1955 BLUE BOOK OF BROOKLYN.. Clubs and Organizations 1955
T H E B R O O K L Y N C L U B 131 Remsen Street Brooklyn 2, New York Main 4-4854 PRESIDENT Everett M. Clark VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER Walter F. O'Malley A.W.J. Pohl SECRETARY David J. Askin, Jr. DIRECTORS Chester A. Allen Joseph W. Eigo David J. Askin, Jr. Peter B. Hanson George D. Atwood Frederick B. Martyn George A. Barnewall Alonzo E. McLaughlin H. Russell Burbank Harold J. McLaughlin Joseph A. Burgun A.W.J. Pohl Everett M. Clark Charles H. Pulis Chase L. Day Walter E. Trum George A. Wingate __________________________________________________ THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BROOKLYN, INC. E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E S President: Miss Gwendolyn Glass Vice-President: Mrs. Charles van Syckel Stirn Recording Secretary: Mrs. William S. Woodside, Jr. Treasurer: Mrs. Edward K. Bachman Placement: Mrs. Robert H. King C O M M I T T E E S Admissions Miss Ann Winslow Children's Theater Mrs. Julie K. Nunez Corresponding Secretary: Miss Maregaret Jean McKee Editorial: Mrs. Grace Crane Schade Education: Mrs. Harrison Glennon, Jr. House: Mrs. John F. Thompson, Jr. Project: Miss Deon Baker Provisional: Mrs. Thomas K. Ware Public Relations: Mrs. Joseph A. Sonneland Toy Workshop: Mrs. Charles B. Sears Ways and Means: Mrs. Franklyn H. Peper Member-at-Large: Mrs. William Hummer A D M I S S I O N S C O M M I T T E E Miss Ann Winslow, Chairman Mrs. John J. Evans, III Miss Sally Upton Liptrott Mrs. Clare Rtherford James Miss Virginia Manson Mrs. Werner Janssen, Jr. Mrs. Francis B. Wadelton, Jr. Mrs. Ronald Hart, Sustaining Representative N O M I N A T I N G C O M M I T T E E Mrs. Richard F. Shaffer, Chairman Mrs. Dudley D. Campbell, Jr. Miss Nancy Jean Delaporte Mrs. Robert K. Plumb Miss Joan Wohrley __________________________________________________ P R O S P E C T C L U B 1954-1955 PRESIDENT Miss Alice Brooks Plumb VICE-PRESIDENT CORRESPONDING SEC'Y Mrs. Ralph G. Groskoph Mrs. George Childs Hamlin RECORDING SECRETARY TREASURER Mrs. William B. Carswell Mrs. Ernst G. Heeren EXECUTIVE BOARD Mrs. William B. Carswell Mrs. George Childs Hamlin Mrs. Burgess Osterhout Mrs. G. Schenck Van Siclen Mrs. H.A. Linwood Sadtler _________________________________________________ B R O O K L Y N W O M A N' S C L U B 114 Pierrepont Street 1954-1956 Mrs. Oliver G. Carter President Mrs. W. John Hoffman 1st Vice President Mrs. Frank H. Parcells 2nd Vice-President Mrs. William O. Prescott Recording Secretary Miss Eleanor R. Baker Corresponding Secretary Miss Emma E. Irish Assistant Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Arthur Michele Treasurer B O A R D M E M B E R S Mrs. Harry D. McKeige Mrs. Ransom S. Robertson Mrs. Alfred J. Clayton Mrs. George W. Giddings Miss Ella P. Drake Miss Ruth A. Lowe Mrs. George W. Winans Mrs. John J. Madden Mrs. Albert A. Smith _________________________________________________ H E I G H T S C A S I N O 1954 75 Montague Street Main 4-0810 PRESIDENT William K. Elliott VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER Avery Claflin Goodwin M. Castleman ASSISTANT TREASURER Darwin James, Jr. BOARD OF GOVERNORS Class of 1954 Dr. Charles R. Weeth Charles F. Masterson Mrs. John Van Pelt Lassoe Edwin W. Kleinert Avery Claflin William F. Kerby CLASS OF 1955 Walter St. J. Benedict Jr. Mrs. Samuel