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THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FRANKFORD 1507 Orthodox Street

Printed with the compliments oJ Gnww TRUST CORN EXCHANGE BANK

4700 Frankford Avenue Philadelphia, Pa.

"To Preserve and Extol the Virtues of the American Way of Life"

The Historical Society of Frankford has a rich store of historical data pertaining to the industrial and cultural development of Northeastern Philadelphia from the days of settlement to the present. This, the gateway to our colonial capital in the Keystone State, is the gateway also to the whole of our

national history. Serving the Great Northeastfrom Ken-sington to Byberry; from the Delaware to Cheltenham. The Society welcomes as mem-

bers all who are lntere8ted.

OFFICERS CHARLES N. STURTEVANT, M. D.

President

CLEMENT B. WEBSTER Honorary President

JOHN C. MENDENHALL First Vice President

HORACE W. CASTOR Second Vice President

OMAR SHALLCROSS Curator and Librarian

MABEL CORSON Treasurer

CAROLINE W. SMEDLEY Secretary

DIRECTORS DR. WALTER M. BENI'JER HERMAN BLUM HORACE W. CASTOR MISS MABEL CORSON HARRY S. DONAT DR. ELLWOOD L. DRAKE RAYMOND HILLES STANLEY F. HORN REV. JOHN B. LAIRD DR. JOHN C. MENDENBALL OSCAR SCHAEFER OMAR SHALLCROSS DR. CHARLES N. STURTEVANT CLEMENT B. WEBSTER ANTHONY H. WHITAKER, ESQ. FRANK WILSON MISS EDNA B. WORRELL

"Frankford Against the World!" For years, at every civic celebration, leading the

parade, a gallant little man carried a banner which bore the legend, "FRANKFORD AGAINST THE WORLD!"

That man was Joe Beeson, Civil War veteran, police sergeant, and tireless booster of his community.

Community pride has been handed down in Frankford through many generations, dating back to the days when it was an incorporated borough of the State. The old borough responsibility and pride have survived to the present day. This spirit is engendered in the everyday life of modern Frankford. One cannot pass through this old part of Philadelphia or come in contact with its people without sensing this. Frankford residents do not look upon this local pride as sectionalism, but as a true Amer-ican spirit.

Frankford was founded as a village at a very early date, long before the village of Germantown. Mention of an Indian village which stood on the present site of Frankford was made in Lindstrom's map of 1654-55.

The first settlers of this section were Swedes, who explored the Delaware River at this point in 1665. The Quakers settled here about 1680. An Eric Mulk, a Quaker, is mentioned in the records as living in Frank-ford in that year. He was a keeper of bridges and a hunter.

One of William Penn's surveyors, Thomas Holme, sur-veyed the region in 1681-82. He recorded the Frankford Creek on his maps. This creek had been previously known by the Indian name, Quessionomink, or "Eel Skin River."

Before the incorporation of Frankford Borough in 1800, the village was known as Oxford Township. It became a part of the city in 1854.

FrankfordWhat's in a Name? Many have taken on themselves an explanation of the

origin of the name Frankford. Some credence is given to a story that a man named Frank had a ford over a creek, hence the name Frank's Ford, or Frankford. There is nothing to substantiate such a conclusion. The first mention of a ford over Frankford Creek is made by Jona-than Dickman in 1715, who said a ford would be "very needful." This was more than thirty years after the name of Frankford appeared on deeds and maps.

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The name Frankfort belonged originally to an asso-ciation of ten gentlemen calling themselves Frankfort Land Company emanating from Frankfort-on-Main in Germany. It is this company that deeded the land to the original settlers in Germantown in 1686.

The German influence is apparent in the early spell-ing of the name of Frankford as found in the history of Trinity Church, described as being located at "the place at Frankfort in Pennsylvania, or Franckfort (alias Oxford) ."

Indians in Frankford

Until the American Revolution, bands of Delaware Indians frequently returned to favorite sites near Frank-ford and found a generous reception by the early settlers. The Indian name for Wissinoming was Guistinoming, for Tacony was Taconiac, for Pennypack was Penapacka and the Frankford Creek was Quessionomink, or "Eel Skin River." It was an excellent hunting region in the days when it was an Indian village. Deer were plentiful. In recent years evidence of this was shown by the dis-covery of arrow heads and bones on the old Whitaker estate on Cedar Hill.

