S., Frank T. Davis; S. S., George W. Vanfossen; J. S., Charles Smallwood; C. of K., John H. Bennett; K. of W., John C. Hart; Rep. to Great Council of Md., Edward A. Gittinger.
Its receipts for the year 1880 were $1407.47, of which there was paid out for relief of brothers, $606; of widows, $230; of orphans, $10; and for burying the dead, $45; total charities expended, $891.
In case of the sickness of a member, the tribe pays him three dollars a week.
It has a well-selected library of 1121 volumes.
Frederick Lodge, American Order United Workingmen, No. 14. — The officers of this lodge for the term ending December, 1881, are:
P. M. W., Isaac Lowenstein; M. W., W. Nash Young; Foreman, W. B. Sturm A. F., D. Lowenstein; Receiver, George E. Meyer; Financier, J. W. Griffin; Guard, I. Lowenstein; Recorder, D. M. Scholl; I. W., F. A. Markey; O. W., P. W. Shafer; Trustee, McClintock Young.
This lodge was instituted in May, 1880.
Mount Olive Encampment, No. 9, Independent Order Odd-Fellows. — This encampment was instituted May 21, 1846. Charter members, David Schley, Casper Mantz, Thomas A. Fleming, W. S. Brown, C. Sheppard, W. S. Davis.
Its charter was granted by the following grand officers: Past Grand Masters, J. Meares, Richard Marley, H. Mathiot, Levi Taylor, J. J. Johnson; G. Patriarch, John Hamilton; G. H. Priest, William Bayley; Senior Warden, J. G. Waters; Scribe, N. T. Dushane; Treasurer, A. E. Warner; Junior Warden, John J. Sharp; and Secretary, James Patterson.
The officers for 1881 are:
C. P., Philip Stern; H. P., A. J. Fromke; S. W., F. S. Hopewood; J. W., J. J. Grabe; Scribe, William A. Simmons; Treas., E. A. Gittinger.
Membership, thirty-five. C. Sheppard was scribe for the first term in 1846, and was succeeded by Henry B. Fissler, who served until 1872, since which time William A. Simmons has been scribe.
Adam Lodge, No. 35, I. O. O. F.— Its dispensation was allowed May 15, 1841. Its charter was granted July 16, 1841, by Richard Marley, M. W. G. M.; Levi Taylor, R. W. D. G. M.; W. G. Cook, R. W. G. S.; J. J. Johnson, W. G. W; John Robinson, W. G. T.; and by Past Grand Masters James L. Ridgely, Aug. Mathiot, Robert Neilson, A. E. Warner, J. Maris, and Past Grand Secretary Thomas Wildey. The charter members were John Kefauver, of G., Caspar Quynn, George A. Cole, Anthony Kimmel, Charles Nixon, Ezra Bantz, William Slater. The first officers were:
Casper Quynn, N. G.; William Slater, V. G.; John Kefauver, of G., Sec.; Ezra Bantz, Treas.
The officers for 1881 (2nd term) are:
N. G., Francis Brengle; V. G., John H. Cutshaw; Sec, William H. Zeigler; Treas., Albert T. Rice.
St. John's Beneficial Association. — The idea of forming a beneficial or benevolent association connected with St. John's Church was first entertained in 1852, and on the 12th day of December of the same year such a society was formed. Each member is entitled to four dollars per week as benefits while sick, and on the death of a member the sum of fifty dollars is paid his widow or legal representatives to defray his funeral expenses. It has other special benevolent features, and for more than thirty years has been engaged in benevolent works. Its incorporators were Col. James McSherry, William M. Merrick, John A. Smith, William Walsh, Lewis Logue, Hugh L. McAleer, Charles Smith, and John Buckfelder, who obtained an act of incorporation July 6, 1851.
It has had but two presidents, — -father and son, — Col. James McSherry and Capt. James McSherry, the latter since 1867. It holds a stated meeting every month, and an annual meeting on the second Sunday of January, when the yearly election of officers takes place by ballot.