P. Bailey Miss Doris Eldredge Charles W. Franklin Arthur B. Tickle Jr. Francis B. Wadelton Jr. CLASS 1956 Ronald Hart Mrs. Robert F. Warren William K. Elliot Godwin M. Castleman Darwin R. James Jr. Morrison Pretz H O U S E C O M M I T T E E Ronald Hart E N T E R T A I N M E N T C O M M I T T E E Mrs. Charles F. Warren, Chairman _________________________________________________ K O S M O S C L U B 1953-55 OFFICERS PRESIDENT Mrs. W. Lee Helms FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT RECORDING SECRETARY Mrs. Oliver G. Carter Mrs. Herbert S. Peare SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER Mrs. W. John Hoffman Miss Edna E. Tracy DIRECTORS 1953-1955 Mrs. William C. Bridgman Mrs. james M. Hills ADVISORY BOARD Mrs. Charles A. Soper Mrs. Harold I. Small Mrs. G. Waring Stebbins Mrs. Horace Mann Snyder Mrs. Oliver G. Carter Miss Eleanor R. Baker Dr. Cornelia C. Brant ________________________________________________ NATIONAL SOCIETY OF NEW ENGLAND WOMEN BROOKLYN COLONY OFFICERS President: Miss Marguerite D. Winant 1st Vice-President Mrs. Frank H. Parcells 2nd Vice-President Mrs. Frederick H. Schluter Chaplain Mrs. Philip Y. Linker Recording Secretary: Mrs. Harry D. McKeige Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Franklyn H. Peper Treasurer: Miss Marian E. Andrews Registrar: Mrs. Theodore S. Cornell Historian Mrs. George W. Winans Honorary Registrar Mrs. J. Richard Wiggins DIRECTORS (Term Expiring 1956) Miss Anna G. Blumenstein Mrs. Edward Muster Miss Frances Jenness Miss Mildred A. Wells SOCIAL MEETINGS Brooklyn Woman's Club, 114 Pierrepont Street 2:00 P.M. Thursday, November 11, 1954 Thursday, March 23, 1955 Thursday, January 13, 1955 Thursday, April 28, 1955 ANNUAL MEETINGS Brooklyn Woman's Club, 114 Pierrepont Street ANNUAL MAY BREAKFASTS Waldorf Astoria, New York City Thursday, May 7, 1953 Thursday, May 6, 1954 12:30 P.M. ANNUAL NATIONAL FOUNDER'S DAY LUNCHEON Waldorf Astoria, New York City ANNUAL CONGRESS NATIONAL SOCIETY Portsmouth, New Hampshire (The Westworth-by-the-Sea) __________________________________________________ KNICKERBOCKER FIELD CLUB Founded 1888 East 18th Street and Tennis Court Buckminster 4-9825 1953-54 PRESIDENT Alden H. Norton VICE-PRESIDENT J. Russell Cardona SECRETARY James N. Cooke TREASURER Joseph E. Albert BOARD OF DIRECTORS Class of 1955 Hugo V. Cordiano Albert F. Engelhardt Francis X.Koop Richard H. Kramer William K. Wagner Harry L. Drescher Charles M. Smith Charles J. Stabile LADIES AUXILIARY PRESIDENT Mrs. John Mockler VICE-PRESIDENT Mrs. William McCarroll SECRETARY-TREASURER Mrs. Milton Cordner CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Mrs. Francis X. Koop _________________________________________________ APOLLO CLUB OF BROOKLYN OFFICERS PRESIDENT Alfred A. Koester Alfred A. Koester Vice-President Harry E. Knight Secretary and Treasurer Albert W. Reiners Chairman, Active Members Harry E. Knight Secretary, Active Members Edward L. Stamm Assistant Sec'y, Active Members Arthur F. Johnson Treasurer, Active Members Charles I. Ogden Librarian Rev. Alfred Grant Walton, D.D. Chaplain BOARD OF DIRECTORS Harry E. Knight Robert W. Swanson Russell T. Starr Arthur E. Delmhorst John R. Brierley Caradoc C. Jones William G. Edinburg Joseph D. Fackenthal Henry C. Bainridge Charles Oldenbuttel Alfred Boyce George E. Kirby George L. Stamm Arthur G. Dunn Rodney C. Ward