The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-15
-FORESTERS OF I'M

EOhAS1EhS OF aME h1CA
The Foresters' Association will meet at
Roche's Hall tomorrow afternoon a three
O'Clock. All delegates should be present.
1t Is also requested that members of the
order who desire to NOW the objects of
his organization should put in an ap-
pearanee aud become posted. Quite Il lot
OF business will be Transacted, and no
Forester who is interested III the adj
vancement of the order should fail to
attend.
Court Glenwood meets on Monday
night. Inlpofi ant business is on hand
aud atult attendance is desired.
Court Hudson met on Tuesday night,
and while there were not many present
the meeting was quite interesting Three
new members were initiated, with Past
Chief Ranger Thomas Howe officiating.
The auditors report shows q substantial
cash balance in the bank notwithstand-,
hi d heavy drain upon the unds. il is
expected that this wluter will see Court
Hudson one of the most prosperous
Courts in the State, and If possible Chief
| Ranger kuuz Will elevate IL TO, that notch
on the ~forestic pole.
The first of four new courts to be in
stit was brought MO existence in
Camden last evening, Its name is Court
Caucasian. A very earnest effort was
made to make prospective Foresters III
Camden swear allegiance to the English
order, bus cit did not CO." The patriotic
feeling prevailed, and instead of one
English branch 9th order there are TO be
four new courts of the A. O.. E. of A.
This speaks we'll for the present e. c..
and there is room for a little more WORK
il the same section. Wait and see.
The Grand Court officers have sent the
following letter to every subordinate
court i'll this District
DEAR SIR N 3RoTHER:-Cases hay
ing arisen curing our official term as
Grand Court officers, requiring the dona-
Ting of money in order to snstain the
honor aud reputation of our much be-
loved order, and there being no fund from
! which relief could be afforded, it was de-
cided TO institute a new fund to be known
as the Grand Court Relief Fund.
"From such a fund relief can be given
sick and distressed Foresters and the wild
ows and orphans of our deceased bro
theirs.
ITO aid in starting this fund, it has
been determined 10 give a reception aud
ball under the auspices of the Fourth Ex-
ecutive Council, Grand Court State of
New Jersey.
Enclosed you will find fifty tickets,
which it is hoped the court will do its ut
most to dispose of. Unsold tickets and
cash returns to be forwarded to T.. A. La
Pointe, Grand Secretary, room so Weldon
building, No. rs Montgomery street, Jer-
sey City.
, "Hoping that this affair will receive the
attention and cordial support that the
gravity of the situation requires"
The ball will De held at Woods Hall
on December 20. 1t should be supported.
The object is to pay to ii widow with six
male children the money due her By the
default of Court Pride of Jersey City
whose members were, not honorable
enough to pay the honest debt but di-
vided the money in the treasury and dis
banded. They have all been expelled.
They disgraced themselves to get about
So each.
G. c. R. McCoobery, G.. G. La Pointe,
and F. G. RS Iolson, Mckeon aud Trem-
per will go to Camden tonight TO assist in
the Institution of the new court. 1t will
be opened by Court Stockton, The
founders are James NJ. Rockefeller,
Joseph H. Deets, Joseph +. Deauer,
Geo rye F. Tucker, Joseph McCoobery
&c. C. r. and Frank La Point e. 81
A court will be established at Asbury
PARK next Saturday night.
Grand Secretary La Pointe visited
Court Green wood at kearny on Tuesday
night. This court now has sixty mem
bers and $500 to the credit OF It's sick
benefit and funeral fund. Three caudi-
dates were initiated and six propositions
received.
Tue grand officers visited Hackensack
Oh Thursday night and called on Court
Il. NJ. j. Harmon. This court is only a
year old but is now the largest organiza-
ton of the kind in the town. 1t has a
membership of 10. Seventeen PROPOSE
tions were submitted by one member. A
large delegaIlon from Rutherford Was
present. A recess was taken to review q
political parade which passed. The court
gained forty-ive members during the last
qualter. Two OF the members brought
III sixteen propositions each, and Assem-
bly, Dupuy, the deputy, presented each OF
the hustlers with Il handsome badge,
A court will be formed at EngIewood.
The grand officers paid a visit to the
court at Kingsland last night. This
court will establish a German court at
Carlsbad.
The Grand Court officials hav visited
every court in the State except four.
Court Enterprise will be organized in
this city. 1t will start with at least fifty
members, as each member of Enterprise
Conclave has promised TO bring in at
least one proposition.
The order has increased rapidly in the
State, ana its membership now is close TO
10,O goo.
A new court will be organized at New
Brunswick and another at Roselle.
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