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WELCOME CIRCLE, No. 3, which meets in Cen- tral Hall, was instituted December 31, 1869, by D. S. W. Archibald Cochran, who installed these officers : E. W., Thomas Westphall ; H. S. K., W. Frank Gaul; C. W., Benjamin H. Connolly ; H. T., John Reynolds ; C. J., Edward Furlong; W. D., James G. Hyatt ; C. F., J. E. Atkinson ; W. N., Edward Andrews. G. E. W.'s: James G. Hyatt, J. Harry Stiles, Joseph Dufour, Samuel W. Stivers,
John McMichael and John H. Clayton. E. W.'s : Charles Wrifford, George S. West, William B. Jobes, Samuel McMichael, Benjamin Toy, John F. Harned, J. M. Adams, Samnel Dodd, Jr., Thomas Adams, John Dentist, John Hart, George Bag- hurst, Jr., George L. Knight and George A. Bag- hurst. The officers for 1886 are: E. W., George Wallison; H. S. K., George S. West; C. W., Samnel J. Cook ; H. R., John F. Harned ; C. J., Charles H. Beck ; H. T., Joseph Dufour ; H. K., Charles Christman. The membership is one hun- dred and ninety-seven and the assets thirty-eight hundred dollars.
CAMDEN CIRCLE, No. 13, meets in Wildey Hall and was instituted September 5, 1883, when G. C. W. E. F. Gilbert, assisted by G. C. J. Joseph Dufour, G. C. F. John H. Clayton and G. E. W. Frank Warren, installed these officers,-E. W., Wm. H. McFerran ; H. S. K., Wm. T. Mears ; C. W., Wm. Wiatt; H. R., Joseph Marple ; C. J., Henry F. Armour ; H. T., Josiah Jones.
The E. W.'s are-Wm. H. McFerran, Isaac L. Chew, Wm. Wiatt, Weaver Godfrey, L. E. Shep- pard, Wesley J. Hawk, Wm. T. Mears.
The officers for 1886 are-E. W., Charles H. Jenness ; C. F., Wm. D. Green; C. W., G. F. L. Mears ; H. S. K., Wm. T. Mears ; C. J., George M. Bacon ; H. R., Wm. H. McFerran ; H. T., Alex. Wood.
LYDIA DARRAH HOME COMMUNION, No. 1, meets in Mechanics' Hall, Fourth and Spruce, and was instituted by S. W. George L. Toy, in Inde- pendence Hall, Fourth and Pine, May 12, 1867, when these officers were installed : G., Benj. M. Braker ; H. S. K., Wm. J. Maguire; P., Hannah G. Ivins ; H. R., Sarah T. Winner; H. T., Philip Beaber. The Past Grand Gnardians are : Hannah G. Ivins, Susanna Quinn and Elizabeth Portz, and the Past Guardians : Margaret Boyd, Margaret Caperoon, Mary E. Sloan, Missouri Pierce, Ruth A. Ross, Josiah Bozarth, Emma Knipe, Margaret Deeth, Augusta Oeherle, Sarah Kirby, Rachel B. Stone, Elizabeth Eames, Annie Curtis, Lizzie Eames, Annie M. Quick, Mary M. Davis, Rachel Stephen, Benj. Smith, Isaac Warr, Emily Weldey, Elizabeth Cleaver, Elizabeth Stricker, Samuel W. Stivers, Keturah Tenner, Sarah Wiatt, Eliza J. Leibach, Elizabeth C. Butler, Margaret A. Davis, Mary Ore, Julia Coleman, Sallie Tracy, Emma J. Doyle.
The Home has had a useful life, and after as- sisting many has eight hundred dollars invested, with a membership of eighty-one. The officers for 1886 are : P. G., Mary Ore; G., Rachel Stephen ; Pro., Benjamin Smith; Prophet, Maggie Cape-
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roon ; Prophetess, Emily Weldey ; Priest, Mary J. Cooper; Priestess, Emma J. Doyle; H. S. K., Annie M. Quick; H. R., Rachel B. Stone ; H. T., Elizabeth Cleaver ; W. D., Clara Davis ; W. N., Emma Horneff.
