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ZANETTA COUNCIL NO. 120, DEGREE OF POCAHONTAS.
This woman's auxiliary to the local tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men at Xenia was organized on April 11, 1908, with the following charter members : O. H. Simons, Mrs. M. C. Simons, Charles Howell, Mrs. Clara Howell, Frank Spahr, Mrs. Loretta Spahr, E. L. Hegler, Ella Hegler, D. A. Smith, Mrs. Claretta Smith, Mrs. O. R. Stolzman, W. R. Shirk, Perry Shafer, Elizabeth Shafer, Joseph Bales, Mrs. Joseph Bales, John Humston, Harriet Humston, Simeon Coates, Leola Coates, M. A. Hagler, Mrs. M. A. Hagler, Mrs. Willetta Huffman, H. E. Milburn, A. J. Richardson, Marion Kester, Mrs. Nettie Kester, Charles Johns, Blanche Johns, Adam Boots, John M. Boots, Lewis Wagner, Anna Wagner, William Blake, Ella Blake, William Burba, Mary Burba, Frank Buck, William Barnett, Mrs. William Barnett, Mrs. Elmer Harvey, Josie Seldomrich, Mrs. Alice Howell, Joseph Levalley, Mrs. Elizabeth Levally, Minnie Rockfield, Ida Angle, Raper Hite, Mary L. Hite, Sarah Cultice, Rosetta Cultice, Grant Cultice, Jacob Fudge, Levana Fudge, Cora Shirk, Samuel Hyman, Eliza Phillips, J. W. Bau- master, Sarah Baumaster, Samuel Gunkle, Charles Sutton, Mary Sutton, Bettie Harris, Minetta Craft, Clark Young, Ida Cultice, A. C. Sherman, Bertha Palmer, all of which number are still living save seven. The first officers of Zanetta council were the following: Pocahontas, Margaret Stolz- man; Winona, Loretta Spahr; Powhattan, Simeon Coates; prophetess, Ella Hagler ; keeper of records, Leola Coates; keeper of wampum, Josie Seldom- rich; trustees, Ella Blake, Nettie Kester and Willetta Huffman. The council holds its meetings in the Red Men's hall at the corner of Main and White- man streets. The present officers of the council are: Pocahontas, Jane Sanders ; Winona, Mary Ary; Powhattan, Thomas Heathcook ; prophetess, Cora Levalley; keeper of records, Ella Blake; keeper of wampum, Verna Smith ; trustees, Opal Owens, Clara Ary and Francis Ary.
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JUNIOR ORDER OF UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS.
Xenia Council No. 67, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, was organized on July 3, 1897, and holds its meetings in Kingsbury Hall on South Detroit street. The charter members of this council were F. P. Baldure, A. C. Messenger, G. M. Bickett, C. E. Wright, William Scott, George H. Smith, Ed Lighthiser, O. M. Rowe, O. Parker, James Scott, F. R. Voris, W. A. Soos, Charles Casad, George Swartz, Ben Chambliss, Henry Fenker, Richard Anderson, James Wead, T. C. Owens, Frank Poland and George Bodecker. Following is a list of the first officers of this council: Past councilor, Charles Casad; councilor, F. P. Baldure; vice-councilor, William Scott; recording secretary, Frank Zartman; assistant recording secretary, C. E. Wright ; financial secretary, Richard Anderson ; treasurer, F. R. Voris; conductor, Ed Lighthiser ; warder, George H. Smith : inside sentinel, George Swartz; outside sentinel, George M. Beckett : trustees, C. E. Wright, James W. Scott and J. B. Wead; representative to the state council, Charles Casad. The present officers of the council are: Past councilor, Albert Tucker; councilor, William Oran; vice-councilor, Wilbur Chambliss; recording secretary, George H. Smith ; assistant recording secretary, Frank Sheets; financial secretary, George P. Tiffany ; treasurer, Theron A. White; conductor, William Bath; warder, Frank Chambliss; inside sentinel, Clarence Bath; outside sentinel, Elmer Brewer : trustees, Frank Sheets, John Kester and M. E. Coulter ; representative to the state council, George H. Smith.
COUNCIL OF THE JUNIOR ORDER AT BELLBROOK.
