CHAPTER XVII.
LODGES AND FRATERNAL SOCIETIES. (CONT'D)
ORGANIZATIONS AT EXIRA.
Exodus Lodge No. 342, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Charter dated June 3, 1875. Thirteen charter members. First officers: William J. Harris, worshipful master; Thomas Walker, senior warden; Edwin C. Wadsworth, junior warden; Alonzo L. Campbell, secretary; Appolonius B. Houston, treasurer; H. Ransford, senior deacon; James P. Lair, junior deacon; George Colph, tyler.
These have held the office of worshipful master: William J. Harris, Thomas Walker, Ethelbert J. Freeman, George Hardenbrook, Francis J. Shrauger, W. W. Sickles, Erwin Watson, John Riley, Thomas H. Allen, Thomas J. Coglan, William H. Jones, James P. Lair, Hiram H. Dimick, Al Voorhees, Leroy J. Oldaker, John Schlater, Ernest D. Powell, B. F. Kreamer, J. B. J. Lohnor.
Present membership, seventy-two.
Exodus Chapter No. 313, Order of the Eastern Star. Charter dated October 23, 1901. Charter members: Jennie M. Andrews, Alice Connrardy, Lucille Connrardy, Jane V. Dimick, Iva Erickson, Sadie Hamlin, Nola Hamler, Jessamine Hunt, Anna McAninch, Mary J. Riley, Dena Statzell, Sadie Shrauger, Eva Voorhees, Ida Wissler, Claude N. Andrews, John B. Connrardy, Hiram H. Dimick, John J. Dimick, Robert E. L. Hamlin, John Riley, Alfred Voorhees, Henry L. Wissler.
Present membership, about eighty.
Exira Lodge No. 181, Knights of Pythias. Organized August 31, 1887. Charter dated October 6, 1887. Charter members: Francis J. Shrauger, Henry F. Andrews, Erwin Watson, F. W. Shaw, Charles H. Andrews, William E. Coleman, John Hunter, William Carpenter, Albert C. Andrews, William H. Milliman, George C. Jeffries, Otto Witthauer, Fred L. Andrews, Theodore Patty, John Crane, Horace M. Bartlett, Charles N. Milliman, Nels P. Christensen.
These have held the office of chancellor commander: Henry F. Andrews, 1887, 1900; Erwin Watson, 1888; William E. Coleman, 1889; Charles H. Andrews, 1890; Otto Witthauer, 1891; J. Mack Thomas, 1892; George Henshaw, 1893; George Conklin, 1894; Samuel Brown, 1895; Alfred Voorhees, 1896; J. O. Howard, 1897; Norton J. Marietta, 1898; John C. Newlon, 1899; Chris. A. Rasmussen, 1900; Henry L. Wissler, 1901; Perry Hansen, 1902; Victor E. Gearheart, 1903; Chester W. Marlin, 1904-5; Fred A. Nims, 1905; Leroy J. Oldaker, 1906; Theodore Patty, 1907; Charles Findley, 1908; Ernest D. Powell, 1908-9; John M. Dimick, 1910; Peter M. Christensen, 1911; Charles O. Hunt, 1912; Albert C. Andrews, 1913; John K. Vander Brake, 1914.
Present membership, seventy-two.
Exira Temple No. 245, Pythian Sisters. Charter dated September 3, 1912. Charter members: Mrs. May Dimick, Mrs. Maud Oldaker, Mrs. Anna Vande Brake, Mrs. Elizabeth Rethmier, Miss Lillian Dyer, Mrs. Viola Christensen, Mrs. Katheryn Cotton, Mrs. Genevieve Harvey, Mrs. Katheryn Kroeger.
These ladies have held the office of most excellent chief: Mrs. Katheryn Kroeger, Mrs. May Dimick. Mrs. Katheryn Cotton, Mrs. Maude Oldaker.
Present membership, sixty- four.
J. C. Newlon Camp No. 2820, Modern Woodmen of America, organized March 20, 1895. Charter members: George L. Knapp, Thomas H. Allen, Jacob Bauer, William W. Marietta, Robert L. Houston, John L Hensley, August Heckman, Bert Hardenbrook, Benjamin F. Davis, W. D. Stanley, Charles W. Houston, John P. Aupperlee, John C. Newlon, John Peters, Otto Witthauer, S. Frank Wilcox, Fred Bartlet, H. A. Peters, William F. Davis, William Woodward, W. C. Aupperlee, D. D. Hunt, George W. Conklin, Frank L. Odell, Frank M. Hensley.
These have held the office of venerable consul: Otto Witthuaer, Frank L. Odell, Charles M. Oberholtz, Charles T. Waits, Abel S. Stone, Thomas H. Allen, John C. Newlon, Grant Jones, Ernest B. Voss, John Vander
Brake.
Present membership, fifty-nine.
