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Hotels and Saloons 174
Brokers
5
Ice Dealers . 15
Bricklayers . I00
Building Contractors
IO
Butchers
83
Insurance, Life 15
Caterers
3
Layers out of dead IO.
Carpet Cleaners 2
2
Liquors 15
Live Stock 3
Locksmith
I
Cigars and Tobacco 66
Lumber
I3
Civil Engineers . 5
Marble Yards .
8
Coal, Wood, etc. 61
Mercantile Agencies 2
Coffee Roasting .
4
Milk Dealers
18
Commission Agents . 4
Milliners
20
Confectionery 59
Millwrights 2
27
Coopers
3
Dentists
30
Notaries
31
Detectives 3
Notions-wholesale
I
Dressmakers
222
Opticians .
IO
Druggists
34
Painters, &c 34
Dry Goods, etc.
71
Patent Solicitors 2
Dyeing
4
Pattern Makers 2
Electricians . 6
Embalmers
2
Pension Attorneys 4
Employment Bureaus .
2
Engraving
2
Physicians
I30
Flag Stones, etc. I2
Flour, Feed, etc.
45
Piano Tuners . 5
Fruit, Fish, etc. . 4I
Plasterers .
75
Furniture . 15 Plumbing, &c 19,
Hat Block Makers 2
Hides 4
Installment Houses 7
Insurance, Fire . 22
Jewelers
25
Carpet Dealers 7
Leather 4
Chair Caners
.
Chair Makers
2
Chinaware, etc. . 3
Contractors . 6
Newspapers, &c .
Newspaper Dealers 2
Pavers 4
Photographers 8
Pciture Frames, &c 2
Gunsmiths 2
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Pool Rooms 9
Teachers, School 265
Printers, Book and Job 27
Teachers, Music 60
Produce Dealers
7
Teachers, Dancing 5
Rags, Paper, &c
IO
Tea and Coffee
4
Real Estate Agents 33
Telegraphers 48
Restaurants 46
Telephoners
I5
Saddlery, &c IO
Theatres .
3
Sewing Machines
4
Ticket Offices 6
Shoe Dealers 30
Tinsmiths 35
Shoemakers I43
Toilet Articles
I
Shoe Upper Manufacturers
I
Tool Sharpeners, &c 2
Slate Roofers 3
Toys .
3
Stables, Livery, &c
22
Stables, Sale
4
Undertakers
9
Stair-Builders . 3
Upholsterers 9
Veterinary Surgeons 5
Steam-Ship Agents
4
Wall Paper
16
Stock Dealers
4
Wax Workers, &c
4
Storage
3
Wheelwrights
7
Tailors and Clothiers
100
Typewriters, &c. 375
Stamping . 2
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SESQUI-CENTENNIAL.
CHAPTER III .- SESQUI-CENTENNIAL.
PART I .- ACTION OF BOARD OF TRADE.
At the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trade, held on March 5, 1896, a letter was read, addressed by Frederick W. Lauer to Hon. Thomas P. Merritt, president of the Board, calling attention to the fact that Reading was incorporated as a City on March 16, 1847, that next year the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of this event would occur, and that the necessary steps should be taken by the Board for a proper celebration of the event. The letter was referred to the Committee on Munici- pal Affairs with a request to report at the next meeting.
At the regular meeting of the Board on July 2, 1896, James P. Sellers, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Affairs, presented the following resolution which was unanimously adopted: "Resolved, That City Councils be requested to appoint a special committee of five members, two of Select and three of Common Council, to act in conjunction with the Committee on Municipal Affairs of this Board, to arrange for the proper ob- servance of the Semi-Centennial of the incorporation of Read- ing as a City."
At the regular meeting on August 6, 1896, Howard L. Boas presented a report that he had caused to be read to City Coun- cils the resolution relative to the celebration of Reading's Semi- Centennial and that in pursuance of the request, Howard L. Boas and Jacob B. Stout were appointed from Select Council, and Israel S. Fry and William Templin from Common Council, to meet the Committee on Municipal Affairs to carry out the purpose of the resolution.
