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Ladies of the Maccabees Lodge Organizes and Honors Leader
The Marshfeld Ladies of the Maccabees Hive No 62 organized January 27 1899 with 42 charter members led by Mattie Powers of Dishkosh State Commander. Local officers include Lina Blackford Commander Mary Warsinske Lieut Commander and a long-history excerpt traces the order’s fraternal and insurance aims and notes a gold medal awarded to Blackford. The piece connects the order to historical Maccabees and describes its evolution and rituals.
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Marshfeld
Lady Maccabees of the World
Hive No 62
Mattie Powers
Dishkosh
Order
Sir Knights of Maccabees
Supreme Lodge of the Order
Port Huron
Mich
Bink West
Mary Trierweiler
Lina Blackford
Mary Warsinske
Jennie Carr
Clara Maston
Anna Rossman
Edma Brainerd
Christena Weiland
Stella Rossman
Kate Kabe
Sentinel
Mame Wolleson
Link Blackford
Lodge
Supreme Lodge
Luella Malrison
Mary Ladwig
Alice Kelly
Paolina Reidle
Ella Mayers
Maud Wahle
Valentine Edson
Amelia Bartels
Margaret Kelly
Ida Mpatterson
Judas
Maccabees
Judas Maccabeus
Order of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World
London
Ontario