Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-02-29
ODD FELLOWS HONE 0. X.
Allegations Of Mismanagement
Disproyed.


Odd Fellows home in Trenton, are
treated cruelty are denied by the Off
cials in charge of the institution, and
complying with the request of EIwood
S. Adams, superintendent of the home,
the board OF directors at an early date
will conduct an investigation.
In newspaper article Superinten-
dent Adams was charged with bru-
tality toward the residents of the
home, and the supply committee con-
sisting of Frank r.. Jummel and ]
George Freidinger, visited the institu-
ton and made preliminary inquiry as
to the truthfulness of the charges.
The committee, which is directly in
charge of the home, was accompanied
by Grand Secretary Harry S. Pine,
and after thorough investigation it
was found that the story regarding
/ the actions of the superintendent was
without foundation.
Messrs. Jumel and Freidinger have
issued the following statement:
With reference to an article APP
pearing in a local paper of even date
herewith, in regard to the manage
ment of the Odd Fellows home, of
this city, the supply committee of the
board of directors states that mas
much as the superintendent had re-
quested thorough investigation of
the whole matter, there is little, if
anything to say, excepting that the oc-
currences mentioned in the article re-
ferred to, extend back for a period of
nearly two years, and for the past six
months there has not been complaint
of any kind, from any resident, to
the committee or the board; that the
inuendo contained in said article has
reference to occurrences that were in
each instance brought TO the attention
OF the committee and proven to be
without foundation of fact.
The board of directors wish it to
be clearly understood that every eff
fort is made to make the place
home in fact as well as in name and
that such actions as are inferred in
the article published would not be
tolerated for one minute.
Residents, if dissatisfied with the
management, understand fully that
they are at liberty to go direct to the
committee with their complaint, and
it they do not get satisfaction from
the committee to bring the matter di-
rectly to the attention of the board
or any member thereof, or to take it
Iup with the lodge to which the mem-
Der may belong
The allegation is that Superinten-s
dent Adams confined August Voorhis
to his room several days because he
refused to take an automobile ride;
that he used Mark Robinson roughly
because he poured too much milk on
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Berry because he was six minutes late
in reaching the home after an after
noon downtown, and that he grabbed
Daniel Kimball by the throat for a
violation of table etiquette.
All of these charges have been look
ed into long ago. and when the men
involved were questioned regarding
their grievances, each one declared
that he had made no charges against
the superintendent, such as were
printed.
That the story was supplied by an
enemy of the superintendent seems
to be proven by the fact that the
Voorhis matter is nearly two years
old, and that the charges regarding it
and the other difficulties were highly
colored
There are fifty-four residents of the
home, and all of them are very old,
and most of them are infirm. They
are sent there on application of the
lodges to which they belong. A dozen
of them. are the wives and widows of
Odd Fellows
Grand Secretary Pine and Messrs.
Jummel and Freidinger have thorough
confidence in Superintendent Adams
and declare that he is highly compe-
tent official. They are of the opinion
that any difficulty he may have had
with resident was not caused by
him, and that in settling it he acted
not brutally, but in a manner neces-
sary for the maintenance of disci-
pline.
Superintendent Adams would not
discuss the charges against him, but
he denied their truthfulness. He said
he not only would welcome an in
vestigation. but that he had asked for
one.