Ray was a member of the Wing Lions Club until his death in 1982. He was a charter member of that club and had perfect attendance in the years he belonged. He held all the offices of the Wing Lions Club including president, and served as zone chairman in 1957-58. He was deputy District Governor in 1958-59 and District Governor the following year. He attended every Multiple District Convention from 1957 to 1982. Ray also attended five International Lions conventions. He served as Chairman of the Bill Gackle for International Director Committee when Bill was elected to that International office in 1982. Ray was very active in the community and civic life of Wing. He instigated the Wing Booster Club which later became the Lions Club; he served on the Burleigh County school reorganization committee; was a member of the Wing school board for 12 years; and led the promotion of a new school building in 1960. Ray also served on the Burleigh County Housing Authority board for twelve years, was chairman of the District 31 Republican Party, a member of the Wing Horse Club, the Wing Wildlife Club, and the Wing Ambulance and Fire Department. He was a life member of the American Legion and served as Commander and Past Commander of the Fifth District. He was also a member of the 40 et 8, the VFW, the Lewis and Clark Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite and Shrine, the Elks, the Eagles, and the Moose Lodges. Ray won the Boy Scouts of America Lifesaving Award, the Bismarck Chamber of Commerce Rural Leadership Award, and was listed in Who's Who for North Dakota. Above all, Ray was an avid supporter of young people in the Wing area, particularly in athletics.
circa 1987
Frank Eugene and Lizzie (Mitchell Walton) Titus, Bismarck (N.D.)
Half-length, full face vignetted studio portrait of Frank Eugene and Elizabeth Mitchell Walton Titus. __[The Bismarck Tribune. Monday, May 2, 1938. pp. 1 & 3.] Frank E. Titus, 212 Thayer avenue west, one of Bismarck's' earliest pioneers and a charter member in a number of local lodges, died Saturday at 3:45 p.m., in the Bismarck hospital after an illness of 10 weeks. Death was the result of complications. Mr. Titus entered the hospital Feb. 19, and during the time he was there underwent three operations. The body has been taken to the Convert funeral home and will lie in state from 4 p.m. Monday to 10 a.m. Tuesday. Guards from the Slope chapter, Rose Croix, will be in attendance during this time. Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the body will lie in state at the Masonic Temple. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. from the Masonic temple by members of the Rose Croix. Announcement is made by the Masons that these services at the temple and those at the Convert home will be open to all friends of Mr. Titus. Burial will take place in the Fairview cemetery. Pallbearers Named. Pallbearers will be Roy Logan, J. O. Lyngstad, Erve Iverson, Wilton; A. A. Loehrke, Theodore Taylor and G. Olgierson. Honorary pallbearers will be Duncan McGillis, Charles Pearce, C. G. Boise, Frank Evarts, Frank Gage, William Watson, McKenzie; Judge A. G. Burr, Ole Johnson, R. M. Bergeson, Arthur Hollensworth, D. H. Houser, and E. G. Wanner. Born in Titusville, Pa., Jan. 13, 1862, Mr. Titus was a scion of an old Colonial Dutch family. The original American forebear came from Amsterdam, Holland, to settle in New York in the early beginnings of American Colonial history. Later the family moved to the Dutch settlement in Huntington county, Pa., where was born the grandfather of Frank E. Titus. Grandfather an Engineer. This grandfather became a civil engineer and moved to the vicinity of what is now Titusville. The community was named in his honor. It was here that James Titus, father of the Bismarck man, was born Nov. 12, 1833. Like most other residents of Northwest Pennsylvania in those days, Frank Titus's father became engaged in the oil industry. It was a profitable occupation for a while and he built up a sizeable fortune, only to see it swept away in the great panic of 1873. Undiscouraged, he started anew and was able to retire in comfort to Cambridge, Pa. in 1903. He died at Cambridge in April, 1926. Mr. Titus' mother was Miss Alta Hill of New York before her marriage. She was born in 1843 in Cataraugus County, N. Y., and died near Titusville in April, 1868. Frank E. Titus received his education in the public schools of Titusville, cutting short his formal learning when he was 16 years old to take work in the Pennsylvania oil fields. It was at this time that he learned the trade of the stationary engineer which he was to follow for the rest of his active life. Came Here in 1883. Leaving Pennsylvania when he was 21 years of age, Mr. Titus came to Bismarck in 1883 to take employment as engineer in a flour mill for four years. Following that he was engineer at Bismarck high school for two years. It is the next and longest period in Mr. Titus' life that must take rank as the most picturesque of his career, covering as it does 31 years as an engineer on government steamboats plying the then busy channel of the Missouri river. In 1899, Mr. Titus became engineer on the steamer "Josephine." a position which he kept for 14 years until he took the same job on another government boat, the "Mandan" This was followed by 12 years on the "McPherson" and one year on the "Missouri." Each of these boats was used to keep the channel free from snags that might interrupt river navigation. The day came, however, when the necessity of keeping the channel open for river boats no longer existed and Mr. Titus turned to land for employment. For two years he worked as a plumber and then in August, 1922, was appointed engineer at the state capital powerhouse.
