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L. H. Naghel. 1852-53
John S. Davis 1853-54, 1856-57
William M. Wier
1857-59
Augustus Bradley. Ed. Q. Naghel.
1855-56, 1865-67
P. M. Wilcox
1855-56
John B. Winstandly
1856-57, 1867-77
James M. Rawlins. .
1857-58
Samuel H. Owens
.1858-63
Ludwig Hurrle.
1863-65
Charles H. Fawcett
.1869-71
John Renshaw I869-70
Wesley G. Hammond. 1871-73
John H. Butler 1872-74
P. M. Kepley
1873-75, 1879-81
Alfred Hofield.
1874-78
Frank Hoffer. 1875-77
James G. Harrison
1877-79
Charles E. Schiveley 1878-80
Philip Kepley
. 1881
Ferdinand Hollman .188x
FOURTH WARD.
Absalom Cox. 1839-40
William Underhill .. 1839-40, 1843-55
Preston F. Tuley. 1839-40, 1849-50
1854-55, 1857-69
David Hedden.
1851-52,
1853-54
Dumer M. Hooper.
William Dunbar.
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HISTORY OF THE OHIO FALLS COUNTIES.
Charles Sackett I863-67
John H. Dorst. 1862-69
John Shrader . 1867-69
John B. Winstandley 1869-71, 1875-77
John Endris ..
1869-70
M. McDonald. 1871-73
Lewis Vernia. 1872-74.
Frederick Wunderlich .1872-73
Michael Doherty. .1873-75
Thomas J. Fullenlove
. 1874-76
Israel P. Parks.
1876-78
John J. Richards.
.1878-79
Reuben P. Main. .
.1877-80
Robert C. Knoefel.
1879-81
FIFTH WARD.
James Pierce 1853-55. 1863-68
John Bushnell 1853-55
John W. Roberts 1855-57
Wesley G. Pierce
I855-61
D. M. Hooper
1857-59
W. P. Swift. 1859-63
Thomas F. Jackson I861-71
Alexander Webster . I868-69
Peter R. Stoy .
I869-79
George H. Devol,
1871-73
Frank E. Dishman 1873-76
James Slider .1876
Charles E. Jones.
. 1876-80
George P. Huckely .1876-77
Charles E. Wible.
1879-81
John Newhouse. 1881
SIXTH WARD.
Jonathan D. Kelso. 1853-54
Thomas Humphreys .1853-54
George M. C. Townsend 1854-59, 1869-71
Joseph St. John
. 1854-55. 1857-61, 1867-73
Aaron Lyons
1856-57
Dewitt C. Hill.
1856-57
William Jones.
1858-65
Charles Wible.
1861-67
John Busby 1867-69
Epaminondas Williams. I872-74, 1875-77
Joel Cogswell. 1873-74
William Terry
1874-75
Jacob Alford.
1874-76, 1877-79
Henry Koetter
.1876-78
William H. Stephens, Sr
. 1878-81
Charles C. Jones 1879-81
RECORDER.
Henry Collins
1839-43
Peter A. Roan
1843-47
(Office abolished).
CITY JUDGE.
Henry Collins. 1848-52
George V. Howk . 1852-53
(Office abolished).
Jacob Herber
1873-74
(Office reinstated and again abolished).
CITY CLERK.
John S. Davis. . 1839-42
Joseph P. H. Thorton 1842-44
Stewart C. Cayce.
1844
William A. Scribner
1844-52
Elijah Sabin .1852-55
Robert Williams. 1855-56
W. W. Tuley. 1856-61
Robert M. Wier. 1861-67
Mathew 1. Huette. 1867-77
William B. Jackson 1877-81
TREASURER.
Edward Brown. 1839-44
Thomas Danforth
1844-50
Abram Case
1850-51
Samuel M. Dorsey
1851-55. 1859-61
Michael Streepy
1855-56
William M. Wier
1856-57
Theodore J. Elliott 1857-59
George Gresham
I861-67
Solomon Maibon.
I867-75
Samuel M. Wier 1875-81
COLLECTOR.
David Wilkinson. 1839-40
Peter A. Roan .... 1841-43
Martin C. Foster. 1843-46
Stewart C. Cayce 1846-48
Obediah Childs
1848-50
(Office abolished.)
