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SOCIETIES ASSOCIATIONS AND MASONIC LODGES
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH MUTUAL RELIEF SOCIETY
(Founded, 1828.)
Patron: L. Q. Bowerbank, M.D.
President: Rev. Enos. Nuttall
Vice-President: John Charles Fegan
Treasurer: Alexander Berry
Hon. Sec.: B. H. Dias
Managing Committee
Brock, Charles E.
Dias, B. H.
Dodd, John H.
James, John J.
Henry, Joshua
Planto, Simon
Reeves, John
Silburn, Joseph C.
Marshall, Edgar L.- Auditor.
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CHRISTIAN UNION ESTABLISHED CHURCH SOCIETY
(Established 1st January, 1844)
Patron: Rev. W. G. Downer
President and Treasurer: William B. Alberga
Vice Presidents: James A. Hays, John Sinclair
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ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
(Founded 1845)
President: James Charles Peynado
Vice-President: Thomas Hendrick
Treasurer: A. H. Jones
Hon. Secretary: Benjamin H. Dias
Managing Committee
B. Mortimer Dias
B. H. Dias
George Garsia
Daniel McCall
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CHURCH OF SCOTLAND MUTUAL AID SOCIETY.
President - Revd John Radcliffe
Vice-President and Treasurer - Rev. ---- Stuart
Secretary - G. F. DaCosta
Managing Committee:
Robert Bryan, Chairman
Samuel W. Bonner
Abram Johnson
Robert McKenzie
Robert Cole
Charles M. Deleon
Alexander Grant
James D. Johnson
Thomas Phoenix
William M. Rennals
Alexander Smith
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TRINITY CHURCH CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
Patron: Rev. Joseph S. Woollett, Pro. Vic. Aposc.
President, Secretary and Treasurer: Rev. J. Dupont
Managing Committee - All the Male Members
Visiting Committee:
Alexander Phillips
Joseph Garier
In Fund - £250
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ST. ANDREW'S KIRK MUTUAL RELIEF SOCIETY
Vice-President: T. Roxburgh, Joseph Davidson
Hon Secretary: Edward Pinnock
Treasurer: John Walker
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WESLEY CHAPEL MUTUAL AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
(Established August, 1856)
President and Treasurer: Thomas Wall
Vice-President: Edward Bailey
Secretary and Sub-Treasurer: William Muir.
Managing Committee:
Bailey, Edward
Chandler, Frasly
Clarke, William
Dixon, Edward
Hester, John
Mills, George
Wall, Thomas - Chairman
Amount to credit of Society on 30th September, 1875, £261. 11. 9.
Number on rolls - 153
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EAST QUEEN STREET BAPTIST CHAPEL CHRISTIAN MUTUAL AID SOCIETY
Patron: Rev. J. C. Phillippo
President: Rev. D. J. East
Vice-Presidents:
Rev J. S. Roberts
J. C. Phillippo, M.D.
Secretary: Joseph Harris
Treasurer: William W. McWhinney
Managing Committee:
Armstrong, J. B.
Calder, W.
Gibson, Robert
Goldson, Emanuel E.
Kinghorn, J.
Lutus, M.
Maxwell, M. E.
Maxwell, R.
Miller, R.
O'Brien, M.
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FREEMAN CHAPEL CHRISTIAN PROVIDENT SOCIETY
(Founded January 1st, 1857)
Secretary: Hon. L Q. Bowerbank, M. D., etc.
President: Reverend Charles A. Wookey
Vice-Presidents: Mr. J. J. Bowrey and Mr. James Francis
Treasurer: Thomas R. Surridge, Esq.
Managing Committee
Mr. Thomas Brown
Mr. Thomas Bannister
Mr. Robert Blackford
Mr. James Finlayson
Mr. Joseph Jackson
Mr. James Gordon
Mr. Joseph Harris
Mr. E. Loraine
Mr. H. James
Mr. John Melvin
Mr. J. Menzies
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THE NEW CITY DISPENSARY
(Established 1876)
To provide medical attendance and medicine for its members in time of sickness.
Board of Directors:
Honorable George Solomon (Chairman)
H. B. Shaw
C. Goldie
Rev. E. Nuttall
Rev. W. C. Murray
Rev. A. H. Nieto
Medical Officer: Rev. Dr. Hugh Croskery
Honorary Secretary and Treasurer: B. A. Franklin
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ST. CATHERINE MUTUAL RELIEF SOCIETY
Patron: His Excellency Sir John Peter Grant, K.C.B.
