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Fifty Years of Madison Lodge Pendleton History
The record chronicles the rise of Madison Lodge from its first Masonic burial for Bro. James L. Bell through building plans for a hall, union celebrations with other orders, and a sequence of expansions and renovations. It notes loans, rent agreements, school funding, and wartime rapid degree work, culminating in the 1893 dedication of a new three story hall and ongoing improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Bell
Sons of Temperance and Odd Fellows
P. K. Witt
Pendleton
Odd Fellows and Sons of Temperance
Bro
Pierce
Masonic Hall
William Hacker
First Lodge
Madison Lodge
Samuel D. Irish
George W. Cole
Andrew B. Taylor
Cole
Johnson
M. E
Pendleton Cornet Band
William Roach
Kinnaman and Chapman
Daggart & Co
Walter H. Lewis
Hacker
Calvin W. Prather