Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
AFTER TWENTY YEARS
THE GRIDIRoN CLUB CELEBRATES
ToNIGH1.s as

The eriairon Club Will aold i{tatwentietn
annual winter dinner tonight at the New
Willard Hotel. 1t will be the largest din
ner ever given by this fa6pus el9b and the
guest list will be one of THE most distin-
guished that has ever gathered around the
Grdiron table. Major John N. Carson, the
newly elected president 'bf she club, who
was president twenty ,yearatago. will pre-
side, and for the first time in the history of
the club the dinner will be given at the
New Willard For thirteen Years the. club
has dined in the banquet hall of the Airing
ton Hotel, but it celebrates it's twentieth
anniversary by moving to the New Will
lard and occupying the immense ball room
on the top floor of that hotel.
The first dinner of the club after it's re-
organization on January II, 1855. was held
at Welcker's on February %; 1885. there
being present but twenty-seven guests. The
twentieth annual dinner tonight will have
a guest list of nearly go, and among the
guests tonight will be Mr.. John s. Wise,
who was guest at the first dinner twenty
years. ago. The club has changed consid-
erably in membership during the twenty
years. although there are now still on the
list a dozen or more of the charter MEM
bers. The charter members of the club
were John M. Carson, Z. Il. Murray, Charles
VI.
Alden, w. f. Barrett, Charles A. ~Boynton.
Henry " Boynton. w. w. Burhans, s. N.
Clark. F.. c. Crawford. L. Z. Crawford, E.
G. Dunnell, p. V. DeGraw, Frank Adams.
Depuy. Edward Fleming. F., a. G. Handy,
Perry S. Heath, A. w. Lyman. III. B. F.
Macfarland, w. c. Mcbride, David r. Nc
kee Ben Perley Poore, Fred P. Powers,
NJ G. Seckendorff, Q. o. Stealey, c. F.
F. b. Wight, r. J. Wynne and James r.
Young. Today the club has three classes
of members, resident, nonresident and
limited. =
The following are the officers and mem
bers of the club today:
President, John NJ. Carson; vice president,
Francis f. Leupp; secretary, John Shuitz
Shriver: treasurer Geo. h Walker; exeeu-
Louis Garthe, P. V. DeGraw, Edgar G.
Snyder; Samuel G. Blythe Scott c. Bone,
Charles A. Boynton, Henry ". Boynton,
Henry S. Brown, L.. White Busbey, Frank
G. Carpenter, John NJ. Carson, H. Conquest
Clarke, l.. A. Coolidge, William E. Curtis.
p. V. DeGraw, Arthur w. Dunn, Richard
Lee Fearn, Louis Garthe. Henry Hall. +.
A. G. Handy. James S. Henry, Frank II.
Hosford. Philander c. Johnson, s. E. John
son, Rudolph Kaufman. r. NJ. Larner,
Francis E. Leupp. Richard H. Lindsay,
Dayid r: Mckee. n. o. Messenger, John p.
J. X. OIL Raymond Patterson, Charles C.
Randolph. F. A. Richardson, Geo. W. Rou-
yer, Reginald Schroeder NJ. G. Seckendorff.
John S. Shriver, Edgar C. Snyder O. O.
Stealey,. y. J. Stofer, jr., Geo II. Walker,
Henry L.: West. Beriah wilkins, Robert j.
Wynne, James Rankin Young
Nonresident members-WaIter E. Adams
+. w Barrett, David S. Barry, John Adj
ans Corwin, Frank a. UeFgly, e. G. Dun
nell, Il. j. Gibson, Perry s. Heath. Henry
u. Kemp {. w. Knapp, Albert Miller Frank
Pfesbrey, w. B. Stevens. ts.T
Limited members-Franis v Bennett T
larry Cunningham e. B.=sHay5 j. Henry
Al
John H. Nolan John Philip Seusa. Henry
Xander. Aieh's