GOOD SAMARITAN HOME COMMUNION, NO. 2, was instituted January 3, 1873, by Acting S. W. James W. Rusting, when these officers were in- stalled ; P. G., James G. Hyatt; G., Wm. C. Figner; P., Catharine Cadwell ; Priestess, Patience A. Holt; Priest, James A. Paul ; Prophetess, Mary A. Merkle; Prophet, James E. Russell; S. K., Edward Lewis ; R., Hester A. Myers ; T., Elizabeth Hyatt.
These are the Past Guardians : James G. Hyatt, Annie C. Stiles, Margaret C. Hall, Annie E. Smick, Mary West, Lydia Crane, Wm. Cadwell Mary Baghurst, Joseph Dufour, Catharine Cad- well, J. Harry Stiles, Alice Piper, Clara Bowers, Matilda Jacobs, Annie Fries, Cecelia Reeves, Jas. E. Russell, George S. West, Mary A. Merkle, Mary Evans.
The officers for 1886 are : P. G., Annie Hilliker ; G., Alice Piper ; Pro., Annie Dedicate; Prophet, Wm. Cadwell ; Prophetess, Annie C. Stiles ; Priest, Mary Mowery ; Priestess, Virginia Mowery ; S. K., J. Harry Stiles ; R., George S. West : T., Mary E. Merkle; W. D., Kate Green ; W. N., Kate A. Light- cap.
The Past Grand Guardians are : James G. Hyatt, J. H. Stiles, James E. Russell, Annie C. Stiles, Annie E. Smick.
CAMDEN CIRCLE, No. 13, was instituted Sep- tember 5, 1883, when Grand Chief Washington Charles Gilbert, assisted by G. C. J., Joseph Du- four ; G. C. F., John H. Clayton, James E. Russell, William J. Maguire, Frank Warren and other, members of Witherspoon Circle, initiated fifty-one charter member- and installed these officers : E.W., William H. McFerran ; C. F., Henry S. Armour ; C. W., William Wiatt ; H. S. K., Wm. T. Mears; C. J., Jacob B. West; H. R., Joseph Marple; H. Treasurer, Josiah Jones. The circle contains some earnest men and has had a vigorous growth. These are its Past Officers, or Exalted Washingtons : William H. McFerran, William Wiatt, Lucius E. Sheppard, Isaac L. Chew, Weaver Godfrey, Wes- Jey I. Hawk, Charles H. Jenness.
The officers for 1886 are: E. W., Charles H. Jenness ; C. F., William D. Green ; C. W., George F. L. Mears; H. S. H., William T. Mears ; C. J., George M. Bacon ; H. R., William H. McFerran ; H. T., Alexander Hill; Trustees, W. I. Hawk, Jacob Jordan, Joseph Marple, G. H. Spaulding, W. Godfrey, H. J. Rarer.
ORDER OF THE IRON HALL.
This order was organized in the city of Indian- apolis in April, 1881. It is a mutual insurance organization, as well as beneficial, and has had a rapid increase. It consists of supreme and subor- dinate branches, the first of the latter organized in Camden County.
LOCAL BRANCH, No. 21, was instituted August 10, 1881, in Mann's Hall, on North Second Street, by Past Justice A. L. Curtis, with twenty charter members, and these officers : Past Justice, A. L. Curtis ; Justice, James E. Leadley ; Vice-Justice, Joseph C. Lee; Accountant, Thomas B. Reeves; Cashier, A. L. Curtis ; Medical Examiner, Dr. E. M. Howard; Adjuster, Joseph S. Campbell; Prel- ate, Lawrence Woodruff; Herald, Charles D. Bowyer; Watchman, Charles Reeves; Vidette, David Phillips ; Trustees, Dr. E. M. Howard, Jo- seph C. Lee, Dr. S. G. Wallace. The branch has paid to thirty-six sick members and disabled mem- bers an aggregate of $3577.50, and has a member- ship of one hundred and two. The meetings are
held in Association Hall.
The following have been Chief Justices of Branch 21 : 1882, S. G. Wallace ; 1883, Charles A. Hotch- kiss; 1884, Lawrence Woodruff; 1885, Robert J. Hill.