CITY MARSHAL.
David Wilkinson. 1839-40, 1849-51
Jacob Anthony. I840-41
Martin C. Foster. 1841-44
Augustus Jocelyn 1844
Robert Mercer
1844-45
William B. Green.
1848-49
Jeremiah Warner. 1851-53
Paul E. Slocum
1853-54
Samuel M. Bolin.
1854-55
Berry Gwin
1856-58
Thomas Akers.
1858-71
Thomas Kendall.
1871-75
David W. Carpenter. 1875-81
ASSESSOR.
J. C. Jocelyn.
1847-56, 1858-66
Reuben Robertson
1856-58
A. W. Monroe. 1866-69
Lyman S. Davis
1869-71
John E. Meyer.
. 1871-73, 1875-77
George Cook
1873-75
Theodore Marsh. 1877-79
(Office abolished).
CITY ATTORNEY.
James C. Moodey .1843-46
John S. Davis. 1846-47
Theodore J. Barnett. . 1847-48
P. M. Kent.
.I849-50
Elijah Sabin.
1850-51
William S. Hillyer. 1851-52
D. C. Anthony . 1852-54, 1855-56
M. C. Kerr 1854-55
John H. Stotsenburg. 1856-59
F. G. Dannacher.
1859-61
Alexander Dowling ..
1861-65, 1871-75
William F. L. Morgan.
1805-67
James V. Kelso ..
1867-71, 1877-79
James Newbank 1845-48, 1855-56
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HISTORY OF THE OHIO FALLS COUNTIES.
Jacob Herter. 1875-77
David W. Lafollette .. 1879-81
CIVIL ENGINEER.
Horace B. Wilson 1850-56
L. B. Wilson. I856-58
John Taylor. 1858-63
George M. Smith
1863-77
Hart Vance. 1877-79
Charles O. Bradford.
1879-81
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Martin C. Foster.
1842-43, 1844-46
Seth Woodruff.
1843-44
James Newbanks. 1846-47
John Bruner. 1847-48, 1849-52
G. C. Schively, Sr 1848-49
John Farrel .. 1849-53
F. A. Hutcherson.
1853-55
D. M. Hooper. 1855-56
William Bosley 1856-57
Jacob Evans. 1857-63
Fred Ailer. 1863-59
Charles McKenna
1869-73
John F. Anderson
1873-75
Mike Doherty. 1875-77
David W. Miller.
1877-81
CITY WEIGHER.
A. E. Taylor 1847-48
Isam Key. 1848-49
John Watkins. 1849-50, 1851-55
C. A. Dorsey 1850-51, 1859-64
Eli Harlan
1855-56
Thomas Boardman 1856-59
Samuel Sisloff.
1864-81
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
V. A. Pepin
1853-54
William M. Wier
1854-55
Charles Wible. 1855-56
Peleg Fiske. 1856-57
Ed Q. Naghel .
1857-59
Jasper Blythe.
1859-62
Thomas Akers 1862-63
John H. Dorst 1863-64
Stephen Stuckey 1864-65
William B. Plumer
1865-67
William Merker.
1867-78
Everett Wattam 1879-80
William Merker
1881 -
CHIEF OF POLICE.
D. B. Star 1870-71
.
Joel D. Smith. 1871-73
William A. Carpenter. 1873-75, 1878-79
Benjamin Bounds 1875-76
David W. Carpenter 1876-78
Thomas E. Spence
1879-80
Thomas Smithwick 1881 -
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WATER WORKS.
For more than half a century the town and city were without water-works, and for forty years the fire fiend was fought by volunteer fire com- panies in the usual way-first with the old leather
bucket and later with hose and hand engines, and still later with steam engines. In the early days when a fire occurred the men ranged themselves in lines from the fire to the nearest water, and the leather buckets were passed rapidly along the line from hand to hand, until the fire was extin- guished. As the city grew the dangers arising from fire increased in proportion, as did also the city's efforts to organize and more thoroughly prepare for fighting the fiery element. In 1854, it is ascertained that the city con- tained, five well organized and equipped fire companies, numbering in all three hundred and sixty-five members, with $20,500 worth of material for the extinguishment of fires, includ- ing steam and hand engines, hose, hose-carts, ladders, etc. It was not until 1865 that the city began to pay its firemen for their services, and since that time the fire department has been considered a paid one.
