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Book Title: A History Of Atlanta

ATLANTA LODGE No. 165, ANCIENT FREE and ACCEPTED MASONS

    Atlanta Lodge No. 165, A. F. & A. M., commenced work in Atlanta on the
evening of December 7, 1854 under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the
State of Illinois, of date November 23, 1854, with twelve charter members.

    On October 2, 1855, the grand Lodge of the State of Illinois granted to
Atlanta Lodge a special charter. The first officers were Richard T. Gill,
Worshipful Master; Robert H. Killen, Senior Warden; George W. Rowell, Junior
Warden; and Dr. J. B. Tenney, Secretary. There were thirty-three charter
members: Lewis Eichburgh; Jerome B. Tenney; A. J. Thomas, Daniel Tenney, George
W. Michaels, Orin H. Butler, George W. Goodheart, Joseph Tidd, Samuel Eichburgh,
George W. Angell, H. D. Downey, John A. Druley, Mathew L. Fuller, Samuel Bevans,
A. E. Forbes, Abel Larison, T. B. Douglass, Elijah S. Wicklin, A. K. Martin,
John V. McGahan, Abram Winsor, D. W. Winsor Jr., George L. Parker, Thomas J.
Larison, Daniel Proctor, Francis M. Tuttle, J. Henry Ball, James Larison,
Jackson Hukill and Meyer Friedman.

    At the present time (1953) there are 142 members, including one thirty-third
degree Mason, Judge Frank S. Bevan.


ATLANTA CHAPTER No. 188, ROYAL ARCH MASONS

    Atlanta Chapter No. 188 R. A. M. was organized under dispensation April 19,
1882. Its charter is dated October 27, 1882. The charter members were W. T.
Kirk, George F. Bennett, A. E. Church, J. G. Bourne, A. W. Chenoweth, Julius W.
Regents, John S. Perriton, S. H. Fields, A. J. Ludlam, William Danenbaum, Dennis
Kenyon, C. C. Aldrich and S. I. Leach.


ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR

    Atlanta Chapter No. 881, Order of the Esatern [sic] Star, was instituted
March 17, 1922, with 25 charter members. Mrs. Muriel Selby was the first Worthy
Matron, and Robert S. McIntyre, the first Worthy Patron. Other officers were:
Mrs. Dora McIntyre, Associate Matron; Miss Mary Thomson, Secretary; Dr. Maskel
Lee, Treasurer; Mrs. Ferne Crandall, Conductress; Mrs. Eugenia Lee, Associate
Conductress; Mrs. Emily Crihfield, Chaplain; Joseph A. King, Marshall; Mrs. Sara
Appenzeller, Organist; Mrs. Camilla Sheer, Adah; Mrs. Ema King, Ruth; Mrs. Edna
Crihfield, Esther; Mrs. Laurinda Watt, Martha; Mrs. Edna Reinmiller, Electa;
Mrs. Lillian Hamilton, Warder; Don Lee, Sentinel.

    The charter members were: Mr. and Mrs. Horace Crihfield, Dr. and Mrs. Maskel
Lee, Don Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Crihfield, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. King, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Reinmiller, Mrs. Muriel Selby, Miss Mary Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. C.
R. Crandall, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Appenzeller, Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Hamilton, Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Sheer, Mrs. Laurinda Watt, Raymond Wagner and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
S. McIntyre.

    An outstanding attendance record was made by Robert S. McIntyre, who missed
but two meetings during his 27 years in the chapter.

    The present membership in 1953 is 123.


INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS

    In March 1855 twelve prominent business men of Atlanta met and formed an
organization that embraced the principles upon which Odd Fellowship was founded.
At this meeting, a petition was directed to the Grand Lodge of Illinois. The
petition was accepted and a dispensation was granted.

    Logan Lodge held its first meeting on April 15, 1855. At the next session of
the Grand Lodge of Illinois, a charter was issued the new lodge naming it Logan
Lodge No. 176. The charter was signed by Grand Master James E. Starr October 12,
1855, with Charles B. Van Horn as Noble Grand and William Van Horn as secretary.

    The charter members were James P. Mead, Charles B. Van Horn, William Van
Horn, Anthony N. Dills, John M. Gill, Louis Eichberg, J. M. Tuttle, Jefferson
Dugger, B. F. Dalzell, Andrew D. Downey, Isaac V. Gray and J. M. Fisher.