The officers for 1886 are as follows : C. J., John Cook; V. J., Robert G. Hann ; A., William M. Souden ; C., Isaac R. Dukes; A,, Ridgway Gannt ; P., S. B. French; W., G. Burkhardt; V., Joseph Springer ; M. E., E, M. Howard, M.D. ; Trustees, Laurence Woodruff, C. K. Middleton, Morris W. Hall.
LOCAL BRANCH, No. 145, meets in Wildey Hall, where it was organized, January 26, 1883, by Deputy Supreme Justice J. S. Dubois, who in- stalled these officers: C. J., William K., Platt; V. J., Charles O. Pedrick ; Acct., C. D. Ross; C., H. B. Phillips ; A., George F. Archer ; P., J. S. Bowen.
The charter members were: Charles H. Ellis, W. H. Branning, George A. Odling, James L. Bowen, J. S. Stone, E. A. Garrison, William K. Platt, C. O. Pedrick, C. D. Ross.
The Past Chief Justices are William K. Platt and George A. Aldrich. This branch has one hundred and eight members and has paid out one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars, in sums rang- ing from ten dollars to two hundred dollars. The officers elected for 1886 were : C. J., J. M. Driver ; V. J., William Y. Sloan ; Acct., Frank H. Bond ; C., W. P. Brown; A., G. W. Custard ; P., Joseph E. Reed; H., Charles S. Hunter ; Trustees, John H. Clayton, W. Y. Sloan, J. S. Mathis.
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LOCAL, BRANCH, No. 253, meets in Post 5 Hall and was instituted May 19, 1885. It has ninety- three members, and has paid to sick and disabled members, since its organization, eight hundred and eighty-five dollars, in sums ranging from fifteen dollars to two hundred dollars. The officers are : Branch Deputy, J. Henry Hayes; C. J., Job R. Cramer ; V. J., A. J. Milliette; Acct., Nathan C. Stowell ; C., Frank W. Tussey.
LOCAL BRANCH, No. 348, which meets in Gour's Hall, was instituted April 20, 1886, with these officers : C. J., Benjamin H. Dillmore; V. J., How- ard J. Norwood; Acct., George D. Dobbins; C., Frederick B. Smith. It has forty-three members.
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.
CAMDEN DIVISION, No. 22, was organized Oc- tober 19, 1865, and has at the present time (1886), eighty-fonr members in good standing. The division meets in Engineers' Hall, No. 139 Federal Street, every second and fourth Sundays at 1.30 P.M. The following are the present officers : Lewis Elberson, C. E .; W. Mitchell, F. E .; T.W. Smith, F. A. E .; A. D. Reynolds, S. A. E .; T. Bodell, S. E .; G. W. Baxter, T. A. E .; J. D. Hus- ton, Guide ; J. S. Crispin, Chaplain ; R. Gauntt, Sec'y Ins .; T. W. Smith, Cor. Sec'y. ; T. W. Smith, Jour. Agt.
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN OF NORTH AMERICA.
The local organization was instituted in 1873. The officers for 1886 are: Master, W. Higgins; Vice-Master, W. Fort; Corresponding Secretary, H. Harris; Treasurer, J. Gibbs. The number of members is one hundred and thirty. Meetings are held at Sinfelder's Hall the first and third Sundays in each month.
LADIES OF FRIENDSHIP.
THE GRAND LODGE was organized in July, 1884. The officers for 1886 are as follows: P. G. C., Hannah G. Ivins; P. G. W. S., Mary A. F. Ward; G. W. S., Mary T. Ore; G. J. S., Emma Ivins ; G. R. S., Mattie B. Garrison ; G. Treas., Elizabeth Day ; G. C., Mary Cline ; (. A. C., Emeline Howe; G. W. R. S., Mollie McMullen ; G. W. L. S., Ellen Walton ; G. I. S., Beulah Murphy ; G. O. S., Sarah Rickards. There are three subordinate lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge, viz. : New Jersey Lodge, No. 1; Millville Lodge, No. 2; and Camden Lodge, No. 3.
