Free Masonry in Marceline dates from October 17, 1889, when the Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri granted a Charter to Marceline Lodge Number 481 authorizing them to meet and work with Milton Helwig, Worshipful Master; I. Jeff Buster, Senior Warden; and John F. Eyler, Junior Warden. The former Masonic Building was located where … > More >
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Gem City Lodge No. 272, was organized Sept. 20, 1888, with 16 members.
The charter members were:
The association was founded in 1882 to open doors of education for women and to widen opportunities for women to use their training. “Practical educational work” is its objective. AAUW members are widening their own horizons, helping to build better communities, and fostering a more intelligent approach to world problems. All women who hold degrees … > More >
Beta Sigma Phi, an international organization founded at Abilene, Kansas, in 1931 by Walter W. Ross, is dedicated to hundreds of thousands of young women throughout the world, who compose the membership of some four thousand active chapters. It has gained recognition around the world as a non-academic and non-sectarian, social, cultural and civic organization.… > More >
The Marceline Community Players came into being August 17, 1962, when about sixty enthusiastic players presented the Musical Comedy “Here Comes the Showboat” by Robert St. Clair, under the direction of Mrs. Fleeta Rodgers at the Walt Disney Amphitheatre.
A crowd of eleven hundred greeted the singers, dancers and a cast of players who performed … > More >
In reply to an inquiry about the above subject, Mrs. Mary Miller offered this bit of information: Camp Fire Girls were active in this town in the 1930’s. Katherine Jane Mason worked with the girls during this time.
Girl Scouts began in the USA on March 12, 1912, and when we read back in the … > More >
Note: The following article containing a history of the first 50 years of Marceline was reproduced from the 1938 Golden Jubilee edition of the Marceline News. Floyd C. Shoemaker, secretary of the State Historical Society of Missouri, has written the following interesting and complete history of Marceline. Mr. Shoemaker is a Linn County product, having … > More >
Mary Fidelis Miller Lohmar was born on July 20,1917 in Marceline, MO, and passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, in Lexington, KY. She was preceded in death by her parents, G.I. & Genevieve Miller, her husband, Edward August Lohmar, a daughter, Julie Margaret Lohmar, a great grandson, Salvatore James Acciardo, and several brothers … > More >
Loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, Eunice Elizabeth Maggart Sayre, departed her earthly life on January 4, 2015, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia surrounded by her family.
A funeral service will be Thursday, January 8, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Browning. Burial will be in Knifong Cemetery … > More >
