princess; Chapter # 2 - ©rfcrer of fyt eastern ;§>tar The last fraternal organization to use the upper room of the hall in co-operation with the Masons was the Order of the . The members of Princess Chapter #2, held regular meetings on the first and third Wednesday of each month. The members were made up of wives, mothers, daughters and sisters of Masons together with the Masonic Lodge. They organized in Stanley Bridge in June, 1921, with twenty-seven members. This number gradually increased to fifty. Very little is known about their activities as no records are available. They had to contend with the trials of travel and distance to cope with meetings. Frustration must have existed because correspon¬ dence from the head office, located in Washington, DC, would not be received in time for meetings. Today this situation has been overcome as a Regional office is located in Halifax, NS When Princess Chapter was begun, there was sufficient interest and members to maintain such an organization. With depression years and the migration of population, the organization did not sur¬ vive the hardships. The members support many worthwhile charities, or distresses. Some of these include, Heart and Stroke, Kidney Foundation, Canadian Arthritic and Rheumatoid Society, and ALS. Financial support for students furthering their education in religious leadership studies was also pro¬ vided. Princess Chapter relinquished its charter in 1935. Three former members joined the new Regent Chapter in Kensington , which began in 1955. Regent Chapter has remained active for over forty years. One area added to the general charitable requests is the assistance given to the and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals on Prince Edward Island . OTHER ORGANIZATIONS Organizations were a way for people to get together and become part of the community in which one resided. The members of the Sons of Temperance and the Orange Lodge also used the upper room of the present hall at various times. These were not connected with the Masonic Lodge or the organizations. The Sons of Temperance is recorded as being organized in Stanley Bridge in 1864. It was known as the Grenville Chapter area #52. It evidently had too many members in later years, so it was divided into the Stanley Section called the Pearly Stream Division. Where the meeting place for this group in the early years is not known, but they did meet in the upper room of the hall in later years. There was also another organization in the District in 1964 which was part of the Orange Lodges of Prince Edward Island . The division was named Excelsior #21. The first meetings were held in the upstairs rooms of the Nicholson Tailor Shop. There are no records to indicate where meetings were held after the shop was sold, but the upper room of the hall would be the likely place. When this chapter closed in Stanley Bridge , some members re-organized to form a Chapter in Cavendish. Another group who were officially formed in the district was The Independent Order of Foresters No. 1158 which was organized on October 1, 1880. They shared the upper room of the hall but this organization disbanded shortly after the turn of the century. Most of these organizations today are nonexistent in this area. The men and women who belong to some of the above organizations travel to adjoining communities to attend their meetings. 197