Ruth McEvoy Collection 19 - Genesee County

Theater promoters take an option on the Odd Fellows Temple on Ellicott Street. 2-6-1920
500 from Genesee and Niagara Counties here.
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Odd Fellows (cont) Burn their mortgage.
The Batavia Lodge no. 197 organized in August 1868 with 5 charter members.
Rebecca Lodge no. 37. Majestic Lodge no. 754 formed in 1896, Clayton
Shed, NG. Rebecca Lodge no. 207. Canton Batavia no. 72. Eureka
Encampment no. 116. Genesee Encampment no. 40. I-X-L Batavia Lodge Club.
12-29-1920
From the Directory and North. Scheller Lodge (German) founded in 1886.
Temple sold by to Walter Buxton for the Standard Oil Co. To go to the third floor
no date
of the First National Bank - now occupied by Miss Blount's Business School. 8-26-1926
The Batavia Lodge is moving to the third floor of the First National Bank Building. 10-12-1926
The new Temple in the Bank building now open.
The Majestic Lodge buys the Taggart property on Park Place, west of the
10-21-1926
present Temple.
The American Legion Band to play for the Odd Fellows Carnival - opposite
9-6-1930
the Fairgrounds. 8-5-1932
Nearly 200 attend the Majestic bazaar. 11-4-1938
The State Odd Fellows 77th Annual Session here at the Richmond. 5-25-1942
The Majestic Odd Fellows and Rebeccas on a picnic. 7-18-1950
Officers of the Majestic Lodge no. 754 - meeting over 62 Main Street. 7-26-1950
Meet over 62 Main. 8-9-1950
Goal of the Odds Fellows - Community Service. 3-6-1954
Batavia Odd Fellows now join the Corfu Lodge no. 634.
Article on, says both the Batavia and LeRoy IOOF closed - Bergen is the nearest
March 1989
Lodge. 5-19-1989
Odd Fellows - Schiller Lodge Holds it first annual ball. 11-20-1886
With the Batavia Lodge and the LeRoy Lodge to receive Grand Officer. 1-27-1887
Reception. 2-11-1889
Celebrates its 4th Anniversary. 5-9-1890
Remodeling the Hall on Jackson Street. 6-25-1901
Oddities Purdy's Hotel was the scene of a wedding party - maybe ? 3-9-1887
Names of the revealed. 3-11-1887
Bride revealed to be Lilly May, well known member of Buffalo demi Monde. 3-14-1887
The best man in the above voices regrets. 3-15-1887
Strange lights on the "Peanut" track - some explode. 2-7-1888
G. Ranger says the lights were often seen in the past.
The death of well known horses listed as news items on page 4 along with the
2-17-1888
deaths of lesser known people.
The Perfields have a black cat - also a canary which got loose and was retrieved
1889-1890
safely by Tom.
For the first time in 30 years the Presbyterian bell was not rung yesterday -
8-24-1888
Sunday - at 9 o'clock. No one knows how it started.
Tobin, the tattoo artist, tattooed a bad picture on a 17 year old, has been in jail for
7-13-1891
several days. Now has tattooed a veil over the offending picture.
J. J. Ryan has a large hickory armchair that has small leafy branches sprouting
8-8-1891
all over it.
Suit over an apple tree on a property line - 1/4 on the lot of Horace K. Smith of
Bank Street toward which it leaned. 3/4 on the lot of Mary Geary of North St.
6-1-1892
He cut it down. 7-29-1892
The suit starts. 7-30-1892
Mary Geary gets $3 damages plus costs - coming to $4.33.
The clerk at the Hotel Richmond, J. Hugh Millay, called D. K. Chaddock at 2am -
8-1-1892
on rising, Chaddock found the house full of coal gas. 11-25-1892
Mysterious ligt seen here and there in the farm section of Elba. 3-22-1893