Putnam patriot., 1912-09-06
THE PUTNAM PATRlOi September 1912
THE HoIMEscAcY REUNION

The fifteenth annual reunion of the
 Holmes-Cady society was held al
 Crystal Lake. Ellington, Conn.,
 Thursday, August l5. The weather
 was fine and contributed it's full
 share to the enjoyment of the occa-
 sion. There were over Toe present
 The oldest person present was Dea.
 0rrin Converse of Stafford Springs
 now in his aoth year, and the young
 est was Doris Natalie Lombard.
 daughter of wyman c. and Myrtle D.
 Lombard of Hartford, l3 months old.
 Rhode Island Connecticut and Mas
 sachusetts were each represented.
 while Ohio contributed a represen-
 tatiye from Salem. in the person of l Miss Margaret Converse. At noon
 the president. O. P. Allen, called the
 meetins to order and extended A
 hearty greeting to all present. After doing ful justice Co the honntiful re past served for the occasion, the meeting was adjourned to the pa vnion for the transaction of the an
 nual business. The reports of the secretary and treasurer, Mrs Mary Fairbanks Holmes. were read and ae cepted. which showed goodly bal anee in the treasury These deaths were reported 10 have occurred since our last meeting. viz. Mrs Sarah l L. Cady, widow of Henry Steams Cady of New York, who died Nov \. lg11 Eugene Cady. died at Monson April 10. 1912. aged .; William Gar ner Cady. died at North Adams, July ?. 1912. aged B; Mrs. Sophronia Peek
 Colton died at Hadlyme, June 13,
 1912. aged 76. Experience Gilmore
 Murray died Feb. %, 1912 Following
 the reading of the reports these of
 ficers were elected for the ensuing
 year President orrin P Allen of
 Palmer; viee-president. Arthur W.
 Kingsbury of Stafford Springs; sec
 retary and treasurer Mrs. Mary Fair
 banks Holmes of West Brookheid;
 executive eommitaee Arthur W.
 Kingsbury of Stafford Springs, Mar
 cius A. Cady and Erskine Holmes of
 West Stafford. Mrs. A. N. Kings
 bury Of stafford Springs, Miss Agnes
 G. Holmes and Mrs. Hattie Pomeroy
 of West Stafford; reception commit
 tee, Arthur w. Kingsbury. Mareias
 A. Cady, Mrs. Frank Fairfield, Mrs.
 Emily A. Burdiek; entertainment
 committee. Mr and Mrs Fl. Fred
 Cady and Mrs. w. T Jones of Staf-
 ford Hollow and Misses Flora and
 Jennie King of Somersvile; the Hol-
 mes research committee. Mrs. Charles Thresher of Mansfield Cen ter, Mrs. R. C. Washburn of Bland
 ford Mrs. D. H. Cady of Springfield,
 Mrs. c. r. Smith of Springfield, Ed
 win X. Davis of Somers. Mrs. ]. @.
 Adams of Hampden. Rev. C. C. Lyon ot Hadlyme. r J. sheldon of Enfield.
 It was voted 10 hold the next an nual meeting at Crystal Lake, as usual. on the third Thursday in Au- gust. A vote of thanks was accord ) cd the officers and the committees T of the society for acceptable ser vices rendered. After the transaction ? of the official business Mrs. w. T.
 Jones presided at the piano and led the assembly in singing "Blest be the tie that binds" Mrs. Jones fol lowed with reading that very anus
 ing conception, How Ellen's bus
 band bought her a hat" which elicit ed much merriment. +. Fred CadV followed with kindly remarks suit
 able for the occasion. Fred E. cads f of East Providence read some very amusing extracts from old Proyi
 dence papers of 1796 and 1928. which , nroyes they could write funny things then as well as at the present day, r one of which was the bull perpetrat- P ed by two Boston lawyers who in- p serted in a bylaw of certain SO cietv that it's annual meetings should s he held on the first Tuesday of each
 wear. providing that date did not oc- cur on Sunday Rev. c. c. Lyon spoke : very earnestly in favor of publishing
 the Holmes genealogy, for which ? Mrs. Thresher has collected large T amount of valuable data, and hoped that means would be provided for ], the purpose The president also ex- pressed great interest in the subject and hoped way would be found to accomplish so desirable an object The official proceedings of the day closed with the singing of America, led by Mrs. Jones.