The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-19

No. s. Reading, is one Of Dr. Dunnells
warmest friends, and assisted greatly In
his election as grand Inner guard hve
years ago. DR.. Dunnell appointed him
member of the committee on election re-
turns. Mr. Yerich has been a represen-
tative for seven years, and master of fin-
ance for his lodge for nearly nine years.
He is connected with a Reading printing
house. Mr.. Yerich is district deputy
grand chancellor of the city of Reading
at present.
Cyrus T. Fox, of Reading, secretary Of
the committee on finance and mileage, Is
serving his fifth term as a member of the
grand lodge. He Is a very busy man at
his home being identified with many in
terests. He Is business manager of the
Reading Daily Review, an afternoon
newspaper, and has been a member of
the Pennsylvania State Editorial asso-
citation since its organization In 1871 He
was also one of the organizers of the
National Editorial association at Cincin-
natl and of the International League of
Press clubs at Pittsburg. He is an ex-
president of the Reading Press club and
was one of its directors for many years.
Mr.. Fox has devoted much of his life to
the agricultural and horticultural inter-
ests of the state and has lectured at
many Farmers Institutes always Civ
ing his services free He IL a member
Of the State Board of Agriculture, state
| Horticultural association. He Is serving
| his twenty-second year as secretary of
| the Berks County Agricultural society,
whose annual fairs are among the best
| In the state. The fair This year will be
| held September {, s. 8 and 10. He has al
| ways taken an active part in educational
AFFAIRS and is serving his seventh year
| as a trustee of the Pennsylvania State
| college. He was one of the builders of
| the Reading and Southwestern Street
| railway, a line twenty miles long, and
has been director of the road from the
| beginning AS city clerk he visited Scran-
| ton in February, 1890, with a delegation
| of Reading councilmen and other offic-
| ials. He was also here in 1891, attending
| the meeting of the State Board of Trade,
| having been secretary of Readings live
Board of Trade for six years. when he
| declined reelection. In July, 1892, he
| visited Scranton again, when the Penn
sylvania State Editorial association met
| here. Mr.. Fox is a member of a number
| of beneficial orders and societies, and
| has given more time to the knights of
ythlas than to any other. He served a
number of terms as district deputy grand
chancellor, and has been president of
| the board of trustees of his lodge for a
| long period.
c. w. Gerheart, of Reading, grand Emir
| of Cashmere temples team of initiating
| camel drivers, was the first member in
itiated into the Kohrassan order in the
| United States. He Is reporter on the
| Reading Review and was initiated at
| Reading in 1895. Mr.. Gerheart assisted in
plotting candidates over the desert last
night and has embraced many such an
| opportunity for getting even with his own
| ordeal experienced In 1895.
Colonel George d. Prentiss, of Homes
dale, who Is chief of the staff OF Briga-
der General Starbird of the Uniform
rank, Joined Atlantic lodge, No. 452.
knights of Pythias, located at Susque-
hanna, Pa, in August, 1885; three days
after he became twenty-one years of age.
He was elected inner guard the following
December, passed successfully through
the different chairs of the order and be-
came a past chancellor July /, 1887. and
took the grand lodge degree at Williams
port in August of that year. He was
elected master of finance in December
1887, and served enc year. In 1883 he was
elected keeper of record and SEAL serving
in that capacity until the spring of 1890
when he removed from Susquehanna. He