The Penn's Grove record., 1913-10-31
COLONIAL DANES IN SESSION.
Annual Commemorative Meeting Held
in Historical Society Building.

The annual fall, or commemora-
tive, meeting of the New Jersey So
ciety of the Colonial Danes of Ameri-
CO was held in the New Jersey His
torical Society building in West Park
street, Newark. The hostesses were
the ladies of the Women's Branch of
the New Jersey Historical Society,
and members of both organizations
were on the committees.
After an informal reception and
luncheon exercises were held in the
hall on the top floor of the building,
which was ta~stefully decorated for the
occasion. The two flags of the Wo-
mems Branch of the New Jersey His
by Mrs. George Battin, of Montclair,
and Mrs. George w. Gedney, also of
Montclair. The flag of the Colonial
Danes vas carried by Mrs. Mcneil,
of Haddonfeld, and Mrs. H. J. Hoer-
ner, of Newark. AS the flags were
dipped the members present repeated
their Salute to the Flag" which is as
fellowship the glory of God and in
grateful remembrance of those of our
ancestors, who, through suffering and
death, maintained stout hearts and
laid the foundation of our country, we,
the New Jersey Society of the Colonial
Danes of America, pledge our loyal
and affectionate allegiance to this,
our flag"
Tradition of Flowers.
The exercises, concluding with the
flag ceremonies, were. under the di-
rection of Miss Mary McKeen, of
Moorestown, president of the Women's
Branch of the New Jersey Historical
Society. She then gave owe the chair
to Mrs. R. ". Hawksworth, of East
Orange, Colonial Danes of America.
In her address of welcome earlier ia
the program, Miss McKeen presented
Mrs. H~awksworth with a bunch of
common garden chrysanthemums from
her own garden, about which there is
a pretty tradition which comes down
from the days when the Friends, or
Quakers, were all powerful in West
Jersey, as we'll as in Pennsylvania
According to this tradition, the roots
of this plant, when cut, must go from
a friend to a friend; and the flowers,
when given away, must go from the
heart of a friend to the heart of a
friend.
The exercises concluded with an ad-
dress by Frank l.. Urquhart, upon
Newark in the Early Eighteenth
Century" in which a number of facts
not generally known with reference to
this period and Newark's part in the
epoch making events were presented.
The chief motive of the address was
to show how Newark and all Essex
county were unconsciously preparing
for the War for Independence.
New Federal Building.
Representative James A. Hamill will
have good reason to be proud of the
new federal building in Jersey City,
which is fast nearing completion, ana
if he were unable to do another thing
for his constituents while in Con
gress he is entitled to great praise for
his successful efforts in behalf of a
fine post Office. For years it was To-
Gated in what had been a private
dwelling and the employees were OBJ
liged to work under conditions that
were anything but creditable to the
government and hampered the effici-
ency of the service. Congressman
Hamill is popular among his collea-
CUES, and distinguished himself shortly
after he was elected to Congress by a
speech that indicated that he was a
warm friend of the old soldier.
Dangerous Bridge Repaired.
New planking is to be placed on the
central span of the country bridge
over the Raritan River, between Perth
Amboy and South Amboy. This has
been a dangerous spot all summer,
and motorists will be glad to know
that the bridges will be in good con-
dition for the opening of spring tour
ing next season.