Monday, July 5, 2021

The F.O.E. Eagles Lodge in Logansport IN

 Originally the Eagle's lodge was at 211-213 S. Sixth Street, Logansport, Indiana

1938




A clipping about the Logansport Eagles drill team, 1937 Pharos Tribune.



The Eagles Drill Team, organized in 1936.

The gentlemen above are not identified in the photo, however names found for the drill team in the local newspapers of the day indicate that members of this award-winning drill team included: Guido Scagnoli, Art Lailin (sic?), Woodrow Krieg, Orville Croder, Roy Moore, Leton Cole, Lawrence Loner, Michael Musselman, O. H. Krieg, August Sundy, Harley Daggett, Charles Runyun, Nicke Forte and Lloyd Musselman. Other members were R. R. Kline, Charles Appolonio, Fred Scagnoli, Charles Hankee, John Moorehead, and Arthur Moorehead. George Hepperle was acknowledged in the news article as a recently deceased member.

Photo did not contain names for these gentlemen.




Lat names Iannelly, Corcoran, Sheets, Huffman and Campbell are names that show up when searching newspaper bowling team results of that era, if anyone looks familiar.



Above March 1, 1955 Logansport Pharos Tribune


The new Eagles lodge was built next door on the southwest corner of Sixth and North Streets.


The "new" Eagles lodge, 1956


New interior view.

February 18, 1956 Pharos Tribune, page 1

The original home of the F.O.E. was razed. The story below is from the Logansport Press, June 13, 1957, page 1: