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Lodges & Fraternal Orders

Secret Societies & Fraternal Orders

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Lakeville Lodge No. 353, F&AM is active — and its hall course is now documented. Chartered 1867, its ten charter members named by Chapman (1880), about 52 members by 1880, Dr. John Moore its master at his death in 1904. The hall course, from the lodge's own site: in 1959 the lodge bought the old Methodist church building and converted it to a temple; in 2005 the public library bought that building, removed it, and built the new library on the site; the present temple stands at 318 N. Mangus Dr., at Mangus and Wilson. The lodge prints active at its own site's strength ("Founded 1867"); the Grand Lodge directory at first hand is a named settler. The Eastern Star is positive: Lakeville Chapter No. 479 (register: PO Box 331, established 10/1963), its newsletters running to July 2024, meeting at the Masonic Temple. The Grotto stands at register strength: the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets (MOVPER) at 67551 Lake Trl, ruling 10/1940, with "South Bend Grotto Club Inc" at the same address, ruling 01/1968 — printed as carried, not merged with the Conservation Club at 67749 Lake Trail, a different number; its narrative course is a named gap. Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias print negative at web-search strength (settlers: the grand-lodge rosters read directly). The GAR line is the memorials file's: the county held seven posts, none Lakeville's.

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Source: Secret Societies & Fraternal Orders, Moosed History by Project Moosed, https://history.projectmoosed.com/usa/midwest/indiana/lakeville/secret-societies/secret-societies-and-fraternal-orders/