The matter was mentioned at subsequent meetings of the Board and a banquet was proposed, in which the City Officials were to participate. Besides this, nothing special was done at the meet- ings for six months.
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Sesqui-Centennial Celebration .- At the annual meeting on February 18, 1897. Mr. Sellers, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Affairs, offered a resolution that the proposed ban- quet be abandoned, but that a more extensive celebration be held for the Sesqui-Centennial of Reading in 1898, which was adopted. Action on the subject was again taken by the Board on September 2, 1897, when Chairman Sellers presented a re- port in behalf of the Sesqui-Centennial, and, after considerable discussion, on motion of Samuel D. Dibert, a General Com- mittee was appointed comprising the Committee from City Councils, Howard L. Boas, Jacob B. Stout, William Templin and Israel S. Fry, and the Committee on Municipal Affairs, James P. Sellers, Calvin K. Whitner, Amos K. Kline, W. Morris Deisher and F. J. Hunt, with the president of the Board, Hon. Thomas P. Merritt, and the secretary, Eugene P. Stofer, as members ex-officio.
PART II-PROCEEDINGS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Pursuant to a general notice published in the newspapers, the first meeting of the General Committee was held in the rooms of the Board of Trade on September 9, 1897, and then J. George Hintz and J. K. Righter were also in attendance. After considerable discussion of the proposed celebration, the Committee was authorized to make additions and substitutions, should any person be not inclined to serve, as may be regarded expedient for the success of the celebration. And it was then determined that the Committee should hold weekly meetings for the purpose of perfecting the necessary arrangements.
At the meeting on September 16th, Chairman Sellers added the names of J. George Hintz, John D. Mishler, and Samuel D. Dibert to the General Committee. The views of the several members on the proposed celebration were expressed, and Mr. Mishler submitted a program of festivities for an entire week, beginning June 5, 1898. This program was laid over and dis- cussed at different times until November 5, 1897, when it was adopted. On September 30, 1897, the Chairman was author- ized to enlarge the General Committee as it became necessary.
On October 15, 1897, the General Committee was named the Executive Committee, and the following permanent officers
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
were elected: James P. Sellers, president; Thomas P. Merritt, treasurer; and Eugene P. Stofer, secretary. And on November 12th, the chairmen of the respective committees were announced by the President.
Upon the recommendation of the Committee on Statistics of the Board of Trade, Morton L. Montgomery, Esq., was author- ized to compile a History of Reading, which was to include the proceedings relating to the Sesqui-Centennial.
The Executive Committee held weekly meetings, and the several committees met frequently to make the necessary ar- rangements in their respective departments for a proper obser- vance of the Sesqui-Centennial. The headquarters were estab- lished in the rooms of the Board of Trade, which were in the Wanner Building at Court and Reed streets from April 1, 1897 to March 31, 1898, and then in the Jacobs Building, No. 25 North Sixth street.
The names of the members of the Executive Committee and its officers, and also of the several committees and their respec- tive officers, regularly appointed, were as follows :-
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
James P. Sellers, President.
Howard L. Boas, Vice President. Thos. P. Merritt, Treasurer. Eugene P. Stofer, Secretary.
Oscar B. Wetherhold ( Accommodations. )
Charles G. Willson (Bicycle Parade. )
Harry L. Hoffman (Carriages.)
Wellington G. Woods (Cavalcade and Corso. )
Hon. Jacob Weidel (City Officials. )
Harvey J. Fueller (Civic Demonstration. )
Milton H. Schnader (Colors.)
Joshua K. Righter (Courtesy.)
Amos K. Kline (Decorations.)
Philip Bissinger (Electric.)
John D. Mishler (Finance.)
John E. Spears (Firemen.)
William H. Luden (Fireworks.)
John B. Raser (Former Residents. )
Calvin K. Whitner (History.) Jenkin Hill (Illumination. )
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John E. Harbster (Industrial. )
C. Raymond Heizmann (Insignia. )
George F. Baer (Invitation. ) Israel Cleaver (Medical. )
Samuel Willits (Military. ) Thomas P. Merritt (Music.)
