The following reports on a gathering that took place in 1903 at the home of the Hon. Henry A. Clark, located on East Main Street in Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY. The home is a large structure located east of the doctor's offices and Bainbridge park on the South side of East Main. It was once one of the most elegant homes in Bainbridge. Today it is an apartment house. Henry A. Clark was a prominent lawyer of Bainbridge for many years.
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Hon. H.A. Clark Entertains Society at Large in His Elegant Home
[Original Source Unknown] 1903
The reception given by the Bainbridge Republican to the fraternal societies and fire department of the town, at the home of Hon. and Mrs. Henry A. Clark Friday evening last was the most enjoyable of the series. Nearly 300 were present. Attorney Charles H. Clark welcomed the guests. Harrison L. Beatty responded in behalf of the Masons; Attorney Julian C. Scott for the Red Men; Adjutant Perry Rood for the G.A.R. Post, and Charles C. Hovey for the fire department. Mr. Hovey's address of five minutes duration was enthusiastically received. In the short space of time he graphically gave a history of the department, quoted a few figures to give it a dash of color and urged the taxpayers to always be liberal with the fire boys, he did not believe that they ever asked for a thing they did not need, and said he had found that a good workman was always entitled to the best of tools. Rev. J.S. Crompton also addressed the firemen. A number of children took part,--presenting a cantata. It was a gathering that is seldom seen in any town, bringing together people from every walk of life. If the venerable host, Hon H.A. Clark, the patriarch of Chenango county lawyers had given a sketch of the many events he has taken part in, it would have bene virtually a history of the county and been a fitting close of the series of entertainments he and his wife have given the past winter.
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