The Luthzr Family Devoted to the Interests of the Descendants of

CAPTAIN JOHN LUTHER of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

VOL. V - NO. 17 . - . -.. I

JESUS NEVER FAILS Out in the village of North Col-

lins, in Erie County, New York, is a typical Congregational church. and here for the past thirteen years our cousin, Rev. Arthur A. Luther has served the Master.

On your editors' recent trip we made i t a point to call, and were most hospitably received by Arthur and Mrs. Luther and their son, John and daughter Ann. Arthur is a native of Fairview, Pa., but has resided and preached in western New York State many years. The church building is nicely situated and appointed, with a memorial organ, fine kitchen, rest rooms, and Sunday School rooms below the auditorium. Upon the dissolution of the local Methodist church, its building was purchased and attach- ed to the rear of the Congrega- tional church and converted into a dining and recreation hall with a stage, -where plays are held.

In addition to his ability as a preacher, Arthur is a musician and a composer of note. We first learn- ed this in 1936, when the family attended the first National Luther Reunion a t Swansea, Mass. His best known song is "Jesus Never Fails,"

.and he has permitted us to reprint it for you. He tells its story as follows:

"So many requests have come in for the story of this song that I am preparing it in this form so that any who may be interested may have it. During the last 20 years this simple song has literally gone round the world on its mission and stories still come in telling of its blessing and helpfulness. As a school boy Christian I had a burn- ing desire to be & foreign mis- sionary. That was not to be. Later I had an urge to write a song that everyone would sing. My popular song was a dismal failure, yet God, in His Own time and way, granted my wish and "Jesus Never Fails" has reached to the uttermost of Mission fields and the multitudes have sung it. The song was writ- ten a t Somerset, Kentucky, while I was there with the Dr. 0. E. Williams, Evangelistic Party. I re- ceived some very disturbing news from my family some 600 miles away. Worried and homesick, I sat down a t the old square piano in the Old "Kentucky Home" where we were staying and as my "Fin- gers wandered Idly", a simple mel-

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JULY - 1949 -- -- 50 CTS. YEARLY - . - - - -. -- - -

MR. AND MRS. WALTER S. BREWSTER

Again we are privileged to We- sent to you another good Luther and her f w l y . Florence (Wright)

was in N - Y - p in and now lives in Gainesville, Va., .-with her son,

and b Brewster died in Gsinesville in 1946.

The Of this branch is most interesting. You will recall that In Of this paper we gave YOU an article on Ellmbeth Luther who became a convert of Jemima Wilkinson, the "Universal niend," and with her children ac- com~anied, her to the Jeru- Salem" in western New york State.

Space here will not permit giv- ing the story Of sturdy, in- dustrious sect of ,,Quakers,., with their queer Ibeliefs.

Elizabeth whose maiden name was Bowen: had married Jonathan Luther, of the fifth generation, in Swansea, Mass and had nine chil- dren. She to convert Jona- than to the new belief, and in later life he married again in Swansea. Upon his death in 1838 he left one dollar to his children, to be divided equally among them. His real and personal property was left to a grandson of his second wife.

The fifth child, Elisha, was born in Swansea in 1769, and was ten years old when he came with his

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WESTWARD HO In May your editors drove to

Ohio to visit Bertha's brother and family in Akron, and on to In- diana where another brother and family reside. Of course we tried to see as many Luthers enroute as possible. Some were too far off our route to ~ r m i t a side trip, and others were out when we called.

Our first contact was in North C0l:ins. N.Y., where we found Rev. Arthur Luther and family, about whom we tell you in another column.

Next, which was not a Luther stop, was in Columbus, Pa. Here we found the nire monument and graves of Bertha's maternal grand- parents, William and Elizabeth Sutton, who were of the English "House of Sutton." Also gratifying to us was the finding of a man, nearly 90, who had known Bertha's father and directed us to the church where, in the 1870's he had played the organ, and where her parents were married.

