The Washington herald., 1919-05-19
NEW CITY CLUB LAUNCHES
ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Pre-campaign Gains 1873 in Drive to Get !, 500
Enrolled-Live Local Men
Identify Themselves

The board of governors OF the
Commercial Club on Friday elected
to active membership 1873 business
men. whose names had previously
been approved by the admission
committee. Somewhat over 200 ad-
ditional applications await the ac-
tion of the committee. which Is
holding frequent meetings to pre-
vent further CONGESTION.
The campaign for new members
will actively commence this week.
Its purposes are to reach total
of 1900 members and to build and
equip a new clubhouse at a cost
Of approximately s1.000.000 near
Thirteenth and G. streets northwest.
The name will be changed to the
City Club of Washington. d. c., and
it will compare favorably with sim
liar clubs in other cities.
The project has met with the en-
thusiastic approval of all the lead
ing citizens, who regard the pro-
posed club as a civic movement of
first Importance. Such interest has
been aroused by the preliminary
announcements of the forthcoming
campaign that many members pro-
posed friends and business asso-
ciates without waiting for the for
NAL opening of the drive.
Goal Seems Easy.
With public sentiment so strongly
in favor of the new City Club. little
difficulty is anticipated in attaining
the goal Indeed, several widely
known men last week asked that they
be proposed for membership. because
they desired to be identified with
the project
The new committee on membership,
as announced by J. A. Whitfield. pres
ident of the club. consists OF Charles
w. Semmes. chairman; L. L. Stock
and Charles +. Nesbit. vice-chair-
men: Richard c. Snow, secretary, and
the following team captains: Thomas
Bones. John Brewer. Charles T. Clag-
gett. H. X. Cornwell, J. Harry Cum
ningham. o. ]. DeMoll. John Dolph.
o. r. Evans. c. F. Fadeley, c. A.
Hammett, E. II. Johanson. Holcombe
Johnson. r. Jose. J. c. Mclaughlin.
Leo c. May, J. A. Messer. II. J.
Murphy. George Pitt. Z. c. Rogers.
l.. II. Skinner. II. S. Walcott, Frank
r. Weller, Sidney West and Eugene
Young.
To mark the formal beginning of
the committees work. luncheon will
be served the team captains at the
club on Monday at 1880.
New Members Listed.
The men who were admitted to
membership at Fridays meeting are
as follows: Eugene G. Adams, n.
f. Adams. Robert b. Armstrong,
Clyde B. Asher, Andrew S. Balm,
VIM. A. Bennett, Harry c. Birge, L.
T. Blaisdell. Harry Flake. 7. r.
Blandy,s f. r. Boyle. w. V. BOYLE,
P. E. Brengle. c. J.IBrooks, Leo c.
Brooks, Arthur Browne. Thos. W.
Buckley. VIM. N. Burr, w. Sydney
Carroll, VIM. G. Carter. +. A. Cas-
teel, NJ. o. Chance, NJ. J. Colberty f..
II. Coolidge, VIM. Knowles Cooper.
w. ii. Cooper, j. Z. Cunningham. J.
II. Cunningham, Howard w. Cutler,
c. T. DAILY. Ernest Fl. Daniels, Clar-
ence +. Donohoe, Martin F. Dono-
hoe, w. G. Dow, o. B. Drown, ].
A. Dun. B. L. Dulaney. Paul Du-
laney. G. E. Dunkum. Arthur Dun
lap. II. L. Dunwoody, +. II. Eastman.
Wade Fl. Ellis, VIM. p. Emo. Frank
p. Essex. Oscar r. Evans, c. r.
Fadeley. Geo. B. Farquhar. j. 4.
Fisher, Percy S. Foster, A. S. Gar
h
Gordon. Guy Hill. Guy Holcomb, NJ.
e. Horton, Harry Hoskinson, c. r.
Hough. C. A. Hurst. Thos. E. FARRELL,
Fl. A. Johns, G. F. johnson, w. II.
Johnston, Louis S. Julien. Jos. ID.
Kaufman. John Kelley, VIM. L F.
King, j. Leo kolb. Walter c. Lam
bert, Lester Lansburgh, Walter
Leaman. Morton ]. Luchs, Leroy
Mark. J. Elvans Mayfield, Geo. II.
Maynard, A. r. McChesney, Robt.
McMurray, o. p. Merryman, James
p. Mewshaw, T. Y. Milburn, VIM.
Montgomery, w. M. Mooney. z. II.
Neumeyer. jr.. ]. B. Newman. Guy
v. Norwood, II. L. Offutt, Jas. L.
Owens, Jas. L. Parsons, jr., Paul
Pearson, Thomas NJ. Perry. @. Bryan
Pitts. A. A. Porter. J. Z. Powell, L.
II. Potter, J. /. over. w. B. Putnam.
Edw. J. Quinn, W. L. Radcliffe,
Thad. f. Ragsdalc, Chas. w. Ray,
W. p. Rayner, Samr c. Redman,
Chas. o. Reed, A. Reside. Sidney
Reizenstein. c. T. Richardson, J. C.
Robertson, e. A. Roggenmoser,