MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA, RED OAK CAMP NO. 2518;
              CHARTER MEMBERS AND CURRENT (1921) 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 
USGenWeb Nebraska Archives, April, 1998, by Sandy Smith (MaranaD@aol.com). 
  

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                 HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA AND ITS PEOPLE
                   Grant L Shumway, Scottsbluff, Nebraska
                 The Western Publishing & Engraving Company
                            Lincoln, Nebraska
                                  1921


 Modern Woodmen of America, Red Oak Camp No. 2518, was instituted at 
Chappell October 11, 1894, with the following charter members:

Allen Chamberlain
William E. Coumbe
Charles W. Ferguson
James W. Head, Jr.
Ed Herrington
John Howitt
James F. McLaughlin
Harry C. McNew
William R. Miller
George W. Moore
F.P. Morgan
August G. Newman
Gustav Newman
Julius W. Newman
E.C. Park
Lincoln W. Pidgeon
Fred Sudman
John W. Whonn

In 1921 the officers of the Modern Woodmen were:

A.E. Ross, Consul
Will Zehr, Clerk
Jack Howitt, Advocate
Ed Hobson, Watchman
Jack McAuliff, Escort
Henry Peterson, Banker
There are now ninety - three members in the organization.