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He has served now for over five years.
From the very beginning Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Dixon of Buffalo have been very helpful in financial and other ways.
CHURCH OF THE ADVENT, EPISCOPAL
During the month of September 1904 the Brotherhood of St. Andrew of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Buffalo, N. Y. under Rev. Thomas B. Berry, D. D .; began holding services of the Episcopal Church in Kenmore. On November 6th, 1904, the Rt. Rev. W. D. Walker, D. D .; visited the Mission with twenty communicants in attendance. In December, 1904, the Mission was organized under the direction of Dr. Berry. The following officers were appointed: Warden, W. H. Beck; Treasurer, Bertram Ralph; Secretary, Fred J. Lynch; welfare helpers, G. W. Keese, R. A. Toms, G. W. Warren, C. B. Brooks, J. C. Hider. The corporate name "Mission of the Advent" was adopted. Services were first held in the homes of the members. A church school was organized with Mr. F. Lynch, Superintendent.
On June 24th, 1906, the village board gave free use of the Village Hall for church services. The organization advanced and a gift of sacred vessels was made by the Woman's Guild of the Church of the Good Shepherd as a memorial for Mrs. William Beck.
The Bishop of the Diocese, the Rt. Rev. W. D. Walker, D. D .; confirmed the first class of five on June 28th, 1906.
The Rev. H. W. Gaviller of All Saints Church, Buffalo, was made the Missionary-in-Charge in 1908, spending much time in developing the Mission. Title to a lot was secured at the corner of LaSalle Avenue and Eugene Avenue. A building was erected and formally opened by Bishop Walker on Sunday June 18th, 1911.
The Mission grew rapidly and the Rev. Jerome Kates was called in the spring of 1914. Mr. Kates broadened and strengthed the work of the church in Kenmore. In 1916 he resigned to take up labor in a large field.
The Rev. Edward Cosbey filled the vacancy and greatly developed the organizations of the church during a pastorate of three years. Rev. Cosbey resigned in 1919 seeking a larger field of labor.
In 1920 the society purchased a rectory at No. 70 Tremaine Avenue and the Vestry called the Rev. J. E. Darling to the vacant charge. Rev. Mr. Darling came in 1920 and the church
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was incorporated in July. The property at LaSalle Avenue and Eugene Avenue was sold and a site purchased on Dela- ware Road on which a Parish House was erected and opened in December 1923, being the first unit of a splendid plant which when completed will have also a church and rectory. The church is centrally located as to population, commodious, and ornamental. With the increasing number of people who are coming to the parish and a splendid church school, com- bined with strong organizations, the church bids fair to hold a worthy place in the community. The present Rector is the Rev. John L. Short.
PILGRIM LUTHERAN CHAPEL, DELAWARE AND CHAPEL ROADS
In the fall of 1920 the Reverend H. Plehn of Nazareth Lutheran Church, Skillen and Wiley Streets, Buffalo, began holding services in Village Hall. The following October the Reverend F. J. Muhlhauser, who is in charge at present, was called to take over the work. A congregation was organized. Services were continued in Village Hall. In the fall of 1922 the present church site, on the north-west corner of Delaware and Chapel roads (the latter was then known as Jefferson Street) was purchased for $7,382. In June, 1924, ground was broken for the Chapel in which the congregation is now worshiping, and the building was completed and dedicated in February, 1925. The cost of the same was $27,000. The con- gregation, which is prospering with Kenmore, is affiliated with the Synodical Conference of the Lutheran Church of America.
KENMORE EVANGELICAL CHURCH, REV. R. H. ROSCHE, PASTOR
Services in the Village Hall.
Sunday school 9:00 A. M.
Preaching service 10:30 A. M.
After meeting as a Sunday school for a few months in the Village Hall, a survey of the village was made and it was decided to begin meetings as a congregation. The first meet- ing held September 13th, 1925, was attended by fifty people. The work was begun by the Evangelical Union of Buffalo and was taken over by the Board of Home Missions of the Evan- gelical Church. On Thursday evening December 10th, 1925, the church was organized in response to a petition signed by 27 men and women of Kenmore. A constitution was adopted and a church council elected to take effect January 1st, 1926,
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composed of the following members: Frank Briggs, Mrs. George Brunner, George Fornoff, Edward Huebner, Mrs. George Norwig and Fred Zaehringer. The church proposes to build a church edifice in the near future.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, MYRON AND EAST HAZELTINE AVENUES
Services Sunday 10:30 A. M. and 3 P. M.
