| In 1922, Sister Kate Dohr, mother of Sisters Mabel Fitzsimmons, Anna Dohr and Frances Hollman, was the first Worthy Matron installed at our new Temple; and Brother Charles Neuhaus, father of Sisters Mary Keevil and Mildred Sturdy, was installed as Worthy Patron. |
| In 1922 a standing vote of thanks was given to the Temple Tyrians for furnishing the Ladies Lounge. The Chapter now contributed twenty-five ($25.00) each quarter to Kirkwood Lodge. Minstrel shows were in vogue in those days and the Chapter often netted as much as one hundred thirty five dollars ($135.00) in an evening. In October of this year, Brother Frank Keck was welcomed home from a successful season as pitcher for the Cincinnati baseball team. |
| In June 1923, Kirkwood�s Bethel 5 was organized, with Sister Virginia Fasnacht serving as Honored Queen. |
| 1923 there was a measles epidemic and many of our members were quarantined to their homes. |
| Kirkwood Chapter participated in the 1924 Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron Club of Saint Louis� minstrel show. Later that year, the Chapter hosted a vaudeville show; A Trip Around the World Supper; and a Case Dinner. There were a few lean days for the Chapter, but even then the members were workers and savers! Another notable bit of excitement was when our Sister Riley escaped injury in the hold up of the Kirkwood Bank. |
| Charles Baldeck, Worthy Patron, was happy to announce that there had been an average of seventy-three (73) members per meeting during the year. Can you believe that twenty-nine (29%) percent of the membership was attending the meetings? Wouldn�t that be a wonderful tribute today? |
| In 1926, annual dues went up to three dollars ($3.00) and the initiation fee to eight dollars ($8.00). |
| The Chapter purchased five dozen chairs in 1927 at fifteen ($15.0) per dozen. Sister Mary Nehaus was married and became Mary Keevil. The officers gifted her with silver candlesticks. |
| Kirkwood Chapter held a picnic for the children of the Masonic Home and Kirkwood Lodge paid half the expenses for same. |
| In 1928, Harmony Club purchased a Baby Grand Piano for the Chapter with the Chapter donating one hundred fifty dollars $150.00 towards to cost. |