As at present constituted, the material of the New Albany fire department consists of but one steamer, which is retained principally for use in case of possible failure of the water-works dur- ing a fire; one hook-and-ladder truck, and three reel-carriages. The department, including all expenses, is sustained at an annual cost of about $12,000. Fire-plugs are placed at convenient distances throughout the city, and the larger number of families keep in their houses a suf- ficient amount of hose to put out an ordinary fire on their premises without the aid of the fire company. William Merker has been for many years the chief engineer.
The present water-works were constructed in 1875; the company formed for that purpose con- sisting of Messrs. Morris McDonald, Hiram C. Cannon, John F. Gebhart, John K. Woodward, Jesse ·J: Brown, William S. Culbertson, and Rob- ert G. McCord. These gentlemen associated themselves together under the corporate name of The New Albany Water-Works. The ordi- nance passed by the city council at that time stipulates "that the capacity of the proposed water-works shall be such as to supply water upon demand during any hour of any given twenty- four, and for three hundred and sixty-five days of each year during the prevalence of fire in said city." Hydrants were to be conveniently dis- tributed throughout the city by the company, and drinking hydrants to be maintained at each
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of the public parks. The company not being able to complete the works within the time first specified in the contract, the time was extended by the council to July 1, 1876, and the works were finally accepted by the council August 11, 1876. The following regarding these works was published in the New Albany Ledger-Standard in 1877:
There is no city possessing superior water-works to New Albany. They are on the high-pressure system. The res- ervoirs, two in number, are located on top of the knobs about five thousand feet from and about two hundred feet ahove the city, giving a force to project water to the height of one hundred and fifty-five feet. The pump-house is about four thousand feet distant from the reservoirs. The water is taken from the Ohio river, and is raised two hundred and sixty-seven feet above low-water mark. The erection of the works began during 1875, and were completed so far as to supply the city, July 1, 1876. On July 12th the first test of the efficiency of the works, as a fire service, was made. At this test eight streams of water, one inch in diameter, were thrown simultaneously for one hour to an altitude of one bundred and twenty-five feet. The capacity of the works is ample for forty-five thousand people, and can be easily in- creased when consumption requires it. The engine and en- gine room are specimens of beauty and substantiality. The reservoirs are united by one heavy seam, and are ar- ranged to settle and clean the water before passing into the city pipes. There are over fourteen miles of distributing pipe laid, upon which there are one hundred and thirty fire- hydrants. The price for water is but half that charged by other cities in the West and South. This, in itself, is a great consideration for those using large quantities of water for manufacturing purposes.
The works are owned by a stock company, and have cost thus far about two hundred thousand dollars. The officers are: J. F. Gebhart, president; W. N. Mahon, secretary; F. Scheffold, superintendent; Charles Fitch, Sr., engineer, J. J. Brown, W. S. Culbertson, G. C. Cannon, R. G. Mc- Cord, J. K. Woodward, Morris McDonald, and J. F. Geb- hart, directors.
While building the works, many persons apprehended that the pipes would not be sufficient to sustain the pressure, but all such apprehensions were without foundation. Not a single break has occurred in the entire distributing system. The pipes were made by Messrs. Dennis Long & Co., of Louisville, Kentucky, which is the largest manufactory of its kind in the United States. * * * *
By the building of water-works, New Albany has obtained large advantages over other cities. The city being nearly level, an equal pressure of water is maintained throughout all its parts. Many of the manufactories have abandoned force- pumps, and use only the natural pressure of the water to force itself into the boilers, thereby saving machinery and ex- pense. In the matter of fire insurance, prices have been re- duced twenty to fifty per cent. from former rates. Steam fire-engines are no longer appreciated, fire-hydrants being far more efficient. Persons wishing to run small machinery, can do so by the use of water motors, at a cost of not more than fifty cents per day per one-horse-power. The water is soft and well adapted for all manufacturing purposes, as well as for family uses. In short, no city possesses more efficient water-works than New Albany.
THE GAS COMPANY.
