Meeting minutes of Germantown Horticultural Society, 1934-1945.

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Meeting minutes of Germantown Horticultural Society, 1934-1945.

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Meeting minutes of Germantown Horticultural Society: 1934- Monday Evening, January 8,1934 held Library Hall, Vernon Park, Germantown, Mr. Baxter, Evening Bulletin,Mrs. H.S. Prentiss Nichols, R. B. Chillas on Schedule Committee prizes for Mrs. Bruce Ford, Mrs. G. W . Ott, Dorothy Herron, discussion on care of house plants, Mr. Arthur Powell, Henry F. Michell Co., Miss L. K. Herring, Mrs. J. S. Mattis, Miss Anne Wertsner, George B. Kaiser, George Redles , John Welsh Young, E. B. Phillips, C. W. Haines, Edwin Matthews, awards, Mrs. Bertram Rambo, Mrs. John Gribbel, S. Walsh, Jane G. Mason , Wm. P. Sorber, Mrs. J. Aitkin, Mrs. R. Kleinschmidt, Gustave Leibscher, Tristam C. Whitaker, Henry A. Dreer Co. , Edwin Matthews, Judges John Tonkin, J. S. Mattis. Monday Evening, February 5, 1934 President Baxter, Miss L. K. Herring, Miss Margaret Watt, flora in New Zealand, Edwin Matthews, awards, Mrs. J. Gribbell, Mrs. Bruce Ford, George Shade, Miss Jane Mason, Mrs. W. Ziess, Mrs. K. Kleinschmidt, Mrs. George W. Ott, Wm. P. Sorber, Mrs. J. N. Aitkin, Mrs. David Jester, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Peggy Baxter, Thomas Brown, W. Stark, judges. Monday Evening, March 5, 1934 Library Hall, Vernon Park, G. M. Baxter presiding, George D. Widener greenhouses, Whitemarsh, PA, exhibit hybrid Cymbidum, J. Franklin Meehan, "Construction and Care of Lawns", Edwin Matthews, "Spraying of Trees and Shrubs", Wordsworth poem, Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, awards, W.S. Pilling, C. Pettiford, Mrs. John Gribbell, S. Walsh, Mrs. J. Hampton Moore, George Shade, Mrs. George Ott, Mrs. L. Schwoebel, Wm. Starke, Jr., A. H. Lea Estate, T. C. Whitaker, Charles Pettiford, judges W. H. Monroe, Wm. Weber, Arthur Powell. April 9, 1934 P. M. Moore, outline of newly formed Rock Garden Society of America, Mr. Stephen Ager, " Seed Sowing and Summer Flowering Bulbs", Mr. Starke, Jr. on outline on genus Cymbidium, Dr. Rodney H. True, director of Morris Arboretum to speak at May 25 market, Mr. Mattis, new rules on judging roses, Edwin Matthews, awards, George Shade, Wm. Monroe, Mrs. George W. Ott, Mrs. Bruce Ford, Wm. P. Sorber, Mrs. J. N. Aitkin, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Betty Baxter, Dorothy Herron, Mrs. P. H. Moore, Chas. T. Rehfuss, Tristam C. Whitaker, Mr. Gustave Leibscher, judges, John Tonkin, James Lambert, Xavier E. E. Schmitt. May 14, 1934 Library Hall, Vernon Park, "May Flower Show", Dr. Rodney H. True speaks on "Rare and Notable Trees and Plants of the Arboretum", given honorary membership, George Redles on quest for Yellow Wild Orchid,C. Acule on the Purple Lady-Slipper, Edwin Matthews,awards, Wm. Burrows, George Shade, Tristam C. Whitaker, Wm. Sorber, Lulu E. Cliffe, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Samuel N. Baxter, Mrs. David A. Jester, Mrs. J. N. Aitkin, Miss M. Chillas, Mrs. Finley Acker, Mrs. J. H. Eberbach, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, Miss Peggy Baxter, Mrs. M. M. Bird, judges, Elizabeth G. Hahn, Thomas Brown, John Tonkin, Evergreen Gardens, Outdoor Arts Co. June 11, 1934 Library Hall, Vernon Park, vice-president Mrs. J. N. Aitkin, Mrs. Wertsner on May market, Mrs. Leibscher, June flower show broadcasted on station WTEL, Mr. Arthur Leibscher, Mr. J. Franklin Meehan, J. Stafford Mattis and Edwin Matthews on "Roses- Old and New", Edwin Matthews, awards, Phillip H. Moore, Wm. R. Glendenning, George Shade, Miss L. K. Herring, Tristram Whitaker, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Mrs. Lulu E. Cliffe, Mrs. G. W. Ott, Mrs. M.L. Bickel, Mrs. Wm. P. Sorber, Mrs. Joseph Eberbach, M. S. Buzby, R. S. Hotchkiss, Peggy Baxter, Betty Baxter, judges, W. H. Monroe, J. S. Mattis, A.A. Powell, Henry A. Dreer, Co. August, 13, 1934 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Mr. H. Moyer, Floral Croft