ODD FELLOWSHIP IN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY (part 2) Vol 1 page 106 SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY Golden Link Rebekah Lodge, No. 37 Golden Link Rebekah Lodge, No. 37, of Guilford was insti- tuted by Russell G. Dyer, Grand Master, assisted by Past Grands of Good Cheer Lodge and others, May 7, 1891. The charter members were, Minnie M. Goldtbwaite, A. Goldthwaite, Annie P. Goldthwaite, F. S. Murray, S. J. Hale, T. J. Chase, F. M. Sawtelle, S. H. Stevens, A. S. Whitney, Lizzie H. Whitney, J. K. Lambert, Florence Lambert, Ada L. Sawtelle, Lucretia E. Curtis, Agnes S. French, John E. French. Sarah Bennett, Velora J. McSorley, Sara A. Stevens, Ernestine Hale, and others. It now numbers 270; 177 sisters and 93 brothers, making a good gain in membership nearly every year, and is not behind the other Rebekah Lodges in the County for good works in furthering the best interests of the Order. It has had to change quarters twice. In 1902, when Odd Fellows Hall was destroyed by fire, it moved to Newbegin Hall, and later when the present Odd Fellows block was erected, it moved into its present quarters, finely equipped for the exempli- fication of this beautiful degree. Its Noble Grands have been: Minnie M. Goldthwaite, Ella J. Edes, Almeda Jackson, Addie O. Stevens, Lizzie H. Whitney, Sara A. Stevens, Ernestine Hale, Flora E. Hibbard, Isabelle Mellor, Sara E. Skillings, Lilla J. Smith, Rose B. Page, Inez Goldthwaite, Velzora E. Arnold, Mae McCausland, Ida Brockway, Ernestine Hale, Isabelle Mellor, Marv Somers, Bessie Mellor, Myra Drew, Georgia E. Dudley, Lillian Jenkins, Beatrice Skolfield. North Star Rebekah Lodge, No. 38 The next day, May 8, Grand Master Dyer went to the neigh- boring town of Monson and there, with the assistance of Past Grands, instituted North Star Rebekah Lodge, No. 38. Its charter members were, A. E. Bartlett, Hattie Bartlett, W. C. Brown, Ada J. Brown, Angie Beal, A. J. Cushman, Annie Cushman, W. W. Crooker, Susie Crooker, J. Davison, T. P. Elliott, Sarah F. Elliott, F. W. Elliott, W. L. Estabrooke, ODD FELLOWSHIP IN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY 107 Hannah E. Estabrooke, C. W. Folsom, Clara Folsom, A. W. Farrar, Etta Farrar, A. S. Garland, Roxie Garland, W. A. Gray, Emma L. Gray, L. A. Hibbard, Lilla Hibbard, E. T. Heseock, Mary E. Hescock, A. H. Harding, Fae Harding, E. It. Haynes, Sarah Haynes, C. L. Hamilton, Florence Hamilton, AV. R. Hughes, Mary L. Hughes, S. J. Hughes, Belle Hughes, L. S. Hall, E. L. Hall, D. J. Jackson, Bertha Jackson, Andrew Jones, R. J. Jones, Frank Kirk, Emma Kirk, Seth A. Leeman, C. W. Morrill, Mary D. Morrill, Fred Mathews, Emma Mathews, A. C. L. Nelson, R. C. Penney, Jennie Penney, Samuel Pennington, Marcia Pennington, Joseph Russell, Eliza Russell, 0. J. Rice, Hannah Rice, F. H. Sherburne, Jennie M. Sherburne, William Sentner, Mary A. Sentner, R. G. Sawyer, Lydia A. Sawyer, J. F. Sprague, L. N. Smith, L. E. Stone, Vira C. Stone, G. H. Tarr, C. W. Weeks. This lodge is also in a flourishing condition and has at the present time 165 members with a steady increase. Like its sister Rebekah Lodge in Guilford, it suffered from fire and lost every- thing in the way of paraphernalia and lodge property except the records and lodge seal, when Masonic Hall was burned November 8, 1911. The 14th of last January found it settled in the new Masonic Hall and it is now well equipped in those fine quarters to continue its good work in advancing the interests of the Order and illustrat- ing the principles of Friendship, Love and Truth. Its Noble Grands have been: Angie Beal, Sarah F. Elliott, Mary A. Sentner, Hannah E. Estabrooke, Jennie M. Sherburne, Annie Cushman, Etta Farrar, Roxie Garland, Lizzie Davison, Hattie Bartlett, Mary E. Hescock, Anna J. Davis, Adelia 0. Blake, Kate E. Riddle, -Maggie Smith, Annie Glover, Sarah S. Poole, Ethel Hescock, Delta Flint, Mary Jones, M. Augusta Wing, Laveda W. Farrar, Minnie H. Knight, Maude Bray. New England Lodge, No. 125 June 15th, 1891, Grand Master Russell G. Dyer again vis- ited Piscataquis, and instituted New England Lodge, No. 125, at Greenville. 