The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-29
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Alpha Commandry. No. "a. Knights OF Malta,
meets every Saturday night at Humboldt Hall.
1t has ninety members The meetings are
always well attended and OF an interesting char
actar- A new member was elected Saturday
Ponlmann's on August2. Many OF the members
will attend the district meeting at Columbia
Hall, Seventy sixth street and Third avenue,
New York, uext Saturday evening, when the
first and twelfth degrees will be exsmplfed.
Alpha Commandry Is splendidly equipped,
and the members pride themselves, especially
interest 10 the welfareRof the commandry, and
it Is seldom that any sone OF them absents him
self from a nesting.
He urged upon the member to hear upon the
beauties OF the installation ceremony and to
closely study the ritual and thus catch the
spirit OF the work. He further urged implicit
ooedlehce to the presiding officer and said ne
hoped that all sisters that were eligible by
reason OF service In the chair as sister Presiding
Telnplars would attend the inner meeting of the
Grand Temple as representatives. The Grand
Lizzie Nodweil was elected representative there
to-.
The grand officers report the order through
out the State to be in q ftourishing condition.
TEMPLE OF HONOR.
Jersey City Temple, No. az. which meets at
Humboldt Hall every second and fourth Fridays
of the month. held an enjoyable meeting on
Friday evening lass. The seventh degree was
ACDIn k0QLbIt Nv Y
Selected Tempaars, will meet at the call Of CHIEF
Of the council. The oflcers Of the council are
n. E. Nsllins, Chief; William g, Coxon, Senior
OF Council; Joseph q. Hunt, Junior; John U. G..
Riley, Manager; john Greaves, Recorder.
Jersey City Temple of Honor will install its
new officers on the second Friday In June. Ar
rangements are being made for the Past Worthy
Chief Templars to attend the Grand Temple
meeting at Orange on June Il. The ladies' de-
partment, Alpha Social Temple, held a meeting
last Tuesday evening and installed new officers.
Thar ara nraSant ~ visitors Grand Worthy
Templar Thomas D. Okley and Past Most Wor-
thy Templar E. v. Okley. The latter, 10 adj
dressing the Temple, said there were enough
members present to set the town on IRE with
the spirit OF the work.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
w. T. Sherman Council Royal Arcanum, will
give a first-ciass entertainment tonight at South
Bergen Reformed Church.. During the evening
General son will present the council
with Q picture OF the General on behalf OF the
family.
The supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
will meet in Minneapolis on June o and con-
continue in session for a week or more. +. ].
Grlfiths and r. H. Alberts, of Hoboken, aud c..
e. Mcdowell, who are the regular representa-.
leave the Pennsylvania depot in this city early
Saturday evening: They will be Joined by W.
/. D ouglass, of Newark, of the Finance Com
mite Of the Supreme Council; 7. H. Charlock,
of Elizabeth, q Supreme Trustee. and w. A.
Tompkins, Of Rutherford. Of the COMMITTEES or
on Subordinate Council Work. Several Of these
members will be accom- panied by their wives,
and all while Westewil visit the Fair at Chicago,
and while there these will be the guests of the
Grand Council of Illinois.
Several matters of local interest are to receive
the y ttention OF the Supreme Council at the
coming session. An attempt will be made to
change the present mode OF reception OF grand
officers by subordinate lodges; and an effort to
secure - legislation ;gssm 10 giying Installing officers I,
the officers to be installed are absent from the
regular installation Of coqpcil officers.
that it was tbs sense Of that body that the
present mode OF issuing assessment notices
should be continued.
There seems to be some misunderstanding
about potterymen entering the order Grand
Regent Kailman has received e letter from the
supervising Dep nty Grand Regent at Trenton
suggesting that the matter be laid be fore the
to having Medical Examiner.iu Chief joel
Seaverns. who considers porterymen danger
GUS risks, visit Trenton end make an inspec-
the order draws largely from this source for
membership and that the potterymsu who are
already in the order are among the best men in
il. Il is urged further that pottery is now a
the most Improved plans especially with a view
to looking after the health Of the rym mon.
The attention of the Supreme Council will be
Jersey City Council No. 50. R. A, will tender
q reception to Grand Regent r. S. PETER at
Roche's Hall on Wednesday evening next.
a council of the Additional Benefit Associa-
tion, to be known as Ohio No. 81, was instituted
q few days ago at Geneva. Ohio.
A reception will be rendered by Jersey City
Council No. 81. Royal Arcanum. to Graad Vice
Regent Frank S. Peter, Wednesday night, at
Roche's Hall. Mr.. Potter was q short time ago
elected to the second highest Office in the State,
members of that council take this method OF
showing their regard for the honor conferred on
their council through Mr.. Peter. An excellent
programme has been arranged for the occasion
and a good supper will be provided,