THE EAST HAMPTON STAR. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1940

G ov. Lehman Support*Regulation o f B illboard*

Encouraged by increased support, the New York State Roadside Coun­cil has renewed its drive to obtain gultable legislation for the regula­tion of billboards in the State.

Bills endorsed by the Council and the Roadside Committee of the Long Island Association which provide for regulation of outdoor advertising by the Superintendent of Public Works have been introduced at the present session of the State Legislature by Senator Thomas C. Desmond of Orange County and Assemblymen Dutton S. Peterson of Schuyler County. These bills conform to the recommendation made by Govemt Lehman in his annual message to th Legislature.

Governor Lehman said 'Thei can be no dispute about the desii ability of eliminating an evil which constitutes a menace to safety, prevents the full er of the State's scenic beauty and pro­gressively impairs the common in­vestment of the State am torists in our splendid system of highways and parkwoys . . . I recon mend simply that we bar within ce tain areas displays that constitute traffic menace or an ugly blot on tl beauty of our fields and forests. I know of not one valid argument against this proposal."

The State Roadside Council starting its campaign to secure fur­ther public support for billboard ulation is appealing to advertisers direct for their assistance in limit­ing the outdoor advertising to In­dustrial and business districts.

The National Association of Real Estate Boards has gone on record with the Council concerning the de­preciating elTect of billboards on real estate values. It claims that in good residential neighborhoods bill­boards and outdoor advertising are sharply detrimental, and that the scenic values of the countryside are likewise injured by billboards.

The New York State Roadside Council is headed by Richard A. Douglas of Albany as chairman. Mrs. Ray Morris of Oyster Bay is chair­man for the Long Island and New York Cify area. All of the larger civic associations, the garden clubs and village improvement societies throughout the State are supporting this legislation designed to stop the exploitation of the State's natural wealth in scenery and its huge in­vestment in highwoy improvement.

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Joseph Dayton ConditIXTH PASTOR OF THE EAST HAMPTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURC

By the Rev. Earnest E. Eells

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led by the Presbytery o{ Long Is­land.

Without ado. Mr. Condit stepped into the vacancy caused by the resig­nation of Mr. Phillips. He was school commissioner, inspector of schools, and was given the rental of the pews and the proceeds of the par­sonage lands, all by vote of the town, which still owned the church, dis­posed of the pews, and had the bass viol repaired at town expense. The town also voted Mr. Condit the use of the front slip on the south side, and it was into this pew that he doubtless ushered his bride, Mary Gardiner Miller. She was the daugh­ter of CoL Samuel Miller, for a long time High Sheriff of the county of Suffolk, and thus describes herself:"Mrs. Mary G. Condit, bom in East Hampton, Long Island, March 8,1808, County of Suffolk, become a Christian at the age of twenty, united with the church soon after under the care of Rev. Mr. Phillips, was mar­ried to Rev. Joseph Dayton Condit, pastor of the church, East Hampton,L. I„ September 11, 1830."

Condit's cousin, Rosalie Mil­ler, is well known and remembered

the correspondent and friend of John Howard Payne. Her sister mar­ried Rev. Robert D. Gardiner, pastor iod, in the whirl of

meeting in July. The cornerstone /as laid on October 3, and doubtless Ir. Condit had a prominent part

An historical sketch of Miss Lyonsays:

“The summer and fall of 1837 Mary Lyon spent mostly at South Hadley. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Condit, who lived in the house next north of the sc inary, took her unto their family they would a sister. How grateful she ever was to them! She fully ap­preciated and highly valued the un­common refinement and taste of Mr. Condit, which did not, on his part, prevent him from perceiving her worth through a rather uncourtly ex­terior. To any playful remark on her energetic movements, he would pleasantly say, pointing to the sem inary, 'If she were more of a woman she could not have done all this.’

In case of any difficult questioi of duty, as when he was offered .• professorship at Amherst, he woul< say, 'I think I shall see the way of duty; Miss Lyon is praying for One of her last deeds of grateful love was devising a plan for his wi dow's comfort, which she did not liv to execute.

"She slept and ate at Mr. Condit’ for several months before she re

seminary. At this per

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in Sag Harbor and principal of Clin- Academy, 1834-35, and her Great it Mary Miller, for whom she ; probably named, was the third

wife of Rev. Samuel Buell, D.D., and vas living at this time.

