Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-20
LOOKING BACKWARD OVER
HISTORY WHTERTOWH LODGE
Record 4. Story. 81 Remarkable Growth
Incident Upon Fidelity Of Boosting
Notwithstanding Of Fine
Home Notable achievement

WatersoWn lodge No. s38 was iisti-
tuted on March f2s5l89s. with Il
charter Hist of lbs members. which
at the time sfas y of the largest
INITIAL CLASSES ever taken into the
order. It WAS predicted that water
town lodge would soon forge ahead
its ptace &moag the largest md
foremost lodges Of the northwest, but
OF that time nome even dared to
dream OF the actual outcome OF ftitltre
years. 1t was due To the efforts OF
Dr., George a Abbott, FORMERLY Of
No. BOG, Judge II A. Country1aan Of
No 444, John Gpgesns of No. Ala, and.
Malfice A.. HocKlnan of No. $50. that
NafertoWn lodge No. S3S was instis
tuEed, these men Being at that time
the only EfkSf resident of this city.
several attempts had been made to
secure the sanction of the grand
lod&e, but this was refused, there be-
lhg some doubt as to- whether Water
town had the necessary population OF
5,UOa. This obstacle was oveYcome by
the taxing of q special bona fide CEN
sus,t which showed the proper number
Of residents with 165 over the re-
Quffed number. tE
The following were the original Of
fsceFs:4
Exalted ruler. II. r.. Baskerville.
Esteemed pleading knight, G. A.
Abbott.
Esteemed loyal knight, Maurice A.
Hickman.
Esteemed leeturing knight, j. Carl
SouthwiclE.
Secretary, Frank L. Branble.
Treasurer, Herbert L. Sheldon.
On March 10, 1908. the new club
was f1edicated;s it was paid for by the
members who subscribed the lieces-
sarg funds, amounting to approNi-
mateiy 100000. In return they re-
cefved n~on-iuterest bearing certifi-
Gates WORTH $50 each. during the past
five wears these have been taken up as
sufficient funds accumulated; the
largest numbers have been retired
during the past year, and there Is a
very small amount now outstanding.
YYou have as fine a home here as
me sees anywhere
The comment is nearly always the
same from visiting Elks who inspect
the elegant home of Watertown lodge.
After going through parlor, library
club rooms, buffet, Kitchen, ana the
dutch room, and the handsomely
equipped and furnished lodge, the
opinion rendered is unanimous
Much has been written OF this
home, its comforts and it's pleasures,
and its cordial welcome to members
of the order. The visitors register
shows that brothers from the far cor
ners of the country have been visitors,
and each has taken away with him a
story of the splendid achievement of
WATERFOWL lodge in the erection Of
such a home, u task that was possible
en1y to the most persistent and Ierse-
vering Of some of the leading rnein-
bers who swept aside obstacles that
would have been impossible barriers
10 less resourceful men.
Suffice to say that the rome was
built and dedicated i'll royal style
with all obligations met, and that
WATERFOWL lodge has made great
forward strides every year since the
doors were first open.
This property Is today worth very
close to $50, 600, but Of course, could
not be ~parchased at any price.
The following is the list of past eS-
allied rulers; they are all living en-
sept Brother d. c. Thomas: aside
from Brothers MacCosham and Lyon,
the balance are still residents of Nat
ertown:
M. r.. Baskerville.
Or. George Al. Abbott,
Maurice IS. Hickman,
7. Carl Scuthwick
Hugh d MacCosham.
d. G. Thomas.
Frank l.. Brasnble.
Chester X. Snyder.
James ]. Mcfarland.
Frank W. Lyon.
I'll S. Fletcher.
Marx w. sheafe, IL.
Clinton II. Gotss
Present oiicers,
john III. 4Ianten, Exalted Raler G.
a. Fauntain, Esteemed Leading
Knight: Dr.. A o s%tutenroth, Es-
seened Loysls ISafS8shss;s irwin ~. Ny
drs, Esteemed Iecturing Knight. G.
n. Ray. secretary Howard 3. Case,
esquire: Ralph II. HorswilI, inner
guard: Ed 4 lsisins. tyler; IL,
Cornwall, esquire; Joe Hentges, or
eanist; delegate to grand lodge. Gin
ton III. Coe3 alternate. Mark wv
Sheafe. Jr. Trustees. 6. B. William
d r. il. Negbit, Nv. D. Murphy
AT the present time the ellis nays