Family Files Submitted By
Rita
Stepp Ficht
ficht@eritter.net
Spoke Plant, Arkansas
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Spoke Plant Lodge # 376 - Independent Order of Oddfellows
J.R.
Cowan
Initiated December 1905
S.
J. Cowan Initiated
December 1905
Andy
M. Cowan Initiated
December 1905
A.
J. Coleman
Initiated December 1905
T.
J. Lowe
Initiated December 1905-----------DNPD July 20, 1917
J. P.
Mills (?) Initiated December 1905
J.
T. Mullins Initiated
December 1905
M.
B. Ozbin Initiated
December 1905
J.
B. Tompkins
Initiated December 1905
N.
C. Burns
Initiated December 1905
George
S. Brown Initiated December
1905
L.
Dorethit (?)
----------DNPD January 1, 1913
N.
R. Sanders
came in by card June 30, 1913--DNPD March 7, 1914
J.
M. Eldredge
----------DNPD December 30, 1914
Jerry
Gilbert
----------DNPD August 5, 1914
L.
Harvey
----------DNPD January 1, 1914
M.
F. Ritchie
----------DNPD August 5, 1914
John
Southern
----------DNPD January 1, 1914
E.M.
Hickens
----------DNPD July 5, 1914
Ile.(?)
Witherly
----------DNPD July 5, 1914
L.
Harvey
----------DNPD January 1, 1914
Lee
F. Bailey
----------DNPD June 30, 1915
W.W.
Burns
---------DNPD
June 30, 1915----Reinstated June 30, 1916
R.H.
Tassey Initiated June 30,
1915
J.P.
Davis
----------DNPD June 30, 1915---Returned by card April 27, 1917
Thomas
Newman Initiated June 30, 1916
John
Durham
---------DNPD July 20, 1916--Reinstated June 30, 1917
W.R.
Evans
---------Expelled September 2, 1916
Manson
Mays
Initiated March 11, 1916
---------DNPD February 2,
1917
M.
Patrick
---------Reinstated December 30, 1916
H.C.
Ritchie
---------Reinstated June 30, 1916
J.R.
Williams
Came in by card December 30, 1916
W.
F. Riteline (?) Came in by card
November 28, 1916---DNPD February 2, 1918
George
Carr
---------Reinstated June 30, 1916
D.J.
Mays ---------DNPD
June 30, 1916---Reinstated February 2, 1917
W.A.
Stepp Initiated June 30,
1916 ---------DNPD
January 1, 1920
Joe
Brandenburg Came in by
card
----------DNPD July 20, 1917
J.H.
Gilbert
----------DNPD July 20, 1917
James
Hammons Initiated April 4,
1917 ----------DNPD
June 19, 1917
W.M.
Wetherly
-----------DNPD July 20, 1917 ---Reinstated July 17, 1923
D.M.
Holland
----------DNPD February 18, 1918
W.P.
Harris
----------DNPD February 21, 1918 ----Reinstated December 31, 1918
? W.
Hamilton
----------DNPD February 2, 1918
Joe
Hammonds
----------DNPD September 14, 1918
George
Karr
----------DNPD February 2, 1918
Mace
McGuire
----------DNPD September 14, 1918
W.C.
Ritchie
----------DNPD September 14, 1918
J.J.
Stepp
----------DNPD
February 2, 1918
J.W.
Harris
----------DNPD July 1, 1919
T.F.
Ritchie
---------DNPD September 8, 1923
R.E.
Hedges Initiated April 4,
1926 ---------DNPD
December 31, 1928
W.M.
Wright
----------Reinstated April 4, 1926
Explanation: DNPD means they were dropped for
non-payment of dues.
Came in by card means they transferred from another lodge.
Reinstated means they paid their dues and were restored to membership.
Spoke Plant School
The picture was taken in the early 1940's. Spoke Plant was 7 miles south of
Pettigrew, right on Little Mulberry River, and about half a mile from the
Johnson county line.
Teachers at Spoke Plant school 1926—1948
Alden Hazen------------------------1926
Joe Anderson-------1927 and 1928
Maggie Marshall Hamilton---1929
Troy Lane----------------------------1930
Hazel Keck--------------------------1931
Elzada Griffith Acord-----------1932 and 1933
Jimmy Yarbrough----------------1934
Bob McIlroy-------------------------1935
Essie Barker------------------------1936
Pauline Jackson Thacker----1937
Bessie Cornett---------------------1938
Reba Clark Reed-----------------1939 and 1940
Irene Van Landingham Drain-1941
Florence Easley------------------1942
Helen McCullough--------------1943
Mr. Brisco---------------------------1944
No school in 1945. The school either had no money, or couldn't
find a teacher.
Mabel Smith----------------------1946
Aileen Vire------------------------1947
Opal Stepp Williams---------1948
The school was consolidated in 1949 with St. Paul school
Spoke Plant Students
Here is a picture of the last students there before consolidation with St. Paul
in 1949. This picture was in 1948. In the back is Tommy Lucille Hoskins
and Charles ( Joe ) Stepp. In the front is the teacher, Opal (Stepp ) Williams,
Fawn Stepp, Fern Stepp, Rita Stepp, Reba Stepp and the photographer Marshall
Eldredge.
Spoke Plant Store and Post Office Building, taken
in 1938.
Some people living in Spoke Plant area about 1915.
Walt Evans, William Evans, J.H. Gilbert, Wilse Holland, Squire Holland, P.B.
Hamilton, Finley Hoskins, Squire Hoskins,
W.B. Holcomb,Thomas Holland, Joe Hammond, Pollie Holland, George Holland, S.D. McAdoo,
Sam Mayes,
R.D. Ritchie, H,K. Mullins, B. Masterson, Clero Mullins, Frank Patrick, Frank
Phillips, Toy Ritchie, M. Shipp, M.F. Ritchie,
J. Stewart, J. Riley, J.W. Ritchie, T.R. Roberts, H.C. Ritchie, J.J.
Stepp, D. Radford, Alf Cowan, John W. Evans, Harve Ward, Jubal Stepp,
R.H. Tassey, Ed Thacker, W.A. Taylor, Jack Ward, B. Wright, Wick Wages,
J. Whitmire, Jim Acord, Anthony Hammond, W.H. Osgood, Nancy Hoskins, M.M.
McGuire, W. Smith, Milton Patrick, J.H. Davis, W.R. Adkins, Spencer
Holland, Bill Clark, Riley Evans, Jane Evans, May or Mary Brundage,
Manrow Mays, Sidney Clark, T.J. Lowe, A. B. Hoskins,
Tom Newman, John Hunter,Claud Skaggs, Hugh Killian, Sid Miller, Otis
Eldredge, Elisha Vire, R.D. Vire,Ed Barber, F. Waters, Walt Hamilton, N.S.
Harrison, E.A. Black, Claud Carr, J.H. Harris, Tom Holland,Millard Wages,
Luster Mulland, Ona Mullins, Dillard Rose, A.H. Rose.
Tram
In the early 1900s, there was a mill at Spoke Plant that made spokes. To haul
them out a narrow trestle was built and an engine called the Tram pulling a
flat car hauled them out about 2 1/2 miles up the steepest part of the
mountain, and there they were transferred to wagons and hauled in to
Pettigrew and transported by train from there. In later
years, when a road was built, it followed the same path as the Tram, and is
still known as
"The Tram Road."
Thanks to Doris Dewberry and Shiloh Museum for the photo.
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