Evening star., 1926-01-17
TYPOTHETAE PAYS
FRANKLIN HONOR
NotabIes Are Among Guests
at Dinner Given by Group
at City Club.

The goth birthday anniversary of
Benjamin Franklin was celebrated
last night by the Typothetae of Wash
ington with a Ben Franklin dinner at
the City Club. at which were present
prominent officials of the Government,
the printing craft and allied trades.
The exercises We're opened by Franc
Il Sherry, president of the Typothetae
of Washington, with the singing of
America" by the entire audience
followed by the pronouncing of the
invocation by Rev. Clarence f..
Wheeler, pastor Of the Holy Comforter
church.
Many Guests Introduced
A brief address was made by Mr.
Sherry, who introduced the guests
who included George H. Carter. pub
lie printer; John Greene. deputy pub
lie printer: Alvin w. Hall, director Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing;
John j. Deviney, assistant director
Bureau of Engra wing and Printing,
and president of the Washington
club Of Printing House Craftsmen; ;
clark r. Long, assistant director OF
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
&. William SChneidereith. president OF
The Typothetae of Baltimore; J. Car
roll Hugo Dalsheimer. q. Alfred
Peters. jr j. II. Eosenau, Gabriel
Pollock members of the executive
committee. Typothetae of Baltimore;
James Rudislll of the committee on
standardization, United Typothetae OF
America: J. G.. Daneker and Norman
T A. Munder of Baltimore; Paul V.
Rogers, DR.. Frank W. Ballou. Super
tutendent of Public Schools of this
city: Duncan McLaren, instructor Of
printing Abbott Vocational school:
Richard y. Nash. United Typothetae
"f America, Chicago. and DIR. Francis
II. Bird, director of research, United
'Fypotfsetae OF America. Chicago.
After vocal selections by the Imper-
ial Male Quartet composed of w. Ar
thur Mccoy George r. Anderson. J.
Benton Webb and Francis p. Hartsill.
i short addres was delivered by Pres
ident Sherry.
The principal address of the evening
was by DIR. Francis II. Bird. director
Of the department of research, United
Typothetae of America. the subject of
his discourse being "Supposing Frank
lin Were in the Printing Business in
1926
DR.. Birds address was followed by
a soliloquy, The Spirit of Benjamin
Franklin" impersonated by Charles +.
crane. During the impersonation the
diners sang Aud Lang Syne," fol-
lowed by vocal selections by Miss
Katherine Wright.
Entertainment Committee.
The entertainment committee was
composed of 5. Percy Oliver. chair
man; James d. Bligh. vice chairman;
P. NJ. Becker, jr.: John Colpoys,
Charles Cooke. Will Dunn. W. A.
Edelblut, Karl V. E,iker. Lee L.
Eynon, Oscar Fauth, Thurston L. Fer
ris. Howard S. Fisk, Cornelius Ford.
Charles Gum, +. J. Heirling, Frank
3. Kennedy, L. 7. McPhilomy,
Thomas L. Moore, A. ". Noack, Sid
ney oliver, r. a. Packwood, Carroll
c. Ross, Frank w. Rowzee, Franc E.
Sherry, Allen Smythe, j. r. Stake,
II. X. Stanford, Edward f. Steele,
II. c. c. Stiles, William n. Schaefer
James B. Sullivan. AL l.. Tennyson,
Lewis NJ. Thayer and Benton Webb.
The Sons of The Revolution in the
District of Columbia, the local alumni
society of the University of Pennsyl-
Vania and the Washington Typothetae
held services at the Franklin Statue,
Tenth street and Pennsylvania ave
nue.. yesterday, commemorating the
10th anniversary Of the birth Of Ben
iamin Franklin.
Engineer Commissioner J. Franklin
Bell placed a wreath on the statue,
and DR.. Thomas Z. Green read a
prayer, written and used by George
Washington" for the Sons of the
Revolution. Commissioner Bell was
chairman Of the committee of the
Sons of the Revolution in charge OF
the ceremony.
Secretary of Interior Work laid a
wreath on the statue for the Penn
sylvan!a Alumni Society. In addi-
ton to the committee of the alumni
of the university, of which Franklin
was the founder, other alumni who
attended the services included Sena-
tor Pepper and Representative George
5. Graham, Benjamin NJ. Colder,
George Franklin Brumn. William r.
Coyle, James NJ. Magee, all of Penn
sylvania, and Andrew J. Montague
of Virginia.
Delegations representing the Ty-
pothetae and the Washington Club of
Printing House Craftsmen placed
wreaths at the statute of Franklin, at
II o'clock yesterday morning.
The wreath for the Typothetae was
placed by Franc. Z. Sherry and for
the Washington Club of Printing
House Craftsmen by John J. Deviny
assistant director of the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing.