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

1911 Banquet Guests

The guest 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.
  1. James Forrest
  2. J. E. Farnsworth
  3. Osce Goodwin
  4. C. A. Gates
  5. C. B. Gillespie
  6. G. H. Green
  7. W. L. Greene
  8. James P. Griffin
  9. Kirk Hall
  10. John B. Hawley of Fort Worth
  11. D. H. Hawley
  12. A. Harris
  13. O. K. Harry
  14. W. T. Henderson
  15. Edwin Hobby
  16. R. Holland
  17. C. D. Hill
  18. C. W. Hobson
  19. William Hogg
  20. John V. Hughes
  21. Hon. W. M. Holland
  22. A. A. Jackson
  23. T. E. Jackson
  24. A. H. Johnson
  25. John T. Jones
  26. Edwin J. Kiest
  27. I. I. Kramer
  28. E. N. Kahn
  29. C. A. Keating
  30. J. S. Kendall
  31. Otto Lang
  32. R. V. M. LaRoue
  33. J. E. Lee
  34. R. C. Ledbetter
  35. A. V. Lane
  36. R. Liebman
  37. Henry D. Lindsley
  38. J. E. Ludlow
  39. Frank Magee
  40. Bur Martin
  41. S. B. Marshall of Mesquite
  42. A. M. Matson
  43. N. E. Meador of Houston
  44. Mr. Murphy
  45. M. Murphy
  46. E. T. Moore
  47. R. R. Neims
  48. Pat O'Keefe
  49. Hughes Oliver
  50. W. H. Patterson
    51.
  1. H. K. Payne
  2. H. J. Pettengill
  3. John W. Philip
  4. Judge Nelson Phillips
  5. George H. Pittman
  6. J. H. Power
  7. J. M. Preston
  8. V. E. Raggio
  9. Lee Richardson
  10. Judge J. C. Roberts
  11. J. D. Rogers
  12. C. B. Roulet
  13. Frank Rowan
  14. Alex Sanger
  15. E. L. Scott
  16. Curtis Scovill
  17. Harry L. Seay
  18. M. B. Shannon
  19. J. J. Simmons
  20. John M. Simpson
  21. Ben Sira
  22. Christopher Columbus Slaughter
  23. R. E. I. South
  24. R. B. Stitcher
  25. J. F. Strickland
  26. D. F. Sullivan
  27. Ben. T. Sumner
  28. H. W. Sumners
  29. J. J. Sweeney
  30. M. B. Templeton
  31. E. O. Tenison
  32. M. Thomas
  33. Adam Thompson
  34. Edward Titche
  35. E. M. Turner
  36. Reagan Wafford
  37. D. E. Waggoner
  38. C. I. Wakefield
  39. W. Wascom
  40. J. C. Weaver
  41. J. M. West of Houston
  42. F. O. Witchell
  43. T. B. Williams
  44. J. B. Winslett
  45. A. P. Wozencraft
  46. J. W. Wright
  47. J. M. Young
  48. John Young

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

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