John R. Mast ( Official Program. )
J. George Hintz (Patriotic Demonstration. )
Jerome L. Boyer (Pioneers. )
W. Morris Deisher (Printing. )
Howard L. Boas (Program of Jubilee Week. )
Jacob B. Stout (Publicity. )
Samuel D. Dibert (Railroads; also Design of Envelope. )
David McM. Gregg (Reception.)
M. Brayton McKnight (Regatta.) .
Ebenezer Mackey (School Parade.)
Charles H. Armour (Signal Corps.)
Louis Heilbron (Water.)
Henry M. Keim (Woman's. )
Morton L. Montgomery ( Historian. )
Israel S. Fry, Harvey F. Heinley, Charles E. Leippe, Jeremiah G. Mohn, William Templin.
COMMITTEES.
Accommodations .- O. B. Wetherhold, Chairman; E. Marsh Brase- field, vice chairman; S. M. Helms, secretary and treasurer; Wm. H. Kessler, J. H. Passmore, James H Renninger.
Bicycle Parade .- Charles G. Willson, Chairman; Geo. Eckert, vice chairman; Glenson J. Althouse, secretary; Weston W. Wesley, treas- urer; John M. Archer, Peter H. Krick, Daniel Y. Klapp, C. C. Ludwig, Joseph Martin, John Neubling, George A. Sands, Henry F. Seiders.
Carriages .- Harry L. Hoffman, Chairman; J. George Hintz, vice chairman; Geo. W. Romig, secretary; Charles E. Leippe, treasurer; Charles H. Armour, Harvey J. Fueller.
Cavalcade and Corso .- Wellington G. Woods, Chairman; David P. Schlott, vice chairman; Wm. D. Butler, secretary and treasurer; Edward A. Auerbach, John M. Archer, John Barbey, Morris R. Boyer, Harry C. Boyer, George M. Britton, Walter F. Bush, Henry A. Brown, J. H. Cheetham, D. Wellington Dietrich, Isaac Eckert, Wm. B. Eckert, Charles J. Hoff, Harry S. High, A. H. Kretz, George J. Kessler, George M. Krick, W. Storm Miller, R. D. Millholland, W. Harry Orr, J. Ashton Parker, C. E. Schrader, Wm. J. Schitler, P. R Stetson, William Templin.
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COMMITTEES.
City Officials .- Mayor Jacob Weidel, Chairman; S. E. Cummings and Jacob B. Stout, vice chairmen; E. L. Lindemuth, secretary and treas- urer; John M. Archer, John H. Bach, J. M. Becker, Daniel Beidler, Wm. Bitting, H. L. Boas. Amos H. Beard, John H. Close, Geo. B. Clouser, K. H. Cleaver, A. B. Dundor, Aaron S. Donkle, Ed. C. Eben, Jacob Etzel, George H. Felix, Howard N. Goodman, Isaac W. Hull, R. B. Harris, S. S. Hoff, J. Y. Hoffman, H. H. Hammer, James Hangen, Fred P. Heller, Matthan Harbster, H L. Johnson, P. Monroe Krick, S. L. Kurtz, Richard L. Lawrence, Adam H. Leader, Wm. R. Madden, John H. Mast, Wm. F. Marcks, Robert D. Millholland, James Morgan, Thomas P. Merritt, John Ashton Parker, Matthew Rhoda, John A. Rauen, Geo. W. Romig, Abraham F Reeser, Wm. J. Rourke, Jacob B. Stout, George W. Shaffer, Charles H. Schaeffer, Wm. Templin, Frank A. Tyson, Harry J. Wentzel, W. W. Wunder, Wm. Abbott Witman, Joseph Witman, Rufus W. Wolfskill, James P. Yorgey.
The following sub-committees of City Officials were appointed:
Badges :- Isaac W. Hull, P. Monroe Krick, William H Bitting.
