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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1893
Page
3
Reports from a local gathering recount how young participants, led by Mildred Ulneh and Eva Nexon, discussed how to engage Ville residents and perform duties. The session focused on a pledge, prayer, and regular meetings, with plans for new guidelines to fit the abilities of younger members.
A scrambled local note reports no meeting tonight for Perse verance Lodge No 74 K of P but set for election of officers for the next six months in June July and August. Mentions of local figures and community events fill the fragment with various town concerns and minor incidents.
The Plainfield Council Boys Ananag hosted an Royal Arcanum entertainment drawing a full house at 6:15. Regent Fred Green opened with remarks on the Order’s growth from 44,000 to 142,000 members and its social aid aims. Local performers including Henry B. Ely, Marto A. Koris, and professors Ransom and MacClymont delivered dialect pieces, tricks, and musical numbers to lively applause.
The Epworth League Convention of Elizabeth District concluded with a lively closing session in the Methodist Episcopal main audience room. Visiting delegates were hosted at a church supper, enjoyed an evening stroll about town, and joined a prayer and praise service directed by Miss Marah of Westfield.
The festival featured a piano buy and concert in Be Pubes Lesoes rooms with decor of bant ing and flags. Guests were greeted by attendants, enjoyed frais served by ladies, and were entertained by performances from Mrs Buckley and several Misses Hargraves and Smiths. The event filled the rooms and continued late into the night.
Hope Chapel hosted a strawberry festival with many young ladies presenting numerous dishes of strawberries, ice cream, cake, and candy. Escorts Loo attended as guests enjoyed social chatting, with silver coins and varied sweets displayed across the room.
An account of a Franklin Connell No. 41 gathering mentions four candidates invited to initiatory rites of the Oriental realm. The scene focuses on the ceremony, a symbolic challenge, and afterward a period of camaraderie as plans for a regional gathering and member involvement are discussed.
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