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Probably the earliest remembered and most familiar name is that of Granny Stalbird. She lived in Jefferson, and on horse- back, with hood and long plaid cloak and bag of medicine, she was a familiar and often welcome object.
It is said she made her rounds with considerable regularity - at least she managed generally to be where needed most. A woman of rough exterior, a masculine, though kindly face, a sympathetic nature and hand to help in time of need, she greatly endeared herself to all who required her aid.
In Historical Relics of the White Mountains, J. H. Spaulding gives the following account of this noted personage, for she seemed to be known in all the regions north of the Notch :
The first female through the notch was one who in her old age was known as Granny Stalbird. She came up with Col. Whipple as his servant girl. Afterwards she married, be- came a widow, since which learning of the Indians the virtue of roots, she became a noted doctress, and was famous in all this new country for her skill.
After enjoying life for nearly a full century she died, leav- ing her name in the memory of many, pleasantly cherished; and the history of a vast rock long ago tumbled down from the mountains bears the name, Granny Stalbird's rock.
While on her professional duties through the Notch, she was overtaken by a severe storm, and darkness coming on and the stream becoming swollen, she took shelter under this rock and lay there through the night, amidst the roar of the winds, the rushing of the waters and the howling of the wolves. On foot or
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astride of an old horse, she might often be seen on the road. Bad roads and severe storms did not hinder her appearance. To do good to the sick was her mission, and during a long life she faith- fully and patiently persevered in her work, a ministering angel to the chamber of the sick.
Another person is mentioned, "Granny Rhodes," as a strong character, especially on delicate natures. For rheumatic fever, her treatment was as follows: she ordered the patient to be laid before a blazing fire, while she annointed the entire body with marrow from the bone of a horse, and administered a pill made from the bark of a butternut tree.
Drs. Legro and Lazelle from Lancaster are mentioned as medi- cal attendants in early times. The latter attended, as physician in 1803, Jabez Baldwin, who died of smallpox, in this town in that year. The doctor came on horseback, crossing the river and passing through the fields to avoid the terrified families. He is mentioned as a man possessed of much skill and great useful- ness.
Mrs. Huldah Baldwin, wife of Elisha Baldwin, should be men- tioned among those who have ministered to the sick in Stratford. Her father was an "apothecary," which, in the early days, meant one who administered drugs, as well as sold them. In helping her father she gained some practical knowledge of medicine, which, added to her retentive memory, natural aptitude, and quick, clear judgment, made her a power for good among the sick and the suffering. In cases of emergency, with the doctor living miles away, her aid was often sought. There was hardly a home on either side of the river that had not known her sympathetic skill in times of distress. Many lives were saved through her ministrations. Patients who had been given up by the doctors were brought back to health through her careful diagnosis and nursing. Little children were brought to her, and the ailing came for advice after she became so old a lady that she could no longer go among the sick. Mrs. Baldwin never allowed herself to be classed among the physicians, and her services were freely given. The only remuneration she ever received was a small sum for the medicines used; but all was usually gratuitous. Her little trunk, and the scales used by both her father and herself, are treasured heirlooms in the Baldwin family. Mrs. Baldwin also possessed the skill and nerve to act in time of severe accident;
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as when a workman at Mr. Beach's nearly severed the calf of his leg from the bone, with the nearest doctor almost fifteen miles distant, she was able to take the necessary stitches and bind up the wound. When her own fourteen-year-old son, with a com- pound fracture of the leg, and with the use of plaster casts un- known, threw the fractured bones out of place, she was able to reset them. In cases of accidental poisoning she could remember and administer the right antidote. In these days when telephones and automobiles can bring trained physicians and nurses to our aid, with anaesthetics and the many appliances to relieve pain, we can understand what a power for good a woman with so much native ability could be at a period when all these were wanting. Hospitals were unknown in this vicinity, and Mrs. Baldwin took patients into her home and cared for them there. A firm be- liever in the efficacy of the Brunswick Springs, she opened her house for people who wished to use the water; until the building of a hotel at the springs rendered it no longer necessary.
