Arkansas City Daily Traveler
March 5, 1928
Submitted by: Mollie Stehno

A.T.A. and Auxiliary, One of City's Oldest Lodges, Has 400 Members

Probably the oldest lodge organization in the city is the A. T. A., formerly the Anti Horse Thief Association.

"Fifty years ago, when the first A. H. T. A., lodge was organized at Odessa school, located 12 miles northwest of Arkansas City, there were no telephones. At that time members would form groups composed of 6 or 8 men each, headed by a captain, and in this manner would spread the alarm and trace horse thieves, that being the real purpose o the lodge at that time' said Alvin Goff, charter members of the Odessa lodge, and now vice president of the A. T. A., of this city. He said the Arkansas City lodge, No. 157, was not organized for several years after that. Then the Odessa lodge and the A. C. lodge were made one organization. The local lodge, with the auxiliary now has a membership of nearly 400. Lodge No. 157 is the largest in the state. The auxiliary is known as the most active women's A. T. A. order in Kansas, also.

Got The Horse Thieves

"And in those days we got the horse thieves, too" Mr. Goff added. "I have been a member for 50 years and have never had anything of enough value stolen from me to call on the order to hunt it up. That's what I call protection and splendid insurance." Mr. Goff can relate many interesting stories in regard to the old manner of chasing the thieves, under the rules of the old time organization.

"Once," he said, they caught a man who had stolen a horse belonging to a U. S. deputy marshal, near Wichita. The thief was caught with the goods. He said if he had known there was such an organization as the A. H. T. A., he never would have stolen the horse. Today the A. T. A. membership is made up mostly of auto owners, and persons who own anything of value that might be stolen. It is the rule of the officials of the order, to put officers on the job immediately, after being informed of a theft from a member.

Two officers of the law here are members of the lodge and they always get busy as soon as a theft is reported. They are Billy Gray and Jeff Byrom. The Arkansas City lodge meets twice a month in the new Woodmen hall, on East Central Avenue. The women's auxiliary meets on the same night, and usually after the lodge sessions, the two orders join for a social meeting.

Harry S. Brown is now serving his sixth year as president. He is also vice-president of the state lodge. Alvin Goff is vice-president; Ernest Lawson, recording secretary; Arthur Williams, financial secretary; Tom Casement, treasurer, and Jeff Byrom, doorkeeper. Mrs. George Bacastow is president of the auxiliary.

Men's Lodge

The present membership of the men's lodge, is as follows:

