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Mesdames H. P. Van Liew, C. S. Avery, A. A. Piatt, S. Dodge, C. C. Tinker, M. Tenbrooke, J. B. Fogal, Amy Miller, G. S. Davis and the Misses Bertha Dodge and Cordelia Miller.
The officers chosen for the first year were Mrs. H. P. Van Liew president ; Mrs. C. S. Avery vice-president ; Mrs. Grant S. Davis recording secretary ; Mrs. A. A. Piatt corresponding secre- tary. Thus organized these eleven women took up their unequal task, feel- ing, as Paul said : "that by all means they might save some."
The initial meeting was held on Feb. 25th, and was presided over by Mrs. Anna Hart of Hornellsville, the presi- dent of the county branch of the society.
The object of the Union broadly stated is "To plan and carry forward, as far as possible, the suppression of in- temperance in the midst of us." Its pledge, "I hereby solemnly promise, God being my helper, to obstain from all distilled, fermented and malt liquors including wine, beer and cider, and to employ all proper means to discourage the use and traffic in the same." Its motto, "For God, home and native . land."
Since the first meeting twenty-two names have been added to the roll of members and those of five "brother
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helpers." Parlor meetings have been held with a great degree of regularity, and with a growing interest. The "mother's department" and suffrage discussions being especially important.
March 23-24, 1898, the local branch entertained the county convention of the Union, which was addressed by Mrs. Ella Boole, Vice-President of the New York State organization.
The present officers are :
Mrs. H. P. Van Liew, President,
Mrs. C. C. Tinker, Vice-President.
Mrs. B. J. Scott. Secretary.
Mrs. M. Tenbrooke, Treasurer. Superintendents :
Evangelical Work, Mrs. Bennett,
Mrs. Scott,
Mothers' Meetings, Mrs. Schwingle,
Mrs. Lewis,
Parlor Readings,
Mrs. Clark,
Mrs. Fowler,
Press Work, Mrs. Shults, Mrs. Tinker,
Literature,
Mrs. Robinson,
Franchise,
Mrs. Avery,
Mrs. Glover,
Narcotics,
Mrs. Pardee,
Mrs. Miller.
THE WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL. (Contributed by Prof. J. Wells Reed.)
On November 4th, 1881, a meeting of the legal voters of School District, No. I, Town of Wayland was held, pursuant to a call signed by G. W. Morehouse, C. C. Tinker, and G. S. Ingraham, as trustees of the district. This movement was made upon the petition of seventeen legal voters, re- questing a vote upon the proposition of forming a Union Free School in the district.
The proposition was carried by a vote of seventeen to five, and the fol- lowing men were chosen as trustees under the new regime : George W.
Morehouse, Charles C. Tinker, G. Sey- more Ingraham, Isaac W. Secor, Ham- ilton S. Rosenkrans. Everett M. Fow- ler was appointed treasurer, and John Weed collector.
Thus the above date became an im- portant one in the educational history of Wayland. Another date of marked significance is 1894, when the school was placed under the jurisdiction of the University of the State of New York. Still another, 1898, marks an advance. In that year the department of academ- ic studies was made a high school. The graduate of Wayland since that date, having secured a diploma, has the testi- monial of the Regents of the Univer- sity that his instruction has been of a degree that ensures thoroughness, and such diploma is worth as much as if ob- tained in an academy or seminary of renown.
The largest school meeting held in the district was in 1886 when C. M. Jervis and C. S. Avery were chosen trustees.
The following citizens have been members of the Board of Trustees : Dr. H. A. Whitfield, Harris Curtis, Mar- tin Kimmel, Dr. N. N. St. John, C. M. Jervis, C. S. Avery, H. S. Rosenkrans, J. A. Morris, J. A. Schwingle, I. W. Secor, Hon. W. W. Clark, George Nold, William Flora, G. C. Deitzel, R. C. Neill, Sylvester Dodge, P. H. Zimmer- man, W. R. Guile, and Mrs. Gertrude Shults, elected in 1900. Mr. Clark has the record for the longest continuous service on the board.
The first principal under the Union School administration was Prof. S. W. Oley. The other men who have held the position are : T. F. Pangburn, W. W. Smith, H. P. Van Liew, R. L. That-
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cher, W. G. Benedict, R. E. Salisbury, M. E. Gibbs, B. S. McNinch, F. K. Congdon, B. A., J. W. Reed, B. A.