Among the physicians who have practiced in Stratford, prob- ably no name is more familiar than that of Henry L. Watson. Dr. Watson was born in Salisbury, N. H., studied with Hon. Leonard Eaton of Warner, and received his diploma at the Vermont Medical College, June 6, 1838, and the same month commenced practice in Stewartstown. He remained there fifteen months, then removed to Northumberland, where he remained twenty years, residing most of the time in Guildhall, Vt .. June 12, 1860, he removed to Newbury, Vt., where he remained until May 12, 1867, when he located in Littleton, N. H. Dr. Watson says: "My practice in Stratford continued from 1838 until 1860, twenty-two years. During this time I probably did three-fourths the medical business of the town. During all these years, there was no regular educated physician in the town. Of my practice in Stratford I could fill volumes." He says: "Dr. Augustus Harris of Colebrook, a well-educated physician, practiced some in the north part of Stratford, and a Dr. Bullock of Guildhall practiced some for a year or two, then moved to some town in Maine. James D. Folsom, M.D., two years a partner of mine, did some business in town. He is now (1891) in St. Johns- bury, Vt. When I first went to Coös County there was a Dr. Snow located in Columbia, a regularly educated physician. He lived mostly by farming and selling patent medicines. He died
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within a year or two. A homeopathist, by the name of Dean, located in Stratford about 1842, but died in about a year."
Dr. Watson died Feb. 19, 1891. His son, Henry P., was a well-known physician and surgeon at Haverhill, N. H., studied medicine with his father at Newbury, Vt., and graduated at Newbury Seminary. He commenced practice at Groveton, then at North Haverhill and Haverhill.
He married Evaline, daughter of Sabin Marshall.
Dr. F. B. Hatch, son of Noah, read medicine and practiced for several years, but later in his life became prominent in Spiritual- ism, marrying Mrs. Cora Hatch, a medium and lecturer.
In another place, we give an account of the Drs. Daniels, who were raised in Stratford and became noted in the West, especially in government employ among the Indians.
Dr. Cyrus C. Carpenter came here and settled at the Hollow in 1851. He was born at Whiting, Vt., May 29, 1816. Studied medicine at St. Albans, Vt., attended the medical school at Castle- ton, practiced at Cornith five years, and in Stratford until within a few years of his death, which took place in 1886. The following notice appeared in the columns of the Lancaster papers :
Dr. Cyrus C. Carpenter, who died here on the 3rd inst., was well known and esteemed throughout this section, having resided here for thirty-five years, and practiced his profession here, until within the last four or five years, during which he has gradually retired from active practice owing to bodily infirmities. He was an energetic man, studious and in- dustrious, an independent thinker, a genial and accommodat- ing neighbor, and good citizen, public-spirited and prompt in every duty, and will be greatly missed. He was the son of Dr. Cyrus Carpenter of St. Albans, Vt., and was born at Whiting, Vt., May 29, 1816; pursued his medical studies at the medical institution at Castleton, and later with Dr. Shaw of New York, spent several years in early life in the West, engaged as an assistant in the survey of public lands; returning to Vermont was engaged in practice several years in various localities, in that state, and came here from Corinth in 1851. His first wife having died after coming here, he married in 1859 Miss Hattie V. Merriam, by whom he had no issue, who survives him, and has been a faithful and devoted wife. He also leaves two sons, his only children by his first wife, Arthur H., of Birmingham, Mich., and Oscar H., of Hyde Park, Mass., the latter of whom came from his home, and stayed by and assisted with filial devotion in
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ministering to his wants during the last two weeks of his life and at the close followed him, with manly grief to his last resting place in the cemetery.
Guy W. Johnson, son of Marcus D., studied one year with Dr. Carpenter, attended lectures at Brunswick, Maine, and practiced one year at Colebrook, and then gave up medical life and settled near his father, where he engaged in farming and lumber business. Mr. Johnson received his diploma in 1867. He was a well-read man, and occasionally attended to the duties of his profession, as calls were made upon him.
Dr. Moses Whitcomb (homeopathic) located in North Stratford in 1861, and practiced until 1895, when he retired from profes- sional duties, and with his wife removed to Arlington, Mass.