108 SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY The charter members were, W. 1. Gerrish, A. J. Moore, John Morrison, Ed. Henderson, Levi Newton, Murdock McLean, W. 0. Hilton, Henry W. Budden, Duncan Matheson, Freeman Tyler, Louis Gill, Charles L. Capen, Allan Hinds, John H. Mansell, Daniel Monroe, Amos Bulmer, A. W. Gerrisb, George W. Brown, C. M. Woods, M. 0. Sawyer, John G. Saw- yer, M. McPheters, D. C. Phillips, Henry Cotter, John Billadeau, Henry P. Sawyer, Mark Peavy, S. E. Harford, Charles D. Shaw. The energy of this lodge is shown from the fact that although it has but a small territory to draw from, in practically an iso- lated position with Moosehead Lake on the north and wilderness to the east and west, it has had a steady growth and now has 180 members. Since its institution it has paid out in benefits and aid the sum of $2,908.53. In 1894 it moved from the old Town Hall to Society Hall in the Shaw Block, which is much better adapted to its use, furnishing an elegant home for the lodge. Its Noble Grands have been: C. M. Woods, C. D. Shaw, L. R. Young, G. D. Sturtevant, Amos Bulmer, Freeman Tyler, M. 0. Sawyer, George C. Mayo, Edward Pullen, Fred W. Ryder, Eugene Tyler, Joseph B. Potter, Clarence B. Hamilton, George W. BroWD, 1. A. Harris, T. E. Wood, Oren A. Young, George W. Page. Moosehead Encampment, No. 51 Moosehead Encampment, No. 51, was instituted at Guilford by Grand Patriarch David M. Parks, assisted by other Grand Officers and Past Chief Patriarchs from El Dorado Encampment, June 29th, 1894. The charter members were, E. W. Genthner, A. F. Edes, F. W. Kirk, J. F. Sprague, G. A. Bradman, Z. G. Stevens and C. A. Davis. This was the second successful attempt to establish Patri- archal Odd Fellowship in Piscataquis. It succeeded so well, in fact, that a few years later an Encampment was instituted at Milo, which is now one of the active Encampments of the Order, and is making a large annual increase in membership. ODD FELLOWSHIP IN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY 109 Moosehead Encampment is confined practically to Good Cheer Lodge and New England Lodge of Greenville for recruits as the Monson Patriarchs are members of El Dorado at Dover. Good Cheer Lodge, however, is a good lodge and capable of sustaining a large Encampment. Lodges are beginning to realize that their standing in the Order is better if they have a large per cent. of Patriarchs among their members, some of them claiming as high as sixty-five per cent. Kineo Lodge at Dover has over fifty per cent., and many others through the State nearly as many. As a matter of history, however, Good Cheer Lodge has not as many Patriarchs among its members as it should have. It is claimed that the prospect is good for the future, as it is made up of that class of Odd Fellows who will not be long satisfied in remaining half Odd Fellows, when the other degrees are so easily obtained and fully as important. Moosehead now has fifty members. It lost its paraphernalia in the fire referred to, but is now well equipped and in good condi- tion to work. It has paid out in benefits since instituted, $485.50. Its Chief Patriarchs have been: Frank M. Briggs, J. A. Goldthwaite, A. C. Hibbard, Clarence E. Lombard, Alexander F. Edes, Clarence E. Lombard, Zebulon G. Stevens, Edward A. Somers, Charles E. Higgins, M. S. Fogg, C. W. Stevens, Arthur Witham, Fred Mellor, Elmer Stevens, Leon B. Cousins, William B. Williams, L. B. Cousins, Elmer Stevens, and Selden 1). Rice. Lakeside Rebekah Lodge, No. 116 The last Rebekah Lodge to be instituted in this County was, Lakeside Rebekah Lodge, No. 116, of Greenville. This was insti- tuted April 20, 1905, by Leon S. Merrill, Grand Master. The names of the charter members, most of whom are still residents of Greenville and active members in the lodge, are, Eli H. Buck, Clara C. Buck, Idella A. Carleton, Harry M. Carleton, Henry N. Bartley, Nellie L. Bartley, Minnie A. Bartley, Susie M. Bartley, T. W. Bartley, Ellen Meservey, Walter Meservey, Edward Cullen, Stella