He was born in Indiana in 1858, married Eloise 30 Jun 1881 when he was 22 in Wells County, Indiana, was married to her for 49 years. His father Dr. James A. Emanuel was born in Virginia, his mother Laura E. was born in Ohio/Maryland/Vermont (depending on which census record you look at). He never went to school, so he must have studied with his father to learn medicine. Hamilton and Eloise had two sons and a daughter (Henry J.. (who became a Medical Doctor at a Sanitarium)(1882-, Victor Worth (who became a Dentist) (1883-1967), Hellen S.).Emanuel, Hamilton W. 131698971b. 1858 d. 1938 Lakeside Cemetery MilnorSargent CountyNorth Dakota, USAHe was appointed as a State Medical Examiner by Dr. F. W. Smyth (famous mayor of Bismarck the one who installed water and sewer systems). Medical Examiner: Bismarck Tribune 01-04-1896 p1 He had one of the few licensed automobiles in 1912 (#3271). Licensed autos Bismarck Tribune 04-17-1912
Seated studio portrait of local Milnor (ND) Doctor Hamilton W. Emanuel. He is dressed in a three piece medium coloured wool suit with white shirt and dark striped tie. He has a Masonic ring and watch fob. He is seated in an armchair in front of a painted backdrop.
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Half-length, full face studio portrait of Robert Dimond Hoskins, taken during the sitting done to commemorate his Golden Anniversary that he and his wife Florence Mabel Armstrong Hoskins celebrated on November 29, 1934. [Obituary Bismarck_Tribune_Thu__Jan_3__1946_p01] Robert Dimond Hoskins, 85, 904 Fourth Street, prominent pioneer and retired merchant, died at a local hospital early Thursday morning. He was admitted to the hospital Tuesday. Mr. Hoskins was born October 3, 1860, in Bridgeport Conn. He was reared in Pennsylvania and received his law degree from Alleghany College, Meadville Pa. When a young man he came to Bathgate, Dakota Territory, and on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1884, he was married to Florence M. Armstrong. Mr. Hoskins was editor of the Bathgate Sentinel at the time of his marriage. Later he was admitted to the state bar. He moved to Bismarck in 1889. He was first clerk of the North Dakota State Supreme Court, serving in that capacity for 27 years. He resigned in February, 1917. He became a member of the selective service board in World War I and compiled a roster on every soldier from North Dakota, which was made into book form while working for Brigadier General G. A. Fraser in the North Dakota Attorney General's office. In September, 1898, he founded Hoskins-Meyer. The company now deals in office supplies, flowers, gifts, film finishing and camera equipment sales. When organized, the company was located at 213 Main Avenue. It was moved to its present quarters in 1909. Mr. Hoskins served as deputy clerk of the federal court until a few months ago when he resigned because of poor health. Mrs. Hoskins died in May, 1941. He leaves three children, Brooks Hoskins, Mrs. Philip J. (Etta W. Hoskins) Meyer and Mrs. G. H. (Helen D. Hoskins) Dollar; three grandchildren, Mrs. Marietta Dollar Ekberg, Nancy Helen Dollar, and Robert Hoskins; and three great-grandchildren. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, the Elks lodge and the UCT. Funeral services tentatively have been set for 3:00 p.m., Friday at the Convert funeral home with Reverend G. W. Stewart, Mandan officiating. The body will lie in state at the Convert funeral home from Thursday evening until the time of the funeral Friday.
dated 11/29/1934
Otis Nivison Dunham residence, Bismarck (N.D.)
The Otis Nivison Dunham house at 204 West Avenue B is a two story brick home with gabled windows in the roof and a second story porch with railing, awning and screen door. The house design was of pure colonial style wrought out in red brick, running to two and one-half stories. There are ten rooms. Van Dyke of Minneapolis is the designer and the cost was a little over $10,000. The house was built in 1916 and occupied by August 15th, 1916. [Obituary Bismarck_Tribune_Fri__Nov_16__1951_p01] Otis Nivison Dunham was born on September 2, 1864 in Ithica, N.Y., the son of Jonathan (1821-1914) and Emily Ward (1822-1918) Dunham. He came to Spring Valley in Dakota Territory in 1882, as a young boy. He graduated from Taber College in South Dakota. He came to North Dakota in 1903. For many years, Otis Dunham was the senior warden in the St. George's Episcopal Church here and one of its oldest communicants. Otis Dunham owned the Dunham Lumber Company with the home office here and with a string of 15 lumber yards throughout western North Dakota. Previous to owning his own lumber company, Mr. Dunham was associated with Harry Call in the Goodrich-Call Lumber Company in 1903, which is now known as the Bismarck Lumber Company. Otis was an attorney and operated out of his own offices. He served as a director in the First National Bank and was a charter member of the Bismarck Country Club, serving as its first President. He also was a member of the Masonic bodies and of the Shriners. Otis Dunham married Florence May Murphy in 1892 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minn., but she died in childbirth in 1893. Their child Elizabeth Dunham died at birth in 1893. In 1901 he married Katherine Loomis in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minn. They had three children including Lucy “Betty” Crane Dunham (1905-1993), Willard Hield (1913-1999), Jonathan “Jack” (1910-2008). They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in January 1951. They moved to North Hollywood Calif. in 1948. Otis died Thursday November 15, 1951 in North Hollywood Calif. Funeral services were held at 9:30am Monday at Wee Kirk of the Heather in Forest Lawn Cemetery at Glendale, Calif. He was survived by his wife, his one daughter Mrs. Warren (Lucy) Dunham of Portland Or. and two sons Jonathan Dunham of North Hollywood, Calif. and Willard Dunham of Burbank Calif. Mr. Dunham's uncle was Ezra Cornell, founder of Cornell University. Mr. and Mrs. Dunham resided at 204 West Avenue B, before moving to Calif.
circa 1920
Three-quarter view of early Masonic Temple that was located at 117 3rd Street in Bismarck (N.D.).It was dedicated on Friday, February 16, 1912 at 3:00 pm. It cost over $30,000 to build and was the second temple in North Dakota devoted exclusively to Masonic use. The cornerstone was laid on Wednesday, July 19, 1911 with Robert Morrison, Grand Master and head of all the Mason organizations in North Dakota presiding. The building when completed cost $50,000.
circa 1920
Lt. Beever Memorial Plaque
“ON THIS SPOT, JULY 31, 1863, OCCURRED THE FIRST MASONIC CEREMONY HELD IN THE PRESENT STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.
IT WAS THE MASONIC FUNERAL OF LIEUTENANT FRED J. HOLT BEAVER, AN ENGLISHMAN AND OXONIAN, AND A VOLUNTEER SOLDIER, ATTACHED TO THE STAFF OF GENERAL H. H. SIBLEY. HE WAS KILLED IN A SKIRMISH WITH THE INDIANS AND WAS BURIED IN THE RIFLE PITS WHICH WERE DUG ALONG THIS RIDGE.
DEPUTY GRAND MASTER JON C. WHIPPLE OF MINNESOTA CONVENED AN EMERGENCY MASONIC LODGE WITH BROTHERS A.J. EDGERTON AS WORSHIPFUL MASTER, J. C. BRADEN, SENIOR WARDEN, AND PATCH JUNIOR WARDEN, AND THE BODY OF BROTHER BEAVER WAS HERE CONSIGNED TO EARTH WITH MASONIC SERVICES.
THIS TABLET AND MARKER HAS BEEN PLACED BY THE GRAND LODGE, A.F. AND A.M., OF NORTH DAKOTA, A.D. 1920, A.L. 5920, TO COMMEMORATE THE FACT THAT WHILE LIEUTENANT BEAVER DIED FAR FROM HOME AND AMONG STRANGERS, YET HE WAS AMONG BRETHREN WHO SAW THAT THE HONORS SO JUSTLY HIS DUE WERE PAID HIM.”
Northern Pacific Railroad Depot, Skater, Masonic Temple, International Harvester Buildings, Bismarck (N.D.)
