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At present Dunkirk is an important town of Hardin county, draw- ing trade from Hancock county as well as its own, on aeconnt of its sitnation, and to speak of every industry and business of the place would require many more pages than can be allotted to it here. The leading grocers are Smith & Karrick, D. Smith, M. A. Russell, C. C. Con- rad, W. B. Treece & Son and John Beans; the hardware merchants, John Woodruff and H. C. Ewing, MeCloud & Pees; harness maker, Mr. Mckean; owners of general stores John Woodruff, G. F. Hess, E. W. Henderson and S. S. Ewing & Co .; and gent's furnishing and elothing, John Mahon and S. L. Spero. S. A. Hagerman is the druggist and G. B. Rounds, the leading dentist. S. Henry and A. H. Palmer are the shoe merchants. There are two banks in the town, The First National and
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the Woodruff, owned by John Woodruff who is the richest man in Dunkirk. C. Friedley, C. W. Dirmeyer and John Woodruff are the coal dealers, and Mr. Friedley also has the grain elevator. W. F. Pefferly has a jewelry store. The village doctors are C. C. MeLaughlin, J. S. Hedrick. W. Il. Wise, H. C. Neff and Dr. Crumm.
The Dunkirk Standard, which was owned and edited many years by G. M. Kingsbury, is at present in the hands of Fowler and Gerhart who purchased it in September, 1909. This paper has had mueh to do with the prosperity of Dunkirk, as it has been live, progressive and enterprising.
The Dunkirk Flour Mill is one of the best in this part of Ohio, and does a large business not only with local patrons, but in the surrounding towns and country. It is owned and operated by C. W. Dirmeyer.
The Dunkirk Stone Quarry is one of the leading industries of the place, employing a large force of men to get out stone for ballast. The stone to ballast the Pennsylvania railroad was taken from this quarry, which still supplies the material for repairs and new tracks. It is one of the largest quarries in the state, and helps build up the town to a great extent by furnishing steady employment to a number of workmen.
Lydiek Brothers and Wood, Teegarden and Company have livery, feed and sale barns. JJ. A. Orth owns and operates a planing mill ; Keiper Brothers deal in furniture and are the undertakers of the town.
E. L. Stratton and John Bean have restaurants, and Jos. Lewis and A. J. Huston rum meat markets. The Hotel Clifford is owned by Mrs.
The Elizabeth Carshell, and the Cottage Inn by Mrs. John Clark.
village milliners are Mrs. R. Taylor and the Woods Sisters. Traze and Moses own a Racket Store, and F. B. Newson deals in cigars and tobacco. The postoffice at Dunkirk was established during the administration of President Pierce, with W. S. Wiles as the first postmaster. The
first postoffice was located on lot 18. At present the office is housed in a beautiful little room on Main street where Mr. G. M. Kingsbury and his assistant handle the ever increasing incoming and outgoing mails. The office has also two rural routes that greatly decrease the work of the postmaster, as well as help the service for country patrons. The office has a room to itself, which is a great convenience, and is well lighted in daytime, and by electricity at night, the furniture is new and suited to the needs of the office, so that Dunkirk patrons have every facility for sending and receiving mail promptly. The successive postmasters are as follows from the first: 1854, W. S. Wiles; 1856, William Porterfield ; 1860, Isaiah Larkins, J. E. Moses ; 1868, W. D. Edgar, Sam Penee; 1873, J. B. Haldeman ; 1884, Chas. Mahon; 1888, J. J. Orth, John Woods; 1892, D. C. Smith ; 1896, John Baughman ; 1908, Guy M. Kingsbury.
On January 6, 1860, Rev. L. S. Farber organized the United Brethren church of Dunkirk in the sehoolhouse, which stood on the site
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of the present Methodist Episcopal church on Main street, with 45 members. During the following summer they erected their present building at a cost of about $2,000. Bishop David Edwards presided at the dedication. This church has furnished three ministers to the church : John Houseman (1861), James M. Bradbury (1862), and John Watters (1863). The present membership is over one hundred. A Sunday school is kept up and is well attended. The following ministers have had charge of the Dunkirk United Brethren church: 1860, L. S. Farber; 1861, G. W. Holden; 1862, S. Fairfield; 1863, J. C. McBride; 1864, Lewis Johnson ; 1865, D. R. Miller; 1866, A. W. Holden ; 1868, W. McGinnis; 1869, J. W. Wagoner; 1871, R. W. Wilgus; 1873, J. II. Kiracope; 1874, W. S. Fields ; 1875, W. II. Ogle; 1877, M. Miller; 1878, D. A. Johnson; 1879, J. P. Stewart; 1881, J. W. Lower; 1883, B. A. Sutton ; 1886, A. W. Ballenger; 1889, L. C. Reed; 1890, J. L. Luttrell; 1891, I. Imler; 1893, M. Millie; 1894, J. N. HIohnes; 1898, W. L. Waldo; 1901, Rev. Crabbe.
