Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-12
ORGANIZE NEW
PATRIOTIC ORDER

Newark Chapter No. A, State Society
sons of the American Revolution, was
organized with sixty-three. charter
members in Essex Troop Armory last
night. Nehemiah Perry Howell, who
personally induced the s~ixty-three to
enroll as members, deserves the great
est credit for the formation Of the
chapter.
In his opening address Judge Ed
4 ward S.. Atwater, of Elizabeth. presi-
lent of the New Jersey State Society.
outlined some of the plans and pur-
poses of the organization, declaring 1t
to be by no means a purely orna-
mental association.
I'VE are not merely resting on the
heroic feats of our fathers" SAID
Judge Atwater, "but we have~work to
do. We should enter the spirit of good
citizenship, tending toward righteous
ness inc good government" The State
president referred to the fact that for
eign element In this country must re-
ceive an American patriotic education
through the efforts of the Sons of the
American Revolution.
The first business of the evening
after Graham Bradford McGregor mao
been chosen temporary secretary, was
to elect officers. The following were
unanimously elected:
President, william Tallmadge Hurst;
vice-president, Philemon Lyman Hoad-
lev: secretary, Graham Bradford Nc
Gregor; treasurer, Benjamin ]. Coe;
historian. the Rev. Lyman Whitney
Allen; chaplain, the Rev. Masheim
steck Waters; board Of trustees. Will
lam ]. Banister, John Lawrence Boggs,
Henry M. Doremus, Nehemiah Perry
Howell and Edwin Allen Smith.
The chapter organized, President
Hunt called upon the Rev. Lyman
Whitney Allen for an address. He
gave an epitome of the nations his
tory, from the signing of the Declare
ton of independence to the Civf War.
Other speakers were David L. Pier
son, of East Orange, national historical
general of the Sons of the American
Revolution; George Herbert Richards,
president of the Orange chapter. and
Andrew w. Bray, trustee of the ma
tional society for the State of New
Jersey, who thought it would have been
a good idea If the Newark chapter had
been named for the Rev. Alexander
McWhorter, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church, here. who left his
pulpit to fight for his country during
the Revolutionary War.
During the meeting tracts, entitled
THE Newcomers; a Tract for I'M
migrants written by the Rev. M. s.
Waters. of this city. were distributed.
The charter members of Newark
Chapter are: The Rev Lyman w.
Allen, Madison Alling, Willis B. At
water, Louis E. Bailey. Samuel q.
Bailey, Charles w. Baker, Elihu B.
Baker, Albert H. Baldwin. William A.
Banister, william J. Banister. ].
Lawrence Boggs. Howard M. Britain.
Irving C.. Brown, Charles E. Bur-
roughs. william H. Burroughs.
George B. Callen. DR.. ]. Henry Clark.
Samuel Clark, Benjamin ]. Coe, Ar
thur H. Conover. John H. Conoversl
John Coykendall, Herbert R. Crane,
Henry M. Doremus. Henry H. IT,
Eagles, Edward L. Foster. Frederick
Frelinghuysen, Charles A. Grummon,
Henry e. Hatfield, Harry F. Hays, jr.,
Philemon L. Hoadley, William f. Hop
ping. Colonel James w. Howard, N.
Perry Howell, William T. Hunt. George
w. Ketcham. John j. Leidy. the Rev.
Edwin S. Lines, DR.. Jesse D. Lippin-
colt, Uzal II. McCarter, Graham B.
McGregor, Albert J. Mcguire. William
P. Meeker, Oscar B. Mockridge, George
j. Murdoch, Franklin Murphy. Frank
lin Murphy, jr., William S. Naulty,
Merritt G. Perkins. w. Halsey Peck,
Edwin A, Raynor, j. Paulding Read,
e.. Allen Smith. Melvin H. Stearns,
G. wisner Thorne. Henry w. Tillard,
Ambrose Tomkins. Warren N. Trues-
dell, Wallace Van Ness. Arthur Wake
field, Edward T. Ward and the Rev.