Fredonia Council, No. 46, Order of United American Mechanics. — On Feb. 6, 1874, the State Council of the " O. U. A. M." issued a dispensation to establish Fredonia Council, No. 46, to the following charter members, viz.: M. C. Winchester, George R. Wisong, Frank P. Ingram, C. H. Meckstine, Charles Patten, John P. Renner, Edgar L. Miller, Charles E. Ingram, J. Edward Rice, Tobias Haller, E. S. Harding, C. T. Albaugh, N. S. Tyson, and Philip H. Nussbaum; signed and countersigned by John G. Mitchell, Councilor, and John W. Holden, Secretary.
Its first officers were:
Jun. Ex. Councilor, N. S. Tyson; C, John C. Motter; V. C, M. C. Winchester; Rec. Sec, J. Edward Rice; Fin. Sec, F. P. Ingram; Treas., Philip H. Nussbaum.
It has a membership of eighty-five, and meets every Friday evening in its hall in the Kemp Building, in the third story thereof. It pays four dollars per week benefits to sick members, and on the death of a member each member has to pay the family of the deceased one dollar. It has a library of three hundred and twenty-six volumes, purchased by penny assessments of a penny a week on each member. The officers for semi-annual term ending July 1, 1881, are:
Sen. Ex. Councilor, J. C. Motter; Jun. Ex. Councilor, Trago W. Lauderkin; C, Charles E. Kemp; V. C, Lewis Byer; Rec Sec, C. H. Eckstein; Fin. Sec, John H. Bennett; Treas., Wm. C. Birely.
Reynolds Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized at the close of the civil war. Its commander for 1881 is Gen. John A. Steiner, and the chairman of its executive committee is Col. C. W. F. Vernon, surveyor of the port of Baltimore. May 30th is the national Decoration Day of Union graves, and it was attended in 1881 with ceremonies and exercises surpassing in extent those of any previous year. In Frederick the graves of the dead were covered with flowers, and the entire ceremonies were conducted under the auspices of Reynolds Post. A poem appropriate to the occasion was read by Hon. William H. Hinks, and an oration was delivered by Rev. S. V. Leech, D.D. Sacred anthems were sung by the choir, under the direction of Lieut. Geo. E. Greenwood. The " old flag" was planted over Barbara Fritchie's grave, which was covered with flowers. Capt. Wm. Glessner was chairman of the committee on decoration of Mount Olivet, Gideon Staley of the committee on outside decorations, and Maj. O. A. Horner of the committee on flowers.
Confederate Monumental and Memorial Associations. — The first call for a meeting to organize a Ladies' Confederate Monumental Association was responded to by a number of ladies, and the following were the proceedings of the first meeting held:
Aug. 7, 1879, in response to a notice issued by Capt. Owings, president of the Confederate Memorial Association, the following ladies met at the residence of that gentleman for the purpose of organizing an association, having the object in view of creating a fund of money sufficient to enable them to erect a monument to the " unknown" deceased Confederate soldiers interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery: Mrs. B. F. Brown, Mrs. A. J. Delashmutt, Mrs. L. M. Nixdorff, Mrs. N. Owings, Mrs. W. N. Young, Mrs. E. L. Eader, and Misses Davidson and A. R. Font. The meeting was organized and the following officers elected: President, Mrs. John H. Williams; First Vice-President, Mrs. B. F. Brown; Second Vice-President, Mrs. J. H. Gambrill; Secretary, Mrs. A. L. Eader; Treasurer, Mrs. Nicholas Owings. The meeting adjourned to meet Aug. 11, 1869, when there were present Mrs. John H. Williams, president; Mrs. J. H. Gambrill, second vice-president; Mrs. A. E. Eader, Secretary; and Mrs. A. J. Delashmutt, Mrs. Frank Clingan, Mrs. Ellen Howard, Mrs. N. Owings, Mrs. W. Nash Young, Mrs. J. S. W. Jarboe, Mrs. Henry Williams, Miss A. R. Font, Miss Lucy Boteler, Miss Janie Williams, Miss Ella Shriver, Miss Davidson, Miss Emma Gittinger. Miss Cockey. On motion the organization was designated as the " Ladies' Confederate Monumental Association of Frederick County, Md."
Two ladies from each district in the county were appointed to act as vice-presidents. A committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions throughout the city, and at the same time it was decided to establish a dining pavilion at the Agricultural Fair Grounds during the fair, for the purpose of increasing the funds. The results of the collection and proceeds of dining parlor and Pen-Mar excursion amounted