Abrams, A. H.
Adams, Fred
Adams, Jack
Agnew, E. W.
Aliman, George V.
Altman, Vern
Amelong, Lewis
Anderson, O. D.
Anstine, A. E.
Anstine, Kenneth
Arnett, C. L.
Arthur, James M.
Ashley, H. E.
Atkinson, C. T.
Axley, Frank
Bacastow, G. G.
Bachler, Albert
Bahruth, C. A.
Baird, Charles M.
Baird, Thomas H.
Baister, Harry J.
Baker, G. B.	
Baldridge, W. L.
Barcastow, E. T.
Bartlett, J. C.
Barton, A. G.
Beach, Lorenzo T.
Beaumont, Dr. F. H.
Beck, J. I.
Beeks, Frank
Bell, M. S.
Bender, Fred
Bendure, A. L.
Bitch, E. B.
Blair, J. I.
Blelvens, J. J.
Blenz, Louie
Blenz, Ralph
Bogner, Jake
Bone, Charles H.
Bonns, J. C.
Bossl, Paul E.
Bowlby, Lee
Bowman, W.
Boyd, Clarence M.
Boyd, Paul
Bradshaw, John	
Brammer, W. F.	
Brandenburg, Harry
Brennan, W. E.
Brodock, E. L.
Brown, C. E.
Brown, G. Homer
Brown, George L.
Brown, Harry S.
Brown, R. A.
Brown, W. F.
Brown, W. W.
Brunner, R. O.
Brunt, J. P.
Bryant, Frank
Bubb, C. M.
Buffington, Ray J.
Buffington, Stanley
Buffington, W. G.
Bunnell, William
Burch, Ben	
Burnett, H. L.
Byrom, Jeff
Caldwell, F. E.
Calvert, M. A.
Canfield, J. H.
Caplin, C. S.
Carter, William S.
Case, C. E.
Casement, C. M.
Casement, T. L.
Chadwell, L. W.
Chambers, R. E.
Chandler, L. W.
Charles W. M.
Charles, C. J.
Christenson, Albert
Christenson, E.
Christenson, W. H.
Clar, J. W.
Clark, R. P.
Clark, W. B.
Clouse, A. J.
Coburn, E. B.
Coffsen, Frank
Coggins, M. M.
Cole, George W.
Collier, T. T.
Collins, T. w.
Collinson, H. S.
Colllins, Roy
Conrad, Rampson
Conrad, W. B.
Constant, G. K.
Cool, Howard M.
Cooley, C. A.
Coulter, E. D.
Craig, L. H.
Crampton, E. C.
Creasy, E. V.
Creveling, C. A.
Crissman, A. E.
Crouse, C. W.
Cummins, Charles
Cummins, Oscar
Cunningham, W. L.
De Armond, J.	
Daniel, Ernest
Daniels, Frank
Dawson, R. W.
Day, Dr. E. F.
Day, J. E.
Dee, Carl
DeMott, Fred C.
Denton, A. H.
Derr, H. H.
Dhea, W. F.
Dodson, E. S.
Dodson, Floyd
Doty, A.
Dowler, D. D.
Downing, Earl
Drehmer, C. A.
Dubach, E.
Dye, Ed C.
Earley, A. M.
Early, Chaarles W.
Ellison, W. F.
Estes, V. W.
Ewing, John R.
Farrar, Foss
Fitzpatrick, R. F.
Fleeson, W. H.
Flesher, A.
Flindty, L. E.
Foster, C. M.
Foster, L. A.
Fox, O. W.
Francis, John
Fretz, W. R.	
Frey, P. W.
Frost, J. C.
Fuller, A. H.
Fuller, Charles E.
Gallemore, A. T.
Gant, C. D.
Gardenhire, C. a.
Gardenhire, M. H.
Garrison, E. C.
Gaylord, M.
Gelser, E. H.
George, Otto d.
Gibson, O. s.
Gillock, Charles
Gillock, E. G.
Gillock, Fred
Gillstrap, Roy
Goff, A.
Goff, H.
Goff, J. B.
Goodnight, William
Gossl, V. V.
Gould, F. A.
Gravette, J. A.
Gray, W. J.
Greer, Chester
Grey, George e.
Grimes E. W.
Grudler, Veldon
Hadley, Perry
Haggard, J. L.
Haggard, T. N.
Haindel, E. G.
Hall, James M.
Ham, Ray
Hammon, Elmer
Hammond, W. E.
Hankins, J. c.
Hanson, Dan
Hanson, E. t.
Hanson, S. b.
Harader, C. A.
Harp, R. E.
Harrington, T.J.
Harrison, Charles
Harrison, Frank
Harrison, Herbert N.
Hawkins, H. E.
Hawkins, Roy
Hayes, E. B.
Hays, M. D.
Hays, M. D. jr.
Hays, Tom
Heathman, C. M.
Helton, C. S.
Herbert, H. C.
Herbert, Roy
Herlacher, A. A.
Hester, A. W.
Hickerson, E. L.
Higbee, B.
Hill, Dr. L. B.
Hill, Homer H.
Hinkle, Ed
Hollingsworth, W. J.
Holman, H. P.
Hooper, J. c.
Hough, William A.
Houston, Henry
Howard, Harry V.
Howard, R. C.
Hoyt, D. W.
Hudson, C. D.
Hudson, George
Hughes, Ed
Hughes, J. B.
Hughes, Otis
Hull, James R.
Hunt, Early
Hunt, R. P.
Hutchings, J. J.
