The
Chillicothe Lodge, No.656, of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
was organized March 9, 1901. The charter members and first officers
were as follows:
- Virgil
Dillon, Exalted Ruler
- Wadsworth
D. Leeper, Esteemed Leading Knight
- Arthur
J. Simpson, Esteemed Loyal Knight
- Fred
B. Brady, Esteemed Lecturing Knight
- Burdette
V. Gill, Secretary
- J.
H. Mansur, Treasurer
- B.
F. Wilkerson, Esquire
- George
E. Braun, Tyler
- H.
M. Grace, Chaplain
- D.
F. Cronhardt, Inner Guard
- C.
F. Adams, E. H. Moss and Chris Boehner, Trustees
- Wm.
A. Eylenburg, D. M. Hamlin, Jos. Wallbrunn, R. S. Hall, John F.
Hawley, W. E. Scott, C. A. Faus, Frank Sheetz, E. K. Hunter, and
G. H. Lawson.
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The
lodge used the third floor of the Wallbrunn building for their lodge
meetings and club rooms for almost nine years. In February, 1907, the
England
lots at the corner of
Jackson
and Elm streets were purchased, and in the spring of 1909, work was
begun on the erection of the present building owned by the
Chillicothe
order. This home was built at the cost of about $20,000 and is
considered one of the finest in the state. The building was completed
January, 1910; and Chillicothe Lodge moved into its new home. The
lodge then had 215 active members. Officers were: John L. Schmitz,
exalted ruler; Robert L. Williams, esteemed leading knight; Allen
Moore, esteemed loyal knight;
Forest
M. Gill, esteemed lecturing knight; Karl M. Blanchard, secretary; Fred
B. Brady, treasurer; Malcomb Perryman, esquire; John W. Williams,
tyler, Edwin M. Switzer, inner guard; and Charles H. Grace, chaplain;
trustees, William A. Eylenburg, Joseph Wallbrunn and Raymond F.
McNally.
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Officers
- October, 1991
Front: Rex McCully, Tom Stuver, David Paris, Howard Haas
2nd Row: Gary Reeter, Everett Shipp, Bill Keiffer, Fred Simmer, Don
O'Dell, George Vandenvender, George Hayward
3rd Row: Marvin Holcer, Gene Spainhour, Jim Stinson, Bob Ireland
Enjoy
these historical post cards from our files.
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