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November 27, 1848, John L. Vattier, grand master of Templars in Ohio, issued a dispensa- tion to John T. Arthur, Thomas Bell, Amos Bartholomew, Robert H. Cotton, Gilbert D. Pal- mer, Israel Hoge, Thomas Launder, Josephus Laken, and Thomas F. Nevitt, to open an en- campment of Knights Templars in Zanesville to be known as Cyprus, and named Thomas Bell, grand commander: John T. Arthur, gereralis- simo ; Gilbert D. Palmer, captain general, and Amos Bartholomew, prelate. January 3. 1849, M. Z. Kreider, past grand master, opened an en- campment in Lafayette lodge room, southeast corner of Main and Fifth streets, and Novem- ber 9, 1849, a charter was issued as No. 10; in
1867 the title of the body was changed to Com- mandery.
The ruptures in Masonic harmony which at- tended the Cerneau-Northern Jurisdiction Scot- tish rite controversy caused the suspension of the charter of Cyprus Commandery, August 20, 1887, on which date Lafayette Lytle, right emi- nent grand commander, issued a special order arresting the charter, directing that all books and records be surrendered to the eminent grand recorder, and that all meetings be suspended until the revocation of the order. The demand was refused by the local officers and September 12 the right eminent grand commander came in person and renewed the demand and was again refused ; October 11-12, the grand com- mandery being in session revoked the charter, and November 14 a formal appeal from the action of the grand commandery to the grand encampment was made; no relief was accorded as the grand encampment held that the grand commandery had jurisdiction.
November 5, 1890, Cyrene Commandery, No. IO, was erected in place of the former Cyprus, by W. B. Melish, right eminent grand commander. and S. S. Williams, deputy grand commander, with the following officers: James C. Gillespie, eminent commander : Herman F. Achauer, gen- eralissimo ; Albert B. Worstall, captain general, and a membership composed of former mem- bers of Cyprus Commandery.
For half a century the Masonic bodies of Zanesville had no permanent home; the Lodge of Amity was organized in Benoni Peirce's tav- ern, but the Putnam members wished the incon- veniences of crossing the river divided, and when Burnham's tavern was completed the meet- ings alternated between the towns; when Burn- ham moved to the northwest corner of Main and Fourth streets the feetings were held there, and later and for some time at the Widow Peirce's home, in Fifth street, between South street and Locust alley, and from there the lodge moved to the Senate chamber, where it remained until the first Masonic hall was erected.
The three-story brick building, in Market street, immediately west of the former Masonic hall, was erected as an academy, and August 15. 1820, Daniel Convers and John Dillon, on behalf of the Zanesville Academy, and John Butler, David Spangler and John Lattimore, on behalf of the Lodge of Amity, agreed that if the lodge would pay one-third of the expense of erecting the building and construct stairways from the second to the third floor at its own ex- pense, it should have the exclusive privilege to occupy the third floor without rent, the academy to have the right to buy the lodge's interest upon
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payment of the amount expended upon the build- ing, after one year's notice. December 18, 1821, the lodge met in the new hall, and when the Chapter and Council were organized they were permanent occupants.
When Lafayette Lodge was organized it met in the Senate chamber, and when the new brick was built at southeast corner of Market and Fifth streets, met in the garret, where it re- mained until the spring of 1837, when it moved to the Amity room, and after one year moved to the third story of a building on the north side of Main street, between Fifth street and Court alley, where it remained until 1847, when the rooms in the third story of the building, still standing at southeast corner of Main and Fifth streets, were fitted up, and when the comman- dery was formed it occupied the rooms with Lafayette Lodge until the erection of the hall at Market and Fourth streets.