NEW JERSEY LODGE, No. 1., was organized May 25, 1883. The present officers are : W. S., Hannah S. Steward; J. S., Georgiana Lanc; C., Mary Jane Ball; A. C., Sarah B. McCloskey ; R. C., Mattie
B. Garrison ; F. S., Mary T. Ore; Treasurer, Eliza- beth Day ; R. S. of W. S., Sarah O. Hearle; L. S. of W. S., Roxana Severn ; R. S. of J. S., Anna R. Goodwin; L. S. of J. S., Ellen Gleason ; I. S., Hannah Streeper ; O. S., Anna J. Wright; Chap- lain, Rebecca Noll; P. W. S., Rebecca Seagraves. The number of members is one hundred and thirty-one. The lodge meets in Mechanics' Hall, southwest corner of Fourth and Spruce Streets, on Monday evenings. .
CAMDEN LODGE, No. 3, was instituted July 10, 1884, at Jackson's Hall. The officers for 1886 are : W. S., Sarah P. Bady ; J. S., Drusilla Vincent; C., Mary Buzby ; A. C., Ellen Reed ; R. S., Cor- nelia Cox ; F. Secretary, Judith Giberson ; Treas- urer, Sarah Rickards; W. R. A., Rose Shroegler ; W. L. A., Sallie Mellville ; J. R. A., Mary Thomp- son ; J. L. A., Leonora Flowers ; O. (1., Elizabeth Butler; I. G., Mary Shannon. The lodge meets every Friday evening at Jackson's Hall, corner Fourth and Federal Streets. The number of mem- bers is sixty-three.
SONS OF ST. GEORGE.
This order originated in the Pennsylvania coal regions, during the prevalence of the "Molly McGuires," and for the protection of Englishmen who were obnoxious to that organization. The order has spread, and numbers two hundred and fifty lodges and thirty thousand members, who are obligated to assist cach other and hecome good citizens of their adopted country; to be a member, it is necessary to he an Englishman, or the son or grandson of one.
ALBION LODGE, No. 22, was organized Novem- ber 25, 1880, in Broadway Hall, with these mem- hers: John B. Horsfall, James Wright, N. F. Tomlin, S. M. Lavitt, F. Bailey, H. Pearce, Thos. Mason, J. Savage, Joseph Crompton, Turner Berry, Edward Hand, Charles Drew, George Goldthorpe, William Saunders, William Easterbrook, Abraham Bradshaw, W. Goodhall, W. Metcalf, A. M. Lovitt, John W. Brooks, H. T. Williams, Charles Palmer, C. F. Simpson, J. Plant, John Taylor, N. Wood- head, E. J. Bolton, Joseph Pallitt, Thos. Mitchell, James W. Brooks, T. Adams, George Brain, Thos. Sothern and Albion Craven. The first officers were: President, Thomas Adams . Vice-President, J. W. Brooks; Secretary, J. Claridge; Assistant Secretary, H. T. Williams; Treasurer, J. B. Hors- fall. The ex-Presidents are John B. Horsfall, J. W. Brooks, N. T. Tomlin, Joseph Wright, Thomas Wright, Thomas Mason, C. F. Simpson, H. T. Williams, Edward Hand, J. Bowers, W. Saunders, Charles Reeves, Joseph Plant, Benjamin Allen, E.
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J. Bolton, Joseph Claridge, H. Pearce and Abel Battoms.
The lodge has prospered, has one hundred and seventy-five members and five thousand dollars in- vested. It meets in Independence Hall on Mon- day evenings, with these officers : P., George Gold- thorpe; V. P., John Taylor ; S., E. J. Bolton ; T., J. B. Horsfall; M., John Roberts; Chaplain, W. Saunders ; Trustees, John W. Brooks, John Rob- erts and J. Bowers.
SEVEN WISE MEN.
