The Washington times., 1912-02-22
OLD INHABITANTS
REVERE MEMORY
OF WASHINGTON
Glowing Tribute Paid the
First President BY
Speakers.

Fuluglzlng George washington as "the
greatest man In American history" at
the celebration conducted today by the
Association OF Oldest Inhabitants, the
Rev. charles L. Pate. pastor of the
Dumbarton Methodist Church, deliv-
cred an eloquent address tn nearly 400
people
The exercises were held at the asso-
ciation's hall, pennsylvania avenue and
| II streets northwest, Judge G. s. Bundy
presiding IN the absence Of President
Theodore w. NoyeS. A business meet
| ing was held this morning and at noon
refreshments were served In the after
noon there was program comprising
| Inusic and addresses. Whll!am Henry
Dennis read Wdshington's Farewell Ad-
dress"
Was Beyond Comparison.
AS a soldier. statesman, and patriot
he is easily beyond comparison de-
clared nr. PATE in his address. He was
| peer of them ALL Caesar was a great
| cOn1ueror, 80 was Alexander and Ma
polcon and Frederick; William pitt
| was Il great statesman; Socrates was a
great PHILOSOPHER, SO v ere Pericles and
Aristotle. but Washington combined the
greatness of them all
"Iie was great in his deTotlon to duty;
he was great as militiaman; he
was suprcmaiy Erert az a soldier: he
was unsurpassingly great as a states
man. but ne was great beyond descrlp-
ton VIXEN he declined a third term as
| President of the United states and from
! the very top OF the pinnacle of fame
lmodcstly retired from public life to
spend his last days in the Losom of his
faInily."
The exercises opened with the sing
| ing of America" by the audience. Miss
j May Barber. accompanied BY Miss Lena
/ Sutton, sang a solo, and Prof. A. Sam
uels gave several cornet solos. The
| program was concluded by the sing
Il I'M nf .tl1 GNynn
| III charge of the exercises was
committee comprising A. II. Ragan,
i Chaplin Brown, T. Edward Clark. Dr.
no M sImmeH M0shng;On rhc TarPan
! mittee on refreshments consisted Of
i Mrs. b. w. Reiss, Miss Emma Strobel
Miss Julia Strobel, and Miss Amelia
}, Pollock.
y At the forenoon session DR.. B. w.
! Summey resigned as vice president of
the association, and was elected treas
urCr to succeed b. A. ColOnna. who, in
turn was elected vice president An
thony Gaegler the Oldest member in
point of service, was elected vice
, president
s. Thomas Brown, president of the
Farmers and Mechanics Bank, of
the association. made a short address
at the meeting. He has been incapaci-
tated for three years, he stated, and
had not been able to attend meet
ing during that. time. He said he made
a special effort to be present today.
Years Death Roll
It was reported by Recording Secre-
tary Benjamin w. Reiss that since the
last meeting the following members have
} died: John c. S. Burger, January IL;
r. V. Noonan, January &c; John r.
Major, January Is. and Robert A.
3 Phillips. February l6
| II yith
deaths OF members. Capt. Jonathan D.
Cathell, aged ninety-four years and the
: Oldest member in point of age, made a
motion, which carried. that in the fu'
: ture on Washington's Birthday the
death roll be called and with each name
the bell be tolled for one minute. This
suggestion resulted in another to the
effect that a cabinet for twelve pho
tographs be installed and that the pic
lures of the last dozen members dying
be placed in the frames.
Corresponding Secretary John d. Nc
Carthy presented the association witt
four interesting relics. One was a badge
worn by the association members wher
they were the guests of Company A
, Washington Light Infantry, on vlsi
to Mount Vernon July 4, 1871. He tolc
of an amusing experience on that triI
when the whole party engaged in {
E riot with the sheriff at aMrshall Hall.
[ Another memento of other days was
the program of the Columbia typo
n graphical Union at the first 5all eve
! given by the organization. The bal
was given in Odd Fellows hall in 1868.
The other relics for the association
archives was a program used by tn,
one-time st. Matthews String Band
and a placard bearing this caption: -
correct list of the members of the Am
y erican Council, alias Know Nothings
e taken from the Fourth Ward" TheI
= follows list of certain active poll
A ticians i'm the District in 1858.
= The next meeting of the association
will be held March 6.