The Washington times., 1912-04-04
OLD TIMERS HAVE !
ENJOYABLE TINE AT
MONTHLY MEETING
Clam Chowder Banquet
Closes Largely At
tended Session.

Constitutional amendments, clam
chowder, greetings form an Inausura-
tion day victim, and election Of MEM
thrs occupied the attention of the
Association of oldest Inhabitants Of
the District of Columbia last night.
The regular monthly meeting called out
an attendance that filled the seating
capacity of the associations hall in
the old Union engine house, at Nine
teenth and II streets northwest AMI
ovnrflOwed two Hong tables in the base
rnent Of tile building when "chowder
time came.
Dr A. p. Fa"len. much enfeebled,
addressed his fellow members in tia
association after IN absence of three
years through illness brought on by
exposure on Inauguration day.
A special committee comprising W.
". Singleton, ]. 3. Mccarthy, and j.
B. Atahoney was named by President
r. "a. Noyes to give further at
tention to the constitutional amend
ment for the establishing OF an execu-
tive committe, that has been pending
for son,e time. To this came special
COMMITTEES was referred an amendment
presented by Washington Torham pro-
VidinJ for a standing membership COM
mittee.
Change Proposed.
Discussion Of the executive commit
tee plan was general. All amendment
was presented that conferred power on
the proposed committee to transact
practically the entire business of the
association. To this Financial Secrc-
tary Aiahoney and others objected as
being an undemocratic move to confer
such power on a committee. President
Noyes at whose suggestion the amend
| ment was planned, explained that the
| sole object of having an executive
committee is to relieve the regular as
sociation meetings of some of the rou-
much time that the association is pre-.
vented from making itself as interest
| ing ana usetul TO Its own membership,
and TO all Washingtonians. as 1t should
| be-
President Moves said that with the
| routine LuSnCsS reduced To minimum
meetings Of the association would be
frrer f"r "reminiscences and historical
! papers.
The amendment was given to the spe-
cial committee to draft less sweeping
| measure.
A. II. Ragan reminded the association
that H. X. Willard has invited the
| Oldest inhabitants to be his guests at
his father. the late H. A. willard. A
photograph of Cabin John Bridge, a
| gift of the Droop music store, was ac-
cepted and n vote of thanks to the
donors was passed. The same action
was taken with reference to a pass
of the civil war days issued on No
vember H. 1864, giving Mrs. Catherine
! Dyer permission the cross the Adueduct
bridge, and a badge of the Georgetown
| Friendship Association of 1869. Mrs. H..
| l.. Agnew donated these two relics.
Deaths Reported.
| The deaths of George seitz on March
10, and of Henry Franc on March IL,
both members of the association, were
reported. Expression of sympathy was
voted to James Croggon in the death
| of his wife.
The new members of the association
elected last night are Enoch L. White,
1853 Corcoran street northwest; Alex
ander Dallas Tucker, 1853 Willard street
northwest: Robert E. Boyd, 1895 Eighth
street northwest: ]. E. Weide. 502 East
Capitol street northwest. Applications
for membership were received from
Leonard o. Bowie 946 Westminster
street northwest: William Brodt, rs
Rock Creek Church road northwest; G
A. Brandt, 613 Maryland avenue; Allen
Wright, 2190 G street northwest.
Following the business the members
of the association adjourned to the
basement of their building, where F
II. Walker was their host at a clam
ChoWder spread.