Magnetic Council No. 231, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, at Bellbrook, owns its own building, in which it holds its meetings, at the northeast corner of Main and Franklin streets, the property being valued at twenty-five hundred dollars. This council was instituted on May' 16, 1896, the charter carrying the names of the following original members : A. R. Howland, G. C. Hook, G. H. Lamb, J. H. Racer, T. H. Swaney, James Crowl, C. E. Belt, E. T. Buckles, G. W. Miller, Harry Myers, J. L. Myers, Ellis Rosel, Charles Myers. W. Lansinger, Walt Whitacre, Charles T. Moore, M. R. Stover, S. J. Detrick, A. S. Rosel, F. W. Dinwiddie, Henry Weller, A. H. Davis, John Wilson, J. F. Newland, C. C. Schulz, Charles Wilson, J. A. Spitler, B. M. Spitler, J. H. Lansinger, J. T. Finley, Wilford Elliott, C. F. Gibbons, J. P. Snyder, J. A. Carey, E. W. Hopkins, John Billett, J. B. Taylor, H. E. Hurley, C. F. Mills, A. L. Swallow, Harry McGinnis, W. C. Morris and W. Berryhill. The first officers of this council were the following: Councilor, A. R. Howland; vice-councilor, G. W. Miller; recording secretary, J. H. Lansinger ; financial secretary, F. W. Dinwiddie; treasurer, James Crowe; junior past councillor, M. R. Stover ; trustees, A. R. Howland, G. W. Miller
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and John Billett. The present trustees of the council are J. H. Wright, J. R. Weaver and F. Wardlow, the other officers being as follows: Junior past councilor, Wilford Swigart; councilor, Joseph Guenther; vice-councilor, William Jobe ; recording secretary, A. R. Howland ; financial secretary, F. W. Dinwiddie; treasurer, James Crowl; chaplain, Jesse Folkerth.
THE JUNIOR ORDER COUNCIL AT YELLOW SPRINGS.
Bright Star Council No. 97, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, at Yellow Springs, holds its meetings in a rented room in the DeNormandie building on Xenia avenue, in that village. This council was organized on April 25, 1900, with the following charter membership: D. A. Brewer, E. M. Young, John Esterline, W. C. Michaels, J. P. Funderberg, I. K. Warner, J. C. Boolman, J. E. Bailey, A. F. Pultz, E. T. Bailey, O. C. Wike, William Shafer, Lewis Shafer, J. C. Sparrow, Leander Wike, C. M. Layton, Harry Rupert, D. A. Rupert, C. A. Layton, William A. Boolman, Ed Esterline, James Ham- ilton, Joseph Cowden, George Kershner, Henry Kershner, Goldie Wike, Oscar Wike, J. P. Confer, Cliff Ginnevin, George Albin, Perry M. Stewart, Howard Confer, William Jolley, Emerson Shaw, George Shaw, Noah Harter, Homer Anderson, George Sparrow, J. H. Brewer, Riley McGrath, Warren McGrath, Frank Shaw, Cicero Holsapple, S. C. Willett, W. E. Davis, Ed Linkhart, Frank Carlisle, Charles Shaw, C. E. Bailey, G. A. Horney, Paul Weiss, Howard Sparrow, W. G. Printz, W. Coultice, C. E. Cyphers, R. C. Brown, George Hill, Leslie E. Rice, Frank Hamilton, Arthur Hill, R. B. Galvin, Andrew Donaker, C. S. Sheldon, P. E. Wike and S. A. Rahn. The first officers of Bright Star council were the following: Councilor, I. K. Warner; vice- councilor, William Shafer; recording secretary, E. M. Young; assistant recording secretary, J. E. Hamilton ; financial secretary, O. C. Wike ; treasurer, J. P. Funderberg ; conductor, D. A. Brewer; warden, Howard Confer; inside sentinel, John Boolman; junior past councilor, W. A. Jolley ; chaplain, John Esterline ; trustees, J. P. Confer, D. A. Rupert and W. C. Michaels; repre- sentative to the state council, W. A. Jolley. The present officers of the council, in the order just indicated, are Edward C. Bowser, J. H. Brewer, Earl W. Dunevant, Glen Ragan, C. R. Baldwin, John Esterline, Fred Esterline, L. J. Crist, J. P. Confer, C. S. Sheldon, Robert Hill, C. D. Clayton, C. D. Clayton (trustee), J. P. Confer, Glen Ragan and L. J. Crist.
COUNCIL OF THE JUNIOR ORDER AT JAMESTOWN.
