Pythians pay tribute

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Date: 8/28/2016 at 12:34:01

Arrange Rites For Pythians
Graves of 110 To Be Decorated In Memorial Service Sunday
Newton Pythian Sisters and Knights of Pythias will pay tribute to about 110 deceased members in memorial services to be conducted Sunday afternoon at the Newton Union cemetery.
Following a brief ritual, floral wreaths will be placed on the graves of deceased members of the lodge.
Knights of Pythias are asked to meet at the K. of P. hall at 2:00 o’clock before adjourning to the cemetery. There they will reconvene at the grave of the late G. H. Nollen.
Four Captains
John Cook will preside as marshall of the day and the four team captains will be L. C. Willenbrock, J. R. Robbins, LeRoy Goeke and Kenneth Johnson. Clarence Snow, Will Jasper and Elery Scott compose the committee in charge.
Pythian Sisters are asked to meet at 2:00 o’clock at the grave of the late Mrs. Agnes McAllister, who was mother of the lodge.
The graves of deceased members to be decorated by Pythian Sisters are as follows:
Jennie Gates, Amanda Snow, Mrs. Cobough, Cora Wright, Georgia Witmer, Kittie Woods, Joseph Cooper, Maude Cooper, Martha Miller, Mrs. Nellie Stines, Minnie Robb, Anna Manning, Clare Bewyer, Clara Clements, Emma Pound, Rose Miller, J. R. Dixon, Stella Skow, Carrie Dixon, Neva Vespested, Anna Boyd, Iva Carder, Charles Griebeling, Marie Griebling, Blanche Stanton, Grace, O’Leary, Roy Smith, Eleanor Tyler, Charles French, Jennie Cook, Will Boatsma, Mae Killduff, James Brown, Agnes Eke, Allie McCardell, Marjorie Spellman, Mrs. Thompson, Pauline Roush, Emma Chase, Ethel Masters, Dr. L. B. Coon, Emma Agnew, Elizabeth Coon, Ella Behring, Frank Neel, Margaret Neel, Frank Preston, Alice Preston, Myrtle Preston, Jean McAllister, Belle Willey, Agnes McAllister, Sadie Hannon, Lou Salmon, Belle Woodruff, David Drew, Florence Myers, Marie Patton, Kate Chaplin, Pauline Kipp, Daisay Schmiedeke, Gertrude Gates, Anna Conn, J. W. Hunter, Grace Guessford, Myrtle Finch, Emma Finch.
Kittie Woods is leader of the north division and Eleanor Tyler and Myrtle Preston of the south division.
K. of P. Members
Deceased members of the Knights of Pythias to whom tribute will be paid are: Roy Smith, Charles French, L. J. Jorgenson, William Myer, George Hunter, W. P. Jones, Lon Woodruff, Percy McCord, J. Whittaker, S. N. Russell.
Glenn Kennedy, L. B. Coon, W. A. Clarkson, Frank Preston, George McCullough, S. F. Neal, A. J. Richards, C. E. Boyd, F. E. Osborn, Josh Bewyer, A. K. Lufkin, Don Russell, F. A. Ainsworth, Leo Woodard, Watson Terpstra.
Max Stouder, J. R. Dixon, Eldon Smith, Charlie Griebeling, E. A. Campbell, C. K. Burnell, E. M. Zollinger, A. C. Gates, A. H. Bergman, Frank Dunn, H. J. Agnew, F. F. Failor, John Conn, F. L. Maytag, W. C. Bergman, Joe Cooper.
Artie McKinley, Charles Parvin, A. A. Arnold, J. W. Hunter, J. R. Gorrell, George B. McClelland, A. M. Hough, George King, O. B. Kipp, Dr. Eustice, W. H. Boatman, Connie O’Leary, J. P. Snook, D. McAllister, W. J. Stevens, M. C. Reynolds, H. C. Korf, J. W. Mclaughlin.
C. Conn, John Conn, H. Wehrman, Andy Conn, A. M. Carder, Billie Lister, D. F. Drew, John Thompson, Frank Thompson, Guy Smith, Frank Fisk, E. J. H. Beard, G. H. Nollen and M. F. Ketchum.
Others to be honored in other cemeteries over the county are Will Berry at Catholic; Henry Vieth, Metz; Jake Trotter, Peter Fleming, Archie Thompson, Palo Alto; Henry Efnor, sr., Mount Zion; Arthur Hammer and Harry Hammer at Friends church; James Hummel, Monroe; Vermelia, Colfax; Man Perry, Hewett; Vernon Wooddell, Prairie City and Charles B. Ingraham at Laurel.
Source: Newton Daily News, June 7, 1940, page 1