The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-05
FORMER
REUNIONS
+. OF ORDER
DESCRIBED
Early ~PiIgrimages to Other
Lodges
Interesting Trip to South Dako-
ia in 1896
Many Of the Old Time Officials
Are Named
|Enoch Lodge Went to Grand
Forks to Institute Carmel

which consister Of the following:
Thomas Louis Foulks, Michael Howe
| Call, Jergen Howard, Clyde Walton
Preston, O. Thorstensen, Edward
Haagensen, John Archie Cameron,
William Davies Rees, Hamilton Worth
Emanuel, Walter Lehman Williamson.
Samuel Elmer Ryan, Fayette Dwight
Kendrick, Elbert Walter Kneeland,
William Love, Hugh Peoples, Charles
MacLachlan, Donald Viewers, Winfield
Baldwin. ~
On Aug. 3, 1897 the bodies went on
a pilgrimage, to Glendale to assist in
the constitution of Glendale Lodge Of
Perfection, which proved to be a most
interesting event. A class of sixteen
were given the degrees of Perfection,
n the lodge was constituted and Of
ficers installed in public.
All of the degrees up 10 and in
Guiding the 320 were worked on a class
of ten, as follows: Frank Drew Hall,
Andrew Levi ~Intlehouses Emanuel
Stefnau, Duane E.. Gear, Man1ey Pres
ton AXtell, Norman Keyes,. Henry S.
Rusoe, Thomas Bennett Clark, Charles
John Sturgeon, Henry P. Martin.
Dec. 3, 1897, Enoch Lodge of Per-
lection went to Hillsboro. Trail coun-
ty, with their paraphernaila, prepared
TO confer all OF the degrees and assist
SS SASS'SSNSAE. SCASA Oh
Hillsboro Lodge of Perfection. The
evening was devoted to organization
and constitution of the Hillsboro
Lodge of Perfection, No. 6. and the
election and installation Of officers
Inc Following day was devoted no
work in the degrees by Enoch Lodge
OF perfection on a class Of thirty
canuldates, n this lodge was started
OH on a most prosperous course.
Inc lntpIIRPnca onI artI,s;---.-.
its membership give promise of great
success. "
Jan. 1S, 1898. occurred The largest
and most interesting reunion ever
known In the history of the Rite in
ms state, a class of forty-one taking
the degrees: James David Vail, Hen
~ paql Reitan, Chas. w. Wing, VIII
Joseph Prime Clark John Henry
Wishek. John johnson. Renianin
Cameron, Anton Herman Rosfead
Joseph Lyman Tracy. Chas. Sanford
SlaWson, Samuel Joseph Harvey, viii
nam anderson, Alfred s. Duntley,
Maddox, r. Herbert Greenfield, Her
mar Gustave Shirley, David Bartlett.
Luther L. Walton, Andrew Stade. viii.
liam Glass, Peter Pickton. David 70.
Morgan, George Rowland Swaziland,
Robert James Foster. Henry +. Han.
80 InoliLdS rSllioLl frank G. Gard
her; Joseph Peter Elliott. George Abel.
= sVlllee, .Dahlel CorWin McColnl
I11ii my ! 1ocum sarles, Crane
Wlnialn honaas II. Cummins, Thorn
ms ~ ,ISlchols putnam, Joseph A.. Elliott,
Thomas E. Marshall, Asa Sargent,
Jesse Fsoia french
"A reunion occurred or March %
s23 and "a. 1898, when the FOLLOWING
class received all of the degrees az ths
Rite. to and including the age. VIC
tor C.. Colby. Victor Emanuel Benis.
John Erasmus FIateland RcdaricIr r
Mooney, William Arthur sco,ifoT
Martin L Rude. James Mcdonald
Miller. charles Youna Tavid 1rnina
Ames. Melvin S. Mavo FIa ncis Esnia
more Stokes. James Gradv aarbart
Edwin. SouIe. Edward .Ta1nes Moora
Robert Murray. Peter I,iIborn pricbs
ard. John ]. sWamberg Tar,1as su,aaf.
land, John Il. Brown Holm McnonaId
Chas. B. Thimens.
Il Degrees conferred hv . d rr,an,
ing, 33e, Inspector general, at various
times since the organization OF the
bodies upon the following, all of whom
ANIMATED with the Fargo bodies:
John Il. Haggart and John Herman
Post.
Dec. LIZ. lSS3--zWilliam Albert Dill
len, EaWin Miner Fuller, George Dan
ford Hanscomb and William Addison
Bentley.
May 19, {1884-Allen j. Sovereign.
July 20, 1S34--Isaac Edwin West.
Sept. Il, 1SS4-Orlando Harry Zeal
and Ernest ]. SchWellenbach.
Well m Oscar Huntington Archihafd