The last report-that of 1900-has the following statistics :
Number of children between 5 and 18 in the district . 290
Number in attendance during
some part of the year . 205
Number of volumes in the
library . 750
Number of teachers empl'yd 6
Amount of receipts . . $3,658 82
ten years ago to-night, on the evening of February 21, 1890. Of the eleven persons then present, all are living, but only four reside in Wayland at this time, J. A. Morris, Mrs. Shults, and Mr. and Mrs. Clark. For the sake of his- torical accuracy, the names of those who attended that first meeting are here given : Prof. R. E. Salisbury and his daughter, Miss Ora Salisbury, Miss Louise Herrick, Mrs. Gertrude Shults, Mrs. Wesley Capron, Miss Rose Capron,
RESIDENCE OF MR. PETER H. ZIMMERMAN, Cor. Scott and Fremont Streets.
THE LOWELL CLUB.
(The following article kindly loaned by Hon. W. W. Clark, was prepared by him for the meeting on the tenth anniversary of the organization of the Low- ell Club held at his home on the evening of Feb. 21.1900)
The Lowell Club had its origin very much after the same fashion adopted at the organization of all similar socie ties.
The first meeting of the eleven ladies and gentlemen who proposed to form a literary society in Wayland was held in this house, and in this very room,
Mr. J.A. Morris, Leon Tinker, Verne St. John, and Mr. and Mrs. Clark.
The club was organized because its charter members desired increased ac- quaintance with the literature of our own and other days, and also improve- ment of their social standing, and they, believing that such ends could best be attained by organization, declared them- selves a society, whose tenth anniversary we now celebrate.
At this first meeting so many years
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REV. JOHN B. STEMLER.
ago, when Wayland had not more than half its present population, Prof. Salis- bury, Miss Herrick and Mr. Clark were appointed a committee to prepare a constitution and by-laws The meeting of the committee to draft the constitu- tion and by-laws was held at the resi- dence of Prof. Salisbury a night or two subsequently, all the members of the committee being present. Miss Herrick, who was a teacher in our Union School, was a lady of many graces of mind and character, and, withal, very brainy. The other members of the committee had suggestions enough, most of which were overruled, because of better ones made by Miss Herrick, and our admira- ble constitution as we know it to-day, and under which we have lived and prospered as a society for ten years, was gotten up and written out at that one
meeting, but was very largely the work of Louise Herrick.
The committee made its report at the meeting held on March 1, 1890, and the constitution and by-laws were adopt- ed without change or amendment, and the committee was discharged. At the same meeting of the club the first offi- cers, were elected. Prof. Salisbury as President; Laura Pinneo, Vice-president; Verne St. John, secretary ; and W. W. Clark, treasurer, and of these first offi- cers, the latter alone remains a resident of Wayland. Prof. Salisbury, our first president, was a splendid presiding offi- cer. Those of us who knew him re- member his fervent love for the Lowell Club. How regularly he attended its meetings. His masterful way of saying things and doing things for the benefit of the club, his dignity and courtly
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MR. GRANT M. CURTIS.
bearing, and his strict discipline, without liis ever showing the slightest suspicion that he was not appreciative of the im- portance of his position at every meet- ing and all the time. There wasn't anything silly or frivolous about our first president in any relation he bore to the club. He was dignified, conser- vative, at times inclined to be austere, but always a gentleman, and the Lowell Club of later years owes much of its success to the solid foundations laid at the beginning, and largely through the personal influence of Rhyland E. Salis- bury. He was then principal of our village school, a man of many accom- plishments and very high ability. Al- though he left us long ago, his work remains, and those of us who knew him remember him with admiration and respect.
Miss Laura Pinneo was our first vice- president. She came from Prattsburg, where several of our most valued mem- bers first saw the light of day, and was for years a teacher in our Union School.
Miss Pinneo was one of the most be- loved of the many excellent teachers Wayland has given to the world, fool- ishly permitting them to leave us be- cause of a false economy on the part of many people who think a teacher should work for $6.co a week, and pay for their board and washing out of it, but she was here long enough to stamp on the minds of many of Wayland's boys and girls the impress of her strong char- acter. Miss Pinneo now resides at Kingston, in this state, where she has a position of importance in the city schools. Our first secretary was Verne St. John. He was, until recently, living in Livingston county, has married, and divides his time about equally between his duties in the school-room and try- ing to keep out of jail for thrashing un- ruly students.
The first treasurer of the Club was this writer, who is still here as a living proof that he did not abscond with the Club's finances.
The first regular program was ren- dered at the meeting held March 4, 1890, and from that time to the present the meetings have rarely been interrupt- ed, excepting during the usual summer vacation.
