Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-10
ARCANUM
BEGINS SERIES OF
UNION SESSIONS
First InitiatOry Held Here Last
Night Under Grand COun-
Gil Auspices.

With the holding of the first union
initiatofy session under the auspices
OF the Grand Council of the Roya1 Ar
! canun at the hall OF RoseVille Coun-
oil, at Orange street and Rosevllle ave-
nue, last evening, the $4,000 members
i-Cf the fraternity in New Jersey in
augurated & series Of meetings that
will be conducted in Essex. Hudson,
Bergen, Passaic, Union and MiddleseX
counties during The present month and
which are destined to add 1000 new
members to the State Arcenum roster.
Past Grand Regent Harry r.. Ward,
of Jersey City, officiated at the session
held last evening and assisted in the
work of obligating q class of candl-
dates. The degree team of Corinthian
Council, of this city, exemplihed the
ritual.
The associate councils who particl-
pated in the session We're General Run
yon. West End and r. Il. Mcdonald
of Harrison. The series of big union
meetings is being promoted as a testi-
monial to the popularity of Grand Re-
gent Theodore s. Glass, of Westfeld,
who is closing a two-years' term as the
head of the order in New Jersey.
The schedule as planned by the
Grand Council, with William Rooster,
of Bayonne, as chairman. will include
union sessions being held in the sew
eral counties as well as Essex.
Eighteen meetings will be held during
February, as follows: Essex and Hud-
son, five each, and Bergen, Passaic,
Union and Middlesex, -four each. The
dates for sessions in Essex will be
February 16, at Newark City Council
rooms, this city, and at Orange Council
Hall, in Orange, and on February 2S,
under the auspices of Montclair Council
st Montclair.
The organizations in this vicinity
that will take part in the movement
will be Roseville, Alamo, Corinthian,
Adamant. Newark City. West Bend,
South Orange. General Runyon. Seth
Boyden, z. f. Mcdonald, Woodside n
Longfellow councils.
Grand Representatives.
The grand representatives who are
aiding Past Grand Regent Ward in as
surfing the success of the term-end rally
series are John r. Weeks, Anton
Steines, Julius Witzig, D. H. Suits,
w. f. Burton, George D. Scott. jr,, C.
w. Shocks, f. c. Lampe, ". H. Will
Jams, G.. G.. Yarrow, j.. II. Scharling,
f. II. Mcmillan, H. Mangan, L. r.
Dunn and F. II. Tompkins. The
officiating A%rcanuns, representing the
several councils in the forward move
ment will be Regents H. Schellhardt,
of Roseville Council; 7. H. Reed, of
Woodside; c.. M. Felter, of Newark
City; Robert T. Misner, of Adamant;
A. J.. Bernhard, of C%orinthian; II. J.
Steines, of Alamo; William H. Findon.
Of General Runyon; d. II. Shuts, of
South Orange; Henry ]. Haigh, of Seth
Boyden, and Charles ]. Lord, of East
Orange Council.
The term of Grand Regent Class has
been one OF the most notable in the
history of the order in New Jersey.
He has visited every section of the
State several times during his two
year incumbency and his ability, energy
and attractive methods soon won him
the unanimous support OF the rank and
file of the order. To show their ap-
probation the grand council associates
and the members of the fraternity de-
cioed to promote a big series of meet
ings that would add at least LOCO new
members, making New Jerseys roster
$500, instead Of 1880, as at present.