Evening journal., 1914-07-29
ORGANIZATIONS IN
line FOR HOME week
At RouSing Rally in Coun-
Gil Chamber, October Cele-
bratiOn is Planned
DATE AND LENGTH OF
FESTIVITIES OPEN

asst night, there rs widespread en- /
.husiasm in Wilmington for the Old
Home Week celebration to be held
some time in October
The chamber was crowded With
representatives of fraternal sec
ret, social. labor. military and
religious organizations, OF hre
companies, city departments, baseball
leagues and in fact all kinds of or
ganizations and associations all will
ing and many eager to participate In
a weeks iolliacation in October.
Representative and the Equal Suf-
frage Association and Women's lodges
were present and no delegates were
kooner than they TO participate in
the week of pleasure and gaiety.
The exact date for the celebration
was left open, as it is desired to have
the cornerstone laying for the new
city and county building to be part
OF the Old Home Week festivities.
Neither were the official name for the
celebration nor the number OF days
of the festivities determined. but all
probably will be definitely decided on
az meeting to be held I'M Council
chamber on Tuesday evening, August
Ii.
Mayor Harrison w. Howell, Presi-
dent Of Council William p. White and
the newspaper and Chamber of Com.
merCe representatives who started the
Home Week celebration preliminaries
we're present last night, as was Col
)nel w. =. Stover, tanned like q regu-
lar, who few hours before had fin
ished G trip from Milford with the
militia wagon train. Colonel Stovcr
has been selected as chairman of the
executive committee while Mayor
Howell Is chairman of the general
committee. Clarence c. Killen, as
sistont secretary OF the Chamber of
Commerce. is secretary Of the celebra-
ion committee.
Some OF the representatives of var
Gus organizations present were:
Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, Della
ware Congressional Union; Mrs. Martha
4ranston, Delaware Equal Suffrage As
sociation; Margaret>B. Litz, No. 4. p.
,. A.: Mrs George w Dorsey of the
Sunshine Society; Dr. Florence NJ Sew
ard, Sunshine Society: w. b. Remlev.
Ir. o. L. A. NJ; William +. Meclin. As.
bury Church; H. r. Brackns. Washing.
ton Camp. =. e. 5. OF A.; George NJ.
Baily, J.. q. :. OF A.; c. d. Speck. p.
%. ). OF A.; Oscar C. Burns. Methodist
brotherhood Scott NJ. J.. Church: George
T. Lyon, Jr q. L. a. NJ; A. ID. Poole
Water Department: ). II. Baynard
Board OF Education; James j. Cohen
knights OF Pythias; jerome j. Herley
liibcrnaan Knights; W. w. Douty. /. O. q
F.; g. ". Pyle, !. O. o. f.: i. NJ. Liz.
gett, Jr. o. L. a. NJ; p. II. Steinie
Modern Woodmcn of America; G. G.
Watson. Braudywine Fire Company: F
A. Mckenzie, Red Men; Harry {. Ma
haify, Alumni Association, Wilmington
High School; Mrs. l.. J.. Stephenson
sunshine Society; j. c. Collision, presi
lent Church Baseball League. John II
Hickey. carpenters and ioiners' union
Stanley A. Yasik. Delaware Polish Bene
iicial Association.
John r. O'Neil, A. o. H.: S. +. Mo
ran, Loyal Order of Moose and Lib
crty Fire Company: John Winthrop
Washington Fire Company: John Dal
yell. MaChinists' Union. lame.
O'Kane. Painters; G. W. Green, Fair
fax Lodge, I. o. 0. f.: +. A. McNally
Union Fire Company; W. G.. Gallihy
Retail Milk Dealers; W. ]. Lutz
Fame Fire Company; A. B. Cross
of p; J. p. Griffith, Heptasophs: J
Morton Dillon. Water Witch Fir
Company; Charles NJ. Levister Anti
Saloon League; n. w. Ferguson. Re
Men; ID. j. Evans, Red Men: +. \
Vinyard, Red Men; W. Henry Pipes
Robert Shaw Camp, Sons of Vet
Grams; Leon A. Craig, HeptasOphs
J. c. Bolen. Red Men: Lewis A. Tay
lor, l. o. o. F.; Frank Long, Scou
Masters Association: J. n. Robinson
Musicians Union; J. J. Powell, HUI
ley-Powel Company; Frank w. Piel
son, Street and Sewer Department
II. W. Bottsford, Bricklayers'; J. II.
Runner. Sons of Veterans: Chic
Black, Of Police Department; H. I
Mccall, Shield of Honor; n. A. Ri
tenhouse, National Protective League
John f. Lynn. Red Men; T. S. Al
derson. Gilbert Presbyterian Church
l.. T. Arts, Pennsylvania Railroa
Athletic Association; Joseph Dun
I. 0. o. f.: Commissioners Burr
and Gooding of the Levy Cour
George NJ. Benson, Paul Lawren'
dunbar Lodge 1O6; S. J. Johnson, J
o. Z. A. NJ; William Paris. Indepen'
ent Fire Company; Andrew Barto
knights of Malta; T. b. O'Toole, Am
teur Athletic Association of Del
ware; H. A. Martens, WilmingtC
Turngemeinde: ]. S. Litzenburg,
A. r.: Frank Bolton, st. Benedict
beneficial Society: Samuel Haywoo
Red Men; A. F. Habracken, She
herds Of Bethlehem; ]. Bacon Stubt
Thomas Garrett Settlement; E.
Coy and Fl. Grubb, dupont Puff al
Powder Club
After the object of the meeting HI
been stated by Mayor Howell, repr
sentatives Of some of the secret $
cieties fire companies and other G
ganizations informed the Mayor th
they could not report the sentime
II their respective organizations un
meetings had been held. The WON
representatives. however, report
their endorsement and declared thu
willingness to cooperate in eve
way possible.
Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, repl
senting the Congressional Union,
reporting for that body. said Z
members appreciated their invitati
to participate, il being their first OF
cial recognition in Delaware. She
sured the committee of the unio
willingness to take part. Mrs Hill
was applauded when she conclud
and President of Council William
White. was applauded when he
marked that the cooperation of wo
en- was necessary to the success
such an affair