Vol. VIII. No. 3 - April 1962 - Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia

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EDITOR: George H. Landes, Jr.
1405 Larchmont Drive
Annandale, Virginia
CLearbrook 6-3074
EDITOR AT LARGE:
Elbert B. Rose
ASSOCIATE EDITOR:
Frederick W. Reinig
EDITORS EMERITUS:
Carlton J. Corliss
Bert Sheldon
Dr. Paul H. Gantt
THE LINCOLN GROUP
OF THE
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE:
Miss Josephine Cobb
(Photography)
Mrs. Anna V. Hausman
(Membership)
Elden E. Billings
(Book Reviews)
Cassius M. Keller
(Features)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Vol. VIII. No. 3
THE LINCOLNIAN
APRIL 1962
MURROW ADDRESSES LINCOLN GROUP ANNUAL DINNER
MEARNS RECEIVES LINCOLN AWARD OF THE YEAR
On the evening of February 10, over 300 members and friends of the Lincoln
Group of the District of Columbia gathered at the historic Willard Hotel in Wash­
ington, D. C., for the Groupts annual dinner, which is held each year in February
on a date near Lincolnts birthday. This year the theme of the dinner was the
Emancipation Proclamation Centennial, and this was one of the first of a number
of events and ceremonies which will commemorate this great and significant docu­
ment.
The speaker for the evening was the Honorable Edward R. Murrow, Director of
the United States Information Agency, and for over twenty years well-known as a
news and public affairs commentator on CBS Radio and Television. Mr. Murrow's
excellent programs "See It Now" and "Person To Person" were familiar to all who
watched TV during the 1950's.
Mr-.. Murrow, in his address, entitled "The Legend of the Leader, II discussed
the picture of Lincoln which has emerged over almost 100 years since his death
and correlated the emergence of our nation and the struggle of our Civil War
with the emergence of the African nations today.
In speaking of Lincoln as a man of the people, Mr. Murrow said, "Though
born amid revolution, America was governed by aristocrats. George Washington,
John Adams, Tom Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams-these
were all educated men of letters, aristocrats of bearing and breeding. The
southerners among them even held slaves. It was not until Andrew Jackson that
a man 'from the people' rose to the White House. But the most dramatized man of
the people was surely Abe Lincoln. From log cabin to the Presidency, from rail
splitter to nation bUilder, from common man to leader of men: this was the
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legendary route of Lincoln, and it is the legend of the leadership about this
country that is popularized abroad. 1I
Discussing the celebrating of this year as the lOOth anniversary of the
Emancipation Proclamation, Mr. Murrow said, IIIn a time when local problems have
become global concerns it seems prophetic that this epic pronunciamento on domes­
tic freedom had foreign policy overtones as well. By making the extirpation of
slavery one of the main objects of the 1~, Lincoln rallied the moral sense of
England and France to his side. Britain and France could then only be unshakably
for the Union. There was a tide of history running in the affairs of men even
then."
Mr. Murrow closed his address by saying, "And in this land of ours-born in
revolution, tempered in struggle, united in blood, nurtured amid hope, and sea­
soned with responsibility·- the rising nations of Africa see more than just history
alone. ~1ey would elevate their gaze to a horizon but dimly perceived by some
but a horizon to which all of us are inevitably bound. To some it may seem they
are caught in the pathological fervor of their nationalism. But I suggest that
what we witness is bu~ the fervent profile of what - but for the grace of the past
two centuries - would be the early spawning of our own land of America."
The Lincoln Award of the Year was presented to Dr. David C. Mearns of the
Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress by Carl Haverlin, last year's
recipient of the award. David Mearns, a writer not only of wisdom, but of spark­
ling wit, is a true Lincoln scholar and historian, who has aided many other au­
thors in their research with wise advice and valuable information. Carl Haverlin
said of him, "The universal respect for the mind of David Mearns and the deep
affection in which he is held by all who know him are the measures of his generous
and unfailing service to us all."
Carl Sandburg, who was unable to attend the dinner, sent words of special
tribute to David Mearns, at the time of the presentation.
President Kennedy also sent greetings to the Lincoln Group in connection
with the commemoration of the lOOth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Mr. Edward McDermott, of Dubuque, Iowa, Acting Director, Office of Emergency Plan­
ning, read Mr. Kennedy's message in the President's absence.