KEARNEY CONCLAVE, No. 1, Heptasophs (or Seven Wise Men), was organized in Test's Hall, October 15, 1869, when George P. Oliver, of Maryland, Supreme Chancellor; Dr. G. Jennings, Supreme Ephor, of Pennsylvania, and others, ini- tiated and installed these members and officers: A., Harry H. Franks; C., S. C. Hankinson; Pro., Charles H. Cook; R. S., Theodore F. Higbee; F. S., Charles M. Baldwin ; T., D. W. Neall ; I. G., James E. Carter ; H., Caleb H. Taylor; W., David B. Sparks; S., Wm. Acton; Wm. Higbee, Wm. Darby, Henry Hollis, Frank Rawlings, Samuel K. Batchelor, Isaiah Morton, John D. Mahoney, Samuel Pine, George Parson, Benjamin F. Richards, George W. Williams, Absalom Dougherty, Henry Rhinehart, Wm. H. McKee, S. R. Hankinson, John Laning, Richard Bozarth, Alexander Simpson, Nathan Jacobs and William Middleton, The Conclave has paid out for bene- fits about seven thousand dollars. The member- ship is ninety-seven, and the meetings are held in Independence Hall. The officers are: A., J. A. Ross; Pro., John W. Lamb; Pre., William A. Rudderow; I. G., J. S. Casto; H., Frederick Morschauser ; W., Joel H. Stowe; R. S., Samuel C. Hankinson ; F. S., George E. Boyer; T., Daniel W. Neall. George E. Boyer, of this Conclave, is now the Supreme Chancellor of the order.
TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES.
CAMDEN DIVISION, No. 14, SONS OF TEMPER- ANCE, was organized February 12, 1869, with these charter members : Edward Andrews, Henry Mc- Fadden, Joseph B. Connelly, Benjamin H. Con- nelly, J. E. Atkinson, Barton Lowe, John S. Mc- Clintock, Joseph Sickler, Thomas Hillet, William Heisler, John B. Thompson, Silas H. Quint, Hampton Williams, John Reynolds, Louis Hend- rickson, William Quinn. The division meets in Sensfelder's Hall, with a membership of ninety- three, and a reserve fund of six hundred dollars. The present officers are: Worthy Patriarch, George Amer ; Worthy Associate, Mary Burling; Record- ing Scribe, Emily Daugherty ; Financial Scribe,
Edward Daugherty; Treasurer, Charles Boddy ; Chaplain, Eugene Turner; C., Julia Bartin; A. C., Mary Dodd; Trustees, E. N. Daugherty, David Surran and Charles Boddy. The Past Worthy Patriarchs are David Surran, Emma Schmitz, Wm. Cadwell, Etta Boddy, Julia Bartin, Charles Bartin, Charles Boddy, Lane Mills, E. N. Daugherty and Eugene Turner.
ARK OF SAFETY LODGE, No. 25, INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS, was organized in the Mission School-house, Chestnut and Ann, Febru- ary 26, 1868, by G. W. E. T., Anthony J. Gould, D. D. G. W. E., Barton Low, Charles Reed, A. C. Jackson and other Grand Officers. It was the first colored lodge of the order, and these were the offi- cers : Worthy Chief Templar, Philip T. Colding; W. V. T., Mary Ann Peterson ; W. C., William H. Bell ; W. S., John O. B. Harris ; W. A. S., James E. B. Peterson; W. F. S., Jacob T. Derrickson ; W. T., Jeremiah Watkins ; W. M., Isaac Rogers ; W. D. M., Eliza Fountain ; W. I. G., Mary Gray ; W. O. G., Robert Pennington ; W. N. H. S., Wm. H. Gumby ; W. L. H. S., Anna J. Watkins.
THE REFORMED MEN'S HOME is on Chestnut above Second Street. In 1879 Isaac S. Peacock, Nathaniel P. Marvel, Benjamin M. Braker, Fran- cis Hughes, John McKenna, Count D. G. Hogan and William R. Cory, members of the Men's Chris- tian Temperance Union, meeting in Dispensary Hall, conceived the project of establishing Sunday breakfasts at Kaighns Point, and endeavoring to lead the intemperate to habits of sobriety. B. M. Braker, M. P. Marvel and Francis Hughes were appointed a committee to make the arrangements, and on the first Sunday in June the first breakfast was served in a room about twelve feet square.
