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Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, page 429
WYOMING LODGE, NO. 76, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. The Knights of Pythias organized their lodge in Muscatine, May 18, 1882, and since that time it has grown in numbers and influence. It has furnished to the state organization some of its most influential men as state officials. R. B. Huff and Will M. Narvis have been grand chancellors. H. J. Lauder, now past and gone, and Dr. C. H. Sterneman have held the position of grand master-at-arms. The list of charter members consisted of forty-six, and at present the membership of the lodge numbers over 200. The headquarters of Wyoming are in K. of P. hall on Iowa avenue.
The charter members were: William Musser, E. C. Cook, H. J. Lauder, J. A. Pickler, G. R. Cloud, H. C. Madden, W. G. Block, Cal W. Smith, John Hoehl, A. J. Barger, William Hoffman, W. W. Clark, George Keckler, C. W. Bridgman, C. W. Page, John Trevis, John W. Hahn, Jr., N. B. Chesebro, S. E. Walcott, C. W. Conaway, F. Stewart, A. W. Garlock, George Koehler, John Robertson, R. B. Huff, J. F. Beard, A. L. Hackett, C. F. Allen, W. L. Sharp, J. W. Page, George O'Brien, Isaac Hoffman, Fred Bridgman, Charles Climer, E. H. Dolsen, William Huttig, Jr., J. Linn Hoopes, A. H. Chapman, R. C. Schenck, C. H. Sterneman, L. W. Hine, W. F. Ichoff, C. W. Hawley, and S. Gordon. R. B. Huff was the first chancellor commander.
Irving Temple, Rathbone Sisters, an auxiliary of Wyoming Lodge, was organized on the evening of December 8, 1892, with fifty-two charter members. In 1901 the men were admitted to membership.
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