TREASURER'S REPORT. Owing to the recent illness of your Treasurer, George Redington Tower, and his inability to be present at this meeting, I hereby submit for him the following report: Total cash receipts from all sources, beginning June 1st, 1909, and ending May 31st, 1910. Vouchers on file in treasury for bills paid as follows: G. W. Litchfield, rent of hall.. W. Hubert Wood, legal expense. Rev. Louis C. Cornish, care Parish House_ C. H. Taylor, typewriting $418 49 $1.00 51 89 4.00 1.00 17.90 ́ 3.00 10.00 5.00 4.50 13 25 John Semple, Jr., seal, etc. (die). Hingham Journal, printing F. L. Tower, stenographer F. L. Tower, certificates F. L. Tower, Rockwell & Churchill Hancock Press, printing E. H. Studley, lettering A. R. Lopez & Bros., seal, etc. Wm. J. Oatman, printing C. H. Taylor, typewriter rent 5.00 29 50 11 80 375 2.50 3.50 4 65 2 25 1 25 175 00 10 00 60 4 86 5270 2.00 3.00 382 90 $35 59 Respectfully submitted, GEORGE REDINGTON TOWER, Treasurer. Per FRANCIS LEON TOWER, Recording Secretary. NOTE. There is due the Society $127.51 on memberships which are unpaid because of certain bills held by these members against the Society. Reports of all officers were accepted, and it was voted to refer the choice of time and place for holding the next Reunion to the incoming Executive Board. The meeting then proceeded to the election of officers. A motion prevailed that the President appoint a committee of three to recommend a list of nominees for the various offices. This committee, consisting of Frank Warren Tower, of Springfield; Andrew Tower, of Somerville, and Charles Henry Tower, of Holyoke, presented the following list of nominees: OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR 1910. For President George Warren Tower (9), of Boston, Mass. For Vice-President · Daniel Nichols Tower (7), of Cohasset, Mass. For Recording Secretary - Francis Leon Tower (8), of Medford, Mass. For Corresponding Secretary - Walter Lamont Tower (9), of Dalton, Mass. For Treasurer James Wallace Tower (8), of Millinocket, Me. Members of the Executive Board - Oliver Tower (9), of Hingham Center, Mass.; *Sarah (Heald) Tower, of Boston, Mass.; Levi Lincoln Tower (8), of Newton, Mass.; John Henry Tower (7), of North Weymouth, Mass. A motion prevailed that the present Recording Secretary cast one separate ballot for each officer and member as placed in nomination. Messrs. Walter Lamont Tower and Oliver Tower were appointed by the President as tellers to count the ballots and report to the meeting. The tellers reported the officers and members of the Executive Board as nominated to have been elected. It was voted to repeal the last clause of Article IV, Section 5, of the By-Laws, which reads: "It shall be the duty of the Recording Secretary to collect and receive the membership dues and to account for the same to the Treasurer." A further motion prevailed to leave the matter of appointing some one to collect and receive membership dues, in the hands of the Executive Board. It was voted to amend Article VII, Section 1, of the By-Laws so as to read: "The fiscal year of the Society shall be from January first to December thirty-first." ** It was voted that the President appoint a Souvenir Committee. After transacting other minor business, the meeting adjourned sine die. At a meeting of the Executive Board at the Old Home in the evening James Wallace Tower was empowered to collect and receive membership dues and account for the same to the Society. Many descendants gathered at the Old Home this evening for a social time and to enjoy the music. * At an Executive Board meeting held in Hingham, Mass., November 12th, 1910, the resignation of Sarah (Heald) Tower was received and accepted. At the same meeting Professor Carl Vernon Tower (8), of South Hingham, Mass., was elected to fill the unexpired term on the Executive Board. The members of the Souvenir Committee chosen by the Presi dent were Miss Elizabeth Abbott Tower (7), of Cambridge, Mass. ; Miss Bessie Lord Tower (8), of Cohasset, Mass., and Walter Lamont Tower (9), of Dalton, Mass. THE THIRD DAY, JUNE 19th. Sunday morning opened bright and fair - in fact, a perfect June day. The attendance on this day far exceeded that of any other. The pastors of several Hingham churches took our text as an inspiration to deliver most excellent sermons on how we should Honor our Fathers. Rev. Dr. Francis Emory Tower preached at the Baptist Church and many descendants were attracted there and were fully repaid by listening to a most scholarly discourse. The Congregational and Methodist Churches had a fair attendance of Tower descendants. Many who were of the Ibrook Branch availed themselves of the special invitation to worship at the First Parish Church in Cohasset, the oldest church in that town.* A pilgrimage was made to the grave of Ibrook Tower (2) and to the site of his house in Cohasset, Mass. The memory of that trip by automobile over the Jerusalem road will linger long with those who were fortunate enough to be of the party. At 3 p. m. the major portion of those attending the Reunion gathered at the Old Home and joined in the union service under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Francis Emory Tower. At this gathering an unexpected treat was an excellent impromptu speech by Mr. John J. Loud, President of the Weymouth Historical Society. In the evening it was impossible for all who wished, to get into the Old Home, and many listened to the exercises from the vantage points on the lawn. As the last parties of descendants and neighbors sought their homes by the aid of moonlight, all agreed that this Second Annual Reunion was a grand success. SPECIAL NOTICE TO MEMBERS. It was voted at the last annual meeting of your Society