14th March, A. D. igoo. 



ANNUAL REUNION AND SOCIAL GATHERING. 



60th Anniversary of Organization and 

 58th of Incorporation. 



Committee on Winter Meetings and Reunion : Burton 

 W. Potter, Arthur J. Marble, George Calvin Rice, President 

 (). B. Had wen, and Secretary Adin A. Hixon. 



The company assembled at six o'clock in the Library and 

 Ladies' Parlor. An informal reception was held until six-thirty, 

 then under the guidance of President Hadwen and B. W. Potter, 

 toastmaster for the evening, the company marched to the banquet 

 hall above. 



President O. B. Hadwen called upon Rev. Dr. Willard Scott 

 of Piedmont Church to say grace, after which the company sat 

 down and for half an hour was busy with the good things pro- 

 vided by C. S. Yeaw. 



Then Mr. Hadwen opened the after-dinner doings by speaking 

 of the Society's custom and its work and aims. He said the 

 reunions were established to bring members of the Society and 

 their friends into closer contact, for that relation between minds 

 which calls into action the spirit of emulation and of love for 

 nature and horticulture which is the object of the Society to pro- 

 mote. Worcester County Society has reached its 60th year, and 

 its prosperity is such that few other societies of this character 

 can boast. Mr. Hadwen extolled the pursuit of horticulture and 

 closed by introducing Burton W. Potter as toastmaster for the 

 evening. Mr. Potter said: — 



I desire to emphasize the esthetic and literary side of the 

 question. The spirit of the times in which we live is so material 

 that we are apt to look at things from a utilitarian standpoint, 

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