The King's Highway

The King's Highway, now known as Frankford Ave-nue, came into being as a forest trail. It was later broad-ened through its constant use by the Conestoga wagon and stagecoach. This was the post road to New York and was traveled by William Penn, Washington, Lafay-ette, Decatur and many other famous Americans.

The Jolly Post

The Jolly Post was known as an inn as far back as 1698. It became famous during the American Revolu-tion, when it was the scene of much skirmishing between American and British soldiers. The American Army rested at the Jolly Post on its march to capture Corn-wallis at Yorktown in 1781. Washington and Lafayette visited the Jolly Post during the Revolution, and a Frank-ford legend has it that Washington named the place.

The Seven Stars Hotel

A well-remembered landmark is the Seven Stars Hotel which stood at the corner of Frankford Avenue and Oxford Road. The first building was erected before the Revolution. It was an all-night stopover for the farmers of Bucks County. The barns also quartered the animals and equipment of the O'Brien and Forepaugh circuses. Today this corner is occupied by the office of Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank.

Frankford Quakers

The first well-known Quaker, of the many who settled in Frankford, was Thomas Fairinan. Part of his estate near Frankford Creek was acquired in 1682 by order of William Penn for a place of worship. A log meet-ing house was built a few years later, where the Friends Meeting House at Unity and WaIn Streets is now located. A second meeting house was built in 1833 by the Religious Society of Friends at Orthodox and Penn Streets. Both of these Friends Meeting Houses are open every Sunday morning for all who desire to worship after the manner of Friends.

Education has always been a Quaker watchword, especially for children. The Frankford Friends School at Penn and Orthodox Streets is outstanding in the field of private school education for children up to the sixth grade. It was started over 100 years ago. With the 1951 addition to the school building, accommodations are now ample for its more than 100 pupils.

Church Built in 1709

Still another landmark is the Trinity Church, Oxford Avenue and Disston Street, which was built in 1709 and formerly known as the old Oxford Church. It is the second oldest church in Philadelphia. The congregation dates back to 1698. While Trinity Church is not now within the boundaries of modern Frankford, it is never-theless closely connected with the history of this com-munity, as it was the first parish church used by resi-dents of Frankford up until the time St. Mark's Church was built in Frankford proper in 1847.

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Chalkley Hall

This famous landmark in Frankford was perhaps the finest Colonial mansion in the section. What is left of it is situated in the rear of the American Engineering Co. plant at Wheatsheaf Lane and Sepviva Street. The wing of Chalkley Hall, the oldest part of the mansion, was built in 1720 by Thomas Chalkley, a Quaker missionary, merchant, and shipbuilder. In 1776, Abel James, Chalk-ley's son-in-law, built the beautiful Colonial mansion which still stands. Some time after the Revolution, John Wetherill lived in Chalkley Hall, and it was the scene of many memorable dinners, sometimes with eighty or more guests and with a lavish display of silver on the table.

The First School House in Frankford

In 1768 the first schoolhouse was built by community subscriptions at Waln and Spring Streets. Almost the first of all schools in Philadelphia, this revealed an earnest desire for the education of the youth of the community. Stephen Decatur, it is said, was one of the scholars.

Teaching continued for thirty years. The teacher, Benjamin Kite, sat at a high desk on a raised platform and the children used birch bark to write upon.

In 1799 the schoolhouse was sold to provide funds for a larger school and also for the first school of the Friends Meeting. One-half of the original contributors were Quakers, and they desired to divide their interest from the other contributors.

A Frankford Physician Makes History

Dr. Jesse Bennett was born in Frankford on July 10, 1769. He attended the University of Pennsylvania. Later he married a Virginia girl and practiced medicine in that state. He performed, on a kitchen table, the first success-ful Caesarian operation in America, when other surgeons still refused to do so. Both mother and daughter lived. Medical history does not record any prior successful Caesarian operation on a living mother.