C. E. Thompson, M.D., located in North Stratford in 1880. He was a graduate of Burlington, Vt., Medical College, but his career was cut short by his death, which occurred in 1887.
H. W. Blanchard, also a graduate of Burlington, commenced the practice of medicine at North Stratford in 1886. He was a native of Pittsburg, son of David Blanchard, Esq. Dr. Blanchard was a young man of pleasing address, winning manners, high moral principles, and devoted to his profession. He gave promise of much usefulness, but died suddenly December 7, 1887, of pneumonia.
Dr. Elmon S. Fiske practiced at North Stratford for a short time.
J. F. Blanchard, M.D., obtained his diploma at the University of Vermont, and settled at North Stratford in December, 1887, taking the business of his brother, the late H. W. Blanchard, M.D. Previous to coming to Stratford, Dr. Blanchard practiced for three months at Colebrook. In 1894 Dr. Blanchard removed to Newport, Vt., where he has built up a flourishing practice.
In 1893 Dr. J. W. Brewster, from New York, settled at North Stratford and continued to practice until June, 1895; part of the time having as partner Charles E. Hirch, M.D., of New York.
In June, 1895, J. B. Carpenter, M.D., of Washington, D. C., a graduate of the University of Buffalo in the class of 1893, bought the practice of J. W. Brewster and resided here until December, 1896, when an opening offering at Groveton he removed there, practicing with marked success, until his death, which occurred suddenly June 17, 1897. Dr. Carpenter was a young man of
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ability and devoted to his profession, possessed of more than ordinary skill, especially in surgery; had he lived he would have taken rank among the leading physicians in the state.
Dr. J. P. Gifford came to North Stratford in December, 1896. Graduated from Dartmouth College and receiving his diploma in the classics in 1894, he was graduated from the Medical College with the class of 1896. Dr. Gifford was a native of Randolph, Vt., and was married, November 10, 1897, to Harriet H., second daughter of F. L. Rolfe, Esq., of North Stratford. Dr. Gifford, during his residence in Stratford, built up a fine practice, and gave assurance of his future success as a careful and popular practi- tioner. He removed from Stratford to Randolph, Vt., where he established a sanitarium, which has a large local reputation.
North Stratford's next resident physician was Frank W. Evans, M.D., who came soon after his graduation from Dartmouth, in 1897. He was born in Sweden, Maine, August 20, 1868, a de- scendant of David Evans of Charlestown, Mass., whose two sons, David and John, were survivors of Rogers' Rangers in the raid on the village of St. Francis. Their home at that time was at Penacook, but later they removed to Fryeburg, Maine. Frank Webster Evans was educated in the common schools and at Bridgton Academy, Maine, and then took a course of lectures in the Maine Medical College; from there he went to Dartmouth, and received his degree November 23, 1897. Dr. Evans was a resi- dent of Stratford for seventeen years, and gained the confidence and respect of the citizens in his large practice in Stratford and the adjacent towns. He was secretary-treasurer of the Coös Medical Society, a member of the New Hampshire Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. In the fraternal orders he was a Mason of the 32nd degree, a Knight Templar, a Shriner, an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias; and after he went West he joined the Protective Order of Elks. He married, June 12, 1901, Olive L., eldest daughter of Victor Beecher. Dr. Evans moved to Bellingham, Wash., November 9, 1914, and died there March 18, 1917, leaving, besides his widow, three children, Beatrice, John and Frances.
Dr. James C. Thompson came from Glenwood Springs, Colo., to North Stratford in the fall of 1915. He left here to enter military service in 1917. Stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, he re- ceived the rank of First Lieutenant, M. R. C., in 1917; Captain,
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1919; Major, 1920. At the close of the war he was employed as an X-ray specialist in the Naval Hospital in New Haven, Conn., and died there. Dr. Thompson was a physician of brilliant promise, a fine scholar, entering college at the age of fourteen, and greatly endeared himself to the people of Stratford during the short time he lived among them.
