The present officers are; .Frank H. Black, master; Clarence O. Sawyer, senior warden ; John C. Dullaghan, junior warden ; Horace C. Dale, treasurer ; and Zadok T. Daniel secretary. Dr. Daniel is a patriarch of the order. Born at Eufala. Alabama, he is a Tangier life member Omaha Temple V A. ( ). N. M. S., is a past master, ex-scribe Podge of Perfection Scottish Rite, and lias for twelve years been the secretary of Amity Lodge.

Garnet? Lodge No. 125. Okder of the Eastern Star

This companion of Masonry was organized and chartered ten years after the Masonic lodge was chartered, or June 2^, 1898. The

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

first officers and charter members were: Millie A. Farman, matron ; Mary A. Cornell, associate matron and Joseph E. West, patron. Joseph E. Werb, John H. Jones, Horace C. Dale. Lizzie A. Ford, William W. Ford, Joseph P. Evans, David Dullaghan, J. O. Apian, Byron Cornell, Joe Bell, Capitola Tully, Rickie Jones, Jamie S. Brown, Lillian E. Dale, Emma K. Moore, J. E. Brown, Bertha A. Evans, Dora Dullaghan, Marie L. Aplin, Ollie Franzen, Martha West, and Althea Bell.

Rushville Lodge No. 369, I. O. O. F. This lodge was organized and chartered June 5, 1912, with fourteen charter members. B. F. Ray was the first noble grand, and C. L. Mayes, the first secretary. The lodge now has sixty-five members and the following officers : Ross Merrill, noble grand ; H. M. Steehm, vice grand ; B. F. Ray, secretary ; Joe David treas-