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Frankford Transportation (1756-1952) In November 1756, the first stagecoach left Phila-

delphia for New York, making the trip one way in three days. Other stage lines were established to New York, reducing the time to one day each way. By 1840, three lines of stages were running between Frankford and Philadelphia, including one from Holmesburg and one from Bustleton. The fare to Philadelphia was 25 cents. In 1858 the Delaware River Railroad ran the first horse car between Southwark and Frankford. Subsequently the Second and Third Street Line was established. The dummy cars were first run from Fourth and Berks Streets to Frankford in November of 1863 and the former horse cars were used as trailers. By 1893 the trolleys were introduced to Frankford, running from Jackson Street, Philadelphia. The Reading Railroad began running trains from the Reading Terminal to Frankford in 1894. The station was on Frankford Avenue above Unity Street, with a suburban station at Arrott and Large Streets. In 1922, the first elevated train ran from Philadelphia to Frankford, and in the last thirty years busses and track-less trolleys have supplanted many of the old trolley lines, with many additional busses connecting Frankford with Philadelphia and its suburbs.

The Frankford Presbyterian Church

The old Frankford Presbyterian Church was first built in 1770 by German folk as a German Reformed Church. It cost $2,400. In 1789, following the Battle of Trenton, where Washington made his midnight attack on the Hessians, he sent some of his prisoners down the Dela-ware River to Frankford, and they were imprisoned in this Church for a time.

Stephen Decatur

Commodore Stephen Decatur, naval hero, lived on Powder Mill Lane. Here his father, Captain Decatur, operated a powder mill. His name is perpetuated by Decatur Street, Decatur Building Association, and under Borough rule by Decatur Fire Company. He is the only Frankfordian honored by a postage stamp.

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Lydia Darragh Lydia Darragh was a Quaker maiden living in the

center of Philadelphia during the British occupancy. She had many friends in General Washington's Army, and having overheard the plan of the British Army to attack the American Army at Valley Forge, she walked all the way from Second and Dock Streets to a grist mill on Frankford Creek to send a message to General Washing-ton of the contemplated attack. The adventure was extremely dangerous, but she succeeded and the attack was a complete failure.

Friends Hospital at Frankford The Friends Hospital was established in 1813 for the

care and comfort of the mentally ill. It is located where the Roosevelt Boulevard and Adams Avenue coincide for a distance of two city blocks. The grounds cover about 100 acres and were originally classified as a "small game preserve." Here is provided the best of scientific and nursing care in a beautiful setting. All that psychiatric and medical treatment can do to effect cures is available here. Friends Hospital grounds are one of the lovely spots in Philadelphia and become a popular show place when the azaleas bloom in the spring.

Early Industries in Franklord The industrial development in Frankford began about

1800. Prior to that time several grist mills on the Frank-ford Creek were established. There was also the powder mill which furnished powder during the Revolution, later operated by Stephen Decatur, Sr. Commencing about 1809, a small mill was started, manufacturing woolen blankets; then followed mills for weaving, dyeing and finishing, iron working, umbrella frames, plus a pottery and several brick yards.

The Frankford Arsenal In 1816 Frankford Arsenal had its birth. The land

on which it is situated was obtained by transfers from John Penn, Thomas Penn and Richard Penn to Alex-ander Hamilton in May, 1772, at a price of one shilling, sterling, for each 100 acres. As the reservation con-tains about 91 acres, its cost was less than one shilling. The archives show the production of such items as flint caps, grape shot, 12-pounder strapped shot, quick matches and eprouvette beds.

The First Building and Loan Society

The Oxford Provident, the first Building Association in the United States, was founded here in 1831 "to encourage the working man to save systematically." The Decatur Building Association, its successor, is still in existence after 103 years of service to this community. A famous Frankford landmark is the house at 4276 Orchard Street, now owned by the Pennsylvania Savings and Loan League. This home was the first to receive a mortgage from a building and loan association.

Old Frankford Firms

The following is a list of old Frankford firms with the year of their establishment:

William Whitaker, Cotton Goods, 1816; Frankford Arsenal, 1816; John Sidebotham, Tape Manufacturing, 1818; Jeremiah Horrocks, Dyeing and Bleaching, 1821; William & Harvey Rowland, Iron Works, 1840; Frankford Mutual Fire Insurance, 1842; Rowland Bros., Coal, 1850; Globe Dye Works, 1865; S. W. Evans & Sons, Umbrella Frames, 1867; Fayette R. Plumb, Hardware, 1869.

