Middletown transcript., 1914-03-14
10Th ANNIVERSARY
Townsend Council, No. II, Jr. O.
U. A. NJ, Held Celebration
SEVERAL ABLE ADDRESSES

Townsend Council, No. II, Jr. o. U.
A. NJ, celebrated its 10th anniversary,
Thursday evening, March 9Th, in the old
church hall. Refreshments consisting
ofice cream, cake and coffee were served
by the Daughters of America, the ladies
degree connected with the Jr. 0. U. A.
NJ, Of Townsend.
The meeting was an open affair to the
wives, daughters, sweethearts and
friends of the members and proved
great success.
Townsend Council was instituted
March 5th, 1894, by Middletown Council
No2.
1t has since that time proven to be
great benefit to the town as help for
the young men, and I am told it has
been a great benefit to the business
men. S. c., George F. Lang was to
been, there but on account of the snow
storm was unable to be present.
The meeting was called to order by
the Master of Ceremonies Joseph P.
Pritchard. Addresses were made by DR..
E. H. Money, W. T. Pearce, Jr., AL
bert J. Lyman and Mrs. Mary Vanhorn.
DR.. Money took as his topic, Virtue,
Liberty and Patriotism, explaining the
subject like an old master at the art,
speaking of Patriotism and of answering
the call to arms in the past, yet there
lis another way to use Patriotism-a
man doesn' thave to cd to war, to prove
he is patriot.
One of the greatest Partiots of the
modern life of our country was a man
during the time of the assassination of
President Lincoln, when this country
was wild over the news of the crime,
and knowing that at that time the fate
of the country to certain extent, de-
pended upon the powerful working brain
of Lincoln, armed their selves with
pistols and knives and in New York
there was great uprising among about
eight thousand men. A man stepped
from the door of the Worlds building,
and with upiifted hands advanced to-
ward the crowd and in a gentle voice
said, Gentlemen be quiet, the govern
ment at Washington still lives, and he
spoke with such force that the crowd
soon vanished and all became quiet
again in New York, and that great pat
riot was James. A. Garfield. Brother
Pearce spoke of the power of the Jr. o.
U. A. NJ, not as a dominating power
but as power among the people at
large.
A few years ago the order was not
known in the government, but today it
is felt wherever you go.
1t is through such organizations as the
Jr. o. U. A. NJ, the Daughters of
America, the P. o. S. of A. and the
Silent Workers of America, that the
immigration Bill has been presented to
the government of the United States
for action, and it is through them and
their powerful working machinery that
it has passed the house by more than
two thirds Of the vote.
We are not opposed to the landing
upon our shores men that seek to
make this their home, support the coun-
try's institutions, and obey the laws of
the same, but we are opposed to the
landing of the lawless, ignorant muir
derers and seekers of crime, regarding
them as menace to society.
We uphold the government of the I'm
tied States, believing it the best gov
eminent upon the face of the globe.
A Republic proclaiming to the world,
the self-evident proposition that all men
are created equal, that they are armed
with an amiable right, that govern
ments are instituted among men, and
governments drive their Just power
from the consent of those they are
destined to govern. Behold! Republic!
Standing erect while empires all around
are bowed beneath the weight of their
own ornaments.
Mrs Vanhorn and Brother Lyman
spoke in behalf of the Daughters of
America, who work along the same lines
as the Jr o. U. A. M. The greatest
help we have is the presence of the
ladies, Goods sweetest gift to the
world -
WILLIAM 7. PEARCE, JR.