Information Sheet

 

 

R         Daughters of Rebekah.  Duenweg Lodge No. 266 (Duenweg, Mo.).

537                  Minute books, 1932-1963.

                                    Nine volumes.

 

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These are minutes of meetings of the Daughters of Rebekah Lodge No. 266 at Duenweg, Jas­per County, Missouri.  The minutes begin 20 December 1932 and continue through 31 May 1963, when the lodge was consolidated with Blendsville Lodge No. 298.  Routine business con­ducted at the meetings included the admittance and dismissal of members, upkeep of the lodge hall, and ar­rangements for various events in conjunction with other Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges.

 

The records begin with the minutes of 20 December 1932.  It was apparently the first meet­ing after a fire in the lodge hall.  The minutes note that all previous records had burned, and the first business was to make arrangements for another meeting place, to see the landlord about re­build­ing the hall, and to apply for a replacement charter and the necessary supplies.  Fixtures and re­galia were rented from the Jasper Lodge.  Meetings were held in the Duenweg school building until October 1937, when the Odd Fellows Lodge and Rebekah Lodge jointly purchased a build­ing on Main Street.

 

Mary Sterling was the secretary of the lodge for thirty-four years, including the entire pe­riod represented by the records.  In later years active membership of the lodge declined to only five members, leading to a decision to consolidate with Blendsville Lodge No. 298.

 

 

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