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Worthing Post, No. 9, G. A. R., was organized June 22, 1883, with the following charter members: W. W. Albee, J. M. Kiehl, Benton Reed, T. M. Walby, W. II. Van, S. W. Garvin, W. J. Martin, J. F. Smiley, Thomas W. Coe, W. C. Hall, W. A. Hill, E. O. Powell, Ezra Littler, William Nelson, L. C. Hatton, William Bush, L. C. Hastings, E. A. Stanley, William Smith, G. S. Dickey. Those who comprised the first officers of this organization were: William Rush, C.; W. A. Hill, S. V. C.; W. C. Hall, J. V. C.; W. H. Van, Surgeon; George F. Dickey, Chaplain; S. W. Garvin, Q. M.; L. C. Hatton, O. D.; Thomas W. Coe, Adj.; W. W. Albee, O. G.; Ezra Littler, S. M.; J. M. Kiehl, Q. M. S. The present membership of the Post numbers about thirty, all in good standing and working order. The following is a list of the present officers of the organization: W. A. Hill, C.; James O'Brien, S. V. C.; J. F. Smiley, J. V. C.; Charles Littler, Adj.; G. S. Dickey, surgeon; J. W. Twiney, chaplain; S. W. Garvin, Q. M.; Prof. Earthman, O. D.; T. W. Walby, O. G.; ___ Cotterill, S. M.; William Smith, Q. M. S. The lodge meets the first and third Wednesday of each month. An invitation is extended to all members in good standing to attend.

Cass Lodge, No. 412, A. F. and A. M., was organized by dispensation on the 25th day of April, 1881, with the following charter membership: John Pipher, Theodore H. Brown, William Worford, H. M. Kriger, Hamilton Wilcox, Samuel Peterson, J. H. Lowman, M. Rezner, S. W. Allen, D. Robinson and William Ponder. The first officers installed were as follows: John Pipher, M.; Theodore H. Brown, S. W.; William Worford, J. W.; Henry Kriger, Treas.; S. W. Allen, Sec'y.; Hamilton Wilcox, S. D.; D. Robinson, J. D.; Samuel Petersen, Tyler. The present officers of the lodge are: Hamilton Wilcox, M.; F. Garberg, S. W.; D. A. Miller, J. W.; Theodore H. Brown, Treas.; Frank LeFeber, Sec'y; John Pipher, S. D. and P. M.; Robert Groetschel, J. D.; David Powell, Tyler. During the existence of this organization, one member has died---Samuel Allen---and one has been demitted---D. Robinson. The lodge is composed of young men and for the length of time it has been organized is in good working condition and free from debt.

Nishnabotna Lodge, No.409, I. O. O. F. was organized May 17, 1880, by H. T. Jones, D. D. G. M., with the following charter members---A. J. Bell, P. M. Corbit, Fred McIntosh, W. S. Forley, O. S. Yount, R. Groetschel and P. W. H. Mundorff. The first officers elected were A. J. Bell, N. G.; P. M. Corbit, V. G.; P. W. H. Mundorff, Recording Secretary; F. A. Given, Permanent Secretary; Fred McIntosh, Treasurer. The presiding officers of this lodge since its organization were A. J. Bell, eight months; P. M. Corbit, six months; F. A. Given, four months; D. H. Scott, fourteen months; R. Groetschel, six months. But one death has occurred in the membership of the lodge, that being Charles M. Moulton. The total membership of the lodge since its organization is eighty-three, while its present membership numbers fifty-two. The success of the lodge has been universally good, and its present flourishing condition has never been excelled.

Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, February, 2025 from: "History of Cass County, Together with Sketches of Its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens", published in 1884, Springfield, Ill: Continental Historical Co., pp. 829-830.