Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-23
SOUTH RIVER CLUB DINNER.
LARGELY ATTENDED BY THE
MEMBERS.
Mr.. Gather Serving Member at The
Quarterly Social Event of
Historic Club.

The quarterly dinner of the South
River Club, the oldest social organi-
zation of the United states. was
served yesterday at the historic club
house at South River Neck, this
county. The November dinner is
usually served the Thursday before
Thanksgi wing.
The serving member was Mr.. George
n. Gather, president of the Second
Branch City Council, of Baltimore.
The dinner was attended by nineteen
Of the twenty-three members Of the
club and several invited guests. among
whom were Mayor Timanus and Judge
Sharp. of BALTIC. Dinners are given by
the different members OF the club
every three months. and they are
largely attended. The whitewashed.
log cabin clubhouse sits upon a high
hill overlooking several beautiful
valleys and dales and presents pic
turesque scene.
The present house was built in
l7l2, aud. with few repairs, sta nds
in it's original condition. Although
there are no records of the proceed
ings OF the club prior to l742. when
the old clubhouse was burned down.
il is believed that the club was or
ganized in about l1l0. and the first
building was erected on the present
site az that time. When the first club
house was burned down the club was
then known as the Ancient South
River Club. In order To become q
member of the club one must either
live in that section of Anne Arundel
county or have descended from some
OF its early inhabitants.
The members and the invited guests
gathered at the old building yester-
day and renewed acquaintanceship
after which they inspected the club
house. The famous South River club
punch, the recipe of which is many
years old. was made, and the entire
party drank To the health of the club.
All then took seats around the quaint
old tables, and delightful dinner,
consisting of roast turkey, roast beef
and ham, with vegetables, was served.
As the host, MIR. Gather acted AS
toastmatser, and he related some of
the early history of the club.
Conspicuous in the gathering was
former United States Judge A. B,
Hagner, who has been president of
the club for a number of years. In
his speech Mr.. Hagner told of the vast
amount of sentiment connected With
the club and its building. Mayor I'll
manus was the next speaker, and he
said that il was a great source of graf
ification for him to attend one of the
dinners of the club. He congratulated
the members on its success and ON
the goodfellowship that prevailed at
the dinners.
Judge Sharp said that he felt as
though he had been signaliy honored
by being invited to attend one of
the dinners. while MIR. James NJ.
Munroe told of the high standing of
its members both in the BUSINESS
and professional world. The history
of the club from it's inception was re-
lated by Mr.. J. Writ Randall. lie
said that at present there were mem
hers of the club whose families for the
last five generations have been repre-
sentcd in its membership. After this
the entire assemblage arose and sang
"Auld Lang Syne.
Those at the dinner were: Mayor
Timanus, of Baltimore; Judge Sharp,
Judge A. B. Hagner, DR.. j. w. Igle-
hart, President of the Board of Liquor
License Commissioners; A. B. How
ard, Messrs. George II. Gather,
Blanchard Randall, Thomas Gather,
Daniel X. Randall, l.. Dorsey CASA
way, John Writ Randall, Blake Brooke,
J.. Edwin Murphy, Beale Worthington,
BENJAMIN Watkins, Thomas /. Din
holl, Frank Weems, Mead Holla-
day. George n. Gather, Jr., James
Nj. Munroe, Harry Gather.