Then on to Burton, Ohio, where we had .no difficulty in locating C. S. and Nira Goodell. Burton. you will recall from the NO. 3 pager, was the birthplace of our beloved first association President. Rev. Clair Luther. Nira is dau- ghter of the late Erwin Randolph. and granddaughter of George and Nancy (Luther) Randolph. Nancy was sister of Ezra, the father of Rev. Clair. The Goodell home is filled with lovely old furniture and antiques, where we spent a plea- sant afternoon,

0x1 return, in Elyria, Ohio. after calling at the home ofAlfred Luther, we renewed mquainances with his mother, Mrs. Frank Luth- er and her daughter and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Busler. These good Luthers are from one of the Vermont branches and have always been interested in the association and with who died in 1943, attended the 1940 national reunion a t Swansea. Har- riet (Mrs. Busler) and Roger re- newed their offer of all possible

to speed the time when the genealogy be

We once had a request for some odd name from the Luther geneal- ogy to be given to a new Luther boy. We suggested Zur, who was born in 1748, son of Simeon Luther of the fourth generation. We have wondered if it stuck. ,

The LUTHER FAMILY I

Published quarterly a t Moravia, N.Y., by Leslie L. and Bertha K. Luther, in the interests of the de- sceildants of Capt. John Luther of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, al- lied families, genealogists, and libraries,

Entered as second-class matter Dec. 13, 1945, at the post oface a t Moravia, N. Y., undcr the Act of march 3. 1879. - Subscription rates, 50 cents yearly 1 -

JULY - 1949

THE BOOK The Luther genealogy manuscript

was last typed in 1940. That was two years after the death of our collaborator, Rev. Clair Luther,-two solid years of coordinating the life- time work of Clair, Joseph Gard- ner Luther of Swansea and Syl- vester Luther of Ohio with our own. I t comprises seven loose leaf volumnes. 8% x 11. and took sev- eral wee& of-~er tha ' s At that time the oldest publishing house of genealogies in the united States sent a representative to see the work and give us an estimate of its cost.

A.A.L.lbn JESUS NEVER FAILS MW*.. 8.21. ." 1.. L 1. .,lll."l

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I 1. Earth - I friends ma, prove on - true ~ o i b h and lean aa - sail. 2. Thoogb tte 8 be dark and drea;. Fierea and strong the gal:. 3. In life's d a x a n d bit - ter hour Love sill still pra-rail:

I One still loves and car- lor yon: One who will not fail.

I Just re - mem-ber He %a near, And He rill not rail,

Tmal His ev - er - last - ing por'r. Js - BM rill nos rail.

is as the rer and I ed true. from h o ~ --

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Since then data have come in, so that with the exception of the first few generations, the pages are interlined, the margins and backs of many pages are full of long- hand additions, and many new full pages in longhand are added. This means that the work must again he typed ,before a publisher will consider it even for a quotation of publishing cost. T~ do t,his will re0uil.e froln four to six months ofAour full tiIne and we will have to set a deadliie, aftel- which no more data call be and

-cease all correspondence, we are willinz to do that, gratis, if you who can will assure M ~ ~ . Nicker- son that, funds will be available to publish the work. we feel that

should have that assurance as it is a task and w&,ld be largely wasted, a t least un- necessary, if publishing within a reasonable time was not effected.

What do you say?

ELIJAH Elijah Luther of the sixth genera-

tion w ~ s born in Hebron. Conn., in 1792. At various times he resided in Goshen, Conn., Schuylerville, Hoosic Falls, Troy and Greenwich, N.Y., in which latter place he mar- ried Sarah Sharpe and raised a large family. His last residence was in Newington, Ccnn., where his wife was drowned.

He was a millwright and a mech- anic of noted ability. A man of fine appearance, tall, stout, with a full beard which in later life was white and very long, reaching to his waist. For seventeen years prior to his death he was blind. He died while on a visit to Troy. N.Y. He was a Bantist. and served in the war of 1812, receiving a pension and a grant of land.

(continued from page 1) ody developed beneath them which Seemed to sing, "Jesus Never Fails". Then and there, the words and music of the Chorus were b"rn. I accepted th answer

my heart's praJ thank Him that it prov' Re-as- suring news came ne. He did not fail me. However, the others in the party insisted on using the song that I selfishly thought was just for me. Evan- gelists all over the land began sing it and soon it spread to every quarter of the globe. Scores of testimonies have come from Missionaries, Evangelists and others of the blessing that this simple three word message has been to them. I t has been translated into 10 European languages and into Chinese.

The missionaries on the ed' Zam Zam sang it while float- ing in the shark infested waters of the South Atlantic. I t was carried into the concentration camps of Germany by these same faithful witnesses and we may be sure that ~ o d used it there to His Glory. No

it a t the battle front as they gird- ed themselves for the fray. On the home front, Saints sing it as they do battle with the forces of sin. in true confidence that the captain of their Salvation fails not. 1 sure- ly have every reason to praise God for this Song that He gave me in the hour of my need and which has gone on to bless the entire world with its message of triumph God haq indeed permitted me to be a Missionary and hosts of His Children are singing the Song He put in my Soul.