Wayland at the time of the organiza- tion of this society was a very different village from the Wayland of to-day. Indeed, there is very little here now to remind us of the Wayland of ten years ago. With a population of a little over seven hundred people, and with a saloon for every fifty people here, including men, women and children, it really wasn't a very fertile soil in which to plant a literary society, but it was star- ted, has always flourished, and has done and is still doing most excellent work.
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It was not, however, our first literary society, for in 1880, the Wayland Liter- ary Society was organized, but it was managed with indifferent success, and finally went the way of all earthly things.
We have had four presidents besides Prof. Salisbury. Charles M Jervis was one of them Mr. Julian A. Mor- ris, the present president, is not new to the position, for he held it early in our history. His loyalty to the society from
dent of the club one term, and proved herself to be a very efficient official, managing the affairs of the society, as she did those of her school-room, with tact and decision.
Mr. H. V. Pratt, the only other presi- dent not yet mentioned, held the posi- tion longer than any of his predecessors, and this was because of his peculiar fit- ness for the office of president. I know more about him than any one else, (al- ways excepting the partner of his joys
RESIDENCE OF MR. ALBERT BARTHOLOMEW, No. 8 Water Street.
its first meeting to this very hour, his high standing as a man and a citizen, have endeared him to the members of the club and our citizens generally, and when a complete history of the Lowell Club shall be written, it will record the fact that the Club's continued success has been achieved largely through the fidelity to its interests of Mr. Morris and his estimable wife.
Miss Mary K. Harris, the former pre- ceptress of the High School, was presi-
and sorrows, of his likes and dislikes, his desires and ambitions,) and it is uni- hesitatingly said that in every relation he has borne to the club, either as its official head, or in the ranks, he has been a model member. The old law office, if it could speak, could tell great tales of his plans for the betterment of the Lowell Club, most of which were adopted and carried into execution. Long may he live in active relations with the club, and with an earnest sup-
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PROF. HENRY P. VAN LIEW.
plication - by way of parenthesis - that my constant efforts to reform his abom- inable politics may not have been in vain.
Time forbids reference to other of- ficers and members of the club, but it is enough to say that our membership has been made up of ladies and gentlemen who honestly believed that the best friendships are to be found among culti- vated people, and while our literary ef- forts may not have been dazzling in their brilliancy, it can be said that our essays and debates and papers have had a fair degree of literary merit.
So our first ten years as an organ- ization has gone by. It finds us still prosperous and vigorous. Our recruits have come largely from the teachers, most of whom have taken a great inter- est in the club, and have without an ex- ception been valuable additions to its membership. As they have gone and come, and the faces are yearly changing, the four charter members remaining in
Wayland, and all others, must be im- pressed with life's changing scenes, its ties of manly and womanly friendships cemented for life or broken at the part- ing here, in proportion to the sturdiness of our characters. Out of influences born in this club during the last ten years have been formed associations and relations which will last through life. In view of that fact, and the general good socially as well as intellectually here accomplished, it can be said that the founders of the Lowell Club builded better than they knew.
As to the future it is not given to me to speak, for it can not be known. No mortal power can lift the veil, but if a wish might be indulged, it would be that another ten years might find the Lowell Club still living and prosperous. That peace and joy and prosperity might attend each one of our members in whatever clime abiding. That the friendships formed within the circle of this organization might be more closely
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HOTEL BUILDING OF MR. ALEXANDER ENGEL,
cemented. That they might be lasting, and, finally, that somehow out of the influence and association here enjoyed we might each be taught, in the passing years, the secret, denied to many, of really getting the better things out of this little life, for after all, life is really worth the living, and we can make it, God willing, as noble as we choose.
THE CHAMPION HOOK AND LADDER
COMPANY.
(Facts Contributed by Mr. H. L. Moora.)
At the third annual re-union of the Champion Hook and Ladder Company, held March 7, 1876, Mr. Butler M. Morris, addressing the members in be- half of the citizens, gave the following data concerning the history of the organization to that time. The report
is from the current number of the Way- land Press.
"I am glad to repeat what you al- ready know, that the Champion Hook and Ladder Company, No. I, of Way- land, is not only a pageant on parade, but an organization of service in the hour of deepest peril. And, gentlemen, let me say to you that this company should have a large place in our hearts. We are glad that they have not had much active service in the past, but let us not ignore the fact that they have spent their time and money to be ready for any emergency that may arise. They should have our support, our en- couragement and co-operation. Speak- ing of equipment I am reminded that a history of this company since its organ- ization would not be out of place at this time. It was organized March 7, 1873, by making
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H. W. Garnsey, Foreman,
H. L. Moora, Asst. Foreman, John W. Doughty, Secretary, C. C. Tinker, Treasurer.
"In June of that year they bought the Hook and Ladder wagon at an ex- pense of $200, one hundred of which was subscribed and paid by the citizens of Wayland, and one hundred dollars by the company.
