Middletown transcript., 1915-02-20
JR. o. u. A. M. MEETING

9UI Iatnall ST., wilmington, FeDruary
10th, 1915, at 10 A. M.
We were welcomed to the city by
City Treasurer, James F, Price, repre-
senting Mayor Harrison w. Howell,
who said:
81 deeply appreciate the honor you
have conferred on me this morning in
inviting me here to represent our Mayor
on this occasion, to welcpme your honor
able body to our City for an organization
such as yours IS credit to any COM
munity. When / see i'm our daily papers
of class initiation in your respective
councils, Immediately say in my mind
that there are just so many more good
citizens to our body polite, for do
not think any young man that crosses
the threshold of one of your Councils
and be impressed with its teachings he
receives therein without leaving the
Council better man. than when he en-
tered it.
Organizations such as yours make
us more law-abiding citizens than those
that receive no such lessons, for among
the men, to whom you teach your prin-
cipals we find less need for our police or
Criminal Courts.
Therefore, Mr. Chairman, it gives me
great pleasure to extend to you and your
associates hearty welcome to our city
and on behalf of our beloved Mayor, l
now hope that your stay among us will
be both pleasant and profitable, and
that your future may have Gods richest
gifts.
After the regular business was dis
pvsed of, we next proceeded with the
election of officers. and the following
were chosen:
State Councillor, Harley o. Riggln, of
Viligent Council, No. 19, Laurel.
State Vice-Councilor, Jacob G. Brown,
Liberty Bell, Council No. 81, Lebanon.
State Secretary, William j. More
land, Diamond Cotncil, No. 5. Whining
ton
State Treasure, Harvey Hoffecker,
Telegraph Council, No. 20, Newark
State Warden, Ray Cannon, Farming
ton, Council, No. AZ, Pennington.
State Conductor, William T. Pearce,
Jr, iddletown, Council No. 2.
State Inside Sentinel, Joel Sharpless,
Welcome Council No. z, Wilmington.
State Outside Sentinel, C. R. Savage,
Williamsville, Council No. 40, Williams
vile.
State Chaplain, William G. Fearing,
Enterprise, Council No. II, ilton.
National Representative, John Z.
Hazard, Dagsboro, Council No. 80,
Dagsboro.
The Council ha made a net gain of
liz members for the year ending Decem-
ber 81, 1914, making a total member
ship of 5, 383, in the State of Delaware.
We have spent for sick benefits $12,
S43.61 and for death benefits $40, 7O8 55,
or small fortune for relief by this
Council in one year.
Our insurance department under the
control of the National Council stands
No. 2 in the United States, in amount
of surplus for each dollar of insurance
in force.
We are one of the grandest organiza-
tions on the face of Gods green earth,
and have done as much, if not more, to
advance the welfare of the community
in which we gather than any other or.
ganization of its kind in the land.
We are the only organization that
takes boy of sixteen years, and if he
will attend our meetings, make out OF
him man, by installing into him his
duty to God, and his fellowmen.
The workings of this organization are
felt, and are cog-wheel in the machin.
cry at Washington. We have spent
thousands of dollars on immigration, anC
have had the bill passed by both houses
at two regular sessions of Congress
only to have it vetoed by the President
once by Taft, and once by Wilson, anC
we will spend thousands of dollars yet
to bar the lawless hords of Southern
Europe from our shores.
Townsend Council No. IL, by making
the largest gain in membership for the
year was presented with a beautiful
flag by the State: Council, their gair
being fifty-six per cent.
The Council closed by singing, "Goc
Be With You Till We Meet Again, t,
meet at Laurel, in 1916.
Fraternally Submitted in V. L. and P
w. T. PEARCE, JR.