The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-19
ARCAN|ANS
WILL CELEBRATE
BIRTH OF ORDER
Great Preparations Making for
a Grand Hurrah Next
Wednesday.

New Jersey members are preparing
to ffttingly celebrate the thirty second
anniversary of the founding of the
Royal Arcanum next Wednesday.
Grand Regent Theodore S. Class. of
Westfeld, has requested the members
OF the order to follow the usual Gus
tom of displaying "Old Glory" from
their homes OIL Arcanum day. Most of
the councils will have exercises ap-
propriate to the occasion.
The Past Regents nj Regents AS
ISOLATION, Of Essex county and vicinity
will tender a testimonial banquet to
the newly elected supreme regent, Clo-
Wis H. Bowen. of Pawtucket, r. I. The
banquet will be held at Achtel-S tetters
on Wednesday night at Z o'clock. In
vitations have beer sent to all the re-
gents and past regents of this vicinity
Grand Regent Glass and many of the
grand council officers will also be pres
cnt. w. Holt Apgar, the only past
cDreme regent hailing from New Jer-
j, will also be present and deliver ar
.idress.
Committee In Charge.
The committee in charge of the ami
yersary exercises is John r. Weeks
chairman, of South Orange; President
Frederick L. Wagner, of East Orange;
Secretary James F. Greeley, of this
city, and Treasurer J. William Ken
drick, of East Orange. Those oontem.
plating attending must notify John r
Weeks, "A Broadway, New York city
not later than Tuesday night.
The history of the Royal Arcanun
is exceptionally interesting. On june
%. 1877, nine men gathered at the resi-
dence. Of DIR. Darius Wilson, in Bos-
ton, for the purpose of founding a fra.
ternal insurance society which would
be an improvement on the Ancient Or
der of United Workmen and the
knights of Honor, which were thu
country. In November of the sam
year a charter was obtained from the
State of Massachusetts. !
The order was popular from its in
ception, the first annual report showing
luiSe sSidiu SOuIClio ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ohio and Michigan), sixty-four subor.
dinate councils and $4,000 paid in deatl
benefits. Two later. there were
twelve grand councils, forty-seven sub
ordinate councils and 20,600 members
and when the first decade had beer
completed the Royal Arcanum hat
grown to sixteen grand councils. 1,01'
subordinate councils and $1,000 mem
beFs.
New Jersey Branches.
The first council organized in New
Jersey was Pioneer Council No. 20, O
Jersey City, instituted November IL
1877. with twenty-six members. Toda.
there are over 10000 Arcanians in New
Jersey affiliated with lit councils. Dur
ing the existence of the order in thi
State over 5000, 900 has been paid t.
b~enefctaries.
There are numerous auxiliaries to tn
order, which dc work along other line
than insurance. The New Jersey Hos
pital Bed, Fund Association was or
ganized twelve years ago., with thu
object of caring for members who ma.
meet with accident or Illness, and 50
members have been helped in this man
ner. There are also employment blu
reaus in Essex and Hudson counties
which are performing a noble work il
Iaiding members to help themselves. Il
most of the grand Jurisdictions Their
are many of these kindred organiza
tons, and they have been of materia
benefit.