Evening star., 1925-01-18
D. c. PRINTERS PAY
HONOR TOFRANKL|N
Typothetae and Printing
House Craftsmen Enter
tain at City Club.

The Washington Typothetae and the
Washington Club Of PTintinghouSe
Craftsmen jointly celebrated the 219th
anniversary of the birth of Benjamin
FRANKLIN last night in the ballroom
of the City club. More than 800
members of the two organizations and
invited guests were seated at the
banquet table when the assemblage
was called to order by President Q. r
Wright of the Washington Typothe-
tae at 6:3O o'clock.
The evenings program opened with
the singing of America by those
present, followed by the Invocation
by Rev. James H. Taylor, pastor of
tfte central Presbyterian Church.
President Wright welcomed the
guests and made an address, after
which he introduced John ]. Deviny
PRESIDENT of the Washington Club of
Pmntlnghouse Craftsmen, who paid
trlbute to one of the country's
pioneer printers of two centuries ago.
Guests of Organizations.
President Wright then introduced
the following guests: A. W. Hall, the
recently appointed director of the
bureau of Engraving and Printing;
Maj. Wallace w. Kirby. L. $. A., who
was succeeded by Director Hall;
Deputy Public Printer John Green, DIR.
Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of
public schools; G. William Schneider
eth, president Of the Typothetae of
Baltimore; James RudisiI, member
of the standardization and engineer
Ing committees of the United Typoth-
etae of America; Jerome q. Daneker
of Baltimore, Paul L. Twyman, as
sistant director, Bureau of Engrav-
. ing and Printing; r. c. Long, assist
ant director Bureau of Engraving and
Printing; H. Z. Czarnowsky, Irving
Gordon, J. II. Rosenau and Gabriel
Pollock, members of the Typothetae
Of Baltimore; John c. Hill, secretary
of the Typothetae of Baltimore; John
Zimmerman, York, Pa, and G. NJ.
Lttlejohn of the American Printer
Magazine.
Musical selections were given by
the Washington Quartet, composed OF
Mary Sherier. Richie Mclean, J. F.
NJ. Bowie and Fred East, with George
H. Wilson at the piano, followed by
"Barcarolle," by Mrs. Bowie and Miss
Mclean.
Dean Wilbur Speaks.
DR.. william Allen Wilbur, dean of
Columbia College, George Washing
ton University, spoke on 1.-The Real
Benjamin Franklin"
At the conclusion of the speakers
address, Fred East sang 'Marcheta''
and the Washington Quartet selec-
tions from "Rigoletto." The re-
mainder of the evening until mid
night was devoted 10 dancing.
The anniversary event was in the
charge of committees representing
the two organizations, as follows:
Washington Typothetae-S. Percy OIL
yer. chairman: William n. Schaefer,
vice chairman; p. NJ. Becker, jr.,
James D. Bligh, Dan V. Chisholm,
Charles +. Crane, VIII Dunn, W. a.
Edelblut, Charles Edwar rds, Karl V.
Eiker, Lee Z. Eynon, Oscar Fauth,
Thurston l.. Ferris, Cornelius Ford,
Charles Gum, Frank P. Howard, Z.
w. Huguely, George B. Kennedy.
Thomas L. Moore, Sydney oliver, r.
A. Packwood, Carroll c. Ross, Frank
W. Rowzee, Franc Z. Sherry, Allen
Smythe, H. c. G. Stiles, James B. Sui
livan, AL L. Tennyson, Lewis NJ.
Thayer and Benton Webb. Washing
ton Club of Printinghouse Crafts
men-George L. Buckman, chairman;
Alton B. Carty, George c. Cole, John
]. Deviny, William J. Dooley, ]. F. Du
Comb, l.. K. Johnson, J. G. Lesher,
Harry l.. Stroh and Charles Wood.
A feature of the evening was the
presentation of a mahogany-framed
honorary certificate of membership
to Maj. Wallace w. Kirby, u. S. A.
who was direcor of the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing until his re-
turn TO the service last month AT
previous meeting he was unani-
mously elected to this honor.
The affair last night is one OF the
annual features of the Washington
Typothetae, which celebrates the an
niversary of Benjamin Franklin
Musical selections were rendered
throughout the evening by Roseys
Orchestra.
Yesterday afternoon at l O'Clock
members of the Typothetae gathered
at the base of the monument of Ben
Jamin Franklin. Tenth and D streets
and Pennsylvania avenue, and placed
a wreath in commemoration of his
birthday.