In 1854 the question of more commodious and suitable rooms for Masonic uses were agitated and proposals to place a third story on projected structures, or to occupy existing ones, were con- sidered and rejected, and the sentiment crystal- ized into a proposition to erect a building at the northwest corner of Market and Fourth streets, and May 6, 1857, William Galigher, C. W. Pot- win, Mark Loudan, Thomas Bell, John C. Haz- lett, and William Schultz associated themselves as "The Masonic Hall Association," with a cap- ital of $25,000.00, and filed their certificate next day with the Secretary of State. The associa- tion organized at the hall at Main and Fifth streets, and work had progressed so far that the corner-stone was laid July 4, 1857, on which day a special communication of the Grand Lodge was convened in Odd Fellows' lodge room ; the Mas- ter Masons assembled in the concert room of the Odd Fellows' hall ; the Royal Arch Masons, at the Amity lodge room, and the Knights at the Lafayette room. At 1:30 p. m. a parade was formed in Main street and moved west to Third, to South, Fifth, Market, Sixth, South, Seventh, Market, and Fourth, where an arch of ever- greens and flowers had been erected; after the ceremonies the procession re-formed and pro- ceeded by way of Market, Third, and Main streets, to the Odd Fellows' hall and was dis- missed.
The new hall was occupied in April, 1858, and in March the Lodge of Amity sold its interest in the old hall to the city: June 24, 1868. the hall was dedicated, and the day celebrated with a procession, and an oration and festivities at Gant's grove. During the summer of 1881 the third floor was remodelled and a fourth floor in- troduced in the west end by utilizing the space between the trusses of the roof, but the inprove-
ments were insufficient to meet the increased demands for more room and various projects were discussed for relief.
The lack of exterior dignity and of interior dimensions and conveniences had, for several years, been apparent to the Masons of Zanes- ville, as characterizing the old temple; it had been discussed at business and social assemblies and finally a meeting was held February 19, 1900, which was largely attended, and the uni- versal sentiment was that a new building was a necessity. Three properties on the east side of Fourth street, north of Fountain alley, were optioned and purchased, and July 12 incorpora- tors were selected for a new temple company. April 9, 1901, the company organized with the following officers and directors: J. B. Hunter, president ; O. F. Mckinney, vice president; W. H. Goodlive, secretary and treasurer: U. H. Brown, George W. McCormick, W. B. Cosgrave, J. K. Geddes, H. F. Achauer, J. K. Smith, O. N. Townsend, John Hartmeyer, and March 25, 1902, the contract was awarded to R. J. Evans and Company at their proposition of $114,433.00, to be completed March 1, 1903.
The corner-stone was laid June 24, 1902, in the presence of an immense assembly of Masons and non-Masons ; the parade which preceded the ceremony was one of the most extensive civic displays ever witnessed in the city, and in it were five Masons who had been in the pro- cession held on the occasion of the laying of the corner-stone of the old temple.
The completed building was dedicated June 24, 1903 ; the day was made a gala occasion, and a large procession of resident and visiting Ma- sons was had. The basement and six floors of the structure are built in the most substantial and finished in the most modern manner; the basement and first three floors are fitted for of- fice and other business purposes; the front of the fourth and fifth floors are also devoted to offices, and the sixth to a ball room; the rear of the three upper floors is occupied by the Masonic bodies of the Masonic club.
The dedicatory week was marked by a Guild fair in the new temple, which proved a wondrous attraction, and which was opened by a night street parade, in which the Odd Fellows, Elks, Knights of Pythias, and Modern Woodmen of America joined the Masons, Templars and Shriners in making a success.
On the European continent, especially in France, the rite of adoption is largely practiced, but in America, Masonic associations have been confined to men : in 1855, Rob Morris introduced a series of degrees, known collectively as the "Eastern Star," but until recent years their dis- semination in Ohio has been discouraged and
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almost prohibited. July 24, 1895, a meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Mary E. Meyer, in Linden avenue, to form a chapter, and J. H. Snoots, of Roseville, was commissioned deputy grand patron to institute Zanesville Chapter, No. 52, which was done August 15, 1895, with the assistance of the members of Martha Washing- ton Chapter, at Roseville, the ceremonies being conducted in the old temple. October 10, 1895, a full charter was granted, on which forty-three names appear, and the first officers were: Mrs. Lizzie Vogel, worthy matron; A. E. Allman, worthy patron; Mrs. Nancy Bolin, associate matron ; Mrs. Elizabeth Hess, secretary ; J. C. Gillespie, treasurer ; Mrs. Eura Curtis, conduct- ress ; Mrs. Mary Meyer, associate conductress ; Mrs. Anna E. Bainter, Adah; Miss Alice Gil- lespie, Ruth ; Mrs. Agnes Norman, Esther ; Mrs. Mary Van Valkenburgh, Martha; Mrs. Jennie Lewis, Electa ; Mrs. Hattie A. Allman, warder ; C. H. Sebaugh, chaplain; Mrs. Lizzie Spencer, marshal; Miss Hattie Sly, organist; Frank Vo- gel, sentinel.
