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• Prefix	Rev.
  Suffix	^
  Gender	Male
  Misc	Abt 1922–1927	Suffolk Co., NY   [3]
  	was a Grand Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan
  Occupation	Bef 1928	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1, 2]
  	Methodist minister
  	Suffolk County News, 6 January 1928: "The Methodist Church of Brookhaven is without a pastor and during the past week it has become known that the Rev. Maynard C. Spahr, who has been in charge of the parish for several years, has been missing since Dec. 19th. It is said that Mr. Spahr had informed the official board that he would not return to the church at the close of the conference year on April 1st. The members of his church have been pleased with Mr. Spahr's work and he was held in high esteem. He was well known as a song leader and visited other churches in that capacity and was prominently identified with the Ku Klux Klan. When Mr. Spahr left Brookhaven it was thought that he was to be gone for only a short time but on Friday, Mrs. Spahr, who has been taking charge of church affairs during her husband's absence, left to go to Pittsburgh and members of the congregation seem to think that they will not return to Brookhaven."
  Died	Likely or certainly yes (based on other fact dates), date unknown
  Person ID	I11055	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2009

• Documents	KKK Flares Up on Long Island in 1920s .. the Rev. Maynard Spahr of the Brookhaven Methodist Church was a prominent leader in the Klan, one of many Long Island religious leaders who supported the organization.

• Sources

  [S604] Suffolk County News (Sayville), 6 January 1928, page 9.. [S605] Port Jefferson Echo, 5 Jan 1928, Page 7. [S653] Newsday: KKK Flares on Long Island, David Behrens, Staff writer; The KKK Flares Up on LI; Publish date uncertain. Google archived July 11, 2009; 10 August 2009.