THANKSGIVING OBSERVED
MANY PLEASANT FAMILY REUNIONS AROUND THE FESTIVE BOARD FEATURED DAY
Snowfall Made It Unpleasant For Many Out-Door Pastimes, But Good Cheer Marked Many Home Gatherings-Stores And Business Places Closed – Some Family Gatherings And Reunions.
Thanksgiving was as generally observed throughout Greenwich as usual, and there were many pleasant home-gatherings of relatives in town yesterday. Friends and relatives who had not seen each other in years were united over the festive board, and good cheer was the rule of the day.
There were disappointments for many, however, because the day was not better suited to the holiday. We have had so many pleasant Thanksgiving days that the young people in particular associate with the day and after-dinner skating, automobile or walking party, but there was a little of these because of the weather.
Early dawn saw the first flights of snow and the white crystals continued to fall until about noon. There was no ice for skating, but pedestrians on streets or sidewalks found it difficult enough to keep from skating, for the coating of damp snow made it very slippery. An unusually small number of automobiles were out during the day.
Inside many Greenwich homes, however, there was no lack of good cheer and giving of thanks. A large congregation attended the Union Thanksgiving service at the Presbyterian church, and listened to good music and a sermon by Rev. Charles F. Taylor of the Second Congregational Church. The Methodist, Congregational and Presbyterian churches united. At Christ Church and at St. Mary's R. C. Church there were special services.
As usual a family Thanksgiving dinner was held at the old Mead Homestead in Cos Cob, over twenty members of the family been guests of Miss Catherine Mead for the day. All were seated at one table which was loaded down with good things. Among those present of the older generation were Miss Catherine Mead, Augustus Mead and Mrs. John G. Clarke of Bedford Hills. Seamen Mead was unable to be present, because of injuries received in an accident recently. This is the first family reunion he has missed in many years. Among the others were Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Clarke of Brookfield Center, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Williams and four children of White Plains, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Holmes of Katonah, Miss Louisa N. Mead, Miss Amelia W. Mead, Mr. and Mrs. Seamen M. Mead, and three children, Thomas A. Mead and Miss Mary Dominy of New York City.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac L. Mead on Lafayette Place, there was another pleasant family re-union, an annual event. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Isaac L. Mead and Mr. and Mrs. Willis T. Mead and family, Mr. and Mrs. S. Warren Mead and family, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Mills and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Merriman of Bristol, Connecticut, Miss Lucy A. Mead and Miss Lucy A. Smith.
