The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-28
A DINNER Of
THE "OLD GUARD
INTERESTING AND UNIQUE Az
FAIR LAST NIGHT AT THE COM
MERCTAL CLUB

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One of the most unique dinners giv-
en- here for a long time was given last
night by the members of the "Old
Guard" at the Commercial Club. The
members of the Old Guard is compos-
ed Of members of the Y. NJ. c. A. who
belonged to it ten years ago or longer,
and who still retain an active interest
in the affairs of the Association.
The following is the roll of the Old
Guard: S. B. Dole, r. c. Anterior,
c. II. Atherton, Ed Benner, Isaiah
Bray, G. P. Castle, w. r. Castle, A. F..
| Cooke, F. w. Damon, T. c. Davies. G.
j. Day, L. A. Dickey, B. f. Dillingham;,
S. N. Emerson, W. ]. Forbes, w. w.
Hall, Allan Herbert, W. L. Howard,
Sam Johnson, W. A. Love, F. J. Low
rev. James Mott, Jr, ]. NJ. Dat. E. H.
Paris Theo. Richards, p. o. Schmidt,
W. o. Smith, j. H. Soper c. H. Tracy,
w. G. Weldon, E. o. White, w. l..
Whitney, ]. M. Whitney, William Hem
ry, r. G.. Moore A. V. Soares. e. O.
Hall, B. F. Beardmore, w. w. Cham
berlain, E. o. Farm, O. H. Walker, J..
l.. Mclean, Ed. Towse, NJ. K. Nakuina,
Edgar Wood, o. c. Swain, W. L. Jos.
selyn, Paul Super, e. H. Hand, c. A.
Brown, George F. Davies.
Nearly all the members were present
last night, and they seemed to enjoy
very much telling old "reminiscences.
The Old Guard is to continue, and
a dinner such as was held last night
will be given at more frequent inter
walls. The members were seated last
night at two long tables which ran
parallel to each other, with a third
table joining the other two at the end,
where the toastmaster and those re-
spending to toasts sat.
The first toast of the evening was
the one to the President of the United
States which was responded to by
POSTMASTER T. Give Davies The
other toasts that were drunk during
the evening were as follows
Whence" ............W. c. Weldon
Here ................ Paul Super
"Whlther' .............W. L. Whitney
Our Missionary Enterprise" gan.
.................... w. Damon
odd Honolulu Days wv. r. Castle
"Why We Stay With the Associa-
ton ............B. F.. Dillingham;
What We Gave" ......F. J. Lowrey
what We Got" ............ Ed. Towse
The Old Guard" ......W. L. Howard
The Y. M. C. A, was founded here
in April, 1869, and out of the original
eleven members ten are living today
Up to 1871 thirty-one members con-
stituted the Association, of these
twenty-one are still living today.
These are the following in the order
that they signed the membership roll:
S. N Emerson, Curtis J. Lyons, P. C.
Jones, Jr., A. Francis Judd, Sanford b.
Dole, H. Mcintyre, William Clark, w.
/ w. Hall, S. w. Pogue, r. R. Walker,
| Walter G. Weldon, H. A. P. Carter, S.
M. Damon, G. A. Castle, James Tucker,
Samuel Mott, Joseph P. Cooke, J. B.
Atherton, W. R. Castle, A. F. Cooke, J.
Bartlett, B. F. Dillingham;, Robert
Bayard Snowdin, Robert w. Andrews,
John M. Dat, e. c. Damon, D. P. Peter
son, S. G. Damon, Charles G. McCully
and w. o. Smith.
Secretary Paul Super, W. L. Whit
ney, F. w. Damon, w. R. Castle, B. F.
Dillingham;, F. ]. Lowrey, Ed Towse
and w. L. Howard all had something
to say on the work of the Y. NJ. G. A.
here, and hoped that the Y. M. C. A.
would continue to do the good work
that it has done in the past.