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I have read all of the minutes of Ocean Lodge and
thereby bear witness that she has been most charitable. I
know of no worthy appeal ever having been turned down. Often
they have given beyond their means. Often when under no
legal or moral obligation whatever, they have contributed
liberally to the relief of distressed ones. Whatever may
have been the faults of Ocean Lodge, certainly Charity has
been one of its shining virtues. |
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has been much imposed upon by impostors. On Feb. 7, 1881, a
resolution was passed antedating the present usage almost
universal that before aid was given to a stranger, the
Secretary must telegraph his Lodge ascertaining if he is in
good standing and worthy.
On Feb. 17, 1872, the Lodge buried Capt.
Samuel C. Colesberry, a retired sea captain, who had
settled in Brunswick. He was a member of some New England
Lodge.
The Lodge buried the Rev. John Wesley
Simmons on Nov. S, 1909, who died at the home of his son,
Dr. J. W. Simmons, a Past Master of Ocean Lodge. In 1876,
Rev. Simmons was stationed in Brunswick as Minister of the
local Methodist Church. During the Yellow Fever Epidemic, it
is said that only he and the Priest in charge of the
Catholic Church remained in Brunswick. Many years
afterwards, Brother Simmons and the Catholic Priest
accidentally met on the streets of Columbus. They flew into
each other's arms, for the time forgetting Catholicism and
Protestantism, remembering only that they had stood by their
charges when the City was sorely stricken by the deadly
fever. |
