Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-28
THE MAYOR ELECT
NAMES NEW MEN
FOR EXCISE BOARD
MIR. Raymond Made Formal An
nouncement of His Selections
Late Saturday Night.

Mayor-elect Thomas L. Raymond
announced the personnel Of the neT
Excise Board late Saturday night
through his city counsel-to-bs
Spaulding Frazer. The old Excise
Board has been completely wiped
cut, as was the present Board Of
Health. The new board viii be conn
posed Of:
John II Ely, architect.
/ c. William Heilmann, undertakes
j John A. Kelly, salesman
Munson O. Doremus building con-
/ tractor.
/ Messrs. Heilmann snd Doremus are
Republicans. Mr.. Ely Is a Democrat
and Mr.. Kelly is a Wilson Leagas
member. The salary Of the position
is $1,000. The appointments are fer
two years, OF concurrent with The
mayors term. The new appointess
! Will succeed Excise Commissioner
Richard Miller, Edwin B. Smith,.
/ John Nieder and John Goehring. M
! Miller liz the president Of the present
| board.
| Mr. Ely is associated with his son
| Wilson c. Ely, architect, with Offices
in the Firemen's building. Mr.. ElS1
! lives at 81 Pennsylvania avenue. He
with his son, designed the City Han.
/ the City Hospital and other buildings
/ IN this city.
! In 1891 he was elected alderman on
! the Democratic ticket. He was re-
elected in 1854 and was chosen press
dent Of the council. For two years
/ he was a City Home trustee. In 1905
and 1910 he served on the Shade Tres
/ Commission In 1911 he was ap-
I pointed trustee of the Free Public
Library and In 1912 a member Of the
/ Newark Museum Association.
Born in New Hope, Pa, June Is
1851, Mr.. Ely later came to New Jer-
sey and received his education in tbs
! schools Of this State He has lived
| in Newark since 1885. He is q
| thirty -second degree Mason, and n
| his office was organized Salaaus
/ Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is
a member of the Essex Club. this
Washington Association of New Jef-
| sey, the New Jersey Historical So-s
ciety, the Carteret Book Club Of Ne#
Jersey and knights of Pythias.
Mr.. Heilmann is an undertaken 81
/ % West street and lives at II Isss-
/ bella avenue, IN the Vailsburg sec
tien. For three terms he was mem
| Der Of the Board of Freeholders as
4 L.
| Of the County Board OF Taxation.
/ Mr. Heilmann was born In tbs
! Rheinpfalz, Germany. in 1857. the soIl
! Of a mill builder. He came TO this
| country when ten years old. his
family soon settling in Newark. and
/ he has lived here ever since. Until
| 1882 he was a maehinist and tool
| maker, at which time he became ass
ISOLATED with his father-in-law In the.
undertaking business He Is q part
ner in the livery business Of Erb =
4 Heilmann.
For several years Mr. HeilmAnn has
! been president of the United Singers
/ of Newark. He IL a member Of the
Arion. Germania, Harmony and
Phoenix singing societies, Newark
4 Turn Verein, Improved Order Al
! Heptasophs, past master Of Schillax
| Lodge No Sc, F. and A. NJ; past dis
| trict deputy of the Eleventh Masonio
district, president OF the German Past
! Masters Association and q member
| Of the Knights OF Pythias, l. o. o.
F. and Jersey City Council Scottish
| Rite Masons.
! Mr.. Kelly is a salesman in the.
employ OF Miller & Co., electricians,
| in William street. He was born on
/ June 30, 1878, in Holmdei. Monmouth
| county. He attended the Keyport-
| public schools and later the Keyport
| Academy. While living in Keyport
| he enlisted with the Third New
/ Jersey Infantry. to serve In the
/ Spanish-American war. He went
South with the troops. but did not
| see any fighting. and after two years
service was honorably discharged
with the rank of corporal and with
| special commentator from his
superior officers.
He then became connected with the
| New Jersey Bridge Company. When
! that concern was dissolved he OBJ
tanned a position with his present.
employers. He was on the Assemble
ticket OF the Woodrow Wilson
| Democratic League several times
! and each time was high man by a.
good margin.
/ Munson G. Doremus Is son OF
former Mayor Henry NJ. Dorenaus
and lives at 30s Mt. Prospect avenrs
] He is secretary and treasurer Of
/ Henry NJ Doremus & CO.. building
/ contractors. of 36 Orange street. and
is also a director Of the Washington
/ Trust Company.
Mr. Doremus was born in this city
November "A. 1852. After attending
grammar schools here he was gradu
ated from Barringer High School
He married Miss Bessie Ward. Of this
city, and they have two children.