At the cabin of D. H. Edgar in June, 1835, the Methodist Episcopal church of Dunkirk, the oldest religious organization of the town, Rev. Andrew Kinnear organized the society composed only of D. II. and Azuba Edgar, John R. and Mary Davis. In 1835 Conference sent them their first minister-a circuit rider, Alonzo Fleming, whose circuit practically embraced all of Hardin county. In 1864 the parsonage was purchased at a cost of $800, and in 1871 the church was erected at a cost of $1,500. In 1883 the parsonage was sold and a better one purchased, the present one, at a cost of $1,600. It is now a flourishing congregation of more than 250 members, and has an interesting Sunday school that is well attended. In 1901 the church was remodeled and improved at quite an expense to the congregation, and it is now much better suited to the needs of the growing church congregation than formerly. The
names of the ministers are as follows: 1835. Alonzo Fleming; 1836, F. P. Waugh ; 1838, 1. Bell; 1840, Armstrong and Edward Williams; 1841, P. Wareham ; 1842, Rev Hubbard and William Goodman; 1843-5, (no record) ; 1846, Haward; 1847, W. J. Wells and J. M. Holmes; 1848, J. M. Holmes and II. Close; 1849, Revs. Holmes and Wilcox; 1850, Revs. Holmes and S. Hagerman ; 1851, Jos. Good and J. A. Smith; 1853, John K. Ford and J. C. Castor; 1855, H. M. Close and Enos Holmes; 1856, H. M. Close and S. Hagerman; 1857, Edward Williams and S. Hagerman; 1858, Jos. Good; 1859, Jos. Good and J. A. Smith; 1860, J. A. Smith and J. C. Cater; 1861, Jos. Wykes and J. C. Cater; 1864, W. J. Peck and H. J. Begley ; 1865, W. J. Peck and T. J. Mather ; 1866, Hiram Shaffer; 1867, Francis Plumb ; 1869, John C. Miller; 1872, I. N. Smith; 1874, J. M. Longfellow; 1877, Jos. Wykes; 1880, W. W. Lance; 1881, L. O. Cook; 1884, John Graham; 1887, Jos. H. Cater; 1888, W. R. Shultz; 1889, W. W. Winter; 1891, J. C. Clemens ; 1893,
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J. T. Pope ; 1895, J. W. Hill; 1896, E. A. Strother ; 1898, L. H. Lindsey ; 1900, W. W. Curl; 1902, M. M. Markwith.
The Seventh Day Advent church was organized May 18, 1879, by Elder G. G. Rupert, with 24 members. For a time they held services in Woodruff's Hall, but in 1885 purchased a church which they still use. The congregation is not large but still holds together. Some of the ministers who have served here are: G. G. Rupert, A. A. Underwood, D. M. Cauright, H. A. St. John and O. F. Gilifor.
Dunkirk has no regular Catholic church services except the mission services when some neighboring priest comes into the town. From 1866 to 1869 Rev. N. R. Young of Kenton held services there and after that Rev. A. S. Siebenfoercher of Kenton until 1881 when it was attached for a short time to the Logan county churches. However at present the resident priest at Kenton has charge of the work.
In 1895 the Church of Christ was organized in Woodruff's Hall by Rev. Smith, as the result of a series of meetings. It had 28 charter members, and for a time continued to hold services in the hall. On May 25, 1897, the church which they purchased for $500 from the German Baptists was dedicated, and for a time the church services and Sunday school were well attended, but at present the church is closed and Sunday school abandoned. The following ministers preached for the congregation during the short time it held together and had services: Geo. A. Smith, H. E. Oldaker, Albert Stahl, R. E. Myrick, M. P. Garlacher, J. T. H. Stewart and E. P. Kempher.