Russell A. Atkinson Louis Charles Wills Birger E. Ambrose Purcell C. Robertson William O. Prescott Clarence M. Ernst Albert W. Reiners Alfred A. Koester Everett M. Clark Albert I. Tabor Walter Bruchhausen Clarence Glass David H. Sackett Waldemar J. Neumann Lewis D. Zeidler Frank C. Doblin Alfred E. Buck Henry C. Turner Bryer H. Pendry __________________________________________________ MONTAUK CLUB PRESIDENT Edward T. Carvin VICE-PRESIDENT Benjamin W. Blakey SECRETARY William J. Kent, Jr. TREASURER Waldo L. Kraemer THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Benjamin W. Blakey Edward T. Carvin John Cashmore Dr. William V. Cullen George T. Egelhoff Fred W. Haenlein William J. Kent, Jr. Waldo L. Kraemer Henry G. McLean C.C. Mollenhauer Dr. William H. Price Edward J. Quigley James M. Rogers Frank C. Russell Paul A. Schmitt James W. Smith _________________________________________________ ORPHAN ASYLUM SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN Executive Offices: 363 Adelphi Street, Brooklyn Children's Home: Brookwood Hall, East Islip, L.I. OFFICERS Mrs. R. Whitney Gosnell ( President) Mrs. John J. Klobasa ( First Vice-President ) Mrs. Robert M. Hall (Second Vice-President) Mrs. John J. Wittmer (Recording Secretary) Mrs. Robin Beach (Corresponding Secretary) Francis E. Walton (Treasurer) W. Wilson Holden (Assistant Treasurer) BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mrs. Russell T. Bailey Edward P. Beach Mrs. Edwin Newman Beery Mrs. Alice James Blaine Mrs. R. Whitney Gosnell W. Wilson Holden Mrs. John J. Klobasa Mrs. Waldo McCutcheon McKee Mrs. Hollis K. Thayer Francis E. Walton Mrs. Darwin James Adams Mrs. Harrison R. Glennon Jr. Mrs. Fred Bennett Mrs. C. Vanderbilt Barton Mrs. Robin Beach Miss Edith U Conard Mrs. Lynn G. Goodnough Mrs. Henry R. Simmons Mrs. Robert M. Hall Mrs. Benjamin F. Stephens Mrs. Mervyn V. Armstrong Mrs. Remsen Johnson, Jr. Mrs. Ernest P. Goodrich Mrs. G. Schenck Van Siclen Mrs. Donald A. Haman Mrs. Paul E. Vernon Mrs. John J. Wittmer _________________________________________________ CIVITAS CLUB 1953-55 OFFICERS PRESIDENT Mrs. Carroll J. Dickson FIRST VICE PRESIDENT SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Mrs. Robert F. Warren Mrs. H. Haughton Bell RECORDING SECRETARY Mrs. Lauson H. Stone CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Miss Jessie T. Righter TREASURER Phillip L. Merritt DIRECTORS Miss Edith U. Conard Mrs. Fred I. Daniels Mrs. Charles W. Franklin Mrs. Robert G. Hooper Mrs. David S. Hunter Mrs. F. Folwell Scull Jr. Mrs. Robert B. Magnus Mrs. J. Paul Thorn Mrs. Charles W. Wolseley Mrs. Edward L. Swan __________________________________________________ TWENTIETH CENTURY Ten Eyck Remsen Beardsley (President) Charles B. Ulrichs (Treasurer) Mrs. Dudley D. Campbell (Secretary) Mrs. Richard M. Montgomery, Jr. (Assistant Secretary) 186 Prospect Place Brooklyn 17, N.Y. BOARD OF GOVERNORS Mrs. Edward A. Behr Mr. Charles E. Rogers, Jr. Mr. Philip F. Broughton Mrs. Charles E. Rogers, Jr. Mrs. Merrill L. Foote Mr. Alden D. Stanton Mrs. Otis Swan Carroll Mrs. Edward H. Thatcher Mrs. Irving Idler Mrs. Hollis K. Thayer Rev. A. Edward Saunders _________________________________________________ REMBRANDT CLUB 1954-55 PRESIDENT Charles Nagel VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER Edwin P. Maynard Francis T. Christy SECRETARY George S. Avery