The Circus in Frankford

In the history of the circus, Frankford has played an important part. During the second half of the last century, it became famous as a winter circuit training center. John "Porgy" O'Brien, a resident of Frankford, was the organizer and owner of many of these shows. At one time he was considered the biggest showman in the country. The building in Frankford used by him was the so-called Ring Barn, which was located on Darrah Street near Fillmore. This was arranged exactly as a one-ring circus, with animal cages and other neces-sary trappings.

Mr. O'Brien brought the Lervanda family to Frankford from Cuba to perform in his shows. Other celebrities who used the Ring Barn to practice included the De Mott family of riders. Josephine "Josie" De Mott was a famous bareback rider under the Big Top. It was also used as a place to practice by George H. Adams, the

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famous clown; the La Rue family of acrobats, and Mollie Brown, the first woman rider to turn somersaults on horseback.

The Frankford Hosiery Mill This mill was founded in 1867 through a partnership

of Everett D. Hall, Oscar and Alfred Vezin. Hall retired in 1878. Later Oscar Vezin withdrew and Alfred car-ried on alone. The business was reorganized as a stock company with New York headquarters. Local manage-ment was by Urban Udall, mill superintendent from before Hall's retirement, until his death in 1931.

Samuel F. Woodhouse, Paints and Varnishes

In 1875 in the cellar under John Gilmour's grocery store on Frankford Avenue, Samuel F. Woodhouse started paint manufacturing. Successful, he built a mill for grinding paint and cooking varnish at the Southwest corner of Unity and Griscom Streets.

The Frankford Symphony Society In the 1890's a group of amateur instrumentalists met

at the home of T. Worcester Worrell on Tacony Street every Friday evening to play classic music. Among them was Dr. Edward I. Keffer, an accomplished violinist, whose idea it was to form a Philadelphia Symphony Society. Such a society was finally established with the backing of some of the most influential citizens of the city. Con-certs were given at the Academy of Music under the lead-ership of W. W. Gilchrist, and later under Fritz Sheel. The society become so popular that a permanent orches-tra was formed of professional musicians and the name was changed to the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Some time after the Philadelphia Orchestra was formed, the original Frankford group resumed its meet-ings and the Frankford Symphony came into being. Con-certs were given for more than twenty years.

The present Frankford Symphony Society was reor-ganized by Dr. John Waldman in 1946, and under the leadership of Mr. Frank Wilson has carried on the tradi-tions of the first society.

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Frankford Checker Club This unique organization was organized on Decem-

ber 19, 1899, at an informal meeting in the home of Joseph Schoch, 4467 Paul Street, with the following gentlemen present: James S. McMaster, Sr., Henry F. Schiater, Henry Bassett, Elwood S. Davis, A. Hoffard Gilmour and Joseph Schoch. Regular meetings were first held in the barn in the rear of Mr. Schoch's home.

After occupying buildings at Paul and Meadow Streets and later at 4437 Frankford Avenue, the group in 1915 started construction of the present quarters, planned by J. Walter Eastburn, who is still an active member. This building is still occupied by the Checker Club, and the second floor will now be occupied by the new Northeast Chapter of the American Red Cross. The Luncheon Club, which operates as an affiliate of the old Checker Club, operates in the basement.

The history of this club is unique in that it was founded as a place for fellowship and the playing of checkers and dominoes as the principal indoor games.

One can visit the club most any afternoon or evening and still find groups of oldtimers playing dominoes.

The Frankford Hospital When not a hospital in the city would accept a typhoid

fever patient from Frankford, Dr. Joseph Ball secured the cooperation of several other physicians, and the begin-nings of Frankford Hospital were made at Penn and Sellers Streets in 1902. Others soon became interested, and finally the present hospital was built at Wakeling and Griscom Streets. In 1937 a maternity building was added, and now another addition to the hospital is under construction. The cost of this new addition will total more than $1,000,000 when completed. The Frankford Hospital was chartered in 1903.

The Woman's Club of Frankford Organized in 1905, this Woman's Club has commanded

the interest of all thoughtful women in the community. It has sponsored worthwhile community enterprises and has grasped opportunities to beautify many places. The Club and its many committees meet regularly at the Historical Society of Frankford.

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Blumhaven Library and Gallery

The Blumhaven Library, privately endowed, is located at 4651 Leiper Street, Frankford. It contains an impor-tant collection of historic documents, Presidential auto-graphs, first editions, rare American and English Bibles, and incunabula. Source materials in the Blumhaven Library are open to research students, historians and accredited visitors. Herman Blum is Director of the Library; Mrs. Jean Seder Archivist.

The Frankford Y. W. C. A. The Frankford Branch of the Y. W. C. A. was organ-

ized November 7, 1920, and has occupied its splendid building at Leiper and Arrott Streets since 1941. There are clubs and canteens for high school girls, wives and mothers. About 1,400 participated in the various pro-grams in 1951. Its purpose is to build a fellowship of women and girls and to develop Christian leadership in the community.

The Northeast Boys' Club

In 1938 a Committee of the Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce aroused interest in the establish-ment of The Northeast Boys Club. It now has a branch in Frankford, a branch in Bridesburg, and a summer camp. Some 2,000 boys come within its influence every year, and wholesome standards are set for them during their out-of-school hours. The community contributes about $50,000 every year for its maintenance, quite apart from the Community Chest.

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THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL HISTORY

One of our great needs today is the creation of a strong spirit of loyalty to our American ideals and democratic tradi-tions. America is today the major world custodian for toler-ance, liberty and justice, free government and spirit of inter-national cooperation. These are the fundamentals of our own democracy and a free, democratic world order.

In maintaining and perfecting our own institutions, we must rely heavily upon our history to provide a basic under-standing of the underlying principles and the forces which have shaped our American way of life. From this under-standing will flow an appreciation of its advantage over any alien ideology.

Such loyalty is founded upon knowledge and understand-ing of community life and local history. It is understandable because it is close to the people. Local background based upon local history is a sound foundation for understanding and appreciation of how America became what it is today.

The Historical Society of Frankford Is the Treasure House of Northeast Philadelphia

Erected in 1930 through the generosity of William Henry Smedley, in memory of his wife and brother, Franklin Smedley, the splendid fireproof building of the Historical Society of Frankford is one of the finest of its kind in the country.

On the first floor is the Library, the Board Room, the Allengrove Room, the office and a large auditorium.

The second floor contains thousands of photographs, lantern slides, scrapbooks, documents, manuscripts, papers read before the Society and an extensive collection of refer-ence maps.

The third floor is devoted to displays of costumes, early models of inventions, appliances and relics of our industrial development.

The Museum covers the entire basement, and in it are hundreds of objects of historic value of particular interest to the Northeastfrom war drums to church steeples; from dolls and cradles to Indian implements and fire-fighting equip-ment; spinning wheels, sewing machines and wooden water pipes, lamps, lanterns, clocks, jewelry, china and pewterware. These symbols of the trials and errors of our progress make a fascinating study, and they are all properly indexed.

The Library of 10,000 books and the files of local news-papers for a hundred years constitute a fruitful field for historical research. They are available to anyone interested in the background of any of the Northeast communities.

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MEMBERS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

OF FRANKFORD

Adamson, Mr. & Mrs. Walter Z. Ferguson, Mrs. Hugh Aiken, Miss Martha Fernon, Mrs. J. Allen Allen, Miss Elsie Fischer, Mrs. Albert F., Jr. Allen, Mrs. Francis J. Fowler, Mrs. Clifford K.

France, Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Baldwin. Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Frey, Mr. & Mrs. John C., Sr. Balm, Mrs. J. Horace Fuller, Mrs. Horace F. Bateman, Miss Doris A. Funk, Mr. & Mrs. Christopher F. Belsterling, Charles S. Bender, Mrs. Leonard F. Benner, Dr. & Mrs. Walter W Gill, Miss Ellen S. Benney, Mrs. Frank T. Gilmour, Mrs. Harry T. Bertolet, Clarence E. Gish, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Berths, Frank Glenn, Miss Jessie W. Bevan, Mrs. John T. Gossling, Mrs. John E. Slum, Mr. & Mrs. Herman Green, Mr. & Mrs. Joshua W. Bolton, S. Emerson Green, Robert M., Jr. Bone, Miss Edith W. Greenwood, Horace T. Borneman, Henry S. Greet, Mrs. Edna M. Boyd, Miss Mildred Grew, Miss Marie E. Brinton. Miss Elizabeth Grundy, Hon. Joseph R. Broadbent, Mrs. Alfred L. Guckes. Miss Effie Brough, Austin B. Guernsey, Miss Helen Brown, Mr. & Mrs. George L. Burgin, Harry Haac, Norman M. Bush,, Russell F. G. Haas, Frank J.

Hall, Miss Edith N. Carl], Mr. & Mrs. Elmer S. Hallowell, Mrs. Harold A. Castor, Mr. & Mrs. Horace W. Halstead, Miss Ray G. Castor, Mrs. Lewis F., Jr. Hammond, Clarence Castor, Miss Lucy M. Hammond, Dr. Julian T., 3rd Castor, Miss Mary E. Hanna, Miss Elinore S. Clabby, Mr. & Mrs. John J. J. Jr. Hanna, Mr. & Mrs. George C., Jr. Clilre, Mrs. William L. Hansell. Mrs. Frank R. Coats, Mr. and Mrs. Levi P. Hardwick, Mr. & Mrs. Aaron W. Corson, Miss Mabel Hart, Miss Mary S. Corson, Mrs. Stephen Hartmann, John B. Corson, Mrs. Theodore Henry, T. P. Coulston Coulter, Miss Leah Hepworth, Benjamin Cragg, Mrs. Richard P. Hettinger, Miss Anna M. Crispin, Clarence G. Hilles, Miss Elizabeth Crispin, M. Jackson Hilles, Mr. & Mrs. Franklin S. Croft, Mrs. George H. Hilles, Miss Marian S. Cromwell, Mr. & Mrs. John M. Hilles, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond W. Crouse, Mrs. Jacob H. Hilles, Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Crozier, Mr. & Mrs John M. Hoff, Mrs. George J. Cummings, Miss Blanche Hoffman, Mrs. Samuel C. Dale, Mrs. Edna R. Holden. Mr. and Mrs. Morris S. Holden, Mr. & Mrs. Newton M. Davis. Bernard Holme, Miss Ethel E. Dehne, Dr. Theodore L. Hoiroyd, Dr. Roland Delaney. Mr. & Mrs. Francis Hoist. Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin C. Diest, Miss Ruth K. Horko, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dodson, Mr. & Mrs. George L. Horn, Miss Marion R. Donat, Harry S. Horn, Mr. & Mrs. Stanley F. Dorrington, Joseph Horn, Mrs. William R. Dover, Mrs. Benjamin Horrocks. Mr. & Mrs. Harry S. Dover, Mrs. Charles R. Hostelley, Dr. & Mrs. W. Vernon Drake, Dr. A. H. Boyer Howland. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Drake, Dr. Ellwood L. Huckel, Dr. Earl W. duPont, Henry F. Hughes. Mr. & Mrs. James F. Eickhoff, George F. Hunter, Miss Helen W. Engle, Howard C. Hutchison, Jeremiah T. Evans, Morton E. Evans, Wayne S. Ingram, Miss Nelle A.

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Jackson, Mrs. Joseph Jeannisson, Mrs. E. W.

Keas, Mrs. Albert F. Knight, Miss Anna F. H. Knight, Miss Mary P. Knorr, Miss Elizabeth B. Knorr, Miss Florence Knowles, Mrs. Nan Hill Krieger, Mrs. George

Laird, Miss Hazel Laird. Rev. John B. Lammey, Mr. & Mrs. George F. Lawson, H. Robert Lever, Mrs. G. Frank Lewis, Mrs. Earline B. Lockhart, Mr. & Mrs. George, Jr. Lodge, Mrs. J. Friend Lotz, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Loudenslager, Miss Estella B. Loudenslager, Mrs. George W. Lyons, Mr. & Mrs. George A.