Gardens, Dublin PA, on fifty varierties of Gladiolas, Mr. Phillip Mattis on Summer blooming Rock Garden plants,Henry A. Dreer on new house plant "Pothos", Mrs. H. S. Prentiss on sub-tropical grass "Job's Tears", Mr. and Mrs. George Shade, Mrs. H. Prentiss Nichols, Edwin Matthews, awards, J. S. Mattis, T. C. Whitaker, J. W. Faust, M. S. Buzby, Mrs. Jos. Eberbach, Lulu E. Cliffe, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, Emily Matthews, Peggy Baxter, Betty Baxter, judges, J. S. Mattis, Wm. F. Voight, Edw. B. Phillips. September 10, 1934 Library Hall, Vernon Park, exhibits of 19 classes, also display of Hardy Perrenials and Dahlias by Mr. Powell of Henry Michell Co., Mr. and Mrs. Williams of Bustleton Gardens on "Floral Arrangement and Coklor Harmony", honorary membership, Edwin Matthews, awards, Geo. Shade, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Mrs. R. Glendenning, T. C. Whitaker, Lulu Cliffe, Phillip Moore, Robert Haines, Harry C. Engle, J.N. Aitken, Wm. P. Sorber, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Mrs. Wm. Giess, R. B. Chillas, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, Mrs. Wm. T. James, Mrs. C. H. James, Mrs. C. Schubert, Doris M. Aitken, Betty Baxter, G. W. Ott, Jr., judges, W. H. Monroe, John Tonkin, Fred Raine. October 1, 1934 held "Annual Dahlia Show", outstanding exhibits by Stanley Johnson, Harry C. Engle, Henry F. Michell Co. Wm. H. Monroe, George Shade, Lulu E. Cliffe, Robert Haines, Mrs. George W. Ott, Mrsd. John C. Gribbell, Stephen Walsh, Mr. Mauger of Hosea Water Co. on "History, ancient and Modern of the Tulip, Narcissis and other bulbed members of Amarillis and Lily family", Edwin Matthews, awards, Lulu E. Cliffe, Louis Barnier, Mrs. Bruce Ford, Miss L. K. Herring, Mrs. Harrison, George Redles, Jos. Castanza, Arthur Read, Mrs. D. Jester, W. P. Sorber, Mrs. W. N. Mawhew, Eleanor W. David, Betty Baxter, judges J. S. Mattis, T. W. Baker, Arthur H.l Powell. November 5, 1934 Library Hall, Vernon Park, annual Chrysanthemum Show, greenhouses of Mr. A. H. Lea of Chestnut Hill, PA, and Mr. Wm. M. Elkins, Whitemarsh, PA, Wm. Starke, Jr., Allan Wicks, greenhouses of John Gribbell, Wyncote, PA, Stephen Walsh, Mrs. Robert Glendenning, Robert Dunleavy, Harry Wood, Swarthmore College, Percy Adams, Maurice Saul, Esq., Rose Valley, PA, Mr. Fred Raine on "Chrysanthemums", Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, Mrs. Mayhew, stop burning leaves in Vernon Park, nomination of elected officers, S. N. Baxter, president, Mrs. H. S. Nichols, vice president, Edwin Matthews, secretary, R. B. Chillas, Jr. treasurer, awards, Mrs. George Shade, Lulu E. Cliffe, Mrs. Gilpin, Cheltenham Nurseries, Dot Herron, T. C. Whitaker, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Mrs. Wm. F. James, Mrs. J. N. Eberbach, Betty Baxter, Peggy Baxter, judges, James Lambert, Percy W. Adams, Harry Wood. December 10, 1934 Library Hall, Venon Park, evergreen sprays, wreaths and berries, table decorations theme, competition, 10 minutes to arrange evergreen and berry material, Edwin Matthews on " Wreaths and Wreath Making", awards, George Shade, Caspar W. Haines, Miss L. K. Herring, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, Miss S. Buzby, Mrs. J. N. Aitkin, Eddie Matthews, Jr., Geo. W. Ott, Jr., Peggy Baxter, Outdoor Arts Co., T. C. Whitaker, judges, Harry C. Engle, Elizabeth Hahn, Jane B. Haines. January 14, 1935 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Edwin Mathews on "The Pines, Their Prehistoric History and Their Uses in World of Today", S. N. Baxter, death of members W. Warner Harper and George Koklupaev, awards, Mrs. Bruce Ford, George Shade, Mrs. Charles James, T. C. Whitaker, Mrs. George W. Ott., W. P. Sorber, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Peggy Baxter, judges, Edith McKinny, John Tonkin, H. Powell. February 11, 1935 Library Hall, Vernon Park , Phillip H. Moore on "The Rock Garden Pagentry", Mrs. C. W. Haines 82nd birthday, Edwin Matthews, awards, Mrs. Richard Kleinschmidt, Mrs. Robert Glendenning, Mrs. Bruce Ford, George Shade, Mrs. Jane