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HISTORY OF THE WELSH
interest has been well revived and the programs seem to carry on
strongly without the support of the Welsh church. The records have been
well kept.
                       The Druid Society
           MISS ELEANOR JONES, OSHKOSH, SECRETARY
     In August, 1939, a group of women who formerly lived in the Welsh
Settlement met for a social afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lydia Reese to
honor Mrs. Ethel Jones Howell of Seattle, Washington. At that time it
was suggested that the group form a society. It was not until the follow-
ing April that such an organization was formed. The name, Daughters of
Druids, or Daughters of Welsh Pioneers, was adopted, but it has become
more commonly known as The Druids.
     Members of the society were to be the daughters of Welsh parents
who had lived and worshiped in the Welsh Settlement. The purpose of
the organization was to keep alive the spirit of friendliness, sincerity
and
cheer, so prevalent among our Welsh ancestors, to emulate their sterling
qualities.
     The Druids meet about six times a year. The membership is com-
prised of both active and honorary members, as many live in distant
cities and cannot be present at the meetings. Through the efforts of the
Sunshine Committee cheer is brought to the sick, to sorrow-stricken homes
and to friends in distant places. During world war two donations were
made to the Red Cross and to European Relief Centers.
      The Seventy-Fifth Home Coming Anniversary
                         July 2-4, 1922
     On Sunday, July 2, 1922, at 10 A. M. Rev. H. D. Davies and Rev.
William Foulkes preached in the Oshkosh Salem Church and Rev. D. E.
Evans and Rev. D. Kendrick Roberts in Bethesda Church at Ring. At 2
P. M., in the tent near Bethesda Church Rev. Hugh Owen preached and
Miss Elizabeth Evans of Japan gave a missionary address. At 7:30 P. M.
Rev. H. D. Davies and Rev. William Foulkes spoke. Mr. Moses Morgan
was song leader and Mrs. Roger Evans organist.
    A special word of greeting was sent by Rev. William Hiram Foulkes,
D.D., son of Rev. William Foulkes and grandson of Rev. Thomas Foulkes.
Dr. Foulkes was later Moderator of the General Assembly of the Pres-
byterian Church U. S. A.
    A touching poem was read by the Oshkosh bard, John Deiniol Jones,
with nostalgic reference to the noble dead of the pioneer generation.
This in Welsh.
    Monday evening, July 3rd, Rev. William Foulkes spoke on "Our
Heritage and Our Responsibility," telling how his father had come on
foot from Prairieville (Waukesha) to the Settlement in 1848 and taking
inventory of the debt owed to the fathers and mothers. He recounted
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