As taken from the R. L. POLK & CO.'S 1884 Big Rapids City Directory ;
SECRET AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.
MASONIC.
Big Rapids Lodge, No. 171. - Chartered January 11, 1866. Regular communications the first Thursday evening in each month at Masonic Hall, Northern National Bank Block. Alfred S. Mason, W. M.; Edgar W. Ford, S. W.; Peter McNaughton, J. W.; George F. Stearns, Treas.; Alonzo W. Eldredge, Sec.; C. H. Olds, S. D.; Thomas Shaw, Sr., J.D.; George F. Whitney, Tiler.
Big Rapids Chapter, No. 52 - Regular convocations at Masonic Hall, first Wednesday evenings of each month. Charlie Gay, H.P.; H. E. Hardy, K.; J. H. Foster, Scribe; A. W. Eldredge, Sec.; G. F. Stearns, Treas.; S. G. Webster, C. of H.; W. F. Louckes, R. A. C.; Peter McNaughton, M. ast V; Hiram Honeywell, M. 2nd V.; A. S. Maon, M. 3rd V.; G. F. Whitney, Sen.
King Solomon Counceil, No. 25 - Regular meetings first Tuesday evening in each month. Charlie Gay, T.I.M.; Peter McNaughton, D.M.; B. E. Hutchinson, P.C.W.; G. F. Stearns, Treas.; C. D. Bronson, Rec.; C. C. Fuller, C.; H. Honeywell, C. of G.; J. W. Fearns, Steward; G. F. Whitney, Sen.
Pilgrim Commandery, No. 23 - Regular conclaves first Friday evening in each month. S. G. Webster, E.C.; C. C. Fuller, Gen.; E. G. Hudnut, C. G.; C. W. Nottingham, Prel.; Charley Gay, REc.; G. F. Stearns, Treas.; A. S. Mason, S. W.; Peter McNaughton, J.W.; H. E. Hardy, St. B; J. H, Foster, Sw'd B.; W.M. Slosson, Warder; G. F. Whitney, Sen.
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Big Rapids Lodge, No. 111. - Meets at their hall every Monday night. L. T. Loveless, N.G.; James Allen, V.G.; M.V. Taylor, Sec.; N. H. Beebe, P.S.; Wm. Gay, Treas.