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Tingley Centennial: 1883 ~1983
The Modern Woodmen Lodge of America
100 Years Old
The Modern Woodmen was organized January 5, 1883, in Lyon, Iowa. It was a Fraternal and Insurance Lodge designed to help
their neighbors in sickness and death. The Tingley Camp 3782 was organized in 1896 and existed for 75 years until 1971 when it
was combined with the Mt. Ayr Lodge. The Ellston Lodge was combined with Tingley in 1965. Many Ellston and Tingley
members still belong. Wayne A. OVERHOLTZER has been a member 58 years and was clerk of the Tingley Camp for 45 years.
The Modern Woodmen maintained a sanitorium for tuberculosis in Colorado Springs for 38 years and treated 12,000 patients.
They still provide scholarships as one of their community service projects and also furnish free prizes for Halloween
parties, as Tingley is well aware. They are a very strong Insurance Company and are located in Rock Island, Illinois.
Tingley Vindicator, June 18, 1908
Modern Woodman Memorial
About 40 members of Tingley Camp 3782 participated in a march to the Tingley cemetery and back Saturday afternoon and
the decoration of graves of deceased members of the order buried there took place. The parade was headed by members of
the Forester team in uniform under command of C. M. RICHARDSON. John O. NELSON acted as counsul in the ritualistic services.
The floral offerings were beautiful though not profuse. The following graves were decorated: J. W. McNEIL, Job NELSON,
Calvin COOPER and Virgil GALLOWAY.
Modern Woodman of America Officers for three decades:
M.W.A. Officers 1914
| S. W. DeLONG | | V.C. |
| John HAUSZ | | W.A. |
| Gordon GARVER | | E.B. |
| F. G. HAUSZ | | Clerk |
| Wm. BLAUER | | Escort |
| W.W. CHRISTOPHER | | Watchman |
| Merl DeWITT | | Sentry |
| C. D. JOHNSTON | | Manager |
| J. A. BUCHANAN | | Manager |
| Wm. BISCHOFF | | Manager |
M.W.A. Officers 1924
| F. F. MARINER | | V.C. |
| P. R. BUCHANAN | | W.A. |
| J. E. FIERCE | | E.B. |
| Frank HAUSZ | | Clerk |
| H. D. SHEUMAKER | | Escort |
| W. W. CHRISTOPHER | | Watchman |
| George GROSE | | Sentry |
| S. W. DeLONG | | Physican |
| W. E. BURLEIGH | | Manager |
| :Wm. BISCHOFF | | Manager |
| Walter TAPP | | Manager |
M.W.A. Officers 1934
| Howard WEEDA | | V.C. |
| Earl TROXELL | | W.A. |
| Perry BUCHANAN | | E.B. |
| Wayne A. OVERHOLTZER | | Clerk |
| Paul WEEDA | | Watchman |
| Russell SHIELDS | | Sentry |
| H. D. SHEUMAKER | | Manager |
| Roy McDOWELL | | Manager |
| John BUCHANAN | | Manager |
SOURCE: Tingley, Iowa Centennial: 1883 - 1983. p. 110. PSI, Inc. Belmond IA. 1983.
Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library, September of 2011
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