A number of attempts were made to furnish the city with gas before the work was fully and finally accomplished. The first company was formed in April, 1851, with a capital of $50,000; works were erected, and the city first lighted with gas December, 1853. The charter of this company had twenty years to run, and having expired a new company was formed in 1870, acting by authority granted by the city council. By an ordinance passed March 22, 1870, author- ity was granted to Washington C. DePauw, Nel- son Fordice, and George V. Howk, and their associates, who were generally interested in the old company, to form a new company with the corporate name of The Gas Light and Coke company of New Albany. Their charter ex- tended twenty years from April 1, 1871. In 1873 Mr. Cottom thus wrote of the city gas- works :
There are now nine and one-half miles of main-pipe laid down, and at nearly every meeting of the city council, peti- tions for the extension of the gas are received and granted. Water, Main, Market, and Spring streets, that traverse the city from east to west its entire length, are lighted by gas; also a large number of cross streets. This is done at the public expense and requires three hundred and fifteen street lamps, lighting one hundred and five squares. All the churches, public halls, and other public buildings are lighted by gas. Few cities in the West possess equal, and none superior advantages in regard to light.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The first board of health was authorized by the city council, and organized August 21, 1855. Since that time the city has been generally kept in excellent sanitary condition. At this date (1881) Dr. John Sloan is president of the board. BENEVOLENT, SECRET, AND OTHER SOCIETIES.
Societies of every kind are plentiful in the city; those of a benevolent and charitable character being especially conspicuous and strong. Head- ing the list of charitable institutions is the
OLD LADIES' HOME,
an account of which appears in the Ledger- Standard of November, 1873, as follows :
Never was there a time or season more fitting than the present to inaugurate and set into active operation an insti- tution that will touch all hearts with sympathy and good-will as the Widows' Home, which opened yesterday in our city. The very name is suggestive of comfort, good cheer, and contentment.
Eleemosynary institutions in this or any other country are rarely conceived and supported and endowed by a single in- dividual, which is done in the instance which we are about
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to mention. But wherever they are found, they are monu- ments along the track of the ages to mark the progress of civilization, humanity, Christianity. A heart imbued, ex- alted, and sublimed, with plans and purposes to relieve and rescue suffering humanity in this sin-sick world, lives not only to some purpose, but carries with him the spirit and precept of our Divine Lord and Master.
Mr. William S. Culbertson, our esteemed fellow-towns- man, has to-day, by the erection of this Widows' Home, reared unto himself a monument that shall be more enduring than the marble which will decorate his own tomb some dis- tant day. He is now the prince of gift-makers. He does this good deed in a quiet, unostentatious manner. We chal- Jenge the parallel in munificence within the boundaries of our State, or anywhere this side of the Alleghanies.
Mr. Culbertson possesses among his many rare traits, a quick, intuitive grasp of mind, which reduces everything to a speedy practical turn, whether it be business or benevolence. His charity begins at home, where he can see the good it does. It was no doubt in such a mood as this that he con- ceived and executed the enterprise which to-day has resulted in ornamenting our city with a building worthy of the name of "Widows' Home." The selection of that class of worthy ladies whose unfortunate circumstances have bereft them of the comforts of home and made them too often friendless and alone, was certainly eminently proper and wise. Alas, how often these truly deserving and praiseworthy women have suffered the pangs of penury and want, suffered of dis- ease and misery, suffered for home, suffered for friends, and "found them not." Each and all of us know many instances in life, similarly situated, wherein Mr. Culbertson's benevo- lence would be to them as a beacon light to a home-bound sailor.
