The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-22
BIG FEAST Of
BOARD OF TRADE
lcon.I..ued f.o.n rIr.t pnge.l

t1Gn4fisARN LEo1tA fkFsN GuEE.l
in. the state finally gathered about the
scores OF tables, ard the Rev. Dr.
Pleasant IlHuter. of the Second Pres
hxteriau Church. invoked divine bless
ing on the gathering.
The South Broad Street Merchants
I-nprovqr1en- Association was present
ea masse. apparently. In the heart Of
Tho hall they held sway and for much
- tie evening they claimed attention
1y their cheers for tho section Of the
tity which they arc developing and
toasts they oTsrod to the discovery that
Pfaa,l street ruas south of Market
strco
Finally the South Broad street mer-
chants organized a lockstep procession.
with Waters nay as grand marshal and
. dozen aides. of whom John ]. Nc
tiuire, Carl Jacobsen and Franklin
Mayo were chief.
Not 60 bt outdone, the merchants
who ere in business north of Market
and on Market street joined in. and,
with the orchestra playing n lively air,
the procession wound in and out around
the tables, up into the first balcony
on the loft of the hall. where the speak
ers' table was situated, and. encircling
II, passed again 10 their seats amid
great applause from the other diners
and the fair folk i'm the upper balconies.
Little booklets were distributed con-
tainins the choruses of the songs that
were played by the orchestra. h title
page bearing; please Join in the
Chorus" The request met approval and
4 ready response. Songs in and out OF
the booklet were sung with a viii. 1t
was really n Of the finest features Of
the evening
a Merry Chorus.
Orc chorus that had been written to
the tune OF "Mandalay," the music of
which. by the way. was written by
Speaker John D. Prince. of the Assem-
bly,, ran:
"0n the roads to Newark Bay,
Where the iron horses neigh,
Where tho meadow grasses murmur
o'er the muskrats at their play,
on the roads to Newark Bay,
Where the railroads have their way,
And the locomotives thunder eastward.
westward. night and day"
The menu cards were the most at
tractiye that nave ever been given by
the board, and are a worthy souvenir
of the evening. The banquet is an an
nual function, It is given following the
election Of officers each year. It marks
the milestone in the city's history. The
officers of the board and the commit
tees responsible for the affair and its
success this year are;
The Bonrd of Trade Officers.
The officers of the Newark Board of
Trade are;
President-George r. Reeve.
Vice-Presidents-Joseph Coult. Isaac
F. Roe, Henry Dickson.
Treasurer-David H. Merritt.
Secretary-James NJ. Reilly.
Board of Observation-Disclosures p. Glea-
son. John T.. Kehoe, william H. r.
Fielder, John r. Conroy, Felix Fuld,
A. V. Hamburg, Julius A. Lebkeucher,
Franklin Murphy, jr.. Frank c.. Van
Ness.
Honorary Advisory Board Hon.
r. Wayne Parker, James S. Higbie,
Richard c.. Jenkinson, George w. Tom
kins, DR.. Samuel c. Robertson, Peter
Campbell.
Banquet Committees 49, S p @ a k e r s ,
Franklin Conklin, chairman; Robert P.
Gleason, Benedict Prieth, Richard c..
Jenkinson, Franklin Murphy. jr. Ar
engagements. Isaac i. Roe, chairman;
Paul c. Heller. Halsey NJ. Larter, Ben
iamin S, Whitehead. A. v, Hamburg,
Moses Plaut. Ambrose Tomkins.
Gnyernnr Fort Speaks.
After talking state statistics a while,
Governor Fort spoke about Senator
Taylor.
And just FOR a let me speak