The Holt County sentinel., 1915-12-17
Crais's Benevolent Orders.

we are unO0r oDIlRatl0nS 10 our
most excellent correspondent ct Craig
for the following interesting accounts
Of the organization OF the various be.
nevolent organizations Of that city:
Elections have been held In the
several lodges OF Craig during the past
week, and In this connection we shall
take occasion to give brief hi,tory
OF these organizations. The oillc, rs
elected for the year 1916 Of the Odd.
Fellows lodge are: Lee Ousley. y.
O.: Wm + l,edmon. V. G.: l. !
Butler, Rec. Sec W. y. Martin, Fin.
Sec: and J. II Hunt, Treas.
Craig Lodge. No. I'll, was instii uied
June II, ls69, by Worthy Grand Mas.
ter, II. J. Wise, assisted by Samuel
Hess and william White, Of Eclipse
Lodge, No. li3, aud Thomas &. Crow.
ther, Of King nill Lodge, all Of st
Joseph, Mo. The charter members Of
the original lodge were: Charles +.
Barnes, Lawrence WEIGH, Wilson Nc.
Kinney, r. r. Farnsworth and John
Gilmore. All OF these have passed
over and Joined the majority. The
lodge made . strong growth, taking
upon the roll Of Its membership eigh.
ty.four names within three years AZ.
ter Its organization. Among those
whose names ere enrolled, we're A. J.
Williams, Fred Meyer, Ian Hogan
and many more Of the old.timers
For some reason the lodge, In the lat.
TER seventies quit working and re.
mained dormant for . period Of some
eight years, when II WAS resu I tied.
under the influence Of Hiram lIeish.
berger, OF Oregon. Mo, as District
Deputy. Those participating In the
reorganization we're: W. N. boyer,
Joseph Wise. J. W. Stokes. J. l.. John.
ston, II. L. Ward and Henry buDgen.
stock, ST.: Of these ell are dead except
boyer. The reorganization Was had
In May, 1856 Tie lodge Is now In q
most prosperous condition and has al
active membership OF i32 The de
gree teams Of the lodge rank among
tho best Of the state while In regalia
1t stands high. The lodge owns Its
own building, a splendid two story
brick, 3jxio0 feet, all paid for and ele.
ssntly furnished, with $1,000 loaned
cut, and . good balance In the treas
ury.
The Masonic lodge viii In 1916 be
of,lcered by the following: J. W. Par.
rish, W. NJ Carslile n. Randall, :
w.; II. Il. Williams, !. W.: W. i.
Randall, Treas A; &. W. Anibal, Sec
and S. T., Judy, Trustee.
July ~, 1870. Hiram Patterson. the
District Deputy Grand Master, organ
ihed Crsig Lodge, No. 81, under dis
pensation with the following officers
q. A. Doughty, W. NJ: ". u. Nelson
:. w.; Chris. Shult1, J.w.; Dr. Kerry
Meek, Treas = J. l. Blsir, Sec. Thi,
lodge grew aud p, ospered for = period
VI several years until internal dissen-
sions disturbed aud destroyed the
peace aud god fellowship u Tie
o'e.',.., ."u "" '"A. ", 80
o's"u "As'e, w. y, VIZ" A''e''ee
anu nhA,! 'e'o"eo '"e e'A'e'' ~
attempt to reorganile Was never mad,
."." "A, 80 ''o'' VIZ" W. .o""k &c.
"AsV,' " W. Nv ."' .o"'", .
""o ' , '..e',.u Wv, , u's''. :. ''o"".
Wy, ,A'',AN A"' ,o, ,s' Wy, pe.'
"one" A"" ''e.,'s' "'P." .'' v
pe''ee' q" o's"'N ''''.' ,""''e' ""
sAn'e" .'s We" 'o'se u' ''a wv
name a " ,'a't ho'se' 40 "'' sep,
~ ..'', Az" ~, ",s' o'".e', "e'e
~. Anom,pso", " - ~ "Au' .
W" v, " annual - d. o. ',oss'
Sec W. D. hannA'' treas Az wv
,eHes anu vac iy'e' sworn " 'h'
uei"hc. rouge i'Au zee" ea'e'u''y pre-
served ny b'o'0e' 'has' ~ no"R"''