SOCIETIES

Buffalo Prairie Lodge No. 679, A. F. & A. M., was chartered at Illinois City, October 3, 1871, but later the lodge headquarters were moved to Buffalo Prairie Center. The following were charter members: L. V. Reed, William H. Wo- macker, M. F. Felise, R. A. Hawthorne, Benja­ min Vanatta, J. H. Brandenburgh, Calvin Beardsley, John Morehead, Peter Demoss, Joseph Ryan, John Kistler, William Drury, James Vanatta, Err Thornton, David Federman, and Jeremiah Lequatte. L. V. Reed was the first master. Among other past masters are Louis Federman, Joseph Ryan, John A. Miller, William H. Kistler. The present membership is eighty.

Prairie Chapter No. 510, Eastern Star, was organized October 7, 1903, with the following charter members: Mary E. McComiick, MaryF. Kistler, Baffle Marquis, Adeline Bales, MarySchriver, Mary H. Kistler, Caroline Kimball,
Mary L. Kistler, Sarah A. Elliott, Kate Lewis, Mary E. Elliott, Ella E. Kistler, Ella Elliott Althea Kimball, Adeline P. Marstou, Daniel R.Kistler, L. A. McCormick, Ben V. Marquis.
Among the worthy matrons have been: Mary E.McCormick, Adeline Bales (deceased), Ella Elliott, Caroline Kimball, Nellie Brubaker, Fay Halsted Elliott, Mary Marquis being the present matron.

Camp No. 3874, Modern "Woodmen of America, was organized May 13, 1896, with the following charter members: Sherman Warman, John Kist­ ler, Robert H. English, Guy Vanatta, W. E. Kistler, David A. Vanatta. Seth J. Mills, A. T. Epperly, George Buckley, H. R. Potter, Ernest L. Marston. The following have served as venerable counsel: Adam Stamm, F. W. Hutchins, B. F. Chapman. H. N. Bowan, A. W. Price, John G. Powell, B. G. Vanatta, D. C. Hessman, E. M.Bateman, A. J. Boney, William Ryan, Harman L. Lewis, Jesse Boney, Charles F. Creiger. Dan Ripley is present camp clerk.

 

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