M. Carleton, Lon Tyler, Eugene Tyler, 110 SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY Flora Mayo, George C. Mayo, Caroline Mitchell, Peter McArthur, Elizabeth McArthur, Alice A. Carleton, Joseph B. Potter, Lillian G. Hildreth, Agnes Gregan, James Gregan, Freeman Tyler, Sadie D. Bartlett, Lulu P. McDowell, John E. McDowell, Flora B. Wood, Thomas E. Wood, Ada M. Pooler, E. M. Perry, Isaac M. Murphy, Elizabeth Hamilton, Clarence Hamilton, Aggie Potter, Moses Micue, Sarah Micue, Henry P. Sawyer, Louisa M. Sawyer, Mabel S. Hunt, Hiram Hunt, Annie E. Young, Leonard R. Young, John Arboo, Amos R. Bulmer, Blanche F. Bulmer, Nora Pooler, Mary Young, Myrtle McPheters, Nellie Masterman, Vina Evans, Elizabeth Blanchard, Lillie Brogan, Sarah L. Davis, Joseph S. Le Mieux, Laura M. Hildreth, L. L. Hildretb, Daniel C. Jardine, Irving Hamilton, David Brown. The lodge now numbers 113 and occupies the fine lodge quarters in the Shaw Block. It is an important factor in Green- ville Odd Fellowship, and like other Rebekah Lodges in the County, enjoys visitations with other lodges and does its share in maintaining the principles of the Order. It has a steady increase in membership. Its Noble Grands have been: Elizabeth Hamilton, Stella Carleton, Mary Young, Blanche Meservey, Myrtle McPheters, Elizabeth Hamilton, Lilla Allen, Lilla Allen, Grace Young. Washington Encampment, No. 56 The youngest Encampment in the County is Washington Encampment, No. 56, instituted at Milo, February 22, 1907, Willis A. Bailey, Grand Patriarch. The charter members were, John E. Doble, Chester ff. Bus- well, Bert L. Gould, Stanley Paddock, F. A. Genthner, W. W. Waugh, L. G. C. Brown, C. W. Wentworth, C. A. Sprague, D. AV. Curtis, J. F. Davis, F. R. Danforth, H. A. Snow, C. W. Conner, A. J. Pierce, A. C. Soule, Fred M. Bolster, All. E. Gammon, G. W. Johnstone. Although only six years old, it has been so well supported by Dirigo Lodge that it now has upon its rolls 65 members. The steady growth which it has enjoyed, especially during the last two ODD FELLOWSHIP IN PISCATAQUIS CO. 111 or three years, will soon make it one of the large Encampment,,; of the State. When instituted, it was placed in the Bangor district, but in 1910 was transferred to District No. 11, which embraces El Dorado, No. 20, of Dover, Silver Lake, No. 30, of Dexter and Moosehead, No. 51, of Guilford, thus making a compact district, easy for visitation and district meetings, which are held each year. With the loyal support of a growing lodge, its future seems secure. Its Chief Patriarchs in the six years of its existence have been: J. F. Davis, John E. Doble, W. W. Waugh, 1. G. Mayo, AV. A. Hobbs, Walter H. Snow and Hollis J. Hall. Canton Kineo, No. 6, Patriarchs Militant The first and only Canton of Patriarchs Militant in Piscata- quis County was mustered in as Canton Kineo, No. 6, the present year, at Dover, May 21, 1913, by General Frederick W. Hinckley, Department Commander. The Commander was assisted by General Charles M. Stewart, Colonel E. E. Kirk, Lieutenant Colonel A. R. Lovette, Captain Leroy D. White, Captain H. E. Harriman, Captain J. T. Holbrook and other Chevaliers from Bangor. An election of officers resulted in the unanimous choice of Willis E. Parsons, Captain; Calvin W. Brown, Lieutenant; Arthur A. Dinsmore, Ensign; Fred D. Barrows, Clerk; and Sanger E. Coburn, Accountant. The officers were then installed by Department Commander Hinckley. The appointive officers are, Standard Bearer, John A. Wiles; Guard, A. G. Brown; Sentinel, G. F. Gould; Picket, S. J. Law. After the work was completed, able and interesting remarks were made by General Hinckley, General Stewart and others, and the dismissing of the Canton was followed by refreshments in the ban- quet hall by Caterer 1). E. Foulkes of the Union Square Cafe'. Much enthusiasm was shown by the Chevaliers, a vote of thanks tendered Canton Bangor, and at the close of the Canton- ment three ringing cheers were given for the Department Com- mander, and Canton Kineo, No. 6, of Dover, was launched on its 112 SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY career of usefulness as a unit of Patriarchs Militant with the largest charter membership of any ever organized in this State. El Dorado Encampment alone can furnish over 200 Chevaliers. The regular meetings of the Canton will be held the third Wednesday of every month at its Armory in Odd Fellows Hall. At its first meeting after being mustered in, the Patriarchs Militant degree was conferred and six Chevaliers added to the ranks. The charter members are: Willis E. Parsons, Frank K. Rogan, John A. Wiles, Ralph L. Annis, F. L. Sawyer, Arthur A. Dinsmore, Calvin W. Brown, Pearl F. Sawyer, S. T. Mansfield, H. J. Merrill, A. H. Bartlett, C. S. Maguire, NV. B. Blethen, F. A. Merrill, C. A. Crommett, G. P. Cudmore, Edw. A. Weed, H. E. Rowe, J. W. Leland, George E. Vague, J. T. Ayer, H. H. Maguire, A. G. Brown, S, E. Coburn, Harold K. Farnham, Oscar H. Folsom, D. E. Dinsmore, C. F. Palmer, W. F. Crommett, S. A. Annis, T. P. Elliott, F. W. Brown, Harry Coy, Fred A. Moore, Clarence E. Lafferty, Orman L. Trundy, Fred P. Ayer, A. C. Moore, G. F. Gould, A. M. Davis, Elmer E. Cole, E. H. Nickerson, F. D. Barrows, A. L. Gilman, E. A. Glover, S. J. Chase, S. F. Atwood, R. E. Hoyt, W. H. Bartlett, W. S. Ham, Charles F. Dearth, F. E. Day, W. H. True, A. M. Pratt, J. H. Taylor, E. A. Ramsdell, J. H. Shaw, John F. Sprague, W. H. Buck, F. E. Waterman, C. L. Hoyt, R. H. Sands, F. E. Chandler, George W. Harvey, L. C. Sawyer, E. D. Noyes, Edward J. Mayo, C, S. Swallow, H. F. Powers, S. J. Law, E. J. Rankins, F. T. Crommett. Honorable John F. Sprague of Dover, for aid rendered in the organization of different branches of the Order, has a record un- equaled in this County, if not in the State: five times his name has appeared as charter member, first in Good Cheer Lodge, No. 37, of Guilford, then Onaway Lodge, No. 106, and North Star Rebekah Lodge, No. 38, both of Monson, Moosehead Encamp- ment, No. 51, of Guilford, and this year, Canton Kineo, No. 6, of Dover. ODD FELLOWSHIP IN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY 113 Our Fraternity All branches of the Order in Piscataquis have shown a most laudable spirit of good fellowship and true fraternity. Visitations of lodges are a common occurrence in this part of Maine's jurisdic- tion. Subordinate and Rebekah Lodges have social gatherings, other lodges being invited, degrees conferred on candidates, enter- tainments given with good music by the lodge orchestra, at which friendly interchange of remarks under the Good of the Order are often inspiring and helpful to the work, all followed by a sump- tuous banquet usually prepared by the local Rebekah Lodge. Frequently old El Dorado Encampment holds such gather- ings, or loads its paraphernalia on the train and with its degree staff and a goodly number of other Patriarchs, goes to Milo, Mon- son or Dexter to work a degree and sometimes to Bangor or other sections out of the County. Silver Lake Encampment at Dexter is a wide-awake Encamp- ment, growing rapidly. Most of its charter members were El Dorado Patriarchs, and a true brotherly spirit has always existed between them and the Patriarchs of Piscataquis. Silver Lake Encampment is also in this district, which is composed of four Encampments, El Dorado, No. 20, at Dover, Silver Lake, No. 30, at Dexter, Moosehead, No. 51, at Guilford and Washington, No. 56, at Milo. Its history as an Encampment might well be given here, except that this article purports to be a brief account of Odd Fellowship in Piscataquis County. This fraternizing of Lodges and Encampments has been very beneficial to all branches of the Order in this section. Enthusiasm for the work has been created and social intercourse has strength- ened fraternal ties, developing a deeper appreciation of the principles of the Order and a unity in that purpose of extending its blessings to still greater numbers who may be found ready to assume its obligations. It has proved a potent factor in the steady growth of Odd Fellowship in this district. The Lodges and Encampments in this County, some of them instituted in recent years and