Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-14
By which both parties are the happier

By which both parties are the happier
made;
ALI, when the thing is rightly understood
And justly valued, it is wise and good.
There were further congratulatory re-
marks by Simon Wolf and Louis P. Shoe
association. At their conclusion II. K. Will
lard, son Of the host, responded on behalf
of his father. He thanked the guests for
their kindly welcome and said that 1t was
appreciated both by MIN and his father far
beyond the power of words to express.
Reimbursed by Association.
Mr.. Willard then read letter that had
been received from Allison Nailor, president
of the Oldest Inhabitants Association, ac-
companying a beautiful bunch Of roses, the
token Of remembrance from the association
to Mr. Willard. The letter was as follows:
Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of
the District of Columbia.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. May 2, 1907.
Henry A. Willard.
MY Dear Sir and Associate: 1t has just
come to our knowledge that on the 18th
day Of the present month you will have
attained the ripe old age of eighty-five.
You may consider yourself as one of Gods
chosen few. SO seldom is it that it is per-
mitted us to have lived SO long,
God has been good to you, notably in
the worlds goods, general good health
leading to a ripe old age, but far better In
the love and devotion of dear wife. the
affection of a dutiful son. and the respect
and admiration of your fellow citizens.
ION behalf Of the Association OF the Old
est Inhabitants of the District of Column
vey the missing voice of its membership
that you may live for many years and en-
joy the confidence and esteem of your fel-
low-citizens, surrounded by your family,
have continued health, happiness and pros
perity, and when the inevitable summons
that comes to us all may be served upon
you that you may draw :, the drapery OF
ant ~ eA'' ALLISON NA1LoR, Jr.
Remarks by Mr.. II. K. Willard.
In speaking Of the events Of his fathers
life Mr.. H X. willard said:
MY father, Henry Augustus Willard, was
the son Of Joseph Willard and Susan Dorr
Clapp Willard. He was born in Westmin-
ster, Vt, May Ia, 1922. The family is de-
rived from Maj. Simon Willard, who came
from Horsmonden, Kent, England, to Bos-
ton in May, 1884. Maj. Simon Willard re-
moved later to Concord, where he held vari-
Gus positions of trust during long and
distinguished career. He was In command
of the colonies forces sent against the Man
tic Indians in the Narragansett war, and
afterward in 1915, with forty-six Dragons,
calamity rescued the people Of Brookf1eld,
| Mass. from destruction by the Indians in
W.
Joseph Willard, was graduated from Yale
| in liza, and killed and scalped by the In
dians near Rutland, Vermont, in 1923 His
son William was a soldier and frontiersman
| in Vermont, who made himself disllked by
his neighbors for defending the New York
court party" in its claim to the Hamp-
shire grants. being involved in the West
minister massacre, 1776.
MY father Is also descended, through his
mother, from Joseph Dorr of Boston tea
party fame. AS a boy my father worked
hard on the farm In summer and earned
| and saved money enough to attend school
| in the winter.
when a mere lad he began his business
career in John Baxtors store In Bellows
Falls VT later being clerk in Chase 8
| Hotel in Brattleboro, VT. From Brattle-
| boro, as q young man about twenty-one he
went to Troy N. Y, and was a steward
J on the New York and Troy steamboat line,
plying on the Hudson river between New
| York and Troy. While in this employment
1 he met Mrs. Phoebe Warren, a sister OF
/ Mr., Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, who owned the
city Hotel in Washington. Mrs. Warren
/ said to Mr.. Tayloe, do you want a bright
| capable and energetic young man to take
| charge of your hotel? He said he did
| She said: IT have found just the young man
| for you In Henry A willard" The result
| was my father came to Washington in 1S47
| and opened the City Hotel, changing its
name to Wizards Hotel. He was the first
| of the FIVE Willard brothers-Edwin, Joseph
| Stevens, Caleb and himself-to come to
| Washington, ard he gave all the other