The Lake Region Blue Book and Club
Directory of Spirit Lake and Vicinity
Published: Circa 1906
Digest Number 1
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SPIRIT LAKE CHAPTER, NO. 132, ROYAL ARCH MASONS.
Was organized May 24, 1901, under dispensation granted May 15th, 1901, with the following officers: High Priest, C. I. Rigard; King, Q. C. Fuller; Scribe, T. E. Burt; Treasurer, J. W. Cravens; Secretary, W. A. Siddall; Captain of the Host, L. H. Farnham; Principal Sojournerr W. P. Stone; Royal Arch, Capt. A. B. Funk; Master 3d Vail, H. A. Miller; Master 2nd Vail, P. E. Narey; Master 1st Vail, A. M. Johnson; Guard, O. Crandall.
These with Amil Hook and W. F. Pillsbury comprised the charter members. The officers at this time (1906) are: High Priest, Homer Lovesee; King, Theo. Strathman; Scribe, F. C. Smith; Captain of the Host, F. W. Jones; Treasurer, J. W. Cravens; Secretary, T. E. Burt; Royal Arch Captain, H. H. Green; Master 3rd Vail, C. I. Rigard; Master 2nd Vail, C. L.Stoddard; Master 1st Vail, Clark Reed; Guard, C. E. Narey.
T. E. BURT,
Secretary.
THE WILSON HOMESTEAD.
Mr. and Mrs. Ole Wilson settled on the West shore of Little Spirit Lake in 1869, coming from Preston, Minn., over the pathless prairie, with all our belongings packed in two covered wagons, a few head of stock driven behind. Myriads of water fowl covered pond and lake. Our house was built of logs, the lumber being hauled from St. James, 75 miles away. In father's absence mother and myself, a child, of three, stayed alone. Think of the courage it took to hear the howling of wolves and see the distant prairie fires knowing there was no one to protect, save God. The great sorrow of our lives was the death of my younger sister Rosa, who was fatally burned by the explosion of a gasoline stove at Lakefield, Minn., in 1890. As the years rolled on times grew brighter. In the Seventies' we had quite a little colony. We lived on the old homestead until my father's death in 1892. My brother Louis now lives there. My mother, who is seventy-four, is an honored member of my home.
MRS. LENA X. WILSON SMITH.
DIRECTORY OF MINNEWAUKON BEACH ON SPIRIT LAKE. AND TOWN OF ORLEANS.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Albro
"The Ondawa Cottage"
Estherville, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Allen,
Estherville, Iowa.
Dr. and Mrs. Anderson
Estherville, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Bergman (Miss Esther Bergman, Teddie Bergman, R. A. Kingman)
"The Pioneer"
Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Berryhill
Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Clark (Miss Pearl Clark, Perry Clark)
Minnewaukon Beach
Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Edwin R. Clapp (Mr. and Mrs. Harback)
Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. B. Cummings
Sheldon, Iowa.
Mrs. Mary Clark (Wilbur Clark)
Orleans, Iowa.
Miss Letha Davidson (Mr. and Mrs. Mike Duffy, Misses Nellie and Mabelle Duffy, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Andrews)
Orleans, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Elliott
Spirit Lake, Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Finkbine
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Funk (Ben Funk, Miss Dorothy Funk)
Spirit Lake, Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Foote (Miss Olive Foote, Oliver Foote)
Orleans, Iowa.
Dr. and Mrs. Galloway (Miss Vera Galloway)
Estherville, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Heizer (Richard Heizer, Misses Marjory and Beatrice Heizer)
"The Sioux's Retreat"
Omaha, Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hewitt
"Wild Rose" Cottage
Omaha, Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Hippee
Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Hartman
Des Moines, Iowa.
L. H. Ives
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Jenkins
Orleans, Iowa.
A. Kingman
Spirit Lake, Iowa.
P. S. Mott
Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Miller (Mott Miller, Miss Lucile Miller)
"Heidleheim" Cottage
Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Miller
"Ekal Ti Rips" Cottage
Spirit Lake, Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Mosier (Miss Edith Mosier)
Orleans, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. John McKinney (Miss Marion McKinney, John McKinney, Jr.)
