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les, creditors cannot step in and claim the
amount of insurance, neither can the in
surer assign his insurance claim. This
clause has been carefully guarded in all the
cases Of the 431 deaths in 1885 and 1701
deaths since the establishment of the Or
der to January 1st, 1885, and although
there had been over $5,000,000 discussed
during that time. The beneficiary must be
a relative or dependent.
In New Jersey there are So Councils.
Most of them are located in this County
and Newark B. B. Mcdowell, the Grand
Regent, lives in this State. His portrait is
presented in this column. The other
Grand Council officers are James Gordon
Emmons, Grand Vice Regent James G.
Baylis, Grand Orator; DIR. Nick Pindell.
Grand State Medical Examiner and Past
Grand Regent; John E. McCrea, Grand
Secretary; Capt. Henry Hodges, Grand
Treasurer William Cunningham, whose
portrait is also presented, Grand Chap
lain; DR.. w. B. Christine, Grand
Guide Theodore Foote, Grand Warden +;
s. J. Kallman, Grand Sentry s. s. Cor
don, Representative to Supreme Council.
which will meet in Philadelphia on Tues
day, June LIST.
Grand Regent Mcdowell says that there
"a oOOab agOOV u1SuUSIS OE JU0 OIQ6f IN
New Jersey-an increase of 81 per cent.
over last year, Speaker Edward Amber
Armstrong, of the New Jersey Assembly.
Judge J. Frank Fort and Rev. DIR. Frazer.
of Newark, and Recorder McDonough. Of
Hoboken, are members Of one or the other
of the Councils. Capt. Henry Hodges re-
ports that there is now $13, 600 in the hands
of the Treasurers of the different councils.
The expense Of collecting and disbursine
the insurance fund, the executive manage
ment and whole working expenses of the
Order IN the State represents a draft of
twenty cents on each member. During the
year only II per cent. of the membership
was lost by suspension or LAPSE, and the
most of these will be reinstated. In 1885
but twelve assessments were levied on the
members, and the total of these v $40. Is
per member.
The first Council meeting of the State
of New Jersey was held at the Germania
Building, on Newark avenue, by the charter
members of Pioneer Council, No. "a, Nov
ember IL, 1877 At this time councils had
been instituted only in Ohio and Massachu-
sets. The charter members of the Pioneer
local Council were ]. G. Sentterlin, Elijah
Mason, jr., Geo. L. Carpenter, Benz Frank
lin, Geo. w. White, Jas. r. Van Peet. Jos.
Lent, Victor 2 Meyer, Martin r. Bodkin,
Mai Mason, Selden s. Gordon, Thes. 7.
Morrin, BARLEY I. Hosner, Clarence A.
Leonard and ID. 4. Kingman. At the first
meeting the following officers were elected
from membership of .wenty-eicht !:
Regent, Elijah Mason, Jr. Vice-Regent.
Geo. w. White Orator, Geo. L. Carpenter:
Past Regent, l. G. Seutterlin; Secretary.
s. s. Gordon Collector, BENZ Franklin !:
Treasurer, NJ Mason; Chanisin, NJ. r.
Bodkin; Guide, G. A Leonard; Warden.
]. 4. Van Pelt; Sentry, J. Lent Trustees.
B. T. Homer, Y. L. Meyer and 81. E. King.
| man. Pioneer Council has been called the
mother of councils from the fact that some
of her members have left that council and
organized many of the present councils of
the State.
There are now In Jersey City, Bayonne,
and Hoboken ten councils, with /, ! 26mem-
bers, distributed as follows Pioneer Ooun-
cil-Geo. Francis, Regent, 125 members !;
Jersey City Council-Dave McKernan,
Regent, 40 members Bergen Council
O. ). McCabe, Regent, 100 members Ex-
celsior Council e. H. Leetch, Regent.
$50 members Unique Council-John w.
Pangborn, Regent, 1853 members Guiding
Star Council-W. P. Crooks, Regent, 81
members William Il. Dickinson Council
Il. B. Clapp, Regent, GA members Hobo
ken Council, Hoboktn, Robert 81. Alberts,
Regent, 152 members Hudson County
Council - Regent, "a members !:
Bayenne Council-Wm T. Reed, Regent,
Ill members. The Past Regents of this
state have Council which now comprises
l25 members. From this Council q dele
gate to the Supreme Council Is elected
every year.