Dr. Wm. Ashby of London, En- gland, tells me of a Church in that blitz-torn City which had "Jesus Never Fails" painted on the front of the building. For a long time the Church was spared all except minor damage. One night the pastor who had been staying In the went to Wend a few hours with his family which had been sent to a safer area. That night a that lvrecked IbUt the Of the The motto stood with its silent testimony the war ended Pnd It torn down. That Church

one will ever know in how many I became as "The Church ways this message has appeared on , where Jesus Never Fails." mottoes, plaques etc. Dr. Philpott 1 have asked why I tells how a Motto was slipped into ; "May pass away"* instead Of* the casket of a Jewish news boy pass away"-. The is ~i~ pals who did it reported, y t 1 bring the truth of the song into went to Heaven with Bennie". Mrs. the present tense. Let Heaven and Williams tells me of a man who Earth pas away at this moment heard the Chorus as he was on his way to drown himself. He tar- ried to hear the Gospel Message, was gloriously saved, and is now preaching the wonderful Grace of the Jesus Who never fails. "Jesus Never Fails" has become a sort of musical slogan of Bible Believing

if it be His He fails and and the future is secure. Let come Whab may* He is with us

not we fear* the earth be

In His Precious A. A. Luther

North Collins, N.Y. Christians everywhere. Men sang Sept. 1, 1947.

one side. Elisha's second wife, Mrs. Sidna

(Perry) Barrett of Virginia, was said to have been a very beautiful woman of fine birth. She had mar- ried i n Virginia, John Barrett, a carpenter, who i: going to his work through the woods, was thought to have been killed by wild beasts. The young widow with her son Azor, joined a party of friends and came to Jerusalem, making the trip on horseback. Elisha raised her son as his own and h e became a worthy and prosperous citizen of Penn Yan, N.Y.

Elisha and Sidna had even chil- dren. The first, David, married and removed to Michigan. He was liv- ing i n Flint in 1883. Jonathan died in infancy. John L. continued to live in the locality, and had two children. His son, Elisha, married and removed to Illinois. I t is stated that this Elisha's daughter married and their descendants are now in Penn Ysn, N.Y. The next child of Elisha Sr., and Sidna, was De- borah, who married Jeremiah Eurtch and is the ancestor of the srlbject of this article. The next child, Sidna died in young wo- manhood. Mary married MacDo- well Boyd and we have record of many descendants, all of whom rc ided i n central New York State except cve family who went to California. The youngest child, Elisha, Jr. , married in Yates Coun- ty, N. Y., and with his family went to Illinois where, in the lum- ber buliness, he prospered. After t.he marriage of his children he returned to Yat.es County and h i l t a fine home on the west shore of Lake Keuka where he and his wife lived the rest of their lives.

Dellorah Luther, above, was born in Yates County, N.Y. , in 1817, and died in Penn Yan, N.Y., in 1895. I n 1835 she married Jerc- miqh, son of Gideon. Burtch and Anna Sabin of Dutch355 County. N.Y. Their four children were Mnry Jnne, Stephen, J o e l an6 AIIP~. Slephrr: died youna. Joel rrc:idcd in E~.enchuort where hc

(Continued from Page 1 mother. He married, first, Eliza- beth Holmes and had two children by her. I n these early days the little band suffered great hardships and privation. They often subsis- ted on boiled nettles and milk. Elisha was heard to say that he would have walked miles for a meal of cold potatoes. Mrs Jede- diah Holmes, mother of Elisha's first wife, was the first to die, and her coffin was a log hollowed out and covered with a slab split from

residents of central New York. Mary Jana Burtch, the mother

of the kindly lady above whom we are proud to call cousin, was born in Jerusalem Yates County, N.Y. , in 1836, and died in Penn Yan, 1904. I n 1855 she was united in marriage with Samuel Hart Wright, who in early life was a farmer and shoemaker. Mr. Wright was a self-taught man, and became a distinguished botanist, and auth- ority on t h e same. He mastered the higher forms of mathematics and became a n astronomer. He studlad medicine and received ap M.D. degree, and honorary de- grees of A.M. and Ph.D. During the 1850s and 60s he made cal- culations for and %ompiled "The Farmers' Almanac," published a t Ithaca, N. Y. His extensive, world wide botanical collection is in the Cleveland, Ohio, Museum of Na- tural - History.

