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G, clair McKelway and Joseph II. Choate. DR.. Storrs
will respond The doors VIII be open at p. m. ana
from then until the services begin there VIII oe
feast OF orchestral music America ana AUD
Iang Syne" will be sung by the audience. ana at the
close OF the service those present will have an op
portunjty TO greet the guest OF the evening limited
number OF reserved seat tickets Will be Issued. Those
wishing to get general admission tickets may do so
nv writing 10 W. II. Nichols. treasurer OF the COM
mIttee in charge. at No 1876 Remsen-st. Brooklyn.
The committee having In charge the celebration OF
DR. Storrss ftleh anniversary by the Church OF the
Pilgrims composed OF George j. Stockwell chair
man: John f. Leech, secretary; John hoffman. treas
ursr. Albro J. Newton Frederick A. Wright. Fred
erlck w. Moss j. Howard Prentice Charles A. Hull
Thomas Christie, Simeon b. Chittenden, Joseph h.
brown James r. Wallace. Benjamin d. Slrnan
Arthur Melvin Hatch, Walter Z. Johnson William A.
TAYLOR Thomas T. Stillman. James H. Kirby. Dr.
Charles f. West, c. 3. Davenport. Francis L. Eames
William Mason. Jonathan Bulkley. Charles f. Per-
kins James H. Bates, Benjamin F. Stephens Charles
A. Sherman. Miss Mary Baylis Mrs Tunis g. Bergen
Mrs Arnold G. Dana. Mrs. ]. s. T. Stranahan Miss
Harriet +. Packer, Mrs John W. Dodsworth. Mrs
Margaret NJ Herman Mrs. Flamen 3. Gambler. Mrs
r. r. Buck Mrs. Josiah p. Howell. Mrs. Franklin
Woodruff and Mss Blanche Barclay.
Dr. storrs owes his rugged strength perhaps to his
lineage which he traces back to Morse origin. The
name Storrs Is OF Teutonic beginning and meant
..great" In the sense OF power and authority The
Morse word was "Stor' and the Norman name as
II first appears In England "La Stur." The family
has six English branches. Richard Salter Storrs
ing from the Nottinghamshire branch. Samuel
storrs the progenor OF the Storrs family In Amer
Tea. came to Barnstable. Mass. In 1863. Later he
removed to Mansfield, Conn.
DR. Storrs comes from r long line OF New-England
and Long Island clergymen BY iniermarriage he can
trace an ancestral relationship 10 Roger Williams and
likewise TO the Wistons. whose name Is celebrated
in the records OF the New-England Church.
me present Richard Sater Storrs Is the third
IN line TO bear that name. He was born In Balm
bridge on August q. 1921. and Is. consequently.
sevcnty-fve years old. He prepared for college at
an academy at Monson. Mass and entered Am
hers, In 1885 Henry Ward Beecher was gradu-
ated a year before DR.. Storrs entered In DR..
storrss class were a number OF men who have
won distinction among them Bishop Huntington.
OF the Central NewYork Episcopal diocese. VINO
has been lifelong friend Of the BROOKLYN cersy-
man They were members or the same Greek
pr Storrs was not known as grind at col
lere but took high place as debeter. He ike.
wise lad the reputation Of beins "a Jolly good
fellow" He was graduated when eighteen years
old After reading law In the office OF kufus
Choate for several months he entered Andover
Theological Seminary. where he completed MS
course In lS4s The same year he married MISS
Nay Elwen Jenlrs. daughter Of clergyman and