Evening star., 1923-04-08
PLAN TO TAKE OVER
HOME OF JEFFERSON

IlUML III UTLAOUNl
Invitations have been issued to a |
list of those interested in the project
of the purchase of Monticello, ia
nous nome of Thomas Jefferson. at
Charlottesville, Va, by the National
Monticello Association. to visit that
famous colonial mansion the after
noon of Friday, April 13, the 1S0th !
anniversary of the author of the Dec |
laration of Independence.
These invitations have gone out in
the names of Mrs. L. ID. Hotchkiss, |
president of the Thomas Jefferson !
National Memorial Association, and !
Mrs. Mariette Minnigerode Andrews, |
president of the National Monticello |
Association. The ceremonies that |
day, scheduled for 2:30 o'clock in the !
afternoon, will inaugurate the ma |
ferson Memorial Foundation, of |
which Stuart G. Gibboney is tempo !
rary chairman, to acquire the Jener- |,
son homestead and to preserve and
maintain it for all time as national |
memorial. |
The National Monticello Associa- |
tion, founded about a month ago. has |
for its first policy the combination !
the home outright from its present |
owners.
List of Association Sponsors.
Among the sponsors of the new as |
sociation are: DR.. Edwin A. Alder
man, president of the University of |
Virginia; Mrs. Murray Addison, Miss
Florence Armstrong, Miss Lucille |
Atcherson. Mr.. and Mrs. George Cor |
don Battle. Mrs. John s. Barbour, DR.. :
Kate Waller Barrett, James NJ. Beck, |
solicitor general of the United States |
William Jennings Bryan, Mr.. Gardi- |
William CabeIl Bruce, Mr.. Henry X. |
Bush Brown, Prof. Mitchell Carroll, !
Col. c. Clark Collins. L. S. A; Col. |
John Washington Davidge. U: S: A;
John W. Davis Judge Milton c. Ell
liott, Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis, |
Mrs. Henry w. Fitch. Mr.. Allen |
Forbes, Boston: Mrs, Randolph Keith. |
rector of the Church of the Epiphany;
Mrs. James L. Freeman. Mrs Charles
Dana Gibson, Col. John Temple
Graves, Mrs. Cary T. G5ayson'i Pay 'itIsd Dr.;
Harding, D. D.. Bishop of Washing
tor Mrs. II. Worthington Hilleary,
Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins. Mr.. Albert
c. Janin, Mrs. Mary W: Johnson,
Mrs. Lockwood Jones, Mrs Henry
Wilder keyes, Mrs. Robert Lansing.
Maj. Henry Leonard, U. S. A; Mrs.
Lynch Luquer, Mrs James Warwick.
Mrs. Charles Graves Matthews. Miss
Mary Maxwell, f. T. Meredith, former
Secretary of Agriculture: DR.. Samuel
McComb. Harvard Divinity School;
IT. NJ. Randolph Meikleham, Miss Vir
cinia Miller president S: P. '. A;
Mrs. Francois Berger Moran. Mrs.
Wallace Radcliffe, Mrs. Thomas Reed,
Gen. George E. Richards, president
Society of the Sons of the Revolu
tion; Miss Janet Richards. DR.. Will
liam c. Rives. Mrs. A. R Stands, DR..
Daniel W. Shea. Rev. DR.. Ernest w.
Church. New York: Mark Sullivan.
Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, Mrs. T.
Dewitt Talmadge, Mrs. Walter Tuck
erman. Mrs. Harriet S. Turner. Mrs.
Q. l.. Nerrhoff, Mrs. Woodrow Will
son. J. Mayhem Wainwright. Mrs.
Charles w. Wetmore. Mrs. William
Wheatley, Mrs. George w. White. DR..
William Holland Wilmer. Jennings C.
Wise, Rev. DR.. Charles Wood, pastor of
the Church of the Covenant: Mrs.
Charles Boughton Wood, Matthew
Page Andrews, Baltimore; DR.. Marcus
Benjamin. Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Bow
nlan, kingfsher. Okla: Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph G.. Butler jr., Youngstown. |
Ohio; Rev. DR.. e. L. Buckley Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss. Mr. and |
Mrs Newton =. Baker Mr.. Richard |
Pelham Bolton. New York; John j. |
Boylan, New York: Mr. and Mrs. |
Mrs. NJ. p. Galloway, New York; Mr.. |
and Mrs. William s. Corby. Mrs. !
Anthony Wayne Cook. Cooksburgh, |
Pa; Repre- Samuel T. Cook,
Mr.. Barron q. Collier, New York; Dr. ,
Randolph h. Carmichael, Senator Ell |
kins, Mr.. and Mrs John q. Evans. |
Representative Louis ". Fairfield, |
Mr. and Mrs. Fl. r. Fisher, New |
Senator Lynn J. Frazier. Sena-
tor and Mrs. j. L. Fletcher,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Greathouse,
Indianapolis. Ind; Senator and Mrs.
Pittsburgh, Pa; Mr. and Mrs. W. 8.
Hart, New Orleans; Col. and Mrs.
William II. Heron, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank S. Hight, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Hertle, Representative Henry L. Jost,
Mr. and Mrs. George Kunz, New York;
Mr.. and Mrs. Brecknridge Long. Repre-
sentative and Mrs I. c. Linthicum, Mrs
Joseph r. Lamar, Atlanta. Ga; Cen
and Mrs. Lejeune, Mr.. and Mrs: A. \.
Luke McNaInee, Mr.. and Mrs. S. {.
Major Fayette, Mo; Senator and
Mrs. Lee 5. Overman. Miss Anna d.
Olesen, Cloquet, Mimi; Mrs. James
II. Parker, New York; Gov. Ritchie
Of Maryland, Admiral and Mrs. G. NJ.
Rixey, Mrs. George w. Redmond,
Minneapolis: Mrs. Rayner. Senator
James a. Reed. Mrs. Henry Rea, Pitts
burgh; Mr.. and Mrs. Hollis Rinehart,
NJ A Romjue. Mr.. and Mrs. c. 7.
Stengle, Brooklyn, n. Y: Senator and
Mrs. A. o. Stanley Col. Wallace
Streater, Mrs. Livingston r. Schuy-
Senator Henrik Shipstead, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. L. Tidings, Havre de Grace,
Md; Rev. and Mrs. Fl. A. Tupper.
Mr.. and Mrs. McLane Tilton, Char
lottesville; Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Tay-
loe. Charlottesville, Va: Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ NJ. Thatcher, Louisville, KY; Mrs.
Joseph Thropp, Representative and
Mrs T. +. Quayle, Representative
and Mrs. Bird J. Vincent, Miss Charl
Ormond Williams, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlton Yarnall. Philadelphia, Pa.