Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1905 — Knights of Pythias Prosperous. [ARTICLE]

Knights of Pythias Prosperous.

The report of Grand Chancellor George W. Powell, of the Knights of Pythias, showed a satisfactory growth of the order in the year ol of his office, with a net gain in membership in the state of 2.687. making the total membership in the state 56,274. The report ol the grand trustees. John H. Frank, L. A. Barnett and C. L. Bartol, showing that the order in the state has net assets of $195,862.52. The reports of officers for the Rathbone Sisters showed that twenty seven temples have been added to the order in the state in the last year, making the present membership consist pf 7,162 knights and 10,745 sisters. The net increase in membership was shown to be 2,435. The order.has cash on h ind to the amount of $6,514.54 Only one temple was lost during the year. The orphans’ home fund now amounts to $13,105.09.