Aletha Chapter No. 82
LOCATION: State Route 4, Rock Cave, WV 26234
MAILING ADDRESS: HC 78 Box 440, Rock Cave, Wv 26234
MEETINGS: Second Thursday at 7:30
DATE OF GRAND VISITATION: February 23, 2012
OFFICERS
| WM | Jodi Nelson | 25 Greenbrier Dr., Buckhannon, WV 26201 |
| WP | Frank Hyre | HC 32, Box 29D, Rock Cave, WV 26234 |
| AM | Lois Armstrong | Rt. 2, Box 78, French Creek, WV 26218 |
| AP | Owen Bragg | P. O. Box 153, Adrian, WV 26210 |
| Sec | Ruth Tolliver | HC 78, Box 440, Rock Cave, WV 26234 |
| Trea | Samanna Peck | P. O. Box 125, Rock Cave, WV 26234 |
| Cond | Sue Davidson | HC 78, Box 67A-1, Rock Cave, WV 26234 |
| AC | Karen Buckton | HC 78, Box 79, Rock Cave, WV 26234 |
| Chaplain | Jean Linger | Rt. 2, Box 27B, French Creek, WV 26218 |
| Mar | Bea Loudin | HC 78, Box 448, Rock Cave, WV 26234 |
| Org | Gnellia Jeffers | Rt. 2, Box 84A, French Creek, WV 26218 |
| Adah | Mary Hyre | HC 32, Box 29D, Rock Cave, WV 26234 |
| Ruth | Jean Childress | 65 Cleveland Ave., Buckhannon, WV 26201 |
| Esther | Hallie Hurst | Rt. 3, Box 216C, Buckhannon, WV 26201 |
| Mart | Elaina Massey | 41 Two Lick Rd., Roanoke, WV 26447 |
| Elect | Kelly Sturm | 19 Greenbrier Dr., Buckhannon, WV 26201 |
| War | William Elbon | P. O. Box 35, Adrian, WV 26210 |
| Sent | Tressie George | HC 78, box 429, Rock Cave, WV 26234 |
Chapter Memership
| French Armstrong, P.P. | Barbara Dawson | Samanna Peck |
| Lois Armstrong, P.M. | Lowell William Elbon | Dorothy Perry |
| Erika Bonnett | Jacquie (White) Fultz | Philip L. Phillips |
| Gary Bonnett | Tressie George, P.M. | Larry Pickens |
| Sharon Bonnett | Nancy Greenleaf | Rebecca Pickens |
| Ruby Bosley | Virgil Greenleaf | Karen Pierson |
| Shannon Bosley | Amber Grimes | Terry W. Powers |
| Waytman Bosley | Pauline Hodgkiss | Anne Pringle, P.M. |
| Julie Bragg | Zelda Hudgins | Jo Ann Rill |
| Owen Bragg | Hallie Hurst, P.M. | Gwen Rossiter |
| Eulalia Brancato | Hugh Frank Hyre | Jeffrey Rossiter |
| Sharon Brisbin | Mary Hyre | Frena Samples |
| Karen Buckton | Gnellia Jeffers | Lisa Seaborn, P.M. |
| Rodney Burnside | Michael Johns, P.P. | Anna Gay Snyder |
| Exanna Butcher | Angela Jones | Linda Snyder, P.M. |
| Joyce Carpenter | Jean Linger, P.M. | Sylvia Spencer |
| Gerald Childress | Larry Linger | Inga Stangroom |
| Jean Childress | Cheryl Long | Ginger Strader |
| Mary Ann Coe | Martha Long, P.M. | Kelly Sturm, P.M. |
| Loretta Corathers, P.M. | Beatrice Loudin, P.M. | Joan Thomason, P.M. |
| Sarah Fisher Curtis | Burla Loudin | Ruth Tolliver |
| Anna Lee Cutright, P.M. | James Darrell Loudin, P.P. | Barbara Wilson |
| Darlene Cutright | Pauline Lowther | Deborah Wilson, P.M. |
| Gary Cutright | Rhoda McIntyre | Edward Calvin Wilson |
| Geraldine Cutright | Kay Mearns | Evelyn Wilson |
| Betty Davidson, P.M. | Lucile Mearns | Jeraldeen Wilson, P.M. |
| Carolyn Sue Davidson, P.M. | Elizabeth Moore | Patty Jo Wimer |
| Hazel Davidson, P.M. | Shana Morgan | Justine Woody |
| John E. Davidson | Betty Neely | Violet Zickefoose |
| Marilyn Davidson | Jodi Nelson, P.M. |
Chapter History
This is a newspaper account from a Buckhannon paper, telling about Buckhannon members going to Rock Cave to institute Aletha Chapter there on November 20, 1916.