A permanent organization was effected and these officers elected : President, Benjamin M. Braker ; Vice-President, Robert M. Bingham; Recording Secretary, Nathaniel P. Marvel ; Financial Secre- tary and Treasurer, William R. Cory ; Trustees, Samuel Sheer, John D. Leckner, Robert Magee, Francis Hughes, George Wilson. B. M. Braker, William R. Cory and F. Hughes were appointed a building committee, and leasing a lot on Kaighn Avenue above Second Street, appealed to the citi- zens of Camden, who responding liberally, a one- story frame, twenty by sixty feet, was built and furnished, and when it was dedicated, March 10, 1880, it was free from debt.
The lease expiring in 1885, ground was pur- chased on Chestnut Street above Second, and the Home moved upon it and renovated. It will seat two hundred and fifty persons. These have been the presidents of the society : Benjamin M. Braker,
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Isaac S. Peacock, Edwin A. Allen, Robert M. Bing- ham, William Stout, John McKenna.
THE CAMDEN HOME FOR FRIENDLESS CHIL- DREN is an institution located on Haddon Avenue, above Mount Vernon, the object and design of which is to afford a home, food, clothing and schooling for destitute friendless children, and, at a suitable age, to place them with respectable families to learn some useful trade or occupation. The home was established and is conducted by a corporation. The charter, granted hy the State Legislature, April 6, 1865, sets forth that " Whereas, a number of citizens of this State have formed an association for the laudable and benevolent pur- pose of educating and providing for friendless and destitute children; and whereas, the Legislature of this State is willing to encourage such purposes ; therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Matthew Newkirk, Elijah G. Cattell, James H. Stevens, George W. N. Custis, J. Earl Atkinson, Joseph C. De La Cour, Joseph D. Reinboth, Rohert B. Potts, Jesse W. Starr, Edmund E. Read, John R. Gra- ham, Benjamin H. Browning, Solomon M. Stim- son, Philander C. Brinck, John Aikman, Thomas P. Carpenter, Elisha V. Glover, Thomas B. Atkin- som, Isaac L. Lowe, Peter L. Voorhees, and their associates, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a hody politic in law and fact, by the name, style and title of 'The Camden Home for Friendless Children.' "
The present officers and board of managers are Charles Rhoads, president; William Groves, treas- urer ; J. L. De La Cour, corresponding and record- ing secretary ; H. Jeannette Taylor and Augustus Dobson, physicians; Samuel H. Grey, solicitor; Mrs. Butcher, matron.
Board of Managers .- Miss E. L. Few Smith, Mrs. Jefferson Lewis, Mrs. William Groves, Mrs. E. V. Glover, Mrs. William Curtiss, Miss A. M. Robeson, Mrs. J. F. Starr, Sr., Mrs. H. B. Wilson, Mrs. Charles J. String, Mrs. J. Hugil, Miss E. F. Jennings, Mrs. E. H. Byran, Miss Kate Da Costa, Mrs. L. T. Derousse, Mrs. Joseph Elverson, Mrs. J. H. Townsend, Mrs. Joseph J. Read, Mrs. Joseph Watson, Mrs. William Davison, Mrs. Joseph M. Kaighn, Mrs. Charles Rhoads, Mrs. J. L. De La Cour, Mrs. E. E. F. Humphreys.
MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS.
THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY .- In the early part of May, 1883, the Mendelssohn Singing So- ciety was organized in the lecture-room of the North Baptist Church, with Joshua Pfeiffer, presi- dent; Fred. J. Paxon, secretary and treasurer; and
P. G. Fithian, musical director. The chorus num- bered sixteen voices. They sang there until Decem- ber 20, 1883, when they were requested to assist in an oratorio to be given by the choir of the First Presbyterian Church, entitled "Daniel." At the close of the oratorio the chorus repaired to the chapel of the First Church. A meeting was or- ganized and presided over by Mr. Carlton M. Wil- liams, and it was decided to incorporate the organ- ization as a permanent society for the study of choral music. A committee of three, consisting of Professors Theo. T. Crane, P. G. Fithian and Dr. J. M. McGrath, were appointed to consider the advisability of such a plan, aud to draft a consti- tution and by-laws. The committee called a meeting on Jannary 29, 1884, which was held in North Baptist Church lecture-room, and Prof. P. G. Fithian was elected musical director, and Mrs. Abbie L. Price accompanist. At a directors' meeting, held February 8, 1883, Mr. O. C. Molan was elected president and Mr. E. S. Titus secretary. On December 8, 1884, Mr. O. C. Molan resigned as president, and Mr. George W. Wentling, Jr., was elected in his place.
