Evening star., 1937-12-22

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monial dinner on his 80th birthday
January 26, by distinguished grcur
of his friends from many phases OF
public and private life, in tribute to
his lifelong devotion to the service OF
the Nations Capital" ..
Plans for the dinner, which is to be
held at the Willard Hotel, were an
nounced after a meeting yesterday Of
general committee in charge. headed
by Edward F. Colladay, president Of
the Board of Trade. A large attend.
ance already is indicated in the list
OF sponsors, made public last night.
Mr. Noyes had been invited De.
cember 13, following a session of the
original sponsors committee, and had
accepted in letter OF appreciation.
The invitation. signed by Mr.. Cola
day, chairman, and Robert j. Cottrell
secretary. had offered the occasion q.
a testimonial dinner in appreciation
OF and in tribute to your lifelong de-
votion to the service of the Nations
Capital, the place of your birth.
BY direction of the committee. N
continued the letter, "the undersigned
nave the honor and pleasure of in
vlting you to attend the dinner as the
honor guest of the occasion.
Mr.. Noyes Accepts.
Upon receipt of your ANTICIPATED
acceptance, We will proceed with ali
necessary arrangements.
The names of those ladies and
gentlemen who have indicated that
they will sponsor this event are hereto
appended. These together with 9TH
ers who later may be added constitute
general committee for the event."
In reply, Mr.. Noyes wrote:
Deep appreciation expresses only
feeoly my feeling of qualification to
receive through you the invitation of
multitude of my friends to be your
guest at testimonial dinner on my
Soth birthday, to be honored for nv
lifelong devotion to the services of
the city of my birth and its people.
i accept with undisguised pleasure
and pardonable pride the honor which
the af1ectionate regard of my friends
plans to confer upon me-
Committee on Arrangements.
Officers of the Committee on Ar
rangements for the banquet include:
Chairman, Mr. Colladay; vice chair
men, Melvin C. Hazen, president Dis
trlct Board of Commissioners: Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson, chairman
american National Red Cross; Harlan
F. Stone, associate justice, Supreme
Court of the United States; Daniel c.
Roper. Secretary of Commerce; Robert
Walton Moore, counselor of the State
Department., Alfred A. Wheat, Chief
Justice of the United States District
Court for the District of Columbia
Frederic A. Delano, chairman, Ma
tional Park and Planning Commits
sion; DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor, president
National Geographic Society; Dr.
Cloyd Heck Marvin, president, George
Washington University; Judge Wendell
P. Stafford, vice chairman, Board OF
Library Trustees; Mrs. Henry Grat-
tan Doyle, president. Board OF Educa-
tion Malcolm S. McConihe, Demo-
cratic National Committeeman; John
Clagett Proctor, vice president, Asso-
citation of Oldest Inhabitants; Mrs
Evalyn Walsh Mclean, L. A. Car
ruthers. president, Federation of Citi.
zens' Associations; Mark Lansburgh
former president. Merchants and
Manufacturers Association; Harry C
Davis, trustee, George Washington
University; Jesse C. Suter. honorary
president, Society of Natives; Mrs
Louis Gutenberg. president. Voteless
D. c. League of Women Voters; Harry
G. Meem. president, Washington Loan
& Trust Co.; DR.. A. c. Christie, active
vice chairman; treasurer. Sidney r.
Taliaferro; secretary. Mr.. Cottrell, ex-
ecutive secretary, Washington Board OF
Trade: assistant secretary, Miss Eliza
beth Glenn.
General Committee.
Other members of the General Com
mittee:
Byron S. Adams, Francis G. Addi-
son, first vice president. Washington
Board of Trade, Security Savings and
Commercial Bank; Justice Jesse c.
Adkins, jr, United States District
Court for the District of Columbia;
George E. Allen, Board of Commis-
sioners, District of Columbia; Albert
w. Atwood, member, Board of Library
Trustees; DR.. Frank w. Ballou, super
intendent of schools; H. Clifford
Bangs, past president, Washington
Real Estate Board; Ralph P. Barnard,
lawyer; William l. Beale. vice presi-
dent, American Security & Trust Co.
Ira E. Bennett. former editor, Wash
ington Post; Oscar c. Berry, Wash
ington Gas Light Co... Mrs. Lloyd w.
Biddle. president District of Columbia
Federation of Women's Clubs; Arthur
G. Bishop, president, Building and
Loan League; Maj. Gist Blair, Harry
Blake, John s. Bleecker, jr.. president
Junior Board of Commerce; Repre-
sentative Sol Bloom, director Consti-
tuition Sesquicentennial Celebration
Committee; Henry P. Blair, past presi-
dent Board Of Education; DR.. George
F. Bowerman, public librarian; Crosby
Noyes Boyd. w. B. Bryan, author
Bryan's History Of the National
Capital"
A. Julian Brylawski, president, Mo-
ton Picture Theater Owners Associa-
tion; Charles Henry Butler, former re-
porter of United States Supreme Court
decisions: DIR. Harry Clifton pvrd