Jamestown Council No. 31, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, at Jamestown, was organized on November 29, 1899, and holds its meetings in a rented hall on West Washington street. The charter members of the council were Jesse Taylor, George R. Spahr, Al Zeiner, H. H. Woolpert, George Cross, W. H. Church, J. W. Zeiner, J. I. McClain, Lou Brads, J. H.
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Davis, William Lieurance, Albert Conrey, H. C. Lieurance, John Jenks, W. M. Barefoot, Abner Johnson, W. B. Ford, C. B. Wilkinson, M. G. Ford, C. C. Moon, Clarence Flowers, C. W. Sharp, M. W. Ballard, Moody Collett, C. C. Bargdill, A. W. Mckinley, O. C. Wilkinson, C. E. Iliff, Lester Smith and J. E. Lout. Following were the first officers of the council: Councilor, William Lieurance; vice-councilor, C. C. Bargdill; recording secretary, C. W. Sharp; assistant recording secretary, A. W. McKinley ; financial secretary, Al Zeiner ; treasurer, George Spahr ; conductor, J. H. Davis ; warden, M. G. Ford; inside sentinel, George Cross; outside sentinel, Lester Smith; junior past councilor, Jesse Taylor ; trustees, C. B. Wilkinson, C. C. Moon and Lester Smith; repre- sentative to the state council, Jesse Taylor ; chaplain, Charles Iliff. The present (1918) officers of the Jamestown council are as follows: Councilor, Roscoe Tidd; vice-councilor, R. M. Trout : recording-secretary, C. W. Sharp; financial secretary, David Venard; treasurer, J. W. Shigley ; conductor, George Doug- lass ; inside sentinel, C. E. Moorman ; outside sentinel, Charles Haney ; trustees, Clyde Bullock, Roscoe Tidd and Ansel Wilts; chaplain, Lewis Glass.
SUNSHINE COUNCIL OF THE JUNIOR ORDER.
The village of Osborn has a council of the Junior Order of the United American Mechanics, the same having been instituted on April 21, 1896, as Sunshine Council No. 344, with the following charter members : H. R. Kendig, J. H. Kissinger, J. O. Staup, William McMullen, S. C. Koogler, J. R. Kissinger, J. A. Pieffer, Sr., Jacob Yowler, J. F. Esterline, F. M. Capenhefer, Joe Capenhefer, Harry McCleary, John Smith, C. H. Cay, M. G. McCleary, William Semler, George Gheen, Everett Harner, C. H. Bagford, R. H. Kline, W. H. Kendig, John Ashbaugh, H. W. Ginnevan, M. W. Seliman, Abe Lewis, Horton Tippy, George Shellebarger, William Yowler, John Beasley and M. E. Overton. The council holds its meetings in a hall in the Barkman building and its present officers are the following: Councilor, Howard Styer; vice- councilor, John Morris; recording secretary, John Williams; assistant record- ing secretary, Howard Burgeman; financial secretary, Henry Rathfon; treasurer, Amos Schaber; conductor, Russell Yowler ; warden, Carl Sheover; inside sentinel, William Yowler; outside sentinel, William Damaker; junior past councilor, Ralph Miltman ; trustee, G. E. Bagley, H. C. Sheetz and F. M. Capenhefer ; chaplain, Leonard Kollefroth ; representatives to the state council, Ira Kneisley and F. M. Capenhafer ; alternate delegates to the state council, John Williams, Henry Rathfon and Ira Kneisley.
DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA.