Ralph E. Becker, toastmaster, Dr. Paul Gantt, President of the Lincoln Group,
and Congressman Fred Scbwengel, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 10, all
contributed appropriate remarks on the occasion of the dinner.
Among those at the head table in addition to the persons mentioned above
were His Excellency, Ambassador Antonio Carillo Flores of MeXico, former Ambassador
George V. Allen, Mr. Murrow's predecessor as Director of USIA, Mr. Alton Davis,
General William J. Flood, Mr. Arnold Gates, Dr. James Robertson, Executive Direc­
tor of the National Civil War Centennial CommiSSion, Mr. Ralph Newman of the Abra­
ham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago and Rt. Rev. Russell A. Phelan of the Church of
the Annunication, who pronounced the invocation and benediction.
The gathering was treated to a musical interlude by soloist Donald Boothman,
who sang "I Went Forward ••• " from LINCOLN: REQUIEM AETERNAM, by Herbert Elwell,
and other selections.
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PRESIDENT'S PAGE
By Dr. Paul H. Gantt
The Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation Dinner is passe, and, much to our
surprise, we are still alive and kicking. The latter expression is rather an
euphemism, since the kicking is mostly done by the members of the Lincoln Group.
In fact, we received some dues because those members wanted to do their kicking
legitimately, although we received some flattering fan mail from some unpaid
members. Since we are still learning ~his business of sponsoring BIG dinners,
a review of the events seems appropriate.
At the outset a decision had to be made as to what price to charge for the
dinner. Hotels charge about $5.25 for a dinner of the type which we ordered and
the amount requires a ticket fee of $10.00. If anybody is in a position to spon­
sor such an affair at a better rate, then please contact me (363-2785) since he
or she will be my new dinner chairman.
Typing, addressing, printing, composing the invitations, compiling the mail­
ing list, printing of the tickets etc. etc. is a task which devoured approximately
$800.00 and could be only achieved through the energetiC toi~ of our Secretary, '
Mrs. Anna V. Hausman, and her collaborators, Mrs. Louise W. Williams, Mrs. Kathryn
C. Rahn, Mrs. Lottie Parker and Miss Nanine Young. Richards Associates, of 1735
De Sales Street, NW, acted without a fee as our PI and PR people; Bob Richards
also helped us successfully in the sale of the tickets, and without that good
looking fireball of the quaint name, Miss Sandy George, and the imperturbable,
handsome Don Anderson, we could not have managed. And at that, Ralph Becker's
clerical staff pitched in (and we enjoyed the French accent of his ilcharmante"
secretary, Mrs. Bergere) and the fu11fledged battery of Congressman Schwengel r s
office staff (Charlie Freburg, Mrs. Rathjen and last, but by no means least, the
ubiquitous, indefatigable, and lincolnesque (slender, but apparently made out of
steel) Miss Sylvia Salato,(tbe Jacqueline of All Trades,) did many and varied
chores which make such an affair lovable, devastating, successful and self-repeat­
ing.
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In addition, Lloyd Dunlap helped on the programs; Col. Randle Bond Truett
chipped in when the chipping was necessary; Dr. David C. Mearns was the prefect
and most qualified awardee; and Jo Cobb arranged for the delightful and historical
exhibition even if she had to open all the boxes herself. Did you see the Lincoln
silhouettes and the colorful American flags on all the tables? Nanine Young made
them all by herself, and even her mother came down to help in placing them on the
tables. At the beginning, there were only nine ticket reservations. We ended up
with 310 participants. About five emergency crash meetings were held at an ungodly
hour, mostly at the Mayflower Hotel, and Fred Schwengel, Vic Birely, and Randle
Truett kept the spirit going when the sky looked the darkest. But all's well,
which end's well, and 1dth an outlay of about $3200.00, there is, at present, a
deficit of about $40.00, and we are confident that it will be wiped out through
the sale of the Emancipation Proclamation Plates.
NO REFUNDS
The Lincoln Group's Executive Committee and Board of Governors has reiterated
its standing policy of no refunds for tickets if a request for a refund has not
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been received at least one week before the dinner. The Group is forced to adhere
to that policy since it has to pay for the meal regardless of whether or not the
ticket h older uses the ticket.