Mason, Miss M. Chillas, Wm. P. Sorber, Mrs. David Jester, Mrs. J. N. Aitkin, Mrs. George W. Ott, George W. Ott, Jr., Peggy Baxter, judges, Edith McKinny, George Adams, Edw. B. Phillips. March 11, 1935 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Mr. W. F. Therkildson on "Beginning Right in the Garden", Miss Herring, Mr. Powell, Edwin Matthews, awards, Mrs. Bruce Ford, George Shade, T. C. Whitaker, Mrs. John Gribbel, Miss Jane Mason, Mrs. George W. Ott, Whitaker Evergreen Gardens, Mrs. Baxter, Mrs. Aitken, R. B. Chillas, Miss M. Chillas, George Ott, Jr., Betty Baxter, Peggy Baxter, judges, L.K.Herring, R. T. Buzby, H. C. Engle. April 8, 1935 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Mr. M. L. Mauger, Hosea Waterer Company, Philadelphia on Perennial Gardens,Edwdin Matthews, awards, Mrs. Bruce Ford, Mrs. Lulu Cliffe, T. C. Whitaker, Mr. George Shade, Mrs. J. R. Whitaker, Mrs. W. H. Monroe, Miss M. Chillas, Miss L. K. Herring, Wm. P. Sorber, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Mrs. George W. Ott, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Peggy Baxter, judges, L. Mauger, Xavier E. E. Schmitt, Arthur A. Powell. May 13, 1935 Lijbrary Hall, Vernon Park, May Festival, vase of "Mariposa Lily" or California Tulip, Mr. Richard Rothe on "Distinction in the Beautification of Home Grounds", garden visitations, Mr. Henry Boenning & Mr. W. S. Pilling, Mr. Wm. P. Sorber, Misses Jane & Mary Mason, Mrs. Robert Glendenning, Miss Marie & R. B. Chillas, Mrs. Jos. & Mr. T. C. Whitaker, Edwin Matthews,awards, J. S. Mattis, V. R. Michaels, Chas.McCormick, Mrs. Geo. Shade, S. N. Baxter, Mrs. D. A. Jester, M. Louise Mayhew, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Lulu E. Cliffe, Miss L. K. Herring, Geo. Shade, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, M. Louise Mayhew, Amanda M. Davis, Eleanor W. David, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Peggy Baxter, Betty Baxter, Geo. Redles, judges, Arthur Powell, Miss McKinney, Harry C. Engle. June 10, 1935 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Rose Exhibit, short talks by Miss L. K. Herring, Edwin Matthews, Phillip H. Moore, Wm. H. Monro wins Achievement Prize, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott wins amateur classes, awards Mrs. John C. Gilpin, Morris Arboretum, Outdoor Arts. Co., Mrs. R. E. Glendenning, Chas. T. Rehfuss, Mrs. Bruce Ford, Mr. John J. Campbell, Jane Mason, Lulu E. Cliffe, T. C. Whitaker, Geo. Shade, Mrs. R. Kleinschmidt, Wm. P. Sorber, Cabel Cope Rehufuss, Mrs. D. Jester, Miss M. Chillas, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Miss E. W. David, Mrs. L. Nittinger, Mrs. W. N. Mayhew, Miss H. C. Pierson, Mrs. E. Matthews, Geo. W. Ott, Jr., judges Wm. Starke, Wm. H. Sstarke, Allan T. Wicks. August 12, 1935 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Gladioli Show, Henry A. Dreer, short talks by J. Stafford Mattis, R. B. Chillas, Mrs. George W. Ott, Mrs. Lulu E. Cliffe, Edwin Matthews, awards, J. S. Mattis, R. W. Snitcher, Mrs. Shade, Mrs. Bruce Ford, T. C. Whitaker, Geo. Shade, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, W. P. Sorber, Amanda M. Davis, Peggy Baxter, Geo. W. Ott, Jr., Betty Baxter, P. Edmund Stutz, John McIntosh, judges, Arthur Cornelius.. September 9, 1935 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Henry F. Michell's Garden Flowers, Mrs. I. Pearson, Mr. Powell, "Begonias" by Mrs. Margaret Gruenbaum of Olney, Edwin Matthews on "Comfortable Highways", Mr. Chillas, Mr. Wm. H. Monro, Mrs. Bruce Ford, awards, Geo. Shade, Miss L. K. Herring, Lulu Cliffe, Mrs. E. K. Price, Mrs. Robert Glendenning, Eleanor W. David, L. C. Whitaker, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Miss Chillas, M. Louise M. Mayhew, Amanda Davis, W. P. Sorber, Mrs. John Tonkin, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, Geo. W. Ott, Jr., Betty Baxter, Peggy Baxter, judges Arthur A. Powell, Elizabeth G. Hahn, John Tonkin. October 7, 1935 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Annual Dahlia Show, Henry F. Michell Co., Geo. Shade, Harry