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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1900)
Board of Governors of Ak-Sar-Ben for 1900 Photographs Specially for The Bco By Louis II. Bostwlck. I3MBERSIIIP on tho Board of novuniorH of the Knights of Ak-Snr-Bon carries with It tin iillnttnutit of hard work mill tin obligation of personal ex- pernio that Is no Inconsiderable draft upon thu resources of tho business men who accept It. Some of tho tiicn who took up tho burden In thu Initial yrar havo contlntiod to hear It year aftur year and nro found In thu harness today. Among tho lattor Is II. J. Ponfold, who wiih In attundanco at thu original muutlngs. Ho wax horn In 1ST, I at Lockport, N. Y., nttended tho public hcIiooIh of that city and nt tho ago of Iti years ontcrud a drug Htoro to niaHtor tho mysteries of tho postlo and mortar. Two years lator ho wunt to Angola, a Htnall town near Buffalo, nnd J (! MAIITIN ngiigcd In thu drug IjubIiicbh for himself. For llfleen years ho conducted thu retail drug business In that placu as his principal vocation, hut during tho last live yours of thu 1 1 mo ho was also ungaged In tho publi cation of a weekly newspaper as a sldo Issue. Hu established, edited nnd owned tho Angola Record, a paper which Is still In existence with an antiquity of twonty (lvo years and which ho sold out to good advantage In 18SI to coino west. Upon reaching Omaha In 1SS4 ho entered tho employ of C. F. Goodman, then conducting a wholesale drug houso on lower Fnrnnm street, as city salesman, and later became manager of thu business of tho (loodmau Drug company. Leaving that position In 1891, ho established thu Aloo l'enfold company, of which hu Is now the actlvn manager. Ho Is connected with most of tho secret orders of tho city, wiib one of tho original organizers of tho Knights of Ak-Snr-Bon and has been a member of Its Hoard of Governors and treasurer of the organization from tho start. Major It. S. Wilcox has also been a inoni bur of tho Hoard of Governors from thu dato of Its organization. Ho was one of thu retail merchants nt tho Initial mooting. Major Wilcox was horn In Until, Steuben county, Now York, April C, 1S43. Boforo ho had llnlshed his schooling, at thu ago of 10 years, ho enlisted In Compnny 13, First Now York Light Infnntry, and went to tho front. At Chlekahomlny swamps, In front of Richmond, ho suffered a severu shock from lightning and was sent to Carver hos pital, Now Jersey, und nfter having been laid up there for a long timo ho was discharged and sent home, whero ho lay alck for n year or more In tho spring of 18GI ho ro-onllstcd In Compnny C, Olio Hundred and Seventy-ninth New York Infantry, In which ho served until tho close of tho war. In Juno, 1864, hu wns wounded In front of Q130KG13 P. CHONK. M Petersburg and wna sent to a hospital In Washington, whero ho wan nt tho tltnu of tho assassination of President Lincoln, und wan discharged from that Inatltutlon at tho cIobo of tho war. In 1871 ho entered thu employ of Ilaco IlroH., oyster dealers, of Chicago, with whom he remained nlno yenre, and on the day following that upon which ho quit tholr Bcrvlco, eighteen years ngo, hu on tered tho employ of Browning, King Ai Co. For Blx yearw ho waH a Halesman for that firm In Chicago, hut for tho past twolvo years ho has been malinger of tho Omaha houso. Thomas A. Fry Ih another who has been actively connected with tho order since Its Inception. IIu Is a native of Lawrence, Kan., wl.cro ho was born In lSHO. That city was FRED MKT,, Jr his home, with the exception of a period of schooling In the east, until 18T7, and there hu enjoyed a four years' courso at the slato university of Kansas. In tho year last mi'iitlouod ho removed to St. Louis, whero ho ontored tho employ of A. Kooth of oyster frmo tho following year. He lived In St. Louis for ten years and was manager of Booth's St. Louis business before he removed to Omaha In 1SS7 ami established the branch houso here, of which ho has ever since been manager. Ho Is also quite extensively Inter- MEL UHL 13 IK! AH ALLEN. jJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJI its led la the shoe business and other Omahn enterprises. A. II. Noyes Is secretary of Ak-Sar-Hon. Ho was born In Maino January I, 1858, and his ancestry was always well known and prominent In that state. Hoth his father and grandfather were prominent In tho politics of tho statu for many years. Mr. Noyes Mulshed his education at Colby uni versity, Wntervlllo, Mo., In 1S80. Two years later hu went to Boston and entered tho employ of a large mercantile establishment. Removing to New York in 1881, he entered tho employ of George II. Hammond & Co, IIu has been with this company for sixteen years, holding numerous positions of trust and responsibility In different parts of the country, having for the last nine years been manager of Its packing houses at South Omaha and St. Joseph, Mo., ns well as all of Its branches and connections In the west and south. He has been a member of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben since Its or ganization. II. Vnnco Lane was horn In Webster City, In., January 111, ISO!!, removed to Nebraska In 1800 nnd acquired his education In tho public schools at Crete and Doimo