Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-27
UNDERTAKES IN
ANNUAL SESSION
oanouot and Vaudeville Show
Feature Gathering In Pyth-
Ian Castle.

That tho undcrt~kers OF wilmington
poss~aa . scnsc cf humor wa@ evil
d~rced yesterday afternoon and las'
nlaht when the Delaware State. tuner-
al Directors Association held their
annual meeting. banquet ana veude-
vii,o shcw In rythian Castle. The pro-
gram ~ entertainment was varied ana
plcsAinw.
The m~eting opened Mt o'clock
with a demonstration OF the latest
"ONA Method of Emh.lming.' by
PROF. Il. &. Johnson. The demonstin-
t,on wss declared highly successful
and In all probability the local Under
,akcrs will adopt the new System. Sew
,,al Wilmington nndcrtakcrs have
been usinw the .ns method OF embalm-
ins for several months. according TO
Herbert H. Nirscl.
Following the demonstration by
Prof. Johnson. the newly elected Of
nccrs were Installed. They were;
Frank II. kilroy. president; James J.
rcS. president: Harvey T.; Mich
secretary.
William Y. Lynn. who held the Of
nco Of president. was the only retir-
elected includes: William A. Torbcrt.
Marshail ", Yeatman. and Harvey f.
Nichols. Officers and trustees OF the
association arc elected annually.
Tho banquet wac held In the base
men, ~ rythian Castle. William II.
lynn. retiring president. acted as
tosetmastcr. lie introduced the speak
orr. Tho address OF welcome was de-
liv~r~i by tho new president. Frank T.
kilroy, followed by William II. 1iaines.
who invoked tho blessing.
FITTING tribute was paid 10 two de-
ccasei members of tho association.
William ". Robinson. Jr.. who died
July 10. iaai. and George NJ. Fisher.
who did January 2. ie2a. Tho follow
ins verso was adopted Ia memoriam:
III we could push ejsr tho gates of
Ito
And stand within. and all Gods
working sce
We could interpret all this doubt and
strife.
And COR each mystery ind key,
And n through patient toll we reach
the land
where tired feet, with sandals loceed.
ntN f'<it
We shall clearly know and underr,and.
think we shall cay. God knoweth
best"
The principal speaker OF the cve-
Ming was Samuel Crall. who gave the
directors a talk on the business end
Of their affairs. Short addrc~sscs were
also made by Charles IL. CleweIl
Michael Mcalcy. James r. Chandler
s-., Harry Kinney. William T. Atkins
James q. kenney. John X. Stack
house. II. j. swsrizman Lyle, and
Adolph Wocrncr. Visiting guests In
cluded George II. Sherwood, founder
OF tho q. IL. Sherwood Sons Co.. OF
Philadelphia: Samuel II. Grail. mana
xcr Of the Philadelphia branch OF the
National CSeket Company, James
klmnV. manager Of the Boyertown
BuNoal OaAket Company. Philadelphia
brAneht jones q. Kenny. founder of
Jamsa q Kenny Firm. Of Philadel-
phis: II. j. STATESMAN. ma mayer OF the
Philadelphia Caeke; Hardware Com
i~ny. Franklin l.. Lyle, founder OF the
Franklin l.. Lyle Fire. Philadelphia,
and Adolph Woerner, Jr, founder o.
the Adolph wocrner Firm. of Phila-
dolphia.
The following members were pres
emit; william T. Atkins. James r
Chandler. sr.. James T. Chandler. Jr.
W. A. Berry. Harvey Mtten, s. A. Col.
Inns. NJ. Daniels. Il. IL. Cloud, c. II
clcwc,l, J. J. Fox. c. II. Gebhar,. w
y. Hainos, Edward Hanna. III. T.
itard"sty. III. H. llsrzcl. r. A. Kilroy