Managing Committee
Anderson, Edward
Bernard, T. J.
Bucknor, F.
Bryant, James C.
Gibson, Henry R
Morgan, Charles G.
Pearson, William. S.
Rowe, Charles
Rowe, J.
Russell, Alexander
Sheckleford, Samuel
Treasurer: James William Harding.
Secretary: J. A. Dalhouse.
Auditors: T. J. Bernard, William. S. Pearson.
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ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS AND AGRICULTURE
Patron - Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen
President - His Excellency Sir William Grey, K.C.S.I.
Chairman - Hon. H. J. Kemble, Custos
Vice-Presidents -
The Lord Bishop
Sir J. Lucie Smith, C.M.G.
L. Q. Bowerbank, M.D.
Members of Council.
Alberga. D. J.
Anderson, J. W., M.D.
Cooper, Captain, R.N.
Campbell, Ven. Archdeacon, M.A.
Ebbeke, F. A.
Finzi, D.
Ford, J. D.
Hyams, Rev. H.
Mann, Hon. Genl., R. E.
McPhail, J.
Prenderville, Major
Radcliffe, Rev. J.
Verley, Louis
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THE JAMAICA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE.
Patron:
His Excellency Sir William Grey, K.C.S.I.
President:
Oscar Marescaux, Esq., Manager of the Colonial Bank.
Vice-Presidents:
Captain Stephen Dix, R.N.
H. F. Colthirst, Esq.
Hon. J. H. McDowell,
Ralph Nunes, Esq.
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JAMAICA MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
Patron: His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B.
Directors
Henry Forbes Colthirst, Chairman
Robert Russell, Vice Chairman
Robert Osborn
Hon. D. P. Trench
William Lee
Hon. H. Westmorland
Simon E. Pietersz
Francis B. Lyons
Arnold L. Malabre
Secretary: John Samuel Brown
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THE COLLEGIATE DEBATING SOCIETY.
President - Rev J. Radcliffe
Treasurer - Mr. E. Melville
Secretary - Mr. W. B. Gray
This society was formed with the object of promoting a literary taste among the young men of Kingston, and training the members to readiness in debate and the faculty of easy and effective expression. Membership is open, not only to Collegiate Pupils, but to all who are desirous of enjoying the advantages which such an institution offers.
At present the Society holds its meetings once every two months, and the subject of debate is fixed at the preceding meeting.
Entrance Fee, 10s. 6d.
Yearly subscription (paid quarterly) 20s.
Application for admission to membership must be made to the Secretary.
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THE SAILORS' HOME
(Established 1864.)
Patron - His Excellency the Governor
President - Commodore Lyon
Standing Chairman - Hon H. J. Kemble
Managing Director - R. Gillard
Directors
Rev. Enos Nuttall
J. C.Peynado
E. C. Corty
J. R. McNab
J. B. Sorapure
G. C. Hoskinson, U.S.C.
Hon. George Solomon
S. E. Pietersz
Senor Don Bruno Badan
Captain Mainwaring, R.N.
Ralph Nunes
Secretary, S. A. Iffla
Resident Superintendent, W. Morais
The Home - Corner of West Queen and West Streets.
Hours - Open from 6 a.m. till 10 p.m. daily.
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KINGSTON AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY
Depot. No. 9, Church Street.
Patron - His Excellency Sir William Grey, K.C.S.I.
President - Venerable Archdeacon Campbell, M.A.
Vice-Presidents
Hon. Sir J. L. Smith, C.M.G.
Hon L. Q. Bowerbank, M.D.
Hon. H. J. Kemble
Venerable Archdeacon Rowe, M.A.
W. W. Anderson, Esq.
H. Hutchings, Esq.
Chairman of Committee: J. C. Phillippo, Esq., M.D.
Committee:
East, Rev. J. D.
Radcliffe, Rev. J., M.A.
Ballantine, Rev J.
Davidson, Joseph
Sargeant, Rev G.
Griffiths, Rev W.
Nuttall, Rev E.
Pierce, Rev W. E., B.A.
Griffiths, Rev W.
Roberts, Rev J. S.
Downer, Rev G. W.
Spratt, Rev. E.
