Evening star., 1915-06-12

Theodore Friebus is the only charter
member Of the Anglers Club, one OF
the Oldest of its character in this sec
tion, who still retains membership in
the organization, and he was in at
tendance at the annual meeting Of the
club held Tuesday afternoon at the
home of the organization near Great
Falls.
| "Forty-f1ve years ago. he said to
younger members seated on the porch
who were enjoying chicken and fish
dinner, II was right here, but we had
no home at that time"
| The last of the charter members Of
the popular organization recalled the
many pleasant trips he had with the
club during the long period of its ex-
istence and told of the many small
mouth black bass he had caught from
| time to time.
High and muddy water prevented
him from trying his luck that after
noon, only one member. John r.
| Wright, mastering courage enough to
make the effort. He succeeded in land
ing crappie and catfish enough to make
certain that there were fish in the river
| and canal.
The election resulted in the choice of
last years officers. as follows: Henry G..
Bergling, president; ]. J. Mccarthy.
vice president: Bruce S. Branson, sec
jr., and Theodore Friebus, members Of
| the board of directors. Following the
election of officers dinner was served
on the porch Some of the clubmen
| fingered until long after dark.
! Those who enjoyed the dinner in ad-
| dition to the officers were S. Fred
strayer. Bestor R. walters. John as A
Rooms. Charles E. West. Lewis M.
]. 3. Jacobs. DR.. E. b. Thompson, ].
r. Wright and J. H. Jacobs.
Frank P. Madigan surprised his
| friends by accepting an invitation to
accompany them on weekend Ash
| ing trip to Rock Point, Md. He left
| his bed at o'clock in the morning
with as much enthusiasm as any of the
experienced anglers and with them en-
joyed the motor trip to the resort on
the Wicomico.
And when he got string Of fish,
| commented one Of his companions on
the trip. "he made country boy happy
by presenting the catch to him."
Ward Savage. John w. Hurley, DR..
William A. Whitson, Jack Wilson, Karl
Achterkirchen, Bruce Schuyler and
Charles Shore were the other members
the fishermen at the resort In time for
breakfast. but several Of the rather
fish than eat" anglers hurried to the
river without stopping for breakfast.
boatmen said there would not be much
doing.
| And there was not much DONE" said
one Of the party although We did get
a string OF fish,"
| Bait was plentiful. boatmen having
large supplies OF peelers on hand, and
the Washingtonians also took a supply
| Of persuaders with them.
Bruce Schuyler carried off the hon.
| ors for the greatest number OF toads.
and Dr. Whitson landed more eels than
any other member Of the party.
| F. ]. Nichols and P. A. Pumphrey were
| members of a weekend fishing party
at Benedict, Charles county, Md. max
| ing the trip OF forty miles In an auto
mobile early in the morning.
Benedict" said w. P. Pumphrey. sis
a great place for catching hardhead
or sea croaker. A few days ago 1900
Of them were caught in a small net at
| that point
On the occasion Of the weekend trip
Of the quartet they caught only few
| fish. the small catch resulting from a
scarcity Of bait.
ITO start with" said one. we left a
box of bloodworms at home-fishermen
usually forget something-and when
we reached Benedict we were disap-
pointed at being unable to get sup
ply of peelers. 1t was little early
couple of hard crabs. There were
| others at Benedict who wanted to fish,
and peelers would have brought fancy
prices had there been any on hama.
| More than fifty members Of the Ty-
pothetae Of Washington, an organization
composed of employing printers and
allied trades. left here this morning
on their annual outing. River Springs.
Nd, being their destination. They ar
ranged to make the trip by way Of
Morganza and expect to find a splen-
did road all the way to the resort.
| Frank Blackstone. member of the
family that has conducted summer re-
sorts in that section for many years.
probably will be on hand to do the
honors.
glers, members say. but 1t is highly
probable that several will try their
| luck before the return trip is started.
C. F. Sndwarth, A McSween and Lew
NJ. Thayer are among the Watonites
who expect to land a few fish,
| DR.. Mark c. Bulls. Frank A. Arendes.
| H. L. Peck. M. E. Mangold and Joseph
| G. Arendes were members OF week
| end party at Benedict.
| s"There was not much doing, said DR..
| Bulls. land we were on the river only
long enough to catch a few small fish
| and a few large toads."
| Bait was scarce. he said, but the next
time he visits Benedict he expects to
| have plenty of bait and he knows he
| will catch long string OF nsh. DR..
! Bulls was at Rock Point Decoration
day.
| Austin Savage, tired of fishing in the
1 muddy water and of catching only cat
| Ash and cells. accepted an invitation to
| Ash a private pond in Prince Georges
| county, Md. last week.
l .The pond is stocked with bass" he
| was told, land It's the easiest thing in
| the world to get string OF them. And
the beauty of the arrangement Is that
only few persons are permitted to
Il fish It,"
| dozen or more anglers on hand He re-
| NAMED part of the day. caught two
| bass and returned home.
4 mo more private pond fishing for
/ me-" was his comment.
8 7. Held returned to the city the
| middle of the week, hoping he would
| And the river clear enough for rock
| fishing, and when he reached Fletcher's
| Wednesday night to be on hand for
1 early morning fishing Thursday morn
| three days too soon. Having made
i nreparations to try his luck. however,
4 Held remained overnight and was on
/ the river early in the morning with Joe
1 Fletcher.
1 a week. and then was far from being
Il clear but 1t was clear enough for the
Ash to see the bait, and shortly after
| noon Held returned to the Sterling
| Hotel. followed by a colored man car
| rying string of eight rockfish that
weighed fully fifty pounds. Two smaller
in the catch.