Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-18
MASONIC GRAND
LODGE To OPEN
COMMUNICATION
Jerseys Annual Gathering to Be
Held Tomorrow and
Thursday.

AS the one hundred and twenty
Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma
sons, will be held at Trenton tomorrow
and Thursday, a large representa-
ton of prominent members of the fra
ternity in this city and Essex county
will attend the conspicuous meet, which
will attract a big turnout from every
section of the State. The headquarters
will be the Trenton House. Grand Mas
ter Alton H. Sherman, of Union Lodge
Orange, will preside at the session,
which will be held in the Masonic Tein-
pie.
The associate grand officers who will
fill their respective chairs during the
closing of the term will be Deputy
Grand Master Leslie A. Burritt, of Bay
onne, who is slated to succeed Mr.. Sher-
man; Senior Grand Warden Richard c.
Woodward, of Bordentown, who hope.
; to replace Mr.. Burritt; Junior GRAM
Warden Frederick e. Tilden, of Jerses
City, who may have as his successor
Junior Grand Steward J. Edward
Blackmore, of this city,; Grand Secre,
tary Benjamin F. Wakefield. OF Tren-
ton; Deputy Grand Secretary William
.. Rutan, also of Newark, who, it Il
understood, will be named grand secre.
tary; Grand Treasurer William +
Burk, of Trenton: Grand Chaplains thu
Revs.- Henry r. Rose, this city; Wilbur
C. Walker Jersey City; Charles Bow
den, Camden; Thomas G. Spencer, 1i
Jersey City; Eugene A. Robinson, Pit
man. and the Rev. Robert Mackeller
of Red Bank. The Rev. DIR. Morgan, OF
this city, who is absent on tour to ths
Orient, is also likely to be renamed a
grand chaplain.
The appointive offices under the juris.
diction of the grand master and there.
fore liable to change consist of grand
instructor, now held by Henry S
Haines. of Burlington; Senior Grand
Deacon r. d. Argue,' of this city; Jun
ior Deacon William M. Thompson, ol
Orange; Grand Marshal Robert H. Nc
Adams, of Elizabeth; Senior Grand
Stew ard HI. Berg, of Orange: Junior
Grand Steward J. E. Blackmore, of this
city; Grand Sword Bearer A. e. LIE Mas
sena; Grand Pursuivant W. F. Marsh
and Grand Organist Thomas Fl. Hood
also of Newark, and Grand Tyler
Luther S. Skillman, of Trenton.
District Deputies.
The district deputies who will likely
retire. thus stepping aside for new
appointees, are Charles b. Boyd OF
Newton, first district; William r
Meakle, of Paters on, second; William
t. Braun. Jersey City, third; Edward
M. Soaring, Dover, fourth; Charles P
Russ, of Elizabeth, fifth; William l.
Daniels. Jersey City, sixth; H. c,
Rorick, Newark, seventh; Isaac Lowen-
stein, this city, eighth; John Quincy
Adams, South Orange, ninth; John
zulauf, Somerville. tenth; Charles w
Hellman, Hoboken, eleventh; William
vermelye, twelfth; Charles A. Minion,
Red Bank, thirteenth; Edward w
Packer, Long Branch, fourteenth; A
Grocer Reeves, Trenton, fifteenth;
Albert s. Riehls Morristown, sixteenth;
Joseph Grover, Manasquan, seven
teenth; Wilmer Collins. eighteenth;
Benjamin F. Roray, Bridgeton, nine
teenth, and Fl. r. Cloud, Atlantic City
twentieth district.
The lodges in this city and vicinity
will all be represented by delegates
The opening session tomorrow will
include an address by Grand Mas
ter Sherman. and the reception OF
delegates and representatives of
grand jurisdictions outside of New
Jersey. The several committees will
also render their reports On Thurs
day the annual election of officers will
take place, and from what can be
learned there will he few contests
The term of the retiring grand mas
ter has been most auspicious, and the
annual statements will show that the
receipts. finances and growth of the
order during 1910 have been very en-
couraging. The Masonic Home COM
mittee, of which Past Grand Master
Austen H. ,McGregor is chairman, will
also report ON the improvements made
at the institution.
A reception will follow the close of
the executive busi1, SIS, and the guests
will include the visiting grand rep
resentatives and the past and newly
elected New jersey grand officers.
The members of the Essex County
Past Masters Masonic Association
have chartered "a special train. which
will leave the Market street station of
the Pennsylvania railroad at $40 o'cloc.
on Thursday riog ming for Trenton. the
scene of the a IN al meet