Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-23
READY FOR MEET
Of ST. PATRICK's
ALLIANCE MONDAY
Delegation of 200 from This
City to Attend at Perth
Amb0y..

All is In readiness Tor the gatnerlne
in annua conclave Of, the hosts of sons
In the New Jersey Jurisdiction OF the
ST. Patrick's Alliance Of America to the
number of 200, who will attend the
thirty-fifth annual convention of the
State council of the order, which will
open on Monday. morning. In Columbus
Hall. Perth Amboy. While the execu-
tive sessions and a consideration of the
routine work will largely occupy the at
tention of the delegates, the closing
hours of the meet will be exceptionally
entertaining. as the State officers, as
sisted by d commi:see representing
Branch No. l of the convention city will
provide n banquet. reception. sight-see-
ing our and other attractive diversions
to assure the visitors that their coming
to the home Town Of Grand Trustee
Lawrence c. Dalton for the holding III
the. annual conclave' was duly appre-
ciated.
Aside from the presence of stase
President Thomas c, Gaynor. Financial
Secretary Thomas A. Flynn and Re-
cording Secretary James A. Grant, all
of this city, other noted delegates from
Newark will be District President VIII
liam ] Kilderry and John Roach, of
Branch s, and 7. r. Denning. OF Branch
4. Branches 5, 6 and Z will also be rep
resented by delegates, and a strong
showing will be made by the order
throughout Essex county. which is one
of the largest jurisdictions in the State.
Naffrno1 practaApf r. o1fof, Iohn T
O'Leary, of Elizabeth, will address the
delegates.
The opening executive session, which
Will succeed an attendance at mass at
a Catholic church, will convcn at 10
o'clock in knights Of Columbus Hall
In Smith street, me President Gaynor
will preside.
Recording Secretary James A. Grant.
of this city, will show by statistical
figures, that the closing term has been
one Of the most progressive in the his
tory of the fraternity f., New Jersey. 1t
is understood thAt few. II any changes
will be made in the present State roster
OF officials at the closing executive SEES
sion, which viii be held in the after
President Gaynor, who is clos
Ing a term of two years. has proven a
most r%esourceful ana efficient head of
the organization, and his Jealous work
Is largely responsible for the fact that
nine new branches have been insti-
tuted during 1901. II, however, Mr..
Gaynor should desire to retire his sue
cessor would be Senior Vice President
John n. berwick. of Dover Both
Thomas A.. Flynn, financial secretary,
and James A.. Grant, recording secre-
tary, of this city, are slated for reelec-
ton.
The other State officers. whose fate
will be. decided on Monday, include
Junior Vice-President PS..rick J. How
ard, of Morristown; Treasurer John J.
Hughes, of Paterso..; Sergeant-atArms
John Casey, of Orange; Senior Conduc-
tor Harry Haywood. of New Bruins
wick; Chaplain the Rev. Thomas F.
Blake, of Allentown. and trustees Law
renee. c.. Dalton, Of Perth Amboy; r.
B. Richardson. of "-enton, and Thomas
p, Nolan, of Elizabeth. Past President
John P. Joyce, Of Trenton, Will also
participate In the convention delibera-
tions. ,t~,
2 The cities that will send delegates
will include JerseyrCity, Trenton. Eliza
beth, Paterson, Passaic, Hoboken. New
Brunswick, Orange, Plainfield, Norris
town, Perth Amboy, Bayonne and Cam
den.
The headquarters for the officers and
delegates will be the Packer House. one
of the historic hotels of = erth Amboy.
The banquet and reception will be held
In the evening, and Mayor Bollsweller
and other city officials will attend.
The oldest branch of the order in
this city Is No. 8, which was organized
In 1873, and the present roster of OFF,
GERS consists of Lawrence DAILY. past
president; e. ]. Murphy, president;
James Mcfarland, senior vice-presi-
dent; James McKelvay. junior vice
president; Morris Il. WEIGH. recording
secretary; James F. Clark, financial
secretary; John j.. Ward, treasurer;
John Mulquin. conductor, and James
Rogers, sergeant-at-arms. State Presi-
dent Gaynor is a member of this
branch. ~
Other official and prominent members
Of the order In this city who will prob
ably attend the NEE are Joseph Pat
terson, Thomas Clark, John Barrett.
p. ]. Brogan, John Scanlon, b. Dolau.
Thomas Hopkins. C. F. Farley. Frank
Nugent, James Dalton, Michael Sugrue.
jr., John Brady and r. F. Denring, .
Branch 4. and Peter NJ. Roche, Patrick
] Hughes. Thomas p. Flanagan, John