A Little piece of Paradise… College Hill, Ohio - SELFCRAFT

College Hill Lodge #641 2 Free and Accepted MasonsThe lodge was chartered October 17, 1917. Stephen J. Hauser of McMakin Lodge #120 was the firstWorshipful Master. Others elected for that first year were Charles Eisen, A. M. Sadler, Frank K.Bowman, Paul Ward, F. P. Hull and A. J. Larmon. Many of these men were followed by their sons andrelatives: Stephen J. Hauser by Stephen W. Hauser (1944), Alvin L. Sadler by Lewis L. Sadler (1942),Frank K. Bowman, Sr., by James C. Bowman (1924) and Frank K. Bowman, Jr. (1945).Petitioners in that first year were Frederick B. Edmands, F. Lester Gary, Frank P. Hull, Charles R.McKinley, Elijah H. Matthews, Charles A. Ross, Paul S. Ward, Edward W. Wilson, Charles Wuest, Jr.Those petitioning for degrees in 1917 were William F. Dunaway, Clarence M. Buck, John J. Dupps,,Jr., Rollo I. Grau, Oliver J. Niederhofer, Elmer J. Niemes, Fred. S. Seebohm, George H. Stebbins, ErnestA. Tettenborn, Alexander Thomson, Joseph Woodwell.The Lodge started at Town Hall and stayed there for over 50 years. In 1947 the Lodge renovatedTown Hall, including the College Hill Eastern Star Chapter, even though they leased it from the City ofCincinnati.The Charter Lodge Members were Samuel Bamber, Albert Beck, Frank M. Bowman, James C.Bowman, Frank Brandon, Albert Brockman, Edward K. Bruce, Clarence Buck, Jackson Butterfield,James Carroll, Metamora Center, Roscoe Corkins, Bruce M. Cox, Powel Crosley, Sr., Powel Crosley, Jr.,John C. Daller, Jr., John E. Deininger, Elmer Dittmar, William F. Dunaway, John J. Dupps, Sr. & Jr.,George Eckles, Frederick Edmands, Charles Eisen, Dudley Emerson, Jacob Frech, Walter Gabennesch, F.Lester Gary, Rollo Grau, Edward W. Greeno, Walter A. Hagedorn, William F. Hagedorn, William Hanks,Jr., Stephen Hauser, Jr., Stephen J. Hauser, David Hayman, Charles Herrmann, Frank Hull, Ora Jackson,Gus Kappner, Herman Knuepfer, Charles Koebel, Meyer Kohnop, Samuel Kohnop, George C. Kolb,Arthur Larmon, Frank Latscha, Davis Lillard, Roy McCormack, Charles McKinley, Charles McKinney,Frank McNutt, Alfred Macbrair, Elijah Matthews, Arthur Morgan, William Murphy, Oliver Niederhofer,Elmer Niemes, Harry G. Pounsford, Jackson T. Rhyno, J. Fred Riehle, Walter Roll, Charles Ross, JacobRothhaas, Roy Rudolph, Alvin Sadler, Paul Schneider, Fred S. Seebohm, John S. Seebohm, DavidShaner, Albert Shaw, Bell C. Shepperd, George W. Smith, Charles Sponsel, George H. Stebbins, AdamSteinkoenig, Jr., Jacob Steinkoenig, Freeland Strong, Carl Tettenborn, Ernest Tettenborn, AlexanderThomson, James Towler, Edward Voll, Emil Volmer, Walter Waldman, John G. Walker Sr. & Jr., PaulS. Ward, John Weghorst, Robert Wichman, Edward W. Wilson, Joseph Woodwell, George F. Wright,Charles Wuest Jr.By 1968 3 the list of deceased members were: Victor Audubon Aiken 7-10-62, Walter Avery Aiken6-8-52, Harold Miller Altamer 11-25-30 , Harry F. Anderson 2-8-64, Edward Charles Bacon 6-1-58,Ferd. Bader, Jr. 12-23-64, Ferdinand Charles Baechle 12-14-47, George C. Bagel 2-17-64, Carl DavidBales 2-9-60, W. Eugene Ball 2-20-68, George C. Balzer 3-7-37, John Wilson Bamber 9-2-64, AugustusBeall Jr. 11-5-62, Albert T. Beck 3-16-27, Arno A. Beck 1-12-65, Fred L. Beckner 3-9-60, Jacob Bermile12-22-59, William R. Biuhm 2-21-64, Frank M. Bowman 5-12-42, Henry K. Bowman 9-18-65, JamesChurchill Bowman 3-26-66, Frank E. Brandon 10-25-57, James L. Brock 4-11-62, Albert H. Brockman7-19-52, Edward Knowlton Bruce 10-20-18, Henry J. Buffon 7-31-43, Vivian Ray Byrd 4-9-62, JamesIngle Carroll 3-7-56, Metamora Campbell Center 3-16-31, Carl H. Chaplin 5-28-63, George E. Clark 1-22-56, Rev. George Miltenberger Clickner 6-30-31, Carl E. Cole 4-4-66, Harry Peers Collins 11-15-43,George E. Conrad 2-8-64, Roscoe Earl Corkins 7-1-52, Ralph A. Copenhaver 6-27-64, Powel Crosley Jr.3-28-61, Powel Crosley Sr. 9-13-32, John Charles Daller Jr. 7-15-24, Lee Roy Davis 10-7-66, JohnEdward Deininger 10-6-50, Henry Dersch 8-6-54, Fred H. Diekmeyer 10-25-60, Russell J. Duff 8-31-68,2 Source: College Hill Lodge No. 641 F. & A. M., Membership Roster, 1963.3 Op. cit., 1968153