Evening star., 1932-12-02
BANQUET PLANNED
BY INHABITANTS
All Officers of the AssoCia-
tion Are Reflected at
Annual Meeting.

At the annual meeting of the AsSoci-
aticn OF Oldest Inhabitants of the Dis
trict of Columbia, held last night, Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing year
and plans were completed for the an
nual banquet of the association, to be
held at the Raleigh Hotel next We'd
nesday night, December Z.
Thomas 2. Littlepage, president OF
the washington Chamber of Commerce,
Will DC the principal speaker at the
banquet. There will be a reception
from to 7:30 o'clock, and the BAN
quot will start at 7:30, it was an
nounced by j. Eliot Wright Of the En-
tcrtalrment Committee. Several dis
tinguished guests are being invited.
All Cfficers Reelected.
All officers of the association for the
year were reelected as follows:
President, Theodore w. Noyes; Vice
presidents, Henry L. Bryan, S. Willard
Saxon, John Clagett Proctor, Christian
Heurich, Charles A. Langley. Percy b.
Israel, George Spransy. John Joy Ed
son, Fred A. Emery, Joseph l. keeter,
John r. Mahoney, John B. DickIlan,
B. T. McCauley; recording secretary
and treasurer. j. Eliot Wright; assist
ant recording secretary, w. 4. Wise;
corresponding secretary, James F. Du-
hamel:. financial secretary, John r.
NIahoney; marshal Frank w DCwling;
chronieler, John Clagett Proctor; dele
gates to the Federation of Citizens As
sociationS, Mr.. Proctor and Mr.. Du-
hamel
Theodore W. Noyes was nominated
Tor reelection as president by Fred A.
Emery, who reviewed Mr.. NoyeS' serv-
ices to the District and his devotion to
the organization.
The association adopted a resolution
Of sympathy and instructed the secre-
tary to write letter to Mr.. Noyes in
connection with the illness of his son,
Theodore P. Noyes, hoping for speedy
recovery.
Wright Is Praised.
In nominating Mr. Wright for secre-
tary-treaSurer, Mr.. Emery declared that
none worked harder, nor was more de-
voted to the successful operation of the
association Mr.. Wright was felicitated
upon his record of 30 years as men,
Der of the association, during which fle
had been recording secretary for II
years, and also treasurer for years
He was characterized as "our splendid,
affable, able and vivacious secretary"
THE association would hardly be
what it is today" said Mr.. Emery, in
nominating MIR Duhamel, without our
splendid historian, who was State
Senator for two terms in New York
State, serving with Franklin D. Roose-
welt. Mr. Duhamel has regaled us with
his delightful observations" In ac-
cepting the post, Mr.. Duhamel an
nounced he would give a talk soon on
mis- service in the New York Senate,
when I'VE were wrestling with the Tam
many Tiger, and when Frank RooSe-
velt and five more of us controlled the
New York Senate"
John r. Mahoney, who said he was
looking forward to being 80 in five more
years. said there was only one member
in the association now who was men,
Der when he joined, Joseph I. Keefer.
Mr.. Keefer reviewed some interesting
moments from the life of Alexander r.
Shepherd. former Governor of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Suggests School Names.
At suggestion of Mr.. Duhamel, the
association adopted five names to rec
ommend to the Board of Education as
suggestions for new school buildings,
as follows: Washington Topham, for
mer vice president of the Association
OF Oldest Inhabitants, merchant and
prominent civic worker; George Mat
tingly. prominent in Southwest Wash
ington; George Degges, who owned
Warburton, on the site of Fort Wash
ington; Motley Young, one Of the origi-
nal proprietors of the District of Co
lunbia, and Simon Wolf, prominent
former member of the Board of
Education.
Mr. Duhamel called attention to the
ceremonies scheduled for 1:30 pm. to-
day for planting George Washington
Memorial tree at the intersection of
Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues,
Fred A. Emery was scheduled to deliver
the address.
In response to letter from George
r. Bowerman, librarian of the Public