The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-01-28


The Degree Team of Reading Gas
tie, No. 49, x. q. B, on Feb. l3, will
visit Allentown and confer the three
/ degrees on candidates at the hall OF
Livingston Castle, No. 2ls
Gnaden Hutton Lodge of odd
I Fellows of town are making constant
acquisitions 10 their already large aud
substantial membership. The Odd
/ Fellows is the oldest secret order in
Lehighton
Henry Groo, of Beaver Run, who
/ died last week. was member in good
standing Of John D.. Bertolette Post
/ 4Si. of this place, and his heirs will re-
celve $50 from the Post
Jos. n. Bennett, who is d. d. c., Of
/ the Jr. O. U. A. NJ. for this district
with a residence atPackertou,i is writing
/ some excellent articles for the Ameri-
can, a society journal published at
Pittsburg, Pa.
As a result of their late public in
stallation of officers, Franklin Lodge,
20s7, Knights of Honor, of Weissport
will soon initiate a dozen new members
/ whe appreciate the necessity of life in.
surance, One of the livliest hustlers
/ in the interests of this Order is John
S. Miller
In the death of Grand High Priest,
/ Harry j. Whitzell. of Philadelphia, the
/ Order of Knights of the COLLEEN Eagle
/ has lost one of its most ardent aud en-
thusiastic workers He was buried
with full Eagle honors At least 800
| uniformed Sir Knights, with music, at.
/ tended the ceremonies. Grand Chief
! Harry p. Reinicke has appointed Past
/ Chief John C.McKinney,of st. Georges
/ Castle, No. go, who is Chairman of the
/ Committee on Finance and Mileage, tC
/ ill the vacancy He has been installed
/ 10y Past Supreme Chief, j. ID. Barnes
assisted by Grand Keeper of EXchequel
/ \. Il. Tomlinsou and Grand Sir Herald
I.C. b. Wood
We are indebted to W. j Heber
ling, Recording Secretary Of Lehigh
| Council. 10l, Jr. O. L. A. NJ, of this
place, for the following interesting sta
tistics of the order: Balance in treas
urv. Dec. 1891. Sl0S p; received as dues
and initiation fees. 81, ,j02 %: reaeived
from other sources. S6l359: making q
total of s2,G56.OS. There was paid out
during the year S2.J11J2. leaving 6
balance of 5lj45G. The council has
Sl,256OO inverted; and with the cash il
the box and the paraphemelia is worth
Sl,6lO.jG. There was gain in member
ship last year of 2S: six were admitted
by card. , died. and ten were suspend
ed, leaving a total membership of 2l6
The annual report of President
Elias johnson, Of the Odd Fellows
Home, at Tioga, has just been an
nounced. The number of members il
the home Jan. lst, 1892, was %: admitted
during the year. 9: died, g; remaining
% During the year the capacity o
the building was tested to the utmost
but all demands were met. The ad
ditional building has been completed
at a cost of upwards of $4,000. aud vii
he dedicated Feb. 22d. The Ladies
Auxiliary board maintains the sam
interest in the home which has beel
displayed by them since its inception
They have become, says the report
very impatient in regard to action bein
taken on the admission of wives of in
mates The fund for this purpose ha
reached the sum of g. 600. The linancia
condition of the home is reported "a
, excellent. The total amount receive,
from all sources during the year wa
SIS, ,392.3S. The receipts included a lorI
of $1,000. The expenditures were, in
. cluding payment of $4,000 on tn
new building, S22 2112Gl, leaving a bal
ance Of S6,279,I7 The permanent fun
amounts to S23,S5OS2, aud the tota
assets at present to sSl .G63.
Another victory for the Jr. O. U. \
l NJ. in old Schuylkill. On Saturday eve
, ming last a delegation of the Jr. O.
A. NJ, consisting of five members fror
each Council in the country, met a
PottsVille and organized an Advisor
a Council, of Schulkill county. Mr.. "
. II. Jacobs, of Shenandoah. was electe
chairman protein, and w. J. Nunno
macher as secretary, when the n6m
l nation and election of officers too
r place, which resulted us follows: Pres
, dent, c. fl. Carl, of Mahanoy City; vic
president, Samuel j. Deibert. of Schuy
' kill Haven; secretary, Thomas Sange
- of Shenandoah; treasurer, Jacob Da,
T. Of Palo Alto. The officers then too
q their respective positions and the wor
of organizing the. Advisory Coumc
q went on with a push and pull, an
= from the present indications, we al
= safe to say it will be decided success
!, as the Council has been well oflicere
The different committees, after the
= appointment, went to work with wi
|: aud vim, and thus the first Advisor
l. Council of Schuylkill county W,
!. regularly and properly organized.
'r was unanimously agreed that the ADV
u sorry Council should meet once a mont
l. and that the next regular meetii
:, would be held at st. Clair, on Saturdi
evening, February 18th, at 7 o'clock
the evening, This organization is Il
n leading patriotic order in the Unit
g States, having a membership in Pen
4. sylyania alone of 100000. The order
:. well represented III nearly every Sta
T. in the union, and is still gaining grom
II everywhere.