Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-18
GRAND MASONIC
COUNCIL PLANS
FOR It's JUBILEE
Newark Man Heads State Body
Which COnvenes at Tren=
ton Tomorrow.

Members of the Grand Council of New
Jersey, Royal and Select Master Ma
sons, will meet in the Masonic Temple.
Trenton, tomorrow for their fiftieth
anniversary session.
Newark is to be well represented al
the meeting. and the delegation from
this city includes Grand Master William
Shurte, OF Kane Council, who is to pre-
side.
Mr.. Shurte said today: I'VE expect
to gather together a large and most
representative body OF Select Master
Masons from every section of the State.
AS the event marks the half-century
anniversary of the council and the fifty
second assembly session, no pains have
been spread to make the affair al ex-
~ceptionally notable one
The committee of arrangements, Past
Grand Masters J.. Edward Blackmore,
chairman, of Kane Council, this city;
David Fl. Lukens, of Gebal Council,
Trenton: James Nelson and Edward
Mills, of Van Hook Council, Camden,
and Joseph Mason, of Terry Council,
Paterson. have completed the details
for the reception and banquet.
Grand Master Shurte will preside at
the opening session, and Grand Chap
lain Daniel Demarest, of Kane Counc<4,
this city, will fill the prelate's chair.
At the executive conclave the election
of officers will take place. Deputy
Grand Master Morris S. Smoker, of
Merchantville, is slated to succeed Mr.
Shurte. The other grand officers to be
elected will probably be Oscar F. Neidt,
of Gebal Council, Trenton. deputy grand
master; Hiram e. beats, also of Gebal
| Council. will succeed himself for the
third term as grand recorder, and Gil
bert e. Slack, of Trenton. will be hon
ored with his twenty-second reelection
to the office of grand treasurer. Albert
B. Forliner, grand captain of the guard,
of Camden; Godfrey Pitts. grand con-
ductor, of Allendale; Henry A. Putnam,
grand marshal. of Trenton; Theodore
3. Townley, grand steward, of Eliza
beth; Daniel Demarest, grand chaplain,
of Montclair, and Lawrence j. Ayres.
grand sentinel, of Trenton, will also De
candidates for reelection.
A feature of the anniversary will be
the presence of a large number of the
past grand masters, including Marcus
Higginbotham, of Jersey City; John 8.
/ Hartley, OF HdIeTSoH, 1coiSS SSol', u
Allendale; Leonard l.. Grear, of Pas
sale: Edward Mills, of Camden; Daniel
Demarest, of Montclair; Gilbert b.
Slack. of Trenton; Linsley Rowe, OF
Jersey City; Joseph Ashton, jr., Of
Trenton; Isaac Lowenstein. of Man
haitian: A. Y. Yothers. of Gwynedel,
Pa: John B. Bertholf, of Monroe,
N. Y; David H. Lukens, of Trenton;
Joseph Mason, of Paterson; H. II.
Withoefer, of Camden; Edgar l..
Brown. of Jersey City; Hiram E.
beats. of Pennington; S. Glover Rud
derow, of Camden; George w. Morrow,
of Allenhurst; Richard C. Chamberlain.
of Trenton; ]. Edward Blackmore, OF
Newark, and James Nelson. of Cam
den. :.
The councils tina will be represented
at the ce~lebrative session will consist
of Kane Council No. 2. of this city;
Warren Council No. 5, of Jersey City;
Terry Council No. 6. Of Paterson;
Adoniram Council No. 8, of Elizabeth;
Van Hook Council No. 8. of Camden;
Scott Council No. l, of New Brunswick;
| Gebal Council No. 8, of Trenton, and
| washington Council No. Z, of Washing
ton, n. j.
The total membership of Royal n
Select Masters number over 900.