Jr. CHAIRMAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Paul D. Shafer _________________________________________________ MRS. FIELD'S LITERARY CLUB 1953-55 PRESIDENT Mrs. James F. Fairman VICE-PRESIDENTS Mrs. John J. Blust Mrs. Ernest P. Goodrich Mrs. Horatio King Gray Mrs. George H. Dayton Mrs. Edward M. Fuller Mrs. Walter F. Wells Mrs. L. Wendell Fifield Mrs. Percy R. Gray Mrs. Samuel P. Bailey Mrs. William H. Price Mrs. Theodore Burgess Brown Mrs. Noman Elliot RECORDING SECRETARY Mrs. William B. Parker ASSISTANT RECORDING SECRETARY Mrs. Milton J. Ferguson CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Mrs. William B. Parker ASSISTANT CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Mrs. Philip A. Hubert TREASURER Mrs. Henry M. Hunter ASSISTANT TREASURER Mrs. Remick C. Eckardt _________________________________________________ DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WOMEN OF '76 CHAPTER Regent: Mrs. Edward Muster First Vice Regent Mrs. Franklyn H. Peper Second Vice Regent Mrs. Frederick H. Schluter Third Vice Regent Mrs. James H. Cropsey Chaplain Miss Frances Jenness Recording Secretary Mrs. Loring M. Black Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Domenic A. Volpe Treasurer Miss Marian E. Andrews Registrar Mrs. Theodore S. Cornell Historian Mrs. Frank H. Parcells Librarian Mrs. Edwin D. Kleine DIRECTORS Mrs. Philip Y. Linker Mrs. Harry K. Devlin Mrs. John C.E. Voss Mrs. Harrison W. MacLenathen Mrs. Maynard I. Landa Miss Mildred Wells Mrs. Harold E. Rhame Miss Madge Miller Mrs. John L. Gordon _______________________________________________ THE REBECCA TALBOT PERKINS ADOPTION SOCIETY, INC. 140 Remsen Street * Brooklyn 2, N.Y. * Tel. Main 4-3240 OFFICERS Mrs. Rebecca C. Talbot Perkins (Honorary President) Mrs. Lawrence C. Gumbinner (President) Mrs. Herbert T. Georgi (Vice-President) Mrs. Russell Iler (Treasurer) Mrs. Dan Brock (Secretary) Miss Kathryn Leonard (Executive Director) DIRECTORS Mrs. John C. Arnell Mrs. Dan McCullough Mrs. Gordon Bell, Jr. Mrs. A. Milton Runyon Mrs. William M. Horner Mrs. Joseph Schreiber Mrs. Carl Kroepal Mrs. Sidney A. Siegel Mrs. Nathan Krumholz Mrs. Minnie T. Swain Mrs. Ross White _________________________________________________ NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF BROOKLYN Incorporated 1880 OFFICERS PRESIDENT SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT Richard B. Loomis Edward M. Fuller FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER Louis W. Arnold, Jr. Lewis G. Deane SECRETARY Charles Lauriston Livingston, Jr. DIRECTORS Class of 1955 Class of 1957 Hon. Abner C. Surpless Walter S. Benedict, Jr. Edward M. Fuller Joseph A. Burgun, D.D.S. Stanley F. Ketcham Conrad Saxe Keyes Richard B. Loomis Charles Lauriston Livingston, Jr. Alfred Crane McKenzie Hollis K. Thayer Class of 1956 Class of 1958 Louis W. Arnold, Jr. Lewis G. Deane George D. Atwood Hunter L. Delatour Everett M. Clark Lewis W. Francis, Jr. Orman C. Perkins, M.D. Rodney C. Ward W. Rutherford James Geo. A. Zabriskie 3d __________________________________________________ THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS & SCIENCES OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES Robert E. Blum (President) Sidney W. Davison (First Vice-President) Charles Pratt (Second Vice -President) Donald G. C. Sinclair (Third Vice-President) Paul F. Ely (Treasurer) Hon. Roy M.D. Richardson (Secretary) Gilbert C. Barrett (Ass't Treas. and Ass't Sec'y) Lloyd R. McDonald (Ass't Treas. and Ass't Sec'y) EX-OFFICIO Hon. Vincent R. Impellitteri Hon. Robert Moses Hon. Lazarus Joseph Hon. John Cashmore ______________________ Hon. Emil N. Baar John W. Hooper Mrs.Clarence G. Bachrach Mrs.Darwin R. James, Jr. Gilbert C. Barrett Dr. William Jansen John E. Baxter Oscar A. Lewis Hon. William R. Bayes Miss Hilda Loines Mrs. H. Haughton Bell William G. Lord Robert E. Blum Mrs. Henry J. Mannix H. Russell Burbank Alstair Bradley Martin Walter J. Carlin Mrs. Emmet J. McCormack Francis T. Christy Leonard P.Moore Arthur W. Clement Charles Pratt Hon. Albert Conway Hon. Roy M.D. Richardson Mrs. Henry J. Davenport Mrs. Thomas H. Roulston Sidney W. Davidson Frank D. Schroth Chase L. Day Dr. Paul D. Shafer Mrs. Carroll J. Dickson Donald G. C. Sinclair Msgr. William T. Dillon James W. Smith Mrs. Mary Childs Draper Theodore C. Streibert Paul F. Ely Mrs. Hollis K. Thayer Mrs. Lewis W. Francis Hon. Henry L. Ughetta James E. Gibbons Dr. Adrian Van Sinderen Mrs. William H. Good Mrs. Tracy S. Voorhees Walter Hammitt Dr. Edwin G. Warner William J. Wason, Jr. _________________________________________________ FRIENDS OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS Organized April 1949 OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD HONORARY PRESIDENT THIRD VICE PRESIDENT Mrs. Dean C. Osborne Miss Katharine A. Righter PRESIDENT SECRETARY Mrs. Stewart Richards Miss GertrudeK. Espenscheid FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER Mrs. James M. Hills Mrs. Edgerton G. North SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT Mrs. Franklyn H. Peper ASSISTANT TREASURER Mrs. George B. Gordon ELECTED MEMBERS Mrs. Frederick J. Austin Mrs. John L. Bates Mrs. Albert Beer Mrs. Henry J. Benisch Mrs. Walter Bruchhausen Mrs. John Biddle Clark Mrs. Theodore Frohne Mrs. Roger Granger Miss Eleanor Gertrude Hannam Mrs. J. Victor Herd Mrs. Remsen Johnson, Jr. Mrs. Maxwell Lester Miss Dorothy E. Brown Mrs. Giovanni Luzzatto Mrs. Richard M. Montgomery Mrs. Carl S. Noble Mrs. Charles E. Perkins Miss Eva Sherwood Potter Mrs. William Scheele Mrs. Frank E. Simmons Mrs. Donald G.C. Sinclair Mrs. Edwin Eugene Stretcher Mrs. Hollis K. Thayer Mrs. Irving G. Idler Mrs. Theodore M. Schenck Mrs. Walter D. Grant Chairman of the Board Mrs. John J. Schoonhoven __________________________________________________ MORNING CHORAL 1954-55 Thirty-sixth season Howard Kasschau, Conductor Claire Martin, Accompanist OFFICERS Miss Jessie B. Chamberlin, (President) Mrs. John R.C. Baker (2nd Vice-President) Mrs. Juliet Cotton, (3rd Vice-President Mrs. William J. Hanna, (Treasurer) Miss Eleanor Potter, Corr. Sec. Mrs. J. Tolar Reiners, (Financial Secretary) Miss Kathryne Weber, (Recording Secretary) COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Miss Elizabeth S. Shipman, (mem.) Miss Anita V. Palmer, (Music) Miss Helen Mehrtens, (Hospitality) Mrs. A.K. Stephens (Decorations) Mrs. Charles W. Roth, (Juniors) Mrs. Cris. Geibel, (Printing) Mrs. George S. Holderness, (Budget) Miss Eleanor Potter, (Librarian) Mrs. Jessie R. Chamberlin, (Press) Mrs. Harry C. Schroeder, (B Natural) Mrs. Alfred Inge, (Scholarship) Mrs. Christian Wolfe, (Projects) WINTER CONCERT: Tuesday Evening, December 14th Academy of Music SPRING CONCERT: Tuesday