G. B. Underwood.

The lodge has grown rapidly, and at present numbers 103 mem- bers in good standing. It meets on Monday evenings, in its new and desirable apartments in Moore's block, on Middle street, in some respects the best appointed rooms for fraternal and social pur- poses in town.

The officers for 1896 were as follows :

H. B. Amey, C. C .; H. DeF. Hilliard, V. C .; W. E. Hartford, M. A .; Arthur Simonds, Pre .; H. H. Noyes, K. of R. S .; Robert Hadley, I. G .; Fred Thomas, O. G .; F. L. Linscott, H. H. Jones, R. J. Brown, trustees.

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THE CATHOLIC ORDER OF FORESTERS.

All Saints Court, No. 366, of the Catholic Order of Foresters, was organized in Lancaster, on June 20, 1893, in the old hall over Matthew Monahan's blacksmith shop, with fifteen charter members : Edmund Sullivan, James Horan, James A. Monahan, Michael J. Foley, James M. Monahan, Martin J. Monahan, Timothy McCaffrey, Mar- quis Largy, Edward Gillespie, Michael Purtle, Timothy Long, Thomas Heney, Owen McCaffrey, Edward M. Monahan, and Thomas McGinley.

The court was organized by Fred N. Blanchard of Island Pond, Vt., with the following officers: Edmund Sullivan, chief ranger ; James A. Monahan, recording secretary; Michael J. Foley, finan- cial secretary ; James M. Monahan, treasurer; Martin J. Monahan, Timothy McCaffrey, Marquis Largy, trustees; Edward Gillespie, senior conductor; Michael Purtle, junior conductor; Thomas He- ney, inside sentinel; Timothy Long, outside sentinel; Dr. E. F. Stockwell, medical examiner.

The first regular meeting was held July 14, 1893. Its regular meetings are held the second and fourth Friday evenings of every month. The next regular meeting was held in Odd Fellows' hall, in the Benton block. Since then the court secured the hall over the Lancaster National bank, and continues to meet there to the present time.

During the short time it has existed, the court has increased from its fifteen charter members to seventy-five at present. Its financial condition has always been sound, and in every respect it is one of the prosperous institutions of the town. Its permanence and use- fulness are proven, and give it rank among our fraternal bodies.

The officers for the ensuing year are: C. R., O. F. McCaffrey ; V. C. R., P. Praught; P. C. R., J. Horan; R. S., T. A. Hopkins ; F. S., T. McCaffrey ; treasurer, P. Noonan; J. Smith, M. Brown, J. A. Monahan, trustees; S. C., O. J. Gormley ; J. C., P. Rines ; I. S., M. J. Millette; O. S., R. Powers; chaplain, Rev. Fr. M. J. B. Creamer; medical examiner, E. F. Stockwell; delegate to state convention, J. Smith ; alternate, James Truland.

KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES OF THE WORLD.

During the summer of 1896 Mr. F. E. Hand, state commander of the Knights of the Maccabees for Maine and New Hampshire, organized a tent of that order in Lancaster.

The Knights of the Maccabees is a fraternal beneficiary society, incorporated under the laws of the state of Michigan, June 1I, 1881, with the supreme tent at Port Huron, Mich. Membership Aug. 1, 1896, 245,957.

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Starr King Tent, No. 3, was instituted in Lancaster, July 22, 1896, with twenty-five charter members, with the following officers: Sir Kt. Past Com., Arthur G. Wilson; Sir Kt. Com., Wm. H. Thomp- son ; Sir Kt. Lt. Com., C. P. Brown; Sir Kt. R. K., A. H. Sweet- ser; Sir Kt. F. K., Jas. Flanders; Sir Kt. Chap., Fred R. Clough ; Sir Kt. Phys., Harry B. Carpenter; Sir Kt. Sergt., C. Welcome Brown; Sir Kt. M. at A., Harry Bailey; Sir Kt. Ist M. of G., Lewis Hosmer; Sir Kt. 2d M. of G., Wm. E. Lyon; Sir Kt. Sen., J. H. McClintock; Sir Kt. Pic., Wm. R. McClintock.