LINCOLN EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION PLATES FOR SALE
The beautiful Proclamation Plate has finally arrived in Washington. Through
the courtesy of Colonel Frank Press of the Board of Trade we have been able to
distribute at the offices of the Washington Board of Trade at 1616 K street, NW.
We estimate that about 80 percent of the ticket holders have received their plates
by calling for them at the Board of Trade. We are going to stop the distribution
there by about April 30. Hence, if you haven't called for your plate, please do
so. If you live outside of the Washington, DC area, please drop me a note, and we
will send you a plate.
The plate is bound to become a collector's item since only a limited first
Edition has been manufactured. However, we still have a limited quantity of. plates
for sale. If you desire to acquire one, please send a check @ $2.95 per plate to
Dr. Gantt in care of Congressman Fred Schwengel, House of Representatives, Wash­
ington 25, DC.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
We received some complaints that certain of the speakers could not be heard
on account of the loud speaker system. Since we do not want you to miss the
pearls of wisdom (especially those of your President's) please drop me a line and
we will send you a copy of the Congressional Record of February 26, 1962, in which
Congressman Fred Schwengel inserted a complete account of all speeches and also
the inspiring message to the Lincoln Group by President Kennedy. It also includes
Edward R. Murrow's thoughtful address, the message of sage Carl Sandburg, the bel­
letristic wit of Carl Haverlin, and the masterful response of the Lincoln Group's
awn David Mearns.
LUNCHEON MEETING
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Preparations are underway under the leadership of our Membership Chairman,
General William J. Flo~ and his Deputy, Chief Sam Flickinger (Sam has been in
Indian work for such a long time that I could not resist the notion to make him a
a CHIEF, which he probably is anyway) to hold a luncheon meeting. We will try to
keep the expenses of the luncheon to less than $2.00 and probably "-rill hold it on
Capitol Hill (where Lincoln lived nearby when he was a Congressman). We hope to
see as many of you as can make it to that luncheon and hope you will bring a friend,
who may be a candidate for membership in the Lincoln Group.
BOYS TOWN JOINS LINCOLN GROUP
Since I had another birthday on March 26 (thanks to those 10 members who con­
gratulated and condoled me), I have become increasingly aware that there is a need
to rejuvenate the Lincoln Group, and, of course, to instill the ideas of Abraham
Lincoln in the young people of America. I have previously made an appeal for "Dol­
lars for Youth Membership" and they have been trickling in. The first check for
$5.00 was received from Congressman Clyde Doyle of California. With it, and with
the cooperation of the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Nicholas H. Wegner, the following five boys
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from Father Flanagan's Boys Home of Boys Town, Nebraska, have been enrolled as full
fledged members of the Lincoln Group:
Name
Jack Foutty
Robert Moffitt
Paul Lane
James Garity
Mike Cole
Home Town
Age
Akron, Ohio
Tucumcari, N. M.
Des Moines, Iowa
Falls Church, Va.
Denver, Colorado
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Arrangements will be made to have the Mayor of Boys Town attend the commemoration
of the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1962.
others who have contributed are Miss Ruth Burns of Philadelphia, Pa., who en­
rolled five 0f hereousins am -nieces, and J. Neru. This is a 'Worthwhile cause.
Please send us dollars and earmark them for "Lincoln Group youth Program." Name
the boy or girl whom you want to sponsor.
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LINCOLN SOCIETY OF PHILATELY
The first nationB,l meeting of the Lincoln Society of Philately will be held
April 14th and April 15th at Washington, D. C., it was announced by B. J. McCroby,
Jr., of Westlake, Ohio, acting President.
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The AprilJ)~th meeting will be held in the Public Vorks Committee Room, New
House Office Building at 8:00 p.m. The April 15th meeting will be held in the
Lincoln Museum, 511 loth Street, N. W., at 10:00 a.m.
Two different cachets commemorating the assassination and death of Abraham
Lincoln will be issued by the Lincoln Society of Philately in conjunction with its
organizational meeting in Washington, D. C. The cachets will cost 50¢ for the pair
and will come in sets of two only. They may be ordered through the Lincoln Society
of Philately, P. O. Box 85, Westlake, Ohio.
This is a cordial invitation to attend these organizational meetings and be­
come acquainted with the plans for future activities.
MEMORIAL OBSERVANCE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN On Sunday, April 15th, at 2:30 p.m., the National Park Service and the Lincoln
Group will hold a Memorial Observance of the 97th anniversary of the assassina­
tion of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Museum (Ford's Theatre), 511 10th st., NW.
