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Geo. Forster ALLEN 
t 30th annual gathering of the Elder Breth- 
ren held at Tuck’s Point on Wednesday 
of this week. There were 121 persons 
t present, all but four of whom had 
__ reached the required age,---50, and just 
_ an even dozen of these had passed the 
80th mile-stone. — 
mf It was one of the largest gatherings in 
the history of the organization and in 
many ways the most enjoyable. 
The Nestor of the gathering was Man- 
chester’s beloved ** old man,’’ Delucena 
L. Bingham, the oldest librarian in the 
state, who is as active and interesting at 
93 years as most men at60. One other 
was present who has reached his 90th 
year,---William Johnson. “The others 
above 80 were: Jacob Cheever 89, 
Thomas Appleton 88, Andrew J. John- 
son 87, Amos F. Bennett 83, John Len- 
dell 83, Jeffery T. Stanley 82, George 
#orster Allen 81, Daniel Allen 80, N. 
C. Marshall 80, and W. C. Rust 80. 
It was a grand gathering. Long _ be- 
fore noon they began to arrive and a de- 
lightful hour was spent in chatting, in 
renewing old acquaintances and reviving 
«boyhood memories or relating reminis- 
cences of the early days of the town. 
Promptly at one o’clock the chowder 
was announced as ready, and soon steam- 
ing bowls of clam and fish chowder were 
upon the tables. The chowder was 
cooked this year by Frank Crombie, as- 
sisted by John F. Babcock, and every- 
one said it was the best chowder thit 
had yet been served at one of these gath- 
erings. Six Manchester boys,—bBert, 
Joseph and Harry Floyd, Bert Sinnicks, 
Willard Rust and Walter Howe acted 
George F Allen 
John Allen 
W H Alen 
Daniel Allen 8 
John R Allen 
H E Ames 
Henry I Bingham 
CE Bedell 
CH Bennett 
Ik W Bell 
David F Bennett 
Charles C Boardman 
John Baker 
Delucena |, Bingham 
Francis Bennett 
*Rev Kk H Brewster 
Dr G W Blaisdell 
John Baker, 2d 
Amos F Bennett 83 
Jacob Cheever 89 
Enoch Crombie 
Benjamin H Crombie 
John W Carter 
Peter A Chisholm 
Col Beijamin F Cook 
Capt William H Collins 
William F Chisholm 
Rev Dewitt S Clark 
CA Collins __ 
Joseph Clarke 
William M Cheever 
George W Dow 
Levi A Dunn 
George P Dole 
Edward Dow 
Cyrus M Dodge 
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Everett Flint 
Charles W Fitz 
Alfred Foster 
David C Goodridge 
Rufus ‘I’ Goodridge 
George W Goodridge 
Charles P Goldsmith 
James Guinnivan 
Patrick Guinnivan 
R “T Hoffman 
Emery Hodgkins 
John G Haskell 
Charles O Howe 
EL Hill 
Charles Hooper 
William Hoare 
Edward P Hooper 
Andrew J Johnson 
William Johnson 
William J Johnson 
Edgar M Jewett 
George W Jewett 
George A Jones 
Augustus M Killam 
Charles O Lee 
-Dav:d H Lendall 
George A Lendall 
John Lendall 
Charles EK Lee 
Samuel N Lendall 
Andrew Lee 
*] A Lodge 
Aaron Low 
edward A Lane 
Charles T Loomis 
James H Morse 
Lawrence McKinnon 
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; THE ELDERLIES GATHERING of Newburyport, John L. Story of Bev- 
: erly and Samuel Knight of Manchester. 
30th Annual Meeting Brings out 117 of the “Boys.” A very Successful Time, [he total number of deaths recorded 
$ since the formation of the association is 
: Fair skies, an excellent chowder and as waiters and everyone was served gen- 153. 
interesting speeches were features of the — erously. ‘ On motion of William C. Rust, it 
vd ‘ After the dinner the tables were was voted that the same ofhcers be re- 
j peers mrss | cleared away and the gathering was call- elected for another year, 
4 F YE ELDER BRETHREN’S GATHERING, 1908. 
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PS Thomas. App'eton 88 | Leonard B Decker Benjamin C Marble 
Geo. Forster Allen 81 | Michael Duggan David C Mann 
. George E Andrews CH Day Jobun W Marshall 
. Charles Andrews A B Dunn *T M Marshall 
Aaron W NMforse 
George H Martin 
Nehemiah C Marshall 80 
Arthur M Merriam 
Ber; P Morse 
Rev Alfred Manchester 
George E Noyes 
Francis B Pert 
William J Pert 
Charles W Pert 
Samuel S Peabody 
Edwin Pride 
Charles A Read 
Oliver T Roberts 
‘Isaac P Richardson 
William C Rust 
*Rev L H Ruge 
Julius F Rabardy 
Hon Robert S Rantoul 
Edwin P Stanley. 
Ezra C Stanley 
Charles C Stone 
Thomas B Stone 
ET Strong 
Jeffrey TI Stanley 82 
Larkin W Story 
Frank E Smith 
Charles T° Story 
Philemon R Sanborn 
Henry W Sargent 
Otis M Stanley 
Francis M Stanwood 
Joseph A ‘Torrey 
Dr W H Tyler 
John D Winn 
John D Woodbury 
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edto order by President G. F. Allen 
for the 30th time. Mr. Allen has been 
president of the organization since its 
start and has been present at every gath- 
ering. 
‘The secretary, William J. Johnson, 
read the records of the last gathering, 
and reported that four of the original 
members of the association still survived 
and were present, George F. Allen, 
Wiliam C. Rust, Jacob Cheever and 
Arthur M. Merriam. ‘The finances of 
the organization were reported in good 
condition, a balance of $47.43 being in 
the treasury with all bills paid. 
Four deaths were reported as having 
occurred during the year, Aaron  L. 
‘Thompson of Haverhill, Andrew Leach 
done by unanimous vote. 
President Allen in opening the after 
dinner exercises extended his special 
greeting to all present in view of the 
fact that for 30 years he had attended 
the gatherings as the presiding officer, 
during which time the attendance and 
interest had continually increased. He 
hoped the association would live and 
grow in the future as in the past. 
Mr. Bingham was the first one called 
upon, and despite his extreme age, he 
sirprised all present by his remarkable 
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