Evening star., 1932-01-16
GRAHAM B. N|CAOL
RITES HELD TODAY
Press Club Issues EuIogy on
Man Who Helped Found
the Group.

Funeral services for Graham B.
Nichol, veteran Capital newspaper man
and one of the leaders in the founding
of the National Press Club, who died
Thursday at Garfield Hospital, are being
held this afternoon at All Souls Memo
rial Episcopal Church, Cathedral ave-
nue. east of Connecticut avenue. Rev.
H. D. Sterrett, rector of All Souls, will
officiate. Burial will be private in the
family plot at Oak Hill Cemetery.
PaIlbearers Named.
Honorary pallbearers will include for
mer friends and associates of Mr..
Nichol, from the Bureau Of Internal
Revenue and the National Press Club.
He had been public relations counsel
for the Internal Revenue Bureau since
1918. The pallbearers will include
David Burnet, commissioner of internal
revenue; George J. Schoenman, deputy
commissioner; Elmer L. Trey. Joseph
Meyer, James Hay, jr.; A. J. Montgom-
cry, Frederic j. Haskin, H. o. Bishop,
Theodore Tiller, Daniel E. O'Connell.
Joyce O'Hara, Benjamin Meiman and
James william Bryan.
Statement Issued.
In a statement issued today, Eugene
S. Leggett, president Of the National
Press Club, says:
THE National Press Club owes a
debt of gratitude to him, for he was
one of the principal organizers Of the
club % years ago. In 1908 when 80
newspapers gathered to discuss the pos
sibilities of club, Nick was appointed
chairman of the organization.
Since that time he has been leader
of the club. He has given much time
and much effort to further the clubs
interest. He has been hard worker,
a loyal club member and his death
Is a great loss to all of us.
Committees to Attend.
Everybody in the Press Club knew and
liked Nick He was admired and re-
spected. In his death, the Press Club
loses one of its most active members
and workers"
The committee appointed by Leggett
to attend the funeral follows: w. H.
Atkins, Norman Baxter, Uric Bell, Ira
E. Bennett, H. o. Bishop, T. w. Bra
hany, Harry J. Brown, w. L. Bruckart,
Walker S. Buel, Vincent F. Callahan,
Otto Carmichael, George H. Carter, A.
]. Clarke, Edward B. Clark, Clinton Cof-
fin, Ralph A. Collins, Leland S. Con-
ness, Donald A. Craig, William L.
Crounse, j. H. Cunningham, George e.
Durno, Thomas F. Edmunds, Fred A
Emery, M. w. Flynn, A. L. Geiger,
Strickland Gillian, Mark L. Goodwin,
Ralph A. Graves, Harry Gusack, Charles
A. Hamilton, Lee Poe Hart, Frederic
J. Haskin, James Hay, jr.; Charles S.
Hayden, A. E. Heiss, j. r. Hildebrand,
G. G: Hill, James P. Hornaday, Will
liam H. Hotel, Granville M Hunt, Wal
ter C. Jacobs, Theodore G.. Joslin, D.
J. kaufman, John J. Kennedy, Russell
Kent, Charles E. Kern, Thomas Kirby,
E. A. Knorr, John Torrance, Frank B.
Lord, Louis Ludlow, Horace A. Mann,
Edgar A. Markham, C. G. Marshall
Lorenzo Martin, Jerry A. Mathews,
Benjamin Meiman, Morton M. Milford
Henry Miller, A. J. Montgomery, Frank
P. Morgan, Frank P. Morse, Elmer
Murphy, x. Foster Murray, John Ed
win Nevin, Dan O'Connell, Joyce
O'Hara, Carl D. Ruth, Leo r. Sack,
Thomas E. Shipp, w. J. Showalter,
Maurice Splain, Fred Starek, Francis
M. Stephenson, H. c. Stevens, John L.
Suter, Henry L. Sweinhart, Aubrey E.
Taylor, Mark Thistlethwaite, Robert S.
Thornburgh,. Theodore Tiler, Bascom N.
Timmons, Eugene V. Van Veen, Ernest
G. Walker, John J. Walsh, Harry Ward,
Everett c. Watkins, Gladstone VIII
liams, John O. Williams, Paul Wooton
and J. Russell Young.