There are two chapters, or lodges, of the Daughters of America in Xenia, the first of which, Pride of Xenia Chapter No. 140, was organized on March 16, 1907, with the following charter membership: G. W. Morri-
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son, Thomas C. Owens, Ada Zimmerman, Sarah Crossley, Sarah Shelly, Carrie Witham, Edith Shelly, Mary Clark, Jennie Disbrow, Mattie Hums- ton, Emma Randall, Ella Cook, Eugenia Critten, Della Berry, Opal Owens, A. C. Messenger, Hector Osborn, M. E. Coulter, Melissa Fackler, Anna Schull, William McFadden, Forest Greene, Ona Cleaver, Ona Hellrigle, Ella Thomas, Mary West, Della Humston, Grace Stoops, Mary Nann and Margaret Pickett. The chapter now has a membership of one hundred and eighty-four and its meetings, which are held on Thursday evenings of each week in the hall of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics in South Detroit street, show an average attendance of thirty-five. The first officers of the chapter were the following: Councilor, Ada Zimmerman; vice-councilor, Sarah Crossley ; assistant councilor, Edith Shelly; assistant vice-councilor, Ona Cleaver; recording secretary, Emma Randall; assistant recording secretary, Mattie Humston; financial secretary, Anna Schull; treasurer, M. E. Coulter; conductor, Melissa Fackler; warden, Thomas Owens; inside sentinel, Ona Hellrigle; outside sentinel, Sarah Shelly; junior past councilor, William McFadden; assistant junior past councilor, Will- iam Morrison; trustees, William Hellrigle, Thomas Owens and A. C. Mes- singer ; representative to the state council, William McFadden. Following are the present officers of the lodge: Councilor, Opal Owens; assistant councilor, Mary Davis; vice-councilor, Alice Robinson; assistant vice- councilor, Barbara Smith; recording secretary, Rosa Reese; assistant record- ing secretary, Ethel Miller; financial secretary, Emma Randall; treasurer, Ada Weller; conductor, Mary Shaw; warden, Ruth Owens; inside sentinel, J. P. Keiter; outside sentinel, William Oran; junior past councilor, Louise Greene; assistant junior past councilor, Clara Ary; representative to the state council, Laura Mellage; trustees, Ella Blake, Flora Horner and Alice Smith.
OBEDIENT CHAPTER NO. 160, DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA.
Obedient Chapter No. 160, Daughters of America, at Xenia, was organ- ized on September 30, 1913, with the following charter membership: Curtis Jeffries, Emma Dean, Ralph Dean, A. W. Tullis, Norma Tullis, Charles Beavers, C. F. McCoy, Allie McCoy, George H. Smith, Edith Thompson, Goldie Green, Sarah Carnes, Anna Hudson, Bessie McDermitt, Maud Ran- kin, Cora Bridgman, Goldie Buckles, Howard S. Spahr, John Cyphers, J. E. Sutton, C. S. Mock, J. C. McCoy, Maud P. Mock, H. L. Hupman, Jessie Mckinney, Della Mckinney, Homer Chambliss, Callie White, Cora McCoy, Ida Thompson and Iva Farnshell. The first officers of this organization were the following: Councilor, Mrs. A. W. Tullis; assistant councilor, Mrs. A. Hudson; vice-councilor, Mrs. J. C. McCoy ; assistant vice-councilor,
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Mrs. C. F. McCoy; junior past councilor, Mrs. I. Farnshell; assistant junior past councilor, Miss B. McDermitt; recording secretary, Charles Beavers; financial secretary, Edward Sutton; assistant recording secretary, George H. Smith; warden, Miss D. Mckinney; conductor, Goldie M. Buckles; treasurer, A. W. Tullis; outside sentinel, Curtis Jeffries; inside sentinel, Cora Bridgman; representative to the state council, Mrs. I. Farnshell; alternate representative to the state council. Mrs. B. McDermitt; trustees, Mrs. J. C. McCoy, Ralph Dean and J. C. McCoy. This lodge holds its meetings in the hall in the Kingsbury building in South Detroit street, renting the same from the Xenia lodge of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Following are the present officers of the lodge: Councilor, Cora Bridg- man; assistant councilor, Rachel Curlett; vice-councilor, Florence Hitch- cock; assistant vice-councilor, Nelle Corwin; junior past councilor, Richard McClelland; assistant past councilor, Allora McCoy; recording secretary, Myrtle M. Coulter ; financial secretary, George H. Smith; assistant recording secretary, Amy Spellman; warden, Charlotte Price; conductor, Ona Cleaver; treasurer, Mrs. Harry Karch; outside sentinel, Grace Mobley; inside sen- tinel, M. E. Coulter; trustees, J. C. McCoy, Mary West and Rosa Lewis; representative to the state council, T. M. Karch; alternate representative to the state council, Maud Doughett.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE. 1
There is a lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose at Xenia, the same hav- ing been instituted on August II, 1915, under the name of Xenia Lodge No. 1629, with the following charter members: W. S. Odenkirk, Ed. J. Wilkins, D. A. Smith, C. E. Beaver, R. M. Neeld, George W. Sheets, Roy Barnes, B. F. Eckerle, George Adams, Rufus Mullen, William Foglesong, B. F. Thomas, P. L. Robinett, John Daly, T. G. Rayburn, Raymond Reeves, G. C. Mendenhall, W. J. Moore, F. E. Dill, Elmer Yeakley, William Foley, J. R. Rhubert, J. R. Ayres, Charles E. Waite and Dan McNealis. The lodge occupies the M. H. Schmidt building on the corner of West and Main streets and the present officers of the same are as follow: Past dic- tator, Frank L. Bath; dictator, Roy E. Barnes; vice-dictator, B. F. Eckerle; prelate, William Devoe; secretary, William Foley; treasurer, George W. Sheets; inner guard, O. H. Stephens; outer guard, Floyd Dill; trustees, Orville Tucker, Ed. Burtis and Charles Tindall. The first officers elected by the Xenia lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose were the following: Past dictator, W. S. Odenkirk ; dictator, E. J. Wilkins; vice-dictator, D. A. Smith; prelate, C. E. Dowdell; secretary, R. M. Neeld; treasurer, George W. Sheets; inner guard, B. F. Eckerle; outer guard, George Adams; trustees, Rufus Mullen, William Foglesong and B. F. Thomas.
