Cottageville Chapter NO. 16
LOCATION: Masonic Lodge, Cottageville, WV 25239
MAILING ADDRESS: 56 Well Ave., Cottageville, WV 25239
MEETINGS: Wednesday on or before the full moon at 7:30
DATE OF GRAND VISITATION: December 1, 2011
Officers
| WM | Rayna O'Dell | P. O. Box 27, Millwood, WV 25262 |
| WP | Dorsel Adkins | 57 Harmony Hollow Rd., Cottageville, WV 25239 |
| AM | Roberta Somerville | 259 Flatwoods Rs., Cottageville, WV 25239 |
| AP | Roy Headley | 3521 Flatwoods Rd., Ravenswood, WV 26164 |
| Sec | Beth Moore | 154 Well Ave., Cottageville, WV 25239 |
| Trea | Sharon Fox | 1534 Conrad Hill Rd., Cottageville, WV 25239 |
| Cond | Janice Adkins | 67 Harmony Hollow Rd., Cottageville, WV 25239 |
| AC | Sharon Wright | 773 Lone Oak Rd., Cottageville, WV 25239 |
| Chap | Sandra Moore-Bowers | 2 Gallatin St., Ravenswood, WV 26164 |
| Mar | Jim Somerville | 289 Flatswood Rd., Cottageville, WV 25239 |
| Org | Betty Burge | 285 Front St., Millwood, WV 25262 |
| Mart | Michelle Sergent | 1442 Creston Rde., Evans, WV 25241 |
| War | Mirlie Casto | 3290 Gunville Ridge Rd., Leon, WV 25123 |
| Sent | John Casto | 3290 Gunville Ridge Rd., Leon, WV 25123 |
Chapter Memership
| Dorsel Adkins, PP | Sharon Gump; | Shirley Parrish |
| Janice Adkins, PM | Ruth Hamon | Gail Pinnell |
| Ruth Ball | Sharon Haynes, P.M. | Ilene Rhodes |
| Denise (Karen) Birchfield | Denise Headley | William (Bob) Rhodes, PP |
| Sahana Birchfield | Roy Headley | Geraldine Sallie, P.M. |
| Billy D. Bowers | Sandra Headley | Diane R. Shaffer |
| Betty Burge, PM | Roy Headley, II | Stanley K. Shaffer |
| John Burge | Sandra Hoff | Patricia Shinn Smith |
| John B Casto | Mary K. Johnson, P.M. | James Somerville |
| Lila Casto, P.M. | David L. Knopp | Roberta Somerville |
| Mirlie S. Casto | Linda Knopp | Vickie L. Sorrell |
| Virginia Coplin | John Little | Flora Street |
| Joan Duffey | Leona Little, P.M. | Brenda Webb |
| Susan Duffey, PM | Sharon McClellan | Dennis Westfall |
| William Duffey | Phyllis McComas, P.M. | William White, P.P. |
| Jean Ann Durst, P.M. | Beatrice McCormick | Arnold Woodard |
| Elizabeth Eddy | Elizabeth Moore | Jacqueline Woodby |
| Sharon Fox, P.M. | Sandra Moore-Bowers, P.M. | Hazel Wright, P.M. |
| Pamela Garrett | Rayna S O'Dell, PM | Jacqueline Wright, P.M. |
| Anna O'Dell | Mildred Oldaker | Sharon Wright |
Chapter History
In February, 1932 I became a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. I became very unhappy on the meeting night in March, 1932. The chapter then was very similar to chapters today. It was the visit of the Worthy Grand Matron. The Associate Conductress was unable to be there. The Worthy Matron had me to fill the station. Back then the Worthy Matrons had all the work performed. One of the first was balloting. I never saw this ballot box and had no idea what to do or where to get the ballot box. The Worthy Grand Matron really racked me over the coals since I had no idea what to do; however, there was a Past Grand Matron who saved my life. She was at our chapter the month before when I was taken in the month before, so she got up and addressing the Worthy Grand Matron, asked her if she could find the ballot box the next meeting after becoming an Eastern Star.
Our building was second floor over a grocery store. We had a coal stove and had to carry coal up the stairs to heat the chapter room, and also had to take the ashes out afterward. Also, we had no water, so to make coffee, etc we had to carry water from the neighbors’ cisterns. It is quite different today! In due time, the Masons decided to build a new hall, so we all had to start having money making affairs to help out. One thing we found was on the east coast a place was buying eggshells. So we saved, washed and dried our egg shells. We sold quite a few, but in due time the company stopped buying them. Then we collected newspapers. By the time we had collected enough, the company was no longer buying them. We had a time destroying all of them! We had quite a number of money making affairs. The Masons had the new building started so the Eastern Stars once again started making all kinds of things to make money to help furnish the new dining room, etc. One of the money making projects that really started was the 4th of July Fair. Charldean Hutchinson was Worthy Matron at the time. She called me one day and asked me if’ I would help her. She had a corn popper and wanted to know if I would go up to the 4th of July celebration at the Courthouse in Ripley and sell popcorn. We bought a 100 lb sack of popcorn. We popped it and made $100.00 that year! The next year we added lemonaide and sold two 100 lb sacks of corn. That is how our money making projects started and they are still going strong today. We are a small chapter, but we still work together to keep the traditions and the virtues of the Eastern Star alive and well in Cottageville, West Virginia.
God’s blessing to all. Hazel Wright 75 year member Cottageville Chapter #16
Chapter's Past Grand Officers
Lilliam Chalfant Grand Chaplain — 1907
W. Lloyd Pinnell Grand Trustees — 1948-53,— 1954-60
Olevia Cunningham Grand Warder — 1954
Joann Hoffman Grand Chaplain — 1968
Janice Adkins Grand Organist — 2004
Janice Adkins Grand Trustee — 2007-10
Chapter's Past Grand Representatives
Lillian Chalfant South Dakota 1908-1911
Cora Worth Ohio 1911-1912
Olivia Pinnell Rhode Island 1929-1931
Olivia Pinnell Colorado 1934-1935
Lucille McDermott Indiana 1943-1916
Lillian Sayre Nebraska 1947-1950
Eunice Pinnell Ontario 1951-1954
Olevia Cunningham Kansas 1965-1968
Robin White Idaho 1971-1974
JoAnn Hoffman Idaho 1980-1980
Sandra J. Moore Iowa 1987-1989
Alvira Mattison New Jersey 1991-1993
Mary Johnson Wisconsin 1995-1997
Leona Little Mississippi 1998-2000
Janice Adkins Wisconsin 2001-2003
Sandra Lucas Connecticut 2003-2005
Susan Duffy Alberta 2005-2007
Dorsel Adkins Idaho 2007-2009
Sharon Fox, Kansas 2009-2011