C. Engle, Mr. J. M. Root , Collingswood, NJ, on "Dahlia", Mrs. Walter K. Jurdan, Mrs. Thos. F. Cayne, Chas. P. McDermott, Edwin Matthews, awards, Mrs. Bruce Ford, Geo. Redles, Geo. Shade, Miss E. Given Martin, R. E. Glendenning, Lulu E. Cliffe, Tristam Whitaker, Arthur Reed, L. A. Altemus, Wm. P. Sorber, Betty Baxter, Peggy Baxter, Geo. Ott, Jr. , Outdoor Arts Co. judges, Jno. W. Root, F. W. Baker, Ed Rodger. November 4, 1935 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Annual Chrysanthemum Show, greenhouses of Mr. Arthur H. Lea, Chestnut Hill, Mr. John Gribbel, Wyncote, Mrs Robert Glendenning, nominations for pres. S. Newman Baxter, 1st VP Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, 2nd VP, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, 3rd VP W. Norman Morris, Sec. Edwin Matthews, Treas, R. B. Chillas, Jr.,Mr. J. Starke, awards, Lulu E. Cliffe, T. C. Whitaker, Eleanor W. David, Mrs. Geo. Ott, Mrs. Jane Mason, Mrs. R. Kleinschmidt, Mrs. John Tonkin, Miss Margaret Tonkin, Mrs. Eleanor W. David, Augus Stang, Betty Baxter, Peggy Baxter, Rev. James Norris McDowell, Rev. A. E. Wohlert, judges, Allan T. Wicks, A. A. Powell, Mrs. Hahn. December 9, 1935 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Mr. Powell, President Baxter on Pacific Coast Trip, awards, Mrs. Bruce Ford, Mrs. Lulu E. Cliffe, Peggy Baxter, Miss L. K. Herring, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Miss Chillas,T. C. Whitaker, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Geo. W. Ott,Jr., Betty Baxter, Mr. Gustave Liebscher, Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, Miss Elizabeth Hahn , Arthur Powell, J. Stafford Mattis, special classes, Robert Dunlevy, Miss Mary Mason. January 16, 1936 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Mrs. John C. Gilpin, Mrs. Greunbaum, T. C. Whitaker, Mr. C. Mendelson Meehan on "Beauty of Evergreens", Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, Mrs. Ann M. Phillips, Mr. Henry W. Mace, Edwin Matthews, awards, Geo. Shade, Miss Jane Mason, Mrs. David A. Jester, Wm. P. Sorber, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Peggy Baxter, Geo. W. Ott, Jr., judges, L. K. Herring, Mrs. Hahn, A. A. Powell. February 10,1936 Auditorium of the Women's Club of Germantown, Mrs. J. Norman Henry on "Exploring and Plant Cokllecting Beyoun the Forntier in Northern British Columbia", Edwin Matthews, awards Geo. Shade, Wm. P. Sorber, Amanda M. Davis, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Peggy Baxter, Geo. W. Ott, Jr. , Mrs. I. P. Willits, judges, J. A. Boyce, Fred G. Foster, S. N. Baxter. March 9, 1936 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Miss L. K. Herring on "Seed Sowing and Plant Raising", Mrs. Jos. Eberbach, Mrs. Muldoon, Mr. Baxter, Mrs. J. M. Van Nienkerken, Edwin Matthews. awards, Mrs. Bruce Ford, Harrison S. Morris, T. C. Whitaker, Margaret C. Gruenbaum, Amanda M. Davis, Mrs. Bruce Ford, Mrs. Geo W. Ott, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, Wm. P. Sorber, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Peggy Baxter, Gustasve Leibscher, Arthur Powell, judges, Marie Chillas, E. Brett, Chas. Macormack. April 13, 1936 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Norman W. Morris,Lydia Borden on "New Jersey's Interesting Flora", Edwin Matthews.,awards, Mrs. Albert F. Schenck, George Shade, Mrs. Shade, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Trijjstam C. Whitaker, Wm. P. Sorber, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Peggy Baxter, Geo. W. Ott, Jr. , Gustave Liebscher, judges Mrs. Hahn, R. B. Chillas, Jr. May 11, 1936 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Mr. Powell, Mr. Frank Baker, Henry F. Michell Co. on "Best Annuals of 1935",Edwin Matthews, awards, T. C. Whitaker, Wm. P. Sorber, Mrs. Lulu E. Cliffe, Mrs. Geo. Ott, Mrs. John C. Bechtel, Mr. S. N. Baxter, Geo. Shade, Mrs. W. F. James, J. H. Eberbach, Amanda M. Davis, Eleanor W. David, judges, L. K. Herring, F. W. Baker, John Tonkin. June 1, 1936 Library Hall, Vernon Hall, Annual Rose and Perenniall Show, Henry