Their only child, Florence Wright, was born in Jerusalem. N.Y., and married in Penn Yan, Walter Ste- phen Brewster. He was called to Elmira. N.Y., as principal of a school, where they lived for a few years, and then removed to Syra- cuse, N.Y. Here they lived until 1939, when they went to Gaines- ville, Virginia. Mr. Brewster was son of Chauncey Brewster and Mary', Jane Shakespeare of Mans- field, Pa., and a direct descendant of Willism Brewster of the May- flower, srnd William Shakespeare of literary fame.

As a young woman, Florence taught Piano and History of Mu- sic in Keuka Coileze, being one of the "Pioneer teachers." She has been greatly interested in this Luther genealogy and has given much aid over period of many vesrs. They have t v o children. Marjory Brcurster niarried C h a r l ~ s V. Crandell and hzs a son War- ren. They reside i n Rochester, N. P. where Charles i s v-ilil the East- man Kodak Compnny. Bath Cilnr- lea an?( Warren s.'rvect ill W~:ld War 2.

Stanley Erewstr!r is a grnAl.~nie r~f Antioch Co!lcse, Chio, and of

from Erown University, A .B.-A .M. The following tribute is from the Brown Alumnae News Letter, a copy of which is with our Luther records: "Marion Luther Bacon died on December 20, 1934. Her death is something difficult to accept and means a distinct loss to every one with whom she came i n contact, for she was a person of exceptional ability and was of continua! service. During college she was elected a member of Sig- ma Xi and was president of her class for two ycars, which office she has held from graduation until now. She has served on the Com- mittee on Commencemeilt and for four years on the Alumnae Fund Committee. She was tonslmaster a t our 40th anniversary banquet and for several years she has been Marshall of the Women's Division of the Procession on Comnnence- ment Day. Whether it w?s graci- ousness or a fine mind that was needed, Mrs. Bacon possessed the proper requisite.

Mrs. Bacon was a member of the Colonial Dames of Rhode Island and of the American Association of University Women of which she was president a t one time. At the time of her death she held posi- tion of Registrar - a t the Mary C. Wheeler School i n Providence.

But to her friends her brilliant m i n d and great talent took second place, deferring to her charm, her real friendship, her quick under- stailding and sympathy, her plea- sant acceptance of all that life L-rouvht in the way of happiness or cii-::~pp~intment, and her gallant

courage. We took for granted her 1 talents but never ceased to experi- c n c e anew at every meeting with her a great delight in our friend

0:!11o was either gay companion, co!cidantc, or counsellor, accord- in: to the occasion. Her spon-

~i i rocs gayety will always per- i . 1 :rcate our memory of her and the 1 insl~irstion of her valiant life will 1 rcrve to help many of us over a

NEW ASSOCIATION MEMBERS 333-George D. Luther,

Kerrville, Tex. 334-Mrs. Richard L. Wonson,

Fall River, Mass. 335 -Douglas C. Luther,

New York, N.Y. 336-Carleton L. Ennis.

Ilion, N.Y. 337-Mrs. Arthur Lauer,

Ilion, N.Y. 338-Mrs. Allen P. Nichols,

Newark Valley, N.Y.

/ rough place." P?nry Bosmol.th Broum, '13.

A BROWN ALLTi\lNA Marion Rawson Luther, daughter

of James Wheaton and Annie (Rawson) Luther of Providence. was born in 1892 and died in 1934. I n 1920 she was married to Jay Earle Bacon who died in 1945. Mr. Bacon was greatly interested i n things historical, and was a direc- tor and chairman of the member- ship committee of the nationally known Early American Industries Association.

Marion Luther was graduated

c!dest ~ n r i the two rounEest ip I he redera1 ~,o<em.>lznt i ; ~ ~T'-:'I- I

wns a ca r r in~n mnnlifacturer. Hc J?,T.S also a fin(? violinist, and he

his wife r-ri.e lovers of classi- cnl music. Of +l '~ . i r five children yolt hnoe rcarl the obituaries of the

., - --,> - - - -- fo- tvcr i ~ s u c s of this paper. A son 01-'17 I311'.tch :.:: icles in Branchport Allc: i Burtch lived and died i r '4'atcs county. R c had threc chil- rirrr? -r,d t-30 srandchildren. zi'