Elden E. Billings, 1st Vice President of the LG, will be the speaker. The theme of
his address will be "First Two Years of the Lincoln Administration." Mr. Jackson
E. Price, Assistant Director, National Park Service, will be the chairman of the
observance. Songs will be rendered by the United States Army Chorus, Major Samuel
R. Lob oda, Director •
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THE BOY LINCOLN
By
Virgil FUlling
Not long ago I was sitting in my office when a man came in, introduced him­
self as being with another government agency and started to engage me in a business
conversation. As we were talking; the name of a mutual acquaintance came up and
my visitor remarked with a touch of wry pride "He sure is a pistol."
I reacted quickly. "Mister," I said, "I'll bet I can tell you what state you
are from and I'll even name the section of the state. You are from Southe~n
Indiana and probably from.Warrick, Spencer or Gibson County."
Well, as the old':'time comedian would say, "he knew I had him." Never reluc­
tant to admit being Hoosiers and even less reluctant to admit being from Abraham
Lincoln country, we then got into the important matters at hand such as "How are
things in Indiana" and what's happening on the banks of Pigeon Creek. It turned
out to be a most enjoyable occasion for this writer who had spent his boyhood in
the Lincoln country and had dunked many an angle worm in the limpid pools of Pigeon
Creek. And just to hear the words "He's a pistol"---- a complimentary slang term
seldom heard outside of Indiana--.- -was a joy unto itself.
Hoosiers in general have always been noted for a great sense of humor which
manifested itself even in Abe Lincoln's day in parodies or nicknames of persons
and places. Thus the Lincolns of Spencer County were often referred to as the
Linkhorns by their neighbors. This leads to the thought that even among the Lin­
coIns, family differences might have arisen or possibly it was because the boy Abe,
despite his studious turn, was ever ready to take on all comers in argument or
debate.
This robust and earthy humor which was a part of Lincoln's boyhood and young
manhood in Indiana remained with him throughout his life. Yet the sorrow which
he was later to feel so deeply during the Civil War was also a part of his young
life in Indiana, where he lost his mother and sister and knew hardship and lone­
liness.
Who but a man who had felt the depths of grief and loneliness could write, as
Lincoln did to lf~s. Bixby of Boston, on learning that she had lost five sons in
battle during the Civil War:
"I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt
to beguile you from' the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
"I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement
and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride
that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom."
Abraham Lincoln was seven years of age when he arrived with his family in 1816
in what later was to become Spencer County, Indiana. He spent 14 years of his youth
there before going to Illinois. The character that was moulded in his youth in
Indiana remained with him throughout his life. For truly it can be said that "The
Boy is Father to the Man."
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Today in Southern Indiana, the descendants of many of the friends and neigh­
bors of the Lincoln family carryon the sturdy and honest characteristics of
their forebears. There is a distinctive flavor to the area--- something which
sets it apart. Even the small children seem cognizant that this is the Lincoln
country of Indiana--- the place where the great emancipator spent his boyhood.
The names of the localities so familiar to students of Lincolnts boyhood in
Indiana are still with us. There is Boonville, the county seat of Warrick County
vThere I spent many years of my boyhood. :My uncle -was an attorney there and I came
to hear often tIle names of well-known attorneys and judges of Lincoln's day. It
was to Boonville t1lat the boy Lincoln traveled to borrow books and to hear the
noted attorney John Brackenridge argue his law cases.
Gentryville, Dale, Princeton, Rockport, Buckskin and Lynnville (the latter my
birthplace) also figured in the life of the Lincolns, as did the settlement now
known as Lincoln City.
Today the bear and the deer are gone from Spencer County and the milk sickness
which took the life of Nancy Hanks Lincoln and others, is no more. Strip mines
have laid bare the terrain in some spots of the country which Abe Lincoln knew as
dense forest. But the black walnut is still there, and the wild cherry and the
scaly bark hickory nut, the persimmons and the blackberries. Also the rolling
hills, the creeks where the boy Lincoln fished and the Primitive Baptist Church
and graveyard where some of his friends lie buried.