Testimonial meeting, Wednesday 8:00 P. M.
Reading room open Monday and Friday 7-9 P. M. Tues- day and Thursday 3-5 P. M.
Through the efforts of a few residents of the village, Christian Science services were first held regularly in Ken- more in the spring of 1919. These were conducted by Chris- tian Science Society in Kenmore, which had been organized a little while previously. The large room on the second floor of the Village Hall was made available for the services through the courtesy of the Village Board.
Within the next two years the attendance grew to such an extent that the members of the Society felt the time had come to erect a suitable church edifice to accommodate the con- stantly increasing body of students of Christian Science. Accordingly, the site at the northeast corner of East Hazel- tine and Myron Avenues was chosen and purchased early in 1921.
Plans for the building having been prepared by Harold J. Cook, Architect, ground was broken in October, 1921. The cornerstone was laid shortly thereafter in the presence of the two Readers, the Board of Trustees and the Building Committee.
On Easter Sunday, 1922, the building was ready for occu- pancy. A morning, afternoon and evening service were held, at each of which the auditorium seating 400 was well filled. Since then there has been no interruption in the services on Sunday or Wednesday evening.
The affairs of the Church are managed by a Board of six Trustees, two of whom are elected annually for a term of three years. The First and Second Readers (who must be members of The Mother Church), are also elected by the membership, and serve a term of three years. Under the By- Laws of the Church, a Reader who has served a full term is not eligible for re-election. .
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KENMORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
When Kenmore was first settled in 1889 there was a small district school in what was called the Burlington district on Englewood Road in the township of Tonawanda which accom- modated the children of that vicinity and a few from what is now Kenmore; others were obliged to walk or take the bus to No. 21 school on Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, which was over- crowded. In 1890 the number of children of school age in Kenmore numbered about 50. A meeting was held in the Burlington school house to discuss the question of a separate school for Kenmore at which 21 voters were present. Eleven voted in favor of the movement and ten against it. Meanwhile a school was held in the Sunday school rooms of the Presby- terian Church. Desks were provided and the pupils were instructed by Miss Frank Wilder of Pike, N. Y., Mr. William F. Squire circulated a petition for a separate building and 40 signed the same. In 1891 a public hearing was held in the office of Superintendent Emerson on this petition and the right was granted to build a school house in Kenmore. In 1892 a lot was purchased from L. P. A. Eberhardt for $1,500 on Delaware Avenue and the Union Free School (afterward bought for the present Village Hall) was built. The first accident of any note in the newly settled village took place during its construction. Charles Hutt a carpenter fell from a scaffold breaking his right leg at the ankle. Mrs. Celia W. Marsh, wife of the pastor of the Presbyterian Church was the first principal of the new school in 1892. Mrs. Marsh was a college graduate and an inspiring teacher with high ideals. In changing from a district school to a Union Free School there was a long debate. The vote was 56 in favor of the motion, and 46 against. Five trustees were elected to form a Board of Education : For one year George H. Meyer, two years Hugo Westphal and A. H. Stephenson, three years Mrs. F. E. A. Zimmerman and John I. Keller. Mr. W. R. Atkinson was the sole trustee of the old district school. Several students of the new union school took the Regents' Examina- tion in January 1893 at the Buffalo High School. Mrs. Marsh continued her services as Principal until 1895 when R. M. Baraces, a Buffalo lawyer and formerly a principal in Wyom- ing County took charge of the school. In 1896 the annual school meeting registered 88 voters. W. R. Atkinson was elected Trustee in 1896 and was instructed to open the school for a term of 40 weeks with one teacher. The amount of
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Kenmore High School, erected in 1923-24, on Delaware Road.
money to be raised by taxation was $1,700. Mr. Atkinson was elected to the office of Trustee without opposition from 1896 to 1901.
