The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-06-14

ARCAAO 6OhBO NOs VI llOAl AhlOu |
came down on the regular train on the
Valley. Damascus loGge No. 1856 Can
tons of Toronto, Jefferson county,
came here on the noon Fort Wayne
train. This concluded the train arri-
walls. There were several Odd Fellows
from MassillOn and other surrounding
towns that drove to Canton.
THE PROCESSION.
At Ills o'clock the procession made
up of the visiting Odd Fellows, started
on its way, after Mayor John f. Blake
come at the city hall. The address was
one of His Honor's finest inspirations
and was well received. The procession
tons streets for years. After passing |
over the route announced in the DEMO
Graf Friday the procession reached
the tabernacle at 1890 o'clock and
those making up the procession enjoy
ed a hearty dinner.
After the dinner at the Tabernacle
Gle the visitors marched to the Temple
and the formal dedication took place.
THE ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
In the afternoon of June 9th, at 4
o'clock, away back in 1916, a small
party of men gathered in the second
story room of a small frame building
on East Tuscarawas street, near Wal
nut street, to form the first Odd Eel
lows lodge in Canton. 1t was Minis
silla, Lodge 80, that was then instituted.
Canton was a quiet village of a few
thousand Inhabitants and the number
of members vas small. A charter had
been granted to o. p. Stidger, James
Armstrong, George Miller, Ralph Inger-
soil and I. G. Clark; and r. w. G. Mas
ter D. F. Snellbaker instituted the
lodge. The first officers were: o. T..
Stidger, N. g.; James Armstrong, v.
G.; George Miller, Secretary; and Ralph
Ingersoll, Treasurer. After instituting
the lodge Brother Phares conferred the
first, second, third, fourth, and fifth de-
grees upon Messrs. Stidger and Arm
strong; and the first and second de-
grees upon Miller.
At an adjourned meeting at Z o'clock
that evening applications from l.. M.
Whiting, Thomas Goodman, George
Reynolds, William p. Fraley, b. f.
Letter, Peter Myers, Isaac A. Clayton
and William Harrison were received,
and they were, at the same meetin5 :,
initiated in due form into the solemn
rites and mysteries of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows"
Wednesday evening applications were
received from James B. Estep, w. r.
Owens and f. r. Myers. Then on the
following Tuesday a constitution was
adopted, and
THE ONLY CHANGE MADE
in this constitution to the present time,
was the substitution of Tuesday for
Monday evening for the time of regular
meeting. The motion for this change
was made by Thomas Goodman. At
the next regular meeting, held on June
II, applications were received and acted
upon from Alex. Bierce, Geo. V. Die
trich, Geo. w. Belden, M. w. Shirk,
James Slough, ZernObabell Snow and
John p. Reed. The application ofJohn
p. Rex was received July l, and the ap-
plication of William Lemon July 10 of
the same year.
AT a meeting held July 80, 1845, Mes
srs. George Miller, James S. Kelley,
John Wisner and Joseph CulbertsOn
were granted cards of withdrawal, to
enable them to institute a lodge at Mas
sillon. At the same meeting an invi-
tation was read inviting the lodge to at
tend the instituting of a lodge at
Wooster on the Both of the same month
The grand officers who signed the char
ter of NimiSilla Lodge were David
Sn%eelbaker, &. NJ; Albert G. Day, r.
w. d. G. NJ; Joseph Phares, R.W. G.
N: Isaac Helfrey, L. W. e. F.; James
Cooper, A. w. G. T.; Timothy Kibby,
r. w. G. G., George Dutton, r. w. g,
G. G.; and Jacob Ernst, r. r. G. c.
Remembering that it was only
FORTY-THREE YEARS AGO
that the first lodge of Odd Fellows was
instituted and that at that time Canton
was but a small town, it is with wonder
that one contemplates the surprising
growth of the order and of the city.
There are now four lodges and the
Encampment, the latter being a higher
degree of the order. Nimisilla numbers
about 300 strong, Stark 100, Mannheim
ia and Eta -
THE OTHER LODGES.
The Mannheim Lodge was instituted
August 81, 1868, and the charter mem
berS were r. BauhOf, d. Paar, H. Kehr,
Adam Thorn, J. Krause, J. Karp, q.
Wagner, F. Miller, j. w. Underhill, A.
Barchfield, p. Muth and f. Heingartner.
This lodge has about ia members and
the officers elected at the first meeting
were r. Bauhof, n. g.; Daniel Paar, V.
G.; Henry Kehr, secretary, and A.
Thorn, treasurer.
The Encampment of Patriarchs, No.
112, was instituted August %, 1868, and
the charter members were M. l.. Best,
H. II. Trump, j. NJ. Goodwin, F. A.
Ballard, John Herbst, William Fl.
Sims and Jessie Miller.
The Eta Lodge, No. 9, Daughters of
Rebecca, was instituted in 1869 and the
charter members were Hiram and Lou
lisa Thurston, Jacob and Sarah d.
Shots, Abraham and Mary McCutch-
eton, William and Anna Wyant, John
and Rebecca Phillip, Hiram e.. Grant,
John r. Matthews, Della Slower, Will
liam Ritterspaugh and wife Caroline;
b. Deweese, Robert Douglas, Elizabeth
Stone, Thomas and Mary Robinson,
Anna Douglass, Elizabeth Cooper and
Matthias Ball.
Stark Lodge, No. 513, was instituted
June 8, 1872, by William G. Earl, spe-
cial Deputy. The charter members
were MessrS. Michael Adler, L. s. En-
sign, L. A. Jackson, Us. Urich, ]. IL.
Smith, F. b. Robinson, j. E. Elsass,
f. McMurray, F. Overcashier, Charles
Sliker, George W. Dillman, G. Rhein,
p. Stahler, A. Sager, U. Il. Reinhold,
l.. |. Zarker, George w. Clark and w.
II. Rhinehart. The membership of this
lodge is about 100. On June 9Th the
first meeting was held and the officers
elected were, Michael Adler. N, G.: L.,