Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-26
Jr. o. u. A. NJ.


Bunker Hill Council, of Grafton, will likely
attend Mansfield Councils meeting next
Thursday in a body.
At Natrona Council 244, of Natrona, Pa,
Thursday evening, very large and interest
ing meeting was held attended by MANY visi-
tors from surrounding councils. Addresses
were made by Brothers w. I. Kerr, Will
e. Evans, OF Pittsbnrg, and L. Ii. Baird
Patterson, of Sewickley.
The Advisory Council Visiting Committee
will attend the meeting of Mansfield Coun-
Gil, No. &c, at Mansfield next Thursday even
ing, Both inst Trains leave Union depot,
Pittsburg: at 7:loand 7:3o. city time; Birming
ham at 7:l5 and 1856, city time. Return
trains leave Mansfield at 9:29 and 1880 city
time.
Hill Top Council ss presented a hand
some flag to the new Allen public school, of
Allentown, last week. The presentation
and it was received for the School Board by
Brother j. Ii. Forse. Addresses were also
made by Mayor Gourley, State Superinten-
dent Houck and City Superintendent
Luckey. Previous to the flag presentation a
parade was made by several councils.
Continental Council, No. 54l elected the
following officers Friday night: Councillor,
II. NJ. johnson; Vice Councillor, w. I. Rees;
Recording Secretary, Charles Atkin son; As
sistant Recording Secretary, e. M. Davis;
Financial Secretary, L. Casper; Treasurer,
!. W johnson; Conductor, G. c. Kraft; War
den, +. w. Merker inside Sentinel, q. 6.
Bishop; Outside Sentinel. w. S. Brown; Trus-
tee, W. W. ParkhiIl: Representative to State
Council, H. c. Swan; Alternate, Louis Ment-
zer: :TrusteA-unexpired term, w. I. Rees.
Last year Brother W. T. Kerr made 256 ad-
dresses on the objects of the order, including
l69 Council meetings, 90 public meetings,
four banner and % flag presentations and
eight flag reception. Up to the 18Th inst,
he made, this year, 81 public and private ad-
dresses presented five flags and received
four. These were in all sections of the
State, for which he made no charges what
ever for services. Besides this he attended
to the work devolving upon him as Chair
man of the State Law Committee of Penn
sy,vania, and Recording Secretary of the
Council to which he belongs, Sons of Liberty,
No. 452, of Pittsburg.
The big Fourth of July parade at Green's
burg Will be composed of three divisions
with Major James NJ. Laird of Greensburg
as Chief Marshal. The first division W. II
Kerr, of Pittsburg, Marshal, will comprise
Allegheny, Washington and Greene counties
The second division, Edmund Dunn, of Con-
nellsville, Marshal, will comprise Fayette
Somerset and Cambria counties. The third
division, DR.. a. II. Myers, of Mt. Pleasant
Marshal, Will comprise Westmoreland, In
diana and Armstrong counties. The formal
tion OF parade will take place at 1880 A. NJ
sharp and the route will be short Over
10000 persons will be in line, and in grandeur
of decorations, in size of parade. in amuse-
ments afforded and in the general entertain
ment and exercises of the day the people
of Greensburg expect to make the celebra-
tion of July 4, 81, eclipse anything ever held
in the district. The demonstration will be
held in the Electric ParS, a beautiful loca-
tion Immediately adjoining the city, where
dinner will be furnished to all persons in
line OF parade.
Full reports of the National Council pro-
ceedings appeared in these columns each
day. The session closed Friday evening.