From 1917 to 1919 Stratford was without a resident physician, being dependent upon other towns during the influenza epidemic and other crises. In November, 1919, Frank Leslie Gilbert, M.D., came from Grafton, Vt., where he had been in practice for fifteen years, and settled here. Dr. Gilbert was born in Salem, Mass., in 1874, was educated in the public schools, received pri- vate tutoring, and was graduated from the Tufts Medical College in 1898. Leaving his large practice in Grafton, Dr. Gilbert joined the American Expeditionary Force, and was with them two years in France. He served with the 505th Ser. Bat. Eng. (colored), six months; Camp de Souge, Bordeaux, ten months; Billeting Area Zone, No. 3, six months. He was commissioned First Lieutenant, M. R. C., June 1, 1917; Captain, November 23, 1917; Major, February 17, 1919.
Reginald L. Hill, M.D., came from Chelsea, Vt., and settled here in the fall of 1923. Dr. Hill is a graduate of the University of Vermont, in both Arts and Medicine, receiving his Arts degree in 1920, and his M.D. in 1923.
CHAPTER XIX
STRATFORD'S SOCIETIES
"The earliest records of human history furnish proofs of the existence of secret associations among nearly all the nations of the earth." The following societies have been organized at various times in the town of Stratford.
A division of Sons of Temperance was formed at Stratford Hollow July 22, 1852, known as Northern Light, No. 3, with the following charter membership: C. C. Carpenter, M.D., James Powers, Benjamin B. Ockington, Geo. B. Cummings, F. B. Blodgett, Joseph Johnson, S. William Johnson, N. D. Day, J. Madison Johnson, Norman G. Smith, Chas. D. Johnson, John Johnson, Stephen Austen, Damon Dennis, John M. Lucas, Thomas Wilson.
Lodge of Good Templars organized at Stratford Hollow as Percy Lodge, No. 64, charter members: Edison I. Harriman, William G. Fisk, Rufus W. Stinson, Geo. B. Bass, Fred N. Day, Rev. James Crowley, N. B. Waters, Luther A. Harriman, Frank J. Stone, Harry B. Norcott, J. M. Amey, George W. Gordon, William H. Kimball, Fred F. Doyle, Edmund W. Fisk, Fred C. Waters, William R. Brown, Charles D. Platt, Israel Guertin, Celia E. Harriman, Harriett B. Amey, Nellie E. Stone, Mrs. Ellen J. Day, Esther A. Piper, Mary H. Dennis, C. Luella Kimball, Mrs. A. L. Wheeler, Mrs. N. B. Waters, Mary C. Burbick, Mrs. S. M. Day, Mrs. W. R. Brown, Addie A. Bishop, Jennie F. Waters.
The following were the officers elected and installed: W. C. T., Wm. C. Fisk; W. V. T., Luther A. Harriman; W. S., Fred N. Day; W. F. S., Ellen J. Day; W. Treas., Mrs. S. M. Day; W. C., Rev. James Crowley; W. M., W. R. Brown; W. I. G., J. M. Amey; W. O. G., Edson I. Harriman ; W. A. S., Jennie F. Waters; W. D. M., Addie A. Bishop; W. R. S., Mrs. Sarah M. Waters; W. L. S., Mrs. W. R. Brown; P. W. C. T., Geo. W. Gordon.
The G. W. C. T. then declared Percy Lodge No. 64, I. O. G. T. duly instituted.
Star of Victory Lodge, No. 70, I. O. G. T., was instituted at North Stratford, Feb. 15, 1883, with the following charter mem- bers: E. A. Baldwin, Harvey Hinman, L. T. Williams, F. A. Roby,
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Jennie R. Thompson, Ira Day, J. B. Alger, M. A. Williams, Mrs. J. B. Alger, Willis Alger, May Whitcomb, Charles Day, Charles Blodgett, E. S. Greenleaf, Daniel Phillips, Bert Stevens, Lena Perkins, B. A. Bowker, Mrs. B. A. Bowker, Harry Bowker, Fred A. Hinman, Milton Cook, Cyrus Blodgett, Mrs. Cyrus Blodgett, Moses Whitcomb, M.D., J. C. Pattee, Mrs. J. C. Pattee, Allie Bundy, Leonard Titus, Willis Beecher, Alice Ogle, Edith Wilson, Henry Burbank.