Davidson, Joseph, Esq.
Treasurer: T. F. Roxburgh, Esq.
Secretary: P. E. Chapman, Esq.
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CLERKS' MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY
(Established 1871)
President: J. W. Humphreys.
Hon. Secretary: W.C.G. Arrowsmith
Treasurer: G. Livingston
Directors
Andrews, R. J.
Auld, F. E.
Arrowsmith, R.
Bailey, D.
Baugh, R. L.
Duff, W.
Ellis, W.
Jones, A. H.
Langley, R.
Pitkin, J. B.
Smith, W. McF.
Tait, C. W.
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KINGSTON BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY.
(Enrolled under 28 Vic., cap. 17.)
To provide freehold houses for its members and improved dwellings for its members.
Subscription for each £20 Share to be completed in seven years, 4s. a month.
President - Lewis Q. Bowerbank, M.D.
Trustees
Henry Forbes Colthirst
Thomas B. Surridge
James Cecil Phillippo, M. D.
Chairman - Joseph Davidson
Vice-Chairman - Rev. William Griffiths
Directors
Baugh, Richard L.
Berry, Alexander
Burke, A. E.
Campbell, C. L.
Jones, Albert
Murray, John
Whitehorne, Charles S.
Oughton and Garsia, Solicitors
Auditors
Brown, J. S.
Pietersz, S. E.
Arbitrators
Campbell, Ven. Archd., M,A.
Nuttall, Rev. Enos
Pierce, Rev. W. E., B.A.
East, Rev. D. J.
Malabre, William
Colonial Bank - Bankers
J. M. Polson - Secretary and Accountant
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RECTORS, WIDOWS, AND ORPHANS' FUND.
Every subscribing Rector - a Trustee
The members of the Diocesan Financial Board for the time being are also Trustees.
A. Finlaison, Old Jewry, London, Actuary
Ven. Archdeacon Campbell, M.A., Secretary
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ST. ANN BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY
Established to provide Freehold Houses for it Members and Improved Dwellings for the Working Classes.
Trustees:
The Hon. Charles Royes
Thomas F. Roxburgh
Jasper William Gruber
Board of Directors
The Hon. Michael Solomon, Chairman.
Corresponding Director and Acting Chairman - Rev. Josias Cork
Boyd, John
Carvalho, David
Fletcher, Charles
Lewis, John Coulston
Penngelly, William H. F.
Ormsby, Joseph Dussard
Steer, Charles W.
Solicitor and Secretary - Edward Bancroft Lynch
Auditors - Thomas Bartlett, Sylvester Cotter
Accountant - George R. L. Cork
Arbitrators:
Bennett, Rev. J. G.
Griffiths, Thomas
Hall, Rev. George
Lewis, W. J.
Murray, Rev. W. C.
Bankers - The Colonial Bank
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FALMOUTH BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY.
Established to Provide Freehold Houses for its Members and Improved Dwellings for the Working Classes.
President: Hon Robert Nunes
Vice-President: Rev William Murray
Directors
Delgado, Charles
DeSouza, D. C.
Dignum, A. B.
Fray, Rev Ellis
Guiselin, F.
Kingdon, Rev John
Milliner, Rev George
Smith, Alexander
Vine, J. A.
Auditors:
F. Guiselin
C. P. Delgado
Secretary pro tem.: E. C. DeSouza.
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TRELAWNY BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY.
Established to Provide Freehold Houses for its Members and Improved Dwellings for the Working Classes.
President: Rev. W. Murray
Trustees: Rev W. Murray, J. A. Vine, F. Guiselin, A. B. Dignum
Directors
Rev W. Murray
Rev Ellis Fray
F. Guiselin
A. B. Dignum
J. A.Vine
W. Kennedy
C. P. Delgado
W. Cork
E. Lopez
Auditors:
W. Cork
C. P. Delgado
Arbitrators
A. Lindo
Rev R. M. Parnther
Rev E. A. Stewart
Secretary: Mr. James Alfred Vine
Bank: Government Savings Bank
Solicitor - W. S. Gilbourne
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WESTMORELAND DORCAS SOCIETY
President - Mrs. Randall
Vice-President- Mrs. J. S. Segre
Secretary - Miss Sarah Clarke
Treasurer - Rev C. Randall.
