The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-05-28
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
Craig Lodge I. q. q. r., Celebrates IT.
Fiftieth Birthday-Ha'e a
Great Time.

The members of Craig Lodge !. U.
o. r. and the Rcbekah lodge had
delightful time On their spacious hal on
Wednesday evening OF last week, May
10, 1920, It being the flftieth annlver-
sary of the date Of the charter OF
Craig lodge No. 2ll.
The program was an elaborate one
consisting Of vocal and Instrumental
music, speeches, readings and ban
quoting, spicy talks being made 10y |
judge Fred lawrence, NObic brHnd ,
IL. Stcffcy, l.. l.. ieaIc and scvcla.
others.
The environments Of Ctaig Lodge
to-day are in most pleasing contrast t.
tu those Of fifty year. ago. When itI
,Hwr INTO tNitunCr II ht,d IT, meet
ngs IN a little unprctcntlous frame
structure, The ground floor being n,'u
pied by John Wnri o., q bus incHs room
and tine .ocund floor by the Lodge. tu,
ceiling Of which wa snot over . lcr'|
hig hand the approach to the lodge
room WJ. hy "a dIrgy outside stairway.
Compare thus with The marniiccn,
.uuj,r room 900 which wa held the AN
nvcrsary Of the 30 years Of 2ll's cN-
i.t,pc' and journey
the Craig lodge I. q. q. T., wa or
.lui.ud June ~, 1869 and had an in
dependent existence until May 10,
| 1910. tine date of H. charter winch Goo.
aay hang upon the walls. Il. j. We,
Samuel llc,s, William White ana
Thomas J. CroWthuI ul King llill lodge
of st. joseph; William kaJchCp Fer.
utulnd ltustuck, }. II. &. turtls ana
samu, iiur.hbrrgcr, ~ Oregon, wol'
10. m.mburs who took part ~ confer
ing the work, and p,iting III ~
working order
The charter members were {. T..
Barnes, Lawrence Nclch, Wilson Me
lNlnnry, 4. +. tamswurth and Juhn
Fillmore. The former was the iiist No.
bic Grand, the second Wa Wee
lIand, Mt Emurc, secretary; Me
| kinnry, treasurer and fainHwuth,
warden. The first to be- admitted menu
lbrrs by card were Robert ". Scott
lGcnrgr ". Jester and Jacob Nagnct
and they were admitted the same cv'
cning of the organization. Scott wa
named conductor and Jester inSid,
lguardian.
| lull1N Hllll'f NNltNN lN'lAb'hF '''
been admitted before the charter h!
decree Of Grand Lodge. Among th,~'
were: l.. ID. Browning, a. l.. Davcn
port, John A. Brown, ID. l.. iluiis,ut
tel AMI Daniel NanM Ormcr
Time did not stop, neither did Cram
lodge. II Kept step with the pfUgr,s
ana development OF the order. IL gicN
~ membership until II had 10 I'm
. larger quarters, and they purchase
4 ,uv iuiIrr frame opera house dn
then Used this Tor scycrai ycurs AN
in 1898 II finished the construction q
IT. cummudbus store bGilding am
70 utpr room ana now owns one Of III
best lodge rooms IN Northwest Nil
suuli, ana the inUst Conspicuous bGs
ness corner IN Craig.
!, In this construction and advance
: step the lodge assumed "a heavy ~
N lntal blrd,n, but they won Tor q
m Apul !, 1905, they llulidaIcd the Ia
"a 300 uI indebtedness dld on May /
y 1905 thy iJigC Cy.,Uraicd win IA Ultl
N urtly program IHc bulh,ng OF II
n lmu.tgag, tu.t hnU been all 1hcHt sea
= uanrUg over the lOdg".
N On r,uty uuvI &, 1888, the n
d tuupy hIuuUg wa u"d,rdtud WIN ~
IN lpU.n, IuII aisti. UNyi,,acs 10y D.pu
~ ituand easter Abc,rumby, ui ST. Il
M supu, ana ,uN. AilHtuIu, ul 81 Ju''
Nh las chaplain, luusu %, l,ag hodGH d'
ing a. grand OillCcis were l.. u. Ma
Ky Nrll, grand waIdoni grand hcraid'
lNl luc no. tu, cast, Wcat Iud auuth, d.
.N ". Irccu. a, u. Stokes, Dr. ".