ODD FELLOWSHIP.
Muskingum Lodge, No. 28, was instituted May II, 1844, by Mark P. Taylor, past grand master, of Cincinnati, and Past Grands John P. Blain and Justin Harrison, of Columbus. The charter members were:
Lambert Thomas, Jonathan R. Johnson, Jacob Little, Jeremiah Zeigler, J. Warren Clayton, and William L. Langton ; and the first officers were : Jonathan R. Johnson, N. G .; Jacob Little, V. G .; Lambert Thomas, secretary, and John R. Wor- man, treasurer.
Moxhala Lodge, No. 144, was instituted Feb- ruary 21, 1850, by William C. Earl, grand mas- ter, and the past grands of Muskingum lodge, the charter members being :
Gemmill Arthur, A. W. Perley, Dudley S. Fracker, E. W. Cox, Charles C. Russell, L. H. Bigelow, Silvers Porter, William Leckey, Thomas Durban and C. T. Fracker. The first officers were: A. W. Perley, N. G .: Silvers Por- ter, V. G .; E. W. Cox, secretary; Gemmill Arthur, permanent secretary; Thomas Durban, treasurer.
Pataskala Encampment, No. 8, was instituted by Patriarch Albert G. Day, grand senior war- den of Ohio, March 31, 1845, with the follow- ing charter members and officers :
Elias Pike, C. P .; John Burns, H. P. ; Silvers Porter, S. W .; J. R. Johnson, J. W .; J. T. Fracker, jr., scribe; Robert Howard, treasurer : Lambert Thomas, guardian, and on the night of institution George B. Reeve, A. C. Ross, Edward Davis, Jolin Metcalf, and Moses Keys were in- itiated.
The three bodies were organized and held their meetings in the Blocksom building, still standing at the northwest corner of Main street and Sewer alley, and April 9, 1850. James Darlinton was appointed a committee by Muskingum lodge to confer with Moxahala lodge respecting the expediency of purchasing a site and erecting an
ODD FELLOWS' HALL.
The proposition was favorably considered and February 22, 1851, incorporators were chosen, who applied to the General Assembly, and in the same month the Odd Fellows' Hall Association was incorporated by act of the legislature. The lots at the southwest corner of Main street and Potter's, or Diamond alley, were purchased at a cost of $4,000, and upon it the substantial, three- story, brick building, now occupied by the fra- ternity, was erected at a cost of $24,000.00, and while the exterior is not so ornamental as later structures, its imposing solidity attests its at- tractiveness for the period of its construction and with its handicap of fifty years will prob- ably survive as long as later erections.
Imposing dedicatory ceremonies were ob- served September 9. 1852: the parade of three hundred and fifty resident and visiting brethren, with the local, Dresden, and Wheeling bands, in escort of the officiating officials, being especially notable. Hon. L. P. Marsh was orator, and after the formal rites a ball and supper were pro- vided for the wives and daughters of the three linked brotherhood.
Rivalry arose between Muskingum and Mox- ahala lodges for the distinction of holding the first meeting in the new hall: Moxahala met Monday, and Muskingum, Tuesday ; as the hall was completed, the members of the former lodge moved secretly at night, and August 2, 1852, as- sembled in the new hall, but a Muskingum mem- ber had "got next" and shut off the gas, and Moxahala obtained the coveted privilege by pur- chasing candles.
Pataskala Encampment grew healthily, and T. L. Fracker, C. C. Russell, Joseph Crosby. Ed- ward W. Cox, George W. Graham, J. A. Buck- master, W. R. Hazlett, S. G. McBride, Thomas Durban, and A. W. Perley applied for a charter for a new encampment, which was granted, and June 9, 1853, Walhonding Encampment, No. 55. was instituted by Thomas J. MeLain, grand patriarch, and installed the following officers :
Thomas Durban, C. P. : W. R. Hazlett. H. P .: C. C. Russell. S. W .; G. W. Graham, J. W .: Joseph Crosby, scribe; A. W. Perley, treasurer : T. 1 .. Fracker, guardian. The same night. S. Porter, William Hall, D. MeCarthy, and R. S. Mershon were admitted to membership by card. and John C. Hazlett. William Laughlin, and
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Frank Fracker were initiated into the mysteries of the degrees.
