South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-05
COUNTY PIONEERS
ENJOY RECEPTION
Reunion is Held at Chamber OF
Commerce - Spelling
Match is Held.

/ fore in the history of South Bend
and once more must II be repeated,
| for never before in the history Of
South Bend has there been such a
reunion OF the pioneers Of st. Joseph
county as that which took place
I Thursday morning and afternoon at
I the Chamber OF Commerce. Sew
eral hundred men and women
wrinkled and bent with the burden
OF years and Of labor given to the
upbuilding of the St. Joseph county
OF today met TO rejoice in the pres
ent and reminisce upon the past.
Many pioneers returned to the
/ county from homes now distant. sew
eral from clear across the country
70 be here for the occasion. and
/ tears filled the eyes of many at the
reunion of friends long separated.
Mrs. J. NJ. Studebaker, ST., made a
! charming hostess, acquainted as she
is with nearly all the older folks Of
/ the county-she even assayed a little
matchmaking on the side by giving
the boys" permission TO hug as
many OF the girls" as they chose.
Just after luncheon a brief pro-
gram was given consisting of an ad-
/ dress by Schuyler ColfaX, jr., in
which he expressed his great pleas
IRE in the various events of centen-
/ NAL week and especially in the I'M
yelling of the tablet to his father.
! Isaac Hutchins, first chief of the
South Bend fire department. made
a hit by singing Paddy Carey in
/ brogue and John A. Hartman sang
Aud Lang Syne" and a little ditty
/ which ne said originated in the day
when young America tipped over
the tea in Boston harbor." Mr..
Hartman gave also a toast to Wash
ington.
Hold Spelling Match.
Two OF the most amusing features
| of the occasion were the Virginia
reel and a spelling match in which
Elmer Crockett acted as schoOlmas-
ter. giving out the words from a
spelling book published in 1850, the
property of Mrs. Thomas Stanfield.
! Among the pioneers present there
were 26 born in the year 1880, MAX
| ing them Sc years old. Mrs. Melinda
Swain, mother Of Mrs. w. d. Bulla,
1917 Portage av. however, took the
honor for age. She is SS years old
and has lived in South Bend 6S
years. She has a twin sister. Mrs.
Matilda Stanton Of Nora, ILL.,, who
is still living. The twin sisters
were the daughters, of nr. II. H.
Way of Fountain City. Ind.
There we're 10 present who were
born in 1910; 20 born between Al
and AS, inclusive: 16 born between
40 and so and 10 born in the SOS.
Among the older ones were Mrs. ].
II. Miles, 81; Mrs. joan Stull. a;
Mrs. Mary Rose, "a; Mrs. p. c,
Fields, SIS; Mrs. Lydia a. Knott. 81,
Jacob Kelly, so, and William Kno-
block S4 Mr.. Knoblock was the
oldest man present.
Among the home-comers for this
occasion were Mrs. Lena Schelter OF
Chicago, NJ. r. AFFORD OF Chicago,
Miss Gertrude Dilley of Berrien
Springs, Mich; Miss Margaret Hard
man. Marion, Ind. Jay Potchen OF
Chicago: Mrs. J. Il. Carpenter, Miss
Ollie Carpenter, OF Newton, Kas.;
Mrs. l.. F. Bennett, Miss Narcissa
Hamen and Miss May Stickney OF
Valparaiso. Ind: Mrs. May Hooper
PrindeviIle of Chicago; George w
Brooks Of New Paris, Ind; Theodore
A Smith Of Liberty township;
Charles y. Ha tman OF Detroit;
Frank II. Winery and Mrs. r. $
WINERY of Minneapolis. Mimi; Mrs
Carrie ROwell and II. e. Rowell OF
Valparaiso; J. w. Duffy of Chicago,
Rev. Julian Hatch of CASTOR, ore
There were others besides these
who registered late.
This very delightful affair was eff
hcientlv managed by two commit
tees. the reception headed by Mrs
). VI. Studebaker and the luncheon
committee headed by Mrs. r. A
Miller The committees in their en-.
tirety were as follows:
Reception COmmittee-Mrs j. NJ
Studebaker. general chairman: Mrs
Elizabeth b. Shafer, Mrs. Mahala +
Dunbar. Mrs. John Stull. Mrs. Lu.
= Cinda Miller. Mrs. Eliza beth Palmer
Mrs. ]. G. Smith, Mrs. Jacob HORNE
! Mrs. William Rupe. Mrs. H w. Betz
Mrs. Sarah Booth, Mrs. August Her
zog. Mrs. John Ullne. Mrs. julie
McQuillen, Mrs. II. g. Crawford
Mrs Malinda Swain, Mrs. Mari
Rose. Mrs William Stuu. Miss abb,
PETER, Mrs. Mary L. Hine, Mrs p
O'Brien. Mrs. Elmer Crockett Mrs
Priscilla Fields, all OF St. JOSEPH
county.
Luncheon committee-Mrs. +. \
, Miller, chairman; Mrs. II. L. Greene
Mrs J. C. Schurz, Mrs. A. NJ. Rus
! sell, Mrs. c. c. Herr. Mrs. A. d
Baker. Mrs ]. A. Jude, Mrs. r. G.
! Retiring. Mrs Samuel Adler. Mrs
4 r. d. Hager. Mrs. r. A. Bryan, Mrs
c. +. Crockett, Mrs. J. b. Birdsell
Mrs. +. \. Stephenson. Mrs. a. I.
Hubbard. Mrs. f. Louis Kuhns. Mrs
]. NJ. Studebaker. jr.. Mrs. j. C.
Birdsen. Mrs. r. Il. Warner. Mrs. A
II. Gushing. Mrs. II. p. Milton. Mrs
y d. 5. Hoffman. Mrs. Otto NJ
Knoblock, Mrs. George 3. Beitner
Z Mrs. +. l. Stedman. Mrs. L. $. La
4 Pierre. Mrs. q. "A. Wheelock. Mrs
$ L. ]. Roche, Mrs. c. c. Terry. Mrs
- c. y. Fassett, Miss Mary HUMPHREYS
q Miss Adylin Van Den Bosch, Mis-
y Marjorie Warner. Miss Blanch
i Dunn. Miss Helen Daugherty o