Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-06-22
DR.. CROWTHER
PRESIDED AT
DEDICATION
Grand Master Of Odd Fellows at
Opening Of Ridgely Home for
Orphans at Newark.
ELABORATE CEREMONIES HELD
Ideal Weather and Large Gathering
of Members of 1. o. o. f. from All
Parts of State Took Advantage Of
Hodges Well Representative.
CrOwther Also Speaker at Memo-
rial Services in Newark Yesterday.

Newark. June 22.-Saturday was
an ideal day for the large and en-
thusiastic gathering of Odd Fellows
| that assembled to dedicate the Ridge
| ly Orphan Home in Halleck street,
| Woodside. This institution Is open
to orphan children of Odd Fellows
from any part of the state Of New
Jersey.
The new building is in a pleasing
location. The plot OF land has O
frontage of 96 feet and runs back
| $50 feet. There is an L that gives
1t width of 1146 feet in the rear.
Part of the ground is occupied by q
fine clump of trees. The orphanage
is built of brick in a Colonial style,
The building and grounds represent
an outlay of about $4,000. The ar
chitect was ]. B Warren.
The building was profusely deco
rated with flags and bunting. Lodges
from various parts of the state were
repres snte1, come OF them with large
delegations. The members of the
lodges and their friends not only
filled the house and piazza, but the
lawn as we'll. Shortly after o'clock
the members uf Canton Essex, No. l,
in the full uniform OF the patriarchs
militant, arrived and marched In pro-
cession irto the home.
| After the throngs had spent some
time in a general inspection of the
premises, the dedication services were
held, the speakers occupying tbs
porch and the audience distributing
themselves in the adjacent rooms and
on the lawn.
| The grand master of the state oi
New Jersey, DR.. Frank Crowther, oil
Perth Amboy, presided, Grand Mar
shal William T. Robbins, of Hamp-
ton square, assisting Prayer was
offered by the chaplain, the Rev. Dr.
| William Fl. Hainer, pastor of ths
Christian church, Iryington. Then
| followed he ritual of the order. Tht
Foundation stones Of the altar, repre-
senting. respectively, Purity, Friend
ship, Love and Truth, were laid by
the four heralds.
Thomas English, Sister Emma Fer
guson, secretary of the state assem-
bly,; John d. Brown and Sister Eliza
beth Klein, one of the officers of the
state assembly, Daughters of Rebecca'
The three upper stones, representing
Faith, Hope and Charity, were placed
| by Grand High Priest of the Encamp-
ment Augustus Erb. Sister Mary t,
Randolph, Of Elizabeth, president oi
the Daughters of Rebecca, was the
next participant In the ceremony
Sister Frederick Simonson, president
Of the Ridgley Home Association, pre-
sented the keys to the grand master
in the name of the Odd Fellows and
sisters. Grand Master Crowther, in
1.-The name of the order, accepted the
| building and congratulated the mem
bers on It's successful completion
The chaplain offered prayer and the
grand master formally dedicated the
orphanage. He followed this by an
address and then introduced the ora
tor Of the day, the Rev. DR.. William
H. Hainer. Each of the speakers
paid tribute to those whose laborf
had filled SO great need and to the
value of the home now completed fol
the orphans of Odd Fellows through
out the state of New Jersey. Grand
High Priest Gustavus A. Brb follow
ed with an address in German.
The twelve children, inmates oi
the orphanage, next sang a selection
entitled "Just Little Orphan at the
Home" A picture of James L.
Ridgely, one of the founders of the
order of Odd Fellows, and after
whom the institution is named, was
presented to the Home. Harmony
Lodge presented the orphanage with
large United States flag. AS the
band played the American Overture
the cords that held the flag partly
! furled on the flag staff We're loosed
and the Stars and Stripes floated tc
the breeze amidst the applause of al
present. Diamond Lodge, of Pater-
son, presented the Home with quill
and a supply of linen.
Refreshments In the dining room
| followed. The Columbia band played
various selections and the gathering
took the form of very pleasant so
ciable. Ground was broken for the
present Home last fall.
At Memorial Yesterday.
DR.. Crowther was one or the speak
ers at the annual memorial service
under the auspices of the subordinate
encampment, Patriarchs Militant and
Rebekah degree lodges of Essex coun.
ty and vicinity, in Y. M. G. A. hall
Newark, yesterday afternoon.
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