Carriages :- Geo. W. Romig, Robert B. Harris, Wm. R. Madden, James M. Morgan.
Electric Lighting and Review Stand :- James P. Yorgey, George W. Romig, Jacob B. Stout, S. E. Cummings, Isaac W. Hull.
Entertainment and Program :- Harry J. Wentzel, Matthew Rhoda, James M. Morgan, James P. Yorgey, S. E. Cummings, Geo. W. Shaffer, John H. Mast, R. W. Wolfskill, Jacob B. Stout, George W. Romig, R. L .. Lawrence, John H. Bach, John H. Close, John M. Archer, Edward C. Eben, Wm. W. Wunder.
Invitation :- Hon. Jacob Weidel, Jacob B. Stout, Samuel E. Cummings.
Reception :- George B. Clouser, Howard L Boas, John A. Rauen, K. H. Cleaver, R. D. Millholland, William Templin, Robert B. Harris, H. L. Johnson, Joseph Witman, Amos H. Beard, J. Ashton Parker, Wm. Abbott Witman.
Civic Demonstration .- Harvey J. Fueller, Chairman; Howard L. Boas, vice chairman; Elmer A. German, secretary and treasurer; H. R. An- thony, Jerome L. Boyer. C. J. Bonawitz, H. J. Borkert, R. H. Bortle, L. Eddie Bower, S A. Bechtel, M. A. DeTurck, John De Young, Henry Etheridge, W. G. Edwards, Reuben S Heckman, J. George Hintz, John J. Kelly, Stanley L. Krebs, John R. Laucks, E. A. C. Lohman, Herman Hermann, I. G Miller, Frank Menges, E Ed. Mellert, Ellis B. Moyer, H. J. Pflum, James S Roland, W. H. Still, Jonas A. Schwoyer, Jerome Seiders, Samuel Willits, John Weiler, S. J. Weiler, F. M. Yeager.
Colors .- M. H. Schnader, Chairman; H M. M. Richards, vice chair- man; W. Morris Deisher, secretary; C. Raymond Heizmann, treasurer; Harry W. Crooks, Charles E. Leippe, Wm. Y. Schmucker.
Courtesy .- J. K. Righter, Chairman; Wm. D Smith, vice chairman; A. K. Stauffer, secretary; Robert P. Shick, treasurer; Geo. M. Ammon, Geo. W. Ammon, G. W. Alexander, Louis Adler, Geo. Bard, W. Howard Bright, A. J. Brumbach, C. S. Birch, Jacob Barbey, John L. Bowman,
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HISTORY OF READING.
John F. Boyer, James S. Brusstar, Lemon Buch, Charles Breneiser, Sr., Louis Battenfelt, Geo. W. Beard, John E Bubp, F. X. Blessing. Howard F. Boyer, W. C. Billman, August Bendel, John H. Bach, Amos H. Beard, Thomas D. Bausher, WV. N. Coleman, Harry Christensen, W. F. Curtis, Albert S. Cohn, Edward Carroll, Daniel W. Crouse, Geo. B. Clouser, S. E. Cummings, John Close, Joshua Dives, Harry S. Dibert, G. H. Delp, C. M. Deem, W. P. Deppen, Thos. K Dalzell, Wilson M. Dumn, Henry J. Dumn, W'm. Dibert, Nevin M. Davis, C. A. Dougherty, Henry Eppihimer, James P. Esterly, Charles M. Evans, Charles W. Ed- wards, D. S. Esterly, Harry W. Eisenbrown, Philip M. Ermentrout, Jacob Etzel, L. H. Focht, Aug. S. Flicker, E. W. Fox, Albert J. Fisher, J. H Fett, Nathaniel Ferguson, A. W. Fisher, J. S. Fritz, Jacob B. Fricker, Moses K. Graeff, Christian Ganster, Edmund Goldman, John Gaenzle, H. K. Gittleman, John O. Glase, James K Getz, Charles C. Goodman, H. C. Geissler, Edwin