Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-06
K. OF p. CELEBRATES
ON 50TH ANNIVERSARY

With members present who had
been in the lodge for many years the
iftieth anniversary of Algonquin
Lodge No. a., Knights of Pythias,
was celebrated at Odd Fellows hall
last night with a reception and ban
'quet. There were about two hum
bred present that included the mem
bers. their wives and lady friends.
John T.. Wood, of this city, one of
the two charter members remaining,
was there as guest of honor. Charles
s. Sofield. of Canarsie, l.. l.. the other
charter member. was unable to ne
present. Chancellor Commander j.
Leslie Crowell acted as POSTMASTER
and master of ceremonies and after
q brief address of welcome to the
members n guests introduced the
grand lodge officers.
Grand Chancellor Carl Walters, OF
this city. a past chancellor of the
lodge; Grand Keeper of Records and
Seal Elmer T.. Margerum of Trenton;
Grand Inner Guard Henry ]. Lohsc.
of Newark; Mrs. Monte. grand guard
of the Pythian Sisters of the State of
New Jersey, and j. l.. Hoffman, of
the Pythian Home, each brought
greetings in brief remarks that were
made. Past Chancellor Commander
Joseph b. Quick, who has been a
member of the lodge for thirty years,
told of some of the early days of the
lodge and read a list of some of the
older members that were present at
the celebration. Some that were
there were Charles Walters. a menu
Der for forty-eight years; Louis IL.
FRANKIE, forty-four years; John Ham
son, J. II. Poulsen and j. ID. Whit
worth, forty years; Louis BRIGGS,
thirty-nine years; +. A. Sleight, of
Newark, and Louis Walters. of Tot
tenville, t~hirty-five years. n VIII
liam II. Tice, thirty years
Following the speech making and
musical program given by the Larsen
family of Crome the banquet was
in the banquet hall at 10:S0
O'Clock. Following this dancing was
enjoyed by the young folks until a late
hour. A silent tribute was paid to
IF. S. Meade a member of the lodge for
Iforty-eight years. whose death
occurred yesterday afternoon. In the
course of the ceremonies a resolution
adopted at a recent meeting of the
lodge which will be suitably e~ngrossed
was presented to Mr.. Wood the only
Surviving charter member of the
lodge present. The resolution will
also be sent to Mr.. Sofield the other
|charter member at Canarsie. The
affair was one of the most elaborate
that the lodge has held since it's insti-
tuition fifty years ago.
The lodge rooms n the banquet
hall was decorated with American
flags, flowers and plants and every
thing was done for a real get-together
for the older members of the lodge.
algonquin Lodge was instituted March
~, 1870 with nineteen charter mem
bers. At present the lodge has o
membership of about one hundred
and is IN a good financial condition.
With one of its members as head of
the grand lodge OF the state the or
lganization is well known throughout
the state as one of the most pro-
gressive. The present officers of the
lodge are chancellor commander, j.
Leslie Crowell; vice chancellor. An
drew Smith; prelate. William II. Tice;
master of Work, Chris Peterson;
keeper of records and seal, Edward j..
Peterson; master of finance w. f.
Weiderstrom; master of exchequer,
Chris Peterson; master of arms, Oscar
Peterson; inner guard, +. Whitworth;
outer guard, Hans Clausen; trustees,
w. II. C%ortelyou. chairman; Hans
|Clausen and Charles Walters.