The following were the officers elected: W. C. T., Cyrus Blod- gett; W. V. T., Mrs. B. A. Bowker; W. C., E. S. Greenleaf; W. S., B. A. Bowker; W. A. S., Ira A. Day; W. F. S., Jennie R. Thompson; W. T., Milton Cook; W. M., F. A. Roby; W. D. M., Mrs. J. B. Alger; W. I. G., Allie Bundy ; W. O. G., Charles Day ; W. R. S., May Whitcomb; W. L. S., Lena Perkins; W. P. C. T., E. A. Baldwin.
The foregoing organizations have ceased to exist (1897) but the Women's Christian Temperance Union is represented by an organization at North Stratford, of which the following sketch has been furnished :
The North Stratford Women's Christian Temperance Union was organized Sunday evening, January 20, 1895, in the Baptist Church by the state organizer and county president, Mrs. W. A. Loyne of Jefferson, N. H., who came at the invitation of the pas- tor, Rev. J. S. Brown. The following is a list of the first officers: President, Mrs. E. W. Rowell; Vice-President, Mrs. J. S. Brown; Treasurer, Mrs. E. W. Baldwin; Recording Secretary, Mrs. E. Brewster; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Maria Alger.
Soon after the organization of the Union, a Loyal Temperance Legion was formed, also a Band of Mercy. April 9, 1895, the young Union entertained the Coös County W. C. T. U. Conven- tion.
Among the efforts of the Union may be mentioned the carrying on for some months of a Reading Room, supplying the Railroad station and hotels with temperance literature, opening a lending library containing upwards of one hundred volumes, and securing the services of prominent speakers, who at various times have addressed public meetings in the interests of temperance and purity.
On or about May 30, 1896, a handsome bronze drinking foun- tain was erected in the square near the Maine Central depot, the
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joint gift to the town by the Union and Legion. On a brass tab- let is the inscription :
PRESENTED BY THE NORTH STRATFORD
W. C. T. U. AND L. T. L. 1896
This organization has persisted, and has at the present time some forty members.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY
Stratford Grange, No. 238, was organized at Stratford Hollow by Deputy I. H. White, January 27, 1896, with twenty-seven charter members: H. H. Wright, J. N. Connary, George P. Ocking- ton, Michael Dowd, B. B. Ockington, A. M. Hatch, A. G. French, Henry Curtis, Arthur Stone, Damon Dennis, Samuel Brown, S. P. Connary, C. D. Platt, A. H. Wheeler, F. C. Waters, Antipas Young, Mrs. J. N. Connary, Mrs. G. P. Ockington, Mrs. Ella Brown, Mrs. Henry Curtis, Mrs. S. P. Connary, Mrs. Addie Platt, Mrs. Alice Wheeler, Mrs. A. G. French, Mrs. Dora Stone, Mrs. E. M. Wright, Mrs. A. M. Hatch.
The following were the first officers: Master, H. H. Wright; Overseer, J. N. Connary ; Lecturer, Mrs. A. M. Hatch; Steward, Arthur Stone; Assistant Steward, A. G. French; Chaplain, A. L. Wheeler; Treasurer, Mrs. Dora Stone; Secretary, F. F. Waters; Gate Keeper, Henry Curtis; Ceres, Mrs. Ella Brown; Pomona, Mrs. Hattie French; Flora, Mrs. Flora Connary; Lady Asst. Steward, Mrs. Etta Ockington.
Coös Grange, No. 256, was organized at North Stratford, April 22, 1897, with the following charter membership: Master, D. O. Rowell; Overseer, B. A. Bowker; Lecturer, Mrs. C. E. Clark; Steward, E. W. Baldwin; Assistant Steward, Edward Brooks; Chaplain, Henry Fuller; Treasurer, Mrs. J. C. Pattee; Secretary, D. Edgar Rowell; Gate Keeper, R. Watson Taylor; Ceres, Mrs. A. N. Taylor; Pomona, Mrs. H. W. Bowker; Flora, Mrs. Lizzie Brooks; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. B. A. Bowker; John C. Pattee, Charles E. Clark, Milton Cook, Alvin N. Taylor, Harvey W. Bowker, L. T. Williams, Mrs. L. T. Williams, Miss Mary Williams, E. L. Johnson, Mrs. E. L. Johnson, Charles O. Stevens, Mrs. Charles O. Stevens, A. D. Norcott, Mrs. A. D. Nor- cott, Miss Kate Norcott, Miss Harriett Hinman, Miss Harriet Rolfe, J. P. Gifford, M.D., Mrs. D. O. Rowell, Fred A. Hinman, Mrs. E. W. Baldwin, Miss Carrie Shoff.
