Middletown transcript., 1911-06-10
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF OLD DRAWERS
2Osd Anniversary Of lis Founding and 18th Of It's "Fnds Held at
That Historic Spot Sunday June 4th


/ criticised. The Judge admitted there was
some reason for the popular unrest and
thought the lawyers should find some
! remedy for "the laws delay, but his
treatment of all the burning wrongs from
which the great mass of the American
people are as grievously as uniustly suffer-
ing was unsympathetic--in word, Tory.
The building was filed both on the
lower floor and in the capacious galleries
holding over half as many; chairs we're set
in the aisles-ful1y $50 people we're pre-.
sent inside and half as many more out
side in various parts of the beautiful
grounds which we're in trim and clean
condition everyway, Many of the graves
were decorated with flowers, some liter
ally covered with roses. Five acres of
land on the East of the old yard have
been bought and several hundred hitch
ing posts placed there carriages no longer
being allowed as formerly to hitch on the
grounds proper. The autos were stationed
back of the church on the skirts of the
wood.
The choir at both. services furnished
fine music leading the congregational
singing and giving number of selections
of their own besides. Mrs. Walter V.
Woods, of Odessa, played the organ the
entire day and much credit is due her for
her Iabors in this behalf.
Messrs. DIR. Walter V. Woods, George
Janvier and Janvier Woods acted as u.s.
hers and took tbs two collections which
amounted to $l29.
A business meeting was held at which
the officers Of last year we're again elected
as follows: President, Daniel W. Corbit,
of Odessa; Vice President, John V. Craven,
West Chester, Pa; Treasurer, George
Janvier, of Middletown; Secretary Miss s.
Cornelia Bowman, of Wilmington; Trus.
tees, Thomas J. Craven, Salem, N. j.;
Herbert H. Boyd, Philadelphia; Miss
Dorothy Vandegrift of Wilmington; Clar-
ence E. Pool, Howard A. Pool, Janvier
Woods and William Ianvier, of McDo-
ough and DR.. Walter V. W o0ds, ,of Odessa.
Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
D. Sypherd, Mrs. Aaron Marshall, Mr..
Barton, Mr.. Huston A. Culbreth, Mr.. G..
NJ. Jones and wife, Judge Boyee and wife.
Judge James PenneWill and wife, Mr.. G..
Sloat and wife, of Dover; Messrs. Frank
r. Pool and wife, Clarence Pool and wife,
Howard A. Pool and wife, A. II. Donovan
and wife, Mrs. Anna Mote, Joseph Sim.
pers and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Shaw
Mr.. and Mrs. Mrs. Lester Nsilor, Mr., and
l. ]. Woods, Mr.. John Webb and wife,
Mr.. Leonard G. Vandegrift and family,
Mr.. Eugene Shallcross, Mr.. James CHM
and family. Mr.. John Craille and family,
of McDonough; Mr.. William McCrone
and family, Mr.. P. Vandegrift, Mr.. John
Deal and wife, Mr.. Henry Cleaver, Mr..
William Reybo1d, Mr.. Henry Rose, Mr..
Wilkinson, Misses Emma and Julia
Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Jefferson, of Della
ware City.
Mr.. VIM. F. Sellers in his auto from
Edgemore. Mr.. Richard Sellers, in an auto
from Philadelphia. In another auto
were Messrs Leonard W. Loyett, Della.
ware Lovett, Bayard Vandegrift, Chas. q
Davis, and Miss Marion Davis and Miss
Helen Berkely, of Elkton, Nd, all from
Newark; 1t. Governor John Mendinhall,
Mr.. j., D. Bush Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
TatnaIl, John P. Hyatt, Judge H. G. Con-
rad from Wilmington; Judge Fl. L. Rice:
Col. G. H. Hunter, Capt L. s. Ryan and
1t. Herman Zornig of Fort Dupont; Rev,
J. M. Arters, Mr.. Dan Cochran Mr.. R. R,
Cochran Mr.. Joseph Hanson, Mr. Frank
Biggs, Mr.. W. ]. Wilson, DR.. Chas. A.
Ritchie in his auto; Mrs. J. F. Deakyne,
Mr.. Jefferson B. Foard, Miss Hester Jones
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Biggs, Rev. F. Fl.
Moore, Mr.. Merritt N. Willis and party
in his auto, DR.. D. W. Lewis, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Derrickson, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
!. L. Bragdon from MiddletoWn. Mr.
John G. Armstrong, Lee Sparks, Mr.. l.
V. Aspril, Mr.. Daniel Corbit, Miss
Spruance, Mr.. ]. G. Brown. Mrs. George
L. Townsend Sr. Mr.. ]. L. Gibson, Mr.
Elias N. Moore, from Odessa; Mr.. Geo. M
D. Hart and MID. B. Maloney of Towns
, end; Mr.. Wilmer Stats and wife o
Thoroughfars Neck, Mr.. Eugene Davis, o
, Smyrna. Many of the above came II
autos.