The German Baptist church was organized in September, 1881, and in the autumn of that year they built a church on West Wayne street, which was afterward sold to the congregation of the Church of Christ. The building was dedicated on October 1, 1881, by Bishop R. H. Miller, of Ashland, and a congregation of forty members worshiped here for some years. In 1887 the society disbanded and the building was leased in 1889 by a little band of Presbyterians who held services there for one year with Rev. Taylor as pastor.
Wesleyan Methodist church was organized with 36 members by Rev. S. Rice, December 7, 1877. In the fall of 1878 a frame building was erected at a cost of $1,100, and dedicated by Rev. T. K. Doty of Cleve- land. They have had the following ministers: Revs. Guthrie, M. Friedley, Chas. Rowley, Ensinger, W. H. Kennedy, W. I. Northan, O. H. Ramsey, Schull, J. T. Graffis, J. W. Brown, Strong, M. L. Martz.
On August 15, 1901, Dunkirk Tent No. 474, K. O. T. M., was insti- tuted with 29 charter members. The first officers were: Sir Kt. Past Commander, George Rinehart; Sir Kt. Commander, G. E. Starner; Sir Lieut. Commander, Phin Corwin; Sir Kt., R. K., H. Wood; Sir F. K., HI. E. Haines; Sir Kt., Chaplain, J. B. McMillen; Sir Kt. Physician, G. E. Starner; Sir Kt. Sergeant, Jacob Rhinehart; Sir Kt. M. at A., Jud Burnworth ; Sir Kt., 1st M. of G., F. Schille, Sir Kt., 2nd. M. of
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. G. F. Jacobs: Sir Kt., Sentinel, James George; Picket, N. Tremains. Meetings are held each Thursday evening in G. A. R. Hall.
Edgar Post G. A. R., No. 102, was instituted Mareh 20, 1883, by J. T. Zimmerman, M. D., with thirteen charter members. The first officers were : Isaac Difenderfer. P. C .; James J. Wood, S. V. C; James B. Haldeman, J. V. C., John Darst, O. D .; L. W. Hlebenthal, Adjutant ; G. Hostetter, Chaplain; John Beans, Sergeant; E. C. Longabaugh. O. M., and L. G. Crumm, O. G. Of course the membership grows smailer as the members pass away. The men who have filled the office of Com- mander are: I. Difenderfer, L. W. Hebenthal, W. HI. Harman, J. J. Wood, John Watters, David Fryer, Samuel Lydiek, John Woods, C. L. Linweaver. William Chase, M. Smith. W. P. Gilpen, Jacob Bender, John Beans, James Haldeman, Frank Woods and Philp Wilch.
Edgar Women's Relief Corps No. 22, Auxiliary to Edgar Post No. 102. of Dunkirk, was instituted. March 26, 1884, with thirty-three ehar- ter members. The first officers were: President, Mrs. R. L. E. Bronson, S. V. P., Martha Wood; J. V. P., Amelia Edgar; Secretary, Lena Hebenthal; Chaplain, Lavina, Darst; Conductress, Julia A. Showe; Guard, Catharine Bowers; Executive Committee-Angeline Haldeman ; Johanna Lease, Etta Roberts, Lydia Wiles and Grace Wood, Relief Committee- Sarah Fry, Joanna Lease and Adelia Butcher, Home and Employment Committee-Sarah Beans, Adelia Buteher and Olive Smith. Visiting and Supply Committee-Jane Graham, Sarah Fry, Louisa Aulthauser, Mary Longabaugh, Jennie Woods and Vina Seigler. This lodge meets in the G. A. R. Ilall the first and third Tuesdays of each month. The membership is very small at present, as many of the older ladies have died.
Lubentia Rebekah Degree Lodge No. 573, I. O. O. F., was insti- tuted December 22. 1899. with thirty-eight charter members. The fol- lowing offieers were chosen : N. G., Nettie Hedrick : V. G .. Lizzie Gottier; Treasurer, Maggie Fryer ; F. S .. Trella Rhinehart ; Corresponding See- retary, Edith Longabangh ; Chaplain, Hattie Baughman ; Warden, Etta Treece; Lodge Deputy, J. S. Hedrick. Present membership sixty.
