Mooseheait Service
By LOUIS W. HARVISON
MOOSEHEART STUDENT
THE STROUPE CHILDREN
health was undermined, and she was subjected to a serious operation. Mrs. Stroupe knew her perilous condition, and fearing for her children, wrote the following letter to Superintendent M. P. Adams, of MOOSEHEART:
Mr. M. P. Adams,
Mooseheart, 111.
After losing my husband in the late war, and now undergoing an operation, in ease of death, I kindly ask you to take my daughters, Norma and Georgia Stroupe, and place them in MOOSEHEART’S care. There is no other place in the world I would rather have them go. My husband was a member in good standing of Dupo, 111., Lodge No. 890. May God bless MOOSEHEART.
(Signed)
MRS. D. J. STROUPE.
The poor mother never recovered from the operation. But the Stroupe children have been re-admitted by the MOOSEHEART Governors into MOOSEHEART. They are being made happy once more in MOOSEHEART, the City of Childhood.
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ORMA STROUPE, age 12, and Georgia Stroupe, age 10, were entered into MOOSEHEART as students way back in July, 1915. They are the pioneers and saw it progress and become the great MOOSEHEART of today, “The School That Trains for Life.”
The Stroupe children were very happy at MOOSEHEART. The mother, Mrs. P. Stroupe, realized that her deceased husband had been more than paid for his membership in Dupo, 111., Lodge No. 890. In April, 1918, the mother re-married; married the brother of her first husband. Naturally as the home was reunited, Mrs. Stroupe asked for the custody of her children. Norma and Georgia left MOOSEHEART to live in their new home.
The second husband, Brother D. J. Stroupe, was also a member of Dupo, 111., Lodge No. 890. But soon after his marriage, Brother Stroupe was called to serve in the Great World War . He died for his country.
The family was once more broken up. The children lived with friends while Mrs. Stroupe worked hard to pay all expenses. In time her
THE SHREIVE CHILDREN
Unfortunately in January, 1920, Brother Shrieve became ill and died; he left a wife and four children. As the father was a transient member in the Grand Lodge of Protection, they took charge. All sick and funeral benefits were given. Applications for admittance of the four Shreive children into MOOSEHEART were sent to the MOOSEHEART Governors for their consideration. The result was that on November 15th, the Shreive children were admitted into MOOSEHEART as students. They are: Theresa P. Shreive, age 13; Harrison G., age 11; John V., age 8, and George T. Shreive, age 7. When sending the children to MOOSEHEART, the mother said, “Their father died happy in the thought that they would be cared for and educated by the Moose.”
What if Brother Shreive had discontinued his membership when Greenville Lodge No. 1504 was forced to disband ? What would have
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THE “Grand Lodge of Protection;” what is it? It is a. Moose Lodge situated at MOOSEHEART, with Superintendent M. P. Adams as Dictator, Assistant Superintendent Hugo Doebler as Secretary, and Brother N. F. Reckard of the Stewart State Bank, St. Charles, 111., as Treasurer. And the reason for this Lodge ? This Service story is the answer.
Brother G. F. Shreive was a member in good standing of Greenville, Cal., Lodge No. 1504. Greenville was a mining town with a scant population. One of the mines went out of business, placing several men out of work. These men left Greenville to work elsewhere. With such a decrease in population the town was unable to continue having a Moose Lodge.
Those that were members of Greenville Lodge did not wish to lose their memberships in the Moose and so transferred into the Grand Lodge of Protection. Brother Shreive when joining this lodge only paid $6.00 balance in dues and contributed $1 to the Building Fund.