1905-06 Volume 30 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL. 29EDITORIAL,PHI DELTA THETA has been especially fortunate in havingfounders who have exhibited life-long devotion to the fraternitywhich embodies their ideals. Their average lives werelong, though only one of them reached the green old age ofeighty. The only survivor of the "immortal six" is FatherJohn Wolfe Lindley, who is living in comfort and contentment,near Fredericktown, Knox County, Ohio. He enjoysthe respect of his neighbors and the confidence of all whoknow him. His life has been a useful one. For many yearshe was the principal of various academies and seminaries,finally settling down on the farm which he inherited from hisfather. He lives in a brick house which occupies the site ofthe log cabin in which he was born in 1826. He is a memberof the Masonic order, and for many years he has been a julingelder and clerk of session of the First Presbyterian Churchin Fredericktown. Since 1868 he has been a justice of thepeace. On August 20 of this year he celebrated the seventyninthanniversary of his birth. The following is quoted fromthe Knox County Republican of August 23.FREDERICKTOWN, OHIO, August 22.—John W. Lindley, of this township,is probably the oldest justice of the peace serving continuously in the state,having served over thirty-seven years. He received his first commission fromGovernor R. B. Hayes, April 13, 1868, and is at present serving in thatcapacity. During that time he has entered on his docket 214 civil caser:, aswell as a large number of criminal cases. 'Squire Lindley's court wasalways a court of justice, his judgment being approved by his continuance inoffice for so long a period. He is a staunch Republican and a man of highChristian character.Father I^indley is known personally by a large number ofmembers of Phi Delta Theta who have met him at nationalconventions. Throughout the length and breadth of the fraternityhe is loved and honored. We rejoice to know that heenjoys excellent health for one of such advanced years. Thathe has retained to this age his vigor and activities of bodyand mind is proof of the fact that his earlier years were wellspent. In behalf of the great body of members of Phi Delta