F. Michell Co., Dr. J. S. Ladd Thomas, Mr. W. S. Pilling, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Powell, Edwin Matthews, awards Mrs. R. Glendenning, Geo. Shade, Mrs. Lulu E. Cliff, Miss Jane Mason, S. N. Baxter, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Mrs. R. Kleinschmidt, Miss L. K. Herring, Louis Nittinger, Mrs. G. H. Bardsley, Eleanor W. David, Marian Matthews, Amanda Davis, Mrs. Geo. Ott, juniors Eddy Mathews, Doris N. Aitkin, Peggy Baxter, special Outdoor Arts, Co. August 10, 1936 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Mr. R. B. Chillas on trip to England, Edwin Matthews,awards, T. C. Whitaker, Geo. Shade, Lulu E. Cliffe, Mrs. Bruce Ford, J. Schroech, Miss B. H. Sorber, Wm. P. Sober, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, R. Kleinschmidt, Miss Betty Baxter, Mrs. E. Matthews, Amanda Davis, junior, Peggy Baxter, Geo. W. Ott, Jr., judges, H. C. Engle, Arthur Cornelis, J. A. Boyce. September 14, 1936 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Mr. Mattis on "bulbs and bulb planting", Joseph Dunlevy, Mrs. Robert Glendenning, Mrs. George W. Ott, Conrad-Pyle Company, West Grove, Pa, Edwin Matthews,awards, Edward /brett, Geo. Shade, Lulu Cliffe, L. K. Herring, T. C. Whitaker, H. C. Engle, John Schroeck, Mrs. S. Whitaker, S.N. Baxter, B. H. Sorber, W. P. Sorber, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Mrs. E. K. Price, Amanda Davis, Eleanor David, Natalie B. Kiimber, Mrs. M. M. Bird, M. Fender, Betty Baxter, junior, Geo. W. Ott, Jr. , Peggy Baxter, judges, J. S. Mattis, John Tonkin, Wm. Starke. October 5, 1936 Library Hall, Vernon Park, annual Dahlia show, Devon, Pa., Burholme, Philadelphia, Miss Herring on "The Small Dahlia", Mr. Baker, Henry F. Michell Co., Mr. Powell, Mrs. Fred and Frank Michell, King Irvine, George Shade, Edwin Matthews, awards, Lulu E. Cliffe, L.K. Herring, Mrs. B. Ford, Mrs. R. Glendenning,Bruce Ford, H. C. Engle, Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Geo. Ott, F. Herst, Mrs. Jos. H. Eberbach, Mrs. F Dursch, Wm. O. Hird, Wm H. Starke, Arthur Reed, Mrs. H. Hays, Eleanor Reed, Alma Bennett, Wm. O. Hird, Wm. H. Starke. November 4 and 5, 1936 Library Hall, Vernon Park, annual Chrysanthemum show, Outdoor Arts Co. Mr. Arthur H. Lea, Wm. Starke, Jr. ,Mrs. Jos. Donnelly, nominated Samuel Newman Baxter, pres., Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Mr. W. Norman Morris, vice -presidsents, Edwin Matthews, secretary, R. B. Chillas, treasurer, awards, Mrs.Robt. Glendenning, Geo. Shade, H. S. Morris, Lulu E. Cliffe, John C. Wister, Mt. Airy Nurseries, Mrs. M.l M. Bird, Mrs. R. Kleinschmidt, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, Eleanor W. David, Mrs. W. A. James, Peggy Baxter, judges, John Tonkin, A. A. Powell, S. N. Baxter. December 14, 1936 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Edwin Matthews in 30-40 botanical specimens from Texas by Mr. and Mrs. Chillas, Mrs. J. N. Aitkin, Mrs. W. F. James, Miss Eleanor Davis, executive nominees approved, Mr. Walter Gebhart, awards, Mrs. Snitcher, Geo. Shade, Mrs. Lulu Cliffe, Miss Jane Mason, E. Matthews, Mr. Geo. W. Ott, W; P. Sorber, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Amanda M. Davis, Mrs. Wm. Jones, Peggy Baxter, judges, Elizabeth G. Huhn, H. C. Engle, Arthur A. Powell. Monday, January 11, 1937 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Norman W. Morris, Mr. A. E. Wohlert on "Flowering Trees for the American Home Grounds", Mrs. S. Mendelson Meehan, new member, Mrs. Eliabeth Rae Cogwells, Edwin Matthews, awards, Amanda M. Davis, Mrs. Wm. F. James, Mrs. C. H. James, Mrs. M. M. Bird, W. P. Sorber, Margaret Baxter, Outdoor Arts Co., judges, Mrs. Theo. Gruenbaum, Mr. John Tonkin, Mr. S. Mendelson Meehan. Monday, February 8, 1937 Library Hall, Vernon Park, President Baxter, Mr. Adolph Muller on "Story of the Dogwood" and tribute to George Redles, Mr. Powell, Doris B. Aitken, S, N. Baxter, John C. Wister, Miss Jane Mason, W. P. Sorber, Amanda Davis, L. K. Herring, Eleanor W. David, Geo. Shade, Mrs. Wm. P. James, Mrs. George