The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-07-21
HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI HOLD BANQUET

The first annual banquet of the
Lambertville High School Alumni As.
ISOLATION was held Thursday evening
at the Palm Restaurant Bridge street.
The members of the Alumni met in
the Council room, Masonic Hall, and
proceeded IN body to the restaurant
where they were seated by classes.
The restaurant was beautifully de-
corated in red and steel, the class
colors of the class of 1909, through
whose efforts the alumni was organ
lied. Covers were laid for eighty
| five.
| Those present We're: Miss Annie F. Stout,
Miss Ida Stout, Mr., and Mrs Harry NJ Dilts.
Mrs. Harrison Van Horn, Miss Kate D. Stout,
Miss Elizabeth Lodor, Mr.. and Mrs Charles
/ NJ. Dilts, Mrs Charles Weller, Mr. and Mrs.
| Israel Huselton, Florence l.. Thornton, Miss
Cynthia Lauer, Mrs Orrn Petite, Miss Rita
Hunt, Miss Olivia J. Silvers, Miss Mary Como
Yer, Miss Ollie Phillips, Miss Jean d. Barley,
William Z Harrison, John Malloy, Mrs Harry
A, Holeombe, DIR. and Mrs. ]. q. Petrie, Mrs.
Harry Reinert, Mrs. Augustus Vetter, Z. W
Hunt, John II Johnson Miss Anna T. Lodor,
Miss Beatrice NJ. Petrie, Mrs. Harry Slack,
Fred Vert, Robert Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Folkner, Edward Thorne, Miss Grace L. Pier
son, Miss Mabel Hoagand, Joseph G. Lear,
Miss Edith Udy, Miss Dayena Gordon, Mrs.
James Masten, Alfred Crimson, Miss Kate
Lyons, Horace Hoaeland, Albert Regain, Har-
ry S. Petrie, Mrs. Wallace Thornton Miss
Martha La Baw, Miss Elsie O'Rourke. Miss
Martha Reinert, Egbert Price, Miss Letitia B.
Satterthwait, Miss Edna NJ. Vert, Miss Ethel
Farlee, Norman Gonover, Miss Jessie +. Hol-
eombe, Miss hlinta Hoagland, Elmer Conover,
Miss Virginia Campbell, Miss Addie johnson,
Miss Annie Bowers, Miss Annabel Boyd, Miss
Mariory Davis, Miss Eleanor Lugar, Thomas
r. Hunt, Mrs. William Joiner, Miss Mary
0'Brien, Miss Ethel Draffin, Miss Mildred
Mariarum, Miss Edna Ryan, Miss Helen La
Baw, Miss Frances Schenck, c. Wellington
Thorne, Clarence T. Lugar, Mr.. and Mrs II.
c, Everitt, Mrs Charles Gregg, Alexander p.
Kerr Miss Elizabeth Sproat, Raymond Fretz
and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Marjarum.
President of the alumni, Charles NJ.
Dilts, told of some happenings of in
terest in the days at the old hill school
which occurred during his time in its
halls. He acted as master of ceremon-
les, introducing each class represented
at the gathering. Prof. A. p. Kerr,
who was for many years teacher, prin-
eipal and supervising principal of the
Lambertville public schools, compli-
mented the alumnion its splendid
organization so soon after its start and
showed the benefits possible to the
members. the educational system and
the city in general He was followed
by Miss Annie F. Stout, of the class
of 1870, and the present principal of
the high school; Miss Ida Stout, 1878,
and Miss Kate Stout, 1879, now of the
faculty of the State Model School;
Miss Elizabeth Lodor the honor pupil
of the first class to receive certificates
of graduation, told of the commence
ment exercises of that time. Other
classes were represented by the
following, IN "reminiscences of school
days: 1886, Miss Cynthia Lauer; 1891,
Miss Rita Hunt; 1894, John A. Malloy;
1895, Mrs. Harry Holcombe; 1896, Ed
gar w. Hunt; 1897. John Johnson;
1898, Miss Anna L. Lodor, secretary
of the alumni; 1899, Miss Grace Pier
son vice president of the organization;
1900, Miss Edith Udy; 1901, Alfred l..
Crimson; 1902, Harry s. Petrie, secre-
tary; 1904, Egbert Price; 1905, Elmer
Conover; 1907, Thomas Hunt; 1908,
Miss Ethel Draffin.
Miss Frances l.. Schenck, president
of the class of 1909 presented to the
Lambertville High School bust of
Abraham Lincoln as class memorial.
Miss Annie f. Stout, principal, ac-
cepted the gift aud said that the offer
ing would be treasured because of
the loyalty to the school which prompt
ed it and because of the value as q
reminder of the great martyred presi-
dent, whose life and work has been so
much revered this year, the hundred
tn since his birth. The reunion con-
cluded with the singing of "lhe Old
School House on The Hill"
The menu comprised: Oyster cock
tails, mock turtle soup, sweetbread
croquets, with green peas, chicken
salad, combination salad, cold tongue,
cake, ice cream and coffee.