REBEKAH LODGE #220, 1913, ONTARIO, NEW YORK Copyright (c) 1999 by Martha Magill (hatsync@bway.net). ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submittor has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ Constitution By-Laws and Rules of Order of Gorham Rebekah Lodge No. 220 Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of New York Gorham, N.Y. Instituted September 9, 1913 New York: George J. Medole, Printer 17-27 Vandewater Street, 1914 CHARTER MEMBERS Chas. T. Adamson Eleanor F. Adamson A.N. Angell Sylvia Angell John A. Burgess Lena Burgess Eliza Bain Martin E. Bain Lenora Buckaliew Wm. Buckaliew Amos Cook Charlotte Cook Chas. L. Crosier Cora L. Crosier Chas. B. Forest Joanna L. Forest George Fake Morris R. Hocroft Sarah L. Hocroft Joseph Hutchins Harriet Hutchins Geo. H. Smith J.H. Teece Maude E. Teece Alonzo Walter Helen Walter Luella Walter Harriet Walter Isaac H. Wells Charlotte Wells Robert H. Whyte Nora J. Whyte Chas. D. Scofield The booklet's frontispiece includes the certificate of admittance to membership of Mrs. Edith Phillips. Gorham, N.Y. July 28, 1914 This is to Certify that Mrs. Edith Phillips was admitted a member of this Lodge by Initiation on the 28th day of July 1914. Signed by Eliza A. Bain, N.G. Charlotte Cook, Sec'y Note: The Rebekahs and Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) were lodges formed in the 19th century to provide for the security and well-being and welfare of members. Over the years the Rebekahs have given personal and financial assistance after natural disasters and raise money for eye treatment and vision research. Membership is open to all women over 16 as well as men who are members of the Odd Fellows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All spellings are as in the original book. Contributed by Martha Perry Magill Copyright © 1999 Martha Perry Magill All Rights Reserved.