Jewell Lodge, No. 94, A. F. and A. M., was organized April 7, 1879. Its charter members were, Edmund E. Truesdell. Augustus B. Johnson, John P. Johnson, George P. Cofran, Nathaniel Head, Charles Williams, David L. Jewell, George H. Larabee, George P. Little, Oscar B. Truesdell, Enoch H. Holt, James M. Young, Frederick E. Northrop, Joel M. Corbin, Otis S. Eastman, William Wainwright. Lewis S. Dearborn, Henry M. Hadley, Martin R. Sawyer,. John B, Haselton, Charles P. Bridgman, Josiah W. Dudley, Edwin P. Northrop, Retyre M. Davis, Benjamin L. Culver, Joseph L. Hosmer, William F. Head, George A. Robie, Ebon H. Nutting, Samuel S. Ordway, Charles P. Morse, Addison N. Osgood, Alonzo Osgood, Charles F. Hildrcth, Clifton B. Hildreth, Charles A. Seavey. The following were elected officers:—George 11. Larabee, M. W.; Charles P. Bridgman, S. W.; George P. Little, J. W.; Charles Williams, treasurer; John B. Haselton, secretary ; Oscar B. Truesdell, S. D.; Enoch H. Holt. J. D.; Frederick E. Northrop, S. S.; Henry M. Hadley, J. S.; George W. Kuland, chaplain ; William Wainwright, tyler.

The present officers are, George E. Miller, W. M.; Eugene S. Head, S. W.; Thomas H. Bunney, J. W.; Jacob E. Chickering, treasurer; Almon A. Blodgett, secretary; Frank S. Blodgett. S. D.; Walter S. Cass, J. D.; Henry A. Stetson, chaplain ; Moses H. Knox, S. S.; George W. Robinson, J. S.; Fred H. Pratt, marshal; William W. Foss, tyler. George H. Larabee, Charles P. Bridgman, Edmund E. Truesdell, Enoch H. Holt, Rufus M. Weeks, George P. Cofran, are past masters. The lodge is in a flourishing condition. Present membership, eighty-four.

Hiram Chapter, No. 24, R. A. M., after working under a dispensation from November, 1892, was chartered May 15, 1894, with the following members: Rufus M. Weeks, George H. Larabee, Charles H. Smith, Edmund E. Truesdell, Thomas H. Bunney, Charles A. Bailey, Eugene S. Head, Nelson T. Marsh, George P. Cofran, Frank P. Reed, Benjamin L. Culver, Enoch H. Holt, George P. Little, Bert J. Fellows, Bela H. Emerson, Eleazer F. Baker, James B. Tenuant, Warren Tripp, James F. Fowler, Addison N. Osgood, Edwin P. Northrup, and Joseph H. Dearborn.

The necessary officers to complete the organization were chosen as follows: Rufus M. Weeks, excellent high priest; George H. Larabee, king; Charles H. Smith, scribe; Edmund E. Truesdell, treasurer; Eleazer F. Baker, secretary; George P. Cofran, captain of the host; Edwin P. Northrup, principal sojourner; Enoch H. Holt, royal arch captain ; Bela H. Emerson, master of the third veil; Eugene S. Head, master of the second veil; Thomas H. Bunney, master of the first veil; Moses Henry Knox, chaplain ; William W. Foss, tyler.