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COLUM BIA A N D MONTOUR COUNTIES T W K N T IK T II C E STt'R V CLUB
'H ie first step tow an is the organization o f women fo r the undertaking o f club w ork w as taken under (he leadership o f M rs. S . P. H anly. T en women met at the Y . M . C . A . Oct. 20. 1898, fo r the purpose o f establishing system atic readings and discussions. A Cur* rent E ven ts Club w as the result, the follow ing officers being elected: M rs. S . P . H anly, president; M rs. H . F . Glenn, vice president: M rs. S . C . Ja y n e, secretary, and M rs. V. H . Woo<lin, treasurer, l-ooking o v e r the outline o f w ork, the first three years' study; consisted o f discussions o f inventions, politics, music, art. stage, c<lucalional interests and religious interests. Certain periods w ere also spent in reading portions from standard w orks o f literature, principally those o f Shakcs{>care, Dickens and I.ongfcllow . D uring the third ye ar program s were arranged and prim ed, a plan which has been follow ed each succeeding year. In (901 the club joined the Federation o f Clubs o f Pennsylvania Women as the T w e n tieth C entury Club o f Berw ick, l*a. T h e mem bers com prising Ihe club a r c : M rs. F.. Adam s, M rs. F . K . Crism an. M rs. F . k . C lark, M rs. C . G . C rispin, M rs. A . L . Canavan, M rs. D istelhurst. M rs. T . II. Doan. M rs. C. C . Evans. M rs. J . W . E v an s, hfrs. B . F . E v an s, M rs. J . L . E van s, M rs. F . Fau st, M rs. W . C. G arrison, M rs. E u d cra H anly. M rs. L. E . H ess. M rs. A. C. Jackso n, M rs. .Anna K irken d all. M rs. E . A . L o u . . .Mrs. W illiam .McKinney. M rs. W . I*'. n I.ovvry, M rs. J . H . T a y lo r; associate m em bers: M rs. Theodore B erger, M rs. S . W . Dickson, M iss I)o<lson, M iss Elizabeth Glenn, .Miss Dickson. M rs. Elizabeth Jackson. M iss Jam e son. M iss Anna O sw ald, M rs. H . F . Glenn, M rs. Elizabeth O sw a ld : non-resident members, M rs. M . M . Alibeck, .Monongahela, P a .; M rs. M . J . Crispin. N ew Y o rk C it y : M rs. F . 11. Eaton. N ew Y o rk C it y; M rs. W . M . Ila g c r, Roselle. N . J .; .Mrs. Em m a Jackson. TiflTm, O h io; M rs. T . S . I-cwis. Iltiladelphia. P a .: M rs. R . i l . D avenjxirt. K an sas C it y; M rs. CD. Eaton, Plainfield, N . J .; M rs. N . C. N aylor, Shenandoah, P a .: M rs. Elizabeth Reber, Bloom sburg, P a .: M rs. C . L . Ro«lgcrs, Sligo, M o .: M rs. . . .'c h c ffc r. M cadville. P a .; M rs. ‘ A . H . .Smith. C a lifo rn ia; M rs. P. Sturdcvant. Passaic. N. J . : .Mrs. C . R . W oodin. N ew V ork C ity : M rs. W. H. W oodin. New Y o rk City. M rs. I*'. Fau.st is the president in 19 14 . nUr:UTERS OF T H E A M K R t O N RBVOLUTIO.S
.Moses ‘an C'amf>cn Chapter. D. A . R .. w as
organized in Berw ick Feb. 19, 19 12 . The name w as adopted for the reason that Moses V an Campcn w as a resident fo r many years of the section immediately west o f Berwick and his achievem ents were part of the history o f this section of the State. N’aii Camf>en w as boni Ja n . 2 1, 17 5 7, and died Oct. 15. 1849. Som e account o f his life and acts will be found in the earlier chapters o f this work. T h is branch of the D. .A. R . meets the first F rid a y o f c.ich month, from October to May. at Berw ick, and at these m eetings addresses arc made and papers read on m atters pertain ing to the history o f .-Xmcrica, the I'nitcd States and the section of the State now in cluded in the counties o f Colum bia, Montour and Luzerne. T h e first officers elected by this chapter w ere: M rs. Q aren cc G . C rispin, regent: M rs. C . E . I'erris. recording secretary; Miss Sarah M . Hagenbueh. corresponding secre t a r y; M iss H arriet J . .Alcxam ler. registrar: M rs. A . C . Jackso n, h istorian; .Miss Doreiia W stclhursl, treasu rer; M rs. E. .A. l,o u x . chap lain. T h e only change made since organiza tion has been the election o f M rs. .A. T. lA>wry as registrar in place o f M iss Harriet J . .Alexander, who became vice regent. T h e charter mcmlscrs of the chapter were: H arriet Jjn k in s .Alexander. Bes.sic Belie Bishop. Elm a Caroline Bishop. M ac L. Crispin. lAiuisc W . Crism an. G race E . Disiclhunt. Doretta O iandlee Distelhurst. (iertrude May l-'ollmcr, C arrie K . F erris, H arriet .Arabella F erris, Adelaide Lepha F erris, .Martha Jcanc F reas, .S,arah -Margaret Hagenbueh, Edna K. Jackso n . .Anna C . l.o u x, Caroline II. Spon.slcr. Helen M nily TTescotl. M artha W . WiUiamv BERWJCK A T H L E T tf AS.SOCIATION
T h e purposes o f this organization, a s stated in the charter o f A p ril 15 . 19 10 . a rc the ptirchase and maintenance o f a private park .'in<l facilities for bascliall and other innocent ath letic sf>orts. including clubs fo r that puiqw^e T h e yearly income of the as.sociation is restrictc<l to $20,000 from other sources than real estate. T h e niimlier o f directors is fixed at nine, the first board lieing J . U . K urtz, M . C . Heller. F re as Fow ler, G eorge C o n fair, J . N . Harrv. W illiam Linden. Jo h n C . Crism an. J . WE v an s, C harles C . Lockhart. TTic capital stock w as fi.xcd at $5,0 0 0 and divided into 200 shares o f $ 2 5 each; A t present there are about eighty-five stockholders. T h e first officers w e re : J . N . H arry, prcsi-
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