Statement of Death and Disability Claims PAID BY THE GENERAL SECRETARY AND TREASURER, FROM JUNE 30, 1912, TO JULY 31, 1912. Statement of Death and Disability Claims FILED WITH THE GENERAL SECRETARY AND TREASURER DURING THE MONTH ENDING AUGUST 15, 1912. 527 2874 Olaf L. Nedrehagen.... 761 July 18,'12 Dis. $1,500 Sept. 15,'12 Dth. 3,000 Con. of lungs. Nephritis. 2877 John Kendrick. 516 64 1.500 Derailing of engine 2878 Guy O. Grim. 1,500 Consump'n of lungs 2879 Ollie D. Southard.. 500 Dem'ntia paralytica 2880 Wm. Johnston 500 44 2881 Thompson H. Gordon. 1,500 2882 Chas. A. Rich.. Collision. Heart disease. 2583 Arthur D. Cooper... 2884 Frank P. Miller. 162 Typhoid fever. 220 Dis. 1,500 64 Bright's dis. 2885 Johnson McDonald. 2886 E. W. Bartnek..... 2887 Chas. N. Simmons... 238 John Harrington.. 2989 Chas. D. Getchell... 2890 Henry Buchanan 286 Dth. 1,000 Dis. 1,500 64 1,500 Crushed by cars. 2891 Carl O. Nelson.. 2892 Geo. I. Kirbyson. 24,'12 2893 Edw. F. Imschweiler.. 477 2894 Louis F. Kunzman.. 600 2595 H. W. Cunningham.. 743 2897 Wesley O. Barrows.. 544 1,000 44 Derailing of engine. Derailing of engine. Collision. Pneumonia. Appendicitis. Paretic dementia. Accidental pois'n'g. Nephritis. 2598 Daniel E. Foster... Heart disease. 2499 Chas. O. Sweeney Fall'g from engine. 2900 Jas. L. Barclay. 2,000 2901 Jess W. Wilkins. 2902 L. Lewis. 1,500 1,500 Asthma. Dis. 43 Blind one eye. 99 " Nephritis. 2806 John J. Quigley. 120 1,500 " 2907 W. C. H. Gettley.. Dth. 1.500 Consump'n of lungs 2,000. Drowned. Blind one eye. Typhoid fever. Gen'l debility. Dth. 1,500 1,500 48 Derailing of engine 653 Aug. '12 1,500 218 2917 Clay J. Tharp.. 302 " 1,500 60 Struck by train. 2918 Wm. J. Weeks.. Derailing of engine Dis. 3.000 Amp. fingers. 3,000 Blind one eye. 2921 Clarence A. Penrose... 52 "0 Amp. of hand. 3.'12 1,000 44 " Blind one eye. 2924 Archie Burnard. 198 " 1,500 40 1.500 44 8 " 500 44 680 Dth. 424 " " 420 " 1.500 00 1.000 " 1,000 44 1,500 " 1.500 " 7.'19 Dis. 1.500 " 173 " 1,000 " 1.500 432 • 721 "1 12,'12 66 2987 Levi A. Lauderbach, Jr. 16 1.000 " 2938 Martin W. Strebeck... 47 " 1.000 " " 500 08 64 46 1,500 "0 258 " 1.500 " 270 1,500 " " 1,500 " 1,500 66 Heart disease. 1.000 00 1,500 60 Dis. 1.500 " 1.500 "" " " " Monox. gas pois'ng.] Typhoid fever. Electrical shock. Blind one eye. Con. of langs. Blind one eye. Bright s dis. 126 64 1,500 66 2953 Wm. J. Campbell. 2954 Ernest C. Koch... 2955 Charles F. Owens.. 2956 Wm. A. Geddis... 2957 Chas. C. Honeck. 2958 Robert Wind. 1,000 66 141 66 Derailing of engine Consump'n of lungs S'ndry ailm's. Beneficiary, General, Protective and Local Assessments for the Month of October, 1912. To all Members of Subordinate Lodges: OFFICE OF THE GRAND LODGE, B. OF L. F. AND E. PEORIA, ILL., September 1, 1912. SIRS AND BROTHERS-You are hereby notified that Beneficiary Assessment for the pay. ment of death and disability claims, General Fund Assessment, Protective Fund Assessment and Local Assessments are now payable and must be paid to the Financial Secretary of your lodge on or before October 1, 1912, in the following amounts, viz: Local Lodge Assessment in such an amount as may be determined by your Lodge, but in no case to be less than twenty-five cents ($0.25). Any member failing or declining to make payment, as above provided, will be subject to expulsion from the order as per Section 8 of Article 19 of the Constitution, said expulsion taking effect October 2, 1912. W. S. CARTER, President. Yours fraternally, A. H. HAWLEY, To Financial Secretaries of Subordinate Lodges: SIRS AND BROTHERS-You are hereby notified to collect Beneficiary, General Fund, Protective Fund and Local Assessments (now due and payable on or before October 1, 1912), from all beneficiary members on the rolls of your lodge September 30, 1912. General and Protective Fund Assessments from all members in the following amounts, viz: Beneficiary Class E Members.. OTIVE FIREMEN General Fund Protective Fund Assessment. Local Assessment. 