In March 1899 Mr. Baraces resigned and Miss Cora Phelps (now Mrs. A. M. Hall) filled the vacancy for some time when Mr. B. X. Shields was engaged as Principal. In 1902 William C. Uhrhan took charge of the rapidly growing school, holding the position until 1915. The school became overcrowded in 1909 and a new building became necessary. The corner stone was laid for what is now the old High School in 1910 and it was completed and occupied in 1911 for the Fall Term. The building cost $50,000. In the Fall of 1915 Frank C. Dens- berger was chosen Principal. Enlargement was found necessary and in February 1916 additions were built on the north and south sides at an expense of $46,000. The work was completed in 1917. There were now 30 teachers with an enrollment of 110 in the Senior High School, 110 Junior High, 443 1st and 6th grades, 100 Kindergarten, total enrollment 763
The new Junior-Senior High School on Delaware Road was erected by the Board of Education in 1924. Eugene Crow, President; William W. Whitelock, Frederick W. Kester, Emilie A. Linklater, Harold V. Cook, Andrew M. Carnes, Katherine B. Pinch; Charles D. Warren, Secretary; Frank C. Densberger, Superintendent of Schools; F. J. and W. A. Kidd, Architects.
The erection of the school was favorably voted on in 1922. Work was started July 27th, 1923. The building was com- pleted November 1st, 1924, at a cost of $495,000. The struc- ture is of warm buff colored tapestry brick with grey stone trim and in architectural beauty equal to that found in any city. The auditorium seats over eleven hundred people. The school contains departments of Homemaking, Manual Train- ing, Mechanical Drawing, Cafeteria, Gymnasium, Swimming, Library, Conservatory and Laboratories. A large athletic field with football, baseball, tennis courts and quarter-mile track is located back of the building. In no better way can the growth of Kenmore be expressed than by this large, modern school. Without doubt there is no single factor that has contributed to the growth of Kenmore more than its educa- tional facilities.
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STATE BANK OF KENMORE
The Story of Eleven Years' Business
Granted its charter by State of New York December 11th, 1914.
Opened for business December 18th, 1914.
Original paid-in Capital and Surplus $30,000.00
Five of the original Board of Directors (which was seven in number) Messrs. Raymond E. Winfield, Chairman; Clarence C. Miller, President; Freelon Hunter, L. P. A. Eberhardt and Charles J. J. Seaman, are still serving as Directors.
Other members of the present board are:
Charles A. Scheeler, added in 1915.
Milton C. Guggenheimer, Frank X. Reuter and George F. Wallace, added in 1916.
J. Fred Moore, added in 1919.
William W. Whitelock, added in 1921.
Henry J. Ebling, John B. Scheidemantel, Charles Stephen and Arthur R. Atkinson, added in 1922.
Other active officers are:
Howard A. Inskip, who came to the bank as cashier in 1918 and assistant cashiers, Albert A. McMullen and John D. Hamilton, both of whom have been with the bank since 1923.
Working force has grown from two in 1914 to eighteen in 1926.
Capital, Surplus and Profits have increased from $30,000 to nearly $300,000.00-Deposits to over $2,000,000.00 and Total Resources to about $3,000,000.00.
Banking quarters have grown from one small room in 1914 to present spacious quarters.
January 1st, 1926 open accounts, 4137; deposits $2,451,471.80; interest paid, $232,328.14; Resources, $3,415,491.33; net earnings, $169,047.70; dividens paid $94,875.00.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Organized and opened for business May 27, 1922, occupy- ing part of lower floor of building at 2833 Delaware Avenue. In fall of 1924, quarters enlarged by adding space in same building occupied by Kenmore Grocery. June 1925 began construction of modern, fire-proof banking house at corner Delaware Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard at cost of $90,000.00. Occupied new building May 15, 1926.