Evening, April 19th Academy of Music _________________________________________________ URBAN CLUB 1955 OFFICERS Mrs. Arlington Post (President) Mrs. Leroy Sherman Edwards (1st Vice-President) Mrs. Theodore Teitch (2nd Vice-President) Mrs. Rowland W. Salmon (3rd Vice-President) Miss Caroline H. Spannhake (Recording Secretary) Mrs. Hans Popper (Corresponding Secretary)_ Mrs. Lloyd E. Larson (Treasurer) Mrs. Edwin L. Ryon (Assistant Treasurer) Miss Mildred Bainbridge BOARD MEMBERS Mrs. Minnie Talbot Swain, Chairman Mrs. Edwin L. Beck Mrs. W. John Hoffman Mrs. Hans Popper Miss Elizabeth Harvey Miss Lillian Lorentz Mrs. James E. Pedly Mrs. H. Donaldson Leopold Mrs. Robert McLaren Mrs. Louis Elbert Strong Mrs. William Karl McQuown _________________________________________________ NATIONAL SOCIETY NEW YORK STATE CHAPTER Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America Organized February 13, 1902 CHAPTER OFFICERS PRESIDENT Mrs. James G. Runyon: 18 Hudson Terr., North Tarrytown, N.Y. VICE-PRESIDENT Mrs. Ivan T. Johnson 2 Cobb Ave., White Plains, N.Y. Mrs. George L. Bennett 45 Wadsworth Terr., New York 33, N.Y. RECORDING SECRETARY Mrs. Paul M. Phillips 1356 Arbordale Rd., Overbrook Manor, Pa. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Mrs. Harold J. Hustis 11 Stewart Pl., White Plains, N.Y. TREASURER Mrs. Louis H. Peet 2215 Newkirk Ave., Brooklyn 26, N.Y. REGISTRAR Mrs. Sterling St. John Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York 11, N.Y. HISTORIAN Mrs. F. Stuart Entz Roaring Brook Rd., Mt. Kisco, N.Y. COLOR BEARER Mrs. Charles B. Dixon 44 Harbor Terr. Drive, Rye, N.Y. COUNCILLORS 1950-1953 Mrs. Harry K. Devlin Miss Lulu A. Lawrence Mrs. Sterling St. John 1951-1954 Miss Nellie P. Hewins Mrs. John B. O'Brien 1952-1955 Mrs. Alexander Boag, Jr. Miss Edla S. Gibson Mrs. Nelson A. Reed ________________________________________________ ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY OF NASSAU ISLAND 1955 PRESIDENT C. Walter Griffin VICE-PRESIDENTS William W. Kouwenhoven James K. Foster Eliphas Buffett Richard Remsen George L. Stamm Walter S. Rapelje Charles H. Vosburgh William R. Lott TRUSTEES Schuyler J. Bergen Oliver C. Gardner Henry DeWitt Lott John H. Van Siclen Nelson J. Springsteen Garret V.S. Ryerson William K. Remsen TREASURER Charles Lauriston Livingston, Jr. SECRETARY William F. Matthews ASSISTANT SECRETARY Robert Hall Bergen CHAPLAIN Rev. Cornelius B. Muste, D.D. PHYSICIAN Edwin Garvin Zabriskie, M.D. HIGH STEWARD Frederick I. Bergen STEWARDS George D. Conant J. Duffield Prince Roland G. Plumb Donald V. Rapelje C. Walter Griffin William C.S. Remsen John H. Vanderveer, Jr. ________________________________________________ THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COLONY HOUSE, INC. 297 Dean Street Triangle 5-7052 HONORARY PRESIDENT Mrs. John L. Swan Mrs. Henry S. Acken, Jr. Mrs. John B. Ackerman Mrs. William H. Dunkak Mrs. Arthur C. Ebinger Mrs. Gordon L. Edwards Mrs. Alfred H. Everson Mrs. Alan B. Gilmour Mrs. Arthur E. Lethbridge, Jr. Mrs. Miles F. McDonald Mrs. George H. McGlynn Mrs. William H. Pouch Mrs. Morrison Pretz Mrs. Helen Ryon Sayles Mrs. Donald G.C. Sinclair Mrs. Ainsworth L. Smith Mrs. John Lawrence Smith Mrs. Charles L. Ward _________________________________________________ NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAUGHTERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY FOUNDERS CHAPTER PRESIDENT Mrs. Harry D. McKeige FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Mrs. Frank H. Parcells SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT Mrs. Harry K. Devlin CHAPLAIN Mrs. William H. Puch RECORDING SEC'Y Mrs. Harold E. Blunt CORRESPONDING SEC'Y Mrs. Robert E. Merwin TREASURER Miss Emilie Louise Platt REGISTRAR Mrs. J. Richard Wiggins HISTORIAN Miss Marguerite D. Winant COUNCILLORS 1952-55 Mrs. Oliver G. Carter Miss Ruth A. Lowe 1953-56 Mrs. Ross H. Miner Mrs. Edward Muster 1954-57 Miss Dorothy L. Betts Mrs. J. Frederick Lohman Jr. ________________________________________________ DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BATTLE PASS CHAPTER Mrs. Helen Ryon Sayles (Regent) Mrs. Alfred L. Brennan (Vice-Regent) Mrs. Louis Harris (2d Vice-Regent) Mrs. Louis Harris Mrs. Mathew Smith Cumner (Chaplain) Mrs. William H. White (Recording Secretary) Miss Jessie Weed (Corresponding Secretary) Mrs. Herbert G. Dittmer (Treasurer) Mrs. Emile Neumann (Registrar) Mrs. William P. Mapes (Ass't Registrar) Mrs. Cyrus A. King DIRECTORS Miss Edna A. Waite Mrs. Robert J. Upton Mrs. Estelle J. Bergh _________________________________________________ FORT GREENE CHAPTER Mrs. Donald A. Haman (Regent) Miss Elizabeth Shipman (1st Vice Regent) Mrs. Arthur T. Clark (Chaplain) Mrs. Maurice E. McLaughlin (Recording Secretary) Mrs. Charles K. Witman (Corresponding Secretary) Mrs. Robert H. Shattuck (Treasurer) Miss Alice L. Nellis (Historian) Mrs. Thomas S. Chatterley (Registrar) Mrs. Henry H. Esselstyn (Councillers) Miss Edith E. Sherwood (Councillers) ________________________________________________ SONS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK Instituted February 22, 1876 Reorganized December 4, 1883 Incorporated May 3, 1884 OFFICERS 1953 VICE-PRESIDENTS Rodney C. Ward Harold R. Medina Henry D. Valentine SECRETARY Archie E. Rhinehart Fraunces Tavern 54 Pearl Street New York 4, N.Y. ASSISTANT SECRETARY Raymond B. Seymour TREASURER * Ralph H. Stever Gilbert R. Byrne REGISTRAR Cleveland A. Dunn HISTORIAN Oscar T. Barck CHAPLAIN Rev. Dr. Charles Trexler ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN Rev. Canon Edward N. West SURGEON E. Harrison Griffin, M.D. ASSISTANT SURGEON Louis F. Bishop, M.D. BOARD OF MANAGERS The President, the Three Vice-Presidents, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Registrar, the Chaplain and: William W. Badgley Robert F. Banker C. Ross Bannister Niles R. Becker Gerald H. Carson Cyril G. Cogswell Henry F. Corwin Frederick W. Henderson James Russell Lowell J. Edward Lumbard, Jr. L. Alexander Mack G. Edward Nichols James McKinley Rose Hoyt Garrod Post Elwood A. Sawyer William L. Seibert Raymond B. Seymour EX-OFFICIO FORMER PRESIDENTS Robert A. Barnet Pelham St. George Bissel, 3rd William M. Chadbourne George L. Genung Ralph A. Sturges William T. Van Alstyne George A. Zabriskie And Regents of chapters. * Deceased _________________________________________________ This completes the total transcribing of the Brooklyn Blue Book's Clubs and Organizations as listed in their Fifteenth Edition 1955 Book. Source: Blue Book of Brooklyn Publisher: Brooklyn Blue Book Association-New York Copyright: 1955 Researched and Transcribed exclusively for the Brooklyn Pages by Miriam Medina Back To BLUE Main Back To DIRECTORY Main Back To BROOKLYN Main