2 20 ..... 1 65 1 10 55 ..... 25 25 10 10 10 25 10 You will collect from all members Local Lodge Assessment in such an amount as may be determined by your Lodge-in no case to be less than twenty-five cents ($0.25). All Grand Lodge Assessments to be forwarded on the forms furnished by the Grand Lodge, same to reach the General Secretary and Treasurer not later than the 20th of October, 1912. Every member whose application for Beneficiary Certificate is approved by the General Medical Examiner during the month of September will be liable for double the above amount for beneficiary assessment for the month of October, according to class of certificate. President. Yours fraternally, A. H. HAWLEY General Secretary and Treasurer, Notice. Communications intended for publication in the Ladies Department of the Magazine should in all cases be addressed to the Editress, Mrs. Agnes G. Strong, 527 Greene street, Boone Iowa. Matters for the Grand President should be addressed to Mrs. Georgie M. Sargent, 1014 Euclid street, Washington, D. C., and that for the Grand Secretary and Treasurer to Mrs. Mary E. DuBois, 711 Story street, Boone, Iowa. Welcome, Katonah 108. Saturday afternoon, June 22d, a new lodge was organized auxiliary to No. 349 at Union Hill, New York. When you are told the families of 349 live up hill and down dale, scattered all over the northern part of New Jersey, you will understand some of the difficulties encountered in organizing the new lodge; as it is, all thanks are due to the brothers for getting us started on the way. Sister K. Coots from L. S. 129, of Jersey City, was the organizer, assisted by Sisters Hission, Boyce and Robinson, who inducted the new members into the mysteries of the organization. There were quaking hearts and feet that ached to run when the candidates assembled at the hall, but the smiling faces and reas -10 suring welcome of those who were to throw aside the veil for us gave new confidence and courage to face the much-tobe-feared goat. izing, the visiting sisters in short adFollowing the regular work of organ dresses outlined the course the new membenefit from their new work, and infused bers should follow to get the greatest new determination and a greater spirit of stick-to-it-iveness among the membership. We then hied to the writer's home, where a supper, suggested, paid for, and partially prepared by the brothers of 349 awaited us. All the brothers who were able to be present enjoyed it with us. After supper Past President Brother Hart, on behalf of the sisters of the new lodge, presented Sister Coots with a cut glass salad bowl. The new members then returned to the hall and did work which left no doubt with Sister Coots but that the seed of knowledge she had sown had fallen in fertile soil. Then some of the brothers were admitted. They promised able support, and in view of the fact that they had done so much toward the formation of this new lodge by electioneering and, further, had contributed seventy-five dollars and said if more was needed it would be forthcoming, we knew this pledge of assistance was one that could be relied upon absolutely, for it was Brother Hankerson who wrote for the (413) |