W. Ott, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Miss Betty Baxter, Peggy Baxter, Geo. W. Ott, Jr., judges Minna M. Bird, John Tonkin, George B. Kaiser. Monday, March 8, 1937 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Mr. Baxter presiding, Professor George B. Kayser on botany in Horticultural Hall, Fairmount Park, Marion Matthews,awards, John C. Wister, William P. Sorber, John C. Wister, Mrs. Chas. H. Jones, Mrs. C. J. Rinker, Mrs. Harrison S. Morris, Mrs. F. Jones, Betty Baxter, Peggy Baxter, judges, Chas. Macormack, Alex McNatt, John Tonkin. April 12, 1937 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Mr. Wm. Hird of the I. N. Simon and Sons, Seedmen, Philadelphia on "Garden from Frost to Frost'",death of George Shade, Edwin Matthews, awards, Mrs. E. K. Price, John C. Wister, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Mrs. Wm. F. James, Mrs. J. N. Aitkin, Betty Baxter, W. P. Sorber, Eleanor David, Chas. H. James, Daniel Hoffiner, G. W. Ott, Jr., judges, Wm. O. Hurd, Marie Chillas, Edwin Matthews. May 8, 1937 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Spring Flower exhibit, Mr. R. B. Chillas and Miss Chillas on travelogue on Mexico and Seabord of Texas,Mrs. Alice Shade, Mrs. J. A. Robbins, Edwin Matthews, Spring Flower Show, Monday, May 10, 1937 awards, Mrs. R. Glendenning, Faith Kuhrt, Mrs. Alice Shade, Mrs. Price, Eleanor David, Mr. S. N. Baxter, Mrs. Eli K. Price, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Mrs. Chas. H. James, W. P. Sorber, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, Mrs. Wm. F. James, Mrs. J. N. Aitkin, Betty Baxter, Daniel Hofmeier, Miss Chillas, Mrs. E. Matthews, Mrs. R. Kleinschmidt, M. M. Bird, Mrs. Willitts, Alice Hall Phillips, Peggy Baxter, Katherine Kuhrt, Faith Kuhrt. June 7, 1937 Library Hall, Vernon Park, June Flower Show, new members, Mrs. Lewis Lukens, Mrs. Benjamin Shoemaker, Jr., Mr. David Bockius, Mrs. Elizabeth Schaible, Mr. A. E. Wohlert, Edwin Mathews,awards, Mrs. R. Glendenning, Mrs. Alice Shade, Miss Mason, Miss Maur, Mrs. Chas. Day , Mrs. G. F. Peachee, Mrs. Sophia Whitaker, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Mrs. R. Shade, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, Mr. J. C. Wister, Mrs. E. K. Price, Mrs. Chas. H. James, Louis Nottinger, Elizabeth Bolton Baxter, Mr. Daniel Hofmeier, Margaret C. Baxter, Mrs. W. F. James, T. N. Aitkin, Mrs. J. N. Aitkin, Mrs. George W. Ott, judges, W. H. Monroe, F. W. Baker, A. Powell. August 9, 1937 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Gladiola Show, Henry F. Michell Co. display, Edwin Matthews, awards, Mrs. E. K. Price, W. P. Sorber, J. E. Joyner, W. G. Buerkle Lulu Cliffe, Walter Penrose, Robt. Tuckey, Sidney Tuckey, Betty Baxter, Mrs. Alice Shade, Mrs. Geo. Ott, Katherine M. Vare, Miss Chillas, Mrs. R. Kleinschmidt, Daniel Hofmeier, Peggy Baxter, Eddie Matthews,Jr., judges, Elsa Votti, F. M. Schoch, Harry C. Engle. September 13, 1937 Library Hall, Vernon Park, President Baxter, Mr. Chillas, L.K. Herring on her homeland England, Mr. Hallowell on "Lawns", Conrad Pyle Rose Garden, Edwin Matthews, awards, Mrs. A. Buerkle, Mrs. R. Glendenning, Wm. P. Sorber, Francis W. Caldwell, Lulu Cliffe, W. G. Buerkle, Betty Baxter, Laura Little, Mr. J. Tonkin, Daniel Hofmeier, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Peggy Baxter, judges, Robert Finney, W. H. Monroe, Chas. Krauth. October 4, 1937 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Annual Dahlia Show, Mrs. J. B. Aitkin, Arthur Powell, Rev. J. M. McDowell, Joseph Dunlevy, R. B. Chillas, Edwin Matthews, awards, Edward Ilsey, Mrs. Lulu Cliffe, Robert Glendenning, Arthur Read, Mrs. Robert Glendenning, John G. Schwarz, Mrs. J. Caldwell, Mrs. Alice Shade, Eleanor W. David, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Mrs. John G. Schwarz, Harry J. Schmidt, Chas. F. Friedel, Mrs. F. J. Baker, Miss Marie Chillas, Peggy Baxter, Geo. W. Ott, Jr., John Welsh Young, Outdoor Arts Co., Glenden Dahlia Garden, Henry A. Miller, Henry F. Michel, judges, Mrs. H. Hahn, Arthur Powell, John Tonkin, Gustave