The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-12-05
Kenosha Aerie Turns Out
Two Hundred Strong for
Annual Election Held on
Tuesday Evening.
NAME SHERIFF SECRETARY
John M Ward, Who Had Been Score.
tary Of the Order for Seven Years
Retires- Financial Report Shows
Order in Excellent Condition.

John Neiderprim was elected Worthy
President Of the Kenosha Aerie of the
Fraternal Order Of Eagles at one Of
the largest gatherings Of the "hock y
ever held in Kenosha at the lake shore
club house ON Tuesday evening. He
was selected from large field of can
didates and was given a most cordial
reception when his election was an
nounced. He has been prominent in
the work Of the order for number Of
years and he has not been one of the
chair officers Of the aerie. Sheriff
Jacob Hermann, when he retires from
his Office at the county Jail on the first
Monday in January, will move right
down to the Eagles club rooms and take
charge of the club for the coming year,
as he was elected as secretary of the
order to succeed John M. Ward, who
has held that Office for the past seven
years.
The election Of Worthy President
Neiderprim and Secretary Hermann
were the high lights of the big annual
portant to the members OF the order
were the annual reports of the work
Of the aerie which showed that 1t was
In excellent condition.
The very excellent report of retiring
secretary, John M. Ward, showed that
The aerie has a membership Of eight
hundred and sixty-eight Eagles in good
standing and that it has round humid
red members fighting with the various
units Of the United States army at
home and abroad. The financial re-
port covering a period Of three years,
made a most interesting showing. 1t
was just three years ago that the aerie
moved into the new club roms on the
lake shore and at that time it had
assets totalling nine thousand dollars.
The report on Tuesday evening showed
that the net assets of the aerie at this
time exceeded thirty thousand dollars
and the only indebtedness to be charg-
ed against the order was the twenty
one thousand dollars bonded indebted
ness on the club house property. It is
expected that portion of this bonded
Indebtedness will be retired at the
opening Of the new year as the aerie
now has considerable OF cash in its
general funds More benefits TO the
sick and more provision for the burial
of the dead was made this year than
in any previous year in the history of
hN Il no
ed that sick and burial benefits paid
during the past six months totaled
more than two thousand dollars.
The estimated value of the property
now owned by the Eagles of Kenosha
was placed at fifty-two thousand dollars,
The aerie has been keeping in close
touch with the war work It keeps up
a regular correspondence with the
hundred men. in army service and in
addition paid more than four hundred
dollars to the Patriots Fund during
the year just closing.
John M. Ward, who retires as secre
tary with the opening of the new yeay
is now state secretary of the Eagles.
He has been prominent in the local
and state work of the order and one
of the most interesting features of the
meeting on Tuesday evening was let.
ter from the Grand Secretary paying
high tribute to his services for the
local aerie and for the Grand Aerie
The list Of officers elected for the
coming year follows:
Worthy President--John Neiderprim
Worthy V. Pres.--George jackson.
Worthy Chaplain--Thomas Ellis.
Secretary-Jacob Hermann.
reasurer-Charles Burt.
Inside Guard Charles Cummisky.
Trustee q years)--Michael Fri.
observation-disclosures E. G. Murphy
md Tohn r Holm