Ohio State Univci-sity. Co~ple t ing +,he four years cw.il. c in Pto years ' 1 ~ won a scho:?rs!lip in 3. C ~ i t d :~~?+it'(t,ion, con:j:slin~ of one year ?f stur1.1 in E~.~rouc. I-Ie is noq" ~ i t h

js a Po't Offix Lutheran- New York; Luther""'1rp in

Luthcrs?.ille in Ga.; Luth- '''vil'r: in A'''i.. P'ld'' and Okla'

'~ l? toq n? a L.TI~,-! P!anpir,q T e ~ k - lir;nn 2nd Consllltqnt,. S:nn'ev .nr ' 'mms (Sh~lt,ts) r?ren.ster ha.!: r ix - ycnr - old dac~i l t e r , C?mlyr V r i ~ h t Brewster.

If e-:cr:;ozr nlho hns joined th? :.-ori.:lion l lxrl p:iid, or would pas, !i?ir $1 for rzr:? ycar's dues, the .11':!.ir?,:'on of t h ~ L:thcr Genea- n..:; ~'311!!: he 3 , ~ U I cd.

TAVERN KEEPER Jam'es Luther of the sixth gen-

eration was born in Swansea, Mass. in 1754. and died there in 1831. He was a farmer for many years. After selling his farm he purchas- ed a house on the north-east cor- ner of what is now Swansea Cen- ter, fitted it as a tavern, and kept a strictly temperance hotel, an idea much in advance of the times.

A sigg, now in possession of Fall River Historical Society, hung over his door, and carried the motto:

"We use not here The gameing arts Each pays his club And theq departs!'

James was for many years a Justice of the Peace. The record states that he died "after a sick- ness of three months, with the decay of old age." He and his wife Elizab~th are buried in the Luther cemetery at Swansea Cen-

NECROLOGY Rex F. Adams, 51, died at Dex-

ter, N.Y., Feb. 23, 1949. He was son of the late Fred and Eva (Emerson) Adams of Dexter, and grandson of Alfred and M a ~ e r y (Luther) Emerson of Brownsville, N.Y. He is survived by his wife, Beatrice (Contryman) Adams, and several cousins, among whom are formerly Assemblyman Alfred E. Emerson of Dexter and Arthur H. Emerson of Watertown, N.Y. Mr. Adams was a navy veteran of World War 1, and for the last few years had been on the en- gineering staff of the local, office of the State Department of Public Works.

George I. Luther, 77. died a t his home in Payette, Idaho, May 26, 1949. He was born a t Luther Hill, near Watertown. N.Y., NOV. 11, 1871, one of nine children of Al- drich and Amanda (Thumb) Luth-

MARRIAGES In Southport, Conn., April 23,

1949, Miss Janet Charlotte Luther was married to Mr. William Elroy Curtis of Southport. Mrs. Curtis is daughter of Kendrick A. and Anna (Hanigan) Luther of South- port. As you know, Kendrick is president of the Luther Family association. -

In Brookline, M s . , Oct. 30, 1948, occurred the double marriage of sisters, Miss Mildred Ruth Evoy to Robert Farrell, and Miss Barbara May Evoy to Harry Carroll. A reception followed the ceremony, with 200 present. Ruth and Bar- bara are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Evoy, and granddaughters of Mrs. Mary (LaFleur) Tucker of Daytona Beach, Fla. Mrs. Tucker is daughter of the late Charles and Margaret (Luther) LaFleur of the Harrisville, N.Y., branch of our Luthers.

a reunion next year. Where shall 1 Send in all births, marmges, '"'u'

we hold it? and deaths. I Tho Valley Press-Momria, N. Y.

ter.

LUTHER. MONTANA William Lyman Luther was born in

Somerset, Mass., in 1861. He entered Harvard Law College in 1881, and in 1884, because of chronic illness, left and went to L i v ~ s t o n , Mon- tans. In 1888 he studied law in San Francisco, later opening an office in Seattle, Wash. In 1892 he took up a homestead on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana and pros- pered as a sheep rancher. lawyer, and real estate operator. Here his future wife, a graduate of Mills Col- lege, Oakland, California, joined him. In 1906 the village name was changed t~ LUTHER in his honor. He went to Alaska in 1920, and was in Fairbanks when the railroad was opened from that place to Seward. In 1922 he went to Los Angeles, and the next year to Phoenix, Arizona. While visiting his son, Slade Luther in Eureka. Calif.. in 1926, he con- tracted pneumonia, died, and is burled there.