MacDonougb, Mrs. Charles Q. McCaulley, Samuel A. McCausland, Mrs. W. A. McClain, Mrs. William E. McClurg, James R. McClurg, Mr. & Mrs. William J. McConnell, Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. McCosker, M. Joseph McKaln, Mrs. Harry S. McMaster, Miss Marion Maag, Mr. & Mrs. Howard F. Mackie, Rev. & Mrs. Alexander Mackleer, Warren A. Magee, Kenneth A. Maguire, Miss Margaret C. Marley, Mrs. Gerald Martin, Mr. & Mrs. Lewis P. Mawbinney, Hon. & Mrs. John A. Meckert, Mr. & Mrs. George Megargee, Miss M. Laurd Melling, Mr. & Mrs. 0. Rodger Mendenhall, Dr. John C. Mills, Mrs. Ross C. Moore, David I. Moore, Mr. & Mrs. S. Lloyd Moorehouse, Robert T. Morrison, Miss Margaret S. Morrison, Mrs. Sarah A. Mousley, Mrs. Elmer Murray, Mrs. Thomas N.

Naumann, Mrs. Joseph Nesbitt, Albert J. Nicholson, Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Neilsen, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Nuttall, Mrs. John

O'Hara, Mrs. William B. O'Neill, Miss Lizzie Ott, Mr. & Mrs. Robert

Parker, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Parry, Mrs. John, Jr. Passmoro, Chester B. Phillips, Dr. William J. Pierce, Miss Blanche G. Prince, Miss Ada

Remmey, Mr. & Mrs. John G. Reynolds, Mr. & Mrs. John W. Roberts, Mrs. Ida S. Rolle, Miss Caroline R. Rowland, Miss Marietta S. Rowland, Mr. & Mrs. William M.

Schaefer, Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Schillinger, E. 0. Schroder, Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Seltzer, Mrs. B. C. Semisch, Mr. & Mrs. William G. Shalicross, Mrs. Edward Shallcross, Mr. & Mrs. Omar Shier, Mrs. Florence L. Sidebotham, Mrs. John B. Singer, Edgar A., 3rd Smedley, Miss Caroline W. Smith, Mr. & Mrs. W. Singerly Smith, W. Evans Smith, Mrs. William C. Spelt, Mrs. George S., Jr. Stains, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur 0. Stearne, Hon. & Mrs. Allen U. Stockton, Mrs. James B. Strecker. Mrs. Daniel B. Sturtevant, Dr. & Mrs. Charles N. Sullivan, Mrs. George L Swenson, Alvin A.

Taylor, Miss Lelia B. Terry, Mrs. Howard K. Thiele, Miss Marguerite B. Thornton, Mrs. Samuel S. Thorp, Mrs. Benjamin S. Thorp, Dr. & Mrs. Francis Q. I'oland, Dr. & Mrs. Joseph J., Jr. Toner, Miss Lillian W. Triol, Mrs. Ida W.

Van Horn, Mrs. William Vroman, Mr. & Mrs. William

Walton, Mr. & Mrs. Brewer G. Walton, Mrs. Edith H. Wanewetch, Mr. & Mrs. John G., Jr Watmough, Miss Miriam Watson, Mrs. H. Wallace Watson, Mrs. Mabel R. Webster, Mr. & Mrs. Clement B. Webster, Mr. & Mrs. George S., Jr. Webster, Mr. & Mrs. Horace D. Webster, Mr. & Mrs. William T. Weinert, Mrs. John, Jr. Whitaker, Anthony H. Whitaker, Miss Elizabeth Whitaker, Mrs. & Mr. James L. Wick, Mr. & Mrs. William R. Willis, Thomas B. Wilson, Mrs. Charles H. Wilson, Frank T. Wilson, Miss Helen Winterbottom, Mr. & Mrs. Walter B Wintz, Frank L, Jr. Woodhouse, Mrs. S. Lawrence Woodward, Miss Eva P. Worrell, Miss Edna R. Wright, Mr. & Mrs. George M.

Zanzinger, Mr. & Mrs. William W. Zimmerman, Charles Zimmerman, Miss Stella Zorn, Mrs. Harry

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