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St. Anthony's Hospital.
St. Anthony's Hospital which, like St. Francis Hospital, is conducted by the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis, is located at Hawthorne and Taylor avenues. It was built in 1890 and dedieated by Bishop Watterson in 1891. It has accommodations for 200 patients and
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also gives a home to old and deerepit people who have no relatives to eare for them in their deelining years. Rev. John Gotz is the chaplain.
Mt. Carmel Hospital.
This beautiful hospital situated on West State street justly maintains a national repu- tation. The hospital was projeeted in 1885 by Dr. W. B. Hawkes and Dr. J. W. Hamilton on ground donated by the former. Death elaimed Dr. Hawkes before the completion of the building and work eeased for lack of funds. At this juneture Dr. Hamilton induced the Sisters of the Holy Cross from Notre Dame, Ind., to assume charge of the projeet. They took up the work in July, 1886, and the hospital was blessed and opened in September as Hawkes Hospital of Mount Carmel. In a short while the work grew to such an extent that and addition was necessary and this was built in 1892. As the fame of the hospital grew further room became a prime necessity, and another fine addition was ereeted in 1906, making Mount Carmel one of the most complete and modern hospitals in the country. The Sisters have bought other grounds for the present and future needs of the hospital, ineluding a plot aeross State street now sown in grass and parked to give a breathing space for the hospital and a plot to the west where a home for nurses is now being built. A high class Training School for Nurses was established in 1903. There are now 80 in the school. Thirty-two Sisters are in the community, of which Sister M. Brendan is the superior.
The Children's Hospital.
The projeet of a Children's Hospital had origin in the minds of the women and girls of the King's Daughters of St. Paul's Episcopal Church who, in May, 1890, gave a tea and fair at the residenee of Mrs. James Kilbourne and deposited the proceeds, $125, in a bank as a nueleus of the necessary fund. January 23, 1891, there was a meeting of men and women at which serious consideration was given to the subjeet, and on February 27, 1892, artieles of incorporation were filed and the Children's Hospital society was organized and the follow- ing trustees were elected: Dr. Charles F. Clark, C. C. Wait, Gilbert C. Hoover, W. F. Good- speed, H. A. Lanman. Thomas C. Hoover, Edwin Kelton, Dr. Starling Loving, F. C. Eaton. John Siebert, James Kilbourne, Geo. M. Sinks, Herman G. Dennison, Chas. Parrott, A B. Cohen, F. W. Prentiss, and T. B. Galloway.
A lot at Miller and Fair avenues was bought, and the ercetion of the building was begun in September, 1892. A publie reception was given December 30, 1893, and the hospital was opened for work, February 1, 1894. Six beds were at once permanently endowed: life memberships (110 in three years), annual memberships, donations and a series of entertain- ments provided other funds, and in 1900 the Columbus Lodge of Elks contributed enough for a needed addition to the building. The work had steadily grown and in March, 1916, a campaign for $300,000 for a new building yielded $155,265.57. The hospital also beeame a prospective beneficiary in the will of Campbell Chittenden, who left a large estate, the ineome from which was to be used by others till their death.
The hospital is managed by a board of trustees, of which Foster Copeland is president, and by a women's board, of which Mrs. Truitt B. Sellers is president and Mrs. Henry C. Taylor is sceretary. It has a capacity of 30 beds.
Protestant Hospital.
The Protestant Hospital was organized in 1891 for the purpose of healing the sick, per- forming surgical operations and training nurses. Its first building at Third and Dennison avenues had a capacity of about 30 beds. In 1891 the present site fronting on Goodale Park was donated by the Ohio Medieal University and in October. 1898, the present building, with 50 private rooms and eight wards for charity work-110 beds in all-was opened. The hospital is under the direction of a fiseal board of trustees, chosen by the Church Extension Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a lady board of managers and visitors. D. S. Gray is president of the board of trustees and N. W. Good is sceretary. Mrs. E. S. Pershing is president of the lady board. The assets of the hospital are about $230,000 in- cluding buildings $125,000 and loans and securities, $102.125. The hospital eo-operates with the College of Medicine of Ohio State University.
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Mercy Hospital.
Mercy Hospital, 1130 South High street, is maintained by the Mercy Hospital Associa- tion, which was organized in 1904 to care for the sick and injured and give training to nurses. The officers of the association are W. O. Frohock, president; A. W. Mackenzie, treasurer; Katheryn R. Gutwalt, superintendent.
Grant Hospital.
