The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 24, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR ADOPTED HOME TOWN OF DAN WEBSTER Lite, Habits And Possessions Of Noted Orator Reviewed 40 tons a see CELEBRATES ITS 300TH ANNIVERSARY By FRANK W. LOVERING (Special to The Citizen) MARSHFIELD, Mass., July 24. —This adopted Atlantic shore town of the great statesman, Daniel Webster, peer of the ora- tors of his own or any other day in the history of America, where he lived for 20 years during the height of his fame, where the vast farm he owned is a show- Place and a shrine, and where on one of the sandy hilltops over- looking the sea he loved, his ashes rest beneath a_ simple marble slab, is this week observ- ing its 300th anniversary. Across from the elm-bordered village green in the white-spired Congregational Church, where Webster's pew, first at the right of the cumbersome tablet of bronze, the exercises of commemoration began on Sun- day. The severely straight-back- ed pews with narrow crimson cushions were crowded to the limit; the high gallery was pack- | ed, and a modern public addre: system carried the services to anj overflow audience of some 500 on the lawns beyond the tarvia; highway, freed for the hour and a half of Sunday motoring crowds by a squad of traffic po- lice. Scarlet hangings behind the pulpit silhouetted six ministers who took part in the program of Through broad, high each set with 80 panes most of which had been since the edifice was erect- ed 102 years ago, fifth in i ine, the vista led to a typical New England City of the Dead. There, under curious slate tombstones scattered beneath elms, maples and straight-armed hackamatack trees, a curious everygreen heavy with little cones, sleep many de- scendants of the Winslows, the Aldens, the Thomases and the, Ames families. Their forebears came to these Pilgrim shores on the. Mayflower, ten years before Marshfield was else than a wil- derness peopled by Indians. Webster's Burial Place The tomb of Daniel Webster and his family is about a mile and a half south of the and burying ground, back of the Webster place, so-calle yellow house set in pleasant fields beside a pond. It is not the orig- inal dwelling occupied by Web- ster in the years from 1832 to 1852. That was burned, but on its site the present building was constructed, much after the de- tailed architecture of the original homestead. It is occupied today by Mr. and Mrs. Walton Hall Mrs. Hail, a charming woman, is an almost perfect double of Mrs. V. A. Johnson of Key W facial expression, quick speech and action. The big house is Webste uy the fire, pr utmost car filled with li saved from erved with the Here are the ora- tor’s big _leather-upholstered arm chair with attached arm book rack; a pair of light-colored trousers—the waistline gives an accurate idea of the gre an bodily girt! his collection of marvellously colored butterflies; his books and papers: his table- ware, bookcases, tables, desk and chairs. Near the hor in a dell is Webste original study, a small wooden building, its many-paned window half hidden by heavy brocaded blue and white draperies, which Time's fingers have touched rather harshly. On the walls are curious old maps the statesman used—one of the lower end of Cape Cod which reaches like a bended arm with clenched fist straight out from eastern Massachusetts to thrust at the broad Atlantic. This is dated 1833-34. and sign by the United S Sufvey. predecessor of the Coast and Geodetic Survey of today. Another wall map. in ageing colors, shows the United States when much of it was an unchart- ed wilderness. There are steel sylvan engravings of the Landing of the! Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in 1630, and of other Old Colony scenes that live forever in his- tory. Roses In Memory Webster’s grave is in a portion of his fields set aside as a burial plot. From it across the verdant salt marshes the open sea is visible; and the South river, a ribbon of light. In the river. Webster was wont to fish in the forest solitude of more than a hundred years ago, composing the while some of the great phrases which have stood the test of time, such as: “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable”. . .as one stands to- day where the great man loved, mahogany , pulpit, is marked with a simple} church‘ tes Topographic | jto stand, and where he wonted to sleep, he sees the scenes that Webster saw in the days of long ago, changed by the decades, but changeless. True, the WPA has built a fine hard road to the graveyard, bor- dered with a wall of round field stone; and lawns have been laid under Government direction, and a driveway circles before the iron fence that surrounds the Webster plot. Time flies back- ward as one sees the rings on the flat tops of numerous granite Posts. There when the town had a “burying” the horses of hearse and farmers’ buggies and carry- alls were hitched during the com- mitment services. The Webster grave is a stone slab tomb, rounded with grass, and from its foot rises a marble name stone, “Daniel Webster.” These centenary days a cluster of EW MILL TO FROM SOUT magazines and papers THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ~ MAKE PAPER HERN PINE day. from $3,500,000 plant for use in for southern markets HOUSTON, TEXAS—The announcement by The Champion Paper and Fibre Company of the starting of operations of a new @V@FY imstance is twenty-five $3,500,000 paper mill to make paper from southern pine, marks cents (25c! another milestone in the development of this industry. addition to Champion’s pulp mill The estimated capacity of