The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-06-06

YVES succeeded py George warren. LIZ.
Smith, Third Vice President, was succeed
cd by ]. J.. Nevins. Mr.. Stell being under
| age was succeeded later by Benjamin Fair
banks. j. Whitford succeeded Mr., blaney
as Corresponding Secretary. The follow
ing officers were also elected at the annual
meeting: 81. Strickland, First Marshal;
@. O. Haring, Second Marshal; Daniel
Dolan, Steward; George Meeks, Sergeant
at Arms. There Is Board Of Managers
and Board Of Finance, both being com
posed of the officers OF the club.
| The board took possession Of their new
ciub house, which ia located at No. 258
| York street, early in May. It is one OF the
handsome three-story and basement brown
stone houses on the southside of Van Worst
| square. The club room proper is on the
| pallor floor. The large front parlor is used
| for the general meeting room. The rear
room is tbs library and reading room.
On the second floor the front
room 10 used by the Wemen's Chris
tian Temperance Union. The room in
the rear is the smoking-room The front
room on the third floor ia used by the
Boards of Managers and Finance as COM
mittee room. The basement and rear rooms
on the third floor are occupied by the
family of the janftor. The objects of the
club are to educate the people gradually in
temperance principles by keeping the idea
always before them in the shape Of the
meetings which are held somewhere each
Sunday. By having the club house open
at nearly all hours, which makes 1t free to
all members, who can 60 there and while
away an hour or 20 of an evening in read
ting or talking. It IL claimed many young
men. are dissuaded from spending their
earnings In saloons and other places or q like
resort. The original members numbered
only forty-nihe; since then the club has
been gradually growing until now II num-
bers over 600, she majority of whom are
voters. Tho cost OF membership il only
twenty-five cents per month and no initia-
dcn fee. Financially the club 10 well OF
they have some hundreds Of dollars ahead.
The members say that II the club grows in
the future a. Is has in the few months Of
its exietence The number OF members Will
reach into the thousands.
The club OWE an organ and what may be
she Nucleus Of . library il Il 10 added TO and
taken esre Of. There is glee club, COM
posed Of Messzs. Samuel Vance, Jr.. leader;
O. Hnring, Nelson, Marchant, Is. Hazing,
Meyers and Anderson, who are all men,
hers Of the club.
A number Of the leading movers IN the
Prohibition movement in this city met at
the rooms Of the Reform Club for the pur-
pose Of organizing the hrst prohibition
club IN this county. The meeting was
called 70 order by the Hon. Thomas Y.
Gator, who stated the object Of the meet
ing and the objects and duties OF prohibi-
ton club. The room was filed with repre-
sentatives from ell parts Of the city. After
considerable discussion constitution was
adopted for the governing OF the new club,
Tho club was regularly organized with
about 6fty members. The eficers elected
Tor the onsuing year ace e. +. Mitchell,
President; George w. Meeks, First Vice.
President z. Il. Smith, second Vice
President William 81. Vance, Third Vice
President John Atkinson, Secretary;
William Anderson, Assistant Secretary !;
johnson Whitford, Treasures. a board of
fifteen directors was also chosen, to con-
sist Of the following gentlemen Hon. T.
Y. Gator, Ohaxles u. HarinQ, Theodore Van
Yassell, @. A. Nelson, Il. Evershal1, Samuel
Vance, 3. B. RANSOM J. j. Neyins. J. W.
blockbrowor, Williaiu Lyons, Thomas Gal
lagher, O. r. Estezlin& Theodore Blebey.
Il @. Coo and Daniel Black. An advisory
board viii DO elected next week. suggei-
pns wess made thgt other clubs bs ofga-
xed Ia other parta OF the County. which
fefe adopted. The Hon. q Y. Gator said
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