At the Grand Lodge session, held at Circle- ville, in February, 1854, a charter was granted to MI. Keyes, Lewis Slyder, Jacob Lyda, Wil- liam H. Christ. Thomas Griffith, William H. Shaffer, R. S. Fairchild, John Kuhn, A. J. Hahn, William L. Langton, and Frederick Howell, and March 24, 1854, Alexander Glenn, grand secre- tarv, assisted by District Deputy Henry Granger and other visiting brethren, instituted Mechanics Lodge, No. 230, and installed the following of- ficers :
Jacob Lyda, N. G .; Lewis Slyder, V. G .: Fred Howell, secretary; William H. Shaffer, treas- urer, and by special dispensation, John Drumm, James P. Kimberly, and Henry Koenig were in- itiated on the night of institution.
The two encampments did not experience the prosperity that was anticipated and the mem- bers were convinced that strength would be found in union, and decided to surrender their charters and ask the grand encampment to issue a charter for a new organization. The request was complied with and July 2, 1858, Howard Encampment, No. 79, named in honor of the first C. P., was instituted with the following charter members :
Robert Howard, E. H. Church, Thomas Dur- ban, E. L. Grigsby, Lewis Slyder, George D. Gib- bons, Frederick Howell, W. J. Griffiths, John Breymyer, W. H. Thomas, M. S. Thomas, S. G. McBride, N. K. Smith, J. Wilber, William For- graves, William Dunn, Charles Simmons, Wil- liam Deffenbaugh, F. M. Hollister, William Bick, W. J. Woodside, Peter Helrick, Alexander Clark, J. V. Smeltzer, Thomas Drake, W. R. Hazlett, J. T. Fracker, J. R. Winegarner, John Stone, D. B. Gary, Peter Dick, James M. Feet- ers, W. S. Wells, and Amos Hollingsworth.
The institution was conducted by T. C. Cowan, grand patriarch, and the first officers were : Rob- ert Howard, C. P .: Thomas Durban, H. P .; George D. Gibbons, S. W .: Lewis Slyder, J. W .; W. R. Hazlett, scribe: E. L. Grigsby, treasurer. At the first meeting after the institution, sixty- five members of the two former encampments were admitted to membership.
At the Grand Lodge sesson, in May, 1869, Fred. Geiger, A. Schaum, O. A. Duvee, C. Sun- kle, Henry Koenig, Philip Muhl, Henry Roekel, Fred. Kappes, Adam Young, E. Dresher, Wil- liam Derringer, J. Baum, William Bick, and Henry Knoedler applied for a charter for a lodge to work in the German tongue, and the re- quest having been granted, June 25, 1869, Spe- cial Deputy Grand Master Henry Lindenburg, of Columbus, assisted by Past Grand Nich. Rem- linger, of Woodlawn lodge, instituted Mozart
Lodge, No. 423, and installed the following of- ficers :
Ferdinand Hess, N. G .; Adam Young, V. G .; O. A. Duvee, secretary ; F. Kappes, treasurer.
The interest which the wives and daughters of Odd Fellows, at other points, manifested in the work of the organization persuaded the Zanesville members to enlist their services locally and January 12, 1870, James Turner, grand master, of Dayton, assisted by Past Grands Wil- liam L. Langton, Harvey Hubbell, Thomas Sloan and C. Fracker, instituted Elizabeth Lodge, No. 26. D. of R., so named in compliment to Eliza- beth Howard, consort of Robert Howard, whose memory is perpetuated in the title of the encamp- ment. The charter members were :
Charles and Isabella Neimeyer, Isaac Piersol, E. V. Piersol, Lewis and Sidney Brenholts, John and Elizabeth Bowman, E. L. and Nancy Grigsby, John and Maria Greiner, Wolf and Eva Dryfus, T. L. Fracker, J. H. Coke, George W. and Hattie Griffee, Isaac and Sarah Hillier, Ferdinand and Theresa Hess, A. and Elizabeth Schaum, William L. and Isabella Langton, and Elizabeth Howard.