It is not possible to identify the ‘altar" built in the church by Wil­liam Babcock, at the cost of twelve dollars, in 1832, but the house built

Mr. Condit was standing until I, just one hundred

tom down to make Guild HalL The size of this house and the furniture, some of which is

Green Room of Guild Hall, indicates that Mr. Condit had good taste and some means. In char-

he is called "sweet and sainted" by Judge Hedges, whose judgment I accept as well founded. He must have been well loved and respected, for there are still many who are

led "Condit" in his memory, i 1835 he was called to the Con­

gregational Church at South Had­ley, succeeding Rev. Artemas Boies. He accepted the call because it is said he found the climate in East

i Hampton unfavorable, and his health unequal to the labors of so extensive

parish. He was dismissed on April 22. 1835, and installed at South Had-

y on July 8 of the same year. South Hadley in 1835 was much ic same sort of village as East

Hampton. The people were of the stock and

ilar design. Famous as the church where the regicide suddenly peared to marshall the congregation

defend themselves from the In­dians, it was now about built. The immediate cause of build-

lent of Mount Holyoke College, in which Mr. Condit had an active and

Mount Holyoke Miss Mary Lyon and a Miss Grant ere at this time conducting

male Seminary" at Ipswitch, Mass."Not far from 1830 Miss Lyon became convinced of the utility of a semin-

with buildings, library and apparatus, owned as colleges are. where successive generations of young ladies might be trained for re­spectability and usefulness." The lo-

" in first considered was Ipswich, second choice some place on

Connecticut River. "Doubtless Amherst or Northampton would be the place,” wrote Miss Lyon. Dr.Humphrey, president of Amheret College, wrote Miss Lyon: "Provi­dence has, so to speak, thrown Mount Pleasant (Academy in Amherst) in the market, and we shall be glad to sec such a seminary as yours here."When this plan fell through. Miss Lyon continued her efforts, until on January 8, 1835, at a meeting in Wor­cester, Mass., South Hadley was se­lected as the location, provided the subscription there could be raised to

ind in April of that year it ided to name the Institution Holyoke Female Seminary."

I believe that Joseph Condit was the one member of the committee of the Massachusetts Ministers’ Associa­

tion who was favorable; he was a i member of the original committee on | founding the seminary when it met j on June 10,1835, at the home of Sam- juel Williston, in Easthampton, Mass..The meetings and the business of the I seminary from that time until the

were evidently at Mr. Condit’s home.This was a beautiful house now standing at the junction of Wood- bridge and Silver Streets, in SouthHadley, and owned by Miss Emma __________ ________P. Carr and Miss Mary L. Sherrill.: for the glory of God, the Lord of In this house Miss Lyon "was re- Hosts, that shall appear there. I have ceived as a sister." It stood then done."next door north of the location of the I Three months later at the dedica-

| seminary. |tlon of the new church building, onAn act of incorporation obtained November 26, 1844, Mr. Condit

February 10, 1836, named Mr. Condit (preached from Exodus 33:15, "If thy a trustee of the seminary, and when' presence go not with me, carry me the trustees met on March 2 of that not up hence.” He said in part: year, he was elected secretary of the I "I have followed you with an eye board, a position he held until his and heart, which only a pastor

was knows. Having taken to your bosom , and that Christian seminary designed to in at train Zion's daughters . . . how wide,

she never failed to be at table ere Mr. Condit asked the divine benedic­tion, always stayed till the table was formally dismissed, and was punc­tual at prayers.”

The dedication of the seminary took place on May 3, 1838. Mr. Con­dit’s address on that occasion is in

‘Treasure Room” of Williston Library. The first anniversary graduation was held in the church

South Hadley on August 6,Miss Lyon had expressed a desire

have it held in the seminary bi g, but the trustees overruled

and a service was held in the second building of the church, which stood south of Mr. Condit's home. Mr. Hawes gave the address. "The meet­ing house was full,” the certificates vere countersigned by Mr. Condit is secretary of the board of trustees. 'Of course, the giving of the certi­

ficates devolved on Mr. Condit. He did it in his neat, elegant manner." Congregational Church, South Had­

ley, Mass.Mr. Condit gave the address to

senior class in 1844. This is also in "Treasure Room." This s the last of the second build­

ing for the church. It h.11 for the growing n and seminary combined. This church, built in 1761, was t' e style of church as the one ; Hampton built in 1717. The pul- was raised on pillars and ap­

proached by stairs. The ible stood before the pulpit and the eacons' seats were behind the table.. crimson damask curtain hung in ilds behind the pulpit. The choir as seated in the balcony, which ent around three sides of the audi- irium. A tall tower at the front of le building supported the clock and trer it, in a balcony, hung the belL The new church was er J44, planned along the classic lines [ the New England Meeting House,

with pillared portico, roof, and clock above the bell. This building was destroyed by fire January 14, 1875.

