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The Wimer Children
Bv Louis W. Harrison ־״ A Mooseheart Student
great shock to the father who was also ill. It was several weeks before he could resume his work and all his savings were spent. However, New Castle Lodge No. 51 advanced him a sum and assured that he and his children would not be in want.
All went well until June 2th, 1919. One day while at his work of truck driving Brother Wimer met with an accident and was fatally injured. This unfortunate father’s dying words was a wish that his children be placed in the care of MOOSE-HEART. There they would be protected against Ignorance and Poverty, and would receive a good education and a proper means of support.
As Brother Wimer was in good standing at the time of his death New Castle Lodge No. 51 obtained applications for the admittance of his children to MOOSEHEART. No material means was left for their support but the lodge acted as a “daddy” to them.
The applications were accepted by the MOOSEHEART Governors and on February 1st, 1920, the Wimer children entered MOOSEHEART as students. They are Martha Elverta Wimer age 6, and George William Wimer age 3.
These children will grow up in the bonds of Purity, Aid and Progress and through careful teachings and loving care given at MOOSEHEART, will be placed in the ranks of the clean and upright citizens of the World!
IT WAS during the winter of 1915 that Brother G. H. Wimer joined New Castle (Pa.) Lodge No. 51, Loyal Order of Moose. He was married and had one child, a girl. When Brother Wimer joined the Moose he did not realize that he was preparing a happy dwelling place for his loved ones. He was already a member of several other fraternities and had joined them merely for the insurance and the club benefits. He worked as a truck driver and through this occupation he was able to keep his small family in comfortable circumstances. Aside from this he saved a small amount to help pay “for a rainy day.”
A year after he had joined the Moose his wife gave birth to a baby boy. A serious illness followed and the expense was so great that Brother Wimer discontinued membership in all of the fraternities but the Moose. He was asked several times why he remained in this one lodge. His reply would always be, that should he suddenly die they would prepare a place for his wife and children.
It was during the great influenza epidemic of the winter of 1918 that the mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Wimer, was stricken with the disease and died within a week. This was a