I thought that I would add this info about the Pythian Home. I have relatives that lived in the Pythian Home in Weatherford after the deaths of their parents. There is a book that I bought "75 Years of Benevolent Service, A History of the Texas Pythian Home 1909-1984" when I visited it several years ago. The main building of the "Widows and Orphans Home and Industrial School" was opened to its first residents on March 1, 1909. The boys and girls dorms and hospital building were erected later. The Knights of Pythia was and is a fraternal order that was formed just after the Civil War, the first Lodge was in Washington D.C., formed in 1864. The initiation consisted on three Ranks of Knighthood: Page, Esquire, and Knight. The three lessons portrayed in each Rank being Friendship, Charity and Benevolence. In addition to the Knights (for men), there was also the Rathbone sisters and the Pythian Sisters. If anyone lives in the Parker Co. area, it is really worth going to see. It looks like a castle, it just needs a moat. Jan Wallace jwallace@flash.net