On the last Sunday in the old m( ing house, Mr. Condit preached from the text, “Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what

ought ye to be, in all holy confirmation and godliness” (II Peter 3:11). He said, ~ tuary of God look on the venerated

lbling memorial of i generation long since gone. It is nov about eighty-five years since thi Foundations of this house were laid [t was many years before it was com pleted. The history of it, I am aware, gives a humiliating view of human weakness and sinfulness. For it shows low through man’s depravity the best objects and enterprises are made the occasion of sad strife and dissen­sion. And yet the history of this louse followed out, gives us affect­ing proof of the condescending good­ness and merciful dealing of the Godof Zion-----

ic "Nor Is it In my heart," he said in le closing, “to end this service without a- desiring to bless God that since this a sanctuary cannot continue by reason ,n of age, there is one just by its side

to take its place. Yes, as my eyes turn from this venerated dome, they fall with hallowed Interest on that rising temple. I thank my God He has inclined you to rear that I look on it as a token of your attachment to Zion. I hope it is a pledge of your devotion to all that is sacred in the institution of God. May the glory of that latter house exceed this. Not for outward glory do I think of, but

is the sympathy, how strong the torcst that has carried your work to its conclusion. I have rejoiced in reody co-operation of female hearts and hands In this now commemorated

The anniversary address given by, Mr. Condit, August, 1846, now in the Clcavcland Room of the Welliston Library, is from his pen. A sermon preached in 1847 is still treasured about the last he preached.

Hannah Maria Condit Mr. and Mrs. Condit had no chil­

dren of their own. They had in tht home as a daughter of their affc tion, their niece, Hanna Maria Con­dit, whose father was then pastor at Oswego. She professed religion and joined the South Hadley Church, January 5, 1845, graduated from Mount Holyoke in the class of and probably stayed with her uncle and aunt until his death the n

Her father writes, “April 20, 185 Received a letter from William Eddy, who is under appointment from the American Board to a Missionary to Northern Syria, ask- ing if I would give up my third daughter, Hannah Maria, to go with him. Prayerfully and deliberately and for several days considered the case and felt to return an answer : the affirmative. The daughter askc for is a very dear child and only parent knows the trial it is to part with such a child to go far away to be seen here no more. But wl recollect my dedication of her 1 Lord in my bethrothal covenant— when I call to mind how her heart has been on the missionary work since the period of conversion; when I consider the clearness and decision with which her own mind exercised in view of the present opening and Providence which have brought her and William Eddy together, wl consider these things, I feel t quiesce in the will of God in this case and give her up at His call the work on which her heart is s praying that she may be happy and useful in her work and expecting meet her where no separations t

tried the Rev. William ’ Eddy on November 24, 1851, and ei barked from Boston five days lati In July, 1861, she returned for a vi in this country and returned to Syi

June 13, 1863. She served at S don in 1877, and at Beiruit till 1887. Her husband who was the son of the Rev. Chauncey Eddy, pastor in Hud-

1, Ohio, was bom in Penn Yan, December 18, 1825. He graduated from Williams College and Union Theological Seminary, and wa dained in Newark, N. J., Septem­ber, 1851. He and Mrs. Eddy c lished and co-operated in the coi of missoncry work in Syria. S

time forbid an account he their wonderful work. He died .

y 28, 1900, at Beiruit Joseph Dayton Condit and his wife

legally adopted the daughter of the Rev. John Brown, D.D., pastor in Hadley. A graduate of Dartmouth, 1809, and Andover Seminary, 1811, he had served as tutor in Dartmouth,

Cazenovia, N. Y., Pine Street Church, Boston, and at Hadley. “Eight of tiis family, including him­self, lie side by side in the Hadley

ing ground; and most of in the course of two or three i.” The one remaining daughter

is buried in South Hadley beside Joseph and Mary Condit.

