The Sunday Gazetter
Sunday, September 23, 1879
Denison Daily
News
January 8, 1880
Pg. 1
SECRET
SOCIETIES
A.F. & A.M.
Lone Star Lodge, No. 403 – Was organized July 9, 1873, and worked under
dispensation until June 6, 1874, when it was chartered.
The lodge is in a flourishing condition with
70 members. Their new lodge room was recently fitted up and refurnished
at a
cost of $90. The
following are the
officers: J.B. Hewitt, W.M.;
Jno G.
West, S W; Jake Henrie, J W; L Eppstein, treasurer; H. Casper,
secretary; J S
Johnson, S D; C.M. Kirk, J D; a Dettamore, S Steward; H.K. Kimmel, J
Steard;
and S Harryman, Tyler; Post Master – W.J. Jennings, Charles Cunningham,
Geo J.
Dexter and J.C. Field. Regular
meetings,
first Tuesday in each month.
I.O.O.F.
Denison Lodge No. 161 – Chartered Feb. 22, 1873, with ten members, and
now
numbers about fifty. Their
new lodge
room was recently furnished at an expense of $600.
Regular meeting Friday nights.
Officers – Hank Wingrove, N G: Nic Larson, V
G; C.C. Shumucker, Sec; E.B. Sims, Treas; Jno Hoerr, Representative to
Grand
Lodge
ENCAMPMENT
Denison Encampment No. 59 – Organized in August 1874, with 8 members;
now
number 27. Regular
meetings first Monday
in each month. Officers
– John Hoerr,
Chief Patriarch; John Nevins, High Priest; N. Larson, S W; Phillip
Blummer, J
W; John G. Gnase, Scribe; Louis Libbie, Treas; John Hoerr,
Representative to
Grand Encampment.
R.R. CONDUCTORS’ Div.
Lone Star Div., No. 53, Order Ry’ Conductors – Organized March 10,
1877, at
Corsicana; 9 charter members.
Transferred to Denison, Sept. 1877.
Mets first and third Sunday’s in each month. Officers – J.R. Wright, C
C; C.A. Warner, A C
C; W.C. Morrill, Sec’y; Present membership, 28.
UNITED WORKING MEN
Denison Lodge No. 8, A.O.U.W. – Organized Nov. 25, 1879, with 12
members;
present membership, 20. Meets
every
Tuesday night. Officers
– M.J.
Fitzgerald, P M W; Robert Gorbutt, M W; Robert Aniol, Foreman; Andrew
J.
Williams, Overseer; Robert Guthrie, Recorder; B.N. Carter, Receiver;
Mahl C.
Husted, Financier; Thomas Canniford, Guide; James Pennington, J W; Wm
Perkins,
O W; M.J. Fitzgerald, Robert Aniol and J.R. Murphy, Trustees. Tuesday night, Dec. 31st
three
delegates were appointed to go to Marshall, Tex., Jan. 23d. for the
purpose of
organizing a Grand Lodge for the state of Texas.
Delegates – A.J. Williams, M.C. Husted and
Joseph Kalfus.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR
Denison Lodge, No. 1571 – Organized April 18, 1879, with a membership
of 25;
present membership, 36. Meet
every
Friday night, in Pettigrew hall.
Officers – H.H. Hall, past dictator; J.M. Sheeder,
dictator; W.F.
Bennett, vice dictator; J.M. Hill, assistant dictator; E. Spencer,
reporter;
A.H. Coffin, financial reporter; J.D. Woodyard, treasurer; W.C. Tignor,
chaplain; M.H. Sheeder, guide; W.W. Saulsbury, guardian; J.A. Malcomb,
sentinel
and medical examiner.
ORDER OF
PROTECTION
Denison Lodge, No. 160 – Organized April 18, 1879.
Present membership, 24.
Officers – M.H. Sherburne, Protector; Mrs.
M.A. Sherburne, vice-Protector; Mrs. Bettie Bennett, Guide; J.A.
Malcolm,
Sec’y; W.F. Bennett, Financial Sec’y; J.M. Sheeder, Treasurer; W.C.
Tignor,
Chaplain.
BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
Denison Hebrew Benevolent Association – Organized Sept. 15, 1878. Membership, 25. Officers – L. Eppstein,
President; H. Casper,
vice-President; B.A. Cook, Sec’y; M. Kuehn, Treas; M. Grundstein, S.
Kaufman
and E. Jacobs, Trustees.
K. OF P.
Myrtle Lodge Knights of Pythias, No. 22 – Organized about two years
ago; is in
a flourishing condition. Officers
– J.M.
Sheeder, C C; F.N. Robertson, N C; H.C. Wingrove, Prelate; Chas
Litsinger, K of
R & S; T.B. Hanna, M of S; Geo W. Henrie, M of F; C.W.
Hotchkiss, M of A;
A. Waddell, Inner Guard; M.F. Dearing, Outer Guard; E.T. Hathaway, P
Chancellor; Representatives to Grand Lodge, H.C. Wingrove, T.B. Hanna. Meet every Tuesday night
at I O of O F Hall.
Endowment Tank, Section 330 – Organized Aug. 1879, with 18 members. Present membership, 25. Meet first Saturday night
in each month at
Odd Fellows Hall. Officers
– F.N.
Robertson, President; T.B. Hanna – vice-President; J.O. Williams,
Chaplain;
J.M. Sheeder, Sec’y and Treas; Alpheus T. Budlong, Guide; J.K.
Daughters,
Guardian; Sam Proud, Sentinel; T.B. Hanna and J.O. Williams, Medical
Examiners.
I.O.G.T.
Lone Star Lodge, 249 – Organized April 1, 1876.
Present membership, 40.
Regular
meetings on Thursday nights. Officers
–
W.C. Tignor, W C T; Mrs. Boyd, W V T; N.H. Dunn, Rec Sec’y; J.M. Hill,
Financial Sec’y; Joe Hilderbridle, Treas; Mr. Taylor, Chaplain; R.R.
Redfield,
Marshal; J.M. Sheeder, P W C T; J.M. Sheeder, L D
Crystal Spring Lodge, No. 190 – Organized May 8, 1874.
Membership, 55.
Meet Monday nights.
Officers – H.C. Wingrove, W C T; Mrs. Laura
H. d’Albenas, W V T; Dan Brown, R Sec’y; B.A. Cook, Financial Sec’y;
Mrs. Anna
Wingrove, Treas; J.H. Willard, Chaplain; M.J. Ballow, Marshal; Mrs.
Phoebe Balis,
Deputy Marshal; Inside Guard, Miss Blanch Arnold; Outside Guard, W.A.
Ballow; P
W C T, A.G. Krum; Miss Bell Jones, R H Supporter; Miss Katie Arnold, L
H
Supporter.
On Dec. 28th 1878, A.G. Marment organized a
lodge of Good Templars
in this city under the jurisdiction of the R W G Lodge of the world. North Star Lodge, No. 5,
is doing a good work
here, and numbers 49 members. S.P.
Blackwell, W C T; T.H. Dailey, W S
Organizations
Susan Hawkins
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