The situation of the Widows' Home, among the costly and pleasant residences on Main street, was judicious, as there is nothing to distinguish it from any other large and handsome private dwelling. Two gates and one carriage way are entrances, through iron and stone fence of desirable pattern, which lead to this mansion and abode of widows. The neatly sodded turf, serpentine and gravel walks, together with easy rising stone steps, lead up to the doorways. ]ron verandas, bay windows in front, massive balcomes in rear, and ample ground stretching out to view, together with other conveniences, form no inconsiderable part of the external surroundings. In the artistic merits of painting, much taste has been displayed. There are four stories, including the basement and attic, which are no inferior parts of the domi- cile. Fifteen or sixteen rooms, high ceilings, large and airy, comprise the apartments. What renders these rooms more particularly desirable is the front view given to so many of them. The kitchen has all the modern utensils usual to such culinary establishments. A dumb waiter, a cellar full of coal, wash-room, bath-room, water-closet up stairs, wide halls, easy flights of stairs, are the features of this establish- ment. All are papered and painted. The doors are superbly done. We never saw any before done as these are. Gas chandeliers and burners are abundant all over the house. The heating arrangement has been peculiarly regarded, and nopart of the building in use has been omitted in this particular. The carpets are of tasteful pattern and produce a pleasing effect to the roomns. The bedsteads are iron, of unique pattern, furnished by some Boston firm. They are single beds three feet and a half wide. The iron bedstead is the most popular now of any throughout En- gland. The dining-room, 26 x 16 feet, is, as it should be, one of the pleasantest rooms-wainscotted and otherwise
decorated to make it serviceable. The sleeping apartments are commodious, cheerful, and well ventilated. Very few people in our city occupy dwellings near so luxurious as our friends here. The visitor goes over the Home feeling really this is a home indeed. Nothing stingy, nothing mean, be- cause it would be cheap, can be detected in any part of the workmanship, but every part is grand, massive, just the thing for ages. Mr. Bane, the supervising architect and builder, has embodied the magnanimity of the generous giver, who never did anything by halves in his life. The Widows' Home will accommodate thirty or more inmates. Mr. Cul- bertson has already endowed it to the amount he deems necessary, but if, on experience, he finds the amount insuffi- cient, he will make the provision ample to run it long after his death. It will not be sectarian in religion, though re- ligious services will be held therein daily. The rules and regulations respecting the moral and religious government of · the inmates certainly seem more generous and tolerant than in institutions of this kind generally. Miss Mary Baldwin, a daughter of Captain Baldwin, Sr., will be matron, and the selection of this lady was very proper, on account of her many estimable qualities, besides her good judgment in household matters. Under the advisory counsel of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Culbertson, who will be sole directors, we cannot doubt but that the Widows' Home will become an institution of much good, but the honor which shall be reflected from so praiseworthy a benefaction as Mr. Culbert- son's may be imitated in some other form equally substantial by others of wealth, who are citizens of our city.
Next to the Old Ladies' Home comes the ORPHANS' HOME,
a charitable institution which does the city much credit. It is situated on the southwest corner of Bank and Spring streets, and was established three or four years ago by charitably inclined ladies of the city. It has been since its establish- ment in charge of the ladies of the different city churches. The building, a commodious brick, was presented to the society by Mrs. W. C. DePauw. It is in charge of a matron, and quite a number of homeless children are being cared for and educated here. The officers are Mrs. Augustus Bradley, president ; Mrs. Martha Mahon, secre- tary; Mrs. Haskins, treasurer, and Mrs. Mary P. McClain, matron.
Steps are being taken to erect a new home above Vincennes street, between Oak and Elm, in which New Albany's philanthropist, William S. Culbertson, is prominently interested.
MASONIC.
The ancient and honorable fraternity of Free Masons is in a most flourishing condition in the city, twelve lodges of various kinds and degrees being at present in active operation.
The first lodge of Masons established here was known as Ziff lodge, No. 8, and was organ- ized September 14, 1818. Dr. Asahel Clapp
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was influential in securing the organization, and was chosen the first worshipful master. Charles Paxson was the first senior warden, and Lathrop Elderkin was the first junior warden. The charter for this lodge was granted by the Grand lodge then in session at Madison, Indiana, with W. H. H. Sheets, M. W. G. M., and W. C. Keene, secretary.
Ziff lodge was sustained a number of years, but failed for some reason, and for a few years New - Albany was without a lodge of Masons. The present New Albany lodge, No. 39, took the place of the Ziff lode in 1834. The lodge for a short time worked under a dispensation granted by the Grand lodge October 3, 1833; the charter was granted and the lodge regularly insti- tuted December 11, 1834. The first officers were Stephen Whiteman, W. M .; William Hurst, S. W., and Alexander McClellan, J. W. The present officers of this lodge are J. Peters, W. M .; Frank Brooks, S. W .; J. J. Richards, J. W .; M. A. Wier, treasurer; F. D. Connor, secretary ; J. M. Nichols, S. D .; L. B. Huckely, J. D .; Louis Lash, tyler. The times of meeting are on the first and third Thursdays of each month.
