Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-26

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have "A total membership Of nearly
1000 women. These lodges are not
beneficial in character. but the MEM
bers give assistance TO sisters in need
and look after orphans. They never
neglect TO visit the sick, bury the dead,
nelp those in distress and educate the
orphans. Union Rebekah Lodge No. |,
Of Orange, is the Oldest one in New
Jersey. IT was organized in Newark
and was transferred to Orange several
years ago. Mrs. Perry. wife of County
Register Edward S. Perry, Is noble
grand of the lodge. There are five Re-
bekah lodges in Newark. Mrs. Annie
Taylor IS noble grand of Hope Re-
hekah Degree Lodge No A., and Mrs.
Emma Ferguson Is secretary.
The anniversaries of the founding OF
the Independent order of odd Fellows
ordered each year by the proclama-
ton Of the grand sire of the order. The
man who holds that exalted position
III present is w. l.. K~uykendale. OF
Saratoga. Wyo. lie is chief officer Of
all the lodges of odd Fellows in the
world. and there are lodges in every
civilized country, with a total member
ship Of over 1000, 900 men. An odd
Fellow who has an identification card
with him from his lodge will find MEM
bers in every city or country he may
visit who VIII he brothers to him.
The celebration at Kruger Audi
forum is in charge of a general COM
mittee of arrangements composed of
three members of each of the thirty
five subordinate lodges In Essex county.
276 Jersey Lodges.
Howard Lodge No. 7. of Newark, is
the oldest in Essex county. It was or
ganized and chartered in October. 1871.
Maurice y. Gluck, a lawyer, is noble
grand of this lodge now. Amos Pierce
and Charles Dennison are old members
OF Howard Lodge. and Mr.. Dennison
has been the secretary. The order in
which some of the Newark lodges were
organized was as follows, after Howard
Lodge: Newark Lodge No. s, Friend
ship Lodge No. II, Clinton Lodge No. IS.
Marion Lodge No. &c and Protection
Lodge No, IS.
There are 276 lodges in New Jersey,
with a total membership of about 10000.
The first lodge organized in the State
was New Jersey Lodge No. l. Of Cam
den, and Benevolent Lodge No. ., of
Paterson was the second. When the
Camden men heard that a lodge was be-
ing organized in Paterson they sent a
committee in haste to the mother lodge
in this country at Baltimore and got the
charter a few hours before the Paterson
committee arrived in Baltimore. The
Camden lodge was chartered i'm 1890.
Thomas l.. English. of R~idgewoed. is
the present grand master. Charles A..
Woodruff. Of Newark. is a deputy grand
master, and Walter S. Campbell, of
Newark, is also an officer of the lodge.
The idea of odd Fellowship originated
with Norkmen in shops and factories in
Manchester, England. When a work
man was sick or disabled his brother,
workmen would give some of their earn
ings to support him. If he died, they
paid the funeral expenses and assisted
the widow and the children. After a
time they organized a society called the
Manchester Unity. and the members
were spoken Of as odd fellows Socie-
ties of the same character were formed
by workmen in other cities In England
and finally pass words. signs and grips
were adopted for protection Of the MEM
bers of the societies against imposters,
The societies united under h name of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
the name being taken from that first
applied to members of Manchester
Unity.
Here is the way the Independent
order Of odd Fellows was introduced
into the United States: Thomas Will
SON, a poor blacksmith, sailed from
England late in 1918 or early in 1919 for
America. He landed in New York, and
not finding any brother Odd Fellows
there he went to Philadelphia, where
he learned there were some members
of the order in Baltimore. He went to
that city, and he and five brothers who
had been members of lodges in England
met at the Seven Stars Tavern, in
Second street, the night of April 20
1919, and organized Washington Lodge
No. /, the first lodge in the United
States.
The sovereign grand lodge of the
order is composed of about 200 represen-
tauves of grand lodges in the United
States, Canada, Europe n elsewhere
The grand encampment of New Jer-
sey. which is composed of past patri-
archs of subordinate encampments
throughout the State. used to meet
each year in Newark, but for some tins
has held its sessions at Trenton. Ir
May last the session of the grand en-
campment was held In Newark. where
there are Ave subordinate encamp-
ments. and at night there was a fir
street parade. Some Of the encamp-
ments paraded in ARABIC costumes.