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INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS
Court Connecticut River, No. 1945, I. O. F., was instituted September, 1895, with twenty charter members and the following officers: C. R., T. B. Moore; B. C. R., W. M. Buck; V. C. R., C. W. Clough; C. D. H. C. R., F. L. Hutchins; Chap., A. N. Tay- lor; Rec. Secy., C. O. Stevens; Fin. Secy., J. C. Hutchins.
CHURCH SOCIETIES
Mention should be made of the women's societies connected with the different churches, for the maintenance and repair of the church property, and the social atmosphere of the community are largely due to their devotion and energy. Indeed, it is impossible to estimate the financial and social support that the church and community owe to these organizations of loyal women.
The organization of the Dorcas Society at Stratford Hollow, in 1 892, resulted in the remodelling and refurnishing of the beautiful little Methodist Church. This society received the cordial sup- port of the women of that community. Mrs. W. R. Brown was its first President; Etta Ockington, Secretary; Mrs. Fred Waters, Treasurer.
The Woman's Society was doing a similar work at North Strat- ford. This society is a lineal descendant of the old "Mite Society" of half a century ago. The work was carried on on a small scale, as its name would indicate, but it added a much needed element to the church and community life. The name was changed to the Woman's Society about the time the new century dawned, and with its more dignified appellation came grave responsibilities, for the work of remodelling the Baptist Church was an urgent need at that time. The church was rededi- cated in 1905, and a large share of the expense was paid by the efforts of the Woman's Society. When that church was burned and replaced by the present fine building in 1916, the society as- sumed the five thousand dollar debt. In Old Home Week, 1923, the society celebrated the eightieth anniversary of the church by burning that cancelled mortgage.
The society now numbers some one hundred members, and forms the principal social center of North Stratford.
The Roman Catholic Church has its "Altar Society" with approximately forty members.
The Episcopal Church has a society of some forty members en- titled the Church of the Ascension Ladies' Guild.
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North Stratford has been noted for her fondness and aptitude for secret societies. They have always been made up of her lead- ing business men, and have proved a powerful factor in the pro- motion of the business and social interests of the town.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR
The first to come was the Knights of Honor. They purchased the hall built by Heman Folsom, that stood on land now owned by the Maine Central Railroad, near the Post Office, and built a three story building, which cost them in the vicinity of twenty- six hundred dollars. The upper floors were devoted to lodge rooms, the lower to business offices. This building was destroyed by fire November, 1894, and the order removed to the Pythian Block, which was their home during the remaining period of their existence.
Coös Lodge No. 2533, Knights of Honor was instituted at North Stratford, August 26, 1881, with the following charter members: H. B. Hinman, W. C. Carpenter, R. A. Baldwin, J. C. Pattee, E. B. Merriam, J. H. Danforth, H. A. Beecher, C. E. Thompson, James Ogle, Ayers Trufant, George W. Dolley, H. S. Goodwin, J. M. Baldwin, C. C. Tibetts, G. J. Shoff, E. G. Mc- Coy, Burton Beecher, Clark Stevens, A. D. Norcott, Lewis Titus, E. L. Parlin, G. C. Kimball, and was officered as follows: Dictator, H. B. Hinman; Assistant Dictator, A. D. Norcott; Vice-Dictator, G. C. Kimball; Reporter, W. C. Carpenter; Financial Reporter, E. B. Merriam; Chaplain, R. A. Baldwin ; Past Dictator, J. C. Pattee; Treasurer, J. H. Danforth; Guide, C. C. Tibetts; Guardian, E. L. Parlin ; Sentinel, James Ogle.
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