R. Gerber, George K. Grim, A. M. High, Charles K. Hillegass, A. W. Hoff, Jesse G. Hawley, Harry H. Hillegass, C. L. Hoff, C. W Hendel, G. S. Herbein, F. W. Hanold, Arthur W. Heim, W. H. Hinnershitz, H. A. Hoff, F. B. Hay, H. C. Heller, Samuel Hantsch, Hiram L. Henninger, William M. Hiester, Fred. P. Heller, Henry B. Hintz, Albert R. Hoover, Peter S. Holl, Isaac W. Hull, Charles H. Hunter, John C. Illig, Richmond L. Jones, S. B. Jacobs, R. H. Jones, E. W. James, H. L. Johnson, Louis Kraemer, Jacob S. Kline, H. D. Kurtz, E. C. Kern, James A. Klees, A. N. Kissinger, W. B. Krick, John J. Kutz, Geo. L. Kestner, F. Keffer, Daniel Y. Klapp, J. O. Koller, George Kemp, DeB. Randolph Keim, Frank P. Lauer, George A. Leinbach, C. H. Leinbach. Joseph A. Leinbach, Geo. W. Liess, E. S Lichtenthaler, C. H. Lichty, W. K. Leitheiser, B. Y. Landis, George F. Lance, Ellsworth Leinbach, Wesley K. Loose, F. W. Lauer, William H. Livingood, William Medlar, E. M. Morgan, George W. Mayers, Richard G. Mohn, William McCormick, John D. Missimer, John G. Mohn, Ralph H. Mengel, William R. McIlvain, William S. Mohr, William H. Moyer, T. P. Moore, J. Fred. Mayer, Charles Maerz, George R. Maltzberger, J. Harry Moyer, Morris H. Milmore, Daniel Miller, J. H. Maltzberger, John R. Mast, Calvin D. Moser, John G. Niethammer, William Nolan, W. Harry Orr, James A. O'Reilly, Hugh O'Donnell, H. L. O'Brien, George S. Pomeroy, A. Tyson Phillippi, G. D. Packer, Allen C. Paine, Charles W. Potteiger, John H. Printz, Levi Quier, Charles Rick, James Rick, John Rick, James T. Reber, James C. Reber, John W. Rauch, John H. Rother- mel, John A. Rigg, Milford N. Ritter, Walter G. Roland, C. H. Ruhl, William J. Rourke, B. F. Ruth, Charles Rentschler, Jr., Matthew Rhoda, George W. Romig, Lambert A Rehr, William Rosenthal, E. D. Smith, C. F. Steinmetz, Aaron B. Stein, J. S. Shade, W. Kerper Stevens, John C. Stocker, Frank C. Smink, Clarence Sembower, Sigmund S. Schweriner. Harvey H. Shomo, John G. Spatz, Fred A. Schmucker, Jacob H. Stein, E B Strohecker, Wm. Sterrett, Benja- min Saylor, E. H. Shearer, William F. Shanaman, John D. Strunk, Francis F. Seidel, Charles A. Sheidy, Mahlon Shaaber, John B. Shultz,
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COMMITTEES.
Henry Schofer, Edward Scull, M. C. Sigmund, P. R. Stetson, D. E Schroeder, R. H. Savage, Horatio Trexler, Jacob Truby, A. Thalheimer, George E. Tyson, Wellington Van Reed, George A. Wanner, Manoah S. Weiler, Ferdinand Winter, E. S. Wertz, Fred H. Witman, Frederick Weilandt, F. W. Woolworth, George W. Wolf, John Weiler, Wellington G. Woods. Horace A. Yundt, William H Yocum, W. C. Yoder, Henry S. Yocum, Walter S. Young, H. W. Zimmerman.
Decorations .- Amos K. Kline, Chairman; Henry M. Keim, vice chair- man; Thomas B. Illig, treasurer; Aaron K. Kline, secretary; Jerome I. Kline, Frank M. Rieser, Alexander F. Smith.
