CUPERTINO LODGE #70 History
At a meeting, in the office of Dr. E.H. Durgin,
on March 21, 1899, in Westside, California, a group of the local
citizens met to consider the proposition of organizing a lodge of
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
To be granted a Charter requires the consent of Nine (9) lodges in
the County, as well as compliance with the Grand Lodge By-Laws.
April 15, 1899, was set for the culmination of the proposition to form
a lodge and to be conducted in the H.V.A. Hall, Westside, California.
This hall also to be the regular meeting place on a rental basis at
a fee to be established.
On April 15, 1899, in the H.V.A. Hall, Westside, Ca., Grand Warden
J.S. Robinette called the meeting to order for the purpose of Institution
of a Lodge of I.O.O.F., in Westside, California.
The Grand Warden appointed the following officers, Pro Tem, for the
purpose of hearing the petitioners for a new lodge:
D.J. Maddox, Lodge #238. Deputy Grand Master
H.E. Perks, Lodge #238, Grand Warden
H.C. Mumford, Lodge #52, Grand Marshal
W.W. McKee, Lodge #238, Grand Conductor
C.M. Beall, Lodge #18 (Iowa), Grand Guardian
In addition, the following officers were present, and in their respective
offices:
Grorge T. Shaw, Grand Secretary
M.P. Forbes, Grand Herald
A lodge having been declared duly opened, the Deputy Grand Master and
Grand Marshal presented the following petitioners for a new lodge:
J.D. Williams, J.C. Martin, W.T. Baer, Norman Dunbar,
E.H. Durgin, A. Neilson, D. Gartelman, Charles H. Smith,
and J.R. Johns.
The petitioners satisfactorily answered the questions proposed, and
being duly obligated, CUPERTINO LODGE #70, I.O.O.F., under the jurisdiction
of the Grand Lodge of the State of California, was declared duly and
regularly instituted.
The numeral 70 was originally that of Mount Shasta Lodge, in Yreka,
CA., having been instituted on August 20, 1857 and existed as a lodge
until December 24, 1875. On that date Mount Shasta consolidated with
Yreka Lodge #19, Thus leaving #70 open and ultimately available for
designating it for Cupertino on April 15, 1899.