PUBLISHING FUND We failed to acknowledge in the

No. 13 paper, a gift of $5 in May, 1949, from Saratoga Springs, N.Y.9 for this fund. The amount was, however, included in the cash re- ceived report. -

Of the in 'ledges reported' one pledge of $50 has been paid in full. And another good Luther in Alabama will give when wa are ready to publish.

............ Unpaid Pledges .$650,00 .............. Received 144'25 -

previously rewrted, we have received for addition to the fund for pub:ishing the Luther Genealogy as fololws : ..... Balance of one pledge .$45.00 Indiana. Pa. 3.00 ................ Blissfield, Mich. ............. 5.00 Staten Island, N.Y. 5-00 .........

There is considerable interest in

er. He married, first, Miss Ger- trude Bunker and they had one daughter, now ~ r s . ~ e r o y Bellinger of Bnmm,!jville, N. y . After death of hfs first wife he married ~ r s . Lottie Davies, and they have a daughter Lois, at home.

George Luther was associated with his brather, Herbert, in a general store at ~a mrgeville, N. y . , until 1928, and in 1929 he re- moved to Idaho where he managed

furniture store. He was an en- thusiastic sportsman, &nd lost, an eye in a hunting accident. While the bndage was still on, he learn- ed to shoot left handed.

He is survived by wife and the two daughters meniioned d i v e ; two brothers, Henbed, of Dexter, N.Y., and Judge Martin 0. Luther of Payette; a skter, ~ i s s Marion N. Luther, of payette; and two nieces, Mrs. Blanche ~ e w i s of Watertown, ~ . y ., and ~ r s . Grant Macdonald of Dingman mrry, pa.

Mrs. Annie Eliza (Heffernan) Luther, wife of Henry Allen Luther, died Dec. 27, 1948, a t their home in fia,ton, R.I. ~ ~ ~ i ~ l was in s t . Rancis cemetery, Pawtucketl

where Father Burns read the pray- ers. She is survived by her husband and four children, John, Marian, Anna and Tnomas.

A LUTHER DESCENDANT J. Newton Hicks of Milford Road,

Swansea, Mass., former tax collec- tor and well known milk dealer, ob- served his 90th birthday anniver- ""'31, Dec. 22, 1948. Mr. Hicks, who now makes his home with a cousin, Miss Mary B. Wood, was born on Milford Road and hes lived in that vicinity all his life. He has been bedridden for the past six years, following an operation in which a leg was amputated. He retired from active business more than 40 years ago. A bachelor, Mr. Hicks is son of the late Jcseph G. and Mary Ann (Rounds) Hi;.lts.

-- MEMBERSHIP

O ~ ~ a S i o n a l l ~ a Luther will write in, stating that they . have bee'' shown a Luther Famtly Assocla- tion membership certlficatel and asking why they have not received One, Or how they may become a member. Recently a caller said, "I never knew that there were certificates. I s u ~ ~ o s e d that 1 was a rr~ember as I am On your ing list!' She Was shown her card from Our files, indicating that she never had s k e d membership* had paid nothing, and had Subscribed for "The Luther Fam- i ly . Also that she had not res- ~ o n d s d to our various inquiries and notices.

This has all been explained sev- eral times in our Paper and litera- ture. which we have endeavored to send to every live address in Our files. Membership in the tion is one dollar; annual dues are one dollar; and &is Luther paper is two years for one dollar.

~ ~ : ~ i ~ 2 ~ ~ 1 > 5 ~ n t o ~ 0 ~ ~ M ) P , " ~ 1 Mrs. Nickerson's ' 27 south Hilton street, Baltimore 29, Md. Her fund is strictly for pub- lication of the genealogy.

CALLERS Recent visitors to the home of

your editors include: Mrs. Nellie (Miller) Ford of Gro- ton, N.Y. Nellie is continuing the retail store business, established in 1919 by herself and Mr. Ford, whose obituary is in the NO. 15 ParJer.

Mrs. Rowena Scovell and son George of Towanda, Pa. They are of the Bradford county, Penna. branch, of which Rowena has been secretary.

Mrs. Alexander H. Montgomery and daughter, Sandra, of Hadley, Mass. Mrs. Montgomery is apply- ing for D.A.R. membership and we hope to help her obtain two extra service ,bars, to which she is entitled, on her Luther ances- tnrc