Dunkirk Lodge No. 624, T. O. O. F., was instituted June 1. 1876, with nine charter members. The first officers were: J. H. Pore, N. G .; Eli Trump, V. G. ; J. J. Woods, Seeretary; H. H. Hullinger, Pre. See- retary; G. W. Conrad, Treasurer; S. B. Davis, W. D .: C. Smith, C .; W. D. Edgar, I. G .; and George Neff, O. G. The present member- ship is about ninety. The following have filled the office of Noble Grand: Eli Trump. James P. Wood, F. C. Pore, Frank Wilcox, James W. Mille, C. T. Eibeling. Mack MeKinstry, A. S. Talbot. J. H. Wood, W. B. Treeee, W. J. Rupright, Irvin Woodruff. W. N. Treece, J. N. Shannon, Joseph Lydick, J. S. Hedrick, D. F. Fryer, Charles Orth, A. HI. Curtin, Frank C. Curran, E. P. Woods, J. P. Garling, R. H. Longa- baugh, Charles C. Trump.
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Dunkirk Lodge No. 549 A. F. & A. M., was instituted June 1, 1887, with thirteen charter members. The first officers were J. A. Stansell, W. M., S. A. Haggerman, S. W .; B. F. Wagstaff, J. W .; Judson Mahon, Secretary; Charles Mahon, Treasurer; C. C. Mclaughlin, S. D .; M. Berkowitz, J. D .; and S. T. Kepler, Tyler. The present membership is about seventy, they meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month.
Dunkirk Chapter No. 37, O. E. S., was instituted July 13, 1894, with twenty-four charter members. The first officers were Effie Got- tier, W. M. ; S. A. Haggerman, W. P .; Nellie Hlaggerman, A. M .; D. F. Fryer, Secretary; James Lydick, Treasurer; Belle G. Smith, Conduc- tress; Georgia Hildebrand, Associate Conductress. The present membership is thirty-five and they meet the first and third Wednesdays of each month.
Dunkirk Lodge No. 590, K. of P., was founded July 12, 1892, with thirty-five members. The first officers were: G. E. Starner, C. C .; B. L. Larimer, V. C .; John Baughman, P. C .; I. Imler, Prelate; John Kelley, M. at A .; W. S. Stroupe, K. of R. & S .; Edward Orth, M. of E .; Charles Jones, M. of F .; John Lanning, I. G .; William Grappy, O. G .; J. S. ITedrick, six years Grand Lodge Representative; G. E. Starner, two years Representative; JJohn Watters, Representative. The mem- bership is fifty-three. The Past Chancellors are J. S. Hedrick, G. E. Starner, Charles Jones, John Kelley, William Stroupe, John Watters, John McDonald, Zimri Woods, Thomas Taylor, Oscar Abt, Guy Woods, Victor Burnworth and J. M. Watters.
Dunkirk Lodge No. 68, Tribe of Ben Hur, was founded June 29, 1898, with 26 charter members. The following are the first officers ; Walter Teegardin, Chief; Zimri Woods, Past Chief; Mrs. T. J. Harvey, Judge ; David Harvey, Captain; Peter Trontment, O. D. K .; Adelbert Custin, Seribe; Eva Harvey, Teacher; Clem Rager, Guide; Frank Bow- ers, I. D. K .; D. C. Smith, K. of T. The present membership is 25. They meet the first and third Wednesdays of each month.
Dunkirk's City Officials. Mayors: 1867, Isaac Larkins; 1868, John Watters; 1871, D. Younker; 1872, D. M. Bowers; 1873, A. K. Mecaskey ; 1875, D. H. Edgar; 1877, H. N. Hullinger; 1878, John Watters; 1880, H. G. Egar; 1881, J. J. Wood; 1883, W. J. Haggerman ; 1887, D. F. Fryer; 1893, P. Wilch; 1894, D. F. Fryer; 1895, John Baughman ; 1897, D. F. Fryer; 1899, G. B. DeWitt; and 1901, S. B. Lydick.
Superintendents of Public School: 1873, P, Weigle; 1874, T. C. Ferguson ; 1876, Ira Dowling; 1878, Henry Dimer; 1879, C. L. Porter ; 1880, D. F. Fryer; 1881, M. Friedly; 1882, D. F. Fryer; 1883, Ewing Stumm; 1884, W. H. Mustard; 1887, HI. B. Williams; 1889, J. W. Millette ; 1893, John R. Bowland; 1894, A. B. Rank; 1897, F. J. Stinch- conb and 1901, E. W. Green.
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City Clerks, Dunkirk, Ohio, 1875, A. E. Shannon; 1882, W. J. Haggerman ; 1887, Gage Helms; 1889, J. P. Woods, 1881, Harry Mar- quis ; 1883, W. D. Edgar: 1888, J. J. Orth; 1901, J. T. Kinsey.