college Ho entered tho employ of the Nebraska Telephone company August 1, 18S2, and has It. S. WILCOX. MILTON C PETERS. Hlnco been connected with that company, having held various responsible positions. Ho has been manager of Its olllco at Fro mont, Kearney, Council Bluffs and Omaha. Ho was appointed superintendent of the company in 1S97, which position ho held until ho wns elected Its general manager In 189S. Mr. Lane has served on the Hoard of Governors for tho last live years and In 1S90 nnd 1S97 was Its secretary. Edgnr Allen Is another member of tho board who has taken nn active Interest In the organization ever slnco Its birth and has been one of thu energetic pro moters of Its arduous work. Ho was horn In Stephensport, Ky February IS, 1858, and began tils business life us a telegraph operator. About thu last work ho did at that calling was In tho Western Union tel egraph olllco In this city handling tho nows of tho death of President Garfield. Hu camo to Omaha In 1SS0 nnd four years later started In tho wholesale grocery business. IIu Is now vice president of Allen Bros. & Co., engaged In that lino of business, Ho assisted In thu first Initiation ceromonles of tho Ak-Sar-Ben knighthood at tho old den In Odd Fellows' hall nnd has ever slnco been one of tho mainstays of tho order He was an associate with L. M. II J PKNFOLl). II. VANCE LANK. Uheem In the compilation of tho llrst ritual. Mel Uhl was horn on a farm in Holmes county, Ohio, Juno 28, 1SC3, and accompa nied his paronts to Nebraska In 1872. Ho was cducntcd at Donno collego nnd at tho ago of 17 camo to Omaha, which has over slnco been his homo except about a year and a half spent In Toxns In 1890 and 1891, In charge of a branch houso of tho Western Nowspaper union, For six years ho was connected with tho advertising department of The Heo, resigning upon .tho establish ment of tho Dally Nows to cast his lot with tho now paper. In January, 1900, ho wa3 elected a member of tho Hoard of Gov ernors of Ak-Sar-Ilen, serving bIiico ns chairman of the advertising and Invitation committees and a member of tho amuse ment coinmltteo, having charge of tho Oriental carnival. Mr. Uhl Is a nomlneo of THOMAS A. FHY. tho republicans for member of tho legis lature. James G. Martin, cattle salesman for Martin Bros. & Co., llvo stock commission merchants of Chicago and Omaha and a member of thu Board of Governors of Ak-Sar-Ben, was born at Klrkwood, III., March 19, 1SG1, hut has made his homo In Omahn for tho Inst fourteen years. Mr. Martin enjoys a wide and fnvorablo acquaintance throughout tho state and adjacent stock A II NOYES. growing sections. Ho has been a member of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Hou since the order una llrst Instituted. M. C. Peters Is tho most recent add It Ion to the Hoard of Governors, having been elected during tho last year to succeed 13. 1'. l'ock, who was compelled by stress of busi ness exactions to give up his clllcient work with tho order. Mr. l'eters was b'orn In St. Louis, October II, 1SC3. Ho has lived in Omaha since April, 18S7. Fred Metz, Jr., has been a member of tho Hoard of Governors for four years and has contributed heavily of his time and money for the advancement of tho pur poses of the knighthood. Mr. Metz Is jui Omaha boy by birth. He wns born April 1, 1SC3, nnd has resided in Omaha oor slnco. His schooling was acquired here and ho literally knows no personal loyalty to any other city. Ho Is vice president of tho Metz Bros. Browing compnny, which position he has held ever slnco tho com pany was established. Gcorgo l Cronk has been a member of tho hoard only since last winter, but ho has been prominent In the organization since Its Institution nnd has taken an ac tive part In Its ceremonies. Ho wns born at Savnnnah, On., October 21, 1SC2, remov ing with his pnrents to New York at tho ngo of 3 years. Ills youth was passed In that city and his education acquired In tho schools of Now York nnd Brooklyn. At tho ago of 1C ho camo west and began tho active duties of llfo as n prospector for coal In Iloono county, Iowa, whoro hu re mained during tho yenr 1S78. Tho following yenr ho entered tho employ of tho Kellpso Coal Mining company at Des Moines, con tinuing with it for live years. Ho enme to Omaha In 1SS5, In which year O. B. Havens & Co. was organized. Ho has been with It slnco Its organization, becoming Its secre tary In 1S91 and its treasurer In 1S98, so that ho now holds both positions. Walter S. Jnrdlno hos not only been identified with tho Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben slnco tho preliminary meetings, hut ho has been a member of tho Board of Governors slnco the start and always one of tho most active men In tho ranks. Mr. Jnrdlno WALT 13 H S. JAIIDIN13. was born In Pennsylvania September 21, 1854, and at tho ago of 10 years camo to Omaha, Whllo attending school in 1S71, when but 13 years old, ho possessed himself of a team and began operating an express lino. That was tho beginning of tho Jnrdlno express nnd delivery business that subsequently grow to considerable proportions, until ton years ago ho sold his outfit and business to tho Omaha Merchants' Express and Transfer company, in which ho has ever since been a partnor and tho manager.