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

    The order of the Eastern Star was instituted May 5, 1909, at which 
time its officers and charter members 
were as follows:
Mrs. May Johnson, Worthy Matron
Guy C. Newman, Secretary
Mrs. Ella M. Hendrickson, Conductress
Mrs. Luceba Babcock, Chaplain
Henry G. Weigand, Treasurer
Miss Grace A. Newman, Ada
Mrs. Minnie Sudman, Ruth
Dora A. Wolf, Ester
Mrs. Florence A. Soeton, Martha
Mrs. Mary A. Weigand, Electra
George A. Soeton, Sentry
THE MEMBERS WERE:
Harvey I. Babcock
Mrs. Helen Babcock
Miss Lucy Johnson
Eugene DeLatour
Frank C. LaSelle
Harriet B. LaSelle
James Manuel
Mrs. Christy Manuel
William G. Melton
August G. Newman
John O'Neil
Andrew Peterson
Mrs. Tille A. Peterson,
Jacob Roudebush
Mrs. Sarah Roudebush
William E. Roudebush
August Sudman
Fred Sudman
Miss Maude Sudman
Miss Minnie Sudman
Mrs. August Sudman
John R. Wertz
Minnie Zimmerman
    The Eastern Star in 1921 had a hundred and nineteen members with 
the following officers:
Mrs. Tillie Peterson, Worthy Matron
Mary B. Thompson, Associate Matron
Glenn S. LaSelle, Worthy Patron
Olive Bracken, Secretary
Mrs. Julia Sudmann, Conductress
Mrs. Lillian Slocumb, Chaplain
Henry C. Peterson, Treasurer
Clarence A. Gray, Sentry
Mrs. Mary Smith, Marshal
Mrs. Emily Brownell, Warden
Mrs. Grace Busse, Ada
Mrs. Lulu Colman, Ruth
Mrs. Ada Wolf, Ester
Mrs. Jennie Hapworth, Martha
Minnie Sudman, Electra
and in her absence Mrs. W.H. Thompson is Electra