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Deposits
Assets
May 27, 1922
$ 96,176.87
$ 177,426.87
May 27, 1923
387,789.01
576,652.81
May 27, 1924
667,075.98
807,641.84
May 27, 1925
922,690.72
1,139,741.33
April 12, 1926
1,730,833.13
1,957,854.94
OFFICERS
Matthew D. Young
President
Charles D. Warren Vice President
Arthur R. Catlin
Cashier
Vernon L. Young
Assistant Cashier
Harold V. Cook
Counsel
DIRECTORS
Cecil D. Blair, Edward H. Boehringer, Harold V. Cook, Eugene Crow, Edward T. Danahy, Charles C. Dearing, Thomas W. Dickson, Frank C. Greutker, Ray H. Heiss, Dr. Eugene R. Linklater, Charles D. Warren, Dr. Walter J. M. Wurtz, Matthew D. Young.
The new home of the First National Bank of Kenmore with its central location, convenient arrangements, complete equipment and attractive appointments, reflects the substan- tial progress of the institution in its four years of successful service and indicates the way it keeps pace with Kenmore's growth and development, with which it is so closely identified.
TUESDAY CULTURE CLUB
Organized 1912, Western New York Federation 1918.
Regular meetings first and third Tuesday, October to May 2:30 P. M.
Motto: "Live up to the best that is in you."
Colors: White and Gold.
First Officers : President, Mrs. Wilbur T. Harris; Vice President, Mrs. Willis H. Hall; Secretary, Mrs. Henry Tremain; Treasurer, Miss Katherine L. Busch.
The following ladies have acted as president since organ- ization: Mrs. Wilbur T. Harris, 1912-1918; Mrs. Charles J. J. Seaman, 1919-1920; Mrs. Frank C. Densberger, 1920- 1922; Mrs. Frederick S. Parkhurst, 1923-1924; Mrs. Willis H. Hall, 1925-1926; Mrs. Orel L. Hershiser, 1926.
Annual election of officers first meeting in April.
Present Officers: Mrs. Orel L. Hershiser, President; Mrs. Joseph W. Hutchison, Vice President; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Joseph A. Dixon; Treasurer, Mrs. Frank C. Moore; Cor-
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responding Secretary, Mrs. Frederick S. Parkhurst; Auditor, Mrs. Erwin M. Hooker; Historian, Mrs. Charles J. J. Seaman.
The club has thirty active members and eight honorary members.
Special Days: Club Birthday Party; Christmas Party; Guest Day; Club Luncheon; June Picnic.
WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
The W. C. T. U. of Kenmore was organized March 8th, 1897, in the Presbyterian Church. The original officers were: President, Mrs. Dalgety; Vice President, Mrs. Jennie Van- Vleer; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Hattie H. Leonard; Superin- tendent Mothers' Meeting, Mrs. Frances Zimmerman. There were fourteen charter members.
The purpose of the organization is the unifying through- out the world the work of women in temperance and social reform. The badge is the white ribbon. The motto "For God and Home and Every Land." In 1913 the society erected and presented to the village a Drinking Fountain which is located at the village hall and was accepted by the president of the village, Matthew D. Young. During "Old Home Week" in the summer of 1924 the society won the first prize in a "Float Contest" called "Before and After Prohibition," by Mrs. W. H. Johnston, and the first prize "Floral Missions," by Mrs. Wittenmeyer. The membership is 125, and 30 honorary members. The society meets every third Thursday at 2:30 P. M. Mrs. William Robinson, 24 Ramsdell Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y., President; Mrs. Amy Neustadter, 104 Argonne Drive, Secretary. Telephone the President for the place of meeting.
KENMORE LODGE NO. 795 I. O. O. F.
Kenmore Lodge No. 795 Independent Order of Odd Fellows was instituted March 7th, 1913, with the following charter members: William B. Sirrett, William Harper, Delbert A. Phelps, Edmund Baloun, Henry A. Martin, Fred W. Eggles- ton, Bert G. Hitchcock, William Dicks, William Ewing.
The first officers were: N. G., William Harper; V. G., William Dicks; Recording Secretary, Fred W. Eggleston; Fin- ancial Secretary, Henry A. Martin; Treasurer, Delbert A. Phelps; R. S. N. G., William B. Sirrett; L. S. N. G., Bert G. Hitchcock; Chaplain, Edmund Baloun; Warden, William Ewing.
