Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-17
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0NANNUAL OUTING
Chamber of Commerce and
Guests Spend Day at
Chesapeake Beach.

: Attended by good weather. a large
number of members Of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce and their guests
today went TO Chesapeake Beach on
their annual outing.
Some one said that good weather
would be all that was needed to make
the outing a perfect success" To
Judge by the high spirits in which the
men left. wearing their white caps and
headed by band. the prophet was
right.
It was about II am. when the line Of
automobiles bearing the joy-seekers
left the headquarters of the Chamber
OF Commerce. 18th and F streets north
west, going south on 18th. With the
band heading the procession and play
ing lively tune. the automobiles filed
into pennsylvania avenue. They went
.iong the Avenue east to the Capitol
grounds, along B street and into Mary
land avenue until Bennlng road was
reached. Chesapeake Beach Junction
was reached about 1l:45 o'clock, a num-
Der Of guests and members who were
unable to start from the Chamber of
Commerce rooms meeting the party
there.
Each Member to Sing.
Each member making the trim is ~
receive a number of souvenirs and :.
Every one is expected to sing at .he
patriotic exercises. which are to be held
this evening following the dinner
After lunch at the beach. Immediately
following the arrival of the party. an
athletic program is scheduled. In the
evening vaudeville performance is to
be given.
The dinner menu includes such deli
cacies as Maryland fried chicken and
soft shell crabs. A musical program. in
GLIDING vocal and Instrumental num-
bers, Is to intersperse the courses. p. B.
Fletcher, chairman of the dinner com
mittee, has been kept busy for the last
three weeks or more seeing that all the
details for the big feed" would he
complete in time.
President A Leftwich Sinclair. chair
man OF the committee on invitations
and Chaplin Brown chairman of The
committee on reception, were on hand
early this morning to extend a welcome
TO the many guests of the Organization.
Guests of the Organization.
Guests OF the Chamber of Commerce.
on the outing were Speaker Clark n,
tho House of Representatives, Repre.
sentative James R. Mann, minority
leader OF the House: Senator William ii
King. Representatives Henry r. Rajney
: Charles o. Lo6eck. Philip p Campbei,
Warren Gard. Carter Glass, Martin IL
Foster, Frank Park. Julius Kahn. Her.
bert }. Drane, stuart F. Reed William
J. Cary. BENJAMIN L. Fairchild, Martin
B. Madden, Jacob f. Meeker. Milton a
Romjue. Albert +. Polk. l.. E. Wheeler
]. J. Mansfield. William B. Bankhead
p. d. Norton. Benjamin X. Focht. b. g
HilltArd and Sydney e. Mudd, Distrfc,
Commissioner Louis BrownIow. JohY
w. May, president Alexandria Chambe,
of Commerce: John T. Preston, secre.
tary Alexandria Chamber of Commences
Mayor James +. Strange of Annapolis
George E. Rullman. city counselor Of
Annapolis: w. A. Brooks. MAYOR 81
Hyattsville: J. Crosby Mccarthy, sec
rotary Chamber of Commerce OF Win.
chester. Va; Edgar d. Shaw. The
Washington Times; George n. o'Con
nor& r.. C. Rogers. the Washington
HereId: D. o. Messenger. The Evening
z Stat: A. J. Sutton. the Washington
Posi-; J. II. Mcfarland. New York city
Johh 3. smailwood. The Evening Star