Aletha Chapter No. 82 was instituted on Thanksgiving day and was named after Hettie Aletha Boggs, who was the first Worthy Matron.
Proud of their labor of love in helping Hon. Thomas J. Davis, the then Worthy Grand Patron, give life to a new Chapter, someone of Buckhannon Chapter No. 18 sent the following accounts to the newspaper: “The Eastern Star”
“The Buckhannon Chapter being invited and requested by the Worthy Grand Patron, Thomas J. Davis, of Harrisville, W. Va. to assist in instituting a new local chapter at Rock Cave, we began to look about us to see if we could find the required number of officers to go. We were compelled to go with our stations partly filled owing to sickness and bad weather, as a result we were not able to exemplify the work we had hoped to do.
“Stations were filled as follows: ‘W M. Janett Johnson; W. P. F. M. Farnsworth; A. M. Della Martin; Cond. Edna Farnsworth Assoc. Cond. Leta Snodgrass; Secret. Minnie Arnett; Treas. May Watkins; Chap. Jennie Talbott; Adah, Sallie Cutright; Ruth, Lillian Cressler; Esther, Mary Morgan; Martha, Ella Williams; Electa, Pearl Simons; Warder, Jessie Watkins.
“Faithful to the duties of our order, we set out for a cold, muddy drive of 15 miles. Be assured dear: readers, there was no complaining, for each and everyone hugely enjoyed every beloved milepost we passed, looking eagerly and rejoicingly for the next to appear. About 6 o’clock we were happily located in front of the Boggs hotel: in Rock Cave. Within we found a warm, hearty, cordial welcome that language fails to express. In a short time we were ushered into the dining room. There we were served a delicious, bountiful dinner consisting of all the good things that “the high prices of today” will allow us to enjoy. To this we did ample justice.
“Later we repaired to the Masonic Temple, and what should we find? A new beautiful hail, beautifully decorated and carpeted, also equipped with all modern equipments. A hail of which those good people have reason to be proud. It bespeaks interest and enthusiasm on their behalf.
“Near midnight our work was completed. A new chapter was instituted with nearly twenty-five members, with a number more to come in later. About five o’clock the next morning as we caught a glimpse of bright lights in many of the cheerful, happy homes of our own town, we felt well paid for our long, slow cold drive; not in dollars and cents, but in the consciousness of not only spending our Thanksgiving Day in returning our sincere thanks to the Giver of all good and perfect gifts both spiritual and temporal but also in having done our part in the institution of another chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. An order known and honored among the institutions of the land as one whose foundation is laid upon the enduring principle of Truth.
“We are confident from the intense interest manifested by the members of this new chapter that in future many troubled souls will receive from them helpful advice; many sorrowing hearts be comforted; and the destitute be liberally aided.
Chapter's Past Grand Officers
Helen Hawkins Grand Marshal — 1961
Beatrice Loudin Grand Warder — 1993
Chapter's Past Grand Representatives
M. W. Walker New Mexico 1920-1922
Madeline Hevener New Jersey 1949-1951
Mildred Wilson Mississippi 1962-1965
Lockie Marple Nova Scotia 1966-1968
Anna Lee Cutright Quebec 1978-1981
Donna Johns Pennsylvania 1982-1984
Lois Armstrong North Dakota 1991-1993
James Loudin Puerto Rico 1993-1995
Beatrice Loudin Oregon 1997-1999
Jodi Nelson Vermont 2002-2004