Design of Envelope .- Samuel D. Dibert, Chairman; W. Morris Deisher, Howard L. Boas.
Electrical Display .- Philip Bissinger, Chairman; J. Lew Rake, secre- tary and treasurer; Arthur Arrowsmith, J. Douglass Hipple, C. C. Long.
Finance -John D. Mishler, Chairman; Milton H. Schnader, vice chairman; Henry W. Snyder, secretary; Thomas P. Merritt, treasurer; George M. Britton, Samuel D. Dibert, Israel S. Fry, C. Raymond Heiz- mann, Charles S. Prizer, William F. Remppis, C. K. Whitner, James W. Yocum.
Firemen's Parade .- John E. Spears, Chairman; W. W. Wunder, vice chairman, (Keystone); John S. Weber, secretary, (Riverside); S. E. Ancona, treasurer, (Hampden); T. D. Bausher, (Friendship); F. C. Clemson, (Neversink); E. C. Eben, (Junior); Edward Elbert, (Wash- ington); Aug. Gring, (Marion); Harry Heath, (Schuylkill); William Leitheiser, (Rainbow); William Meyer, (Liberty); George C. Obold, (Reading).
Fireworks .- Wm. H. Luden, Chairman; Charles E. Leippe, first vice chairman; Daniel F. Ancona, second vice chairman; W. W. Light, sec- retary; James W. Yocum, treasurer.
Former Residents .- John B. Raser, Chairman; Walter S Davis, vice chairman; W. W. Light, secretary; Henry M. Keim, treasurer; Harry J. Hayden, William McIlvain, William H. Livingood, Charles Rick, C. A. Weida, W. Frazier Wootten.
Club of New York :- William Weis, Chairman; Samuel S. Mosser, secretary; T. T. Eckert, Jr., treasurer; William F. Ganster, William H. Heilig, Charles L. Raser, Wm. H. Raser, Charles R. Saul, Jos. P. Kuhn.
Club of Philadelphia :- S. S. Raser, Chairman; F. Marvin Yager, secretary; G. Prentice Raser, treasurer; J. Y. Heckman, Daniel Hertzog, William McKissick, Alexander N. Stewart.
Club of Pittsburg :- J. W. Jackson, Chairman; John B. Dampman, secretary.
Club of Lebanon :-- Lucien E. Weimer, Chairman.
History of Reading -C. K. Whitner, Chairman; J. George Hintz, vice chairman; W. S. S Coleman, secretary; D. F Dietrich, treasurer; Morton L. Montgomery, historian; Cyrus T. Fox, John D. Mishler, Thomas P. Merritt, James P. Sellers.
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HISTORY OF READING.
Illumination .- Jenkin Hill, Chairman; T. M. Keppelman, secretary; C. H. Leinbach, treasurer; A. W. Arrowsmith, R. J. Calm, W. D. Fichthorn
Industrial Parade :- John E Harbster, Chairman; James R. Kenney, vice chairman; Robert P. Shick, secretary; E. W. Alexander, treasurer; George W. Beard, Jacob F. Custer, A A. Gery, Isaac Hamilton, Wil- liam Hutchison, Matthan Harbster, P S. Klees, John G. Mohn, John R. Miller, William H. Mohn, Charles S Prizer, Levi Quier, George W. Raudenbush, H M. Sternbergh, William H. Schick, John W. Smith, A. Thalheimer, Isaac Treat, Harry C. Weber, Henry Zabel.
Insignia .- C. Raymond Heizmann, Chairman; G. A. Schlechter, vice chairman; Irwin S. Ermentrout, secretary; J. K. Righter, treasurer; R. H. Bortle, Harry C. Weber
Invitation .- George F. Baer, Chairman; David McM. Gregg, secretary and treasurer: Hon. James N. Ermentrout, Hon G. A. Endlich, S E. Ancona, Isaac Hiester, Henry M Muhlenberg, William D. Smith.
