Blendon 339 – 120 Years Compiled History
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TRANSLATION OF SYMBOLS USED IN THIS BOOK (Listed Alphabetically) ASSR - Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite AAONMS Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Affil. Affiliation- Bro. - Brother - 120 YEARS OF DDGHP - District Deputy Grand High priest DDGM - District Deputy Grand Master FREEMASONRY IN }VESTERVILLE, OHIO DEO - District Education Officer EA - Entered Apprentice Ex Gr Gd - Excellent Grand Guard Ex HP - Excellent High Priest FC - Fellow Craft A History ol F&AM - Free and Accepted Masons Gen. Gr. Sec'y. General Grand Secretary Blendon Lodge No.339 F&AM GM - Grand Master Gr - Grand tE62 - t9E2 HP - High Priest Ill. - Illustrious with some accounting of IOOF - International Order of Odd Fellows KT - Knight Templar Charity Lodge No. 53 KYCH - Knight of the York Cross of Honor LL.D. - Doctor of Laws MEGHP - Most Excellent Grand High priest Delaware Co. 1819 1842 MM Master Mason - rWorshipful - MWGM - Most Grand Master Westerville 1842 1844 OES - Order of the Eastern Star - PGM - Past Grand Master PhD - Doctor of Philosophy PM - Past Master RAM Royal Arch Mason - Written by R&SM - Royal and Select Masters RW - Right Worshipful RW & Rev. Bro. Morris E. Allton RWDDGM - Right Worshipful District Deputy Grand Master and RWDep.GM - Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master Rev. Bro. Millard J. Miller RrWGChap. - Right Worshipful Grand Chaplain RWJTGW - Right Worshipful Junior Grand Warden RWSTGW - Right Worshipful Senior Grand Warden W - \rl/orshipful WB or W Bro. - Worshipful Brother 1982 WM or Wor. Mas. - Worhsipful Master 32 The highest degree earned in Scottish Rite o - 33 - Honorary conferred degree of the Supreme Council seventy-six Temple of Blendon Lodge No. 339 THE \ryRITERS BLENDON LODGE FEES AND DUES CHANGES tE62 - l9E2 FEES YEAR TOTAL EA FC MM AFFIL. DUES 1862 .. $ 20 $10 $s $5 x $ 2.00 1895.... x XXXX 1.50 1907 .... 25 10 x X .10 5 10 1910.... 30 10 10 x X 1914.... x XXXX 2 .00 1915 .... x XXXX 3.00 1924 .... 50 15 15 20 $s X Morris E. Allton Millard J. Miller 1928.... 60 202020x 6.00 Morris E. Allton is a graduate of Millard J. Miller is a graduate of 1931,... 68 282020x X Otterbein College, Westerville,and Lebanon Valley College, Annville, of the United Theological 1933.... 40 10 15 15 x X Semin- Pa., and of the United Theological ary, Dayton, Ohio. He is an or- 1947 .... x xxxl 6. 50 Seminary, Dayton, Ohio. He is an dained minister in the United ordained minister 1950.... x XXXX 8.00 in the United Methodist Church. Methodist Church. He taught 1 960 .... x XXXX 10.00 Allton served four years in the history in high school following 1972 .... x XXXX 1 5.00 Public Affairs Department of Ot- college graduation. He was Senior 75 terbein joining 1973.... 252525x X College before the Minister at the Church of the 1978.... x XXXX 20.00 Public Affairs staff of the Ohio Master United Methodist in Farm Bureau Federation in 1948. \ffesterville years 1979.... 105 503520x X for 22 before be- He spent 29 years with the Farm ing appointed a Conference 1 980 .... 1 30 8025255 X Bureau. For nine years he was a Superintendent for six years. He 1981.... 150 100 25 x 30.00 25 Vice President of the Federation. retired in 1973. x : No Change He lobbied for farmers'interests in Miller is a student of the Civil the Ohio General Assembly and in War. He has written many articles the Congress of the United States. and a book on Civil War incidents He served two years as the and personalities. He also co- Grand Chaplain of Ohio Masons authored the booklet entitled (1971-72, 1973-74). He has spoken Westerville and lts Religious and written extensively on Masonic Heritage. subjects. He is past president of the Allton was raised a Master Westerville Historical Society. Mason in Blendon Lodge in 1947. He is a member of Blendon He is a member of Horeb Chapter, Lodge, Horeb Chapter, and Zabud Zabud Council, Columbus Valley Council. He was raised a Master of the Scottish Rite, Columbus Mason in Equality Lodge No. 44, Commandery No. 69, Aladdin Martinsburg, W. Va. in 1940. He Temple of the Shrine, and the affiliated with Blendon Lodge in Ohio Lodge of Research No. 10. 1946. seventy-four ii ACKNO\ryLEDGEMENT The writers are indebted to the History Committeefor OHIO MASONIC HOME RESIDENTS its guidance and forbearance, ond to those brothers of the Sponsored by Lodge who reviewed the writings snd made helpful sugges- Blendon Lodge No. 339 tions. Special Charles Eichensehr who thanks to Mrs. Year ontorod No. of y0afs typed the manuscript beþre it was submitted to the Name th' Homs al tho Homo printer, to J. Douglas Allton who did most of the .HILDREN photogrøphy, and to Mrs. Margaret Nourse who designed Lowry, Lee H. 1920 7 the paper bound cover. Lowry, Charles E. 1920 7 Lowry, James........ 