Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-28
.ROSEV|LLE MASONS
LAY CORNERSTONE
Uniformed Knights Templar
Take Part in Elaborate
Ceremonies.
STATE OFFICIALS OF ORDER
GUESTS AT BANQUET
New $4,000 Temple on Rose
vile Avenue to Be Ready
January 1.

Fitting and elaborate ceremonies
will mark the laying of the corner
stone OF the new $50, 900 Masonic
temple being erected by Roseville
Lodge, f. and A. M, at SO and IS
Roseville avenue. this afternoon.
Grand Master Richard c. Wood
ward. of Bordentown, of the New
Jersey grand lodge, will formally
lay the stone with a silver trowel.
He will be assisted by his staff and
associate officers
The visiting grand lodge officials
we're guests at a dinner served at the
Continental Hotel, the officers and
building committee of Roseville Lodge
being the hosts.
The exercises at the laying of the
cornerstone will begin at 3 y. m, and
Rev. Dorr Frank Diefendorf, pastor
of the Roseville Methodist Episcopal
Church, will deliver an Grafton.
The members of Damascus Com
mandery, Knights Templar. of
this city and of the New Jersey Com
mandery, knights Templar. OF East
| Orange, in full uniform, will act as
an escort to the grand master and his
staff.
A copper box containing data COW
ering past Masonic history as we'll as
a collection of current newspapers
and coins will be deposited in the
cornerstone prior to its being sealed.
The committee In charge of the pro-
gram consists of District Deputy Il.
S. MacNabb, of the Eighth Masonic
district, chairman; j. d. Toppin,
Augustus f. Eggers, A. V. Hamburg,
Charles r. Day, George Marley, A. N.
McKinnon, j. w. Dudley, Charles b.
Herrick, F, II. Price, William II
Rhodes, B. Garretson, F. ]. Kyle, w
w. Kunze, A. l.. De Croft, p. l.. Coffin
and A. b. Jewell.
The members of the building CON-
mittee, who are also the officers and
directors of the Roseville Masonic
Temple Association, are: Lewis Van
derbilt. president; Frederick Kilgus
vice-president and builder; Alfred c
Heath, secretary: Samuel Gaiser
treasurer; Joseph f. Smell. Henry S
Jeffries and Emil Vollweiler. =
The present officers of the lodge
who will also participate in the com
memorative exercises, comprise
George Mclaughlin, w. NJ; Elias d
Suits, S. w: Daniel M. Brown, J
W; Samuel Gaiser, t.: Aaron b
Jewell, S.; the Rev. Dorr F. Diefen
dorf, c.; Ralph w. Matter, $. ID.
Frederick j. Stickel, jr.. J. D.; Chris
tian p. Ecker, S. M. c.: Charles A
Georgia, J. M. c.; Louis |. Cooper, 5
s.; Robert F. sylvester, j. s.; John w
Cannon, marshall. William c. Pede
rit. organist: George w. ~Spellhardt
ir., choirmaster; Samuel G.. Cooper
tyler; John C. Hanks. Thomas G
Boles, Frederick o. Runyon, George
M. Crogan and Charles c. Herrick
trustees; Floyd j. Kyle, f. g.. Stickel
jr., and II. C. Boles, finance commit
tee, and C. w. Heath, Emil Vollweilel
and Herbert c.. Slime, music con
mittee.
Besides the grand lodge officials ant
the knights Templar communicates
there will be delegations of Masonic
v~ititors representing many brother
lodges in this city and vicinity,
The building, for which ground wa.
broken on Thursday, July %, Will bt
of two stories and will contain d
large auditorium and several modern
~ fitted lodge-rooms.
The architect, Jordan Green, ano
the builder, Frederick Kilgus, hope tt
have the temple completed by jan
uary I.
Roseville Lodge was Instituted or
February 26, 1875, with tw~enty-thret
charter members, and those surviving
are: Former Judge Augustus f. Egg
gers, ]. D. Toppin, c. b. Day ano
| Charles c. Hinck. The present mem
bership is nearly 400.