Evening star., 1948-12-01

news neeQS OF It's constituency Will
efficiency and integrity. "
ITO all of us who have directed
the affairs Of The Star it has had
an entity of its own to which we
were ministering-an entity fal
beyond our own Municipalities"
Tribute From A. p. Board.
In the spring Of 1947, when Mr.
Noyes found it necessary to relin.
quish his post as director. the
Associated Press Board adopted this
resolution:
1.-THE Board of Directors of the
Associated Press wishes, at this time
to call to the attention of the mem
bership the fact that the inability o1
Frank 3. Noyes to serve longer as q
director will deprive the board, as oi
tomorrow, of the last Of its founders
as an active board member
Victor Lawson, Melville Stone ano
Frank B. Noyes, after the dissolution
of the Illinois corporation, launched
the present Associated Press on the
rough journalistic sea of 1900. Since
that date Mr.. Noyes has been con-
stantly member of the board, anc
for 80 years he was president of the
Associated Press. For 54 years ht
was member of the board either o1
the prior organization or OF the
present corporation.
During this long service Mr.. Noye:
acquired an unequaled fund o1
knowledge of the Associated Press
Its members and the newspapers o.
America, and was OF incalculabl'
value to the board in an its discus
sions and actions. His broad grasl
of the functions of the press, and hi
answering devotion to the highes
ideals of journalism and public serv
ice, gave his work public value a
great as its immediate value to tn
Associated Press itself.
Therefore, be it resolved that tn
Board of Directors hereby acknoWl
edges with profound conviction 1t
great debt to Frank B. Noyes, AM
relies upon his continued close inter
est in the affairs of the association
as honorary president"
Was Adviser of Statesmen:
Mr.. Noyes' presidency of the AS
sociated Press and his residence II
Washington brought him: in con
tinued contact with Government OF
f1cials, members Of Congress and tn
diplomats representing various ma
tions abroad. He frequently wa
called to the White House during
the First World War for converse
tions with President Wilson. HI
had no partisan affiliations himsel
and those who complained to hin
of Associated Press failings on tn
grounds of political or other bia
found in him judge, as ready tt
criticize his own organization as tt
defend it to the last ditch, depend
ing on the validity of the complaint
His own objectivity made him tn,
confidential and completely anony
nous adviser of a generation O
statesmen and diplomats who served
in Washington during his mos
active years.
For many years Mr.. Noyes was ar
aviation enthusiast, supporting fly
ing enterprises of many differen
kinds. He believed in the feasibilit.
of both lighter-than-air and heav
ier-than-air machines long befor'
they had been demonstrated con-
clusiyely. In 1906 he commissioned
Walter Wellman to explore thu
Arctic regions by air, assigning hin
to fly to the North Pole. The Graf
to be used was built in Paris ant
was conveyed to a base in Spitz
bergen, from which Mr.. Wellmal
took off, September 2, 1907. Violen
squalls forced him back, but h
made a second attempt on Angus
IS, 1909, which also failed. MI
Moves, however, continued his help
and when Mr.. Wellman tried to fl
the Atlantic in the America in 1910
breaking the existing worlds recort
for time and distance sailing by air
ship, Mr.. Noyes was among hi
sponsors.
Mr.. Noyes had few hobbies. Occa
sionally he played golf and he en-
joyed a quiet game of bridge. HI
Travelled a great deal and reat
widely.
AS young man. he was interested
in the theater and for while con-
templated a professional career OF
the stage. He was a member of th'
Thespian Society and took part il
several Shakespearean productions
An old history Of Washington speak
OF him as the best LaAncelot on th'
stage" His friends at their periot
included Wilton Lackaye ant
Charles Barnum Hanford, boil
well-known stars of the American
theatrical armament. He possessed
a rich baritone voice and sang at
tractively.
He maintained a home at Winte
Harbor, Me-. and for a numbe
of years owned schooner yach
on which he cruised to and from
Washington. He also maintained
home at Palm Beach, which he dis
posed of after Mrs Noyes' death. Ir
1895 he bought and remodeled Ingle
side. a residence on what is nov
Newton street NV, later converted
to its present use as the Presby'
terian Home. He sold Inglesid,
before going to Chicago, and fol
lowing his return to Washington il
1910, he and Mrs Noyes occupied
home at 1899 Vermont avenue
from which they moved to an apart
ment at 1889 Massachusetts, avenue
and which Mr.. Noyes continued K
occupy alone after Mrs. Noyes' death
Made World Good Will Tour.
In 1929. Mr.. and Mrs. Noye'
made a voyage around the world
Mr.. Noyes going as president of th'
Associated Press-a trip that turned
out to be a good will tour in th'
course of which he and Mrs. Noye
were entertained officially in ever,
country they visited.
On his 10th birthday he received
with many other messages of con-
gratulations from all parts of th'
country, a telegram from Mr.. Och
of the New York Times which h,
preserved, because of the persona
value he attached to it, until hi!
death. It said: 80 The Natior
and the world owe vou the deeppS