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levada County
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1ot pure established fraternal orders, particulary the ancient orders of
of dark, Masonry and the Odd Fellows, found a fertile field for their labors
prising of brotherly love and practical helpfulness. Through their hucted tomane efforts the privations of pioneer life, and the suffering
le exisattendant upon fire and flood, were often alleviated out of hand,
ring its without thought of compensation. Some of the lodges estabranging lished in Nevada County in early days are still in existence,
ed forand in a prosperous condition, and some of the old lodge rooms
for exare still in use. Many of these places of former social concourse, however, have long since been destroyed; and with the
fluctuation and decline of the mining interests and the rebecause moval of their members to other parts or by death, many of the
h operlodges have disbanded and permitted their charters to lapse.
00 men As a matter of historical interest, there is included in the sucd began ceeding pages a list of the fraternal organizations still in exd-saws istance in the county as late as 1895.
ber per In more recent years, many of the later orders have also
planing established thriving local societies. In the biographical section
ing opof this work, in the sketches of the lives of Nevada County's
1ilroad, "Pioneers, Past and Present," frequent mention is made of
n miles these, and also of the older lodges of the county.
andardGrass Valley Miners' Union, No. 90
he main The Grass Valley Miners' Union was orgaized May 13,
vo lines 1894, toprotect the interests of the workers in their great struggle
N-gauge _ for fewer hours, more wages, and better conditions. The first
and fir officers elected were: President, George Stacy; recording
lumber secretary J.F. Sullivan; financial secretary, M.M. Mitchell;
treasurer, Phil Trezise.
, hotels This union won the only strike it ever called. In January,
1907, a strike was called, with the principal issue at stake
the eight-hour working day. They were successful in the strike;
and as a result, in 1909 a bill was passed and signed by Governor Gillett, making the eight-hour working day a law.
e longW.B. Lardner
Union Encampment, No, 11 3
Union Encampment, No. 11, of the Independent Order of Odd ;
Fellows, was instituted and located in the village of Rough and
Ready on the first day of May, 1857, by Right Worthy Grand Senior Warden David Kendall, acting under authority of the Right r
Worthy Grand Encampment of California, Prescott Robinson Most cs
Worthy Grand Patriarch. Tne charter members, seven in
number, were contributing members of Grass Valley Lodge, No,
12, and Mountain Rose Lodge, No. 26.
At the sessions of the Grand Encampment, held May 2,
1860, permission was granted to remove the charter and effects
of Union Encampment to the town of Grass Valley, On the 6th
day of July, 1860, the removal took place, and at the close of =
the term the Encampment had a membership of thirty-six
members,
On the 19th day of February, 1863, the charter and effects of this Encampment were removed to Nevada City; but on
the 17th of March the charter was surrendered,
On the 3rd day of November, the charter was restored in
Grass Valley, and the Encampment was resuscitated by Lewis
Soher, Most Worthy Grand Patriarch. From this time the Encampment entered upon acareer of prosperity, andfrom it sprang
Mistletoe Encampment, No, 47, located at Nevada City. Not=
withstanding the withdrawal of members to form this new Encampment, the records at the close of the term ending December 31, 1878, show a membership of fifty-six, with assets :
amounting to over $2000. as
Esther Rebekah Lodge, No. 9, 1.0.0.F
ates
Esther Rebekah Lodge, No. 9, 1.0.0.F., was instituted on
March 2, 1872, with sixty-two charter members, one of whom
Mrs, Lizzie Martin Hooper, still retains her membership.
The first officers were: Noble Grand, John Webber; Vice
Grand, Mrs, Elizabeth Lloyd; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Alice
R, Beatty; Treasurer, Mrs. Helen Roberts; Warden, James re
M. Lakeman; Conductor, Mrs. J.C. Beverton; Inside Guard, fs
Charles Hocking; Outside Guard, William H. Totten; Right
Supporter of Noble Grand, Mrs. Olive Othet; Left Supporter
of Noble Grand, Mrs. L.A. Everett; Right Supporter of Vice
Grand, Mrs. Emma Quick; Left Supporter of Vice Grand, Mrs,
M.J. Bryant.
The Lodge has been honored by the election of one of its
members, Mrs, Nellie Mitchell, as president of the Rebekah
Assembly; and also by having among its membership two
Grand Patriarchs, I.W. Hays, Jr., and Richard Gummoe, and
one Grand Master, John Glasson,
Ceanotha Council, No. 9, Degree of Pocahontas
Ceanotha Council, No. 9, was instituted on May 12, 1890,
in Lord's Hall on Main Street, by Grove L. Johnson, Great Sachem
of the Improved Order of Red Men of California, with a charter
membership of 105 members. The first officers were: Prophetess, Mary J. Thomas; Pocahontas, M.A. Mitchell. There
are but a few of the charter members left. Mrs, Jennie Crase,
who for a number of years was Keeper of Records, was elected
Great Pocahontas of California on August 18, 1905.
Olympic Temple, No, 10, Pythian Sisters i,
Olympic Temple, No. 10, Pythian Sisters, of Grass Valley, 3
was instituted in Lord's Hall on Main Street, on September
10, 1891, by Grand Chief Mrs. Georgie Guthrie, of Sacramento, HE
with a charter list of ninety-eight members. The first officers =
were: Past Chief, Jennie Sincich; Most Excellent Chief, Mrs.
Marie H. Weldon; Excellent Senior, M.J. Thomas; Excellent
Junior, Amelia Frank; Manager of Temple, Bill Morgan; M.
of R, and C., Nellie Michell; M. of T., Mary A. Roseval; P, of
T., Emily Sampson; G, of O. T., Carrie Dahlgren.
In 1895, Mrs, Marie H. Weldon was elected Grand Chief
of the Pythian Sisters of California.
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