Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-04-14
S. A. R. FOUNDERS
WILL Be HONORED
Society Will Observe 45th
Birthday at MayfloWer
April %.

Founders of the District of Columbia
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution will be honored at the pro-
gram to be given by the society at
| the Mayflower Hotel April %, as part
of the observance Of its forty-f1fth
| anniversary.
Committee contained mary names
! that became well known in the history
of the country. The Navy was repre-
Sented by one of its most famous
officers. Admiral David D. Porter, who
was chairman of the Organizing
Committee.
The Army officers on the committee
included such famous names as Gen.
w. S. Rosecrans, Gen. Cecil Clay,
Gen. A. w. Greeley, Gen. Marcus J.
Wright and Col. Marshall Mcdonald.
Among eminent civilians who helped
in organizing the society were DR.. F.
o. st. Clair, DR.. G. Brown Goode and
Prof Harry King. The cnarter list
also included among many other IA
nous names those of DR.. D. B. Vain.
wright, Gen J. c. Breckenridge, U. s.
A.: Admiral John L. Worden, Senator
John Sherman. Gen. E. D. Townsend,
U. S. A; George T. Beck, DR.. Walter
Hough, A. P. Clark, jr., and Gen. w.
E. Horton.
Notables Were Members.
Through the As years of its ex-
istence, the society has numbered
many notables in its membership. in
GLIDING three Presidents Of the United
States, one Vice President, several
justices Of the Supreme Court, dis
tinguished Senators, Representatives,
members of the cabinet, high ranking
Army and Navy officers and those
prominent in the civil life of our city.
At the meeting April % especial
attention will be rendered to the
memory of the founders. One feature
Of the program will be the preSenta-
ton of citations of service" to those
who have attained 80 years or more
of membership since the last COM
memoration meeting.
Maj. c. c. Griggs, the president Of
the society, has also planned another
interesting feature as a part of the
founders day meeting and will have
various former officers oficiate in their
old positions These will be: Acting
president, DR.. Selden Marvin Ely;
acting secretary, Robert c. Tracy;
acting treasurer, Kenneth S. Wales,
and acting registrar, DR.. Clifton p.
Clark.
Army to Be Honored.
Most of the major wars in which
the United States has been engaged
began in April and the meeting will
also commemorate Army month. The
main feature of this portion of the
program will be presentation Of one
OF the greatest of peace-time efforts
in which the Army has had a leading
part by directing the discipline Of
those engaged therein-the Civilian
Conservation Corps. This will be de.
scribed by the assistant director Of that
corps, j. j. McEntee. Mrs. Marion
Grant Gardner, vocalist, will present
a musical program Mrs. Gardner
is a radio entertainer, well known
throughout the West, especially in
Denver and Salt Lake. She will be
accompanied by Mrs. C. C. Griggs at
the piano.
Light refreshments and dancing
will close the commemoration.
Committees in charge of the cele-
bration are headed by Lieut.. Comdr.
S. S. Williamson, chairman, Meetings
Committee; Henry Whitefield Sam.
son. Invitations; Maj. Harry A. Davis.
Badges: Col. Alonzo Gray, Reception;
Gen. w. E. Horton. Floor; Gen. A. A.
Fries, Correspondence: j. C. McCrew,
Color Guard; Robert G. Merritt,
Press; Dr. r. j. c. Dorsey. American
. Institutions, and J. F. Little. Mem
bership.