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CHAPTER XXIII - FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS. (CONT'D)

HARLAN LODGE NO. 267, INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.

Harlan Lodge No. 267, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was organized December 26, 1873. Its charter is dated October 22, 1874. The lodge was instituted by B. Newman, district deputy grand master. The charter members were N. Booth, L. D. Frost, W. S. Stutsman, D. M. Wyland, Samuel Potter, Crayton Closson, A. S. Swain, Warren Closson, William M. Longcor, J. W. Martin and J. W. Salter. The following members joined as Ancient Odd Fellows on the night of organization: N. J. Sharp and F. M. Nance; on dismissal of certificates, Isaac Plum and Aaron Bergstresser; as initiates. A. F. Holcomb, T. W. Chathurn, W. J. Davis and James Boland. The first elective officers were: Samuel Potter, noble grand; N. Booth, vice-grand; D. M. Wyland. secretary; W. S. Stutsman, treasurer. The first trustees were A. F. Holcomb, L. D. Frost and Isaac Plum.

The lodge purchased its present building December 3, 1898, for a consideration of five thousand six hundred dollars. The building was purchased of L. C. Lewis, receiver for the Harlan Bank. Practically all of the money with which to buy the building at this time was borrowed, and at the present date the building is paid for and free from incumbrance.

KIRKMAN LODGE NO. 712, INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.

On January 2, 1914, Kirkman Lodge No. 712, with a membership of twenty-seven, consolidated with the Harlan lodge. The present officers of the Harlan lodge are: H. G. Baker, noble grand; M. I. Westergaard, vice-grand; F. F. Wunder, secretary; Henry Hansen, treasurer. Trustees, D. J. Booth, S. H. Billings and J. H. Paup. The present membership of the lodge is one hundred and fifty-one.

MT. SINAI ENCAMPMENT NO. 106.

Mt. Sinai Encampment No. 106, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was organized April 24, 1882, by District Deputy Grand Patriarch A. Johnson, of Avoca, Iowa. The charter is dated October 17, 1882. The charter members were D. O. Stuart, G. S. Gibbs, W. M. Oungst, E. J. Trobridge, S. K. Pratt, O. F. Graves, E. C. Swain, N. Booth, Ed. Bergstresser and D. M. Wyland.

The first elective officers at the time of organization were: D. M. Wyland, chief patriarch; O. F. Graves, high priest; E. C. Swain, senior warden; D. O. Stuart, junior warden; W. M. Oungst, scribe; G. S. Gibbs, treasurer. The present officers are: G. W. Crawford, chief patriarch; Henry Hanson, high priest; H. G. Baker, senior warden; William Laughman, junior warden; F. F. Wunder, scribe; L. H. Rasmussen, treasurer.

ZENOBIA LODGE NO. 286, DAUGHTERS OF REBEKAH, AT HARLAN.

Zenobia Lodge No. 286, Daughters of Rebekah, was organized October 16, 1895, at Harlan. The charter members were as follows: L. D. Sunderland, Mrs. M. E. Sunderland, W. R. Honeywell, Mary Honeywell, C. D. Grauel, Mrs. E. E. Grauel, Dr. Harry Donnan, Grace Donnan, D. W. Beatty, Emma Beatty, G. W. Tilton, Mrs. M. M. Tilton, W. Shepherd, Mrs. H. A. Dickinson, D. O. Stuart, Sallie R. Stuart, D. H. Miller, Mina Miller, William Brown, Alice Brown, P. B. Brown, Eva L. Brown, Alex Pritchard, Mary Pritchard, W. H. Carl, Mrs. A. C. Carl, F. W. Blizzard, W. S. Stutsman, M. H. McKinzie, D. L. Ganser, Mrs. M. A. Ganser, Nancy McKinzie, O. F. Graves, Celina Graves, N. Booth, Mary A. Booth.

The first officers of this lodge were as follows: Noble grand, Mrs. Mary A. Booth; vice-grand, Mrs. H. A. Dickinson; secretary, Mr. W. S. Stutsman; financial secretary, O. F. Graves; treasurer, Mrs. S. A. R. Stuart; warden, Mrs. Mary A. Pritchard; conductor, Mrs. Eva L. Brown; outside guardian, G. W. Tilton; inside guardian, Mrs. Mina Miller, right supporter to noble grand; P. B. Brown; left supporter to noble grand, Mrs. Alice Brown; right supporter to vice-grand. N. Booth; left supporter to vice-grand, Mrs. Celina Graves.

The present officers of this lodge are as follows: Noble grand, Henrietta Wirth; vice-grand, Ada Gould; secretary, Rose M. Parker; treasurer, Althea Baker; warden, Grace Darling; conductor, Christina Heise; inside guardian, Amy Carl; outside guardian, Olive Young; right supporter to noble grand, Mary E. B. Allen; left supporter to noble grand, Emma Cox; right supporter to vice-grand, Sadie Newby; left supporter to vice-grand, Hattie B. McNaughton; chaplain, Ada Steele.

The persons who have held the position of noble grand from the organization of the lodge to date are as follows: Mrs. Mary A. Booth, Mrs. Harriet Dickinson, Mrs. Sallie Stuart, Mrs. Celina Graves, Mrs. Eva Brown, Mrs. Mary E. Allen, Mrs. Mary J. Byers, Mrs. E. E. Grauel, Miss Mamie A. Pritchard, Mrs. Mary F. Hunt, Mrs. Amy Carl, Mrs. Sylvia Blizzard, Mrs. Mary Pritchard, Mrs. Mina Miller, Mrs. Emma Cox, Mrs. Anna Bishop, Mrs. Mary Tilton, Mrs. Mollie Ferguson, Mrs. Emma Billings, Mrs. Mary Booth, Mrs. Olive Young, Mrs. Ada Steele, Mrs. Emma Cox, Mrs. Sadie Newby, Mrs. Emma Mason, Mrs. Bessie Banks, Mrs. Nettie Bauder, Mrs. Mary E. B. Allen, Mrs. Jennie Baughn, Mrs. Marie Hammer, Mrs. Alice Wolff, Mrs. Phoebe Barton, Mrs. Ella Gibbs, Miss Anna Wilson, Mrs. Lucy Newby, Miss Henrietta Wirth.

Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, January, 2025 from the Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, by Edward S. White, P.A., LL. B.,Volume 1, Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1915, pp. 490-493.

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