Jackson County IL Archives News.....The Modern Woodmen Influential Order October 16, 1923 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Riseling riseling@insightbb.com July 20, 2006, 9:48 pm The Daily Independent Newspaper, Murphysboro, IL October 16, 1923 The Modern Woodmen of America is among Murphysboro's several flourishing fraternal orders. At the time of this writing John McDONALD is Consul and Fred B. SPENCE, Clerk. The fraternal order was chartered in Murphysboro as Camp. No. 4879, July 9th, 1897. Its first officers were John ROLLO, Consul and Albert EBERLE, Clerk. From it's modest beginning the Modern Woodmen Camp has grown into an influential order of 225 members. It's charter members were: J.J. CONNELLY W. R. CHILDERS John CRAWFORD (deceased) Jean DAGLE Albert EBERLE (deceased) O. T. HART W. H. HERRINGTON (deceased) W. R. HAMPTON J. W. IRWIN William JACOBS John KATZMARK (deceased) Robert KEARNS Geo. A. KENNER M. LEVY (deceased) H. L. LOTT R. E. MAYER A. D. MILLHOUSE John McDONALD R. J. PATTERSON Charles PELZER John ROLLO W. S. ROBERTS Geo. W. SADLER Thom. SHARPE James T. THORNTON Robert WALKER E. A. WELLS John WINTERBOTTOM File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/jackson/newspapers/themoder161nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb