Evening star., 1909-05-06
New Members Elected.

The following names proposed for men,
bership at the April meeting and reported
on favorably by the committee having
the matter In charge were UNANIMOUSLY
elected members Of the association: Will
liam A. Cooper, 3O3 L street southeast; S.
Heller. GIT X street; George P. Zurhorst
203 Sd street southeast; Joseph Williams,
ia B street southwest and William B.
Hartley, 513 A street southeast. William
A. CLANCY. newly elected member, was
introduced to the association by the pres
ident. The following names were SUBJ
mitted for membership to bel balloted on
at the June meeting; Messrs William H.
Douglas, Allen c. Clark and Thomas J..
Lerch. Judge c. s. Bundy. DR.. B. w.
by the chair as a committee on eligibility
to act on the applications.
The death of George w. Harvey, an
honored member of the association, called
forth eulogistic remarks from Messrs. T..
Edward Clark and D. j. Mccarthy. Both
gentlemen spoke of the long service to
Washington of Mr.. Harvey as public
spirited citizen and man who ever had
the welfare Of the community at heart.
Mr.. Clark spoke of the deceased member
tribute to his sterling qualities of friend
ship and loyalty.
''The fame of his bYsiness was world
wide." said Mr.. Mccarthy. Il may say
it reached everywhere where men liked
good things to eat. Some years ago when
was doing active newspaper work 1
was sent to interview the then King of
the Hawaiian Islands. who came to
Washington on visit. After my regular
interview with him was over he turned
me privately. When I asked of what
service I could be he asked me to direct
him to Harvey's oyster house. have
heard Of it fer long. long time he
said. And it's the first place / want to
go TO here In Washington
Messrs. c. w. Dove, Benjamin F. KIop-
fer, A. H. F. Holstein, A. L. Dellwig and
William +. Braund were appointed to act
as pallbearers at Mr.. Harvey's funeral.
representing the association.
Invited to Fairfield.
The members of the association have
been invited to be the guests of Mai.
George A. Armes at his country home.
Fairfield, Grant road and Connecticut
avenue, May 20. from to IL pm, to
celebrate the sixty-fifth anniversary of
his birth. Maj Armes asked last night
that eleven fellow-members of the
association be appointed by the chair to
assist him in the entertainment of the as
sociation. The request was unanimously
approved. the personnel OF the committee
to be announced later.
Upon the motion of A. III. Ragan. a vote
Of thanks was rendered William r. Dow
ney for his lecture on Good Citizenship
which was delivered before the members
of the association April 15 last at the Car
negie Library The vote Of the associa-
ton brought forth a number of COM
mandatory remarks relative to the eX-
cellence Of the lecture.
Among the gifts offered the associa-
tion was a letter of an interesting ma
ture from the late Gov. Shepherd. writ
ten many years ago to George Driver,
a member. Other gifts were the ac-
count book of William Thompson. a
Washington justice of the peace, pre-
vious to 1850, given by Charles p
Shreeve, and letter written by J. p.
Morse, telling of the finding of Thin
BILE Of Mrs. Jefferson. the wife of Presi
dent Thomas Jefferson, In the founda-
ton of the meridian stone. The Thin
BILE, the letter stated. was thrown into
the foundation by Mrs. Jefferson in
tentionally and was found some years
later by John Stuart. a Scotchman.
During the meeting comments were
made by several on the provisions Of
the constitution and bylaws govern
ing the drawing of money from the
treasury. Messrs. Heller and Smith were
appointed a committee to look into the
matter and, II necessary, submit a reso-
luton at the June meeting which would
eliminate any uncertainty governing the
handling of the associations finances.