612 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY A. A. Mathews, L. S. to V. G. It is now consolidated with the L'Etoile du Nord Lodge. L'Etoile du Nord Lodge, No. 23, I. 0. 0. F., was organized October 1, 1868, with charter members as follows : H. J. Mc- Giverin, Charles Brown, Michael Kappel, John Bryan, W. Eisen- brand, W. G. AVilliston and Henry Pomperin. The meetings are held Fridays in I. 0. O. F. Hall. The present officers are : N. G., I. B. Harrison ; Y. G., Bert Wilkinson ; secretary, G. H. Diepen- brock; treasurer. M. Kappel. Rebekah Lodge, No. 86, I. 0. 0. F., was organized January 18, 1893. The officers were : Noble grand, Lena Christ ; vice grand, Mrs. Allyn ; secretary, Mathilda Winter ; treasurer, Margaret Sclmetz. The present officers are: Noble grand, Freda Kruger; vice grand, Caroline Olson: recording secretary, Clara Peterson; financial secretary, Fern Haner; treasurer, Sadie Olson. The meetings are held the first and third Wednesdays of each month in I. 0. 0. F,. Hall. The present membership is seventy. Red Wing Council, No. 33, Modern Samaritans, was organized August 17, 1900, by F. B. Chapman and C. E. LoVett, and the first officers were as follows: G. S., Dr. M. W. Smith; P. G. S., J. S. Wing; V. G. S.. Robert Kjellstrom; II. I'.. W. J. Longcor; levite, J. E. Dahielson; F. S., C. W. Ives; s.. A. J. Schunk; C. M., A. G. Ilendel; J. M. ; Dr. II. K. Horn; treasurer, E. C. Erb ; centurion, T. O'Connell; watchman, John Cebulski; trustees, Charles Beck- man, L. -I. Boynton. The meetings are held at the call of the good Samaritan. The present officers are: G. M., H. Hindman; P. G., W. -I. Longcor; secretary, < '. E. Beckman; treasurer. E. C. Erb. Red Wing Lodge, No. 18, Ancient Order of United Workmen, was organized July 14, 1877, with the following charter members: D. ( '. Hill. W. A. Potter, J. D. Kellogg, F. A. Hill, G. E. Gates, L. D. Campbell. E. F. Grow. C. L. Kellogg, F. J. Clark, M. Herschler, 0. M. Sprake, P. N. McRostie, W. E. Hawkins, 0. G. Day, H. B. AVoodley. J. F. Taake, Albert Dekay. The first officers were : D. C. Hill," P. M. W.; 0. G. Day, M. W. ; J. F. Taake, E.; 0. M. Sprake, 0.; M. Herschler, G. ; F. A. Cole, R. ; E. F. Grove, F. ; T. G. Clark, R. ; Albert Dekay, I. W. ; W. A. Potter, 0. W. The meetings are held Thursdays in the A. 0. U. W. Hall. The present officers are: M. AY.. Arthur Arntson ; R., George Harlow; F., Fred Davis. HOSPITALS AND CHARITIES. The Goodhue County Hospital was started May 1, 1884, in a building on the levee, about where the Red Wing Malting Com- pany plant is now located. The necessity for such an institution was at that time immediate, the county having no adequate pro- vision for its indigent ill, or for those strangers who met with
