INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS AND DAUGHTERS OF REBECCA;
            CHARTER AND CURRENT (1921) MEMBERS AND OFFICERS;
                  CHAPPELL, DEUEL COUNTY, NEBRASKA

From "HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA AND ITS PEOPLE" by Grant L. Shumway
(The Western Publishing & Engraving Company: 1921) Submitted to the 
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                 HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA AND ITS PEOPLE
                   Grant L Shumway, Scottsbluff, Nebraska
                 The Western Publishing & Engraving Company
                            Lincoln, Nebraska
                                  1921

                                CHAPPELL

                   INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 181, was established in 
Chappell on May 13, 1890.  The charter members and first officers 
of the organization were:
W.P. Miles, Noble Grand
T.P. Morgan, Vice Grand
John Hinshaw, Recording Secretary
George P. Smith, Financial Secretary
Martin Michelson, Treasurer
H.W. Chowins
W.V. Rielly
O.B. Shobert
John N. White
This order now has a hundred and two members and the officers in 1921 
were:
Amel Peterson, Noble Grand
Ray Sterns, Vice Grand
A.J. Braken, Secretary
A.E. Ross, Treasurer

                         DAUGHTERS OF REBECCA

The daughters of Rebecca, was chartered August 24, and established 
August 28, 1891.  The officers and charter members were:
Mrs. Nettie Morgan, Nobel Grand
Vennie Brown, Vice Grand
Cintie Cole, Recording Secretary
Mrs. Mary Smith, Financial Secretary
Mrs. Mary Moors, Treasurer
B.H. Brashears
Mrs. B.H. Brashears
J.H. Brown
Mrs. S.H. Cole
W.F. Cole
Charles E. Foster
Mrs. Alice Foster
John Hinshaw
Martin Mikkelson
Charles Moore
T.B. Morgan
George W. Sine
Agnes Smith
George M. Smith
George P. Smith
Frank Thacher
B.D.K. Wertz
John M. White
Issac Woolf
Hattie Woolf.
There were fifty seven members in this organization while the present 
officers were:
Alta Nosland, Noble Grand
Hazel Peterson, Vice Grand
Retta Brown, Secretary
J.C. Gyger, Treasurer
Lydia Crawford, Chaplain