all of small beginning, have paid out in relief to its members and the needy, $51,000.00. This is surely a magnificent relief fund in a small community like ours, but 114 SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY while the command of our Order is to "visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan," it is by no means the most important part of our great institution. We strive to elevate all mankind; to improve the character of man, to awaken in him a higher conception of his capabilities for good, to enlarge the sphere of his affections, and prepare him for the "true, fraternal relation designed by the Great Author of his being. " What Odd Fellowship means to the community, state or nation in which it flourishes, only members of the Order familiar with its principles and its profound teachings as an institution can know. It recognizes all men as brothers, and so cordial and friendly are the relations of its members that politics or religion are never discussed and so far as known never thought of in the lodge room. There is Do caste. Here the rich and the poor, the high and the low, meet on a common level, all learning humility and the essential features of the great lessons of life. It makes for better citizenship, and good citizens make a great Republic. Paul reasoned of righteousness, temperance and a judgment to come. So Odd Fellowship teaches righteousness, right living, just precepts and that true love of God and humanity which banishes wrong impulses from the heart so that it may not foster evil, the bane of society, the foundation of all wrong, the 'progenitor of crime, hatred and violence." And it is true that our Order has been the means whereby many a brother has received his first practical Christian lesson. Its members learn to teach, hence to know some of the most beau- tiful lessons drawn from Holy Writ, and as the older members have been enlightened so they strive to enlighten those who seek to become one with them, to make each new acquisition to their ranks feel as they take him by the hand and he looks them in the face, that he is in all the force of its deep meaning, a brother. And how much of real Christianity is embraced in that word, brother. What true religion of the heart is embodied in a sincere brotherhood. How uplifting the associations of the lodge room, the home of the Odd Fellow, where the world is shut out and those who have assumed the sacred obligations find that Sympathy and Love assert their mild dominion, while Faith and Charity, so rare ODD FELLOWSHIP IN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY 115 in the world, here combine to bless the mind with peace and soften the heart with sympathy. Charity, Charity toward each other, Charity which suffereth long and is kind, and, recognizing the frail- ties of humanity, strives to help an erring or unfortunate brother with a true Christian spirit. Temperance is also taught and no man who in any way deals in intoxicants can become a member of the Order. Not all Odd Fellows are teetotalers, but the number who are addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors is becoming less every year and an in- fringement of lodge rules leads to discipline and, if persisted in, to expulsion from the Order. No good Odd Fellow, however firm his control of his own appetite, sets a bad example for a weaker brother to follow. He asks not the question, "Ain I my brother's keeper?" but rather, "How can my influence be extended, that I may exert a greater power for good?" Of a judgment to come, the Odd Fellow is also reminded, and keeps in view the vanity of worldly things, the instability of wealth and power, and knowing man's mortality and the certain decay of all earthly greatness, strives for immortality in that sphere where it is fully realized that the God of nations is the Father of all men and all men are brothers. It teaches lovalty to country and flag and the nation today is a stronger Republic by reason of nearly two million of men above the age of twenty-one within its borders, who bear aloft, side by side with the Stars