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THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.
Xenia Aerie No. 1689, Fraternal Order of Eagles, was organized on September 19, 1907, the following officers being installed when the aerie was instituted: Hal Humston, Will Purdom, Jack Martin, Dan Donovan, Dr. A. L. Brundige, Joe Toohey, Charles Carroll, H. L. Karch, W. McIn- tosh and M. J. Dugan. The aerie owns its own building, where its meet- ings are held, on West Main street, the property being valued at four thou- sand dollars. The present officers of the aerie are Clyde Smith, George Weddle, Elmer Yeakley, James McCabe, Dr. A. DeHaven, Harry Jordan, Will Bath, H. L. Clark, Joe Wood and Russell Stephens, the three last named being the trustees.
COLORED LODGES.
There are several lodges of secret societies representing the colored population of the county, the membership of which is chiefly found in Xenia, Wilberforce and Jamestown. There are also some other lodges in Greene county not included in the foregoing, but requests for information regard- ing the same have met with no response.
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LITERARY, SOCIAL, TEMPERANCE AND PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS.
Xenia claims the honor of having established the first woman's club in the United States, the organization of the Woman's Club in the spring of 1867 antedating the beginning of Sorosis by about one year. Among the charter members of the Woman's Club were the following, all of whom are deceased: Mrs. Charles Merrick, Mrs. Moses Barlow, Mrs. Samuel Newton, Mrs. M. C. Allison, Mrs. George S. Ormsby, Mrs. Downey, Mrs. Henrietta Monroe, Kate Edwards and Helen M. Walker.
The first president was Mrs. Monroe, the second, Mrs. Barlow. The club was organized as a purely literary club and has always confined itself to literary work. For some years it maintained a lecture course during the winter season, bringing such people to Xenia as Theodore Tilton, Anna Dickinson, George Kennan and Paul DuChaillu. The temperance crusade of the 'zos caused a temporary cessation of the club's activities, but it soon resumed its work and there has been no break in its organization since that time. Mrs. Henrietta Monroe was the last of the charter members to pass away. The president for the year 1918 is Mrs. Mary A. Kinney. Its membership is limited to twenty-five. The club is a member of the state and national federations of women's clubs.
JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB.
The Junior Woman's Club was organized in 1901 by the younger women of the town, it being felt that in a city the size of Xenia there was plenty of room for two literary clubs. It has always been a pure literary club and has outlined its work from year to year so as to make its work of real benefit to its members. During 1917-18 the club has made an intensive study of South America, the fifteen meetings of the year being given over to the study of the various countries of that continent, as well as to a com- prehensive study of the continent as a whole.
The membership is limited to thirty. The officers for the current year are as follow: Mrs. F. L. Smith, president; Julia McCormick, vice-presi- dent; Mrs. Graham Bryson: The executive committee is composed of Mrs. A. C. Messenger, Mrs. C. C. Shearer and Helen Jobe.
GREENE COUNTY WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.
