ANNUAL REUNION AND SOCIAL GATHERING. 



MARCH 9, 1898. 



An informal reception for members and invited guests was 

 held in the hall and adjoining rooms from six until seven P. M. 

 The company then marched to the banquet hall, Bicknell's 

 orchestra playing a march. After prayer by Rev. George W. 

 Kent, supper was served by Curtis S. Yeaw. 



At the guests' table were Mayor Dodge, Gen. F. H. Appleton, 

 Pres. of Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Gen. Henry W. 

 Wils(m, George Cruikshanks, Pres. of Massachusetts Fruit 

 Growers Association, Prof. John W. Clarke, Prof. S. T. May- 

 nard of Amherst Agricultural College, Prof. L. F. Kinney of R. 

 I. Agricultural College, Dr. C. F. Hodge of Clark University, 

 C. F. Carroll, Supt. of Schools, H. P. Lewis, Prin. of English 

 High School, E. P. Goodwin, Prin. of Classical High School, 

 Hon. Stephen Salisbury, F. L. Hutchins, Pres. O. B. Hadwen, 

 Secy. A. A. Hixon, and Toast-master Hon. Henry L. Parker. 

 After spending an hour enjoying the feast, President Hadwen 

 called the company to order. 



WELCOME BY PRESIDENT HADWEN. 



Ladies and Gentlemen: — 



Again it becomes my privilege to extend to you a cordial and 

 hearty welcome. The recurrence of another year, the fifty-sixth 

 anniversary of our Society, brings together our members and 

 their friends in social intercourse ; as we look around and l)chold 

 so many well remembered countenances and listen to the friendly 

 cheers greeting each to the other, and every one who addresses 

 you, I may well congratulate the Society on the lil)eral and 

 increasing interest of the community so manifest in all our 

 entertainments and exhibitions ; in the continued improvement 



