SONS OF THE COVENANT

GAMALIEL LODGE,

NO. 116

HUDSON,

  COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK

By Captain Franklin Ellis¹⁷¹

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     Gamaliel Lodge, No. 116, was instituted and chartered by the Grand Lodge, Aug. 23, 1868, the number of original members being twenty-five.

     The first officers were M. Greenthal, President, N. Dosenheim, Vice-President; Jacob Wronski, Sec.; A. Harris, Financial Sec.; S. M. Swartz, Treas.; William Boston, Mentor; M. Peyser, Assistant Mentor; J. Friedlander, Warden; M. Simon, Guardian; S. Kritzman, M. Sylvester, A. Israel, Trustees.

     The lodge has at present a membership of fifty, and a fund of nearly $1000.  Its cardinal principles are benevolence, brotherly love, harmony, and the rendering of aid and support to the sick, needy, and aged of the order.  At the decease of a member, the widow and children receive the sum of $1000, which is collected by a per capita tax upon the members in the district.  The order, of which this is a subordinate lodge, extends through the United States, and has a membership of over twenty-five thousand.

   The present officers of Gamaliel Lodge are M. Greenthal, President; M. Sylvester, Vice-President; Jacob Wronski, Sec.; M. Wolke, Financial Sec.; J. Kritzman, Treas.