Upper photo left image shows the Northern Pacific Railroad depot from trackside with two men walking on the sidewalk. Beyond it is a building with "Industrial Exposition: sign and in the background photo left is the McKenzie Hotel. The upper photo right image shows Rollo the Limit performing his roller skating acrobats doing a loop to loop off the ramp on Broadway. Lower photo left image shows Masonic Temple on 117 3rd Street, corner of 3rd and Main Avenue. Dedicated February 1912. Lower photo right shows the International Harvester Building.
dated 1912
Otis Nivison Dunham's house
The Otis Nivison Dunham house at 204 West Avenue B is a two story brick home with gabled windows in the roof and a second story porch with railing, awning and screen door. The house design was of pure colonial style wrought out in red brick, running to two and one-half stories. There are ten rooms. Van Dyke of Minneapolis is the designer and the cost was a little over $10,000. The house was built in 1916 and occupied by August 15th, 1916. [Obituary Bismarck_Tribune_Fri__Nov_16__1951_p01] Otis Nivison Dunham was born on September 2, 1864 in Ithica, N.Y., the son of Jonathan (1821-1914) and Emily Ward (1822-1918) Dunham. He came to Spring Valley in Dakota Territory in 1882, as a young boy. He graduated from Taber College in South Dakota. He came to North Dakota in 1903. For many years, Otis Dunham was the senior warden in the St. George's Episcopal Church here and one of its oldest communicants. Otis Dunham owned the Dunham Lumber Company with the home office here and with a string of 15 lumber yards throughout western North Dakota. Previous to owning his own lumber company, Mr. Dunham was associated with Harry Call in the Goodrich-Call Lumber Company in 1903, which is now known as the Bismarck Lumber Company. Otis was an attorney and operated out of his own offices. He served as a director in the First National Bank and was a charter member of the Bismarck Country Club, serving as its first President. He also was a member of the Masonic bodies and of the Shriners. Otis Dunham married Florence May Murphy in 1892 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minn., but she died in childbirth in 1893. Their child Elizabeth Dunham died at birth in 1893. In 1901 he married Katherine Loomis in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minn. They had three children including Lucy “Betty” Crane Dunham (1905-1993), Willard Hield (1913-1999), Jonathan “Jack” (1910-2008). They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in January 1951. They moved to North Hollywood Calif. in 1948. Otis died Thursday November 15, 1951 in North Hollywood Calif. Funeral services were held at 9:30am Monday at Wee Kirk of the Heather in Forest Lawn Cemetery at Glendale, Calif. He was survived by his wife, his one daughter Mrs. Warren (Lucy) Dunham of Portland Or. and two sons Jonathan Dunham of North Hollywood, Calif. and Willard Dunham of Burbank Calif. Mr. Dunham's uncle was Ezra Cornell, founder of Cornell University. Mr. and Mrs. Dunham resided at 204 West Avenue B, before moving to Calif.
Sibley Expedition Veterans
Sibley Expedition veterans William Johnson, John Brader, and John Coates stand at the Masonic memorial to Lieutenant Frederick Beaver near Apple Creek in Burleigh County, N.D.||Lieutenant Beaver (or Beever) was killed near the mouth of Apple Creek while Sibley's troops waited for Sully to arrive from the south. Beaver and Corporal Nicholas Miller had ridden away from camp and were attacked by Dakotas. Beaver was the first Mason to be buried in North Dakota. Masons later honored him with a monument. Years later, veterans of the Sibley Expedition, William Johnson, John Brader, and John Coates visited Beaver's grave marker.
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Masonic members of the North Dakota Constitutional Convention
Masonic members of the North Dakota Constitutional Convention gather for a meal. Left to right are: Elmer Cart (Minot), Kyle Miller (Bantry), Grant Trenbeath (Neche), Myron Wallin (Crosby), Earl Rundle (New England), and I.E. "Esky" Solberg (Bismarck).
1971-1972 Bismarck, ND
“The Sibley Expedition. A correspondent who writes from ‘Camp in Dacotah, August 15,’ furnishes us with sketches of events in General Sibley’s Expedition against the Sioux. He says, ‘The sketch of the Murder of Lieutenant Beever is a truthful one, so far as could be gathered from the examination of those who visited the scene immediately after.’ He was a wealthy Englishman, who had served through the Crimean campaigns, and finally came to this country in search of adventures. He was about thirty years old. He left behind him in New York a fine yacht in which he had once sailed on a pleasure trip to the West Indies. Being on General Sibley’s staff, he had been sent with a dispatch to Colonel Crooks, who was skirmishing with the Indians. He fell into an ambush and was murdered. One side of his face was hacked off with a hatchet while he was still alive. The illustrations on page 580 represent two incidents in the history of this Expedition. The first shows the Train Crossing the James River on the 20th of July. The locality is about 600 miles west of St. Paul, and 100 east of the Missouri, which was the destination of the Expedition. Up to this time the Indians had kept out of sight. But two days after they were massed to the number of 4000 in front of the Expedition. The James River is nearly as black as ink, and the crossing of it by four hundred wagons occupied nearly four hours. There is but one clear stream in Dacotah Territory, the Cheyenne. The Expedition, on its return a fortnight after, crossed the river at a different point. The other illustration represents The Sioux After the Battle of Big Woods, on the 24th of July. The savages, on being attacked, retreated from hill to hill of the Coteau du Missouri, and were finally pursued into a valley where they had recently been encamped. The entire train of the fugitives at last came in sight, and good work was done upon them by our shell and shot. Had not General Sibley’s forces been exhausted by a long day’s march, by the subsequent fight and pursuit, the whole Sioux force might have been captured. As it was, they succeeded in escaping across the Missouri, which was not fordable by our train. The illustration shows the savages fleeing in confusion between the lakes, with Sibley and his staff upon a hill in the fore-ground.” – Text with article from Harper’s Weekly, Sept. 12, 1863, p. 587.