Medical .- Israel Cleaver, Chairman; William F. Marcks, vice chair- man; J. W. Keiser, secretary and treasurer; D. B. D. Beaver, Henry Landis, Howard S. Reeser, H. F. Schantz, J. K. Seaman.
Music -Thomas P. Merritt, Chairman; Theodore I. Heizmann, vice chairman; Walter A, Chafey, secretary and treasurer; E. A. Berg, chorus conductor; Walter A. Boas, William Benbow, W. J. Baltzell, W. S. Davis, H. E Fahrbach, M. H. Keller, Walter Heaton, J. G. McGowan, Stanley L. Krebs, Willoughby S. Wilde, F. S. Livingood, T. C. Zimmerman.
Official Program .- John R. Mast Chairman; Harvey F. Heinly, vice chairman; Kurtz A. Fichthorn, secretary; G. A. Schlechter, treasurer; D. K. Hoch, George T. Wink.
Patriotic Demonstration .- J. George Hintz, Chairman; Jenkin Hill, vice chairman; Harvey J. Fueller, secretary; John R. Mast, treasurer; John H. Bach, Howard L. Boas, John H. Close, Samuel D. Dibert, Kurtz A. Fichthorn, George H. Felix, John E. Harbster, Harry L. Hoff- man, D. K. Hoch, S. S. Hoff, Otto Hertwig, James M. Hutchison, B. F. Hunsicker, Harry G. Johnson, Henry M. Keim, George W. Keim, Wm. H. Luden, Harry A. Leinbach, Thomas P. Merritt, W. S. Miller, Emil Neubling, William A. Ribble, Jr., Geo W. Romig, I. Rambo, Jr., Frank A. Tyson, Samuel Willits, Wm. Abbott Witman, O. B. Wetherhold.
Pioneers .- Jerome L. Boyer, Chairman; John R. Miller, vice chairman; John H. Keppelman, secretary; Jeremiah G. Mohn, treasurer; John C. Arthur, Elijah Auman, Charles S. Bachman, Adam Bard, D. Llewellyn Beaver, Charles S. Birch, Franklin G. Boas, William Call, Matthias Gondert, Horace Griscom, Wayne Hartenstine, Benneville Hemmig, John H. Hemmig, John Hendel, Charles Henninger, Henry D. High, Jacob S. Hillegass, Horatio Jones, Conrad Kaltenbach, Henry M. Keim, Henry Koch, Isaac McHose, George Muth, William H. Norton, Edward D. Smith, William M. Stauffer, J. Hervey Sternbergh, Horatio Trexler.
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COMMITTEES.
Printing -W. Morris Deisher, Chairman; Jonathan G. Leinbach, vice . chairman; Charles E. Leippe, secretary and treasurer; John H. Keppel- man, C. K. Whitner.
Program of Jubilee Week .- Howard L. Boas, Chairman; Philip Bissinger, vice chairman; Harvey J. Fueller, John D. Mishler, William Templin.
Publicity .- Jacob B. Stout, Chairman; Isaac W. Hull, vice chairman; E. L. Lindemuth, secretary; Howard N. Goodman, treasurer; George B. Clouser, John Weiler.
Railroads and Transportation -Samuel D. Dibert, Chairman; Charles H Armour, secretary; J. Harry Leippe, treasurer; Edgar W. Alexander, John H. Bach, Albert Broden, David B. Courtney, George B. Connard, John H. Close, Abner S. Deysher, Hayes Dickinson, Fred A. Dickinson, Hiram K. Getz, Joseph P. Griest, C Raymond Heizmann, Fredric P. Heller, Harry S. High, G. Howard Hart, William B. Harper, Lewis Horton, Jr., G Nicholas Jacobi, Harry G. Johnson, James A. Klees, L F. Kraemer, R. B. Kinsey, John Keppelman, Irvin J. Lerch, Frank P. Lauer, J. H. Leonard, Charles L. Lyon, Morris H. Milmore, Benjamin F. Miller, Matthias Moyer, J. Allison Orr, Charles S. Prizer. John H. Passmore, H M. M. Richards, John A. Rigg, George M. Supplee, Frank C. Smink, Alfred G. Weile, Casper J. Wickersham, John C Wobensmith.
