Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-10
NEW OFFICERS
OF %FORESTERS
Thomas R. Luksr Is Grand
Chief Ranger.

| of Camden, was elected grand chleI
ranger Of the Foresters of America,
of New Jersey, at the afternoon SEES.
sion of the twenty-second annual
convention held in Washington hall,
this city, yesterday. Grand Chief
Ranger Luker succeeds Philip j.
Schotland, of Newark.
Perth Amboy was highly honored
yesterday as never before, for, In
addition to being the seat of a state
Foresters convention for the first
time, one of its sons, Dennis ]. Flynn,
assistant street commissioner, was
elected to the honored Office of grand
sub-chief ranger, which places him
in line for the highest honors in the
state at the annual convention next
year. Mr.. Flynn Is a past chief
ranger of Court Standard No. Ill, OF
this city.
There vas but very little opposf-
ton to the general slate, Chief
Luker's election being completely
unanimous, and Past Grand Senior
Woodward Flynn's opponent, Michael
Padu1a, of Court 1913, Newark, with
drawing before any vote was taken.
| Warren l.. J.. Jobes, of Jersey City,
who was reelected grand secretary
| at an advance in salary Of $500, had
opposition in the person of B. A. VAL
e%ntine, Court ia, of Newark, who
received thirteen votes out of-a83
cast. Secretary Jobes' new salary Is
$500 and he is required to devote
his entire time to his duties.
The New Officers.
Following is the entire list OF
| officers, elected for one year: Grand
chief ranger, Thomas R. Luker, Cam
den; grand sub-chief ranger, D. J.
Flynn, this city; grand treasurer, D.
H. Stuhrmann, Hoboken; grand sec
rotary, Warren L. ]. Jobes, Jersey
City; grand recording secretary, John
| G. Cofey, Passaic; grand senior
woodward, s. Theo. Jackson, Tren-
ton; grand senior beadle, Charles Fl.
Blohm, Jersey City; grand junior
beadle, Frank E. Piatt; grand trus-
tees, John Polifeme, Montclair;
Charles U. deHart, Atlantic City, and
Jacob L. Brown; grand auditors, H.
D. McHorney, Frank FL. J. Radley
and w. P. Kilderry.
Delegates to Supreme Convention.
Nineteen delegates to the Supreme
| Convention, to be held August % at
Detroit, Michigan, were elected late
yesterday afternoon after three hours
of voting, much opposition being dis
covered to every candidate o. the
regular slate, which was finally elect
ed in full as follows:
Frank Berckman, Newark; Ed
ward Cleayer, West Hoboken; Aug
ust J.. Conord, Elizabeth; James H.
Curren, New Brunswick; J. Victor
D'Aloia, Newark; Daniel j. Dooley,
Bayonne; Frank w. Grey, Orange;
Charles Huebner, Union Hill; Caleb
c. Jones, Newark; Albert Kline,
Newark; John H. Lennon, Jersey
City; James j. Marks, Newark; A. D.
Mason, Paterson; John j. Mitchell,
Jersey City; James F. O'Mealia, Jer-
sey City; T. w. Robinson, Railway;
E. s.. Robinson, Hackensack; Morris
Soloman, Newark; and E. R. Wes-
sells, Jersey City.
The AIternates.
Following were the alternates
elected, being from the same courts
as the corresponding delegates:
j. Leonard Turner. U. G.. Johnson
RI. w. ADAMS, Patrick Creamer,
Charles Drumming, John T. Mccarthy,
s. Theo. Jackson, John J.. Otis, P. E.
Graham, Moe Gansler, Thomas Nc
Fadden, Wesley l.. DeVoe, August j
Miller, Jacob j. Berg, John Quin
John F. O'Mealy, George F. Rauh
William +. Miller and Carl Schmidt.
Immediately following the cleo.
tons Past Supreme Chief Ranger
Captain John F. Kelly, of Newark
and Supreme Secretary Thomas M
Donnelly, Of Jersey City, Installed
the new officers with a simple but
impressive ceremony.
Surprise for Chief SchotIand.
A beautiful silver service, costing
in the neighborhood of $500, was
presented to the retiring grand chief
ranger, Philip J. Schotland, Of New.
ark, by Captain Kelly on behalf oil
the 147 courts In the state. 1t was
a magnificent gift and came as a total
surprise to Chief Schotland.
Another token of esteem, this
time from the Newark court, OF
which he Is a member, was presented
to Chief Schotland following the pre-
viously mentioned gift. Like the sill
yer service, it is useful and ornamen-
tai, being a silver perculator.
In addition to raising the secre-
tary's salary $500 the convention
yesterday did several other interest.
ing things, among them being the
creation of an office of state organic
er, at a probable salary of $3.50 O
month. The officer and salary will
be named by the executive commit.
tee, composed of the Grand Council.
Another important piece of legis-
lation was the law passed prohibit
ing, hereafter, mor than one court
in any n town or city. At the pres
ent time there are two and sometimes
three courts in large cities, causing
unnecessary strife. At the same time
the charter rate, per member, was
raised from SO to SIS.
Next Convention at Trenton?
There was no action taken yester-
day regarding the location of the
next annual convention, the matter
being left in the hands of the execu-
tive committee, as it has been for the
last three years. A member high IN
in the Grand Council told a NEWS
representative last night that the
probable site would be Trenton,
which has never been honored with
the gathering.
Passaic was the scene last year,
Bayonne the year before, and these
cities, like Perth Amboy, had never
been honored before with the con-
vention.
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