Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-29
ODD FELLOWS
Of ESSEX COUNTY
HOLD CELEBRATION
Ninety-irst Anniversary OF
Founding Of Order Observed
by Many Lodges.

Kruger Auditorium was so crowded
by men and women last night at the
celebration of the ninety-first anniver-
saryIof the founding of the ~Independ-
emf Order of Odd Fellows that hun
dreds a to stand for two hours until
the close of a fine vaudeville entertain
ment. The celebration was in charge
of a general committee composed of
three members of every ledge in Essex
county. Several officers of the grand
lodge of New Jersey, and also past
officers were present, besides members
of encampments and women of Re-
bekah lodges.
A dozen men of the uniformed rank.
with cooked hats and tall plumes, were
in the front row of seats. Admission
! to the hall was by invitation tickets,
the lodges of the county paying all the
expenses of the celebration.
Past Grand. Master Frank Crowther
made an address. After stating that
there are nearly 1900, 600 members ain
the order throughout the world, and
that millions of dollars have been paid
In sick and death benefits and for the
maintenance. of widows and orphans,
he said the great progress of the order
was Quo lldlllly " tuc ldCL ltldl IL
appealed to the great mass of the
people, the wording people.
"Odd Fellowism teaches friendship.
love, truth and charity" he said, that
the members must stand by one an
other in sorrow or in joy. in distress
or in prosperity, visit the sick, bury
the dead and care for the widow and
orphan. Our order teaches forbear-
nc and charity and friendship. and
that its members should be truthful.
honest and patriotic citizens and good
neighbors, and the lessons the order
teaches benefits men outside u order
by the example of the lives of our good
members"
Mr.. Crowther also sale that in these
days Of suspicion of legislators, when
SO many public scandal were un-
earthed that all the oil the great
Standard Oil Company could produce
would not smooth them out, he could
say with pride that Odd Fellowship
l%nculcated honesty to It's members in
private and public life, and that the
order was never active in politics, its
only work being fraternal and benevo-
lent. He praised the men of the en-
campfnent, I'M spoke highly of the
work of the women of the Rebekah
lodges, referring specially to the Ridgely
Home for Orphans in Newark. man.
aged by the women, a picture and story
of which were printed in the EVENING
STAR on Monday last. In closing he
said all Odd Fellows were not saints
and did not work for the order as they
should. He said IL per cent. in every
lodge did the work, 33 per cent. We're
ha~lf-hearted, and the remainder tool
no active interest in the work.. If so
per cen of all Odd Fellows would work
as the u per cent. do the order would
be the greatest moral and beneficial
force. 1t was the first order to estab-
lish the fraternal and beneficial prin-
ciples now practised by many societies.
After the vaudeville performance the
older men and women went home. The
young people remained for dancing.
More than 200 young men and women
entered the hall after the performance.
The committees We're composed as
follows: General committee, A. E.
Whittemore, chairman; C. B. Harris.
secretary; Ferd Sulzer, treasurer.
Arrangement committee. f. II. De-
Koning, chairman; E. G.. Groesser. sec
rotary; Ferd Sulzer, d. c. Wilmer, /.
d. Bellies, l.. l.. Lawrence, L. Kreutler.
Reception committee, Charles Dom
saft, chairman. !
Floor manager, l. ID. Bellies; assist
ants, Henry Deusinger, Fred Fisher.