Period Quaker costumes make a come-back during the 1917 celebration of the Meeting House centennial. The gala occasion saw two days of worship, oratory, reminiscences, pilgrimages to the spring to drink "deeply of its healthy water," historical re-enactments by young and old, and feasting that at one sitting consumed 100 fried chickens, at another 3,000 sandwiches. When darkness threatened the festivities, Friends turned on the headlights of their newfangled autos so the shows could go on.