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144 Historical Souvenir of Greenville, Illinois.
H. C. Diehl, C. C; Sager Harralson,
V. C. C; John Floyd, Prelate;
George V. Weise, K. of R. and S.:
E. E. Wise, M. at A; C. E. Cook,
M. of F.: F. N. Blanchard, M. of E.;
James Boughman, M. of W.; P. E.
Watson, I. G.; Thomas Biggs, O G.
C. E. Cook, Representative m the
Grand Lodge.
Greenville Court of Ronor.
By Frank N. Blanchard.
Greenville Court of Honor No. 3,
vfas organized in the ofiBce of W. E.
Robinson in the court house and
the first officers elected were Dr. W.
T. Easley, President, Pro Tern; R.
C. Morris, Secretary and C. J.
Lindly delegate to the Supreme
Court at Springfield, 111., which
meeting was held July 19, 189.5.
At the Supreme Court a few years
later W. E. Robinson, of Greenville,
was elected Supreme Recorder,
Washington Sherman and Family, at the present time.
which position he still holds.
Permanent organization of Greenville
Court was not effected until
August 3, 1S95, at which time the
following officers were elected:
Worthy Chancellor, W. E. Robi:ison:
Vice Chancellor, Stella M.
Reid; Past Chancellor, W. V.
Weise; Recorder, R. C. Morris;
Treasurer, Clara A. Robinson;
Chaplain, Rev. J. G. Wright; Conductor,
Ned C. Sherburne; Guard,
Dicie Miller; Sentinel, J. H. Davis;
Medical Examiner, Dr. W. T. Easley;
Directors, W. W. Lowis, J. Seaman
and A. L. Hord.
Meetings are now held in old Odd
Fellows' hall and the court has a
membership of 130. The present officers
are:
Worthy Chancellor, E. R. Gum;
Vice Chancellor, J. F. Akins; Recorder,
F. N. Blanchard; Conductor,
Ward Reid; Chaplain, Nellie A.
Wheeler; Guard, E. W. Miller;
Sentinel. Robin Reid; Medical Examiner,
Dr. W. T. Easley and J. E.
Groves; Directors. E. E. Brice, Mrs.
W. A. Leidel and, P. H. Tate.
Melrose Rcbehab Lodge.
By Mrs. Laura Hair.
On February 16, 1897, twenty
members, who had taken withdrawal
cards from Memento Rebekah
Lodge No. 125, I. O. O. P., of
Vandalia, 111., met in the hall of
Clark Lodge No. 3, I. O. O. P., in
Greenville, for the purpose of instituting
a Rebekah Lodge. Mrs.
May D. Stone, President of the
state association acted as Grand
Master of the occasion and a lod^e
was duly organized, with sixteen
charter members. On March 31,
of the same year, forty-three new
members were initiated, making in
all fifty-nine members. At one
time Melrose Lodge had one hundred
members enrolled. The first
elected officers were as follows:
N. G., Mrs. Lizzie Dressor; V. G.,
Mrs. Kate Gullick; Recording Secretary.
Mrs. Lizzie Dewey; Financial
Secretary, Mrs. Jennie A. Scott;
Treasurer, Mrs. Nancy Miles. The