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Attendees at the White Rock Dam Completion Luncheon
October 7, 1911

The guests list for Fred A. Jones' dam completion luncheon was a veritable "who's who" of Dallas' turn-of-the-century civic leaders.

  1. Fred A. Jones, Owner F. A. Jones Construction Company, Toastmaster
  2. Mayor M. Holland
  3. Water Commissioner R. R. Nelms
  4. Finance Commissioner W. T. Henderson
  5. Ex-Mayor Stephen J. Hay
  6. Ex-Water Commissioner Daniel J. Sullivan
  7. Ex-Finance Commissioner C. B. Gillespie
  8. Col. Frank P. Holland
  9. Frank C. Jones of Houston (member of the Jones Construction Company)
  10. J. E. Lewis (member of the Jones Construction Company)
  11. H. E. Borton (member of the Jones Construction Company)
  12. City Attorney James J. Collins
  13. Nathan Adams
  14. J. B. Adoue
  15. V. E. Armstrong
  16. Dr. V. P. Armstrong
  17. Herbert Ardray
  18. J. Howard Ardrey
  19. Jno. E. Babcock
  20. M. M. Baker
  21. L. R. Barras
  22. J. M. Bassett
  23. Geo. H. Bird
  24. F. R. Bissell
  25. C. F. Bolanz
  26. T. L. Bradford
  27. J. L. Burgess
  28. C. W. Cahoon
  29. Campbell & Cleaver
  30. Hon. Horace Chilton
  31. John Collins of Houston
  32. King Collie & Company
  33. E. Couch
  34. R. E. Cowart
  35. Daily Dallas Times Herald
  36. Dallas Dispatch
  37. Dallas News
  38. J. B. Dale
  39. C. W. Davis
  40. George B. Dealey
  41. Park Densmore
  42. E. C. Dodson
  43. William Doran
  44. F. M. Drane of Corsicana
  45. R. W. S. Duncan
  46. H. L. Edwards
  47. Royal A. Ferris
  48. Thomas Finty, Jr.
  49. W. H. Flippin
  50. E. I. Flippin
  51. James Forrest
  52. J. E. Farnsworth
  53. Osce Goodwin
  54. C. A. Gates
  55. C. B. Gillespie
  56. G. H. Green
  57. W. L. Greene
  58. James P. Griffin
  59. Kirk Hall
  60. John B. Hawley of Fort Worth
  61. D. H. Hawley
  62. A. Harris
  63. O. K. Harry
  64. W. T. Henderson
  65. Edwin Hobby
  66. R. Holland
  67. C. D. Hill
  68. C. W. Hobson
  69. William Hogg
  70. John V. Hughes
  71. Hon. W. M. Holland
  72. A. A. Jackson
  73. T. E. Jackson
  74. A. H. Johnson
  75. John T. Jones
  76. Edwin J. Kiest
  77. I. I. Kramer
  78. E. N. Kahn
  79. C. A. Keating
  80. J. S. Kendall
  81. Otto Lang
  82. R. V. M. LaRoue
  83. J. E. Lee
  84. R. C. Ledbetter
  85. A. V. Lane
  86. R. Liebman
  87. Henry D. Lindsley
  88. J. E. Ludlow
  89. Frank Magee
  90. Bur Martin
  91. S. B. Marshall of Mesquite
  92. A. M. Matson
  93. N. E. Meador of Houston
  94. Mr. Murphy
  95. M. Murphy
  96. E. T. Moore
  97. R. R. Neims
  98. Pat O'Keefe
  99. Hughes Oliver
  100. W. H. Patterson
  101. H. K. Payne
  102. H. J. Pettengill
  103. John W. Philip
  104. Judge Nelson Phillips
  105. George H. Pittman
  106. J. H. Power
  107. J. M. Preston
  108. V. E. Raggio
  109. Lee Richardson
  110. Judge J. C. Roberts
  111. J. D. Rogers
  112. C. B. Roulet
  113. Frank Rowan
  114. Alex Sanger
  115. E. L. Scott
  116. Curtis Scovill
  117. Harry L. Seay
  118. M. B. Shannon
  119. J. J. Simmons
  120. John M. Simpson
  121. Ben Sira
  122. Christopher Columbus Slaughter
  123. R. E. I. South
  124. R. B. Stitcher
  125. J. F. Strickland
  126. D. F. Sullivan
  127. Ben. T. Sumner
  128. H. W. Sumners
  129. J. J. Sweeney
  130. M. B. Templeton
  131. E. O. Tenison
  132. M. Thomas
  133. Adam Thompson
  134. Edward Titche
  135. E. M. Turner
  136. Reagan Wafford
  137. D. E. Waggoner
  138. C. I. Wakefield
  139. W. Wascom
  140. J. C. Weaver
  141. J. M. West of Houston
  142. F. O. Witchell
  143. T. B. Williams
  144. J. B. Winslett
  145. A. P. Wozencraft
  146. J. W. Wright
  147. J. M. Young
  148. John Young

Sources: Daily Dallas Times Herald, October 7, 1911 and Dallas Morning News, October 8, 1911.

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