Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-18
Grand Home Coming Planned
For August 10th At
Campbell's Cave.
SURVIVORS NUMBER SIG
Organization Perfected And
Committee Named to Work
Up Reunion.

AbONb 81 lliSllloGto VI tic dlulIul |
of the Christian County Military
Academy afterwards known as Fer
rell's High School, responded to call
and met at the H. B. M. A. at 2:30p.
m. Saturday. The meeting was call
ed to order by Chas. M. Meacham
and was organized by the election of
Chas. M. Meacham chairman and G.
H. Champlin and E. B. Lindsay Sec
retaries.
A genarsl discussion followed, the
desire being universal that an organ
iEation should be formed and a re-
union brought about of all the form
er pupils, if possible. 1t was decid-
ed to form a society to be known
as "Ferrel1s Boys" and to arrange a
Home Coming" at Campbel's Cave,
Friday August 20, 1915.
A provisional organization was
then made, annual officers to be chos-
en- at the reunion.
The following officers were elected:
President, jeff J. Carrot, of Penn
broke; Vice Presidents, Geo. E. Gary
and Geo. D. Dalton, of Hopkinsville;
Secretaries. Chas. NJ. Meacham and
Green H. Champlin, of Hopkinsville;
Treasurer, Henry d. Wallace, of
HopkinsvilIe.
The officers were made an execu-
tive committee with power to increase
the membership Of the committee
and to appoint other committees to
work up the reunion. A finance
committee was named consisting of
M. l.. Elb, Ira L. Smith, E. c. Rad
ford and others and 500 was SUBJ
scribed in S. subscriptions by those
present at the close.
tits planned to have "a great reun-
ion. The rOil-call prepared by the
secretary showed 619 names, which
may not be absolutely correct, as it
was compiled from Maj. J. o. Fer
rell's records after his death and the
books did not always give the boys
first name. There we're 25 who ans
wered to their names and l03 were
reported as deceased. leaving SIG sur.
vivors, SO far as known. The work of
hunting these boys will now be I'M
dertaken- They are scattered all
over the United States, some are in
Europe and other foreign countries.
Hugh Martin, known as Riccado
Martin, the great tenor. is one of
them. Also Harry Wilson. linguist
and author; Chas. X. Wheeler. form
er Congressman, and other men of
distinction.
At a meeting of the officers yes
terday, the following committees
were appointed. which the chairmen
are authorized to add to: ....
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Chas. M. Meacham. Oh jeff j.
Garrett. H. d. Wallace, Geo. E. Gary,
Geo. d. Dalton, 6. H. Champlin, w.
A. Glass, Ira L Smith, w. T. Coop
err, Leslie P'Pod.
FINANCE. D..
M. L. Elb, Ch.; Ira L. Smith. E. c.
Radford, j. T. Garnett, w. A. Glass,
V. M. Williamson, Lee Ellis.
ENROLMENT
G. H. Champlin, Ch.; M, L. Elb, |
Lawson b. Flack. Edgar Pyle, w. T.
Cooper. Leslie P'Pool, II. ID. Wal
lace, Chas. M. Meacham.
PUBLICITY AND INVITATION.
Geo. 4. Gary. Ch.; Geo. ID. Dalton,
John Sites, Jas. A. Mckenzie. Law
son B. Flack. Hunter Wood, Jr.
ARRANGEMENT AND
ENTERTAINMENT, |
G. H. CHamplin, Oh (; "A. W. Wood,
John Feland. Jno. w. Garnett, Robt,
c. Gary, E. c. Radford.
PROGRAM.
Chas. M. Meacham, Ch.; Ira L.
Smith. Geo. +. Gary. DR.. c. II. Tan
iy. H. L. Mcpherson. E. B. Lindsay,
Jeff j. Carrot.
NEUROLOGY.
John Feland, Ch.; G. H. Champlin,
Robt. A. Cook. Elbridge Bradshaw,
chas. w. Lacy. Thos. L. Metcalfe,
Major