FLACK REUNION HELD IN DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP

Sports and Amusing Games for the Young and Others
FAITHFUL FIFTY OR MORE THERE
Baseball Game When the Hobbled-Sex Won Out by Sprinting and Good Battery Work - Flack's in England and Ireland - Deaths and Births Reported

Flacks of all ages-those born Flacks and those who have married into the family of the descendants of James and Ann (Baxter) Flack-had the real spirit of the occasion, Saturday, at the reunion held at the home of Mary Jane Flack in Doylestown Twp. Threatening weather kept many from attending but the faithful fifty, or more who were there made the occasion a memorable one.
Sports and amusing games were participated in by old and young. The little ones vied with each other in scattering piles of chaff to find the treasures hidden underneath and laughed over half a dozen similar amusements. Older girls had potato races and the like- and even played baseball against the men. My! My! That was some ball game! As the girls were hobbled, to some extent at least, by their hobble-skirts, the young men gallantly agreed to wear hobbles of twine at the ankles which gave them even less opportunity to run, and further agreed to bat left-handed and catch one-handed. "Of course the boys won anyhow you say" course they did nothing of the kind. The girls "put it all over" the boys. Their hobbles you know, were not immovable, so they could run. Goodness gracious but they were sprinters! Like winged goddesses they flitted from one base to the other-and about half of the time the gallant youths, out of sheer admiration, forgot to throw the ball to put them out. And so the girls won and were happy. But not a little of their success was due to the battery, Miss Bess Flack, of Willow Grove, pitcher, and Mrs. Charles Leibig, of Doylestown, her sister, catcher.
There were a number of other sports, too, but the principal event was a ball game between the men born Flacks and the men who had the good fortune to persuade fair members of the Flack family to take them for better or worse.

LETTER FROM ABROAD.

Not all of the day was taken up with the sports and games. There was a business meeting and literary program in the course of which the relatives were glad to hear a letter written by Ebenezer Flack of Scranton, Pa., who recently returned from abroad. He wrote:

1115 Wahsburn St. Scranton, Pa.
September 2, 1913

My dear Mrs. Stover,
Your very kind invitation to Mrs. Flack and myself to join the Flack reunion next Saturday was duly received. We regret exceedingly that we cannot arrange to be present. We returned a few days ago from a three months vacation during which I attended the meeting of the Pan-Presbyterian Council in Aberdeen, Scotland. We also visited in England and Ireland. I find a Rev. W.T. Flack is a minister of the Presbyterian Church in the latter country. I had also the pleasure of meeting a Mrs. Flack whose husband is in business in the County Armagh. In the city of Belfast there is a business firm located on the Royal avenue bearing the name Dunseith & Flack. In London I noticed the name Flack in five or six instances on places of business and in every case it was spelled with an "a". The name had a numerous representation in England, Ireland, and Scotland, as well as the United States and Canada, and bids fair to a perpetuation for generations.
How delighted I would have been to have met those bearing the name. I trust I shall be able to arrange to be present at the next reunion. Sincerely yours, Ebenezer Flack.

DEATHS, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES.

Marriages during the year were but two as follows:
William Flack and Miss Esther Fell, March 24, 1913.
Frank Hall and Katie Mann, May 22, 1913.
There were four births:
To John and Eva (Jamison) Stuckert, a daughter, Virginia. Nov. 20, 1912.
To Dr. and Mrs. S.P. McIlhattan, a daughter Mary, Aug. 16, 1913.
To Cyrus and Minnie Quinn, a son Stanley William, Aug. 27, 1913.
To Walter and Meta Sickel, a son, Leon, Aug. 30, 1913, the youngest member of the family.

Ten deaths were reported a follows:
J. Mathias Flack, son of John and Lydia, Sept. 7, 1912, aged 82 years.
Joseph Flack, son of David and Sarah (DeCoursey) Flack, Oct. 24, 1912.
Martha Conard, widow of Robert Conard, Oct 25, 1912.
Sarah A. Flack, Jan. 27, 1913.
Hannah S., widow of Stephen DeCoursey, Jan. 13, 1913.
J. Smith Dudbridge, husband of the late Rachel DeCoursey, Feb. 28, 1913.
Robert Bowers, June 17, 1913.
Henry L. Kister, husband of Mabel Alcott, July 4, 1913.
John W. Michener, son of Hugh and Bertha M. Michener, Dec. 10, 1912
Warren Worthington Jr. son of Warren and Helen Jones Worthington, of Johnstown, Pa., Sept. 1, 1913.
OLD OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.

Officers of the association were re-elected and committees were appointed as follows: President, Roland Flack, Grenoble; vice president, Oliver Flack, Doylestown; secretary, Mrs. Cora Flack Stover, Doylestown R. F. D. 2; treasurer and historian, James Flack, Doylestown.

COMMITTEES APPOINTED.

Committees were appointed as follows:
Executive committee - Mrs. Kathryn F. Rice, Collingswood, NJ; Mrs, Howard Carver, Holicong, Howard B. Flack, Carversville.
Entertainment committee - James Walton, Carversville; Mrs. Alvin Flack; Carversville, Mrs. Russell Flack, Lambertville and Mrs. Howard Paxson, Carversville.
Table and tent committee - J. F. Schaunce, Jamison; Howard B. Flack, Carversville; Harrison Haldeman, Danboro; James Flack, Doylestown; Hon. Roland Flack, Grenoble; Mrs. William Conard.
Reception committee - Mrs. J.F. Schaunce, Jamison; Mrs. Kathryn F. Rice, Collingswood, NJ; Mrs. Amos Bennett, Forest Grove; Mrs. Howard B. Flack, Carversville; Theodore Foster, Hartsville; C.C. Haldeman, Danboro.
Necrology committee - Miss Sara A. Conard, Ogontz; Mrs. George C. Brooks, Holicong; Mrs. Anderson Carver, Ivyland.
Table committee - Mrs. Roland Flack, Grenoble; Mrs. Wilmer Duckworth, Philadelphia; Mrs. Alonzo Walton, Carversville; Mrs. Samuel Alcott, Philadelphia; Mrs. Mary Worthington, Doylestown; Mrs. John Stuckert, Willow Grove; Mrs. Irvin Mills, Lumberville, R.F.D.1.
Purchasing committee - Mrs. Samuel Alcott, Philadelphia; Mrs. Harry Kister, Philadelphia; James Flack, Doylestown.
Sports -J. Gillingham Flack, Philadelphia; William Conard, Jamison; Watson Flack, Mechanicsville; Harrison Haldeman, Danboro; Miss Lela Worthington, Doylestown; Miss Goldie Flack, Lumberville; Miss Mary Brooks, Holicong.
Decorations -Samuel Alcott, Philadelphia; Ludwig J. Flack, Doylestown.

THE PROGRAM.

The program as carried out was as follows: Devotional exercises Miss Sarah Conard; prayer, Rev. J. B. Krewson; chorus "Home Again" mixed sextet; vocal solo, Lester Slotter; reports of committees; recitation, "How John Quit the Farm" Fretz Slotter; vocal solo, Miss Bessie Magill; remarks, Historian James Flack; election of officers; vocal solo, Mrs. R. Flack; benediction, Rev. J.B, Krewson.
Among the newly found relatives present were Dr. and Mrs. A.M. Flack of Philadelphia.

Doylestown Daily Intelligencer Sept. 8, 1913
(Transcribed for me by Rich Flack, 28 Nov 2007)