Grant Hospital opened its doors for the reception of patients in July, 1900. The origi- nal building on Grant avenue was erected by Dr. J. F. Baldwin to provide a home for his private patients. Its accommodations were, however, made available to the patients of other physicians of repute, and that plan has been continued by the founder. A 50-room addition was built in 1904. In 1910, a number of other physicians and specialists joined in the en- terprise, additional ground was bought, and a building, six stories and basement, was erected on Town street adjacent to the original structure, making the total capacity of the hospital 250 beds, with all modern equipment. A nurses' training school is conducted in connection with the hospital, the graduates of which are eligible for service anywhere. While this is a private hospital, charity beds are maintained out of the income. While a large number of physicians and surgeons do their work at the hospital, the financial responsibilities remain, as at first, on the shoulders of the founder, Dr. J. F. Baldwin.
Lawrence Hospital.
The Lawrence Hospital was incorporated by Dr. F: F. Lawrence and others in 1899. The institution was opened at 423 East Town street and has since been maintained there. About one-third of its work has been free, but no solicitation for funds has been made, nor have gifts been received. Dr. Lawrence has projected another institution to be known as Mckinley Hospital, but beyond the purchase of a beautiful site at the northeast corner of Broad street and Grant avenue, nothing has as yet been done.
Homeopathic Hospital.
The Homeopathic Hospital, situated on Neil avenue at the southern edge of the grounds of the Ohio State University, was established as a part of the University in September, 1914, to furnish clinical material for the students in the College of Homeopathic Medicine and also to care for any who might apply. Its equipment consists of two buildings, one of which, creeted in 1916, is specially designed for clinical teaching purposes. It maintains a training school for nurses, with lectures by graduate nurses, the course extending over three years and covering both practical and theoretical work.
St. Clair Hospital.
The St. Clair Hospital on St. Clair avenue north of Mt. Vernon avenue, was constructed in 1910 by the St. Clair Hospital Co., incorporated, and was formally opened to patients Jan- uary 12, 1911. It is conducted as a general hospital, with two operating rooms and a capacity for thirty beds. A nurses' training school, with a two and a half year course, is maintained.
CHAPTER XXXV. SECRET AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Masonic Bodies-Independent Order of Odd Fellowes-Knights of Pythias-Elks and Other Orders-Columbus Club-Wyandot Club ---- Athletic Club-Country Club-Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs-Tyndall Association-United Commercial Travelers-Kit-Kat Club- Knights of Columbus -. O. of II .- Foresters-Knights of St. Johu-Welsh and Scotch Societies.
Mt. Vernon Commandery No. 1 was the first Masonic body organized west of the Alle- gheny mountains. Three men, Thomas Smith Webb, John Snow and Frederick Curtis, be- lieved to have been the only Knights Templar in Ohio at the time, met at Worthington March 15, 1818, and in full compliance with all the requirements of the order, organized and pro- ceeded to receive applications and to initiate other members. Among the first were James Kilbourne, Chester Griswold, Levi Pinney, Mark Seeley, Joseph S. Hughes, William Little, Chauncey Barker, Benjamin Gardiner, and Roger Searle.
In 1844 the Commandery met in Columbus for the first time, eoming hither by horseback and at night to avoid an injunction threatened by those who wished to remain at Worthing- ton. Wm. B. Hubbard was generalissimo and Bela Latham commander.
The following Blue or Symbolic Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons were early or- ganized in Columbus: Ohio Lodge No. 30 in 1815, which included in its membership John Kerr, Lincoln Goodale, Joel Buttles, Gustavus Swan, Abram I. MeDowell and John L. Gill, becoming extinct in 1836; Columbus Lodge organized in 1811, Wm. B. Hubbard being the first Master: Magnolia Lodge No. 20, 1847, Bela Latham first Master; Goodale Lodge No. 372 in 1866, James Williams first Master; Humboldt Lodge No. 176, 1873, O. A. B. Senter first Master. Since then seven other lodges have been organized: Kinsman, West Gate, East Gate, Neocacia, York, University and Linden.
A dispensation was granted to Ohio Chapter No. 12 Capitular Masonry, November 27, 1824, Bela Latham, Joel Buttles, A. J. McDowell and Lincoln Goodale being among the officers. The membership rose to thirty-six in 1827, but declined during the anti-Masonic storm; and, becoming almost extinct for a time, the chapter was revived in 1811 by some of the same men. Temple Chapter, No. 155 R. A. M. was organized May 5, 1886, with C. S. Ammel first High Priest. To these two has now been added a third, York Chapter.
Columbus Council No. 8 Royal and Select Masters, was instituted December, 1841. York Council has since been organized.
