APPENDIX B CVII 
Ladies’ Committee—Mrs. Henry Cawthra, Mrs. G. Kerr, Mrs. 
Forsyth Grant, Miss Clarke, Mrs. Carey, Miss Dickson, Mrs. Dignam, 
Miss Merritt, Mrs. McBean, Mrs. Hicks, Miss Widner, Mrs. Bryce 
Thomson. 
XXIII— From The Women’s Wentworth Historical Society, through 
Miss MINNIE JEAN NISBET, 
At our last annual meeting our Society laid out a plan of work 
for the year which included lectures, historical papers, etc. But 
owing to the illness and death of Mr. John Calder, husband of our 
president, all work was postponed. Mrs. Calder was one of the three 
trustees for our Battlefield Park at Stoney Creek, and always took 
an active interest in all matters relating to our Society. When the 
Angel of Death called him, a few days before Christmas, the Women’s 
Wentworth Historical Society lost one of its best friends. 
When the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York visited Ham- 
ilton, we refrained from troubling them with any address, but we 
sent to the Royal yacht Ophir copies of our publications and large 
photos of the battlefield and the old historic house, and received a 
letter from the Duke’s private secretary, Sir Arthur Bigge, expressing 
the pleasure their Royal Highnesses took in looking over the books 
and pictures on their homeward voyage. 
In commemoration of the visit of the King’s son, we had a maple 
tree planted on the battlefield by Alexander Muir, at our anniversary 
celebration in October, when a chorus sang Canada’s National 
anthem, “ The Maple Leaf Forever.” Appropriate speeches were made 
by Major Hendrie, E. D. Smith, M.P., and H. Carscallen, M.L.A. 
On Victoria Day we were favoured with a visit. from Frank 
Yeigh with his sixth annual historical party, and the guests seemed 
to enjoy our quaint old house, which still contains bullets and one 
shell from the battle of 1813, as well as many relics, old furniture, 
ete. 
An interesting feature was the presence of Abraham Gorman, of 
Stoney Creek, who told the story of the capture of his father, Isaac 
Gorman, by the Americans, June dth, 1813, how he obtained his 
release, also the countersign which he told to Billy Green, the scout, 
who, in turn, gave it to General Vincent, the memorable night of the 
battle. Mr. Gorman, who is seventy-nine years of age, has an excel- 
lent memory for tales of the past. 
Mrs. J. Rose Holden stated that she had the diary of an intimate 
friend of Billy Green’s which corroborated the story of the counter- 
sign, which has been a cause of much controversy. 