Hutchison, Walter D.
Hutton, C. V.
Hylton, Orville
Ibach, A. e.
Ibach, Max R.
Jameson, Frances
Jarvis, J. C.
Jarvis, Walter
Jefferson, A. J.
Jones, C. S. 
Jones, H. B.
Jones, Jute
Jones, Ross R.
Keefe, R. W.
Ketch, Frank
Kimes, J. W.
Kimmel, O. O.
Kindred, J. w.	King, J. W.
Kirkpatrick, C. B.
Klink, C. W.
Kloxin, F. F.
Knapp, Anna
Knapp, Dr. J. H.
Koenke, Henry
Kuhns, Roy
Lamb, Harry
Lamb, Lester
Lashley, C. W.
Lawson, E. C.
Lemmon, W. S.
LeSturgeon, A. E.
Levisk, D. L.
Limbocker, W. M.
Lind, R. L.
Lindley, W.
Livingston, Alex
Long, Harry L.
Louthan, G. R.
Lowsery, L.
Lyman, Lewis
Lynch, E. C.
MacAllistger, W. D.
Madison, C. O.
Mangus, F. L.
Mangus, H. B.
Mangus, W. H.
Manly, L. D.
Mannon, J. c.
Marshall, A. K.
Mathews, E. E. Claude
Mathews, H. W.
Mathews, Harold
Mathews, O. H.
Mayberry, W. L.
Mayer, B. T.
Mayfiedl, Marvin
McCammon, G. I.
McConnell, Frank
McCord,  H. O.
McCormick, Ira
McDowell, E. L.
McEwen, Lloyd
McGee, C. E.
McKimpson, Frank
McLaughlin, W. A.
McLaughlin, W. T.
McMillin, C. M.
McMillin, Favorite
Mefford, Floyd
Meyers, O.
Miller, R. E.
Moore, A. E.
Morey, Charles A.
Morhain, J. W.
Morrow, Charles
Mounta, G. D.
Much, E. J.
Muhlhausen, William
Mull, Dr. J. W.
Murray, Robert J.
Newman, A. L.
Norton, C. O.
Nulik, John
Ogle, John
Olinger, Rhiney
Orr, Charles R.
Osborne, D. C.
Oxford, M. S.
Parman, W. H.
Peek, Charles
Pierson, G. L.
Pitts, T. O.
Pochel, E. R.
Pontius, J. W.
Poor, N. W.
Poore, John
Post, A. W.
Powell, W. L.
Pringle, Tom
Pudden, Leo
Pyatt, Lee
Quigley, Rex
Raber, Fred G.
Rambo, J. O.
Ramsey, F. W.
Ramsey, Fred L.
Randall, R. L.
Reynolds, George E.
Reynolds, Ralph
Rhoads, B. C.
Rice, R. R.
Richards, J. A.
Richardson, Arthur
Roberts, Ralph
Robinson, C. B.
Robinson, Coe
Robinson, F. H.
Robinson, M. B.
Rogers, A. J.
Rogers, A. J.
Rogers, E. C.
Rollins, Ray
Ronsick, E. W.
Roseberry, C. S.
Roseberry, C. V.
Sands, I. F.
Sawyer, R. H.
Schmidt, Walter M.
Schmitt, Thomas F.
Schwartz, George G.
Seay, W. H.
Severson, H. M.
Severson, Lee
Seyfer, C. B.
Seyfer, Clare
Shaw, Clyde
Shaw, D. M.
Shipp, Charlie
Short, L. O.
Shrimp, Ira C.
Shurtz, A. M.
Shurtz, A. O.
Shurtz, E. L. 
Shurtz, H. H.
Shurtz, John M.
Shurtz, S. A.
Sicks, George F.
Sims, O. L.
Sloan, Warren
Smith, A. F.
Smith, C. Anthony
Smith, Clifford
Smith, M. L.
Smutz, Frank
Snodgrass, Ernest
Snyder, D. L.
Somrs, Charles A.
Southern, R.
Springer, L. C.
Starkey, L. O.
Steele, W. G.
Stewart, Dan
Stockton, B. H.
Stratton, Ross
Stuard, Clarence
Sweeny, Walter
Swenson, Gus
Tanquary, E. C.
Tanquary, Earl C.
Templar, George
Thompson, Carl
Thompson, Perry
Thurber, H. C.
Tickel, Clarence
Tighe, J. P.
Toll, O. F.
Tomlinson, J. Q.
Turner, E. A.
Turner, F. A.
Vanskike, R. D.
Vaughan, C. W.
Vaughn, Virgil D.
Vivers, Frank E.
Wainer, J. L.
Wald, Ben
Walker, Arhur
Wallace, Hary
Waltz, E. C.
Ward, A. O.
Ward, D. H.
Ward, G. L.
Warner, M. C.
Warner, S. F.
Wathor, Floyd
Wathor, Hughel
Wellman, John
Wilcox, J. J.
Wiley, E. C.
Wilkerson, O. J.
Wilks, William D.
Wilks, William D., jr.
Williams, A. M.
Williams, Albert
Wilson, E. E.
Wilson, Ernest
Wilson, Everett H.
Wilson, J. W.
Wilson, W. M.
Wilson, W. O.
Winkler, M. E.
Wirts, Harry L.
Woerz, August
Wolf, A.
Wolf, L. E.
Wright, C. T.
Wright, E. G.
Wright, Floyd E.
Wright, J. F.
Wright, Raymond O.
Young, Dr. R. Claude
Young, Rex
Ziegler, Walter
Zugg, Dr. C. L.

