Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-03
NAME DELEGATES
TO FEDERATION
Theodore W. Noyes and
James F. DuhameI Chosen
by Oldest inhabitants.

Election Of delegates to the Fedora
ton Of Citizens Associations and dis
cussions of the Washington bicenten-
NAL celebration and sites for a NUM-
cipal airport in the District engaged
the attention of the Association Of
Oldest Inhabitants of the District Of
Columbia at the April meeting last
night in the old Union Engine House,
Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
The association having joined the
Federation Of Citizens Associations at
its last meeting, it elected Theodore
w. Noyes, president. and James F.
Duhamel, corresponding secretary, as
delegates to the federation.
AS president of the federation, DR..
George c. Havenner, welcomed the AS
ISOLATION of Oldest Inhabitants Into
the fold" The association, he. re-
marked. is the first city-wide body of
its kind ever admitted TO membership
in the federation.
DIR. Havenner, who recently was
elected member of the Oldest In
ton has affiliated with it 81 neigh
borhood associations and eight city,
wide organizations representing a.
active membership of $4,000 taxpayers.
we are working to make Washington
better place in which to live and I
know that is one of the aims of the
Association Of Oldest Inhabitants" he
said. That Is what all of us old
timers want to do"
To Aid BicentenniaI.
Fred A. Emery. vice president Of the
association, who presided in the absence
OF Mr.. Noyes, called attention to the
plans for the Washington bicentennial
celebration two years hence and upon
his suggestion the association agreed
to cooperate with the bicentennial
committee and all other bodies working
in behalf of the event. In this con-
nection, Mr.. Duhamel told of three his
toric places in the District intimately
associated with memories of George
Washington which he suggested the
Government should preserve.
Washington had planned to build a
home in the Federal city. he said, on
the site of what is known as square 20,
near the Naval Hospital He made
frequent mention of these plans in his
diary and letters, Mr.. Duhamel ex-
planned, and they called for a large
comfortable mansion, COW barns and
other structures
That ground is now occupied by
a few Shanties and should be purchased
by the Government" he said. Wash.
ington had his mind on this site, he
explained, because it commanded a
broad view of the Potomac River from
Alexandria to Georgetown.
Two other old residences where
Washington frequently visited. he said,
were the home of Robert Peter, SON.
tn-laW of Martha Washington. located
on K street between TWenty-siXth and
Twenty-seventh streets, and another at
Sixth and NJ streets southwest, now
used as community center.
Plan Visit to Historic Sites.
Mr.. Duhamel invited the members
of the association TO take an historical
tour of CID ions of Washington in
the general ne ghborhood of the Capitol
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. They
will visit the homes of Henry Clay,
Daniel Webster, President Fillmore,
Gen. John A. Dix, Andrew Bradley
and others whose names are intimately
linked with the early history and growth
of the National Capital.
Mr.. Emery opened a discussion OF
the proposed municipal airport in
Washington by reading a recent COM
munication to The Evening Star from
H. M. Proctor proposing the acquisition
of a site on the high filled ground be-
tween the District Jail and the Benning
road bordering the Eastern Branch OF
the Potomac.
DR.. Havenner stated the position
taken by the Federation of Citizens
Associations in opposition to the pro-
posed site on the Virginia side OF the
Potomac near Highway Bridge. He de-
clared he was opposed to the money OF
local taxpayers being paid for an air
port site outside the District.
Attention was called to the fact that
the oldest member of the association,
Mai. Willard S. SaXton, will be 1o1
years old on August IS. On motion Of
Percy Israel. the association voted to
extend to Maj. Saxton its Fluctuations
on his forthcoming birthday and to
wish him many more.
Two new members were admitted last
night. They were Albert P. Williamson
and Fred H. Ogle. AS an addition to
the museum maintained in the Old
Union Engine House, Frank W. Bowling
presented the association with q belt
worn by Gen. Winfield Scott during the
Mexican War.
Announcement was made that Joseph
l. Keefer would deliver an illustrated
lecture on George Washington and
Mount Vernon at the next meeting.