The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite was introduced in Ohio in 1851. In that year the Adoniram Lodge of Perfection and Ohio Council of Princes of Jerusalem was organized in Columbus. Wm. B. Hubbard, Thomas Lowe and B. F. Martin were among its members. In the following year the lodge room was destroyed by fire and the work ceased. Enoch Grand Lodge of Perfection was organized May 25, 1877, when twenty-two applied for the grades conferred. Among those who have served as presiding officer of this body are B. F. Reese, Henry O'Kane and D. N. Kinsman.
In 1878 the Franklin Council Princes of Jerusalem and Columbus Chapter Rose Croix were organized. Among the charter members of both bodies were W. A. Hershiser, Henry ()'Kane, R. R. Rickly, A. G. Patton, A. B. Coit, O. A. B. Senter, G. A. Frambes, C. H. Lindenberg, Charles Huston. George F. Wheeler and B. F. Rees. The Scioto Consistory has since been added to this group.
The Masonic Cathedral on North Fourth street, the south portion of which was erected in 1897 and the remainder in 1911, is one of the most beautiful and commodious buildings in the city.
I. 0. 0. F.
Odd Fellowship in Columbus dates back to June 22, 1839, when Columbus Lodge No. 9 was organized with five members-N. B. Kelley, James B. Thomas, William Flentham, David Bryan and Charles A. Howle, Mr. Kelley being the first Noble Grand. The lodge was in- stituted in the Tontine building on West State street, soon removed to the east side of High
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street three doors north of Town street. In later years it occupied rooms in the Buekeye block, East Broad street, then the City Ban's building, southeast corner of High and State streets, then rooms in the Carpenter block of East Town street and finally the Temple to which it moved in 1870. The cornerstone of the Temple, High street between Town and Rieh streets, was laid July 4, 1867, and the building when completed was valued at $125,000. Among the prominent men initiated here during the first two years were John Brough, after- wards Governor, David Overdier, John T. Blain and John Greenleaf.
There are now in Columbus eleven subordinate lodges as follows: Columbus No. 9, Cen- tral No. 23, Exeelsior No. 145, Capitol No. 334, Harmonia No. 358, Junia No. 471, National No. 509, Hilltop No. 662, Dennison No. 741, Robert Curtis No. 762 and Lineoln No. 801. The membership of these lodges in 1918 was 2,060.
Columbus has furnished the following Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of Ohio: Alex. E. Glenn 1849-50, Joseph Dowdall 1875-76, C. L. Young 1881-85, Ralph P. Miller 1898-99,
The Masonic Temple
Ivor Hughes 1899-00, Charles C. Pavey 1903-21. The following Grand Secretaries have been elected from Columbus: Alex. E. Glenn 1350-60 and C. H. Lyman 1893 to date.
Knights of Pythias.
Columbus Lodge No. 3, K. of P., was instituted May 17, 1869, by Supreme Chancellor Samuel Read, of New Jersey with twenty-one charter members, among whom were Henry O'Kane, Joseph Dowdall, C. A. Poland, W. H. Noble, John Siebert, Adam Stephens, John W. Lilley, Theodore Jones and C. M. Morris. Germania Lodge No. 4 was instituted at the same time with twenty charter members, Henry, Charles H. and Philip Lindenberg being among the number. Franklin Lodge No. 5, with thirty-two members was also instituted at the same time. Among them were C. S. Glenn, J. M. Elliott, John Vereoe, W. H. Young and James R. Armstrong. The last named had a brief existenee, its members going into Ellenwood No. 95, and the name and number being subsequently taken by a lodge organized on the West Side. Other lodges organized sinee the first three are: Joseph Dowdall No. 144, Norwood No. 288, Republie No. 315, Henry Lindenberg No. 576, Champion No. 581, Mentor No. 642 and Westwood No. 770, organized July 6, 1917.
The membership in Columbus totals about 3,500, and some of the lodges meet in the Temple, 35 and 37 East Long street, which was built in 1915 and is used partly for business purposes.
Other Pythian organizations are: Pythian Sisters, Calanthe No. 1 and Damona No. 45; the Franklin County Pythian Association; the Dramatie Order of the Knights of Khorassan, Bakoo Temple for men and No. 2 Nomads of Avrudaka for women, the purpose of which is
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social. There are also two organizations of the Uniform Rank-No. 1 Eastwood and No. 101 Joseph Dowdall.
For twenty-five years, George B. Donavin of Columbus, has been Grand Master of the Exchequer for the State organization.
Elks.