DAUGHTERS OF REBEKAH

  Whittier Lodge No. 242, Daughters of Rebekah, was instituted in Atlanta,
January 31, 1889, Mrs. Joseph Uhr being the first Noble Grand. Later this lodge
disbanded.

    On April 6, 1917, the new Whittier Rebekah Lodge, No. 804 was instituted by
Mrs. Blanche Yancey, of McLean, who had been appointed special deputy by the
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Illinois.

    The degree was conferred by Nona Lodge of McLean, and the following officers
were elected: Noble Grand, Emma Mason; Vice Grand, Katherine Dreher; Secretary,
Elizabeth Robinson; Treasurer, Hazel Miller. There were 38 charter members, 19
men and 19 women.

    Charter members who are still active and still belong to the order are Dell
Dreher, Olive Baker and Hazel Miller. At the present time there are 80 members.


ATLANTA CAMP No. 500, MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA

    Records show that Atlanta Camp No. 500, M. W. A. was instituted February 10,
1888, with the following officers: George I. McFarland, Consul; J. W. Gordon,
Clerk; C. A. Jones, Banker. Roy A. Colaw, present clerk of Atlanta Camp, has
served as secretary continuously since 1933.


DIANA CAMP No. 1148, ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA

    This camp was instituted September 20, 1898, and the charter was granted
October 12, 1898. The first meeting was held on Nov. 12, 1898, at which time the
officers were elected, a name for the camp was selected and by-laws were
adopted. The name, Diana, meaning Great Huntress was chosen, and the following
officers were elected: Anna Kearney, Oracle; Sarah Morse, Vice Oracle; Ella
Boosinger, Recorder; Mrs. J, D. Brock, Receiver.

    The charter members of this camp were: Horace Crihfield, Mrs. J. D. Brock,
Ella Boosinger, A. L. Moorehead, Etta R. Snyder, D. H. Rhodes, Mrs. D. H.
Rhodes, T. B. Reeves, Mrs. A. Fiddler, Ed Fiddler, Jennie Vance, Hallie Vance,
Philip Vance, W. W. Richmond, Alice Higgins, Helen Kinser, William Kinser, James
Williams, Zora Dagley, Nora Campbell, Anna Kearney, F. S. Storrs, Sarah E.
Morse, Theodore Reeves, Mollie Corthon, D. G. Corthon, T. N. Hamilton, Mrs.
Lillie Hamilton, C. A. Jones, Mrs. C. A. Jones, B. I. Pumpelly, J. T. Webster,
J. M. Gaines, James Snyder, Mrs. J. T. Webster, Hattie Foley, James Dagley,
Lieffie A. Weaver.


INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS

    Prairie Gem Lodge, Independent Order of Good Templars No. 265, was organized
during the month of March, 1856, by L. L. Bond, of Chicago, G. W. S. of the
State of Illinois. The first officers were S. B. Dugger, Miss M. J. O'Brien, H.
A. Angell, G. A. Colton, Mrs. Julia Burritt, A. H. Forrest, A. B. Barron, C. H.
Strathman, J. V. McGahan, Mrs. Sarah Lewis, Mrs. C. M. Dugger, H. A. Clow, James
Shores and J. Q. A. Lewis. Meetings were discontinued in 1869.

    March 2, 1896, the Good Templars Lodge was again organized and for sometime
was a flourishing order. The following officers were elected and installed by W.
H. Neel, Deputy: C. T., Mr. Smith; V. T., Miss Nora Martin; secretary, Miss
Hattie Slack; F. S., D. D. Throop; treasurer, Miss Hattie Mason; S. J., Mrs.
Wikle; P. C. T., Prof. A. S. Patterson; M., Lewis Holt; G., Eugene Steinaker;
Sent., E. Langdon; Chap., Mr. Scott; A. S., Rev. E. J. Thomas; D. M., Miss Alice
Stratton.

    During this period, the W. C. T. U. flourished in Atlanta, and each member
of the Good Templars Lodge took a temperance pledge, even to the extent of
promising to abstain from drinking sweet cider.


