Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-01-16
Is YEARS AGO
The Quarter Century Celebration of
Local No. II Stage Employees and
Motion Picture Operators


last Friday evening with dance, get
gether meeting and turkey dinner.
From half-past eight until ten dane
ing was enjoyed, then the members
who had been on duty during the
early evening arrived and dinner was
served.
Every member of the Union at
present working in Newark, together
with their families, and all theatre
managers were present, and thorough
ly enjoyed the occasion.
Dick Thompson was chairman and
toastmaster and read report of the
organization from its inception twen-
ty-five years ago, as follows:
This gathering is what we are
pleased to call a get-together ban
quet, hoping that it may create bet
ter feeling and understanding among
the members, and also between en-
ployer and employe. Not that there
is any bad feeling existing, but there
is always room for improvement. Now
as retiring secretary | have prepared
a reveiw, or a sort of history of Lo-
cal No. II. Before we were organ
lied we were working for the large
sum of 25 and so cents a day. That
is we took a show in and prepared
it for the performance, then worked
the performance and after it was over
we took the show down and loaded it
on the wagons all for the large sum
of from 25 to so cents. Then alopg
in the latter part of 1898 and 1899 we
decided to try and secure a charter
from the National Alliance of Thea
trical Stage Employees. Organizer
Herman Elsner, who is with US to-
night, of the Trades and Labor Coun-
Gil, took the matter up with the Ma
tional Secretary Bro. Lee M. Hart.
So finally after we had scraped up
enough money we received our char
ter No. II and say we were proud of
it too. Why we thought so much of
it that we would never have an argu-
ment unless we had that Charter
right with us. The following is list
Of those enrolled as charter members:
James Hall, Frank Lippincott, An
drew M. Cramer, Richard Thompson,
Stanley Seaders, Charles Derring,
John Colmey, Harry De Miller, Louis
Jones, George Lippincott, Earl Mont
gomery, Anthony Maurer, Burrell
Pence, Albert Parkinson, Ross Rugg,
William Ransome, George Ray, Matt
Smith, Ernest Moore, Thomas George,
Fred Lynn.
Following are names and dates of
those admitted since
In 1900-John E. Smith, Harry
son.
19O1-Fred CLOSER, Joseph Emer-
son, Charley F. Ward, Ernest Marvin,
Orie Price.
19O2-Frank Melville, Carl Wagers,
Harry Payne, John T. Lee, Frank
Bum.
1903-Frank Cain.
1905-Harry Cranston, John Dush,
Charley Smith, Frank frost.
1910-Frank Thompson.
1911-William Ferry, Joe Ferry,
Carl Lippincott, Obie Archer.
1912-William Kane.
1913-William Gallagher, Herbert
Harner, Walter Kinney, Ernest Trace.
1914-Robert Fundaberg, Henry
Froelich
1915-Howard Thomas.
1917-Clored Haner.
1919-Lawrence Shaller.
1920-Alva Gleason, Glen Ingle,
Harry Eberly, Lawrence Camp, Burr
Camp.
1922-William Ortman.
1923-Herbert Wynne, Andrew Fry.
Those who passed away are Charles
Derring, Earl Montgomery, Anthony
Maurer, Burrell Pence, Albert Park
inson, Ross Rugg, George Ray,
Frank Melville, John E. Smith, Orie
L. Price, Paul Harner, Harold Lippin-
colt.
A letter was read from James Hall,
a charter member, expressing regret
at being unable to be present, and
stating that owing to injuries receiv-
ed while working the settings of the
mammoth production "The Miracle"
was laid up at a Cleveland hospital.
Regrets were also read from Inter-
national President William Caravan,
and International Secretary R. J.
Green, stating that sickness in their
families rendered their attendance
impossible.
Chairman Thompson then introduc-
ed the speakers of the evening, Her
man Elsner, George H. Hamilton and
Julius Juch.
Mr.. Elsner, who was the organizer
OF Local No. II, gave an interesting
talk and spoke of the trials and hard
ships which had attended the work of
starting their now flourishing and
progressive Union.
Of course George Hamilton gave a
splendid talk, as he always does. He
told what pleasure his life long af-
filiation with organized labor had
been to him, and related some inter-
ested "reminiscences of the past.
Mr.. Juch spoke of the pleasures de-
rived from his associations with Lo-
cal No. II, both as an organization
and with it's members as individuals,
and sincerely hoped and expected to
be present and assist in celebrating
their golden anniversary.
The following newly elected Off
GERS were then introduced: Carl Lip
pincott, president; Lawrence Camp,
vice president; Burr Camp, secretary;
Walter Kinney, treasurer, and Frank