City Treasurers: 1873. S. T. Bosserman; 1879, Charles Mahon ; 1881, James M. Kinsey; 1885, G. W. Conrad; 1887, J. M. Hutchinson ; 1889, C. N. Jones ; 1893, Ervin Woodruff.
The marshals of Dunkirk have been as follows : 1867 to 1873, George Longabaugh, Ed Shuee, Wm. Lesley and Jno. Darst; 1873, W. D. Edgar; 1875, G. B. French; 1876, Calvin Gum; 1881, Ed Shuee (murdered while on duty) ; 1882, Calvin Gum: 1883, Cyrus Flack ; 1883, John Latham; 1885. Calvin Gum; 1889. Ed. Fry; 1891, G. B. French; 1893, John Isenberger; 1893. G. B. French: 1895, George Koontz; 1897, David Harvey; 1899, Ed. Alexander, and 1901, B. E. French.
MIT. VICTORY, OHIO. Hale township has two very prosperous villages within its borders, the largest of these, Mt. Victory, lying near the center of the township. This town was surveyed for Ezra Dille by county surveyor, Robert D. Millar, August 23, 1851. To Thomas McCall belongs the honor of naming the new town. At that time there was a single cabin on the town site, but the advent of the railroad in 1852, and the great activity in the lumber business. caused the town to grow rapidly, and very soon several additions had to be laid out to accommodate the rapidly increasing population. The large bodies of land near the town held by people who did not reside on them. rather handicapped the town for many years after the lumber business fell into decay, but at present the large, almost waste areas, are cut up into fine farms, and the owners of them materially add to the prosperity of the town.
Among the early settlers of the town were Ezra Dille, who owned the land on which the town was laid out as an inheritance from the pioneer. Cyrus Dille: Jeremiah Elhott, who ran a large saw mill ; Thomas McCall, who became one of the merchants of the village; Daniel Stone; Jefferson Babcock, the first inn keeper; David Ellis, the first postmaster; Dr. Converse, the first physician; Elihu Curl, a pioneer store keeper; Joseph and Eli James, mill owners; Stephen Strickland, and others whose names have been forgotten. Ezra Dille operated a small grist mill which drew trade from Logan county as well as Hardin, and there was a blacksmith shop doing good work very early in the town's history.
Mt. Victory has had three public school buildings, the present one being the third to which a large addition had to be added. The first was a small frame structure erected in 1852 which lasted until about 1860, when a two room building was erected, and that in turn was suc- ceeded by a four room structure in 1875, which is still in use, though
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enlarged to meet the needs of the growing town. It is situated in the west part of the town in a large playground, and is presided over by a corps of able teachers.
Among the churches that have existed in Mt. Victory, but are not represented at present, are the United Brethren, the Baptist and the Wesleyan Methodist.
The Baptist church was organized in 1853 by Elder Lyons with eight members, and shortly after a small frame church was begun. However they never were able to finish the building, and at sheriff's sale it went to the Methodist Episcopal congregation, and the Baptist congregation disbanded. That little building has had a varied existence since it was begun, and it still serves as a church edifice. It was used by the Methodists until 1879, when it was moved back on an alley to make way for the first brick church in the town, the new edifice erected by the Methodists in that year. Later it was moved to a street and was used by a little congregation known as Daniel's Band. Later it fell into the hands of the Wesleyan Methodists, and finally became the property of the congregation of the Church of God, by whom it is used at present.
For a time the Catholic families gathered for worship in the homes of people of that faith in Mt. Victory, but at present no services are held there. The United Presbyterians gathered together a little congrega- tion some years ago and under the leadership of Rev. J. C. Roe of Kenton had services for a time, but at present there are but three churches in the place.
The United Brethren church was organized in January, 1852, by Rev. Henry Snell and for a time services were held in a little schoolhouse south of the village. This church started out very well with about fifty members, and in 1853 erected a small frame church in the town. For some years it was the leading congregation in the place, enjoying great prosperity, but as the members died or moved away the services were finally discontinued and the church fell into decay. For the past twenty years no services have been held by this denomination in the town.