Mr. Condit’s Death Mr. Condit's death took place

September 19, 1847. His brother Robert writes:

"September 21, 1847—This day ceived notice by telegraph of the death of my dear brother, Joseph D. He died Sabbath evening, the 19th, a happy and peaceful death, aged forty-three. He was one thousand, even of ministers. His labors at East Hampton and South Hadley had been arduous and very much blessed. His character was en­tirely symmetrical, loved universal-

beloved and died greatly lam­ented especially by his dear people. May the Lord sustain the widow and

Father of the adopted little child, and may the admonition of God’s providence be laid to heart by my­self.”

"October 25, 1847—Persued an obituary notice of brother Joseph written by Dr. Humphreys in The New York Observer* of October 23, 1847. Think this sketch a very just

death. The si selected at a meeting on May the trustees confirmed the a

his grave. The inscription engraved there is long and eloquent of the love the church and community bore

him. As far as it can be ciphered it reads as follows:

"GRACE, GRACE, GRACE Rev. Joseph D. Condit

Died, September 19, 1847, Aged 43In every relation of life he was

loved and respected. He was firm, dignified and courteous in manners, firm in principles, yet God-fearing, modest and discreet in speech and action, fruitful In friendship, per­suasive in counsel, meek and bene­volent in spirit, pure in example, humble conscientious and serene in mind, abundant in labors, in conduct and actions for the cause of his Mas-

As a preacher he was plain and impressive, yet earnest, pungent and eloquent. In person both able and attractive in the exhibition of truth and extraordinary knowledge of the word of God and Truth.

For twelve years he fulfilled his labors of love and of useful ministry for God in this place, and ably ex­tended his valuable advice and' in­fluence abroad. By the grace of God

he finished his course with joy and entered into rest

The effects of his devoted minis­try will long live after him and the record of his virtue and good will is on high, but in testimony of those offices and of much affection his people have excelled in the memor­ial to his memory."

Below is the inscription:"Mary Gardiner, wife of Rev. J. D.

ConditDied. March 31. 1860, Aged 52 Years.

Rock of Ages Cleft for Me Let me hide Myself in Thee.”

A fine portrait of Mr. Condit pain­ted by Chandler, hangs in Parsons Hall at Mount Holyoke. Probably few who gaze upon it know of the man whose face they see there. One graduate of the college, however, named her son for him, probably be­cause her husband was the Rev. Blackford Condit, son of Daniel Day­ton Condit Joseph’s brother, and be­cause she knew of his life. Joseph Dayton Condit the son of Sarah Louise Mills, of the class of 1858, died in Terre Haute, Ind.. in 1914.

So the memory of a good man lives on. Who can tell when the in­fluence of his life and the lives he touched will ever end?

East Hampton, N. Y.

AN AMAZING FACTA striking example of the power ! a single invention to shape civili­

zation is found in the elevator. Men have used buildings with as many

"ve stories for centuries. Broad stairways, ramps and hoists geared by ropes and pulleys were used to get furniture, machinery and heavy goods to the upper floors. The steam elevator was bom about the middle of the last century. The electric elevator came in 1889. Improvements of the latter made possible the "sky­scraper." The latter brought the need for rapid transit that in turn, brought

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got the decision over Mazzanoblc of East Hampton. Approaching care­fully both men went for the head. Fountain crossed over and got be­hind Mazzanoble, bringing him to the mat. Mazz grabbed Fountain by the leg and came out on top but lost the advantage as both men stood up. Again Fountain got behind Mazz and threw him down. Staying well in back Fountain did not try for a pin but rather waited out the time for the decision.

J. Mott of East Hampton lost to M. Rokowski in the 155-pound class. Rokowski sprang to the advantage and put Mott down. Mott fought bril­liantly in an attempt to get on top but failed to do so successfully. The defensive work of Mott was out­standing in holding M. Rokowski to

decision.In the 165-pound class Wessburg

•as defeated by Raynor of West­hampton. The bout got off to a fast

with Raynor getting the ad­vantage. Wessburg furnished plenty of trouble for Raynor and gave him no opportunity to pin. Raynor got the decision.

The bout in the 185-pound class was forfeited to Mott of East Hamp-

Final score: East Hampton 21;

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