The Greene County Woman's Christian Temperance Union was organ- ized in Xenia on February 13, 1875, with Mrs. Henrietta L. Monroe as president and Ellen Ewing, secretary. For forty-three years the organiza-
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tion has been an active factor in the temperance movement in the county, during which time it has seen the county freed of a saloon for periods of varying length. In the early days of the Union there were only three depart- ments of work, while in 1918 there are thirty-one departments with a super- intendent over each department. The work of the organization has been sometimes carried on under great difficulties, especially in its earlier years. Forty years ago there were a number of distilleries yet in operation in the county and some of the most prominent people of the county were identified with the business. When the famous temperance crusades of the '70s were being carried on the Union was fought with an intensity that is hard to comprehend at the present time.
Yet during the entire existence of the local organization it has remained true to the underlying principles which led to its founding, never bowing to those who sought to keep the organization from doing its duty as it saw it. Its members have been loyal to their trust, loyal to the cause for which they stand, and it should be a cause for gratification to them to know that their years of hard work have not been in vain. As this article is being written there is pending an amendment to the federal constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, and it is the consensus of opinion that it will be adopted by the required number of states. There are now twenty-eight states of the Union which are "dry" under con- stitutional or statutory provisions, all of which will undoubtedly ratify the federal amendment, while in April, 1918, there were five "wet" states which had already ratified the amendment.
And the Woman's Christian Temperance Union should be given a large amount of credit for bringing about this very much to be desired result. It has been awakening the minds and consciences of the people of America to the evils of the liquor traffic and future generations will undoubtedly give no small share of the credit to the faithful women who have labored all these years through the medium of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. There are some things which can not be measured with the foot rule or gauged by the scale, and one of these things is the work of the women who have fought so nobly for temperance.
There is no particular event standing forth in the history of the local organization in Greene county. They have gone on their way for these three and forty years, doing their duty as they saw it, not being swerved from their duty because of any opposition, and yet carrying on their work in an unostentatious manner. They have seen their first president called to the head of the state organization and other members called upon to fill other state offices in the Union. Mrs. Monroe was followed by Mrs. Camp- bell, of Clifton, who in turn gave way to Mrs. Hopkins, of Xenia. Mrs.
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Monroe was then again called to the presidency and held the office until she resigned on July 15, 1886, to accept the presidency of the Ohio Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Mrs. Martha Morton, of Cedarville, wife of Doctor Morton of that town, was elected to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mrs. Monroe. Mrs. Morton was followed on August 2, 1888, by Mrs. Mary E. B. Dodds, of Xenia, the latter continuing in office until April 14, 1891. When Mrs. Dodds assumed the presidency there were only six local unions in the county, the total membership of the county then being one hundred and eighty. There were at that time only three depart- ments, namely : Literature, railroad work and scientific temperance instruc- tion, each department being presided over by a superintendent.
On August 2, 1888, the following officers were elected: Mrs. Mary E. B. Dodds, president; Mellie Marks, Yellow Springs, recording secretary ; Mary Murdock, Cedarville, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Lou Shigley, Jamestown, treasurer. The local unions at this time were located in Xenia, Cedarville, Yellow Springs, Jamestown and Spring Valley. There were two unions at Xenia, this making six for the entire county. Mrs. Dodds remained at the head of the Union until 1891, when she was succeeded by Mary Murdock, of Cedarville. The presidents since 1891, with the years o ftheir service, are as follow: Mary Murdock, 1891-94; Mrs M. Z. Barg- dill, Jamestown, 1894-96; Mrs. K. M. Judy, Yellow Springs, 1896-98; Mrs. Fannie B. Dean, Jamestown, 1898-1901; Mary Murdock, Cedarville, 1901- 04; Mrs. Carrie L. Flatter, Goes Station, 1904-15; Mrs. Mary L. Collins, since 1915. The other officers in 1918 are as follow: Mrs. W. C. Lacey', vice-president; Mrs. W. J. Boots, corresponding secretary; Mrs S. T. Baker, treasurer; Mary Murdock and Mrs. Carrie L. Flatter, honorary presidents.
While all of these presidents have been capable women, the county organization is free to acknowledge that Mrs. Flatter has been the most efficient president the county has had since the days of Mrs. Monroe. Mrs. Flatter is one of the strongest temperance speakers the county has ever pro- duced and has been frequently called into other states to make temperance speeches. A woman of magnetic personality, of rare executive ability, and with unbounded zeal for the cause, she was the recognized leader of the temperance forces of the county as long as she was at the head of the county union. She served for eleven years as its head, and then resigned against the wishes of all the members.
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