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CO LU M lilA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES (>cr annum shouM l>c charged lo provide for gas and fu el.” T he Chamberlin house mcnlionc<l in ihc above pa[>cr w as the large stone mansion built by W illiam H. Cltambcrlin, M r. B e a v e rs sonin-law. on Bloom street, now owned and occupic<] by Edw ard S G earhart, ICscp W hile the projectors o f (his nuivcmcnt were recovering from their sun>rise at the sudden enlargement and development of their plan, some objection w as made in the ncighl)orhoo<l of the O iam bcrtin house to its use fo r such a public pu rpose; ami M r. Beaver, learning of this objection, at once changed his p b n s and authorized R ev. R . I.. Stew art to secure an other location. Dr. Jam es Oglesby bad at that time an op tion fo r the purchase of the com er then oc cupied by the "DanviUe H otel/' com er o f Market and F e rry streets. M r. Stew art at once secured from Dr. O glesby this option and immediately M r. B eaver closed the negotia tions and purchased the properly. Mr. C. S. Wetzel w as employed a s architect and a brick building o f moderate proportions w as planned. The thought w as to provide quarters fo r the young men on the tnird floor. 'Phcrc were many objections to this plan, among the n>os( potent the fact that few young men, not spe cially interested, could be induced to cHmh to the third floor to avail themselves of the limited advantages that such quarters wouUI afford them. M atters thus sto<^ uncertain at the laying of the cornerstone of the building, July 5, 1886. General (afterw ard s G overnor) Beaver, a neplicw o f M r. Thom as Beaver, w as present at the laying of the cornerstone. H e w as very prominently connecteil with the Y ou n g Men's Christian .Association movement in the Slate, and very closely identified with the movement for the uplifting and betterment of the young men o f Pennsylvania. H e at once saw the m is take of attempting to help young men on the third floor. H e presented the objection to bis uncle and secured an intcrxicw Itetwccn Mr. Heaver and R ev. S. A . T aggart, who w as the State secretary of the Young M en's C’hristian Association at that time, the result o f this interx'iew licing a pLin to join to the library building a sefiarate building for the Young ^fen’s CTiristian .Association. In accordance with this arrangement the character of the structure w as changed and a building u f cut stone stibMitutcd for the brick buikling at first contcm pbtcd. ^fuch credit U due to the architect. Mr. C. S . W clzcl, at whose suggestion many important changes
were made in the original plan, each change increasing the cllicicncy o f die building and adding to the beauty and charm o f its archi tecture. Rev. S . A . T aggart, ib c State secre tary of the Voting M en's C'hristian A ssocia tion, did much to c n b ig c and com >Ictc the plans fo r the Y . M . C . A . annex. 'Iltc build ing was dedicated and handc<l over to the trustees Aug. 29, 1888. T he program of the dedicator)’ services w as as follow s: O P E N IN G C E R E M O N IE S of the T H O M A S U E A V K R P R E R L IB R A R Y at D A N V IL L E, PA ., W e d n esd ay,
on August 29. in the
1888,
O P E R A H O U SE at D A N V IL L E, PA.
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A ru s tic rASADC WILL S t lltLD AT 10 o'CLOCK. Order o f March. Company K, laih Rcgt. N. G. P. Goodrich Post, Ni>. G. A. K. Friendship Fire Company, No, t, Washington Fire Company, No. 2. Continenial Fire Company, No. 3. Good W ill Fire Company, No. 4. Business Men and Citizens, Distinguislied Visitors.
Route o f Farade. The line will form on Mill and Market streets, pro ceed to the Reaver Mansion and escort M r. Beaver and guests over line o f march to Opera House. F I R E W O R K S ON R IV E R Opposite Pine Street, at 8 o ’clock P. M. E X E R C I S E S IN O P E R A H 0 U S 1 -: W IL L B E G IN A T II A. M
M u»tc....................................... Siricklamd's Orchestra pKAVm Rfv. T. L. tidxoards. o f Kingston. Fa, TRA;«5ri:K OF L ibsakv to T ku stfzs ........... .........
.. ..R n John DclFilt, D. D.. o f Cinctnnau, Ohio R zsfohsr on B fm .xlf op T sustezs ....................
...........................................Judge H. M, HinckUy Orehesira B r .v ih ic n a x .............................. Ret*. Robert h. Stewart
M u s i c ...................................... Strtckland^s
President of the Day, Dr. S. S. Schultz. O n T liu rs d a v even in g a M ass M eetin g w ill be Uetd in the O p era H ou se, in the interest of the Y . M . C. A ., a t 8 o ’clock.
COMMiniXS. Central Citizen/ Committee, T . O . V a n A le n . President. Chas. C h alfan t. Secretary.
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