the new paper mill is 120 tons per day of machine coated paper, and bond, envelope and tablet papers for the southwestern market. The coated paper will be used for Life Magazine by Time, Inc. The new mill is advantageous- ly located for raw materials. Southern pine grows in great profusion in the immediate area. Natural gas for fuel exists in large quantities. The company also owns a large salt dome with- in piping distance of the mill. Lime is made from oyster shells dredged from enormous deposits bright flowers, crimson rambler} _ roses, white snap dragons and ox-eye daisies, marks the rest-! ingplace. monument with sloping sides and capstone carries the briefly sketched life story of the man who was born in Franklin, N. H., but migrated to Marshfield, Massachusetts, when in his prime. At his right, the monu- ment to his wife. Men once charged Webster was an infidel. But he was not, and his own inscription is carved on the simple stone: “Daniel Webster, born Jan. 18, 1782. died Oct. 20, 1852. Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief. Phil- osophical argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the Universe, in comparison with the comparative insignificence of the globe has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me; but my heart has always assured, and reassures me _ that the Gospel of Jesus Christ must be a Divine Reality. mon on the Mount cannot be a mere human production. This belief enters into the very depth of my conscience. The whole his- tory of man proves it.” Amidst Such Scenes It is amidst such scenes as this that Marshfield is observing its 300th birthday. The shore town is gay with flags and bunting, mobbed with people On the reg- At the left a simple | * The Gnished paper coming of the machine.) ‘These huge rolls later will be ext te size. . 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GROVE RED SOX Promoter Dean has baseball George good ister books at various places are be the guests for a few weeks at ' games to be played in Key West many names of Floridians who, the home of Mr, and Mrs. Rich- on Sunday and Monday, July 28 vacationing in the North, have come this way to pay honor to a notable Old Colony community, as well as Daniel Webster. At last Sunday’s opening event, the ’ who preached the anniversary sermon brought the world situation into the picture: “the quicker we abandon the policy favored by some of our statesmen today, that of appeasement, the quicker we abandon that policy, the better it will be for the world, because we cannot build a world on un- righteousness and injustice.” The speaker was the Rev. Dr. Daniel I. Gross of Athol, Mass, for a dozen years pastor in the Con- gregational parish. Dr. Gross reminded the citizens of Marshfield of their great heritage of more than 300 vears of free thinking and free speak- ing. He said that which came to rth in the cabin of the May- flower “must be maintained at all hazards against the tyranny of misdirected states.” Notables Revived Living pictures representing Webster and Lincoln, portrayed by Marshfieldians posing in great gilt frame on the stage of, the new high school auditorium Sunday night, were features in a two-hour program that brought to the hospitable town the Boston Women’s Symphony Orchestra of 60 pieces, a splendid male quartet nging patriotic and classical se- lections, and a young woman soloist from Racine, Wisconsin, who came here for the occasion. ! Miss Alice Anderson, soprano, had just made high place in Racine musical circles, and was brought on for the tercentenary program by Marshfield music lovers. and friends. The week has been filled with events day and night. The home of Winslow, first governor of the Plymouth Colony, and that of Webster, weré opened free to the public as museums of in- estimable historic value. Wed- nesday a parade moved from one end of the nine-mile-long town to the other, many of the floats showing scenes of the Old Colony days, for Plymouth Rock where the Pilgrims first landed and America was born, is but a dozen miles south of Marshfield. The life saving crew at Brant Rock gave an all day exhibition of its routine; a pageant Thurs- day evening at the fair grounds, ard Reaves, 1212 Pearl street. Mrs. Hotchkiss is the mother of Mrs. Reaves, Monroe County Health Unit, and Mr. Hotchkiss is her brother. Mr. | Hotchkiss is an, aeronautical en- gineer and is connected with a large airplane manufacturing ; concern in California. His mother went to California at the close of school for a visit and they returned to Florida by car, reporting an interesting trip ES with stopovers at Coolidge Dam and the Grand Canyon en route. Junior Women | Meet Tomorrow Mrs. Joseph Lopez; president, announces a social meeting of the Junior Woman’s “Club to be held tomorrow afternoon at 5:00; o'clock at the clubhouse on Di- Strictly Fireproof vision street. Hostesses for this affair will; be Mrs. Raymond Curry and) Mrs. Merrill Roberts. nurse at the mect the K and 29. Coconut Grove Red Sox will West Midgets on ;both of the above dates. CARD OF THANKS Thanks so much for the lovely floral offerings, use of cars and the many, many courtesies ex- tended during the illness and death of our beloved one, Mrs. guez. Such kindness can never be forgot jly24-1t THE FAMILY. “Key West's Outstanding” | LA CONCHA HOTEL ° Beautiful—Air-Conditioned » Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge DINING and DANCING Garage Open The Year Around — | TRY IT TODAY— Abandonment of a 40-year-old : The Favorite in Key West trolley line between Trenton and Princeton, N. 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