The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-11-17
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ing cash balance on October / last Of
S1,45l.26 The resources Of tie ass cia-
tion ara; Real estate, $4,000; personal
property, $4,000; invested funds, $1,000;
cash on hand. s1.451.36: due from
lodges, S9463; total. S3o.545.99. The
liabilities consist Of bills payable amount-
ing to $941.9s, leaving net assets over
all Liabilities Of $29,eo4.05.
The first meeting to form the home as-
sociation was on September 8. 1885, IN
the rooms of Columbian Lodge, of New
ark. On November of that year the
association was incorporated.
During the last year the association
lost by death two of its otieers-Treas-
urer John E. Davies, of this city, and
Henry Puster, chairman of the supply
committee. It was reported that Mr..
Puster had been identified with the home
association since its formation. From
1885 to 1892 he was its vice president;
from 1892 to 1895 he served as president,
ard from that time until his death he
was one of the managers and chairman
of the supply committee, 1t is said that
he never missed meeting of the assoc
ciation or of his committee. One of the
delegates said when the home was
in pressing need of support and funds;
when the outlook was dark and the fu-
ture was threatened Henry Puster stood
in the breach, and with the assistance Of
few friends carried it through and
saved it from dissolution" Resolutions
to his memory were adopted ana spread
on the minutes Of the meeting.
The following officers We're elected:
President Thomas D. Mills, Of Jersey
City; vice-president, Waiter H. Blake. of
Vineland; recording and financial seere-
tary. Walter s Campbell, Of Newark;
treasurer, William H McCullough, Of
Swedesboro; directors, George Il. Miller,
of Somerville; Frank Middleton, of At
lantic City; William Weissenberger. Of
Jersey City; Frank Sybesma, Of this
city; j. George Freidinger. Of this city;
Henry W. Egner, Jr., of Newark; Peter
W. stagg, of Hackenssck; Miss Helen
G. Whyte. of Jersey City. and Gustave
Ahrendt, of Newark.
The association voted to approve the
report of the president, thus giving sane
tion to his recommendation that the
grand lodge be petitioned to vote sur
equal to ten cents per capita for th
current year. A committee consisting of
the associations president. secretary and
treasurer was appointed to present the
case to the grand lodge.
It was reported that two of the in
mates of the home were i'll and that it
would be better to place them in hos
pital where they could receive proper
care and treatment The association
voted TO empower the directors to make
arrangements with a hospital in this city
to care for these members. Power was
given the directors to spend $109 per
year for this purpose.
Maple Lodge, of Jersey City, through
its delegate, Henry J. Melosh, offered to
pay the association So per week for ev-
cry member it places in the hospital
The offer was accepted and vote Of
thanks was extended to the lodge for its
generous offer.
After lengthy discussion it was de-
cided to amend the bylaws 50 that any
lodge in the association could place the
widow of any member in the home on the
same terms as those applying to male
members.
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