and Stripes, the banner of American Odd Fel- lowship. That mighty host now spreading throughout Christendom with Amicitia, Amor et Veritas, inscribed upon its banner, is rapidly fraternizing the nations of earth and hastening the hour when they shall learn war no more, when one law shall bind all nations, tongues and kindreds of the earth, and that law will be "the law of universal brotherhood. " The lessons of Odd Fellow- ship, founded upon Holy Writ and laid down in our ritual, have been prepared by the greatest minds that ever blessed this free, big- hearted country of ours and are beautiful in construction and last- ing in effect. The laws and regulations of the Order are under the Sovereign Grand Lodge, which meets annually, its legislative body being made up of two representatives from each Grand Lodge and two 116 SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY from each Grand Encampment under its jurisdiction, and Do abler body of men ever assembles. It has been called the senate of the world. This body keeps abreast of ever changing conditions, the needs of the Order and of the people in different nationalities where its various branches exist. No greater agency for good to humanity now exists among fraternal associations, or was ever known to mankind. It is being recognized in other lands and the future no man can tell, but the rapid growth of the Order shows that it is more and more appre- ciated by men who have the good of humanity at heart. Our own County of Piscataquis is more temperate, more law abiding, more Christian in spirit, and has more good fellowship by reason of Odd Fellowship. It surely is worthy the support of every citized who is so fortunate as to be eligible to its ranks. To members, of the Order who are familiar with its teachings, I have sometimes likened Odd Fellowship to a mighty temple, illuminating the earth, its bright rays penetrating the darkness of prejudice, hatred find violence. Within its shining portals there is no sect or creed for there the God of Nations is the Father of all men and all men are brothers. Under its benign influence the tear of the widow is stayed and the orphan loves to linger, while the aged and infirm thank God for its protection. Before its altar strong men learn of the insta- bility of wealth and power and that there Friendship and Love assert their mild dominion, while Faith and Charity combine to bless the mind with peace and soften the heart with sympathy. The votaries at its shrine, a mighty host among the sons of men, imbued with Toleration and the Golden Rule, Sympathy and Love, reach out toward all humanity, hastening that period when one law shall bind all nations, tongues and kindreds of the earth, and that law will be the law of universal brotherhood. Stated Meetings of the Order For the benefit of visiting Odd Fellows, the date of stated meetings of the different branches of the Order in this County is here given: ODD FELLOWSHIP IN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY 117 Subordinate Lodges Dirigo Lodge, No. 63, Milo, each Wednesday evening. Kineo Lodge, No. 64, Dover, each Fridai Good Cheer Lodge, No. 37, Guilford, each Thursday evening. Onaway Lodge, No. 106, Monson, each Thursday evening. New England Lodge, No. 125, Greenville, each Monday evening. Encampments El Dorado Encampment, No. 20, Dover, first and third Monday evening. Moosehead Encampment, No. 51, Guilford, first and third Tuesday evening. Washington Encampment, No. 56, Milo, second and fourth Monday evening. Rebekah Lodges Wenonah Rebekah Lodge, No. 11, Dover, first and second Tuesday evening. Orion Rebekah Lodge, No. 16, Milo, first and third Friday evening. Golden Link Rebekah Lodge, No. 37, Guilford, first and third Friday evening. North Star Rebekah Lodge, No. 38, Monson, second and fourth Tuesday evening. Lakeside Rebekah Lodge, No. 116, Greenville, first and third Thursday evening. Patriarchs Militant Canton Kineo, No. 6, Dover, third Wednesday of every month. ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. 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