The Columbus Lodge of Elks No. 37 was installed September 18, 1885, Charles A. Miller being the first Exalted Ruler. Its first Home, located at 60 East Main street, was formally dedicated June 19, 1901. In 1912, having outgrown its quarters, the lodge decided to move. A lot at the northeast corner of Broad and Fifth streets was bought, and a mag- nificent Home, one of the ornaments of the city, was built and dedicated December 15, 1915. The lodge has for years enjoyed a steady and healthy growth, and the membership now numbers 2,000 of the leading business and professional men of the community. In 1918, John W. Kauffman was Exalted Ruler and John W .. Ranney, Secretary.
Other Early Organizations.
The Improved Order of Red Men was introduced in Ohio in 1852, in which year Algon- quin Tribe No. 3 was organized in this city. Scioto Tribe No. 22 (German) was instituted in 1866, and Olentangy Lodge No. 65 in 1872.
The Druids came in 1857, with the organization of Columbus Grove No. 10. Capital Grove No. 30 was instituted in 1871, Central Grove No. 32, in 1872, Franklin Arch Chapter No. 2, in 1862, and Columbus Supreme Arch Chapter No. 10, in 1871.
The United American Mechanics first appeared here with the organization of Olentangy Council No. 16, in August, 1872, and the Junior O. U. A. M., with the organization of Energy Council No. 8, in October of the same year.
The American Insurance Union, organized in 1894, has its national headquarters in Columbus, 44-50 West Broad street. John J. Lentz is national president and Dr. George W. Hoglan national secretary. There are four Columbus chapters.
The Woodmen of the World is represented by sixteen camps; the Royal Arcanum by three couneils; the Knights of the Maccabees by eight tents and the Ladies of the Maccabees by seven hives; the Improved Order of Red Men by twelve tribes and the Daughters of Pocahontas by seven councils; the Fraternal Mystic Circle by two rulings; the Knights and Ladies of Honor by five lodges; the Loyal Order of the Moose by two lodges; the Modern Woodmen of the World by four camps; the Patriotic Sons of America by five bodies of vary- ing names. There is one den of the Fraternal Order of Bears, one aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, one nest of the Fraternal Order of Orioles, one nest of the Order of Owls, one organization of the Fraternal Order of Oaks, and a number of other secret societies indi- cating the prevailing tendency of Columbus men and women to organize for mutual pleasure and helpfulness.
The G. U. O. F. (colored) has its own temple at the corner of Long street and Garfield avenue. Three lodges and four households of Ruth meet therc. Three organizations of colored Masons and eight colored Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters are also main- tained.
The Columbus Club.
The Columbus Club, which is housed at the southeast corner of Broad and Fourth streets, is the oldest of the purely social organizations of the city. When the elegant home of B. E. Smith at that site was offered for sale in 1886, a number of men including Emerson McMillin, D. S. Gray, W. D. Briekell, and R. M. Rownd, bought the property and held it till a club could be organized to take it over and occupy it. Thus the Columbus Club came into existence December 15, 1886. Mr. Smith is said to have spent $100,000 on the prop- erty; the cost to the club was $14,000. Since then the building has been enlarged and the street frontage increased to a half block.
The Wyandot Club.
The Wyandot Club is an organization of a social and historical character. It was formed in 1881, but was not incorporated till 1891. In that year it purchased Wyandot
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Grove, 42 acres, eight miles northwest of the city on the west bank of the Scioto, the spot on which it had been organized ten years before. There Chief Cranc, of the Wyandots, and others maintained wigwams, and there Indians loved to camp as late as 1840. In 1889, the club acquired a tract of land three miles north of Dublin on the east bank of the river, including the spot on which Leatherlips was executed on the pretended charge of witchcraft, but really because he was a friend of the whites. There the club erected a monument com- memorating this chieftain who was a victim of Indian intrigue. The club membership is lim- ited to seventeen. William Taylor was the first president and E. L. Taylor secretary.
The Athletic Club.