Liebscher. November 1, 1937 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Annual Chrysanthemum Show, Morris Arboretum, Mrs. J. E. Caldwell, Lawrence Gatenby, Rev. J. M. McDowell on "The Romance of Raising Chrysanthemums", Mrs. Robert Glendenning, Joseph Dunlevy, Mrs. Lulu E. Cliffe,, nominations for officers, president, Samuel N. Baxter, vice-presidents Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, Mrs. J. N. Aitkin, W. Norman Moris, secretary,Edwin Matthews, treasurer Marie de la R. Chillas, Edward Ilsley, awards Mrs. Alice Shade, J. C. Wister, Phillip H. MooreAugust Stang, Chas. Krauth, Arthur Reed, Mrs. John Schwartz, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Eleanor David, W. P. Sorber, Outdoor Arts. Co., Swarthmore College, Henry A. Miller, judges Elizabeth Hahn, J. N. McDowell, W. R. Monroe. December 13, 1937 Library Hall, Vernon Hall,Mr. Chas. C. Parlin a travelogue, "Falls of the Iguazu", Joseph Dunlevy, officers elected Samuel Baxter, pres, , Mrs. H.S. Prentiss Nichols, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Norman W. Morris, vice-presidents, Edwin Matthews, secretary, R. B. Chillas, Jr. treasurer, Mrs. Anna Gregory, Lawrence Gatenby, awards, Mrs. J. E. Caldwell, Mrs. Geo. Shade, Mrs. E. K. Price, Lulu Cliffe, Miss Eleanor David, Mrs. Chas. H. James, Mrs. J. N. Aitkins, Peggy Baxter, Eddy Matthews, Jr., Judges, Anne E. B. Wertsner, John Tonkin, Doris B. Aitken. January 10, 1938 Library Hall, Vernon Park, President Baxter, Miss Eleanor Davis talk "Floral Arrangements with Alcoves", Mrs. John C. Bechtel, new members, Miss Florence E. Reinert, Miss Gertrude Butler, Mrs. Benjamin Shoemaker, Marian Matthews, awards, Elisabeth R. Cogwswell, Mrs. J. E. Caldwell, Miss K. M. Vare, Mrs. Charles Day, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, R. B. Chillas, Marie D. P. Chillas, Daniel Hofheimer, J. L. Gatenby, John Tonkin. February 14, 1938 Library Hall, Vernon Hall, talk by Mr. Ronald B. Read on "Terrarium and Winter Gardens", Mr. Powell, Miss Herring, new members, Mrs. Wm. Seraff, Mrs. Rodney H. True, Ronald B. Read, Mrs. Millicent Eggleston, awards, Mrs. J. E. Caldwell, Mrs. R. Glendenning, Mrs. M. C. Gruenbaum, Mrs. Alice Shade, Mrs. Benjamin Shoemaker, Miss Chillas, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Mrs. E. Matthews, Mrs. Wm. F. James, Mrs. George W. Ott, Mrs. Wm. Seraff, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, Mrs. Kleinschmidt, Peggy Baxter, Edwin Matthews, judges, John Tonkin, Miss Eleanor David, Miss L. K. Herring. March 14, 1938 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Vice President W. Norman Morris, S. Newman Baxter on 'sojourn in Mexico', Edwin Matthews, awards, Mrs. J. E. Caldwell, Mrs. Shade, Mr. Sorber, Miss David, Miss Herring, Mrs. Aitken, Mrs. Shoemaker, Mr. Hofheimer, Mrs. Baxter, Mrs. Bird, Mrs. Ott, Peggy Baxter, judges, Margaret L. Gribbel, F. Russell Bebler, John Tonkin. April 11, 1938 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Mrs. Marguarite Phillips Kuhrt speaks on "Beauty of Magnolia and Middleton Gardens", Vice President Norman Morris, new member Miss Christiana E. Fraser, Edwin Matthews, awards, Mrs. Alice Shade, Mrs. H. Morris, Mrs. Wm. F. James, Mrs. J. E. Caldwell, Mrs. F. J. Baker, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Mr. Geo. Shade, Miss Marie Chillas, Eleanor David, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Daniel Hofheimer, judges, Anne Jelinck, Mrs. Hahn, R. B. Chillas, Jr. May 9, 1938 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Professor George B. Kaiser on "Glories of Spring in and around Philadelphia", Edwin Matthews, awards, Mrs. Alice Shade, Mrs. Wm. K. Smith, Mrs. Wm. F. James, Miss Mary La Rue, Mrs. Lacey, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, Miss Eleanor David, Mrs. Lulu Cliffe, Mrs. Chas. H. James, Daniel Hofheimer, Mrs. F. J. Baker, Mrs. I. P. Willits, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Peggy Baxter, Edward Towill, judges, Mrs. Hahn, John Tonkin, George B. Kaiser. June 6, 1938 Library Hall, Vernon Park, annual