Evening star., 1909-06-05
ELkS' CIRCUS AND JUBILEE
COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED FOR
BIG EVENT.
Festival at Benning Race Track to
Begin June 16 and Last
Three Days.

The chairmen of the various subcom-
mittees of the executive committee of ar
rangements for the Elks' biz circus and
jubilee, TO be held June rs, Il and Is at
the Benning race track. have announced
the members of these subcommittee.
Practically all of the following named
committee members have been already
actively identified with the enterprise:
Executive committee-Fred ]. Mershei
mer. chairman; j. A. Mooney, secretary;
NJ. g. Mccormick. treasurer: Robert NJ.
McWade, reception of visiting Elks;
Ernest W. Emery, press; f. II. Neu-
meyer. jr., refreshments: John j. Cor
man, country circus: NJ. B. Fenton. coun-
try store; F. B. Clarkson. printing and
programs; Herman Richards, barn and
dancing: Walter Tharp, badges; NJ. c.
Mccormick. finance: Thomas ]. King.
grounds: F. J. Wagner, fire and police:
II. G. Ellis. music: E. D. Johnson. candy;
W. L. Whitson. physicians; J. William
Lee straw rides; ]. T. Moffett. transpor
tation, and Frank Swart. carting.
Finance committee-M G.. Mccormick,
chairman Irving Owinss. secretary; F.
n. Franey, /. Frankfurt, H. B. Howe, E.
P. Schwartz. c. w. Darr. E. j. Murphy.
Julius ]. Peyser, William Buckley. FL
bridge E.. Jordan, Gus Hartig, /. o. Har
vey, DR.. ]. Frank Hilton. S. !. Hoover,
II. Hull. Jesse S. Jackson. w. l. Jacoby,
T. p. Kennelley. P Latterner. Sam
Richards. +. o. Davis. DR.. E. S. Medford.
p. NJ. Becker, Jacob Held, H. G. Ellis.
G. W. Emerson. NJ. P. Sullivan. Julius
Nierhuchen, William A. Hettinger, c. T.
Johnson. A. B. Smith. G. F. Page. ". S.
Harris F. A. Hermann, C. j. Bersch. w.
Yates, Fred Hornig. George T. kolb.
I Moran. F. Riegel, J. H. Wood. l..
NJ. Reinhart. Emmet 2. Adams John ].
Allen, w. j. Bacon. A. l.. Baker, H. P
Baldwin. Webb Beymer. Frank Bid.
Joseph E; Bishop. l. f. Block, Karl F.
Rrodt, J. r. Brown, ]. H. Buscher. w E.
Cable. r. NJ. Cropley r. C. Cumberland
p. F. Cusick. William ]. Devine. Thomas
J Donovan, Thomas ]. King. Thomas A.
Dougherty, James L. Faunce W. H. Fish
er. C. B. Fonda Isadore Freund T. S.
Garges. F. f. Gibson, John H. Harris.
Philip NJ Maley S. ]. Luchs. John Lynch,
John McCaffery, John A. McGaw. ]. C. Nc
Guire, James Mckenna. G. II. Markward.
r. y. Meyers, John d. Meyers. p J. Nee,
w. E. Paro. F. s. Parks, T NJ. Payfair
Z. S. Schmid. S. NJ. Selinger, F. P. Simp-
son. P S. Sprightly, Milton Strasburger,
Fred Wagner and r. ]. Walker.
Refreshment committee : E. H. Neu-
meyer, jr.. chairman: ]. Fred Rupertus,
vice chairman: c. H. UtermehIe secre-
tary: julius Albrecht. j. ]. Allen. j. NJ.
Becker. Aug Brill. Patrick F. Carr, P. J.
Foley, James Gallagher. Louis Hodges,
z. F. Harr. Hugh F. Harvey S. A. Kim
berly. c. +. Hermann. F. P. Hall. T F.
keliher. Adolph Loehl. Leo D. Loughran,
T E Miller. F. F: Madigan. F. ". Plugge.