"In 1874 the following officers were elected :
N. W. Schubmehl, Foreman, H. L. Moora, Asst. Foreman, A. L. Overpeck, Secretary. H. Schley, Treasurer.
"In August 1874, they bought thirty rubber buckets at an expense of $60.00 and the company paid for them.
In 1875, the following officers were elected:
Henry Schley, President,
E. M. Fowler, Vice President,
H. L. Moora, Foreman, Geo. Schwingle, Asst. Foreman, A. L. Overpeck, Secretary, John W. Doughty, Treasurer,
"On the 19th of January, 1875, they bought a fire bell at an expense of $21.50.
"In February of that year they built an addition to their truck house and put a belfry upon it and hung their bell at an expense of $33.00. They painted and repaired their wagon at a cost of $26.55, and bought two speak- ing trumpets and paid therefor $10.50.
"In 1876 the following officers were elected :
Henry Schley, President,
A. L. Overpeck, Vice President, H. L. Moora, Foreman,
Henry S. Struble, Asst. Foreman, F. H. Wood, Secretary, Christian Klein, Treasurer.
"At the organization of this company each member, to the number of thirty, provided himself with a uniform costing $7.21 each, making $216.30. They have recently bought thirty helmet caps, costing $84.50, and thirty badges at $30. and paid $22.25 for printing the
by-laws of the company. The com- pany is now in good running order, ready for duty at a moment's notice, with 28 members in good standing. The company is provided with a truck house, and a session room, which is furnished with stove, chairs, lamps, desks, books, etc., the furnishing of which cost $36.25, and the annual rent of both places costs $27.
"The outfit as it now stands has cost, in round figures, the sum of $821.76.
"Now, gentlemen, this history given in this brief manner speaks for itself. They have had, I had almost forgotten to say, three alarms of fire and turned out to all of them. One at Kimmel & Morris saw mill ; one at the Hess block, and one the burning of William Rau- ber's barn."
The company at first kept their truck in the barn belonging to Mrs. Rebecca Lenhart's place-now Valentine Hem- mer's-and used a room in the wing of her house for their session room. Lat- er they became tenants of Adam Pfaff, at what is now the St. James hotel, and, in 1881, they built' a truck house on lands rented of Bert Chase on East Naples street, afterward moving the building to a lot purchased on the west side of South Main street. This build- ing and lot, now occupied by F. A. Munn, was sold in 1894 when their present building was erected.
Several years since they purchased a handsome new truck, and their equip- ment is now unexcelled by any Hook and Ladder company is this section of the state.
Their building has cost them nearly $7,000 beyond the expense of their elaborate furnishings and apparatus. This large sum has been raised by sub- cription, by assessment and principally by entertainments; picnics, dances, fairs, etc.
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ST. JOSEPH'S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL, Fremont Street.
It is to the untiring energy of Henry L. Moora more than to any one mem- ber that the success of the organization is due, and its prosperity is largely a triumph of his zealous and constant effort. For twenty-five years, 1874- 1899, he served as Foreman of the com- pany.
The original members were: H. W. Garnsey, H. L. Moora, J. W. Doughty, C. C. Tinker, G. T. Burgess, H. C. Bill, J. H. Dodge, H. O. Fay, E. M. Fowler, E. C. Grover, C. Klein, H. Klein, S. G. Marts, A. L. Overpeck, A. E. Overpeck, Julius Peck, G. W. Pope, J. C. Redmond, Jno. Rosenkrans, A. Sauerbier, H. Schley, J. E. Young, W. B. Southwick, H. H. Schumacher, G. Klein, P. Yochem, H. Stannarius, R. C. Neill, J. Keil, I. White, C. Folts, J. Rectenwaldt, J. A. Meyer, N. W. Schubmehl, J. W. Lewis, G. C. Young, W. F. Adams, G. Schwingle, P. Deitch, F. O. Redmond, H. Glover, M. Boothe, C. Benjamin.
The present officers are :
Nicholas Schu, Jr., President,
Frank Engel, Vice-President, G. C. Young, Foreman, P H. Schu, Assistant Foreman, John Kimmel, Recording Secretary, S. E. Patchin, Financial Secretary, G. E. Whiteman, Treasurer.
THEODORE SCHLICK POST, NO. 314, G. A. R. (Facts Contributed by Christian J. Weiermiller.)