Auxiliary Members

Members Of The Auxiliary To The A. T. A. Are:

Adams, Luella
Anderson, Mary
Anstine, Annie E.
Baber, Bess
Bacastow, Icssie
Balster, Marie
Bartlett, Nellie
Beaumont, Dona
Berry, Loreen
Blair, Mrs. L. J.
Bossl, Pauline
Bowman, Minnie
Brandt, Ida
Broadbent, Mary
Brown, Anna
Bryant, Elizabeth
Buffington, Marie
Burnett, Lizzie
Burnett, Mrs. C. S.
Byrom., Iona
Caldwell, Marie
Case, Katie
Casement, Anna
Casement, Daisy
Chambers, Louisa
Chandler, Anna
Chaplin, Maude
Chasrles, Dora
Christensen, Eva
Clark, Lina Ruth
Coggins, Della
Cole, Mary
Constant, Mollie
Cummins, Lizzie
Dawson, Ruth
De Armond, Esther
Dodson, Myrtle
Drehmer, Mary
Dubeil, Ernie
Francis, Hazel
Frey, Tressa
George, Clara
Goodnight, Minnie
Grant, Bernice
Gravette, Anna
Gray, Iva
Haggard, Ruth
Ham, Virginia
Hanson, Christina
Hawkins, Louella
Hays, Blanch
Herbert, Alta
Hester, Lucy
Higbee, Elva
Hilton, Edna
Hilton, Inez
Hollingsworth, Katie
Howard, Gertrude
Hoyt, Grace
Hughes, Eva
Jarvis, Mrs. J. C.
Kimes, Ruth
Knapp,  Lulu
Knapp, Anna
Lawhon, Dollie
Leaf, Addie
Lewis, Carrie
Louthan, Louise
Madison, Eva
Manly, Ruth
Matthews Ellizabeth
Mayberry, Mae
Mayfield, May
McCain, Mary
McCain, Stella
McCammon, Ella
McGee, Viola
McIntire, Margaret
Morrow, Alberta
Much, Ruth
Mull, Louella
Myers, Chaimins
Norton, Ruth
Nulic, Mrs. John
Powell, Jennie
Pudden, Ruth
Ramsey, Anna
Ray, Lena
Reynolds, Martha
Rhodes, Sara
Rice, Mattie
Richards, Effie
Rodgers, Elsie
Ronsick, Mrs. W. E.
Sawyer, Anna
Schultz, Fay]
Schwartz, Catherine
Shurtz, Lela
Smith, Mrs. C. A.
Stuarat, Mrs. E. W.
Swenson, Mary
Tanquary, Anna
Tanquary, Louise
Thompson, Iva
Turner, Ma
Vanskike, Mrs. E. D.
Ward, Aubrey
Ward, Clara
Ward, Edith
Ward, Eleva
Werneke, Orpha
Willford, Velma
Williams, Iola
Wilson, Agnes

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