He is actively identified with the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Elks, the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery in Masonry, a deacon in the Central Presbyterian Church of Maysville, and is actively interested in church work. [Illustration: W. C. DIEDERICH] =PAST GREAT SACHEM W. C. DIEDERICH.= 1899-1900 W. C. Diederich was born in Old Hanover, Germany, November 26, 1849. At an early age he came to this country and was educated in the common schools. He was adopted into the Improved Order of Red Men in Huron Tribe, No. 19, of Ashland, which Tribe he served as Sachem, having been one of its promoters and most enthusiastic members. Brother Diederich was a charter member of the Great Council of Kentucky, and having been previously admitted to the Great Council of Ohio, was appointed by the Great Incohonee as Great Guard of the Wigwam. He served as a member of the first Committee on Law and Usage, was appointed Great Michinewa by Great Sachem McConnell, at Augusta in 1896, and at the third session of the Great Council, held in the wigwam of his own Tribe at Ashland, in 1897, he was elected Great Junior Sagamore, succeeding as Great Senior Sagamore in 1898, and at Louisville, in 1899, he was elected Great Sachem. During his administration the first great increase in the number of Tribes was brought about, he having appointed as Organizer J. B. VanZandt, who was successful in getting Tribes, though for some reason but few Tribes instituted by him are alive and working at this day. Brother Diederich was at one time claimed to be accountable for the misdeeds of his deputy, but upon investigation it was clearly shown he was in no manner responsible, and he was completely exonerated. Brother Diederich was and is of sterling integrity, sound and honest to the core, and this matter is here mentioned simply as a matter of history, and in no way should reflect upon his honor. Brother Diederich is now engaged in the grocery business in Ashland, and attends the sessions of the Great Council with regularity, enjoying the marked prosperity of the Order, though he has relinquished the active work to younger heads. [Illustration: WILLIE WALKER] =PAST GREAT SACHEM WILLIE WALKER= 1900-1 Willie Walker was born in Ohio County, Kentucky, on Rough Creek, near a small postoffice at that time called Pattysville, but now called Shreve. He worked on a farm until past twenty-one, receiving only the country common school education. Later he attended Hartford College for a term, and afterward taught school in Ohio County in 1883. In 1884-86 he attended the State A. & M. College (now State University), at Lexington, and between sessions sold books to obtain money to pursue his studies, and a part of the time worked on the State College farm to pay board.