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ST. JAMES. BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY
Established to provide Freehold Houses for its Members and Improved Dwellings for the Working Classes.
Patron: Hon. William Kerr.
President: G. L. Phillips
Trustees :
Samah G. Corinaldi
William Fowler
T. H. Sharp
Directors :
G. R. Phillips, Chairman
George S. P. Corinaldi
S. G. Corinaldi, jnr.
John DeLeon, M.R.C.S.
P. A. Hart
D. Hart
Alexander Holmes
Alexander Levy
Robert Fowler
Edgar Turnbull
Arbitrators:
Rev. Thomas M. Geddes
Rev. John E. Henderson
Rev. Adam Thompson
John Watt
J. E. Kerr
Auditors :
Jacob Samah Corinaldi
Isaac Rodriques
Solicitors: Phillpots Brown
Bankers: The Colonial Bank.
Hon. Secretary and Accountant: Manderson Cohen.
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WESTMORELAND BUILDING SOCIETY
Established January, 1874, for the purpose of providing, repairing, or improving freehold houses for its members.
(Subscription for each £20 Share, to be completed in seven years, 4s per month.)
President - Rev Henry Clarke
Trustees
Rev Henry Clarke
William Ewen
R. S. Harvey
Board of Directors
Rev Henry Clarke, Chairman
F. Bastian
George H. Cooper
A. M. Forrest
W. Y. Garsia
Rev C. Randall
N. S. Savareau
Joseph S. Segre
James C. Young
Solicitors, Oughton & Garsia
Auditors - William Ewen, John Stopforth
Secretary - Rev Henry Clarke
Arbitrators
Richard Burgess
David King
Rev James Niven
E. J. Sadler
James Dougall
This Society has been in operation ten months and has 69 shareholders with 311 subscription shares.
The subscription meetings are held at the Court House, Savanna-la-Mar. on the first Thursday in every month.
THE JAMAICA ASSOCIATION.
[Established 20th Sept 1874.]
President
Hon. L. Q. Bowerbank, M. D.
Vice-Presidents
Solomon, Hon Michael
Solomon, Hon George
Robinson, Charles A.
Westmorland, Henry
Trustees
Anderson, W. W.
Levy, Isaac
Nunes, Ralph
Phillipson, Adolphe
Councillors
Barrow, Hiam
Berry, Alexander
Bourke, Wellesley
Colthirst, H. F.
Cripps, T. N.
DaCosta, H. Willoughby
DeCordova, Altamont
Elliott, Ernest
Elphick, Plato
Espeut, W. B.
Ferguson, James, M.D.
Goffe, John B.
Malabre, William
McPhail, John
Morgan, M. C.
Russell, Robert
Richards, W. S.
Steer, C. W.
Ward, C. J.
Hon. Treasurer - Arnold L. Malabre
Secretary - William Morrison, M.A.
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JAMAICA CIVIL SERVICE MUTUAL GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION.
Managers on behalf of the Government
D. P. Trench
R. Gillard
Managers on behalf of the Associates
A. C. Sinclair
C. Haigh
Secretary - R. Batten
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CO-OPERATIVE SUPPLY ASSOCIATION
Directors
Charles S. Whitehorne
Louis F. McKinnon
Rodger S. Haughton
John Harris
W. C. Tait
W. Rastrick Lee
Samuel Risby Whitehorne
Henry Garsia
William Arbouin Paine
Auditors
John Murray
Edgar L. Marshall
Solicitor, Alexander E. Burke
Secretary and accountant, Albert H. Jones
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EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION
L. Gibson, Chairman
John Stelfox, Treasurer
T. Laurence Roxburgh, Secretary
James Francis
George Taylor
W. McGlashan
E. Tweedale
J. Mc F. Smith
George Sargeant
T. Sargood
Place of Meeting for Committees, 24, North Street.
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YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Established for the moral, religious, intellectual, and social improvement of the young men of Kingston. There is a library in connexion with the Association. The meetings are held at the Mico Institution. The lectures also come off there. These are delivered periodically by ministers and other gentlemen.
Secretary - John E. Martin, Superintendent Mico.
There are several of these in Kingston; but the following are the only two of which information has been received: -
TEMPERANCE SOCIETY
This Society was established in the year 1875, having for its object "station the suppression of intemperance."
Patron - Sir William Gray, K.C.S.I.