The Athletic Club was the outgrowth of the Ohio Club, a social organization which for a few years occupied the sixteenth floor of the Columbus Savings and Trust building at the corner of High and Long streets. In 1912, a few members of the Ohio Club and others organized the Athletic Club and elected a board of directors with the following officers: H. J. Booth president. E. A. Reed, Samuel G. McMeen and Robert E. Sheldon vice presidents, Douglas McCormick secretary and H. B. Halliday treasurer. The membership campaign that followed brought the membership up to 470 by February, 1913, and E. A. Reed was
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The Elks Club
elected president, while Mr. Booth assumed the responsible position of chairman of the site and building committee. The old Trinity parish house on Broad street near Fourth was bought from Dr. S. B. Hartman for $80,000. At a joint meeting of the Ohio Club and Athletic Club directors in June the former transferred all their property to the latter, and with a membership of 800, the building project was launched. Ground was broken July 2, 1914, and the building was occupied January 19, 1916, with a series of entertainments con- tinuing over several evenings. The building had cost $350,000, and there were at that time approximately 1,200 resident and 300 non-resident members. Mr. Reed continued as presi- dent till February, 1917, when he was succeeded by Karl T. Webber. The officers for 1918 were: F. W. Braggins president, B. W. Marr first vice president, Harold W. Clapp second vice president, J. B. White third vice president, James T. Clyde secretary, George A. Archer treasurer. The membership is 1,200 resident and 600 non-resident.
Country Clubs.
The Arlington Country Club was one of the earliest of its kind in central Ohio, having been organized about 1890 and established about four miles northwest of Columbus. A building was erected on a picturesque bluff and golf links were laid out on an ample acreage. The property was thus maintained till 1918, when it was sold to the Shriners, who maintain it as the Aladdin Country Club. Some of the members of the Arlington Club have become
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members of the Scioto Country Club, which was organized in March, 1915, and established itself on the Dublin pike further north, with building, golf links and tennis court. The offi- cers of the latter club are: President, James L. Hammill; secretary, Daniel M. Postle- waite; directors, B. Gwynne Huntington, T. B. Sellers, W. P. Oglesby, W. H. Holcomb, Alonzo H. Tuttle and W. K. Lanman.
The Columbus Country Club, organized in 1903, has a fine building, golf links and tennis courts on a large acreage overlooking the Big Walnut, east of the city. Orlando A. Miller was one of the prime movers in the projeet and for many years its president.
Business Men's Organizations.
Two organizations of wide-awake business men, organized for purposes of sociability, mutual helpfulness and the promotion of good things in the community are the Rotary Club and the Kiwanis Club. Neither has a home of its own and meetings are held generally at the noon hour at a hotel or the Athletic Club, often with a speaker from within the mem- bership or outside of it who is given a few minutes to present some important subject. These clubs have helped greatly to inform the members and focus their interest.
The Tyndall Association.
An association for "the promotion and advancement of the knowledge of the natural sciences," called the Tyndall Association, existed here from 1870 to 1880. George H. Twiss was the first president, but Dr. Thomas C. Mendenhall was the moving spirit and president for most of the years of its existence. Learned papers were read at this meet- ings, and the association brought distinguished scientists here for public lectures. These meetings and lectures were a notable contribution to the intellectual life of the eity of that day.
United Commercial Travelers.
The first organization of commercial travelers here was effected by John C. Fenimore, Levi C. Pease, Samuel H. Strayer, Willis E. Carpenter, Jolin Diekey, Charles S. Ammel and Franeis A. Sells, January 16, 1888. The founders of the United Commercial Travelers were John C. Fenimore and Levi C. Pease and Council No. 1 was established in Columbus in the spring of 1888. By the constitution and articles of incorporation, the office of the Supreme Council is permanently located here. The first offices were in the building at the southeast corner of High and Spring streets. Council No. 1 now has offices in its own building on West Goodale street, while the Supreme Council is on Park street facing Goodale park. In the park facing the entrance to the Supreme Council's building, is a memorial to Charles Benton Flagg, first Supreme Secretary of the order, born in 1855, died 1901. It is a three-pillared design with the words, Unity, Charity and Temperanee in- scribed between the pillars.
The Kit-Kat Club.
The Kit-Kat Club is an organization of 39 professional and business men who, with in- vited guests, meet seven times a year to consider some subject of literary, scientific or historical interest. At six of the meetings the principal speaker is always a member of the club; at the seventh, to which ladies are invited, the speaker is some person of national repute. The club has no property and meetings are held at the Chittenden Hotel, a dinner being one of the features. The presidents have been: Osman C. Hooper, Charles C. Pavey. W'm. King Rogers, Joseph V. Denney, Daniel J. Ryan, Edward J. Wilson, W. E. Hender- son, E. O. Randall, Henry A. Williams and Claude Meeker. The club was organized in Octo- ber, 1911.
Knights of Columbus.
The local Council, No. 100, of the Knights of Columbus, was formally instituted on January 15, 1899, with a charter membership of about sixty. The society grew rapidly in favor among the Catholic men of Columbus and in the twenty years that have elapsed has acquired a membership of over a thousand. The local Council started with modest club rooms in a building on North High street, but in a few years bought the historic
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