The Dickinson press., 1908-08-01
ANNUAL MEETING
OfOld Settlers Well Attended at
Gladstone. Old Officers Con
tinued. -Dickinson's 4th, Ball
.,.- Team Takes Game -;

Thursday was an ideal day for the Old
Settlers annual reunion at Gladstone
and the grove on Heart river south of
town was never more enjoyed than dur
ing the afternoon ofthe goth.
A good many people from Dickinson
went down on the early o'clock train
but many more went on the noon train.
Others went in autos and teams, and. as
usual, Dickinson furnished the greater
part of the crowd.
Immediately after luncheon, the meet
ing was called to order by Pres. w. B.
Powers. Prayer was offered by Rev, v,
A. Spicker of Taylor. Sec. G. S. Cryne
read the minutes of the business meeting
of 1907, and the same were approved.
The old officers were reelected BY unani-
nous consent, namely: VIM. B. Powers,
president; ]. S. Let's, 1st vice president;
E. w. Kittell, End vice PRESIDENT A. Jopp,
treasurer; G. S. Cryne, secretary. and
historian. f..x
Pres. Powers announced that he would
re-appoint the old executive committee,
but on examination of the records it is
learned that only L. r. Waldron and
Chas. Hagberg are now residents of the
county, E. L. Sco6eld having removed ito
California. a..
The next meeting of the old settlers is
to be held on the last Thursday in July,
1ooo at Gladstone.
After selection by the choir, Rev. F.
w. Gress gave an interesting address
along the line of pioneering" in North
Dakota; pleasing solo, "The Swallows" :"
by Mrs. Prindle, followed: Sec. G. S.
Cryne read an essay which treated Of the
conquest and early history of our country,
showing that the author had made care
full study and research concerning expe-
ditions of frontier days, treaties with
Indians, and developments leading up to
the settlement of our country. Miss E.
M. Alcott then favored the people with
one of her choice solos. Judge ]. G..
Campbell was called and after briefly
expressing his gratitude at meeting again
with his old friends and many newly
made acquaintances, read an interesting
article on the early settlement of Stark
county.
The ball games were interesting feat
ures of the field sports. The little Dick
inson juniors, known as the city's .4th
team, defeated the Gladstone juniors BY a
score of 10 to-. The Dickinson line up
was as follows: Wayne Klinefelter, p;
~ :,
3b; Ray Mccall, 1b; Willie McCutehan,
#; Mike, 2b; Watt Johnson, If; George
Milhrd, P; Earl Neal, c; W. Lawhead,
Moore, Lawhead and Horn. Later in the
pitted in game with the juniors of their
Th0 h0~0re nt>
until near the close, when the boys had
inning was not finished. In the Shoot
ing contest Gladstone won.
Many people were pleased to see Mrs.
S. P. Gotta and Mrs. Jane Thompson at
the grove. 1t was the latter's first visit at
Gladstone.
Mrs. Geo. w. Lee was taken to the
grove in an auto and occupied an easy
chair during the exercises. Her injured
knee pains her considerably, but is doing
as well as could be expected.
On the local train returning home were
1o2 passengers for Dickinson.
Among those classed as pioneers,
dating back to the days of the organiza-
ton of Stark county, at Thursday s
reunion, were noted: w. B. Powers, MI.
and Mrs. Ira Lawrence, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
B. Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs. E. w.
Kittell, Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Cryne, Judge
Campbell, H. L. Dickinson, L. Scott,
John VanHorn, James REILLY, w. ].
Pelton, Mrs. V. H. Stickney. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Jopp, Mrs. D. c. F. Birdsall, Mrs.
Susanna Cook, Mrs. Mary Turner, c. A.
Tear.
E. L. Scofeld and Charles Kono,
members of the advance guard which
landed in Stark county during April,
1882, were absent this year.