"Lt. Beaver's Grave Site. On this spot, July 31, 1863, occurred the first Masonic ceremony held in the present state of North Dakota. It was the Masonic funeral of Lieutenant Fred J. Holt Beaver [sic], an Englishman and Oxonian, and a volunteer soldier attached to the staff of General H.H. Sibley. He was killed in a skirmish with the Indians and was buried in the rifle pits which were dug along this ridge. Duputy Grand Master John C. Whipple of Minnesota convened an emergency Masonic Lodge with Brothers A.J. Edgerton as Worshipful Master, J.G. Braden, Senior Warden, and Patch, Junior Warden, and the body of Brother Beaver [sic] was here consigned to earth with Masonic services. This tablet and marker has been placed by the Grand Lodge, A.F. and A.M. of North Dakota, A.D. 1920, A.L. 5920, to commemorate the fact that while Lieutenant Beaver [sic] died far from home and among strangers, yet he was among brethren who saw that the honors so justly his due were paid him." - Text on plaque, located south of Bismarck, N.D.
"Killing of Lt. Beever. While Col. Crooks was at the river the General sent an order by Lieut. Beever, Aid-de Camp. While returning with an answer, Lieut. Beever mistook a trail that led down the river, where his body was found next day pierced by three arrows and a ball. He had also wounds from a tomahawk on his head. His horse lay near him. Two pools of blood twenty paces from his body indicated that two of his murderers had paid dearly for his life. On the same trail was found the body of private Nicholas Miller, of Company K, Sixth Regiment, who had made the same mistake in taking the trail that Beever had" - St. Paul Daily Press, August 15, 1863.
Harper's Weekly, September 12, 1863, p. 577.
Mandan Indian Freemasons at the On-A-Slant Village located in Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park. Initiations are still held at this park with appropriate attire.
WWI Soldiers in front of the Masonic Temple in Bismarck, ND
Large company of soldiers in new uniforms, hats and boots standing in front of Masonic Temple in Bismarck (ND). No longer standing, this building was located at 117 N. 3rd St. One soldier holds a forty-eight star United States Flag. Behind the company are boxes of uniforms and boots shipped from the Holland Shoe Company in Holland (MI). Masonic Temple has building date of A. D. (Anno Domini) 1911 and Mason Calendar date of A. L. (Anno Lucis--In The Year of Light) 5911 which is computed by adding 4000 to current year number.
circa 1917-1918
The Bismarck Tribune 02/16/1912 Page 1
Norman Erickson Postcard Collection
Norman Erickson Postcard Collection
A view of the Masonic Temple on 3rd Street in Bismarck, N.D.||This early Masonic Temple was located at 117 3rd Street in Bismarck, and was dedicated in February 1912.
circa 1915
Three-quarter view of early Masonic Temple that was located at 117 3rd Street in Bismarck (N.D.).It was dedicated on Friday, February 16, 1912 at 3:00 pm. It cost over $30,000 to build and was the second temple in North Dakota devoted exclusively to Masonic use. Designed by C. T. DeLamere, Architect (Bismarck (N. D.) in 1911, Ferdinand Leutz of Hebron Fire and Pressed Brick Company supplied the bricks for the building. It is a two story building with a full basement. It has a massive stone foundation and is faced with Hebron pressed brick with stone trimmings. The basement contains the boiler room, card and billiard parlors, reception rooms and vaults where the lodge records were kept. The first floor comprises the Blue Lodge rooms, dining rooms and kitchen, parlors, and paraphernalia rooms. The second floor was devoted to the use of the order of the Eastern Star and contained a lodge room for this order and the paraphernalia rooms. The building when completed cost $50,000. It was erected by Milstead and Pierson, contractors in Bismarck (N.D.). The building committee consisted of C. B. Little, chairman, G. F. Dullam, and Dr. E. P. Quain. The cornerstone was laid on Wednesday, July 19, 1911 with Robert Morrison, Grand Master and head of all the Mason organizations in North Dakota presiding.
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