W. l.. Pushaw. Martin Schneider. w. ].
Tharp. F. y. Whitehead j. n Wright,
,Theo Walter, Leo Zwissler and Charles
P. Stohlman.
Circus committee = John j. German
chairman: Charles Hermann. vice chair
man: P. F. Coffey. secretary: ]. E. Ten
ley. II. A. Joyce. Al Hollander John
Drucker. James A. Nicholson, AL Joyce,
T. F: F Cnsick, .,I.s John Wood; J; G. Mcclure,
ney. julius Wenig. Homer Booth, Walter
j. Frick and Thomas J. Ryan.
Country store committee-M. D. Fenton
chairman: H. G. Eckloff. vice chairman:
b. L. Grove. secretary: James Ward
treasurer: r. H. Lewis. w. j. Nally,
Thomas Nally. John Harbin. Joe Watson,
]. Pierpont. Clarence Miller. r. A. Collins,
]. p Collins. d. Fowler. j. n johnson. F.
W. Hart. NJ. Lynch, Clarence Nohe. VIII
liam Morrison. w. c. Freeman William
Fuse. William Loeff1er. Joseph Drum
mond. John Kamb, DIR. Medford David
Foley. r. II. Moler. w. NJ. Hicks, Ross
Hartig. Lewis Hartig. jr.. B. Miller. w.
NJ. Myer. DR.. W. E. Pairo and H. Soffers.
Dancing and barn committee-Herman
Richards. chairman; August Hageman.
vice chairman; Joseph H. Wood secre-
tary: George f. Keliher. Myer Simon, L.
NJ. Coster, Dan O'Donnell. William L.
Tlman. Joe Ulman. A. Davis. c. ]. Yonce.
May. owen Davis. G. F. sauter. Max
Hirsch. ]. Simas. A. Abbott, c. o. Nor
ris, Louis Hartig. jr., Thomas Cranston,
F. P. McShane. j. A. Drummond. jr.. ].
Hough George Land. J. A Balderson,
Ed Voight, jr.. l. Cerrodette. AL Baker,
r. Rogers. William Yates. William Ed
wards. Thomas J. Mcouade. F. a.
Wood. Frank Bridges. s. Cover, Ed Ten
ley. Robert Tibbs. C. r. Eagle.
Reception of visiting Elks committee
Robert NJ. Mcwade. chairman. Rossa F.
Downing. James L. Ward, Thomas j.
Donovan, Richard A. OF Brien. Olin Nor
ris. Charles Connor, John Purvis, A. j.
Cummings. ". B. Watson Max Hirsch.
Dana G. Holland, August Herman, r rank
German and Frank A. Kidd.
Press committee-Ernest w. Emery,
chairman; Arthur D. Marks and ]. B.
Shoemaker.
Printing and program committee-F. B.
Clarkson, chairman; G. f. Bright, p NJ
Pecker and John c. Maxwell.
Fire and police commttee-F. j. Wag-
ner. chairman; John DAILY. vice chair
man: George s. Watson, secretary; Daniel
Slattery, William Lanahan. H. c. Egg
loff and A. S. Haight.
Music committee-H G. Ellis, chair
man: John c. Maxwell and Walter
Tharp-
Candy committee-E- D. Johnson. chair
an; w. j Dooley. secretary: j. Clinton
G. Hutchinson. @. Logan. F. Schaffer. A.
Hess. W. Morrison, ]. Johnson ]. Far
rem, =. ~ fNIoiier, . L. Ldul, 1I- Lana
and a. Davis.
Grounds committee-Thomas j. King.
chairman; III. G. Ellis. f III. Neumeyer,
jr.. John J. German and John j. Noonan
Badge committee-Walter Tharp. chair
an, and Charles F. Hermann.
Straw ride committee. William Lee
chairman, George w Harrison, James
Clinton. Robert Cumberland, Jacob Held
George Hutchison, Stephen Laut. Peter
Iatterner, George Logan and William
Morrison.
Outdoor attractions committee-Frank
Ferris. Herman Richards f. B. Clarkson,
L. D. Johnson.