Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-09-11
Joel Parker Council Enter
tains Hundreds of Visitors
at South Amboy Event.
TWENTY-SIX PRESENT
FROM PERTH AMB0Y
Parade, Addresses and Ban
quet-- Nineteen Years of
Success Across River.
spsctor to the EVENING NEWS.

specf0t 10 the EVENING NEWS.
South Amboy, Sept. 11:-Notwith-
standing the storm and the condition
| of the streets the ardor of the Jr. o. U.
A. M. did not in the least appear to be
dampened in making the celebration of
the anniversary of their organization a
complete success last night.
About s clock in the evening the
home council formed in line of parade
headed by an Amboy brass band and
marched to the depot to receive the vis-
iting councils. Upon the arrival of the
visiting brethren they all formed in
| line, marching down Broadway, preced-
ed by an escort Of horsemen, to Main
street over Main street to Stevens ave-
nue., over Stevens avenue to First street,
TO Broadway, up Broadway to Second
street, over Second street to Stockton
and down Stockton to X. of p. hall,
where the procession disbanded, after
firing salute.
All that could find sufficient room en-
tered the hall to listen to the addresses.
The chairman of the committee, T. /.
Stults, Sr., in a well-ordered speech,
welcomed the visiting councils. At the
close of the speech the Rev. N. E..
Webb in short prayer invoked the di-
fyine blessing on the assemblage. The
chairman then introduced as the first
speaker Vice State Councillor
William M. Gray, who spoke of the
rapid progress of the organization in
New Jersey. 1t now numbers over 50,-
600 members, which means much to the
politicians, and, as the organization
stands for right, they act as safeguards,
he said, having in many instances
check k-mated the politician and made
him to understand that If he did any
thing, he must do right. He further
said that but little effort need be used
to swell the numbers of the organiza-
tion to 100000 members
He was followed by State Council
Secretary w. H. Myers, who said no
other organization cared for the
A. M have. During the past year they
have cared for sixty-three children who
had been left orphans and matters are
SO arranged that the order has an in
come Of $4,000 annually for the relief
of orphans. He was followed by Rob-
ert Carson and Rev. L. L. Hance, of
Cliffwood, and others, in very brief ad-
dresses.
| At the close of the speeches, the as
semblage was invited down to the hall
proper, where five tables were in evil
dence loaded with good things to tickle
the palate, prepared by the ladies of
the NJ P. church About 500 partook
of the good things and not less than 400
visitors were present from the follow
ing councils: Tottenville, Perth Am
boy, Milltown, South River, New
Brunswick, Keyport, Matawan, New
| Market, Hightstown and Bound Brook.
The council room was beautifully
decorated with national flags and bunt-
ing of red, white and blue. In the
lower hall were five tables the entire
length of the room, for the accommoda-
tion of the guests, made conspicuous by
beautiful cake, bearing as a deeora-
tion nineteen small national flags rep
resenting the nineteen years of organ
ization, presented. for the occasion by
the Ladies Aid Society of the NJ. p.
church.
One of the speakers claimed that we
were drifting away from the time-hon-
ored customs of our fathers; that Sab
bath observance, was being disregarded
and, no matter how unconscious of the
fact, we were losing strength and that
the course we were almost unconscious
of drifting into, was sapping the foun-
dation ON which this glorious nation
had it's rise and progress.
joel Parker Council is in a prosperous
condition financially and numerically;
numbering at the present: time well on
to 400 members
About / o'clock the guests had all
departed and the home council had
sought their beds and the nineteenth
anniversary of Joel Parker Council was
thing Of the past, but those present
on the occasion who listened to the able
and instructive remarks made will not
soon forget the event.