The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-10
RAPS, SIGNS And GRIPS.
The Foresters' Legislature
to Convene--Other Sc
Cret Orders.

have an abundance of new laws TO i'm
prove the order. The Grand Court ap.
| pointed a Committee on Laws. and the
Executive Council designated another
committee. These two committees will
have conference this week and discuss
and adopt suitable legislation for the
order. The laws will go into operation at
once, although they will have to be sub
mitted to the Grand Court at its next ses-
| sion to be ratified or rejected. This
conference will be held on Friday night,
the same night that the Executive Conn-
! has had sittings and decided on acts
which they regard as necessary for the
welfare of the institution, and these will
| be submitted and discussed.
! Ancient Order of Foresters of America.
Court Jersey City, at its meeting on
| Friday night, adopted resolution that a
reception and banquet be given to the
Executive Councils of the Grand Courts
| of this State and New York and other
| prominent Foresters in New York city,
| Brooklyn and New Jersey. The recep-
tion will be held at Roche's Hall on Fri
| day March Z, and the Entertainment
| Committee of the court has been instruc-
ted to arrange for an elaborate affair
| Court Stevens were the guests of Court
Abingdon, of New York. last week The
! Hoboken Court invited the Executive
| Council and Court Hamilton to accom-
pany them. High Chief Ranger O'Melia
| aud High Secretary La Pointe were with
| the big Hudson county delegation. The
New York court received them in elegant
style.
The Foresters Company of the Second
Regiment, as Co. A is calico, will have
reception at the Armory Hoboken, to-
night and many leading members of the
order will attend. Captain Sagendorf is
one of the District Deputy High Chief
Rangers and Lieutenant La Pointe is the
High Secretary
Court Paulus Hook will have an enter
tainment at Turner Hall on February q.
SS0iifss tccrrssssey City will be their guests
They, with band of music, will escort
Court Jersey City from Roche's Hall to
the entertainment.
Court General Wayne will be instituted
on MONDAY evening next az the corner of
Montgomery and Monmouth streets, by
Court Jersey City. The new court which
was organized by Brother James Tumul-
ty. will start with thirty members.
The new court in the upper section of
old Hudson City will be instituted on
Friday night of next week, under the
auspices of Court Ashley. The latter
used to meet in that section, and, having
moved to the Five Corners, left room for
new court in that end of the Fourth
district
Court Hamilton will have its initial re-
ception next Monday night, at Woods
Hall. The committee in charge boast
that 1t will be equal to the reception given
by Court Jersey City
Court Pavonia will dance this evening
at st. Johns Hall. A large number OF
tickets have been sold for the event.
The news and notes about Foresters
will in future be published in the Sunday
edition of The NEWS.
s Cadets of Temperance.
Fisk Section No. 2 will meet tomorrow
evening IL Fisk Hall on Wilton street.
Three candidates will be initiated, and
some important business will be trans
acted. Members of sister sections are
cordially invited to attend.
A number of visitors were present from
New York at the last meeting of Fisk
Section, among whom were Charles e.
Gildersleeve, Z. NJ. w. p: C. b. Thomp-
son, p, G. p, and Il. L. Overfield, P. G. q.
Each of the gentlemen made an address,
which were listened to with much atten-
tion by the mem Ders. Brother Thomp-
son, OF Excelsior Section, of New York,
offered gold piece to the young lazy
bringing in the most members by April i.
His kind offer was well received, and the
section passed him vote of thanks for
the kind interest he has manifested in the
welfare of Fisk Section.
AT every social gathering of the Cadets
in Jersey City, John HarriOtt. of Eureka
Section, will be present. He is peculiar
and odd, but q sincere ana active MEM
ber, and smiles at the comments of the
fair ones.
Richard Vevers, District Deputy Grand
Patron, is the oldest Cadet OF Temperance
in Jersey City. The veteran commands
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New York and New Jersey.
AS manipulator of the gavel, Brother
f. ]. Higgins, Worthy Anchor of Fisk
Section, is a success. The section con-
templates buying gross of gavels.
The celebration of Cadets Day will be
in the Rev. DIR. Mingin's church, on
Thirty-tifth street, New York. Arrange
ments will be made to have the Jersey
Cadets assemble in Jersey City and pro-
ceed to New York in body, where they
will unite with all the New York sec
tions- The public. are cordially invited to
unite with the Cadets to attend the SER
vices in commemeration of Cadets Day.
Due notice will be given of the time and
place of the meeting of the Jersey City
sections.
Read the SUNDAY NEWS in future for
the chat about your order and its mem
bers.
A committee has been appointed py
Fisk Section to consider the advisability
of holding an entertainment and hop If
the section decides to hold one there is
no doubt that it will be big success, as
all the Fisk's affairs have proved to be
success financially, artistically and So
cially. Brother J. j. Vile is chairman of
the committee.
Ivanhoe Section No. IA will hold a
dime concert in the Scotch Presbyterian
Church on Thursday evening, March 6.
Some good talent has been secured and
the affair promises to be a success.
Fisk Hall, the home of Fisk Section, is
one of the best meeting rooms in Jersey
City. The members are proud of their
rooms, as the hall is leased by two of
their own members.
Royal Arcanum.
The Immediate Relief Association of
Bayonne Council, No. 695. Royal Area
mum, will hold its annual meeting in Ar
canum Hall. Bayonne, on Saturday even
ing. This auxiliary organization, now
numbers five dozen of the pa members
of Bayonne Council It's object is to rem
der speedy financial aid to the families of
deceased members, the assessment for |
each death being 81.
Assessment No. l31 has been levied by |
the Supreme Council of the Royal Ar |
canum. The order now numbers 1920, |
with membership of 97.93S Seventy |
eight deaths were reported during De- |
cember and are included in the new as
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