The Lincoln country of Indiana, despite the changes of modern times, is still
a good place for a boy to grow up in--- a boy who might be able to feel the patter
of cool dust between his toes and to look at the blue Indiana sky--- and to think
long thoughts of the boy Lincoln who also looked at the sky and dreamed a dream--­
of being preSident.
Editor's Note: Virgil Fulling is an author, former newspaper editor, foreign corres­
pondent, and political writer, who has been with the US Government
since 1944. Since 1953, he has been employed by the US Information
Agency in the Latin American Division of the Voice of America.
BOOK REVIEW
By
Elden E. "Josh" Billings
Marks of Lincoln On Our Land. By Maurine Whorton Red-way and Dorothy Kendall
Bracken. New York, Hastings House, Publishers, Inc., 1957 $3.75.
In this little book the authors have told the essential outline of Lincoln's
life through the monuments that have been erected to his memory in the areas where
he worked and lived. The authors follow each picture with a description of the
shrine, monument or bUilding, then with a historical flashback to the period of
Lincoln's life which relates to the object concerned.
Naturally, the narrative begins with Lincoln's humble birthplace and carries
through to the world-famous Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C•
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Through study of the monuments, memorials and buildings and their influence on
Lincoln one understands more completely the movements of Lincoln throughout his
life.
Although not entirely free from error, this is a useful handbook of Lincoln's
surroundings.
NEW MEMBERS
By Mrs. Anna V. Hausman
Corresponding Secretary
SPONSOR
Hi.s Excellency and Brs. Antonio Carillo Flores
Ambassador of Mexico
2829 16th Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
Dr. Gantt
Mrs. Ida Rud. Falconer
Potomac Plaza Terraces, N.W.
Washington 7, D. C.
Mrs. Hausman
Joseph S. Fontana
3722 Columbia Pike
Arlington, Virginia
Dr. Gantt & Miss Nolan
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harrill
Mrs. Hausman
2618 N. Lexington street
Arlington, Virginia
.. Mrs. Grace Miner
3200 16th Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Hausman
Judge Francis A. Stanger, Jr.
100 N. Main Steeet
Cedarville, N. J.
Elbert B. Rose
Mr. Paul L. Rude
140 Hamilton Rd.
Ridgewood, N. J.
Arnold Gate s & Mrs. Hausman
Leslie Whitaker
959 N. Harding
Chicago 51, Illinois
Elbert B. Rose
Walter Flory (Child)
1901 47th Street
Canton, Ohio
Mrs. Hausman
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JOURNEY THROUGH LINCOLN HISTORY Elbert B. Rose Editor At Large By
We have a list of fifty books containing poetry concerning Abraham Lincoln in
the collection of Henry B. Bass, Enid, Okla., a member of the LG, recommended by
the writer. Of the nearly tyro thousand poems, there are many praiseworthy as
poetry, and possibly a dozen have achieved immortality. In the final list, I would
include Walt Whitman's "0 Captain! My Captain!" and "When the Lilacs Last in the
Doorward Bloom'd,"- James Russell Lowell's noble tribute in his "Centennial Ode;"
Edwin Markham I s "Lincoln, Man of the People;" Vachel · Lindsay's "Abraham Lincoln
Walks at Midnight in Springfield, Illinois."
Yes, Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight in those homes where blue stars turned
to gold throughout America. The spirit of his letter to the father and mother of
Elmer E. Ellsworth lives again. No -wonder the-letter has s~ved for Lincoln
spoke through them to all parents that have lost a son in the wars. Somebody has
called it the most beautiful letter in the world, and it is all of that. Many a
minister, priest and rabbi in the years past has read or quoted this-letter as
he paid tribute to some American boy who fell on a faraway battlefield or perished
at sea.
Although the Bass Collection has grown to large proportions, the search is
not ended. It will continue for as long as there is a possiblity of finding
another tribute to Lincoln from the flowing pen of an artist who lived yesterday,
lives today, or will live tomorrow.
These are the books in the collection containing to a greater or lesser de­
gree poetry concerning Abraham Lincoln.
Allen, Lyman Whitney, Abraham Lincoln, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1896. Arthur, Samuel J., Lincoln 1 s Legacy, Richard G. Badger, Boston, 1923. Benet, Stephen Vincent, John Brown's Body, Doubleday, Doran, & Co., New York, 1929. Blanchard, Rufus, Abraham Lincoln, The Type of American Genius, R. Blanchard & Co., Wheaton, 1882.