The society of the Grand Army of the Republic, which was first organized in Illinois, in 1866, for the purpose of maintaining by civil action what had been accomplished by force of arms, proved a most popular movement among those elegible to its membership, and its spirit speedily spread throughout the land, Posts being formed with remarka- ble rapidity, until the great mass of vet- erans were enrolled .under its banners.
On November 21, 1882, the old soldiers of the village and vicinity of Wayland received the Charter for the Theodore Schlick Post, No. 314. It was named in honorable memory of
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MR. ADDISON L. MORLEY.
Major Theodore N. Schlick of Bath, who had enlisted as Major of the 23d New York Infantry April 30, 1861, and was promoted to Major of the 22nd New York Cavalry, and was killed at Kerneysville, Va., August 22, 1864, bequeathing to his county a record of faithful service and able command.
The original members named in the Charter were : Christian J. Weiermiller, William Schutz, Valentine Kurtz, Milton Koons, J. Nicholas Bill, Henry Weier- miller, Edgar Clark, George Adam Sel- big, Ebenezer M. Robinson, George Young, Melvin M. Smith, Erastus Wel- lington, Nicholas Wolfanger.
During the 28 years of its existence the Post has enrolled a total of ninety- nine-members, of whom twenty-two have answered the final reveille. The observance of Memorial Day has been sedulously kept, and the gentle relief of
comrades, and of the families of deceased comrades, which forms such a noble part of the work of the organization, has never been permitted to falter.
The regular business meetings occur on the first Friday evening of each month. Following are the officers at the present time :
Albert Sauerbier, Commander,
Chauncey S. Avery, Sen. Vice-Com'dr.
Albert D. Curtis, Junior
James H. Totten, Chaplain,
George Conrad, Surgeon, Ernest Knauer, Quartermaster,
George Marts, Officer of the Day,
Christian J. Weiermiller, Adjutant,
Sylvester Fisher, Sergeant Master, George Fox, Quartermaster, Sergeant.
WAYLAND BRANCH NO. IOI, C. M. B. A. (Facts Contributed by Charles J. Rauber.)
The late Rt. Rev. S. V. Ryan, Bishop of Buffalo, is affectionately regarded as
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the "Father" of the Catholic Mutual but the constitutional number of mem- Benefit Association by the members of bers, it has attained a membership of forty-five, and during its fourteen years of existence has not had a death in its ranks. (Since Jan. I, 1901, has occurred the death of Frank Poch, and the mem- bership has since increased to 84.)
that society, the organization being the out-growth of his suggestion. Its object is to afford its members the inestimable benefits of life insurance at the lowest cost consistent with safe financiering, to be paid in easy instalments, and beyond protection to those dependent on its members it also affords the advantages of a fraternal organization.
The Association was organized in
The meetings are held on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. The present officers are :
Martin Kimmel, Jr., President, Philip N. Conrad, First Vice-President,
RESIDENCE OF MR. MARTIN KIMMEL, No. 78 W. Naples Street.
1876, and incorporated under the New York State law in 1879. On January I, 1901, it had about 55,000 members, and during the twenty-five years of its existence had paid to the beneficiaries of its deceased members nearly $10,- 000,000.00.
The Wayland Branch, No. 101, was organized in March, 1887, under .the pastorate and through the efforts of the Rev. Joseph Fischer. Beginning with
John Kramer, Second Vice-President, Charles J. Rauber, Recording Secretary, John Wolff, Assistant
John Kimmel, Financial Secretary,
Anthon Wolff, Treasurer.
John F. Kiel, Marshall,
Daniel Honan, Guard, Daniel Tierney, ) John Vogt, Sr., I Anthon Wolff, John Kimmel, George Nold.
Trustees.
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WAYLAND LODGE, NO. 176, I. O. O. F. (Contributed by Hon. W. W. Clark.)
Wayland Lodge No. 176 I. O. O. F. was organized and instituted on the evening of December 21st, 1888, and was the pioneer secret organization in the town of Wayland. For a long time before the actual institution of a lodge of Odd Fellows in Wayland, there had been a very general desire among the men of the village to have such an
Bunnell, of Dansville, assisted by Odd Fellows from Dansville, Bath, Corning, and other towns in the vicinity. Dr. Henry A. Whitfield was installed that night as the first Noble Grand of the Lodge, and William W. Clark as the first Vice Grand. The lodge has been strong and helpful to its members from the start. It was organized with an idea of making it so good in all respects that men would voluntarily seek its ad- vantages, and it has never been its
CHAS. HENCHEN'S BARBER SHOP, S. Main Street.
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