Evening journal., 1922-08-14
CONCORD SONS
HOLD REUNION
Hundreds Return to Sussex
Town to Renew Old
School Days
2 DANCE JIGS
AT AGE OF 70

SEAFORD, Aug. 14.-What is
called the Ralncoat Reunion of the
Sons of Concord ended yesterday.
The gathering lasted three days.
and the northeaster three days. All
al fresco" plans for festivities in
the famous hickory grove were
abandoned. and they were held in
the group of hospitable houses
where. at Green's lane, East Main
street elbows off from Main. At
this point are many porches. those
of the old General Jesse Green man.
sion, now the home of Frank Jeffer-
son, being of such unusual length
as to accOmm odate the long tables
that were necessary. For. in spite
| of the bad weather. the crowd was
the biggest Concord has known for
many a year. People came from all
over Delaware and the Eastern
Shore as well as from New York,
Pennsylvania and the South. Let
ters read from former Concord men
living as far west as Missouri. evinc-
ed the great INTEREST felt in this sec
ond annual homecoming.
DR.. Joshua A. Ellegoot, of Will
mington. presided at the meetings
and was the host-in-chief. Harvey
J. Morgan. of Philadelphia, made
the principal address. in which he
gave the history of Concord from
Colonial times. when it was known
as Pinegrove Furnace. and was a
centre of the bog iron industry.
Then he traced It through the Revo-
lutionary war and so on down to
the present day. Much of the mat
ter relating to Concord in its prime
was from original sources and was
deemed of particular Importance
historically. Mr.. Morgan greatly
pleased the audience with his ref
erences to the notable families of
the distant and immediate past. He
read long list of long-lived men
Identified with the place and named
many natives. such as the late Judge
Houston. who had achieved con-
siderable distinction in various hon
orable fields
DR.. James II. Morgan. president
of Dickinson College, followed with
an address full of pith and point
in laudation of those homely vir- |
tues so successfully practiced by the
elders of the preceding generation.
The .well-remembered mothers and
fathers OF Concord live in their sons
and daughters
William II. Radcliffe, OF Green
wood, still further stressed the
points of the accomplished DR.. Nor
gan by his witty stories reminiscent
of Concord. brought down the house.
His boyhood chum. George Morgan. |
OF The Philadelphia Record" was |
the last of the speakers.
Horace 3. Phillips, Of Suffolk. va.
then took the chair as the new |
president, with Horace I,oomis
tones. of New York, as treasurer
and Harvey ]. Morgan, OF Philadel-
phia, as secretary. II was decided
10 hold the next meeting of the sons
1t Concord on the third Saturday in
August 1928.
Sociability was the keynote
throughout. Many noted guests at
ended. A feature of the affair on
wo evenings was musical porch par
les under the leadership of Mrs.
seth G. Ellegood, of Ossining. N.
T.; Mrs. Viola Cannon Donaldson
# New York city; Mrs. Nettie Can
ION JEFFERSON, of Concord, and
rank Cannon. of Concord. Three
generations Of the Cannon family
we're represented in these impromp-
us. The hits" each evening were
made by James Cannon, who though
g. danced jigs to Pop. Goes the
Weasel" and "Old Dan Tucker" On
he floor with him was William )
dorris, also 70. The highest point !
Il hilarity was reached when the i
wo MIN ble-footed Concord ancients !
anced the old Bill Hurley hoe {
own-an ante-bellum screamer. To- !
ally famous for 70 years. :
Among those present were:
George A. Jones. Edward G.. Ford. 7
lrs. Laura A. Culver. Miss Essie \
amsell, Harvey j. Morgan, George :
lorgan. Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs. Z
:. b. Morgan. II. w. Morgan. Paul
iorgan, Altoona Pa; DR.. Joshua \
i Ellegood Wilbur L. Adams. Louis \
dams, John jefferson. Whining a
on; Samuel II. Henry, Lancaster :
"a; John Ford Millersville Pa. DIR !
'obert Ellegood. Delmar; William Il
|. Jones, David T. Tubbs, Frank w. c
'edden, Elizabeth f. Redden. Dem 4
IN. Md, Mr.. and Mrs. Clements. {
hestertown, Md; George A. Phil I
ps. Agnes E. Phillips. Mr.. and Mrs. 9
VILLAIN 7. Phillips. Easton. Md: q
Irs. Madeline Manners. Mrs. La +
mia Adams, Miss Virginia Chipman. y
ma Marvel. Nathaniel Rust. Ida +
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