to amend the By-Laws in respect to beginning and ending of the fiscal year. Article VII, Section 1, now reads as follows: "The fiscal year of the Society shall be from January first to December thirty-first." There were two very good reasons for this change. It made our fiscal year conform to the calendar year and gave sufficient time between the closing of the fiscal year and the annual meeting for the Treasurer to present a complete financial statement at that meeting. The fee of $1.00 for Annual Members is due and payable to your Treasurer, JAMES WALLACE TOWER, Room 1303, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, on the first of each January. There are 72 members in arrears for their 1910 dues. PLEASE REMIT. The dues for 1911 are already coming in from those who were aware of the change in our fiscal year. A brief report of our present financial condition is as follows: $35 59 Cash on hand June 18th, 1910____ Total disbursements for same period. $224 04 $213 89 254 04 Leaving a deficit of $30.00. The condition of our treasury appeals to you to be prompt. * Sermon on page 30. There are in existence now four excellent group pictures of Tower Descendants. Three were taken at the 1909 Reunion and one at the 1910 Reunion. These four pictures, when placed end to end, make one continuous picture over 12 feet long and show over 500 faces. These are among the largest family groups ever taken. These pictures may be obtained of S. ARAKELYAN, Photographer, 1139 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. The pictures are designated as follows: Club House Group, Old Ship Church Group, Old Home Group (1909) and Old Home Group (1910). The price is $1.00 each. Accompanying this report is an application blank which it is hoped each member will use in an endeavor to secure one new member during the coming year. Your historian well said that "Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Virtue is doing it.'" This was a personal appeal to you to join the TOWER GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. Now it is an appeal to you to enlist the interest of some other Tower Descendant in this best organized family in America. INFORMATION is desired of the present address of descendants of Luther Jackson Tower (7), or his brother Isaac Sprague Tower (7). (See Gen., p. 243, art. 305, I and II.) To the best of our knowledge Luther died in Oregon, and Isaac died in Texas. MURDERED. A William Tower was murdered or killed in a quarrel at Fouchen Valley, Penn., in the year 1851-2. William Tower lived in Cherry Hill, Erie county, Penn., at one time. Can any one tell us of his relatives? He had two daughters; one now resides in New Milford, Penn.; the address of the other (Irena) is unknown. WHO CAN TELL? If there are any descendants of John and (Muson) Tower. John Tower (6) once lived in Portland, N. Y., and his birth is recorded in the genealogy on p. 147, art. 129, VII. Your Corresponding Secretary would be pleased to receive information concerning these lost twigs. The Tower Genealogical Society wish to thank the following members for their generous help to our Corresponding Secretary in furnishing him with an unusual amount of genealogical data: Miss Emma Sevona Tower, Member No. 90. Miss Florence Estelle Tower, Member No. 108. Peter Smith Tower, Member No. 35. Isaac Lewis Tower, Member No. 69. George Franklin Ford, Member No. 114.* OUR YOUNGEST MEMBER. On Dec. 28th, 1910, a new twig appeared upon the Benjamin Branch. Our Recording Secretary is the father of a son, Charlton Taylor Tower (9). His application for membership in the T. G. S. was filed within the first hour of his life. Your historian is reliably informed that this youngest member has at least one distinct Tower characteristic. * Mr. Ford has this year (1910) completed the FORD GENEALOGY, a record of the descendants of Ansel and Deborah (Tower) Ford. This genealogy is a valuable addition to the Tower Genealogy on the indirect line. NOTICE. The permanent address of our Treasurer, James Wallace Tower, after February 20th, 1911, will be Room 1303, Fifth Avenue Building, New York city. THE THIRD ANNUAL REUNION of the Descendants of John Tower (1) will be held at Cohasset, Mass., September 2nd, 1911. COME! Those who favor a Fourth Annual Reunion in the State of Michigan in 1912, please communicate with Corresponding Secretary, stating their preference as to time and place. IN PACE REQUIEM. Since the organization of the Tower Genealogical Society the following deaths have been reported among our members: Member No. 40, Allen Hinkley Cushing (9), died June 26th, 1909, at South Hingham, Mass. Many who attended the First Reunion will remember this young man as having charge of the news-stand opposite the Old Home. He was accidently drowned while bathing. Member No. 213, Mrs. Abbie M. (Sweat) Silver (7), died Oct. 1st, 1909, at Roxbury, Mass. Member No. 9, Mrs. Ellen Henrietta Nichols, died June 8th, 1910, at Grand Rapids, Michigan. Member No. 259, Bela Tower Sprague (7), died Nov. 11, 1910, at Hingham, Mass. Member No. 107, Lemuel Briggs Martin, died Dec. 28th, 1910, at Boston, Mass. Honorary Member No. 208, John Madison Tower (8), died Jan. 30th, 1911, at Wilson, N. Y. (Age 100 years, 9 months and 25 days.) Two deaths among Tower descendants occurred late in the year 1909 which are deserving of mention here be cause the deceased had attained a high position in their respective callings. I refer to Benjamin L. M. Tower (8), late of Boston, a distinguished member of the bar; and Augustus Charles Tower (8), late of Mendota, Illinois. The successful efforts of A. C. Tower to invent a perfect cultivator have long been appreciated by the farmers of the great corn belt of the middlewest. |