Reception -David McM. Gregg, Chairman; Hon. H. Willis Bland, vice chairman; Louis Richards, secretary and treasurer; Elijah Bull, John Barbey, Edwin Boone, George F. Baer, J. H. Cheetham, Cyrus G. Derr, Josiah Dives, George B. Eckert, Ferdinand Goetz, Matthan Harbster, Theodore I Heizmann, F. S. Jacobs, Fred S. Jones, Henry M. Keim, Jonathan G. Leinbach, A. Howard Merritt, John R. Miller, Jonathan Mould, James Nolan, J. Lancaster Repplier, J. Hervey Sternbergh, Charles H. Schaeffer, Hon. Jacob Weidel.
Regatta -M. Brayton McKnight, Chairman; Douglas W. Anderson, vice chairman; William C. Hinkley, secretary and treasurer; Harry B. Steffe, C. Fred Fichthorn, James S. Roland.
School Parade .- Ebenezer Mackey, Chairman; Rev George Borne- mann, vice chairman; R. A. Townsend, secretary; Miss Mary H. Mayer, treasurer; A. Bartels, James Kase, M. E. Scheibner, Frederick Stephan, J. Ed. Wanner, George W. Wagner.
Signal Corps -Charles H. Armour, Chairman; James C. Johnson, secretary; J. K. Righter, treasurer; John E. Spears, J. F. Albrecht.
Water .- Louis Heilbron, Chairman; George F. Felix, John Nuebling, Henry H. Roland.
Woman's Committee .- Henry M. Keim, Chairman; Mrs. Daniel Ermentrout, chief director; Mrs. William R. McIlvain, vice director; Mrs. John B. Dampman, secretary; Mrs. John D. Mishler, treasurer
The following sub-committees were appointed:
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Accommodations :- Mrs. J. Wilhelm Hartmann, Chairwoman; Mrs. Henry Bushong, Mrs. Samuel D. Dibert, Mrs. Fanny Ferguson, Mrs. William Kauffman, Mrs. George M. Krick, Mrs. J. Mould, Mrs. A. T. Phillippi, Mrs. Levi Quier, Mrs. J. K. Righter, Mrs. john Rick, Mrs. Minerva E. Richards, Mrs. H. C. G. Reber, Mrs. J. W. Richards, Mrs. Matthew Rhoda, Mrs. Jefferson Snyder, Mrs. James P. Sellers, Mrs. G. B. Stevens, Mrs. D. N. Schaeffer, Mrs. C. H. Schaeffer, Mrs. John. E. Spears, Mrs. Jacob B. Stout, Mrs. H. Strecker, Mrs. A. Thalheimer, Mrs. J. H. Thamm, Mrs. F. A. Tyson, Mrs. Wm. Abbott Witman, Mrs Samuel Willits, Mrs. C. K. Whitner, Mrs. J. S. Wagner, Mrs. P. D. Wanner.
Carriages :- Mrs. James Rick, Chairwoman; Mrs. W. A. Arnold, Mrs. John Barbey, Mrs. George F. Baer, Mrs George M. Britton, Mrs. Philip Bissinger. Mrs. J. H. Craig, Mrs. Thomas Dalzell, Mrs. Josiah Dives, Mrs. George B. Eckert, Mrs. Isaac Eckert, Mrs. Matthan Harbster, Mrs. H. A. Hoff, Mrs. Charles Hoff, Mrs. J. H. Jacobs, Mrs. Jos. P. Kremp, Mrs. Amos K. Kline, Mrs. Wm. H. Luden, Mrs. Jeremiah G. Mohn, Mrs. J. A. O'Reilly, Mrs. John A. Rigg, Mrs. J T. Reber, Mrs. John B. Raser, Mrs. J. Hervey Sternbergh, Mrs. F. C. Smink, Mrs. A. Wilhelm, Mrs. Thomas Willson.
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