The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-09-26
ROCKEFELLOW
REUNION AT
PHILADELPHIA

Captain b. F. Rockafellow has hand
cd the Daily Record the following in
teresting account of the trip of him
self and Mrs. Rockafellow to the re-
cent reunion festivities OF the Rock
efeller Family association in Phila-
delphia:
THE executive committee OF the
Rockefeller Family Reunion associa-
ton, through It's secretary. Henry d.
Rockefeller. n. D. Of Brooklyn. ana
Vice President David Rockefeller Of
Pennsylvania. ha dmade most perfect
arrangements for tie meeting in Phil
adelphia and the gathering there was
greatly enjoyed in every detail by the
seventy members OF the association
present. The business meeting. fam
lily dinner, reception and entertain
ment were held at the New Bingham
hotel in Philadelphia on September
fifth. We gave the Seeing Colorado"
views at the Crystal Palace Moving
Picture gallery, showing two reels OF
pictures and about seventy colored
slides. a hearty vote OF thanks from
the assemblage showed its apprecia-
tion OF this feature.
Friday morning. September sixth,
a Seeing Philadelphia" automobile
ride was provided for all and an op-
portunity afforded us OF visiting Lib
erty hall. Fairmount PARK, view OF
home of William Penn across the
Schuylkill river. the City hall. the Bald
win Locomotive works and a great
many other places of historic interest
and commercial Importance. all of
them explained TO the party through
a mesaI None. The meeting at Phil.
adelphia having adjourned It's sessions
we're resumed at Atlantic City where
the work of the new educational de-
partment was discussed and plans laid
for their execution. At Atlantic City
there were reunion pleasures and the
family relationships were cemented
by closer acquaintanceship. joined
the multitude in the sea bathing, bat
could not get Mrs. r. to go into tie
surf
We returned TO Chicago through the
I.ehigh valley. a beautiful region. and
that portion OF New York state ! was
familiar with In my younger days 20
Buffalo. thence over the Grand Trunk
road to Lyons. Michigan, where Wis
tied the graves of my mother and my
aunt. At Lyons we we're the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Hawley and the
latter's sisters. my cousins. Mr.. aud
Mrs. McFarlane's folks formerly lived
~ OAr anu AAlFs IL WIFI n .1huk
woman taught school there built
the Gothic Steam Flour mill there In
1857. We enjoyed the survivors of
the old days and they called us by
our given names. One OF the numbe-.
Mr.. Gid Hendrick. now eighty-eigh,
years old. said 'he would like to stay
in this world. where he is well ac-
quainted with people
Captain ]. d. Probasco OF the resi-
raent TO which / belonged. and his
wife. took us on an automobile ride
about our former home country. call
ing on Mr.. and Mrs. Brad Hayes. Mr.
Hayes has on his fine North Plains
farm a twenty-five acre orchard OF
Northern spry apples: the best cared
for orchard saw.
Captain Probasco took rs TO see
our old-time friends at Ionia and TO
dinner with General James II. Kidd.
former commander OF our regiment.
That afternoon the 21st Michigan in
fantry held reunion, and at thei-
place OF rendezvous. Camp SIgel. ex-
ercises in honor OF their departure
ffty years ago for the Civil war. On
the site large granite boulder mars-