President - Sir J. Lucie Smith, K.M.G.
Vice Presidents -
Hon. E. E. Rushworth
General Mann
C. H. Jackson
L. F. McKinnon
the Custos of Kingston
Dr. Bowerbank
the Bishop of Kingston
Archdeacon Campbell
Reverend D. J. East
Reverend Griffiths
Reverend Sargeant
Reverend Nieto, and others.
Secretary -- Reverend W. Edward Pierce, Kingston P.O.
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PIONEER LODGE, No. 2 (L.O.G.T.)
Brothers:
R. A. Monsalvatge, W. Chief Templar
R. Harris, W. Fyffe Templar
L. McClellan, W. Secretary
H. DeMercado, W. Financial Secretary
J. Newman, W. Treasurer
N. Fouche, W. Chaplain
A. Figueroa, W. Marshall
J. Thomas Ford, W. Inner Guard
M. Bonitto, W. Outer Guard
Sisters
H. Monsalvatge, W.R.H.S.
M. Ford, W.L.H.S.
E. Harper, W. Deputy Marshal
Bro. E. Squire, W. Assistant Secretary
ROYAL HOLY ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
No. 207, Provincial No. 1
M. E. Companions:
H. Garcia, Principal Z.
C. H. Davis, Principal H
Theo. Sherlock, Principal J
Companions:
P. A. Lindo, Scribe E
J. F. Ward Scribe N
A, P, Alberga, Principal Sojourner
George DeMercado, First Assistant Sojourner
D. I. Motta, Second Assistant Sojourner
Sol. Barned, Treasurer
George Magnus, Janitor
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SUSSEX HOLY ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
M. E. Joseph Francis Z
M. E. Francis Dawson H
M. E. J. Revie Macnab J
E.
George R. Taylor E
Roger S. Haughton, Principal Sojourner
Dr. Tompsett, first and second Asst. Sojourner
John H. Davis, Treasurer
Alexander R. Burke, aN
George Magnus, Janitor
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FRIENDLY HOLY ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER.
J. J. G. Lewis , Principal Z
J. Ashenheim, Principal H
G. C. H.. Lewis, Principal J
F. Brandon, Scribe E
M. Ashenheim, Scribe N
S. S. Lawton, Principal Sojourner
E. Wolfe, Treasurer
George Magnus, Janitor
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ROYAL LODGE
Alex E. Burke, Master
George Duff, Senior Warden
T. Melville, Junior Warden
George Campbell, Treasurer
F. Callow, Secretary
W. Thompson, Senior Deacon
John Thirlwall, Junior Deacon
William Duff, Inner Guard
George Magnus, Tyler
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SUSSEX LODGE
Rodger S. Haughton, Master
William Rastrick Lee, senior, Senior Warden
Dr. Tompsett, Junior Warden
John H. Davis, Treasurer
W. A. Payne, Secretary
William Mudon, Senior Deacon
C. E. Corty, Junior Deacon
C. S. Whitehorne, Inner Guard
George Magnus, Tyler
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FRIENDLY LODGE
Joseph Meyner Ross, Master
Reverend A. H. Neito, Senior Warden
Michael A. Ashenheim, Junior Warden
Solomon Alexander, Treasurer
D. I. Motta, Secretary
B. Mortimer Dias, Senior Deacon
George DeMercado, Junior Deacon
Charles Delgado, Inner Guard
Samuel Mordecai, Master Ceremonies
J. Ward, Master Ceremonies
George Magnus, Tyler
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CALEDONIAN LODGE, No. 554 (S.C.,)- PORT MARIA.
Right Worshipful
D. N. Berwick, Master
I. G. Mesquita, J.P.M.
A. D. C. Levy, D.M.
Brothers
T. C. Dias, S.W.
H. F. Hire, J.W.
J. Nelson, acting Treasurer
J. Rhodes Facey, Secretary
C. H. Austen, S.D.
T. M. DePass, J.D.
J. A. Hinds, I.G.
N. Cutbert, Tyler
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ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS
George A. Robinson, Chief Ranger
W. R. Faloner, Sub C. Ranger
R. M. Nicholas, Treasurer
C. C. Maxwell, Secretary
O. Bethune, Senior Woodward
W. B. McDonald, Junior Woodward
Francis Gutzmer, Junior Beadle
S. A. Johnson, Junior Beadle
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