Rose Show, Morris Arboretum, Edwin Matthews, awards, Mrs. J. E. Caldwell, Mrs. Lulu Cliffe, Mrs. Alice Shade, Mrs. Robt. Glendenning, Mrs. S. N. Baxter, Daniel Hofheimer, Mrs. E. Matthews, Mrs. Aitken, Mrs. George Ott, Mrs. Bird, Miss David, Miss Butler, Mrs. Lacey, Mrs. Seraff, Betty Yerger, Dottie Yerger, Peggy Baxter,best rose to Mrs. J. E. Caldwell, George Redles, judges, Harry Wood, Percy W. Adams, Mrs. Wm. Davidson Jr., Mrs. Robt. Cridland. No meetings July/ August 1938 September 12, 1938 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Flower Show, Vice President Morris, Edwin Matthews on vacation in England, Treasurer Chillas on floral life in mountain ranges of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, Mrs. Joseph Eberbach on plants in Northern Labrador, awards, Mrs. Robert Glendenning, Edw. Illsley, Lulu Cliffe, J. E. Caldwell, Mrs. R. Glendenning, Mrs. Alice Shade, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, Chas. G. Friedel, James Desmond, Mrs. F. Baker, Eleanor David, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Geo. W. Ott, Daniel Hofheimer, Mrs. Chas. H. James, Henry Michell Co., Conrad Pyle Co. , judges, E. David, W. H. Monroe, F.W. Baker. No meeting October 1938 November 7, 1938 Library Hall, Vernon Park, 66th annual Chrysanthemum Show, Morris Arboretum, Swarthmore College, nominations executive, president, Samuel Baxter, Dr. Rodney H. True, vice president Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, W. Norman Morris, secetary Edwin Matthews, treasurer, R. B. Chillas, Jr., sweepstake prize Mrs. Robert Glendenning, awards, Mrs. Alice Shade, Mrs. J. E. Caldwell, Mrs. Lulu Cliffe, Mrs. E. K. Price, Eleanor W. David, Miss Chillas, Mrs. Chas. James, Mrs. H. Clark, T. C. Whitaker, Arthur Reed, Mrs. H. Clark, Mrs. W. F. James, W. P. Sorber, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Mrs. Kleinschmidt, Mrs. Geo. W. Ott, Peggy Baxter, Outdoor Arts Co., H. F. Michell Co. judges, Mrs. Hahn , Harry Wood, Percy W. Adams, Mrs. Ann Lamb, Mrs. K. L. Rieger. December 12, 1938 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Miss Denfield, Wm B. Sorber, president Samuel N. Baxter, vice presidents Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, W. Norman Morris, Mrs. J. N. Aitken, secretary, Edwin Matthews, treasurer, R. B. Chillas, Jr., awards, Mrs. Chas. Day, Mrs. Frank Dursch, Mrs. R. Kleinschmidt, Mrs. W. F. James, Mrs. C. H. James, Mrs. G. W. Ott, Miss E. W. David, Peggy Baxter, judges, Mrs. John C. Bechtel, Miss L. K. Herring, Mr. John Tonkin. January 9, 1939 Library Hall, Vernon Park, Mr. J. Franklin Meehan had passed away, Mr. Arthur C. Emlen on history and preservation plan for Grumblethorpe House, 1938 series winner, Mrs. Robert Glendenning, open classes Mrs. Lulu E. Cliffe, new members, Miss Mary Denfeld, Mr. Charles B. Mayer, Miss Sarah C. Leonard, awards, Mrs. J. E. Caldwell, Mrs. Chas. Day, Mr. W. D. Sauerbrey, E. K. Price, Mrs. Wm. F. James , Miss Chillas, Mrs. G. H. Chillas, W. P. Sorber, Mrs. Chas. H. James, judges, Eleanor W. David, J. S. Gatenby, A. W. Powell, Miss Herring, Meehans Monthly 1891. February 6, 1939 Library Hall, Vernon Park, S. N. Baxter presides, Mrs. E. B. Liebscher, Joseph Dunlevy, Mrs. Robert Glendenning, awards, Miss Denfeld, Mrs. Chas. Day, Daniel Hofheimer, Mrs. Chas. James, Mrs. George Ott, Mrs. Kleinschmidt, Peggy Baxter, Mrs. H. S. Morris, Miss Chillas, Miss Herring, Mrs. Wm. F. James, photos of Wissahickon, G. Liebscher, judges, Anne Jelinek, John W. Prince, John Tonkin. March 12, 1939 Library Hall, Vernon Park, S. N. Baxter presides, James Lambert on "Xmas Botanizing around Miami, Florida", Eddwin Matthews on "Bok Tower Bird Sanctuary" of Mountain Lake, awards, Miss L. K. Herring, Mrs. H. S. Morris, Geo. Adams, Stephen Smith, Mrs. Wm. F. James, Daniel Hofheimer, Mrs. W. D. Saunerbrey, Peggy Baxter, Mrs. Alice Shade, Mrs. M. M. Bird, Mrs. Chas. H.... [truncated due to length]

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Germantown Horticultural Society

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1934 - 1945