Orleans, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Narey (Miss Mable Narey, Harry Narey, Herbert Narey)
"Dew Drops Inn" Cottage
Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Peterson
Estherville, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Peterson (Miss Martha Peterson)
Orleans, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Price
Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Mrs. Florence E. Renken
Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ridley (Miss Jessie Ridley)
Estherville, Iowa.
W. T. Rhodes
Estherville, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Slattery
"Hope Been", "The Oaks" and "Happy Hooligan" Cottages
Spirit Lake, Iowa.
J. R. Stewart
"Woodbine" Cottage
Reinbeck, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. James Sperbeck
Orleans, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. O. Smith
Orleans, Iowa.
Antoinette Tracy
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Terwilliger (Bert Terwilliger)
Orleans, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Van Steenburg
Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wanniger
Located at West Side Hotel
Orleans
Mason City, Iowa.
Mrs. S. Weed
Orleans, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weed
Orleans, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wheeler
Orleans, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Whitley
Minnewaukon Beach
Ida Grove, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zollar
"Long Beach Cottage"
Orleans
Mason City, Iowa.
THE PIONEER GIRL'S CLUB.
THE SPIRIT LAKE PIONEER GIRLS' CLUB was organized January 12, 1894, with 18 members, namely; Ella Arnold Stevens, President; Hattie Kingman Farnham, Vice President; Amma Mott Miller, Secretary; Minnie Bingman Bergman, Assistant Secretary; Naoma Arnold Beebee, Dena Barkman Funk, Eunice Frances Brownell, Mattie Frances Smith, Pearl Arnold Furgeson, Ella Crandall Johnson, Alice Crandall, Carrie Abbott Everett, Millie Baxter Reed, Heattie Arnold Sanford, May Abbott Blackert, Addie Barron Chandler, Heattie Crandall Nefzgar, Mary Jamerson Arthur, Mrs. S. L. Pillsbury, T. J. Francis, and Sarah Swailes.
Later Mrs. Osborne, Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Narey joined our ranks. The object of the organization was both social and literary benefit, to reestablish the friendship of the girls of pioneer days.
The motto chosen was "Loyalty Binds Us." The program for each meeting was as follows: Response to roll call by quotation from the works of the author to be discussed at that meeting. The subject to be under the leadership of two ladies, one giving a sketch of the Authors' life and the other to read a poem or article from his pen, after which followed an open discussion by the circle.
Last — but by no means least — lunch was to be served by each hostess with as little or much style as she deemed necessary (considering the distinguished guests, distinguished chiefly for their age), but was limited to six or less articles of food. Any one overstepping this limit was to be subjected to a fine of not less than one dollar or confinement in the county jail for an indefinite period. Needless to, say that girls who had lived in Iowa in grasshopper times, when salt pork and potatoes with sorghum molasses for dessert, was considered living on the top shelf, thought this a positive feast and never (?) broke the rule.
While the club was still new the members gave a banquet to 250 guests in the Crandall House. This was considered quite a success and "the girls" were justly proud of their efforts.
Death first entered our ranks in May 29, 1898, Janette Osborne, one of the oldest of the members passed away. Again in October, 1901, the 22nd, the dread angel passed and took one of our brightest and best loved sisters, Carsie Everitt, after an illness of a few short days.
Since beginning this article the sad news carrle from California of the death of Eunice Frances Brownell, April 11, 1906.
As three of our members have been thus removed and at least four others have gone to other towns to live, the club has disbanded. But all agree that those meetings were bright spots in the work-a-day life, and that we are all better and perhaps (some) wiser for the P. G. C.
By MRS. G. A. O'FARRELL.
Illustration on opposite page.
1. Mesdames C. T. Chandler, 2. H. A. Miller, 3. Albert Arthur, 4. S. L. Pillsbury, 5. B. E. Nefyger, 6. A. M. Johnson, 7 J. S. Everett, 8. E. L. Brownell, 9. A. W. Osborne, 10 Hattie Sanford, 11. T. J. Francis, 12. E. G. Blackert, 13. H. F. Ferguson, 14. A. O. Stevens, 15. A. F. Bergman, 16. G. E. O'Farrell, 17. Naomi Beebe, 18. A. B. Funk, 19. L. H. Farnham.
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No Identification Provided In The Book
Contributed by Sheryl McClure
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