Evening star., 1928-01-18
DR.. KELLYP|CTURES
CITY 75 YEARS AGO
Events Since That Date De-
scribed to Columbia His
torical Society.

Outstanding local happenings Of The
past IS years were recalled 10 fEe
Columbia Historical Socie;y ~ i.S an
nllal meeting il the Cosmos Club ,GSt
night. III paper read by Rev, joseph
= Kelly. who FOR more than 81 years
vas pastor o. Fourth Presbyterian
Church.
Or. Kelly's paper WAS entitled
Memoirs Of a Lifetime Spent II WASH
inst0n" ard pictured The days when
Washington Was nothing more ;!,30
4 grea; Stv,lsgling town, divided -
two parts ot The canal. ..lttsv. slug
ciSh stream" THE speaker gave p>--
soaa! yeCollec:sC,$ y: mary famous
men az The past na. century ard ~
fsyrcd III closing - I've great change,
ne had seen III TIE church Life u
Washington.
Germs Not Invented Then.
Il NAV b. The Only r,an .SE.ng" Or
Kelly declared. who can say hc wc{lg
III bathing az Second ara pe0nSy'-
yanla avenue I, Was = dlv.y stream,
but as germs had 10, been invented.
We escaped Snots,ce ~ Sickness,
The early Government buildings here
ard the conditions Of tGs c2.,ts
th>rcUghfaycS when rs va "a boy were
described by the speaker, who 2,c:G:Cd
+ street as III 1852 as lust pleasant
and beautiful Village street. somewhat;
sleepy wl,hAl. with comfortable homes
surrounded III many cases by consider
able grounds and htgh board fences
Ny srca,-Sunt lived at Twelfth and :
and many y time have ] PLAYED under
t!sc trees III the SpAc!asiS grounds .hsve,
The difficulties ~ Local tgSNSgNarta-
t,ou III the DAYS y; hoSSc drawn
SvNic'rS and muddy streets. t'}e Old ss,S~
toms cf family ularke'lI&S ana ~ S'sa-
day >chNl Man festivals IN glS. Mall.
the reception IL Tire Prince ~ Vases
here IN 1860. the exciting DAYS u. the
ClVu War, the TRANSPORTATION ~ every
President since Franklin pte,xS. tsSc
Impeachment; ~ President johnson ard
other famous trials 0 The paSt AAI
century. were all described ey tSe
speaker.
Mrs Virginia Handy weSs presented
the society With framed drawing NJ
the hat store os her grandgathty. $. "
Handy. said 10 he the fashionable Ia:
store os loo wears ago,
Memorial Services rianuea.
An ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Was made ~ t,as
death vi Albert Harysey ~ ttv e,>&sa
Of managers, tor WAoM the Sotsrsy Ns,l
6old memorial services lalntlN wigA sl,>>>r
for FREDERICK /, faNAhaek At .aleg
date.
The or.!errS ~ the society were ge-
elected ~ follows, Alstn /. CLARK,
president W H. Agyan and 1ehn y
lasilcr, vice pfS'SsdensS Ml~s Ms,}:S u
Morris, rrrN.rGsslg secretary, Wi,,4am T.
Roberts eorrvS}NugsiaS SsNIsvsAyy, Nge-
tar u, iENoSr, treaSssyer, AAnteS + N>Se1
curator. and Ms>N Ella J Morrison
ehrahitleE, john Jey Eus>'n and heoyy
T. Riatr wcge eIeSteA x, the heard ~
managers ioF golr NvagS
The iollowius New MelupSy> WSse sd
mttSd Miss Vera &, SsWasar5. car
,ence r p<Nschrx, Miss \ "a Ag2tN}auo,
M,>S Frances Renlan}a .'>s9s.t>tSss, Il II,
Johnston, t>en,ateS. iseSd MIS- Etn>k
nShsM McNsnneN, Rev sNter Y NA~~
srt>Ssn, NNvvr Metserpgt, NJ, Wsl,,Ase
GERRY Morgan Miss MalNe kVe%gta
Nichols, Miss Ansla \, N'NT0 Ss>tneN
T. lNhagetrN Alh,M l. Wells, FQaS&~,@
Rgewvf Christie, WlAlsn Mck <'lsNtV tVN.
Col henrN May e1e>sc5l1k A heNNAst
NatSstd a, Moulyoa,, A wA0seE sAsAfS
William Y, Shann>Nst, tGv<SStetA Z h
SidtNhS and Mis-, MagN NNln.