History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . M. Yardley was chosen chairman, and John Yardley, other business, transacted at the preliminary meeting was thefollowing: On motion the meeting resolved to procure a charter, that thename of the corporation shall be the Doylestown Worsted Com-pany, with a board of eleven directors, viz; Messrs. R. M. Yardley,Shoemaker, Fluck, Hellyer, Wilson, Dungan, Price, Scheetz, Ave-yard, Holmes and Beidler who were elected for the first year; , Shoemaker, and Lo
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . M. Yardley was chosen chairman, and John Yardley, other business, transacted at the preliminary meeting was thefollowing: On motion the meeting resolved to procure a charter, that thename of the corporation shall be the Doylestown Worsted Com-pany, with a board of eleven directors, viz; Messrs. R. M. Yardley,Shoemaker, Fluck, Hellyer, Wilson, Dungan, Price, Scheetz, Ave-yard, Holmes and Beidler who were elected for the first year; , Shoemaker, and Long were appointed a committee to pro-cure a charter, and the treasurer was authorized to collect ten percent, of the stock subscribed, on November i, 1899. The meetingnow adjourned. Immediately the meeting of stockholders adjourned, the directorsof the company met at the same place and organized by the electionof Robert M. Yardley, president; Henry S. Beidler, treasurer; andJohn Yardley, secretary. On motion, committees were appointed topurchase real estate and erect buildings, draw the necessary papers. DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 371 and draft by-laws. The company purchased the necessary looms andother machinery in England, Mr. Holmes, being sent there for thatpurpose. The charter was duly granted and put on record, and by-laws adopted. The boilers were purchased in Boston and the manu-factory was in running order by the spring of 1900. Down to thepresent time the venture has not been a success. The most impressive memorial services, witnessed in Doylestown,were in honor of the late President McKinley, who fell by the hand ofan assassin. They were held in the court room, Thursday afternoon,September 19, 1901, in the presence of a thousand persons, from theborough and vicinity. The room was draped with emblems of mourn-ing, a likeness of the dead President, on an easel framed in crepe andthe national colors, and a chorus of fifty singers, accompanied by aviolin; and a quartette o
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