The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-11-22
Celebrate 34th Anniversary

A. r. celebrated their 34th apnlver-
sary camp fire aud bean bake on We'd
nesday evening last, The comrades.
Sons of Veterans aud their many
friends were out in force, bnt every
year there are comrades missing, hav-
ing answered the final roll call aud
gone to dwell with the Great Com
mander over all and so it will go on
until but one is left waiting for the
bugle call to bivouac with the Grand
Army that has marched beyond the
line of human vision.
A banquet was served to all present
There was no hard or salt horse which
all comrades remember and the tables
were set with the old fashioned silver
ware tim with the following MEM:
Rolls Hot Coffee
Fresh Pork Baked Beans
Pickles Cheese
Pepper Sauce Celery
Apples Bananas
Cakes Grapes
Tobacco Pipes
Our camp fires i'll these latter days
transport our memories back to days
of coffee, army beans and old "B' G"
hard tack, which we proudly logged
about in the old Havelssck.
Now the bean in its primitive state
Is n plant we have all often met,
And when cooked in the old army style
1t has charms we can never forget.
The following were present;
Mayor VIM. Lauer, Robert Mont
gomery, James Hoppock. A. w.
Smith, William Murphy, Newton Il.
Slack, Peter Heath, Samuel Huseltou,
William WEIGH. Jacob Helms, DIR. L..
G. Williams. George w. Trauger.
George W. Massey, John Fuller, d.
5. Williams, John IL. Chidister, JOS
eph Hart, Rev. DIR. Brunyate, Rev.
Geo. Boddis, David Hoppock, VIM. A.
Bowers, Israel +. Naylor, Joseph
Cooper, Samuel A. Finger, John Col
ton, John c. Reed, Jr., Frank A.
Phillips, j. w. Crook, William Hart
pence, G, Arnett, George W. Arnett,
Jr., Chas. Lindsey, Nelson Ritten-
house. VIM. Wagg, Thomas Crowley,
VIM. Hunt, Judson Robertson, Jacob
Kline, Mahlon Lear, John Phillips,
George O'Daniels, James Parrish, Jr.,
Harvey Reigle, Harry Kramer. Chas.
A. Slack, Frank Rocks, VIM. III.
Moon, George Barber, Russell HelseI,
Patrick McAulifte, George W. Udy,
Walter Scott, Isaac Shaffer, John
Lambert, Albert Smith, Cyrenus
Slack, Frank Rocks, Jr.. Harry Kroe-
sen, Frank Barkley, John Malloy,
Richard Peaker. Elwood Metz, Frank
Van Horn, Sidney Hayhurst, George
Lindsey, Joseph Akers, VIM. Werts,
John Cotton, Jr., Albert Reed, Sam
uel Morse. Phillip Rockafellow, j.
II. Stockton, Jacob Haas, Albert Van
Horn, Lewis Peasey, Jesse Hunt,
Harry " hite, Geo. w. Arnet., Isaac
Hoicomb, Theodore Lambert, ]. w.
Farlee, Alfred Goodfellow, DR., e. @.
Scott, John Hughes, Alfred Heath,
John X. LaBaw, DR.. r. W. Closson.
James MacKay. Alfred Updyke, Car
Isle Phillips, VIM. Hamilton, Reuben
Hartman, Robert Thatcher, Ross
Todd, Willard Todd, Frank Lewis.
Able addresses were made by the
Rev. Geo. Boddis, pastor of the First
Baptist Church aud Rev. DR.. Brun-
yate, pastor Of Centenary NJ. Il.
Chutch. Remarks were also made by
Officer of the Day ID. $ Williams,
Past Commander Harry $. Kroesen
aud Past Commander William Lauer,
of Post No. 20, and Past Commander
Sidney Hay hurst, of Camp No. 10.
Sons of Veterans. } b. Kline & Son
contributed the pipes and tobacco for
the occasion which we're greatly Ell.
joyed Games were iudulged in the
balance of the evening. Collector ID.
$. Williams reported a large sum con.
tributed by our friends aud contribute.
ing members which makes these camp
fires possible.
With the death of the comrades of
the Union dies the Grand Army Of the
Republic, but scattered remnant
will live to celebrate the golden ami
versary.