Early Miller Organizations


Rebekahs--Odd Fellows
The Hebron Rebekah Lodge No. 18 was organized in April of 1893 in Miller.  Mrs. P. E. Walton of Huron was Assembly President of the Order.  Officers were-- Noble Grand: Nathan Johnson; Vice Grand, Lizzie Hill; Secretary, Carrie Fitzgerald; Treasurer, Lizzie Johnson.

The lodge burned Jan. 28, 1926.  All records were destroyed, but a duplicate of the charter had been made, listing these members: Carrie E. Fitzgerald, Maggie C. Johnson, Lizzie W. Hill, Minnie Munger, Alice E. Pauly, Myrtle Allbee, Helen M. Morrell, Anna L. Berdan, Gertrude S. Briggs, Emily Herschelman, Alice Hardwich, Anna C. Miller, Carrie E. Olson, Nathan Johnson, J. D. Fitzgerald, Herbert C. Burch, John Pusey, and J. V. Munger.

Ree Vally Od Fellow Lodge
The charter was signed by Harvey Rice, DDGM on Feb. 7, 1884.  Members were: B. O. Anderson, Wm. R. Smith, Wm. H. Miller, Jacob Furman, F. R. Van Dusen, James H. Shane, James D. Fitzgerald; Lorenzo D. Sweetland, A. P. Robertson, M. B. Lester, Horace M. Macey, John F. Wilson, Stephen Pauly, James F. Martin, W. C. Richard, and J. M. Gass.

Eastern Star
The Crescent Chapter OES was organized March 22, 1888, with the charter received on July 10, 1889.  Members were: Susan Wood, Emeret Sedam, Mary Chaney, Nellie Barrow, Estella Baldwin, Oda Baskan, Nellie Dolen, Maria Bensen, Martha Edwards, Ann Cuthbertson, Florence Mudgett.  Brothers Horace Wood, John H. Baldwin, William G. Edwards, and others.  Worthy Patron was R. T. Sedam.

Royal Neighbors
Camp No. 8491 was started June 14, 1918 by District Deputy Nellie Comore, with the following charter members: Marie Bailey, Agnes E. Battersby, Bonnie W. Bohning, Alvira Butler, Hannah L. Campbell, Eliza Corrin, Gertie Corrin, Margaret Cree, Alta L. Dale, Myrtle Cornberger, Laura Mae Douglass, Ruth Douglass, Clara Maude Fisher, Louise Frahm, Carrie Geist, Jessie Halbig, Mamie Halbig, Alma Heltbridle, Lillian Hewett, Edith B. Hull, Cora Cane, Nellie Leavens, Bernice Lewis, Mae Mathews, Laura Moncur, Mabell Reesor, Mable Glenn Richardson, Nellie C. Runger, Calla Scofield, Pauline Sessions, May S. Snoddy, Effie Stanley, Ethel Stanley, Martha Tamblyn, Grace Trotman, Alice Ulrich, Mae Walsh, and LaVerna Wilson.  The Supreme Oracle was Alice Gilliand and Supreme Recorder Erna Barthel.
 

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