The first concert of the society was given Thurs- day, February 19, 1885; the second, Thursday, May 28, 1885 ; the third, Thursday, October 21, 1885; the fourth, Thursday, May 4, 1886. The musical selections of the society are entirely classic, princi- pally from the oratorios of " Messiah," "Creation," and " Woman of Samaria," "Naaman," " Elijah " and "St. Paul." Among the members of the so- ciety who have taken prominent part in the concerts have heen R. Zeckwer, piauo; R. Herwig, celloist; M. Van Gelder, violin ; Emma Suelke and M. H. Elliott, soprano; Max Friedman, tenor; William Stobbe, xylophonist; E. M. Zimmerman, basso; Frank Cauffman, baritone; Thomas A'Beckett and Mr. Diederichs, accompanists.
The officers at the meetings are George W. Wentling, Jr., president; C. K. Middleton, vice- president; Fred. J. Paxon, secretary ; A. H. Mar- shall, treasurer; Alfred Fricke, Calvin Crowell, Dr. J. M. McGrath, William J. Boynton, E. D. Barto, board of directors ; Prof. P. G. Fithian, musical director ; Miss Schooley, accompanist. The chorus numbers sixty voices and meets every Monday evening at Post 37, G. A. R. Hall, Stevens Street, below Fifth Street. This is the only sing- ing society of mixed voices that has ever existed longer than one year in Camden, and is now one of the best in New Jersey.
THE NATIONAL CORNET BAND was organized in 1868, with Joseph Jennings as leader. In 1871 the name was changed to the Sixth Regiment Band
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and it was mustered into the service of the National Guard, and was the only regimental band in the State for years. Their present band-room is at the Sixth Regiment Armory, southwest corner of West and Mickle Streets. The present members are, Joseph Jennings, John Roth, Augusta Buese, Gordon Phillips. Lewis Seal, Charles Landwehr, Charles Felcon, John Brown, D. C. Newman Col- lins, Alfred Colbins, Charles Bowyer, Isaac Heins, Joseph Young, Richard Richardson, Benjamin A. Woolman, Harry Carles, Wm. Stevenson, Fred- erick Klaproth, Henry Myers, G. Philip Stephany. Adam Markgraft, Charles Ellis, Emerson Ogborn, Charles Frost, Hiram Hirst.
THE CAMDEN CITY BRASS BAND of 1886 is the Reliance Band of Camden under a new name. The Reliance was organized in February, 1886, under the leadership of Joseph Conine. In March, by the resignation of Mr. Conine, W. J. Hopper became leader, and in October of the same year the name of the band was changed as above. The band has a membership of twenty, all of whom are Knights of the Golden Eagle, Camden Castle, No. 1. The band has regular engagements for all the Knight parades, also for Posts 37 and 5, G. A. R., of Camden. The band headquarters are at the corner of Fifth and Roydon Streets.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
WILLIAM AND ED. PRIEST (father and son) first started business as general riggers and honse- movers in 1881, with a rigging and block-shop at No. 415 Taylor Avenne. The firm take contracts for moving frame and brick buildings and heavy hoisting, and moving of boilers, smoke-stacks, monuments. etc.
JESSE MIDDLETON, log pump-maker, started the manufacture of old-style log pumps in 1865, at No. 513 Mount Vernon Street. These pumps are still in demand in the country, while in the towns the cucumber and iron pumps are largely used. At the shops of Mr. Middleton, where various kinds of pumps are sold, a large business has been built up. He is also engaged in sinking tubular wells, well-digging, etc.
BENJAMIN M. BRAKER was born October 24, 1826, in Bristol, England. His father, Benjamin Braker, was a minister in the Baptist Church and came to America in 1830, settling in Lambertville, N. J., and subsequently moved to Pennsylvania, where he died in 1848. Benjamin M. Braker ob- tained his education in the district schools, but even in his youth and since he grew to manhood has been a diligent reader and has thus acquired a vast fund of information.
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