The Washington times., 1919-05-19
CITY CLUB STARTS
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

Today marks the start of the mem
bership campaign of the city Club,
through which it is expected to in
crease the membership OF the organ
ization to 1,5OO members.
When the proposed membership
personnel is. completed, work will be
started on the 81. .O0O. 600 clubhouse to
/ be erected near Thirteenth and G
streets northwest
Preliminary to the start Of the
| membership drive, the board OF gov
| ernors of the City Club last Friday
elected to membership r1SS business
men. Over 200 additional applfca-
tions are now awaiting the action OF
the admission committee.
"The project has met with the en-
thusiastic approval OF all the leading
citizens, who regard the proposed
clubhouse as a civic movement OF
first Importance" states bulletin IS
sued today. "Such interest mas oeen
aroused by the preliminary announce
menfs of the Forthcoming campaign
that many members proposed FRIENDS
and business associates without wait
ing for the formal opening OF the
drive.
Many Desire Admittanee.
with public sentiment so strongly
in favor of the new City Club, little
difhculty is anticipated in attaining
the goal. Indeed, several widely
known men last week asked that
they be proposed for membership, be-
cause they desired to be @identiheo
with the project"
The committee on new membership.
as announced by ]. A. Whitfield, pres
ident of the club. consists OF CharIes
w. Semmes, chairman; E. l. Stock
and Charles F. Nesbit, vice chairmen;
Richmond c. Snow, secretary, and the
following team captains: Thomas
Bones, John Brewer, Charles /. Clag-
EFT. H. X. Cornwell, J. Harry Cum
njngham, O.. J. DeMoll, John Dolph,
O. r. Evans, c. +. Fadeley, e. A.
Hammett. E. H. Johanson, Holcombe
Johnson, r. Jose, ]. c. Mclaughlin,
Leo C.. May, ]. A. Messer, r. J.. Mur-
phy, George Pitt, E., c.. Rogers, L r.
skinner, H. s. Walcott, Frank r.
Weller, Sidney West, and Eugene
Young
To mark the formal beginning of
the committees work. luncheon was
served the team captains at the cluo
today.
New Members Admitted.
The men who were admitted to
membership at Fridays meeting are as
follows: Eugene G. Adams, H. +.
Adams, Robert B. Armstrong, Clyde B.
Asher. Andrew S. Balm, William A.
Bennett, Harry c. Birge, L. T. Blais-
dell. Harry Blake, T. r. Blandy, E. r.
Boyle, w. V. Boyle, P. E. Brengle,
c. J. Brooks, Leo c. Brooks, Arthur
Browne, Thomas W. Buckley. William
n. Burr, W. Sydney Carroll William
G. Carter. F. A Casteel, NJ. o. Chance,
NJ. J. Colbert, E. H. Coolidge, William
Knowles Cooper, ". H. Cooper, J. L.
Cunningham. J. H. Cunningham, How
ard w. Cutler. c. T.. DAILY, Ernest h
Daniels. Clarence F. Donohoe, Mar
tin F. Donohoe. W. G.. Dow, o. B.
Drown, J. A Dun, B. L. Dulaney.
Paul -<Dulaney. @. E. Dunl1um,
Arthur Dunlap. H. l. Dunwoody, F. H.
Eastman. Wade H. Ellis, William p.
Emo. Frank P. Essex, Oscar r. Evans,
F. c. Fadeley, George r. Farguhar,
J. A. Fisher. Percy s. Foster, A S. |
Gardiner. Robert A. Geib, Fulton r. !
Gordon. Guy Hill, Guy HoIcomb, NJ. E.
Horton, Harry Hoskinson. c.. R.
Hough. c. A. Hurst Thomas E. Jar |
relI H. A Johns, G. F. Johnson, ". H. |
Johnston. Louis s. Julien, Joseph D. |
Kaufman. John Kelley, William L. F. |
King, J. Leo Kolb, Walter c. Lam |
bert, Lester Lansburgh, Walter Lea |
man. Morton J. Luchs, Leroy Mark, |
J. Elvans Mayfield, George H. May |
nard, A. R. McChesney, Robert Nc |
Murray. o. P. Merryman, James p. |
Mewshaw. T. Y. Milburn, William |
Montgomery, w. NJ Mooney. E. H. |
ir., 7. 5. Newman. Guy V. |
Norwood. H. L. Ohutt, James L.
Owens, James L. Parsons. jr., Paul |
Pearson. Thomas NJ. Perry, G. Bryan
Pitts. 4. A Porter, ]. e. Powell, c. H. |
Potter. J. 7. Power. w. B. Putnam.
Edw J. Quinn, W. L. Radcliffe, Thad |
E. Ragsdale, Charles w. Ray, ".
p Rayner. Samuel c. Redn1an, Charles5
D. Reed, A. Reeside. Sidney Reizen-
stein, c. T. Richardson, J. c. Robert 4
son, E. A Eoggemoser, Percy H II
Russell. r L. Sabin. George A. Sacks,
George p. Sacks. James H. Starkey. III