History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

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PONTIAC CHAPTER NO. 228, 0. E. S.
Pontiac Chapter No. 228 was organized October 13, I898, under
jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, State of
Michigan.
The first officers of the chapter were as follows: Mrs. Gennette H.
Payne, W. M.; Reuben G. Whitesell, W. P.; Mrs. Mary E. Morgans,
A. M.; Chauncey J. Payne, secretary; Mrs. Catherine Dickinson, treasurer; Mrs. R. G. Ward, conductor; Mrs. Hannah E. Stull, assistant conductor; Mrs. Emma Malcolm, chaplain; Mrs. Anna Losee, Adah; Mrs.
Mittie Hollister, Ruth; Mrs. Fannie Walker, Esther; Mrs. Archie Gillis, Martha; Mrs. Elizabeth Whitesell, Electa; Mrs. Hulda Bell, warder;
Charles B. Hunt, sentinel.
Present officers: Mrs. Ida Eveland, W. M.; A. J. Ruby, W. P.; Mrs.
Emma Colvin, A. M.; Miss Lillian E. Rayner, secretary; Mrs. Eliza
Waddell, treasurer; Miss Elizabeth Hutton, conductor; Mrs. May Harger, associate conductor; Mrs. Esther Calvert, chaplain; Mrs. Anna
Wright, Adah; Mrs. Olla Steinbaugh, Ruth; Mrs. R. W. McCullough,
Esther; Mrs. Alice Hutton, Martha; Mrs. Cora Gordon, Electa.
Past worthy matrons and past worthy patrons:
Mrs. G. H. Payne, I898; Mr. R. J. Whitesell, 1898; Mrs. Mary E.
Morgans, I899; Mr. H. H. Snowdon, I899; Mrs. G. H. Payne, I900;
Mr. John B. Matthews, I900; Mrs. Hannah Stull, I90I; Mr. G. W.
Dickinson, I901; Mrs. Hannah Stull, I902; Mr. G. W. Dickinson, I902;
Mrs. Minnie Morris, I903; Mr. E. H. Lincoln, I903; Mrs. Minnie.Morris, 1904; Dr. J. D. Riker, 1904; Miss Eva Hossler, I905; Dr. J. D.
Riker, 1905; Mrs. Carrie Newberry, I906; Mr. E. V. Allison, I906;
Mrs. Carrie Newberry, 1907; Mr. J. C. F. Hollister, 1907; Mrs. Alice
Hutton, I908; Mr. G. W. Dickinson, I908; Mrs. Alice Hutton, I909;
Mr. D. H. Calvert, I909; Mrs. Ida Eveland, I9Io.
Secretaries of the chapter since organization have been: Mrs. Lucy
J. Mathews, Mrs. Emma B. Kuttler, Miss Lillis Harris and Miss Lottie M. Stanton.
MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION
This association was organized for the purpose of erecting the building in which the different Masonic bodies hold their meetings and of
managing the property in the interests of the order. The organization
was effected on December 2, I865, and. the membership of the association consists of those members of Pontiac Lodge No. 21, who enroll
themselves as such with the secretary of the association.
The present officers of the association are: Frank H. Carroll, president; Fred R. Graves, secretary; and Carlton D. Morris, treasurer.
The trustees are: John W. Rockey, F. H. Newton, A. E. Wright, E.
B. Oberlin and A. G. Newton.
The past presidents of the association are as follows: A. B. Matthews, 1865-73; Mark Walter, 1874-77; John P. Foster, I878-86; Henry
E. Allison, 1887-95; Jos. E. Sawyer, 1896; Geo. W. Dickinson, I897-I902;
Jas. S. Gray, 1903-06; Chas A. Harrison, I907-08; Frank H. Carroll,
I909-I I.