Tent meets the fourth Wednesday of the month in the I. O. O. F. old hall.

THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.

Col. E. E. Cross Post, No. 16.

Col. Edward E. Cross Post, No. 16, Grand Army of the Republic, was originally organized Jan. 16, 1869, by Daniel J. Vaughn, depart- ment commander, and Samuel F. Murray, assistant adjutant-general.

The charter members were Henry O. Kent, Charles P. Denison, Horace G. Fabyan, William L. Rowell, Stephen Emery, Thomas S. Ellis, Phineas R. Hodgdon, Hezekiah E. Hadlock, George H. Em- erson, and Charles C. Beaton.

The meetings were holden in the small hall in Kents building. The books of record are lost and we can only say that after a few years' active existence for some reason the charter was surrendered. The old charter now hangs in G. A. R. hall.

On Nov. 1, 1878, Col. E. E. Cross Post of the G. A. R. was re- organized under a new charter, but of the same name and number as that of the old. The following persons were charter members :

William G. Ellis, Solon L. Simonds, H. DeF. Young, E. W. Wyman, B. L. Olcott, P. J. Noyes, H. S. Hilliard, Thomas S. Ellis, H. O. Kent, L. H. Parker, Ira E. Woodward, Thomas Sweetser, A. A. Dow, Charles E. McIntire, Richard Fletcher, Jared I. Williams, H. Richardson, G. E. Chandler, E. A. Rhodes, Zeb Twitchell, Geo. H. Emerson, F. H. Perkins, J. M. Morse, J. G. Sutton, R. M. J. Grant, and Geo. W. Morgan.

The first officers elected and installed under the new charter were : Thos. S. Ellis, commander; P. J. Noyes, S. V. commander; E. A. Rhodes, adjutant; Ira E. Woodward, quartermaster; R. M. J. Grant, chaplain; W. G. Ellis, officer of the day; F. H. Perkins, officer of the guard ; S. L. Simonds, sergeant-major; Geo. E. Chan- dler, quartermaster sergeant.

The new post enjoyed a rapid and healthy growth, and has done much good in its work of charity among war veterans and their families, and in every way worthily exemplifying its motto of " Fra-

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ternity, Charity, and Loyalty." The post has secured, and by the generous aid of the town, maintained the proper observance of Memorial day, strewing the graves of the fallen soldiers with flow- ers, and sowing seeds of patriotism in the minds and hearts of younger generations. This post has brought to Lancaster many able and patriotic speakers on the returning anniversary when this most tender and kindly recognition of services of the soldier to his country is made. Through its efforts the flag now floats over all the schoolhouses in town during the sessions of school. Already this important work has taken a new hold upon the generation soon to be entrusted with the affairs of the town, state, and nation. The children of the public schools, last spring, on finding their flag badly decayed, did not wait the move of others, but by the cooper- ation of their teachers issued stock in shares of ten cents each and purchased their own new flag with the proceeds. The children have thus been taught to love their country's flag. On the last Memorial day they marched to the cemetery and participated in the decora- tion of the soldier's graves.

Col. E. E. Cross Post of G. A. R. has been actuated wholly by unselfish and patriotic motives. Its influence has been of the very best, and the community regards it as one of the most important in- stitutions it is blessed with.

This post now has about 150 members, and is entitled to four delegates to the state encampment. Its rank is a high one in this department of the G. A. R. The whole number mustered into its ranks are about 200 of which it has lost by death and demits from its rolls about fifty, leaving at present a membership of 150.

The officers of the post at present are :

P. J. Noyes, commander; Nathaniel M. Davenport, S. V. com- mander; Charles Forbes, J. V. commander; H. DeForest Young, adjutant; Daniel T. Timberlake, quartermaster; George H. Emer- son, chaplain; Charles Couture, officer of the day; John G. Derby, officer of the guard; Levi H. Parker, sergeant major; Joseph B. Cloudman, quartermaster sergeant; Ezra Mitchell, surgeon.

The commanders have been, under the first charter, Charles P. Denison, Hezekiah E. Hadlock.

