The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-26
BIRTHDAY OF
/ COLFAX REBEkAHS.
February 18th, 1911, win be the Thlr
ty-second Year Since the Found.
Ing Of That
Order.
NAMES ON THE CHARTER
Interesting Facts in a Frame, Con,
talning Names and Resolu-
lions Of orsanl-
zatlon.
NAMES ON THE CHARTER

AeOKuk daughters Oh heDeKan WlA
celebrate in quiet and unusal man
ner. the founding of their order, thir
ty-two years ago.
In the the recess room of the Odd
Fellow hall. there hangs on the wall
an interesting old charter which will
be as many years old as the Daughters
of Rebekah, the 18th day of next
month. This framed magma charta"
of the order, auxiliary to the great
lodge of Odd Fellows, is interesting be-
cause Of the names 1t bears, of those
who were first members of the society
which is today one OF the largest
woman's auxilliaries in the city
Just the other day the writer under
shaky circumstances aky because
of a perilous position on wood-box
placed on the top OF chair-wrote
upon pad the names of those whose
autographs stand as first members of
the Rebekah lodge when it was or
ganized here.
February eighteenth. the natal day
OF Colfax lodge No. 4. comes on Sat
urday this year and partially for that
reason, there will be no unusual func-
ton to usher In the event OF the
lodges founding. 1t has been several
years since the Rebekahs have made
an suspicious occasion Of their birth.
day, yet other social events Of ma
ture which tends to observe the un-
usual occurrence on February 18th,
have been marked among the annals
Of Rebekah sociability. The lodge
OF today-and the lodge of yesterday,
the time when the primary organiza-
ton was founded-differ widely in
many respects, yet among the names
on the charter, are those who are still
brothers and sisters of the fiourishing
order
Chartered ip one OF the most beau
tiful lodge homes in the city, the Re-
bekahs will have added one more
year of prosperous growth an added
feather to It's cap of fraternalism in
a few weeks and in that sense of
coziness which comes when satisfac-
ton is complete, in home Of this
kind, the Rebekahs will enter on the
thirty-third year of existence.
The Charter.
In full, the charter OF Colfax lodge
has been copied and arranged below
nearly like the original document
which proclaims the birth Of the So
cIety.
GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF
IOWA
I. o. o. F.
| To all whom it may concern:
Know We that the Grand Lodge on
| the application Of these brothers and
/ sisters OF the order, viz:
'B. S. Merriam, A. J. Matthias, N. G.;
Mrs. D. 3. Milward. V. G.; Mrs. ]. NJ.
Mace, sec: Mrs. H w. Clendinin,
record sec; Mrs. o. Michaelis, treas !;
Mrs. Emma Matthias, D. E. Milward.
Mrs. G. X. Johnson, c. K. Johnson,
Mrs. H. Teike. H. Teike, E. H. Wick
ersham, Chas Schultz, Geo. Schneider,
| Clara Mace, Chas. Schaer, Mrs. Geo.
Englehardt, Mrs. F. Kiefer, Mrs. H. w.
Rothert, Mrs. J. B. Tinsman, Mrs.
Emma Purdy, II. e. Heisly, Mrs.
Tebelman. Miss Emma Margerle, b. ].
Collins, Mrs Schaer, Geo. w. Colkitt,
/ 8. A. Colkitt, Edw. Moore"
The following members joined be-
tween February %, to March II, 1879:
Mrs. d. A. Cowley. Lucy Cowley, J.
B. Tinsman, Geo Englehardt, w. 8.
Fletcher, Mrs. Lizzie Fletcher, Adella
Steely, w. C. Steely, Jacob Agne.
Carrie Agne, Barbara Kemper, c. w.
| Taylor. Maria Taylor, Mrs John
Carter. w. H. Quarterman, Otto
Michaelis.
In continuing, the manuscript on the
charter reads.
Doth hereby grant this warrant to
establish Degree Lodge OF the
I Daughters of Rebekah at Keokuk in
/ Lee county, Iowa, to be known and
/ hailed as Colfax Rebekah Degree
Lodge No. A.
And the said lodge being duly in
stituted and formed is authorized
/ and empowered to confer the Degree
of Rebekah upon all persons properly
qualified who shall apply therefore;
| and to exercise all the rights and pow.
ers OF Rebekah Degree Lodge in the
/ Jurisdiction Of this Grand Lodge ac-
4 cording to the laws thereof provided
always that the above named brothers
and sisters and their successors. mem.
1 bers OF said Rebekah Degree Lodge,
No. 4. shall at all times render due
I obedience to mandates and laws Of
1 the Grand Lodge and in default there.
of this warrant may be suspended or
/ taken away at the pleasure Of the
| said Grand Lodge. In witness where.
/ of, pursuant to order OF the Grand
Lodge OF the state of Iowa this
eighteenth day Of February. 1879.
(Signed) B. 8. MERRIAM. I
4 Crnnd a1ou41.