The first officers were: W. L. Langton, N. G .; E. V. Piersol, V. G .; Hattie Griffee, secretary, and W. Dreyfus, treasurer.
Canton Nova, No. 5, Patriarchs Militant, was instituted about 1884-5; this uniform branch of the order in Zanesville is in a prosperous con- dition and the inability to details respecting the origin is due to the loss of the records during the flood of 1898, while they were in the dwell- ing of one of the members.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
The order was introduced into Muskingum county by J. Hope Suitor, supreme representa- tive of West Virginia, and Morris Springer, a Knight, from Indianapolis, who secured the ap- plicants for the charter and assisted in the in- stitution of McIntire Lodge, No. 38, on Thanks- giving Day, November 30, 1871. The services were conducted by Edward T. Haines, grand chancellor, of Cincinnati ; Joseph Dowdall, grand keeper of records and seal, and Henry Linden- burg, supreme representative of Ohio, both of Columbus, and a number of past chancellors and knights from Newark and Columbus. The first officers were: Edmund P. Moorehead, vener- able patriarch ; Alfred Ball, M. D., worthy chan- cellor ; Henry C. Lillibridge, vice chancellor ; Charles E. Randall, recording scribe ; Basil D. Brown, financial scribe; Henry Bimple, banker ; Morris Springer, guide : William H. Wilmot, in- ner guard ; Robert S. Willey, outer guard, and Robert J. Brown, A. J. Farnum, Chapline Moore-
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head, Thomas M. Gattrell, James Huff, Thomas Coppard, William C. Burns, Edward I. Cockrill, J. B. Copeland, William Goetz, Robert W. Jones, Reuben H. Morgan, William L. Propha- ter and Campbell T. Starr.
The institution was held in the Druids' hall in Main street, east of Seventh, and permanent rooms were secured in the third and fourth floors of the First National Bank building, where elaborate furnishings were supplied ; after a few years, more commodious rooms were fitted up in the Star block, at Third and Main streets, and were occupied for several years. Accom- modations were then obtained in Choral hall, in the Opera block, and upon the erection of the Shinnick block the castle hall was moved there and has since remained.
For a number of years McIntire was the sole representative of Pythianism in the county, King David Lodge, No. 155, being the first addition, the institution being conducted in Gold hall, by James Fairchild, April 18, 1883, when the following officers were installed: Sol. Levi, past chancellor ; A. Hertsberg, chancellor com- mander ; Sol. Frank, vice chancellor ; J. Wolner, prelate; S. Goldberger, keeper of records and seals ; S. Stern, master of finance; J. Englander, master of exchequer; J. Goldeberger, master at arms ; L. Allas, inner guard ; no outer guard was named; M. Freilich, A. Goldstein, and B. Rit- man, trustees.
Zanesville Lodge, No. 172, was instituted in Star block, October 26, 1883, with the following first officers : Charles Goertner, P. C .; Emil Geiger, C. C .; Fred Laudenbacher, V. C .; Fer- dinand Zuland, prelate; William Klinge, K. of R. & S .; Adolph Kreuter, M. of F .; Simon Hil- polsteiner, M. E .; Philip Hoffman, M. at A .; Simon Linser, I. G .; George Somers, O. G .; August Miller, Charles Volland and Fred Cordes, trustees.
Phoenix Lodge, No. 388, was instituted by Charles Fulkerson, in Memorial hall, December 4, 1889, with nearly three hundred members, the following being the first officers : O. F. Palmer, P. C .; Ed. Reich, C. C .; C. F. Hearing, V. C .; E. B. Roemer, prelate ; A. B. Cowgill, K. of R. & S .; J. B. Mercer, M. of F. ; W. M. Shinnick, jr., M. E .; J. P. Kelley, M. at A. ; C. W. Hub- bell, I. G .; William Wells, O. G.
Vesta Lodge, No. 458, was instituted by Charles Fulkerson, December 17, 1890, with ninety-four charter members, and the following first officers : Jolin Meyer, P. C .: Milo E. Dunn, C. C .; George Turner, V. C .; L. L. Stewart, prelate ; F. W. Logan, K. of R. & S. ; J. N. Pal- iner, M. of F .; H. G. Bodker, M. E. ; H. W. Booth, M. at A .; J. N. Thornbury, I. G .; R. L. Miller, O. G. In 1902 Vesta lodge consolidated with MeIntire.
