Junior Order Elects State Officers; Commits to Build Orphanage in N.C., Aug. 29, 1922

J.M. Sharp State Junior Vice Councilor

Reidsville delegates who attended the Junior Order State meeting last week in Wilmington report a great time. They were especially pleased that a Reidsville man was elected to one of the State offices. The council will meet next year in Durham.

The officers elected are State Councilor, Judge A.S. Carlton, Salisbury; State Vice Councilor, J.M. Sharp, Reidsville; State Secretary, re-elected Sam F. Vance, Kernersville; State Assistant Secretary, re-elected, J.H. Gilley, Winston-Salem; State Treasurer, G.P. Hood, Elizabeth City; State Warden, J.P. Crouch, Winston-Salem; State Conductor, S.L. Pardue, North Wilkesboro; State Outside Sentinel, H.D. Bass, Statesville; State Inside Sentinel, re-elected, J.N. Nelson, Morganton; State Chaplain, Rev. C.A. G. Thomas, Rocky Mount.

The National representatives elected were Fred O. Sink, Lexington; L.D. Mendenhall, Greensboro; Grover Glenn, Raleigh; H.I. Sapp, Winston-Salem; Numa R. Reid of Wentroth, and Woodus Kellum of Wilmington were elected to the short-term national representatives’ places.

One of the most important matters brought before the State council was a resolution providing for the establishment of the National Orphans Home in North Carolina. With the approval of the National Orphans Home trustee at Tiffin, Ohio, it is proposed to have a branch orphan home in some suitable place in North Carolina, where the children of deceased members of the order may be cared for. The resolution was adopted, caried with it the assessment of each member 25 cents each quarter, or $1 per annum, and the order having 50,000 members in the State, this would raise $50,000 for the construction of the home.

The financial report showed that the State Council was in a splendid condition, having a balance in hand of $46,456.50. It was unanimously agreed to establish an official organ periodical to be issued monthly to the 50,000 members of the order at the expense of the State Council.

From the front page of The Reidsville Review, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1922. The Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home would be located in Lexington and consisted of five major buildings built between 1925 and 1932.