The Lambertville record., 1921-02-25
SOLEBURY CLUB
GOLDEN
ANNIVERSARY

NEW HOPE-The golden anniver-
sary of the Solebury Farmers Club
was fttingly celebrated Saturday
afternoon and evening in Worthing-
| tons Hall, this borough, with an ex-
tended program of exercises and d
banquet which eclipsed all previous
| attempts Of this famous club
George H. Ely was master CT cere-
monies, and the first speaker of the
| afternoon was Mrs. Achsah L. Hur-
ley, who told Of the work done by the
club during its half century of exist
ence; Asher Mattison, Of Solebury,
and former State Senator Hampton
W. Rice, Of Doylestown, told of their
| connection with the organization since
its inception in 1871 They are the
sole surviving charter members.
Mrs. Hampton W. Rice related
many interesting anecdotes concerning
her experiences at club meetings in
the good old days gone by and Miss
Virginia Camden rendered a piano
solo.
n. E. CARRIER, county farm agent;
M. Hubert Walton, described as IAN
honest-te-gaodness farmer;1 William
H. Taylor, one Of the new members
Of the club; Josiah E. MacElwain, of
the Octoraro Club, and J. Cooper Pid-
cock, of the Upper Wakefield Liberty
Club, were other speakers. Mr.. Ne
Elwain had the distinction OF repre-
senting the only farmers club in the
State which is older than the Sole
bury Club, and he spoke at some
length on the social as well as farm
benefits devired from such organiza-
tions.
There were several musical selec-
tons by Mrs. Z. J. Kohler and by
Mrs. =. A. Alvarez, Mrs. Edward NJ.
Faxs3n being the accompanist on the
piano Tor 5Y,1.
The suplc-, whi5h was served at
$50, was the most elaborate ever
served TO the members. It included
everything that could be thought of
in the eating line, even to fresh straw
berries.
The eating was suspended for a
.hort while, IN which period Mrs. Flor
ence K. Blackfan delivered a most I'M
pressive speech on the ideals that the
men Of fifty years ago had in forming
the Solebury Farmers Club and its
wonderful success as a farm-social or
ganiZation whose fame had spread all
over the State.
After-dinner speeches were deliv-
cred by visitors from the Warrington
Farmers Club, Horsham Farmers
Club, Buckingham Farmers Club,
Wakefield Farmers Club, Upper
Wakefield Liberty Club. Northampton
Farmers Club, Wrightstown armers'
Club, Octoraro Farmers Club, and,
finally, the Solebury Club. The dele
gates from the visiting clubs were;
frank Shut and A. Clymer, Warning
ton; Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Michener, Mr..
and Mrs E. Wood, HorsEam; Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Dunn, MIR. and Mrs We.
Wilson, Buckingham; Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Ely, Wakefield; Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Cooper Pidcock, Liberty; Mr.. ana
Mrs. Robert Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Gore, Wrightstown; Josiah Z.
McElwain, Mr.. and Mrs. Allison
Baker, Octoraro; with Carroll B. Price,
W. W. Hurley, Arthur NJ. Eastburu
and Miss Elizabeth Blackfan speaking
for the Solebury Club.
There was a violin solo by Mrs.
Robert Cooke, of George School. form
erly Miss Elsie Lear, Of Lahaska, ana
mandolin selections by Dr. Adolph A,
Alvarez. Orchestral music was fur
uished throughout the supper and also
| for the dancing that followed the com
pletion Of the evening program and
| Jhe social hour that followed.
The SoIebury Farmers Club began
with men only as members, but later
took in women as well, with the whole
i families attending its meetings, which
are usually held at the homes Of the
members, although occasionally held
in the old Friends School building
near the Solebury Meeting House, and
| on an occasion Ike this in a large hail.
/ The regular meetings are held every
| four weeks, or thirteen times each
year, and but few have ever been
missed The delegates from the Octo-
! raro Farmers Club, which serves the
community along the Octoraro Greek
on the Chester-Lancaster County lire
south of Christiana, Pa, reported that
their club had never missed a meeting
in its sixty-fve years of existence
even though some were poorly al
tended on account Of bad roads o.
weather conditions.
AT one time its membership wa
composed almost entirely Of farmers
but in more recent years its scope o
/ work has been enlarged, and it noN
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