January History Fact of the Month

William R. Singleton # 30

​On January 7, 1919 at the height of the 1918 flu pandemic, Brother William B. Dobie of William R. Singleton #30 passed on to the celestial lodge above after suffering double pneumonia. Brother Dobie was the former manager of the Morrison Paper Company, which was located at 1009 D Street, Washington, DC. In the month of January alone, Singleton Lodge lost three brothers and several members were sick (including WM Ernest Wilkins) presumably due to the pandemic.