CENTRAL LODGE No. 111, ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN

    Central Lodge No. 111, A. O. U. W., was organized March 25, 1878. The first
officers were J. C. Cole, Past Master Workman; S. B. James, Master Workman; A.
J. McLain, F.; Alfred Turner, O.; W. H. Mason, Recorder; C. H. Turner,
Financier; A. J. Reise, Receiver; M. L. Higgins, G.; W. H. McGahan, I. W.;
George Hoerr, O. W.


ATLANTA LODGE No. 108, INDEPENDENT ORDER OF MUTUAL AID

    Atlanta Lodge No. 108, I. O. M. A., an insurance and fraternal order, was
organized January 13, 1881, with sixty-six members.


ACME LODGE No. 332, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

    Acme Lodge No. 332, Knights of Pythias of Atlanta, Illinois, was instituted
February 11, 1892. The first officers of the lodge were: C. C., Chas. W.
O'Connell; V. C., James H. Jones; Prelate, Oscar Hoose; Treasurer, Levi Coons;
Finance Secretary, John Ward; Secretary, Charles Holder; M. A., Henry Dillon; I.
G., George Maus; O. G., Robert McIntyre.

    The Lodge was instituted with twenty-nine members and had a peak membership,
of one hundred members in 1910. The organization became inactive in 1937.


ATLANTA TEMPLE No. 241, PYTHIAN SISTERS

    Atlanta Temple, No. 241, Pythian Sisters was instituted March 16, 1914. The
first officers were: Past Chief, Emma Mason; Most Excellent Chief, Bessie Bevan;
Excellent Senior, Fern Crandall; Excellent Junior, Ada Cheatham; Manager, Dell
Hoose; Mistress of Records and Correspondence, Leiffie Weaver; Mistress of
Finance, Cora B. Hitchell; Protector, Katherine Dreher; Guard, Gertrude Kurth.

    The organization is no longer active.


CHICKASAW TRIBE  No. 277, IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN

    Chickasaw Tribe No. 277, I. O. R. M., was organized in 1906 with 35 charter
members, and was in existence about ten years. A Council of the Daughters of
Pocahontas was organized in 1914 and remained active for about three years.


ANTI-THIEF SOCIETY

    The Anti-Thief Society was organized in 1854, designed to protect members
and residents about town against all kinds of thieving. In 1869, the laws of the
society were revised and printed and more members were added until the number
reached 103. At that date, they had reported 39 horses and mules returned to
their owners, out of 42 stolen, and a vast amount of merchandise had also been
recovered. Sixteen thieves had been apprehended. The officers of the society at
an early time were John E. Hoblit, president; S. H. Fields, vice-president;
Frank Hoblit, treasurer and secretary; Smith Stroud, captain, and Abel Larison,
lieutenant. The existence of this society, its mode of decisive action and
determination to find the outlaw was one of the strongest safeguards the city of
Atlanta possessed.


GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC

    Atlanta Post No. 326, G. A. R., was mustered August 27, 1883, with
thirty-nine members and the following officers: Commander, J". J. Fields; senior
vice commander, H. C. Hawes; junior vice commander, Daniel Gardner;
quartermaster, A. P. West; chaplain, John Wikel; surgeon, W. T. Kirk; officer of
the day, J. W. Spindler; officer of the guard, James Lambert; adjutant, James
Ladew; sergeant major, A. W. Chenoweth; quartermaster's sergeant, W. L. James.

    The Post was active during the ensuing years, until death took its toll of
the veterans. The last member of the Post was Henry C. Hawes, who passed away
August 15, 1931.

    An active organization connected with the G. A. R. Post and auxiliary
thereto was the Woman's Relief Corps.


KU KLUX KLAN

    Atlanta also had its Ku Klux Klan. Organized in 1919, it is said to have had
a membership numbering almost two hundred. At a joint revival meeting of the
Christian, Methodist and Baptist churches in Atlanta, the Klan made a public
presentation of $300 to be divided equally among the three churches.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF ATLANTA 1853-1953

Prepared by Citizens of Atlanta
As a Part of the Observance of the
Centennial, June 11,12 and 13,1953

THE PUBLICATION IS SPONSORED BY THE ATLANTA WOMAN'S CLUB

Atlanta, Illinois 1953

Published By
The Stewart - Pinks Publishing Co.
Atlanta, Illinois


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