The first lodge rooms were located in the Hitchcock Hall located at the corner of Delaware Avenue and Euclid Avenue
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in what was known as the Henry Block. The present Temple site was later acquired corner of Kenmore Avenue and Myron Avenue. The corner stone was laid in 1914. The membership is 133. The 107th anniversary of Oddfellowship in the United States was observed by the Lodge on April 26th, 1926, in the evening, Dr. Fred'k S. Parkhurst delivered the address.
The present officers are: N. G., Samuel McCarley; V. G., Louis Smith; Recording Secretary, Gordon P. Gilbert; Fin- ancial Secretary, William Thorn; Treasurer, George L. Huls- lander ; R. S. N. G., Thomas Osborne; L. S. N. G., A. J. Whittle- ton; R. S. V. G., Paul Condrell; L. S. V. G., Clifford Cook; Chaplain, Charles Thompson; Conductor, Frank Schultz; Warden, Charles Beeker; I. G., Joseph Bingham; O. G. Jacob Fries; R. S. S., John Bleyle; L. S. S. Edward Fletcher; P. G., William Gall.
Regular meeting night, every Monday, 8 P. M.
KENMORE REBEKAH LODGE
Early in the year of 1916, a committee was formed with Andrew Werner as chairman, assisted by Mrs. N. G. Miller, to organize a Rebekah Lodge in Kenmore with the result that, on April 4, 1916, the Lodge was instituted with 52 members, by George E. Judge, then Grand Master of New York State and District Deputy President Martha Rast of the Rebekah Assembly.
The object and purposes of the Rebekah Degree of Odd Fellows is to assist their own members and subdorinate and sister Rebekah Lodges in ministering to the families of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs when in trouble, sickness and want; to aid in establishing and maintaining homes for aged Odd Fellows and their wives and the widows of deceased Odd Fellows, also homes for the care and education of orphans of deceased Odd Fellows and Rebekahs; to cultivate social and fraternal relations among lodges and families of Odd Fellows.
1926 officers are: Emma George, Noble Grand; Rose Ebling, Past Noble Grand; Emma Roehrig, Vice Grand; Julia Chase, Recording Secretary; May Gersting, Financial Secre- tary; Katherine Bleyle, Treasurer; Elizabeth Kumpf, Chap- lain; Hattie Meyers, Warden; Jessie Whittleton, Conductor; Maud Allgier, Inside Guardian; Jacob Fries, Outside Guard- ian; Sarah Marshall, R. S. N. G .; Katherine Zwald, L. S. N. G .; Marie Huss, R. S. V. G .; Luella Dahmer, L. S. V. G .; Marion Bleyle, Pianist; Flora Fletcher, Color Bearer; Ethel
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Cline, Minerva Morgan, Escorts; Mabel Bowman, Drill Mistress.
Past Noble Grands are: Flora Fletcher, Lulu Miller from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Mabel Bowman, Mary Rowland, Christine Wiser, Maude Maxson, Jessie Caskey, Katherine Zwald, Sarah Marshall, and Rose Ebling. Present member- ship 160.
MASTER BUILDER LODGE NO. 911 F. & A. M.
Master Builder Lodge No. 911, Free and Accepted Masons was organized and Dispensation granted on December 27th, 1913. It was Instituted on January 20th, 1914. A Charter was granted by the Grand Lodge of the State of New York on May 7th, 1914, and the Lodge was Constituted and Con- secrated on May 29th, 1914, by Honorable George Freifeld, at that time Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York.
The lodge was formed with forty-one charter members, and by the end of 1925 had grown to a membership of Three Hundred and Fifty.
Robert L. Kimberley was its first Master and served the Lodge during the years 1914 and 1915. The Masters that followed and their terms of office were: 1916, Albert C. Towne; 1917, Frederick T. Hall; 1918, Robert F. Coleman; 1919, Lewis E. Burritt; 1920, Frederick W. Claus; 1921 Fred C. Post; 1922, Francis G. King; 1923, Edward A. Jones; 1924, Walter Allen; 1925, Thomas W. Dickson.
Dr. George M. Lewis was its first secretary, followed in 1915 by Arthur P. H. Saul, who has continued as secretary until the present time, having served the lodge for thirteen consecutive years.