From a place with one cabin in 1851, Mt. Victory has grown to be a thriving town of 1050 souls, with electric lights, good streets, good walks, an excellent public school system, substantial homes, fine churches and various enterprises. It has an enterprising newspaper, The Mt. Victory Independent, owned and edited by Joseph Pennock; a job printing plant conducted by Eslie Pennock ; a bank, three good churches ; progressive stores and various commercial enterprises. Williams and Johnson, J. M. Underwood and Edward Simpson, have general stores designed to suit every want of their patrons, and there are several other merchants in the place. Rutledge and Harvey have a grocery ; Dickin- son, Wallace and Rule have a large hardware and implement store, and
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M. O. Harvey also handles hardware. The drug stores are owned by Viola Jones and Earl Marmon, and the millinery stores by Olive Coy and Mrs. Jos. Pennock. The electric light plant is owned and operated by H. Conklin, and he also owns and runs the saw mill. Boyd Brothers have a handle factory and Grant and Brewer manufacture cement blocks for building purposes. The blacksmiths are Riley Coy. B. F. Baxson, Drumm Brothers and Riley Coy, and Thomas J. Boys sells harness and buggies. The grain elevator is owned by the Mt. Victory Milling Company and is managed by B. Cougal. P. B. Hart has a jewelry store in the same building occupied by the Mt. Victory Observer.
The Mt. Victory hotel is owned and run by C. Ridley, and there are three restaurants in the town, owned by C. E. Dickinson, Charles Selby and Claude Osborn. There are two meat markets, one owned by Hathaway and Fraber and the other by J. E. Rogers. Frank Lydick owns a livery and feed barn, and M. W. Cronley has a feed barn. There are three barber shops in the town owned by W. C. Winder and Son, John Brewer and William McKim and Son.
The physicians of the town are M. B. Boone, J. J. Boone, A. W. Titsworth, F. Humphreys and B. H. Martin, all of whom practice in the town and surrounding country. But one lawyer resides in Mt. Victory, Leonard Cox, and J. E. Gordon does a general insurance business.
Mt. Victory has five secret societies-The Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Rebekahs, Maccabees and Pythian Sisters. At one time there was a G. A. R. organization, but the veterans are so few in the town at present that meetings have been discontinued. For several years there was a flourishing ladies club ealled the Mutual Improvement Club, but it has been discontinued recently.
Coleman Asbury Post, No. 257 G. A. R., was instituted with twenty members August 25, 1882, by Colonel W. P. Anderson of Marysville, and for a time enjoyed unusual prosperity. Especially on Memorial Day did the members delight to honor the dead soldiers, of whom a large number repose in the Hale township cemeteries, but as the ranks thinned and the remaining members became too feeble for active service, the meetings had to be given up, and at present there is no soldiers' organization in the plaee.
Victory Lodge No. 583, I. O. O. F., was instituted with fourteen charter members on July 10, 1874, by M. Denel of Urbana, Ohio. Of the charter members two are left and still belong to the lodge-T. J. Boyd and J. M. Richardson. The first officers were as follows: N. G., Horton Park; V. G., Daniel Butler; recording secretary, W. N. Tits- worth ; financial secretary, F. L. Denmon; and treasurer, D. H. Le Van. The present membership is about one hundred. The present officers are: N. G., Edward Willauer; V. G., Thomas Johnson; recording secretary, H. G. Bennett, and financial secretary, Eslie Pennock.
Pythian Sisters No. 365, Snow Drop Temple, was organized April
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22, 1909, by Mrs. Maggie Cramer, of Kenton. Zenith Temple of LaRue gave the initiatory degree to 51 charter members. Since that time 11 new members have been received, and 6 admitted by card, mak- ing a total membership at present of 68. The officers are: M. E. C., Sudie Johnson ; P. C., Sade Montz; E. S., Della Boone; E. J., Lizzie LeVan: M. of R. and C., Blanche MeKim; M. of F., Amelia Montz; Man., Donna Hatcher: Proc., Anna Willauer; G. O. T., Flora Smith. The trustees are Hattie Willauer, Mary JJones and Sade Montz.
The first society of the Methodist Episcopal church at Mt. Victory was organized in 1835, and consisted of nine members. The places of holding services were the residences of JJack Marmon, James Andrews and John Richardson. The first preacher was Enos Hohnes, a local preacher. The first traveling preacher was Daniel D. Davidson, the appointment then belonging to Bellefontaine cirenit, which consisted of forty-four points or local churches. The first organized society sur- vived only eight years, when it was discontinued for want of support.
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