A.F. & A.M.
Cicero Lodge No. 955
Austin Blvd
Cicero, Illinois

The following Master Masons signed a petition requesting a new club be formed.
The peition was presented on Sept. 27, 1911.

On March 20, 1912 Cicero Lodge U. D. (Under Dispensation) was institued with the following officers:

Cicero Lodge #955 A.F. & A.M. received its Charter on November 6, 1912 and the above officers remained in their respective chairs.

The constituting officers representing the Grand Lodge of Illinois were as follows:

Symbol Bearers:

William H. Chilvers, Jr.
Frederick B. Shafer
Charles F. Rains
Clifford Gould

Past Worshipful Masters of Cicero Lodge #955 A.F. & A.M.

1912 Apr 30 Membership Roster

Rosters of New Members

World War I Honor Roll of Cicero Lodge #955 A.F.& A.M. 1917/1918

World War II Honor Roll of Cicero Lodge #955 A.F.& A.M. 1941/1945

Contributed Jan 1999 by Beverly S. Aylor

East Side Athletic Club

Organized 22 Mar 1896
Incorporated 05 Jan 1900

Presidents

Contributed Sep 1999 by Laura H

Indian Fellowship League, USA

(Founded March 1920)
106 N. LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL
Capt. R. D. Parker, Sec._Treas.

The regular meeting of the League will be held Sunday Dec. 17, 1922 Room 611
Capital Building, State and Randolph
Sts., Chicago, IL at 2:30 P.M.

A Lecture by Dr. E. P. Wheeler on “The Farming of the Reservation Indians.”
The doctor is well known among several tribes of Indians and speaks to them in their own language.
Chief Golden Voice will entertain us with a selection of his own composition.
Bring your friends and become acquainted and help the good cause along.
This lecture is free to all who may desire to know more of the American Indian and his future.

Contributed 25 Jul 2003 by Frank Cayuo

Illinois Masonic Orphans Home

LaGrange, Illinois
1913 Membership

Discharged From The Home Since September 30th 1912

Cause Of Discharge

6 Expiration of time.
5 Parent married again.
5 Taken out by parent or guardian.

Contributed Jan 1999 by Laura Heidekrueger

Masonic Inscription Restoration

June 30, 1913

To – Mr. Delamr D. Darrah, M.W., Grand Master A.F. and A.M. of Illinois, Bloomington, Ill.:

Dear Sir and M.W. Bro.:

As chairman of the special committee appointed by you for the purpose of restoring the inscription on the corner-stone of the tower of the Chicago Ave. Pumping Station of this city, I desire to submit the following report:

A bronze tablet bearing the inscription, “Laid by the Masonic Fraternity March 25, 1867. Jerome R. Gorin, Most Worshipful Grand Master.” was prepared and placed in position on the stone today. Behind the tablet a parchment was placed on which was engrossed the following;

“To All Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Greeting:

“In the year A.D., 1912 the authorities of the city were seriously considering the question of destroying the water tower, a relic of early Chicago, because it had become useless in the system of waterworks and for the additional reason that the masonry was crumbling under, the influence of the elements, when on the earnest appeals of the Chicago Historical Society the sum of twenty five thousand dollars was voted by the City Council for the purpose of repairing and preserving it as one of the historical buildings of the city.

“Worshipful Bro. Martin G. Seifert, Past Master of Constantia Lodge #783, was assigned as architect for the city to superintend the work, and he discovered the faint outlines of an inscription upon this stone showing that it had been laid by the Masonic fraternity. This fact was brought to the attention of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Bro. Delamr D. Darrah, by Right Worshipful Bro. William Arens, Past Master of Germania Lodge No. 181 and District Deputy Grand Master of the German speaking lodges, with a recommendation that in view of the fact that the inscription had become nearly obliterated by the elements, a bronze tablet be prepared and inserted in the stone.

The Grand Master referred this matter to Right Worshipful Bro. Ralph H. Wheeler, Senior Grand Warden, who upon investigation concurred in the above recommendation.

“The Grand Worshipful Master then appointed Bro. Ralph H. Wheeler and Bro. William Arens
a committee to co-operate with Bro. Martin G. Seifert and execute this work. A search of the Grand Lodge proceedings and other literature revealed the fact that this stone was laid on March 25, A.D. 1867, by Most Worshipful Grand Master Jerome R. Gorin.

This bronze tablet was prepared and set in place this 30th day of June A.D. 1913, in the presence of the following brethren;

Ralph H. Wheeler, America No. 889
William Arens, Germania No 182 The Committee
Maritn Seifert, Constantia No. 783
Charles H. Crowell, St. Cecilia No. 865
Albert Jamplois, Blaney No. 271
Robert J. Daley, Garden City No. 141
E. E. Mills, Kilwinning No. 311
Ed. H. Thomas, Kilwinning No. 311
Oscar A. Kropf, Lincoln Park No. 611
Ed. W. Peterson, Garfield No. 686
Arthur E. Behrendt, Ben Hur No. 818
Jason R. Lewis, Union Park No. 610
John F. Schott, Germania No. 182
John H. Kanitz, Edgewatrer No. 91
William J. Burns, Chief Operating Engineer of Chicago Avenue Pumping Station, and not a member of the fraternity.

I would have arranged for a more auspicious occasion, but at the request of the architect for the city, Bro. Martin G. Seifert, all display was omitted, and simply a few of the prominent members of the craft were asked to be present and witness the setting of the tablet.

Fraternally submitted,
Ralph H. Wheeler
William Arens

[The Seventy-Fourth Annual Meeting held at Chicago, October 14,15, 16, 1913 Pantagraph Printing and Stationary Co., Printers, Bloomington, Il. 1913]

Contributed Jan 1999 by Laura Heidekrueger

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

The following names came from a 1918-1936 composite photograph by Arbanas of the PLZEN Lodge No. 272 I.O.O.F.