Exira Lodge No. 251, Ancient Order of United Workmen. Instituted June 28, 1884. Charter dated July 15, 1884. Charter members and first officers: W. W. Danner, past master workman; George Hardenbrook, master workman; Benjamin F. Thomas, g---- t----; George C. Jeffries, overseer; Thomas G. Bryant, recorder; William W. Sickles, financier; Charles F. Willcutt, receiver; Charles F. Howlett, guide; Thomas H. Allen, inner watchman; Charles H. Howe, outer watchman; John W. Freeland, William H. Millerman, Webster Heath, John Riley.
These members have held the office of master workman: George Hardenbrook, Benjamin F. Thomas, George C. Jeffries, Thomas G. Bryant, William W. Sickles, Henshaw, Charles F. Willcutt, Thomas H. Allen, Robert C. Watterson, John Riley, Wesley C. Smith, William H. Jones, Andrew J. Bruner, William Milliman, John C. Newlon, George Leffingwell, Henry L. Wissler, George W. Kreamer, George Milliman, Fremont Anders.
Present membership, thirty-one.
Oliver P. Morton Post No. 35, Grand Army of the Republic. Charter granted by P. V. Cary, department commander, dated September 21, 1881. Charter members: Richard W. Griggs, Benjamin Elcenhover, H. S. Cisney, George W. Bailey, John B. Connrardy, John T. Hill, W. R. Dafford, A. J. Brown, Peter Tharnish, Frank Dorr, Joseph H. Bell, H. F. Andrews. Reorganized February 19, 1884; December 2, 1889; and October 16, 1903.
These have been past commanders: 1881, Richard W. Griggs; 1884, Benjamin F. Thomas; 1884, James P. Lair; 1889, William H. Seavey; 1891, Samuel D. Harn; 1892, William H. Bowman; 1893-5, John B. Connrardy; 1895, Hiram H. Dimick; 1906, H. F. Andrews; 1907, Joesph [sic Joseph] H. Bell; 1909, William Bintner; 1910, John T. Hill; 1911, William C. Sturgen; 1912, William E. Davis; 1913, Thomas J. Adair; 1914, Hugh W. Copeland; 1915, Daniel Artist.
Exira Tent No. 41, Knights of the Maccabees. Organized November 30, 1894. Charter dated March 19, 1895. First officers: George C. Kerr, past sir knight commander; Bert R. Leaman, sir knight commander; B. E. Breniman, sir knight lieutenant commander; Frank B. Kerr, sir knight record keeper; Thomas Lohner, sir knight finance keeper; E. A. Tarnish, sir knight chaplain; John Burmister, sir knight sergeant; N. P. Lauritzen, sir knight physician; Wilham Mogg, sir knight master at arms; Charles N. Milliman, sir knight first master guard; Albert C. Andrews, sir knight second master guard; Dim. Rieff, sir knight sentinel; George W. Guernsey,
sir knight picket.
These members have held the office of sir knight commander: Bert R. Leaman, Charles E. Breniman, Al Voorhees, O. B. Breniman, J. G. Wheelock, Thomas Dustin, C. E. Drake, Charles Fulton, S. A. Hicks, W. F. Williams, John Riley, Jr., Henry F. Bush.
Present membership, forty-four.
Brayton Lodge No. 31, The Danish Brotherhood in America. Organized at Brayton. Charter dated December 20, 1888. Transferred to Exira. First officers: Hans Hansen, past president; Jacob Bloom, president; Jacob P. Bendixen, vice-president; Peter Jacobsen, secretary; Chris Christensen, treasurer; Peter Neilsen, guide; Hans Symand, inner guard; Nels L. Beck, outer guard.
Present membership, fifty-one.
Denmarks Lodge No. 108, The Danish Sisters Society in America. Charter dated February 28, 1908. First officers: Sine Gude, past president; Marie Lohner, president; Eline M. Hansen, vice-president; Marie Hansen, secretary; Kathrine Hansen, treasurer; Karen Andersen, guide; Alma Hansen, inner guard; Christina Nelsen, outer guard.
Modern National Reserve. Organized at Exira, October, 1903. Its officers were: William E. Brinkerhoff, president; Mary Fulton, vice-president; Hattie Witthauer, secretary and treasurer; Amber Kelsey, chaplain; William Milliman, guide; Adam Seibert, inner guard; Charles Milliman, outer guard.
It had a large membership, who were transferred to the American Nobles. They were again transferred to the Fraternal Aid Union, of Denver, Colorado, in 1913. Present officers: Adam Seibert, president; Mary Fulton, secretary and treasurer.
Present membership, thirty-five.
Exira Homestead No. 805, Brotherhood of American Yeomen. Organized October 18, 1901. Officers: Norton J. Marietta, foreman; John Martin, master of ceremony; Elizabeth Martin, correspondent; George Martin, master of accounts; Arthur Hawk, physician; D. R. Simpkins, watchman; Fred Bechtold, sentinel; Charles McCord, guard.
Present membership, thirteen.
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, November, 2018, from History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915), by H. F. Andrews, page 249-250.
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