Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-11
ORIENT COURT
To Be FORMED
Big event for County Jr. 0. U.
A. M. Members to be Held
in the County Seat.
TBy Evening News correspondent.1

by Evening news correspondent
SOUTH AMBOY, May 11-Grand
organized Hindustan No. .. Court
OF the Orient, of this city, states
that great preparations are being
made for the institution of that
Court on Saturday. May 81. at the
State armory in New Brunswick.
This will be the first appearance
that the Court of the Orient has
made in this county and it is ex-
pected to be 4 most impressive one.
After months of hard work on the
part of the members of the Jr. O..
U. A. NJ. of this city, Perth Amboy
and New Brunswick it has been pos
sible to get a court started in this
county, with New Brunswick as its
headquarters. The Court of the
Orient is the official playground of
the Junior Order of United Ameri-
can Mechanics" and is rapidly TAX
ing the place of the old original
Orient" commonly known as the
ODD"
The visiting courts will begin to
arrive in New Brunswick about noon
and from then on that city will take
on an Oriental spirit with the
bright red fezzes that will rule that
day. 1t is expected that visiting
courts will be present from Middle
town, n. Y: Brooklyn, N. Y; Phil
adelphia, Pa; Camden, Newark,
Hackensack, Jersey City, Eliza
beth. The local delegation will
consist of members of this council
and members from Keyport and
Matawan.
At two o'clock the program will
officially start when competitive
drills will be held between the va
rious visiting courts. These drills
will take place on Livingstone ave-
nue., between Morris and Welton
streets, when this block will be
closed to traffic between two and
five o'clock by permission of the
city commissioners. These drills
will be open to the public and will
be well worth attending according
to a statement issued by Mr.. Miller.
At 5 o'clock a big street parade
will be held in which all the visit
ing courts will participate. There
will probably be eight bands and
drum corps in line, as well as three
or four thousand princess" as the
members of the order are known.
At present it is planned to have the
parade line up as follows:
Committee: Automobiles with su-
preme grand officers, mayor and
city commissioners: music, Sa1aam
No. 8. OF Elizabeth, Union county;
Music, Crescent No. l of Newark,
Essex county: music, Mecca No. 2,
Hackensack, Bergen county; music,
Oasis No A of Jersey City, Hudson
county; music, Ben-Ha-Dad No. 5.
Camden, Camden county; music,
Kam-El No. G of Middletown, Or
ange county, New York; music,
Kar-A-Van No. Z, Brooklyn,
Queens county. New York; Bag-Dad
No. s, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
county, Pa; music, Hindustan No.
9 of New Brunswick, Middlesex
county.
The institutional ceremonials
will take place at the armory at
$3.50. with the installation OF officers
and the elevation OF the members of
Hindustan No. Q to Princes. The
ceremonials will be conducted by
Salaam No. 8 of Elizabeth, assisted
by the supreme grand officers.
Two handsome loving cups +
offered as prizes. One to the patrol
executing the best drill and n for
the visiting court having the great
est number of men in line of pa
rade. The judges will be Mayor w.
G.. Wilson of Perth Amboy, and
Mayor John j. Morrison and the
city commissioners of New Bruins
wick.