. The borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913; its marvelous development and historical surroundings. CHAPTER XXII THE OLD TIMERS' ASSOCIATION Men Who Have been Residents of The Bronx for Fifty Years or More— An Interesting Chapter By its Historian, Sidwell S. S a vast new population came surging into The Bronx, old residents who had lived for half a century or more in the comparatively new district north of the Harlem River, became slowly and by degrees aware of the fact that they were involuntarily becoming strangers in a land where they had resided from boyhood upward. Indeed, many of the
. The borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913; its marvelous development and historical surroundings. CHAPTER XXII THE OLD TIMERS' ASSOCIATION Men Who Have been Residents of The Bronx for Fifty Years or More— An Interesting Chapter By its Historian, Sidwell S. S a vast new population came surging into The Bronx, old residents who had lived for half a century or more in the comparatively new district north of the Harlem River, became slowly and by degrees aware of the fact that they were involuntarily becoming strangers in a land where they had resided from boyhood upward. Indeed, many of these old settlers became startlingly aware of the further fact that they, who but a few years previously were the owners of much of the lands in the old towns of Morris- ania, West Farms, Melrose, East and Westchester were no longer important factors in the territory of which once they might have been said to be "Lords of the ; In few words, death and change and time had apparently deprived them of their identity and status. Naturally this altered condition of affairs reluctantly forced the knowledge upon them that, unless they combined and formed an association which would bring together in a close fel- lowship the older members of the community in which they were once so powerful and well known, they would be lost in the busy stirring City that had so suddenly sprung up all around and about them. Acting upon this conviction a number of old citizens met to- gether one evening two years ago, at the headquarters of the Exempt Firemen at Third Avenue and 147th Street and their de- liberations resulted in the formation of a society known as the "Old Timers of The Bronx," whose end and aim would be cordial amity, friendship and the promotion of the best interests of all its members socially and mentally. The sole qualifications of admis- sion to membership in this organization is a nominal fee and a residence in the Borough of over fifty years. By a unanim
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