The officers of the lodge for the year 1926 were: Master, Willard O. Tower; Senior Warden, Dr. Joseph R. Hawn; Junior Warden, Fred M. Rich; Treasurer, Charles L. Lowell; Secretary, Arthur P. H. Saul; Chaplain, Rev. Frederick S. Parkhurst; Senior Deacon, Willis H. Hall; Junior Deacon, Frank C. Moore; Senior Master of Ceremony, Thomas B. Rautenberg; Junior Master of Ceremony, Kenneth O. Irvin; Senior Steward, Roscoe L. Rosser; Junior Steward, Frank C. Greutker; Marshal, Harry A. Epsten; Organist, Ransom C. Hall; Tiler, Marley E. Bechtel.
On February 14th, 1926, ground was broken for a new Temple, to be built on East Delaware Road, immediately north of the new Kenmore High School. The cost of the new
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Temple, including the site, will be approximately $85,000.00.
The cornerstone of the new edifice was laid with imposing ceremonies on April 10th, 1926, by William A. Rowan, Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York, assisted by a large retinue of Grand Lodge Officers.
It is expected that the Temple will be completed and dedicated in the late Fall of 1926.
BETHLEHEM CHAPTER 634 O. E. S.
Bethlehem Chapter 634 O. E. S. was instituted on March 9th, 1920, in Odd Fellows Temple, Kenmore, N. Y., by a staff of Acting Grand Officers. Thirty members who signed the Dispensation were affiliated. Heumina W. Lauderdale, Worthy Matron and Edwin H. Weibert Worthy Patron.
The Chapter served under Dispensation until October 23, 1920, when it was constituted by the M. W. G. M. of the State of New York, Dr. Frances Thornton.
At the end of this year the Roster totaled ninety members and W. M. Heumina W. Lauderdale and Edwin H. Weibert were re-elected for another year.
Helen P. Annis was W. M. and Thomas W. Dickson, W. P. in 1922. During this year the Chapter held its only and very successful Bazaar.
Vera K. Towne W. M., and Malcolm E. Welch W. P. in 1923; Mae L. Ewers W. M., and Edward A. Jones W. P. in 1924; Argnes L. Osborn W. M. and Walter Allen W. P. in 1925.
In 1924 and 1925 Chapter added a Vested Choir to its floor work.
December 1925 showed the chapter had initiated and affil- iated 265 members but had lost twenty through death with- drawal and dimiting to other Chapters.
Each year the Chapter has had some very beautiful special evenings, such as Installations, Floral Degrees and Grand Officers Night which will never be forgotten by anyone whose privilege it has been to be present.
The Chapter has also been very successful financially in a number of undertakings into which they have gone for that purpose.
KENMORE COURT NO. 113, ORDER OF THE AMARANTH
Kenmore Court No. 113 Order of the Amaranth was organized October 23, 1924, with Mrs. Emile Linklater as its Royal Matron, and Judge Charles L. Titus as its Royal Patron.
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The Grand Court granted the Charter in May 1925, after the officers had proven that they were capable of carrying on the duties and responsibilities of a Court of the Order of the Amaranth.
The membership of Kenmore number between 60 and 70, all residents of Kenmore proper, or its immediate vicinity. Membership in the Order of the Amaranth is conditional upon the applicant being a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in good standing or a Master Mason.
Charity is a capstone of the Order, through which a great deal of good can be accomplished when exercised for the good of humanity. The Order aims to impress upon all who unite with it, the duty we owe to one another, to encourage them to be a means of doing good, to live contentedly with their fellow- beings, to possess a forgiving spirit, and to exercise their influence for good over their associates.
The Grand Court of the State of New York has seen fit to appoint Mrs. Emile Linklater District Deputy Grand Royal Matron of this district for the ensuing year.
The Present Officers of Kenmore Court are as follows: Royal Matron, Mayme B. Titus; Patron, Edward A. Jones; Associate Matron, Lillian McKenneth; Associate Patron, Charles Weidrich; Secretary, Nettie Brown; Treasurer, John F. McKenneth,; Conductress, Mary Brown; Associate Con- ductress, Edith Wiedrich.
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