Jefferson lodge, No. 104, came into exist- ence in 1849, dispensation being granted Oc- tober 20th of that year. The lodge received its charter May 29, 1850. The charter members and officers were Thomas Oscar Johnson, W. M .; Francis A. Hutcherson, S. W .; William H. Fogg, J. W .; Peter Tellon, treasurer; Ed F. Shields, secretary; William Hart, S. D .; A. Baxter, J. D .; and P. Y. J. Armstrong, tyler. The present of- ficers of this lodge are Thomas Deming, W. M .; J. B. Mitchell, S. W .; B. B. Stewart, J. W .; W. F. Tuley, treasurer; C. O. Bradford, secretary; R. E. King, S. D .; Robert Morris, J. D .; and G. L. Eisman, tyler. The times of meeting are the second and fourth Thursdays in each month.
The third lodge in the city, known as DePauw lodge, No. 338, was organized April 27, 1867, and meets the second and fourth Tuesdays in each month. The officers are F. M. Tribbey, W. M .; Joseph Jutton, S. W .; Levi Pierce, J. W .; Stephen Scharf, treasurer; T. E. Fogle, secretary; James Atkinson, S. D .; John Pierce, J. D .; and John B. Crawford, tyler.
Besides those named, there is a German lodge known as Pythagoras lodge, No. 355, which meets the first and third Wednesday in each
month. Its officers are A. F. Sharff, W. M .; Joseph Reibel, S. W .; A. Hoffield, J. W .; Freder- ick Wunderlick, treasurer; G. Gerst, secretary; Jacob Kreutzer, S. D .; Charles Sloemer, J. D .; and Henry Denny, tyler.
The four above-named lodges are known as Blue lodges of the Ancient York Masons.
Of the higher masonic bodies, there are the New Albany Chapter, No. 17, of Royal Arch Masons; Indiana Council, No. I, of Royal and Select Mas- ters; and New Albany Commandery, No. 5, Knights Templars. The first-named was or- ganized May 24, 1851, its meetings being held the second Monday of each month. The officers at present are Joseph Jutton, M. E. H. P .; S. W. Wells, E. K .; H. J. Needham E. Scribe; Robert Brockman, C. H .; F. T. Wilson, P. S .; T. E. Fogle, R. A. Cap .; L. L. Pierce, G. M. Third V .; W. P. Davis, G. M. Second V .; D. E. Sittason, G. M. First V .; Henry Beharrell, treasurer; M. D. Con- diff, secretary; B. Crawford, G. and J. J. Indi- ana Council, No. 1, was organized January 7, 1854. It meets the third Monday in each month. Its officers at present are Joseph Jutton, master; S. W. Wells, Dep. I. M .; W. P. Davis, P. C. W. K .; E. E. Sittason, C. Guard; H. Be- harrell, treasurer; M. D. Condiff, Rec .; and T. B. Crawford, Sen. The New Albany Com- mandery, No. 5, Knights Templars, was organ- ized December 22, 1854, and meets the fourth Monday in each month. Its officers are H. J. Needham, Com .; W. Breyfogle, Gen .; W. P. Davis, Capt. Gen .; Robert Brockman, prelate; Seth W. Wells, S. W .; D. G. Hudson, J. W .; H. Beharrell, treasurer; M. D. Condiff, recorder; T. E. Deshinan, sword bearer; Joseph Jutton, standard-bearer; F. Wilson, warden; T. B. Craw- ford, sentinel.
The Masonic General Relief committee, for purposes of benevolence, was organized January 28, 1868.
Added to the above lodges are the following lodges of Scotish Rite Masons, to-wit: De Mo- lay Consistory, No. 5; Mount Moriah Chapter Rose Croix, No. 5; Burning Bush Lodge of Per- fection, No. 7; and Zerubabel Council Princes of Jersualem. DeMolay Consistory, No. 5, meets the first Wednesday in March, June, Sep- tember, and December. The officers are : J. G. Shields, 33°, commander in chief; S. Albert, 32°, First L. C; John Nafus, 32°, Second L. C; C. C.
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