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Book Title: History Of Riverside County California

CHAPTER XIV.
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
By E. W. Holmes

   THE ODD FELLOWS. The number of secret orders organized in Riverside is almost
as great as the religious denominations represented here. The first of these was
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which organized a lodge in Riverside on
April 26, 1879. That the number thirteen carries no ill-luck to Odd Fellows is
shown by the fact that there were thirteen charter members, and the lodge has
prospered, so that its present membership of 701 makes it one of the very
largest in the state. The elective officers first installed were: B. D. Burt, N.
G.; E. W. Holmes, V. G.; E. Rosenthal, Sec; C. W. Packard, Treas.; C. J. Gill,
Conductor; R. Reeves, Warden;. E. R. Pierce, O. G.; J. R. Noland, I. G. The
other charter members were: S. C. Evans, Hugo Goebel, T. J. Wood, E. J. Davis
and N. A. Stiffler. Large auxiliary organizations are associated with the
original lodge in the work of the order. It was this lodge that built the first
edifice for fraternal use in the city, and it has since been enlarged and
thoroughly equipped for the uses of the order and for business purposes. It is
now one of the most valuable blocks in the city.

   THE MASONIC ORDER. Evergreen Lodge of Master Masons was instituted under a
dispensation from the Grand Lodge of California on the 12th of November, 1879,
with the following officers: William Craig, W. M.; Pryor S. Russell, S. W.;
Wilson B. Russell, J. W.; John Stone, Treasurer; C. C. Miller, Secretary; K. D.
Shugart, S. D.; George D. Cunningham, J. D.; Charles E. Packard, Tyler.

   A year later the charter was issued, and Evergreen Lodge No. 259, F. & A. M.,
was legally constituted with the following charter members: B. F. Allen, David
Battles, John Bonham, A. H. Ball, Daniel H. Burnham, William Craig, G. D.
Cunningham, B. B. Chandler, Thomas W. Cover, John B. Camp, Edward J. Davis, Hugo
Goebel, John W. Hamilton, Benjamin B. Handy, Alonzo D. Haight, Ira C. Haight, C.
C. Miller, Isaac Marsh, Charles E. Packard, W. O. Price, P. S. Russell, W. B.
Russell, John Stone and K. D. Shugart.

   The lodge now has a membership of 325. For many years it occupied the upper
portion of the Castleman Block, which has recently been torn down, and the site
occupied by the First National bank building. On the 8th of December, 1908, it
dedicated the beautiful and commodious Masonic Temple it now occupies near the
corner of Eleventh and Main streets. The building and its furnishings cost about
$28,000.

   The present officers of the lodge are: John G. Bayley, W. M.; James P.
Robeson, S. W.; Leonard A. Cowles, J. W.; Menno S. Bowman, Treasurer; Robert P.
Cundiff, Secretary; William C. Clatworthy, Chaplain; Frank Herkelrath, S. D.;
Orville P. Sanders, J. D.; A. H. Winder, S. S.; Charles O. Reid, J. S.; John T.
Jarvis, Marshal; P. A. Gunsolus, Tyler; A. S. Walther, Chorister; F. K. Joslyn,
Organist. George D. Cunningham, W. B. Clancy and S. J. Castleman, Trustees.

   The following is a list of those who have filled the Master's chair since the
lodge was organized: William Craig, P. S. Russell, W. B. Russell (three years),
George M. Skinner, John W. Hamilton (two years), B. B. Chandler, S. B. Hinckley
(two years), Walter E. Keith, C. W. Filkins (two years), James W. Johnson,
Kingsbury Sanborn, William J. Lamrick, George D. Cunningham, B. M. Longfellow,
William A. Anderson, John T. Jarvis, William B. Clancy (two years), Emerson H.
Gruwell, Stanley J. Castleman (two years), Harry W. Hammond, Henry D. French
(two years), Charles B. Bayley, James E. Drayton, J. Harvey Ellis, John G. Bayley.

   RIVERSIDE COMMANDERY No. 67, R. A. M., which now has a membership of 132, was
organized May 7, 1886, with the following-officers: Menno S. Bowman, M. P.;
Henry Ellsworth Way, K.; Charles Thomas Rice, Scribe; Samuel Bond Hinckley, C.
H.; Wilson Byron Russell, P. S.; Otis Theron Dyer, Treasurer Emil Julius
Rosenthal, Secretary; William McBain, R. A. C; Christopher Columbus Miller, M.
3. V. 1.; Eugene Hornbeck, Guard.

   RIVERSIDE COMMANDERY. The first meeting of Riverside Commandery was held Dec.
14, 1886. Its first officers were: S. B. Hinckley, Com.; M. S. Bowman, Gen.; C.
T. Rice, C. G.;M. H. Fawcett, Prel.; E. H. Way, S. W.;  C. C. Miller, J. W.; O.
T. Dyer, Treasurer; F. K. Ainsworth, Rec.; P. K. Kleinfelter, St. Br.; J. W.
Sayward, Sw. Br.; E. Y. Chevalier, Sent. The Commandery has at this time just an
even 100 members.

   UNGAVA CHAPTER No. 106, O. E. S., completed its organization in November,
1890, with forty-four members. The first officers of the chapter were: Lida Lair
Martin, A. Matron; Charles W. Filkins, W. Patron; Louise E. Allen, Asso. Matron;
Ella M. Filkins, Sec'y; Alyszan Rouse, Treas.; Clara Keith, Cond.; Mary
Papineau, Asst. Cond.; Bertha Haight, Adah; Harriet Fountain, Ruth; Mary E.
Cover, Esther; Jessie Haight, Martha; Eliza Robinson, Electa.

   The chapter now has a membership of 325. The following sisters have served as
presiding officers of the chapter since its organization: Louise E. Allen, Susan
E. Cunningham, Emma Gray, Leila B. (Jarvis) Pann, Mary A. Papineau, Lillian S.
Allen, Nellie Anderson, Anna (Rice) Boardwell, Etta A. Cundiff, Henrietta
Anderson, Jennie Gould Way, Lillian (Battles) Warren, Ada Mae Tucker, Inez
Robeson, Elizabeth Drayton, Louise Mills.

   KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. On the 17th day of January, 1885, there was organized a
lodge of the Knights of Pythias. The pioneer officers were Guy G. Majors, P. C;
James M. Drake, V. C; W. A. Hayt, Prelate; W. A. Correll, K. of P. and S.; M. A.
Hibbard, M. F.; J. R. Newberry, Mast. Ex.; F. C. Sweetser, Mast. A.; C. D.
Jones, I. G.; S. B. Robinson, O. G. Among its most prominent members, who were
devoted to making it a center of social as well as fraternal life, was Albert S.
White. Its Uniform Rank was for years one of the best drilled organizations in
the state.



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HISTORY OF
Riverside County
CALIFORNIA
WITH
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified With Its Growth and Development From
the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
ELMER WALLACE HOLMES
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 
1912


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