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News First Meeting of 2006 Saturday, January 21 at 1 p.m. Edgewood Community Room For further information, call Ilo at 563-928-7849 |
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Members List:
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Sister:
Shirley Andregg
Hattie Appleton
Helen Arthur
Virginia Ash
Marilyn Atkinson
R. Marlene Barker
Doris Beatty
Maxine Beatty
Myrna Culbertson
Velma Culbertson
Vivian Culbertson
Musician:
Meribeth Daker
Sister:
Margaret Faust
Rayma Fisher
Mary Fisher
Debra Gleason
Helene Hansel
Lois Hansel
Ruth Harbaugh
Chris Harwood
Julia Jones
Treasurer:
Dorothy Keltner
Sister:
Donna Metzger
Jayne Miller
Tina Nieland
Marjorie Perrinjaquet
Una Porter
Most Excellent Chief:
Ilo Rhines
Sister:
Pogo Rhines
Dorothy Rizer
Verla Schultz
Marian Sheffert
Secretary:
Loretta Stone
Sister:
Marian Stone
Donna Welterlen
Sister Knight:
Randall Appleton
Harry Culberton
Lee Culberton
David Fisher
Robert Fisher
William Kenney
Gerald Perrinjaquet
Donald Rhines
Reed Rhines
Joseph Rhines
Gene Schultz
Larry Stone
Day Welterlen
John Welterlen
EDGEWOOD KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS PYTHIAN SISTERS HOME PAGE OUR HOME TOWN, EDGEWOOD, IOWA OUR GRAND CHIEF'S PROJECT - RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
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Welcome To Our Home Page
Welcome to Edgewood Temple #45 ! We are from Edgewood, Iowa, a town of about 1000 in the northeastern part of Iowa, a town proud of their rich Pythian heritage. Continue on to learn more about what we are all about.
If you have any questions or are interested in joining this worthwhile fraternal order, please e-mail us. Use the form at the bottom of this page.
The Edgewood Temple was organized on Monday, May 9, 1927. There were twenty-six sisters and two sister knights becoming charter members.
Officers were elected and installed at this meeting by Grand Chief, Marie L. Basham, assisted by Grace Eikelberg, Past Grand Chief.
- Most Excellent Chief - Daisy Tyrell
- Mistress of Finance - Leo Pieck
- Excellent Senior - Berniece Hill
- Protector - Fern Platt
- Excellent
- Junior - Luella Pilgrim
- Guard - Clara Rhines
- Sitting Past Chief - Ella Alcorn
- Trustees - Gertrude Shaeffer
- Created Past Chiefs - Cora Cropp, Ida Robinson, Lucey Adams, Lila Minkler
- Manager - Nettie Framer
- Grand Representative - Cora Cropp
- Mistress of Records and Correspondence - Matha Hansel
- Alternate
- Grand Representative - Gertrude Shaeffer
The first bills presented and allowed were $45.00 for Instituting the Temple, Per Capita Tax of $27.00, Seal of the Temple was $4.0 and a dispensation for $. 50. The Temple to be know as Edgewood Temple No. 45.
Grand Chief Marie Bashman granted the Temple to meet once a month, which was to be the second Monday. New members were initiated each month. At the September meeting it was moved and seconded that all officers and staff wear white dresses. A home talent play was presented and a Halloween Party was to be held. In October, the bills presented were:
- Three dozen application for membership cards - 45 cents
- Ritual Book Box - $1.07
- Special Dispensation - 50 cents
- Envelopes and Paper - 30 cents
- Annual Report Book - $2.75
- Lodge Rent for 8 months - $20.00
A leap year dance was held in January 1928. Bible was donated by Lila Minkler in February 1928. In May 1928 capes were bought for the officers. Convention was held for the first time in Edgewood in the year 1931. The following Temples were in attendance and help with work - Cedar Falls, LaPorte City, Grundy Center, Fairbanks, Manchester, Oelwein, Waterloo, Waukon, Dubuque, Jesup and of course, Edgewood. It was an all day session with dinner at the Hotel Whipple with a program consisting of unity singing, readings, vocal numbers by the K. P. Quartet and an address by Grand Chief Ada Cottrell. This was followed by dancing with music furnished by the Charles S. Todd Orchestra. The Past Chiefs Club was organized in 1938 with eleven members present.
Help in time of need, friends in a time of sorrow, Love for all at all times and fellowship for each other every day typifies Pythian Sisters and the Knights of Pythias, especially in Edgewood. Pythianism is an integral part of their life and we are richer and stronger for it.
Camp Courageous, www.campcourageous.org, is our Grand Chief's Project this year. All people, regardless of ability level, have the right to opportunities found in the world around them. Individuals with disabilities, as well as their families, should experience year-round recreational and respite care activities in a camp setting. Camp Courageous of Iowa provides this needed service to all. The camp provides opportunities for social and personal growth within a supportive environment. Campers learn to try a variety of creative and challenging activities and experience success. Campers develop enhanced self-esteem which carries over to work, home, or school environments. Camp Courageous was founded in 1972 when forty acres of land was donated for the sole purpose of establishing a camp for the disabled. In 1973 five buildings were built from donated labor and materials. By 1974 the camp was ready for its first campers, which totaled 211. Today the camp is open year-round, has 80 acres of land with 14 buildings, and annually serves nearly 5,000 campers, ranging in age from 1 to 100. Camp Courageous was built and continues to operate on donations, without government assistance, without formal sponsorship, and without paid fund-raisers.
The Edgewood Temple provides treats and/or entertainment at the local nursing home each month.
Food and support are provided at the blood drives.
During the annual Festival of Trees at Christmastime, the Sisters decorate a tree including gifts which are then donated to the Grand Chief's Project.
The Edgewood Temple also assists the Edgewood Cemetery Association during their annual pancake breakfast each September.
Empty pill bottles, cancelled stamps, used glasses and hearing aid batteries are all collected for ongoing projects, including Camp Courageous, the Lions Club, etc.
