Historical Documents Donated to the Lodge
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TCU Lodge 6760
Revised October 6, 2010
TCU was saddened to learn of the passing of one its past officers. Joseph H. Tierney passed away in 2010. Brother Tierney was Past Treasurer of the Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America Lodge 574, later TCU/BRC Lodge 6574 in Covington, Kentucky. Based on old records from Lodge 574, Brother Tierney became a Lodge Officer in 1946 and held that office at least to February 1967.
In September 2010, TCU Lodge 6760 received a donation from the Joseph H. Tierney Library and Brother Tierney's daughter, Maureen Tierney. Among the items donated to the Lodge included The Record Book of the Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America Covington Lodge 574. This volume contains all of the financial transactions conducted by the Lodge from November 1945 through February 1967.
Below are several photos of the items received from the Joseph H. Tierney Library:
Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America Covington Lodge 574 Record Book, used from November 1945 through February 1967.
The first-page entry in the Record Book dated November 1, 1945, list a balance of $442.31 in the Lodge account, with receipts totaling $330.50 and $336.00 in expenses. These figures don't seem like much today, however, in 1945, during WWII, it was a sizeable sum.
Left: On page 2 of the Record Book dated December 1945, in the Withdrawn Section appears payments to lodge officers for their services to the lodge. Such deductions are noted every 3 months in the book. It appears one officer was paid $30 for 3 months service, another officer was paid $12 for 3 months and the remainder of officers were paid $4.50 for the same period of time. According to these records it appears the Lodge Officers at that time were:
G. F. Frazier
Ray Zimmerman
C. M. Kennedy
C. O'Shaughnessy
Steve Eiber
G. B. Morgan
C. O. Jordan
J. A. Bryant
There is no indication in the records who held which office.
The last entry in the Lodge 574 Record Book is dated February 23, 1967.
Above are photos of two payment vouchers hand written by Treasurer Joseph H Tierney in July 1959. The voucher on the left is for the Grand Lodge Per Capita Tax in the amount of $507.60. The voucher on the right is for the Joint Protective Board Per Capita Tax totaling $39. Both vouchers are countersigned by E. E. Burnside, President and C. C. Jameson, Recording Secretary.
Financial receipt from J. A. Bryant, dated May 2, 1944
Financial receipt from R. Zimmerman, dated December 29, 1952
Financial receipt from George Morgan, dated June 4, 1948
A Special Thank You. . .
Lodge 6760 is very appreciative to the Joseph H. Tierney Library and to Mrs. Maureen Tierney for their generous donation to the Lodge's record collection of documents. These items are now stored with the Lodge's historical collection dating back to 1891.
