Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-24
SCHOOL house
Joyous Celebration In Honor of
the Great Event.
SPEECHES, MUSIC AND A FEAST
Large Turnout of BrandyWine
Hundred People.
Celebration OF the One Hnndredth Anniyer-
sary OF Forwood's school House, District
No. 8, Brandywine Hundred-Addresses
by IL. o. Fraiin and u. n. baldwin and
Other Interesting Exercises.

The Tooth anniversary of the For
woods public school, District No. 5, !
Brandywine hundred, took place in the |
schoolhouse aud on the school premises
Thursday afternoon. The affair had
been the talk of the people of Brandy
wine hundred for some weeks, and the
large turnout from every direction
showed the great interest felt in the
event. People came in vehicles of all
sorts, many driving in fine turnouts
from Wilmington, Chester and adjoin-
ing towns.
The commissioners of Forwood's
school at present are Charles Miller,
Joseph Habbart, and Robert l., Wilson,
and they are to be congratulated upon
the great success of the occasion. Many
of the patrons assisted in getting up
the anniversary, among the most promi-
nent being Thomas Vance and Lewis
A. Talley.
The exercises opcned by electing
Lewis A. Talley chairman. He made
an admirable presiding officer. Elmo
music was furnished by Prof Thomas
T. Birds orchestra. Among his as
sistants were George and John Bon
dier, who sang beautifully "Old New
Hampshire Home. As the orchestra
played 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
the great flag was raised, bathing its
beautiful folds in the bright sunshine.
Then the audience joined the orchestra
in singing America.
The first speaker was Robert @.
Fraim of Wilmington, who gave COM
| plete and interesting account of tine
history of the school. Mr.. Fraim had
searched the records, and found the
deed in Record G, Volume 3. page 454.
| in the recorders office for New Castle
county. The deed was given by Richard
\ Justison, june 18th, 1893, to Robert
Forwood, Jehu Forwood and Thomas
Bird, Jr., free of cost for the purpose
of building thereon schoolhouse
Richard Justison was the great-grand-
father of Mrs Rebecca Justison Casey
of Claymont, wife of William H. Casey ;
also grandfather of Mrs. Robert @.
Fraim, and Charles and Lewis M. Miller,
and of the late Mrs. Curtis M. Talley.
Mr.. Justison had received the ground
from the Proprietary Governor of the
Three Counties, New Castle, Kent and
Sussex.
Besides the interesting historical ad-
dress of Mr.. Fraim, he read an
admirable original poem, written
| BSI5Cldlly iOr bhb oCtdoiohs ihi u
was for II years teacher in Brandy.
wine hundred schools, and perhaps nc
man is better qualified to speak or
, such an important subject. He is {
favorite in the community, and hi.
eloquent address was appreciated by al
present.
After music, Postmaster Eben N
, Baldwin of Claymont was introduced
and. made an address. Among othe
, things he said:
feel honored to have been selected
, to address you on this important ant
t happy occasion, the Tooth anniversar.
} of the Forwood public school. Some
, how | feel that we tread upon sacret
/ ground today, for as | look over thi
1 great gathering Of Intelligent people
r my mind goes back to the beginning
/ of this century, and / wonder exactl
what the contrast would be like if W
/, could Just dismiss our present audience
q and call up the audience which gathers
r here 100 years ago! l have no doub
o it required sacrifice and hard wor
o upon the part of those who contenl
q plated, planned and erected the schoo
t house here, and it was doubtless
happy day when the work was done.
. The fact that a sohoolhouse wa
y built by our fathers Of the long ago,
. proof to my mind that they were Ions
# ing for the light of intellectual d.
i, velopmeut in the minds of their chi
ii dren, and for that light they toiled
a hope until they accomplished wht
!, they so much desired to do.
"a Do you know that it is rare thin
10 to find a father or mother who wan
d his OF her boy or girl to pass throug
is Just tho same experience the faith,
d and the mother passed through? 1t
is q fact, however, and Just as that
j. the case with the parents of one fami
ID SO it was the wish, doubtless, of OF
O. fathers and mothers that we shou
a. have an easier experience than thu
r, had; less pain, less hard knocks; mo
1T pleasure, more leisure, more enjoyme
al 10 the pilgrimage of life. And so tn
lie loved us, and the public schoolhou
er is lasting monument of their devote
or and love.
r. The speaker who preceded me, Ho
d, Robert @. Fraim, has given you me
tn excellent history of Forwood scho'
t. and of the community in general.
on know of no one better calculated
6, give it than Mr.. Fraim, himself
nd honored teacher of the hundred, duri
tn the schools interesting career. HI
1t stirred us up as he, spoke
,rt eloquently of the past, and again a
he again did l think Of the dear ones W
ty lived as we live, and whose sacred d,
Tor lies in the humbled graveyards in Il
on vicinity.
ed They loved, but the story we cannot unfo
ed They scorned, but the lip of the naughty
is cold;
Re- They grieved. but no wall from their stu
~, Der will come;
w They joyed, but the tongue of their gladn
liu is dumb;
'nt They died, ay! they died, and we thi
,ht that are now,
re. Who walk on the turf that lies over tn
Aid brow,
me- Who make in their dwellings transi
~ abode,
l Pun Meet the things which they met on IL
'ho pilgrimage road.
While these lines are true in
general sense, in a specific sense Il
eth are not strictly true. Why?
vad Our fathers never saw a trolley c
he and many of them never saw ste
zed car. They never saw telegraph OIL
am nor sent nor received a telegram. ~
ved never saw telephone, nor a sew
of machine, and as for newspaper
Su. upon the breakfast table every mo
ing, with mirror of all the worl
happenings up to midnight of the
before, they never even dreamed.
,ec- while this is all true, love was yo'
$40. then, for love is always young, an
,ca- doubt not that our great gre
and grandparents courted as sweetly as
mer of us, and if it was an ox-cart.
,rqe sunbonnet, what was it different Il
,ing a trolley car. and a fancy bird-coye
mn. flower. blooming hat? So they 10
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