1920 I Katherine... 1929 9 PREFACE Jackson, Jackson, Paul.......... t929 8 This is the history of Symbolic Freemasonry in Westerville, Ohio, as it Jackson, Audrey...... 1929 l0 has been expressed and experienced over a period of considerably more than Three Freeman children 1930 7 each a century. Every Mason desires to know more about Masonry as a craft and (Names unknown) his Lodge as an entity in his community. If he wishes to satisfy such a desire, he should undertake the researching and writing of his Lodge's ADULTS history. He should examine all the records, scan all the pictures, and review Karns, William L................. 1938 8 the lives and experiences of those who made the history. He should discover Karns, Maud (Mrs. Wm. L.) .. 1938 ll what it is like to climb the mountains and to pick his way through the dark Lawson, Percy (Mrs. Don)..... 1939 2 valleys of human experience. This is achieved as he strives to grasp and Gorsuch, Harry 1944 6 understand the experiences of those who have known the heights ofjoy and Lee, Mary E. ..... 1948 3 the depressions of frustration in their search for reality in human endeavor Lawrence, Lucy (Mrs. H.H.).... 1952 3 at its best - sometimes at its worst. Shumaker, Don ..... 1967 4 We appreciate the fact that Blendon Lodge No. 339 wanted a history of Shumaker, Lillie Resler (Mrs. Don).... 1967 7 the Lodge written. We are especially grateful for the brothers of the Lodge Harrington, Lillian (Mrs. Carl) t976 4 who assisted in researching the minutes, some of them dimly written on fad- Schear, Marian B. (Mrs. E.W.E.)...... t976 6to date ed pages; in responding to questions; in devising methods of procedure; and Brinkman, H. H......... 1977 ) in implementing decisions until the history was completed. Not everything has been told. If a favorite personality has not been 20 residents - ll7 years mentioned or placed in proper perspective, charge it to lack of space or to the frailty of the writers properly stating what should have been said. We were aided by those ahead of us who have written about Westerville and about our Lodges. Perhaps in the future, others will take.our reflec- tions and improve upon them. If that is done, we will have achieved a worthwhile goal. We hope you learn from what you read and will create your own desire to delve more deeply into Freemasonry and its values. We also hope that MASONIC FUNERALS CONDUCTED IN THE TEMPLE your understanding of and respect for Blendon Lodge No. 339 will be .......November 2, 1938 enhanced. Walter K. Shelly, Sr.......... ......December 28, 1945 The writers have used the titles and abbreviations common to Masonic Allen Leslie Troutman ...... 5,1952 writing. If they are not familiar to the reader, their translation may be Frank H. Jacobs ....August ..............4pri1 9, 1953 found on page 76. A. Dolle RW Bro Morris E. Allton Bro Millard J. Miller ul seventy-three FIFTY YEAR MEMBERS 1 933 Howard Hyde Russell* 1 973 Elmer C. Loomis 1 933 H. H. Lawrence* 1974 Clarence H. Martenstyn 1 934 Jackson Robertson* 1 976 David Davis 1 946 Harry G. Gorsuch" 1 976 William Eddie Birchem* 1 Lightner HISTORY COMMITTEE 1 953 W. 0. Lambert* 976 Charles B. 1 956 Frank Marion Davis" 1977 Russell Norris The writing of this history was authorized 1 956 William J. Every" 1977 Joseph Claude Robertson by Blendon Lodge No. 339 at the request of the 1 956 Boyd Patterson" 1977 Robert Lee Shule" Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Ac- 1 961 Roscoe R. Walcutt" 1977 Theodore E. Dimmke cepted Masons of Ohio. 1 965 Royal Fields Martin' 1977 Cecil Allison Bennett A committee of the Lodge supervised the 1 965 E. W. E. Schear* 1977 Robert L. Pennington* project and gave valuable assistance and 1 967 Ray W. Gifford. 1 978 Ross E. Windom* technical counsel regarding the research, for- 1 967 Alva D. Cook* 1 978 Arthur J. Gorsuch mat, and general content of the book. 1 969 Theodore M. Beal* 1 978 James 0lterbein Phillips" 1 969 A. C. Gammill. 1 978 Charles A. Clifton. The committee was comprised of the 1 970 Louis L. Ouackenbush* 1 978 William 0uentin Kintigh. following: 1 970 Claire Wilkin. 1 979 Walter K. Shelly, Jr. Bro. Charles Eichensehr-Chairman 1 971 William Lester Beatty* 1 980 Henry F. Scatterday W Bro. David Ballard 1972 Horace William TrooP, Sr.* 1 980 Rillmond Wible Schear W Bro. Fred Wilson, PM 1972 Harry H. Kilgore* 1 980 Earl Kennedy W Bro. Alan A. Norris, PM 1972 Samuel M. Steele* 1 980 Claude Hall. Bro. L. William Steck 1 973 Harold N.