Thursday, March 11, 2010

Join Us

We are the oldest community organization in Tustin. (1882)
The Order of The Nights of Pythias (KOP)

The Order of Knights of Pythias, an international, nonsectarian
fraternal order was founded in Washington D.C. on Feb. 18, 1864,
by Justus T. Rathbone.

Partial List:
*Welcome new KOP members

Members:
Ugo Allesina
Victor Andersen
Mike Antuna
John Arnold
Pete Beatty > e-mail
Ben Bergman
Richard Braun
Adam Buttons
Jon Cartwright
Clyde Casey
Brad Coffman
William Collar
Michael Collwell
Dennis Dieb
Kent Epperson
Eric Gallegos
Javier Gonzalez
Steve Greenup
Jack Hall
Robert Hendricks, Sr.
Robert Hendricks, Jr.
Steven Hong
Barry Jaffe
Ketih Kausler
Dave Klokochar
Robert Lamb
Kim Leason
Charles Mc Bride
James Machagan
Mario Meraz
Dwight Moody
Brett Olivier
Sang Om
Duane Owens
Del Pickney
Melvin Pinkham
Guy Porter
Able Ramirez
Jose Ramirez
Jeff Rodgers
Frank Rose
John Rose
Gary Siegmann
Greg Siegmann
Richard Silvas
Kevin Snead
Carl Taft
John Thatcher
Tino Younger
Eric "Zeke" Zeker


Notable Pythian Knights
Hugo Black, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
William Jennings Bryan, U.S. Senator
Benjamin Cardozo, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Warren G. Harding, U.S. President
Hubert Horatio Humphrey, U.S. Vice President
Bob Jones, Sr., Founder of Bob Jones University, Evangelist Leader
John Ellis Martineau, Governor of Arkansas
Richard Irvine Manning III, Governor of South Carolina
William McKinley, U.S. President
Nelson A. Rockefeller, U.S. Vice President
Joe Rollins, Attorney
Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. President
Sun Ra, Jazz Musician, Composer, and Band Leader
Lew Wallace, Territorial Governor of New Mexico, Diplomat
Charles Schumer, U.S. Senator
Robert Byrd, U.S. Senator
Anthony Weiner, U.S. Congressman
Peter T. King, U.S. Congressman
Freddie Martin, Musician, Band Leader
James E. West, first professional CSE of the Boy Scouts of America

For more information contact us at
714 573-2552 or Email iinitial@eartnlink.net

Address:395 El Camino Real; Tustin, CA 92780 Map

Links:
The Order of Knights of Pythias (KOP)
Knights of Pythias Movie
Knights of Pythias have been serving since 1882
(by Juanita Lovret - reprinted courtesy of the Tustin News)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Pythias