Silver Cross Division, No. 45. Uniform Rank, was formed about 1886-7, but discontinued and was resuscitated about 1890 as Crescent Divi- sion, with the original number, and a charter membership of about eighty. Vesta Division was organized early in 1891, but after the Span- ish-American war the name was changed to Merritt Company, No. 116, in honor of General Merritt. Originally the organizations were called "Divisions," but were later designated as "Companies."
Section 1399, Endowment Rank, has an or- ganization, but is strictly financial in operation, with F. W. Logan as local representative.
Beulah Temple, No. 33, Rathbone Sisters, was organized in the Shinnick block, March 15, 1892, by Emma Bell, grand chief, of Columbus, with forty-two charter members, and the following first officers : Mary Meyer, M. E. chief ; Martha Stewart, M. E. senior; Fannie Hillier, M. E. junior ; Mary Webster, M. of T .; Ella Roeshaar, S. M. of R. & C .; Kate Moody, S. M. F .; Mame Miller, G. of T .; Elizabeth Scholl, G. O. T .; An- nie Young, P. C. Eight ladies and eleven knights were added at the succeeding meeting.
The order has been quartered for a number of years in the Shinnick block, at northwest corner of Main street and Cypress alley, where the entire third floor is comfortably fitted for Pythian uses, with two large lodge rooms, ante- rooms, etc.
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN.
A tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men, known as Pocahontas, was organized August 2. 1870, by Great Sachem G. B. Means, of Steu- benville, and was chartered in May, 1871; the first officers were W. R. Hazlett, sachem; Alex- ander Platt, senior sagamore; G. W. Hazlett. junior sagamore ; Samuel Howard, jr., chief of records; A. P. Stultz, keeper of wampum. Diffi- culties were experienced in securing suitable rooms in which to assemble, and meetings were irregularly held, interest ceased, and when rooms were finally obtained in the Star block, Zanes- ville, the enthusiasm could not be re-kindled and the tribe was disbanded. A renaissance was ef- fected, after a generation and
WAUBECK TRIBE, NO. 143.
was instituted March 20, 1892, in the Shinnick block, Main street and Cypress alley, by the great sachem, great chief of records, and other great chiefs of Ohio, the adoptive ceremonies being conducted by Minnewa Tribe, of Newark. The first officers were: 1I. H. Huffman. prophet : 1. N. Groomies, sachem : George Miller, senior sagamore : George S. Brush, junior saga-
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more; F. D. Abel, chief of records; Al. Petit, keeper of wampum.
NATCHEZ TRIBE, NO. 220.
was instituted in Memorial hall, October 12, 1904, by the great prophet, great sachem, and great chief of records, with Waubeck Tribe in charge of the ceremonies of adoption; large numbers of chiefs and warriors were present from surrounding counties, and the occasion was one of much enjoyment to visitors and visited. The first officers were: C. A. Barton, prophet; C. W. Highfield, sachem; William Bowers, sen- ior sagamore; Benjamin Grigsby, junior saga- more ; Frederick Wallworth, chief of records ; J. Reichart, keeper of wampum.
A tribe was instituted at Roseville, but has been dormant for some time and no information can be obtained about it.
Washetella Council, No. 19, Degree of Poca- hontas, was instituted December 14, 1892, by Enos Pierson, great sachem, the ceremonies be- ing conducted by Newark Council. The first officers were: Mrs. Mary Stewart, Pocahontas ; Miss Augusta Kronz, Wenonah; Mrs. Annie Get- ter, prophetess ; Cornelius Stewart, Powhatan ; Mrs. Mattie Allen, K. of R .; Mrs. Eliza Flem- ing, K. of W .; F. D. Abell, first scout ; Mrs. Hattie Barker, second scout; Mrs. Fannie Mad- den, guard of wigwam; Harry Fleming, guard of forest; Mrs. Kate Abell, first runner ; Miss Flora Wallace, second runner; Miss Viola Host- ler, first warrior; Miss Mary Wilson, second warrior ; Mrs. Cinnie Craig, third warrior ; Miss Gertrude Malott, fourth warrior; Harry Flem- ing, first councillor ; John Harlan, second coun- cillor.
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