The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-26
lee COUNTY'S
SETTLERS MEET
The Pioneers and Old Settlers Asso-
citation Met at DonneIIson for
Their Fortleth Reunion
Yesterday.
DIMINISHED BY SIXTY
Exhibition Of Relics Of Early Days on
Grounds-Ball Game Finishes
Program in the
Afternoon.

With weather denoting the coming
of the harvest and the end of the /
year, the Lee County Pioneers and !
Old Settlers Association, with ranks
dwindling by deaths harvest of sixty
| members, and the rest close onto
that time of life which is typified in
nature by barren boughs and frost |
carrying winds, in their fortieth an
nual reunion met and recalled the
times, and renewed the acquaintance
of their early life in this county. The
weather conditions the past few days
caused many to forego the pleasures
OF attending although all parts Of the
county had representatives present.
The special car containing the Old
Settlers and visitors from Keokuk,
Montrose, Ft. Madison and interven-
ing stops arrived in Donnellson at
$3.50 and were welcomed at the depot
by the reception committee COM
posed of G.. W. Mattern, Mrs. A. D.
Krebill, NJ. T. Helm, Anna Wiegner,
John Holdefer, Henry Meinhardt, Lee
ona Armknecht, A. G. Krehbiel, Sadie
4 Washburn, H. L. Hentzel, A. HI. Bank,
Mrs. Nellie Reid, E. Mehl, Orion
Donnell, Lew Walter, D. McCulloch,
Mrs E. R. Park, H. A. Trump, Lille
4 Theroff, and Peter Fett
I. II The West Point band which rendered
4 music for the enjoyment of all dur
4 ing the day, played few selections
upon the business streets after which
all proceeded to the fair grounds
where the exercises of the day were
held.
President of the Pioneers and Old
Settlers Association, James Cruisk-
shank called the reunion to order in
the grand stand, and called for an in
vocation by Rev. Harvey E. Butler,
after which he introduced the Hon.
Jos. r. Frailey of TT Madison who de-
livered the address of welcome. Mr..
Frailey is prominent lawyer of the
county, of the younger generation,
and is an orator of rare ability and
great promise. In his address of vel
come he paid great tribute to the
works and achievements of the old
settlers whose day this was.
Hon. d. f. Miller, a member of the
Keokuk bar, responded in few elo-
: quent and well chosen words. A sex
, tette composed of Misses Leona Haff-
: ner. Della Baust Rosalie Benjamin,
Edna BENJAMIN. Elizabeth Shock and
: Margaret Taylor, six of Donnellson's
pretty young misses, rendered selec-
ton after which adjournment for
; dinner was taken.
AS soon as the members of the as
ISOLATION assembled after dinner,
President Cruickshank called them
3 to order and introduced Captain S.
F. Pickard marshal of the day, who
had charge of the afternoon program
A quartette of FIT Madison business
= men were on the grounds and were
called upon for part of the after
Z moons program AS their first number
they sang "Old Black Joe" and "A
4 Negro Melody
Hon. ]. D. NJ. Hamilton of Topeka
! Kansas. who was on the morning pro
& gram, but was unable to speak, was
81 on the grounds and was called upor
4 for an address and responded with {
~ short talk. Mt Hamilton was borI
and raised to young manhood IN Let
County, but is at present an adopted
son of Kansas in which state he is
prominent attorney.
The girls sextette sang "Juanita'
z and Meet Me Tonight in Dream
land, at the conclusion of which
a Rev. Gageby of Ft. Madison spoke
Rev. Gageby told of the need o
pioneers for good in this age, tina
+ were as capable as the pioneers whom
he was addressing.
K The Ft. Madison quartette sang
= melody and in imitation of the OF,
A fashioned singing school, sang Be
hunkus with Rev Gageby as singin
teacher. This selection was enthus
iastically received and served Z
bring to the minds of the number
their younger days.
Prof. Clarence w. Wassam, Q
Iowa State University, made q shoI
n address calling for more attenSon b
a the fathers and mothers to the We
fare and character developed in thel
b sons and daughters that the citizen
ar the coming generation would b
capable of carrying on the work {
n the passing generation.
cantain r r .Daugherty of Keokul