Middletown transcript., 1886-09-02
PeninsuIar Press Maa,,re

Peninsular Press Meeting.
The eleventh annual meeting Of tt
Peninsular Press Association was held
the Ashland House, Atlantic City, o
: Monday of this week, twenty-five paper
being represented. The greater nun
Der of the attending members were al
companied by ladies, who added muc
TO the social interest of the meeting
About forty of the party reached Atlanti
City on Saturday and spent the remand
er of that day, and Sunday, in rest an
recreation by the sea.
| Aside from the trouble and flow Of EN-
phatic language caused by the energeti
and hard-working Atlantic City mos
quito, who acted as if he had never befort
tasted a newspaper man, and never OK
pected to have a taste of another, tht
meeting was very much enjoyed by al
who attended, and was especially pleas
| ing to those who like the sort of clattel
they have perpetually on tap at Atlantic
City.
But, to return to the mosquito, who
certainly deserves more Of notice than
single paragraph: The Atlantic City
mosquito does not often get his name in
the papers, but he seemed determined to
do it this time If he had to stay up all
night and drink harder than he had ever
drunk before. The representative of THE
TRANSCRIPT at the meeting thinks he
cannot do justice to the Atlantic City mos
quito In less than column and q half,
and will return to his case at some future
time.
A business meeting of the Press Asso-
citation was held In the parlors Of the
Ashland House on Monday morning.
The following members were present: !:
J. B. Clark, of the Georgetown SUSSEX
Journal, President of the association;
g. E. Haddaway, Easton Ledger; A. A.
Christian, Greensboro Free Press; I. 8.
Hodson, Chr1sfield Leader F. E. Bach,
Wilmington Morniag NesOs George w.
Humphrey and j. B. Cheyney, Whining
ton Every EUening; 2. P. Steele, Dem
ton Democrat B. 8. Highley. Trappe
Times: w. Scott Roberts, Centreville
Record; DR.. H. G. Sitncher, EAe VII
mingtonidn; Wilson M. Tyler. Easton
Gazette James T. Melvin, Cambridge
chronicle G. G. Woodall, Chessertown
Transcript; w. B. Usilion, Ch@tertown
Kent NeWs; W. o. Gilmour, Elkton
Cecil Democrat DIR. L. 8. Bell. Sails
bury Record; r. D. Hoffecker, Smyrna
Times F. w. Reeve, formerly OF Mid
dletown Nea0 Era; Scott Way, Secretary
of the association. J. E. Quinn, of the
Smyrna Record; II. G. Knowles, of
Lewes Light; J. B. Louderbough, of the
Dover State Sentinel, and C. w. Fsntaine,
of the Princess Anne Herald, arrived
Monday afternoon.
Thirteen new members were added to
the association. The treasurer reported a
balance on hand. The
session was mainly taken up
with the appointment of the usual COM
mittees and in hearing the reports of w.
Scott Roberts and G. E. Haddaway, re-
to the last annual meeting
,f the National Press Association, at Gin |
sinnati, last spring.
At the afternoon session the following |
officers were elected for the ensuing year: |
President, George E. Haddaway of the |
Easton Ledger; First Vice-President, R. |
D. Hoffocker, of the Smyrna Times i:
second Vice-P President, A. A. Christian Of |
ne Greensborough Free Press; Secre-
ary and Treasurer, Scott Way; Execu-
i've Committee, J. B. Clark, F. Eden
back and W. Scott Roberts.
T. g. Hodson ofthe Crisfeld Leader;
v. Scott Roberts of the Centreville
Record, DR.. 81. G. Snitcher Of the WI
si,sgtonidn, and r. d. Hoffecker of the
smyrna Times, two each from Maryland
nd Delaware, were chosen delegates to
be National Press Association Conven-
ion, to be held in Denver, in June next.
he president and secretary are ex.ofHcio
Members of this delegation.
A resolution, offered for the purpose of
citing an expression of the views Of the
Members present, was discussed, looking
, the holding of the next annual reunion
+ the association in California, the feel
ig being in favor of making the excur-
on in May. The proposition was merely
dvisory to the executive board, under
hose Jurisdiction the duty of arranging
ie trip will come.
In recognition of the long services of
he associations secretary, Scott Way, on
notion of DIR. Snitcher, it was enthusiastic-
.ly resolved to procure and present to
[r. Way, on behalf of the association, a
litably inscribed gold-headed cane.
The committee on resolutions made I
,e following report, which was unani- |
lously adopted:
Resolved, By the Peninsular Press
ssociation, assembled at the Ashland &
ouse, Atlantic City, August 3Oth, 1886, l
lat the thanks of the association be ex- ,
nded to the management of the Penn
1lvania Railroad Company for its !
,urtesy in placing transportation ,facili- /
es at the disposal of this association.
ResOIUed, That this association express !,
3 qualification at the hospitality shown
lis association by the proprietor Of the 6
shland House, Mr.. Henry Rahter, and I
g also acknowledge the kind and nm !
uniting attentions shown our members
= Mr.. William Bowers and Mr.. Henry /
Housed, the clerks of the Ashland, a
ResoLved, That this association express q
appreciation of the ladies who sccom- =
anied the members of this association
I'D who by their presence materially en-
inced the pleasure Of this, our eleventh a
lnual reunion.
ReSolUed, That this association express
thanks to its retiring president, Mr.. J.
Clark, for the dignity and impartiality I
ith which he has presided over the de- 8
berations of this association.
The association adjourned without date :.
onday afternoon. A number of the
embers returned home on Tuesday.
hers will remain by the sea until to-
orrow.
Election and Death.
The Episcopal Convention which met at