Evening star., 1929-12-15
DISTRICT NATIVES
NAME COMMITTEES
Membership Drive Planned
by Society, With Miss
Taggart in Charge.

Committees to carry on the activities
OF the Society of Natives, District of
Columbia, during the coming year were
made public, yesterday by the president,
Fred A. Emery. There are approx
mately 800 native-born men and women
who belong to the society, and it is
planned to augment this number
through special membership extension
committee which will seek eligible can
dioates for membership from the large
number of natives now in the District
not yet enrolled.
The head of the committee in charge
of this drive for members is Miss Eta
L. Taggart, member of the Washing
ton bar and member OF an old George
town family, whose father was for
many years United States District at
torney. She is q. delegate to the FEEDER
alton of Citizens Associations. Mem
bers of other we'll known Washington
families. including survivors Of the FAM
ily of the last mayor of washington,
Matthew c. Emery, and of the one
time governor of the District, Alexander
r. Shepherd, are named on the MEM
bership extension committee.
Presiding Judge Gus A. Schuldt OF
the Police Court is named chairman OF
the committee on reception and OF the
committee on constitution and bylaws.
William McNeir, chief of the Bureau of
Accounts of the Department of State, is
made chairman of the auditing COM
mittee: Ralph l.. Hall, chairman of the
standing committee on memberships
Mrs. Ella C. Robinson, chairman OF the
committee on entertainment Percy u.
Israel, former vice president, chairman
of the committee on welfare; Mrs. j. Z.
Kondrup, chairman of the ChrlStinaS
celebration committee OF 1929.
Bicentennial Committee.
Washington Topham. a vice president
of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants,
is chairman of the committee on the
bicentennial Of 1882, with Theodore
w, Moves, president of that association,
as associate chairman. James F. Du-
hanel. another vice president of that
association, is chairman of the commit
tee on fraternal relations. Lee d. Latl-
mer, former president of the society, is
chairman of an advisory committee on
policies and city boosting. John Clagett
Proctor, another former president OF the
society, an historian and poet, is chair
man of the committee on publicity.
Evan H. Tucker, for many years pres1-
dent of the Northeast Washington Cltl-
zens' Association, is chairman OF the
committee on legislation, John A. Saul,
long a member of the Federation of
organizations, is chairman of the COM
mittee on ways and means. One COM
mittee Craftsmanship and personnel re-
mains to be named, that to have charge
of the tenth anniversary celebration
banquet to be held in the Spring.
The society's objects as set forth in
tts constitution are to promote the well
fare of the District OF Columbia and its
people along patriotic, historical, edu-
cational and social lines. All white ma
tive sons and daughterSsauf the District
of Columbia who are over 18 years of
age are eligible to membership. The
heads of the organization during its
history, covering almost a decade, are:
Jesse c. Suter, formerly president of
the Federation of Citizens Associations
and a vice chairman of the citizens
Sentation for the District of Columbia,
of which MIR. Noyes is chairman; Mr..
Proctor, DR.. S. S. Adams, former presi-
dent of the Medical Society of the Dis
trict of Columbia; Lee D. Latimer, real
tor, and Fred A. Emery of the United
States Daily.
Fun List Is Given Out.
The fulI list of committees follows.
Executive committee--The president,
ex-officio chairman; Judge Schuldt
Sawtelle, second vice president; Ralph
L. Hall, third vice president; James F.
Duhamel, historian; Frederick G. Um-
hau, treasurer; Miss Emma A. Bright,
recording secretary: Miss May E.
Hungerford. corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Ella C. Robinson, chairman en-
tertainment committee.
Entertainment conmittee-Mrs. Ella
c. Robinson, chairman; Mrs. Zell
Weaver Galley, vice chairman; Mrs
Thelma Mills Rector, Percy B. Israel,
Miss Emma A. Bright Miss May E.
Hungerford, Mrs Marie Hall Hollings>
worth, Mrs. Ida Polkinhorn Battle, AM
brose w. Durkin, Harry WHEATON How
ard, Miss Emily A. Jarvis, Mrs. Nellie
Wilson Shircliff. Mrs. Dora Knight
1auir and Mrs. Frederick G.. Umhau.
Membership committee-Ralph l..
Hall, chairman; Percy B. Israel. as