Milford chronicle., 1930-08-22
CONCORD'S 1880
REUNION WASA
FINE SUCCESS
Sons And Daughters Met
To Talk Over Old Times
In Historic Village.

| the annual reunion IOf 1881.
1t was held in the historic village
last Saturday, August 16, in the hic-
kory grove at the M. E. Church, and
in the new Community House, few
steps east of the church.
Concord itself had dressed up fol
the homecoming and looked invit-
ing indeed, to the folks who came
from far and near to revisit it
many of these visitors arrived in
the morning, and paid their respects
to those of the past generations who
rest in the churchyard that stretch
es from the rear of the church pass
the school house some hundreds OF
yards south of the church grove. In
this cemetery are former heads oi
most of the families roundabouts-
the Cannons, Windsors, Phillipses
Morgans, Rodneys, Messicks, Wal
lers, Joneses, Outtens, Bowdens
Laytons, Smiths, Jefferson, Fleet
woods, McDOwels, leagues and Brit
tinghams.
After greetings in the grove and
a good hand shaking all around, be-
tween IL a. m. and l p. M, the sons
and daughters proceeded to the COM
munity house where luncheon was
served at 1870 o'clock.
The president, Everett c. Cannon,
was at the head of the table. 1t
was a feast of the vintage of use-to-
be-fried chicken, biscuits, ham la
Concord, pone from away back and
every single thing that is worth
while in the way of eats. AS some Of
the company had mOtored that Gay
from points as far distant as Allan
tic City, and central Pennsylvania,
they were hungry enough to DO JUS
tice to a meal which tickled every
body; so did the singing, led by Ray
Phillips, of Wilmington, as hereto
fore, at the homecomings of the sons
of Concord-the talent of the Can
non family in putting pep and jol-
lity into the affair was very much i'll
evidence. There were many lively
and laugh-proVoking touches.
Then came business meeting,
Mrs. Effie Buchanan moved that the
name of the organization be changed
from the Sons of Concord to the
Sons and Daughters of Concord.
There was no discussion, as the
change had been well canvassed be-
forehand. The vote favOring the new
name was unanimous.
The Sons, as originally planned by
the late Harvey J. Morgan, the late
Horace Loomis Jones, the late Dr.
Joshua A. EllegOOd and others, all
boyhood friends, contemplated stag
reunions; but the sisters and cous-
ins and the aunts have played such
a large part at the meetings that the
character of the gathering automati-
cally underwent a Transformation.
The offices for 1880 were re-elect-
ed to serve during 1881. They are as
follows: Everett c. Cannon, of
Princess Anne, Nd, president; Mrs.
Meta C. jefferson, of Seaford, sec
retary, and Mrs. M. E. Rodney, of
Concord, treasurer.
The Ladies Aid of Concord which
prepared and served the luncheon,
did much to promote the success of
the gathering. The young ladies OF
the village helped to serve the long
tables, and the scene in the COM
munity hall was quite pleasing.
The third Saturday in August OF
each year is the time set for the af-
fair. 1t was much larger this sum-
mer than last, and is expected to be
still larger in 1881.
Following are the names of those
who participated in the reunion:
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Jones,
Horace L. Jones, Mrs. Lucy ]. Petit,
Master Phillips Petit, George Nor
gan, Sr., George Morgan, Jr., and
Mary E. Davies, of Philadelphia;
Mrs. Edith w. Riddle, Germantown,
Pa; Samuel H. Henry and Miss
Mary E. Henry, Lancaster, Pa; A. |
H. Campbell, Shamokin, Pa; S. W.
Truitt, Highland Park, Pa; Mrs. Lu-
ther L. Jones, Miss Marian Jones, r. |
L. Jones, Margate, N. j.; Miss Lula
c. Kitchens, Washington, D. c.;
Mrs. L. Ray Nelson, New York City; |
Hayes Stauffer, Egg Harbor City, N.
j.; Mrs. Anna E. McNeilly, Miss Vio-
let McNeilly, Camden, N. j.; George
E. Dutton, Sr., George E. Dutton, Jr.,
Newark; Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Cannon,
Mrs. Ethel Reynolds, Townsend;
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel B. Collins,
John Jefferson, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. Ray Phillips, w. B. John
son, George H. Boyce, Mrs. Frank
F. Slocomb, Mrs. William Foster,
Mrs. Chester Howett, Mrs. L. T.
Fashion, Miss Kathryn Fashion,
Miss Florence Stuart, Wilmington;
Kenneth Newcomb, Staunton; How
ard P. Jones, Everett Jones, Balti-
more, Md; Mr.. and Mrs. Lynford
0utten, Dover; Mrs. Effie Henry, of
Blades; DR.. Robert Ellegood, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Frazier, Delmar;
Mrs. Maggie Galloway, Knowles Cal
away, Mrs. Effie Buchanan, Laurel;
Miss Pearl Eskridge, Bethel; B. M.
Adams, Bridgeville; William H.
Tones, Denton, Md; Fred R. Good,
2idgely, Md; ]. T. Kinder, Federals-
,urg, Md; Mrs. Thos. f. B. Short,
Stockley; Mr.. and Mrs. Everett C.
cannon, Princess Anne, Md; Mrs.
Iartha Crowley, Blades; Mrs. Meta
:. Jefferson, Samuel H. Messick, Mr..
md Mrs. James A. Morgan, James
Idams, Seaford; Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
V. league, Elkton, Md; Mrs. Villa
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