The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-03-11
Masons Preparing to Celebrate
..lOOth Anniversary Here April

In commemoration of its CEN
tennial anniversary, the local
Masonic order is planning a spec
ial program for April l.
DiSpensation from the Grand
Lodge of Ohio for the organiza-
ton of the Marysville Lodge was
April l, 1948, and this date CO.
incides with the regular meeting
of the order, Which holds its stat
ed communications the first and
third Thursdays of each month.
Palestine Lodge met for its first
work on April 19, 1848 and from
/ This time to Sept. 81, 1848, the
date of the first annual report
! from the local lodge to the Grand
Lodge of Ohio, the Marysville
group had Is initiates, raised sew
en- Master Masons, and ended its
first Lodge year with 20 mem
bers.
Has 800 Members
To date February l948), Pal
estine Lodge has raised a total
of 762 Master Masons and its
present membership is 800. In
l848, there were 1913 subordinate
lodges in Ohio with 3427 mem
bers; on July 81, the 625 subordi-
nate lodges had 23l, 500 mem
berS. :
Officers of the Lodge in the
year 1848 were David Burnham,
Worshipful m aster; jeremiah
ICurl, senior warden; J. O.. Baker,
junior warden; John Cassil, treas
urer and junior deacon; L. B.
Kinney, secretary and senior dea-
con; Harvey Criswell, senior
stewart; Henry Wolford, junior
stewart; and Archibold McDowal,
Tyler.
Charter members, besides these
officers, were Isaac j. Dodd,
Thomas Emmerson, l. w B.
Hanes, Silas lyon, John D. Irwin,
Z; ;Stephen F. Kinney, r. P. Mann,
!Joshue Marshall, Samuel May
nard, Abner Powers. Charles
Rathbun, S. K. Reed and James
| r. Smith.
Present Officers
Present officers of the Lodge
are Norwood M. Daugherty, wor-
Shipful master; F. Scott Crews
/ ton, senior deacon; Robert l..
Orahood, Junior deacon; Dana M.
Evans, treasurer; William H.
Snodgrass, secretary; Clarence D.
Beightler, senior deacon; William
H. Payne, Junior deacon; Luther
l.. Liggett, Tyler; Ebert l.. Price,
chaplain; Walter T. Stillings, sem
ior stewart; Thomas Beck, junior
stewart. Trustees are Clarence
M. Specs, three years; c. L..
Kingsmore, two years; and Rus
sell S. Banks, one year.
The Lodge has at present only
three members who have attain
ed SO years of continuous mem
bership. They are James P. Coe,
since 1947; w. Frank Galleher,
since 1890; and w. A. Nelsop,
since 1947.
Deceased 50-year members of
the Lodge, and the year in which
they attained their 50th year,
are John w. Anderson, 1881;
George F. Belt, 1928; Louis F.
Blue, 1920; Leroy Decker; James
w. Fields, 1914; J. Harry Kin
kade, 1926; Charles D. Mills, 1881;
Henry w. Morey, 1921; Judson J.
Scott, 1920; Richard Turner,
1924; William T. Watson, 1924;
John B. Weller, 1920 and Charles
E. Winget, 1921.
In Present Site Since 1866
Location of the first meeting
of the Lodge is not known, prob
ably because it was included
among other records destroyed
by fire on July %, 1859, which
! wiped out several downtown
buildings in Marysville. The first
quarters were, however, also used
by the Sons of Temperance and
the Odd Fellows. 1t has been its
present location since 1866.
In its 100 years, Palestine Lodge
has had 60 different men who
have occupied the position of
master. There are two cases in
/ which father and son have both
held the position. The first is DR..
c. d. Mills and his son, Charles
B. Mills; the other, DR.. WE.
White and Carol A. White.
A more detailed history of the
Lodge, prepared by William H.
Snodgrass for the centennial
meeting, will be published in The
Journal at later date.
Two Centennial Sessions
When the centennial program
is held April /, there will be two
sessions, one in the afternoon and
| one in the evening. In the after
/ noon program, the officers will
attired in dress of the period l848.
There will be work in the first
section of the Master Mason's
degree.
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