Brinnin, John Malcolm, Lincoln LyriCS, The, New Directions, James Laughlin,
Norfolk, Connecticut, 1942.
--Carnegie Library School- ASsociation, Washington and Lincoln in Poetry, H. W.
Wilson Co., New York, 1927.
Clark, Thomas Curtis, Lincoln and Others, George H. Doran Co., New York, 1923.
Cowgill, Frank Brooks, Appeal To Posterity, Lincoln Fellowship of Southern
California, The, 1941.
Cowgill, Frank Brooks, Columbia's Martyr, Lincoln Fellowship of Southern
California, The, 1941.
DaVis, Mary Wright, Book of Lincoln, The, George H. Doran Co., New York, 1919.
Dodge, Paul Hunter, Lincoln the Poet, Harvey Press, New Orleans, 1941.
Editors, Lincoln Memorial, Bruce and Huntington, New York, 1865.
Ehrmann, Bess V., Missing Chapter in the Life of Abraham Lincoln, Walter M. Hill,
Chicago, 1938.
Editor's Note: The remaining books in Mr. Bass' collection will be listed in the
next issue of THE LINCOLNIAN•
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INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEMBER
B,y
Elbert B. Rose
It is with great pleasure and honor to introduce the third of three new mem­
bers recommended by the writer to the LG, the HonG Francis A. stanger, Jr., who
has been a close and valued friend for almost thirty years. He is Attorney-at-Law
of Bridgeton and served as Judge of Cumberland County Court, 1929-1934 and as such
sat in nine counties in New Jersey. He was the originator of the Cumberland County'
Court Clinic made up of experts dealing with sentences appropriate to delin­
quents. The system was highly praised by the press generally and by schools of
social law. The judge was Corporation Counsel of the City of Bridgeton, 1914-1917
and a member of the New Jersey Constitutional Convention which wrote the Constitu­
tion of 1947. He is Trustee of the Vineland Training School; Member of the Home
Rule Commission of New Jersey during its existence; President of the New Jersey
Public School Association for two terms; Member of the Ro;yal Commonwealth SOCiety
of Great Britain; Trustee of Roosevelt Colony for the Aged; Lay Leader of the New
Jersey Methodist Church for 7 years; President, Cumberland County Boy Scouts for
7 years; Chairman, NJ Crime Commission and PreSident, Cumberland County Historical
Society. Biography in Who's Who in the East.
LINCOLN MISCELLANY
By The Editor
The Vanguard Press has reissued George Fort Milton's Abraham Lincoln and the
Fifth Column in a paperback edition in its Collier Books series. *** Bantam Books
has printed The Civil War As They Knew It in softback edition. The volume contains
photographs by Mathew Brady and the words of Abraham Lincoln. *** Prelude To Great­
~: Lincoln In The 1850's by Don Fehrenbacher has been published-by the stanford
UniverSity Press. *** Doubleday & Co., Inc., has issued Lincoln: A Contemporary
Portrait, edited by Allan Nevins and Irving Stone. *** The Lincoln Fellowship of
Wisconsin has distributed its annual Historical Btuletin containing the address of
Professor Thomas D. Clark of the University of Kentucky which was delivered before
the 2/13/61 meeting of the organization. Professor Clark's address was entitled
The Kentuc
Influence on the Life of Abraham Lincoln. *** Part I - 1861 of Civil
War Naval Chronology 18 1-18 5 by the Naval History DiviSion, Office of the Chief
of Naval Operations,Navy Dept. is available at the US Government Printing Office
for 25¢. *** The February 9, 1962 issue of~ published a composite photograph of
small photographs of persons of Lincoln's day pasted on a silhouette of Lincoln's
head. The composite was found by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt in the Civil War Collec­
tion of her father, Frederick Hill Meserve, and it was made in 1864 by a New York
photographer named Silas Holmes. *** The New York Times of 3/22/62 reported that
Ivy Davenport, now 72 years old, was the last person born in the same log cabin as
Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Davenport, who is a maintenance man at Hodgenville (Ky.)
Elementary School, said that his parents lived in the Lincoln cabin 19 years and
left when he was five years old. He related that "He still remembers co;rnshuck
mattresses, meals prepared over an open fireplace, beds fitted into the wall by
pegs and cramped conditions of the l6-by-18 cabin."
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