Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-21 | Page 7 | Sole Survivor of Last Man Club to Face 33 Empty Chairs at Fete Table

Sole Survivor of Last Man Club to Face 33 Empty Chairs at Fete Table STILLWATER Minn July 21 keeping faith with its tradition the last ast mans man's club reduced by deaths toone toone to one survivor rallied today for lor probably probe ably bly the last time I Tonight in the presence of 33 chairs draped in black set about a table I whose centerpiece will be a bottle of I rare are old Burgundy wine Captain Charles Lockwood of Chamberlain S. S D. D the survivor will call caIl the rollof roll rollf rollof of f the 34 members of the club Though Lockwood expects to live many more years he admits the annual annual an an- nual visit without the cheering presence presence pres- pres ence of his civil war comrades of company com com- pany any B First Minnesota Infantry is becoming more of a task each July 21 Last winter he was ill for tor sev several ral months He intends to be more careful care- care ful Cui ul of his health So after he carries out the club ritual tonight he may close up p the records forever Following the roll call caU Lockwood will drink a toast to his departed companions of the first battle of Bull Run fought July 21 1861 1861 ln in water The wine set aside at the first reunion of the veterans in 1885 fulfilled its destiny in 1930 when for or the first time Loc Lockwood met alone That was soon after alter the funeral o of his old friend Peter Hall Han of Atwater Minn the next to the last man The beverage beverage beverage bev bev- was designated In 1885 as the toast drink for the last survivor The wine is being beins preserved partly bec because Lockwood has no fondness for it and partly because he wants the Historical society to which he gave the bottle to preserve the liquor