Under the new charter, Thomas S. Ellis, Henry O. Kent, Levi H. Parker, Jared I. Williams, Parker J. Noyes, Thomas Sweetser, Samuel L. Wellington, Henry S. Hilliard, Wm. W. Hendricks, Charles E. McIntire, D. T. Timberlake, Geo. H. Emerson, Reuben F. Carter, James S. Brackett, Nathaniel M. Davenport.

Some commanders above named have been reëlected out of chronological order.

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THE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.

Among the secret and fraternal organizations in Lancaster none has a stronger hold on the people than Edward E. Cross Woman's Relief Corps, No. 39.

We give its history in the words of Mrs. Clara I. Noyes, one of its charter members, and an officer, or member of some of its com- mittees, during the ten years of its existence.

A preliminary meeting was called at the Lancaster House at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Sept. 21, 1886, for the purpose of elect- ing officers for the Woman's Relief Corps. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Addie S. Hughes of Ashland. Mrs. Bernice A. Kent was elected president for the afternoon, Persis F. Chase, secre- tary. Clara I. Noyes and Sarah W. Brown were appointed as tell- ers to count the votes. Officers elected were :

Mrs. Persis F. Chase, president; Mrs. Clara I. Noyes, senior vice president; Mrs. Sarah W. Brown, junior vice president; May M. Wyman, secretary; Mrs. Emma H. Sweetser, treasurer; Mrs. Ber- nice A. Kent, chaplain; Carrie M. Smith, conductor; Mrs. Ella Carter, guard; Mrs. Josephine A. Bailey, assistant conductor ; Mrs. Emeline J. Cram, assistant guard.

This meeting was adjourned to meet at Odd Fellows' hall at 7 o'clock in the evening, where a public installation was held, Mrs. Addie S. Hughes, department inspector, acting as instituting and installing officer. There were twenty-one charter members who signed their names to these rules and regulations :

We, the subscribers, members of Edward E. Cross Relief Corps, No. 39, of Lancaster, Coos county, Department of New Hampshire, Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, do hereby subscribe to the rules and regulations for the government of the Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, as revised by the National Convention, Denver, Col., July 25th and 26th, 1883, and to any revisions or alterations that may here- after be legally adopted in accordance with the provisions of the present rules and regulations ; also to such rules and regulations or by-laws, as have been or may hereafter be legally adopted by Edward E. Cross Corps, No. 39, of Lancaster, Department of New Hampshire Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, for their government.

For each year these are the following committees appointed : " Executive Committee " who are to plan and carry out everything in the way of entertainments for the purpose of raising money to carry on the good work and arrange everything for Memorial Day. " Finance or Auditing Committee " to approve all bills presented and audit the books of the secretary and treasurer. " Relief Com- mittee," to look after the sick and needy, the chairman to report at every regular meeting any one who may be sick or in trouble. There are other minor committees appointed for any wants that may

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come before the corps. We have initiated 103 members, but at the present time we have only sixty members in good standing. Six have died and many have gone to live in other towns or states, and for various reasons have been granted an honorable discharge.

In the nearly ten years the corps has been organized we have helped many families, and every member who has been sick or had sickness in her family has received many courtesies and delica- cies. The corps has a general fund and a relief fund. The relief fund is to be used only for soldiers or their families, the general fund for whatever purposes may be deemed necessary. We have expended for relief from the relief and general funds $260.67, and probably $100.00 would not more than cover the amount we have given in clothing and food. Corps 39 has been very generous in helping to furnish the Soldiers' Home at Tilton, and also the new hospital, a part of the same, which was built in 1895. In 1895 a committee of three or more were appointed from each corps in the state to introduce the flag salute in our schools. Through the influ- ence of the committee of Corps 39, nine schools in Lancaster are using the salute. The corps has furnished two flags. This commit- tee also succeeded in introducing the salute in two schools in Nor- thumberland.

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History of Lancaster, New Hampshire, Part 55

Author: Somers, A. N. (Amos Newton) Publication date: 1899 Publisher: Concord, N.H., Rumford press Number of Pages: 753

Author: Somers, A. N. (Amos Newton)
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Concord, N.H., Rumford press
Number of Pages: 753