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5.1.2 Societies in Franklin Township
In Franklin there were five known societies: the Riflemen Society (Società
Bersaglieri); the Alessandro Lamarmora Society (Società Alessandro Lamarmora); Young
Italy Tuscan Society (Società Toscana Giovane Italia); the Reunited Society of the Sons of
Columbus (Società Riunite Figli di Colombo); and the New Industrial Society (Società la
Nuova Industria). Their dates of foundation are not known.
Four societies were created in Hancock: the New Industrial Benevolent Society
(Nuova Società Industriale di Beneficenza) established in 1903, the Citizens’ League No. 2
(Lega Cittadina No. 2) established in 1909 and active until 1937, the Subordinate Lodge of
the Knights of Romulus No. 2 (Loggia Subordinata dei Cavalieri di Romolo No. 2)
organized in 1912, and the Consorelle Society (Società delle Consorelle).
5.1.3 Societies in Adams Township
In South Range numerous societies were organized throughout the years although the
dates of foundation are not known for all of them.
The Subordinate Lodge of the Knights of Romulus No. 3 (Loggia Subordinata dei
Cavalieri di Romolo No. 3) was established in 1912.
The Daughters of Italy (Figlie d’Italia) was organized in South Range in 1919 by a
group of women. Certain criteria were required to be a member of the society, and they
remain the same to this day because the society is still active in 2004. A member should be
at least sixteen, Catholic, and of course of Italian descent. Starting from 1934 they accepted
also members bearing an Italian name even though they are not of Italian descent. The aim
of the society was to “unite as much as possible the women living on this side of the Lake, to
create the friendship that promotes the normal, material, and national development in this
adoptive land far from our Country”. 60
Other societies were the Beneficial Society of Italian Hunters (Società di
Beneficenza Cacciatori Italiani); the Italian/Tuscan Brotherhood (Fratellanza
Italiana/Toscana); the Dante Alighieri Beneficial Society (Società di Beneficenza Dante
Alighieri); the Society Pietro Micca of Piedmont (Società Pietro Micca Piemonte); and the
60 Bylaws of the Daughters of Italy, article I.
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