Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-21

Ninety-three years ago last Satur-
day the little bark Thaddeus arrived
al the port of Honolulu from New
England, carrying the first mission
aries from Boston to the Hawaiian
Islands. Shortly after this IL more
vessels arrived, bringing other pio-
neers as achievements to those who
composed the first shipload. Following
the arrival of the first vessel the mis-.
sionaries were wont To congrtgate
every year and hold rollcall, these
informal meetings finally developing
into a society known today as the tla-
waiian Mission Children's Society. In
1858. with the arrival here of Dr. Hal
sew Gulick, the first of the second gem
Grafton of missionary families to Ha-
wall. the large number of missionary
children in the islands at the time
were stirred into organizing TINS So
ciety to- perpetuate the work OF their
parents. 49,. g.. - - -.
The annual meeting of the Hawaiian
Mission Children's Society was held
last Saturday afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock
at the old Mission Home on King
street. where is located the first frame
building to be erected IN the Islands.
The meeting was attended by more
than 125 persons, including the de-
scendants CT the pioneer missionaries,
local church and mission workers ana
a number of invited guests not con-
nected with the society. Those pres
cnt gathered in large tent IN the
rear of the little frame building, and
here for an hour Ahe roll was called
by President Dillingham;, the descend
ants of the missionaries responding as
their names we're called. Twelve ban
ners, each bearing the name OF one
Of the twelve ships which were among
the first to arrive here, were carried
by boys, and as each descendants
name was called, the banner with the
name of the ship which his ancestor
came over on, was raised.
First came the brig Thaddeus. which
arrived at Honolulu April 19, lS2o
The second reinforcement OF mission
aries arrived in the schooner Active,
February 4, 1923; third, ship Parthia
March 80, 1928: fourth, ship New Eng
land, June Z, 1881; fifth, ship Averic6,
May II, 1882; sixth, ship Mentor, May
/, 1888; seventh, ship Hellespont, June
6, 1895; eighth, bark Mary Frazier,
April 9, 1897; ninth, ship Gloucester,
May q, 1S41: tenth, brig Sarah Abb
gail, September 81, 1912; eleventh,
brig Globe, July Is, 1874; twelfth, ship
Samoset, November rs, 1S4S.
Many of the earlier families to ar
live in the islands were well repre-
sented at the meeting, all descend
ants turning out in full force in cele-
bration of the day. Twenty-eight de-
scendants of the A. s. Cooke family
were present. while the Chamberfin,
Rice and Judd families were we'll rep
resented. As shown by the calling OF
the roll, descendants of the following
pioneer families were present: Judd.
Castle, Bingham, Thursson, Whitney,
Bishop, Chamberlain, Quick, Andrews,
Clarke, Baldwin, emerson, Lyons,
Parker, Smith, Hall, Johnson, Dole,
Rice, Rowell. Taylor and Forbes.
Following the calling of the roll, the
members of the society listened to the
posed of B. D. Bond, George r. Carter,
W.. r. Castle, A. B. Clarke, c. Fl.
Cooke. s.. B. Dole, Fl. p. Judd, Mrs.
Theodore Richards, w o. Smith and
G. N. Wilcox This report contained a
list of nominations of officers for the
following year and, as this report was
accepted by the members,
the following officers were thereby
elected to hold office during the COM
ing year: F. C. Atherton, president;
A. F. Judd, vice-president; Mrs. R. w.
Andrews, secretary and recorder, and
l.. A. Dickey, treasurer.
1t was also voted to apportion a
fund known as the mission fund into
several beGevolences to be used only
for direct mission work, Out of this
fund $75 was appropriated toward the
support of a girl at Maunaolu who is