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Centennial Celebration, July 2, 3, 4, 1916, Commemorative of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Granting of the First Charter, April 17th, 1816, to the Village of Peekskill (Classic Reprint)




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Excerpt from Centennial Celebration, July 2, 3, 4, 1916, Commemorative of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Granting of the First Charter, April 17th, 1816, to the Village of Peekskill Their first meeting was held Tuesday evening, June 29, 1915. By resolution Leverett F. Crumb, president of the village, was added to the committee. The following other officers were elected: Vice-chairman, William H. H. MacKellar; secretary, Albert E. Cru-ger: assistant secretary, Karl M. Sherman; treasurer, Hon. Cornelius A. Pugsley. The chairman of the general committee, Chester De Witt Pugsley. named a number of sub-committees with chairmen as follows: Finance - Hon. Isaac H. Smith. Executive - Chester De Witt Pugsley, ex-officio. Parade - Fred A. Smith. Illumination and Decoration - A. S., Renza. Publicity - Clifford Couch, Historical and Public Exercises - Hon. Leverett F. Crumb. Carnival - William F. Hoehn. Athletic Events - Eli R. Russell. The Executive Committee comprised the officers; Isaac H. Smith, chairman of Finance Committee; Fred A. Smith, chairman of Parade Committee; L. F. Crumb, chairman Historical Committee; A. S. Renza, chairman Illumination and Decoration Committee; Eli R. Russell, chairman Athletic Events Committee; Clifford Couch, chairman Publicity Committee; Wm. F. Hoehn, chairman Carnival Committee, and Thomas Nelson, Jr., Edward F. Hill, George Naylor, Jr., Martin Nilsson, William E. Lane, Jr., Richard H. Rixon, Edward E. Young, John S. Baker, Hon. James W. Husted, James K. Apgar, Geo. E. McCoy, William Lawson, Geo. E. Briggs, Melvin R. Horton, Clifton E. Forbush, James V. Clune, Harry W. Cortiss, Jacob Fish, Frank M. Dain, Daniel Odell and Cassius M. Gardner. These committees met from time to time in the Municipal Building and formulated the plans which carried out resulted in the largest and most extensive celebration ever held in Peeks-kill which in the following pages is described in detail and which is placed in this permanent form as a result of a resolution passed at the final meeting of the committee held July 6, 1916, which provided that the book should be compiled by Geo. E. Briggs, editor of the Highland Democrat, aided by a committee, Messrs. Leverett F. Crumb and Karl M. Sherman, appointed by the chairman of the general committee. MR. Depew Opens Celebration. The first important event of the centennial celebration took place on Friday evening, June 30, 1916, when ex-Senator Chauncev M. Depew addressed his fellow townsmen in the auditorium of the Guardian. The auditorium, brilliantly illuminated, was well filled with Peekskill people, women and young ladies predominating. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


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