The Lambs, Inc.^®

Three pieces of Lambs history were recently framed for the Fold. They are all Western Union telegrams that were sent from club members to others. Two are new to the club and contain hundreds and hundreds of signatures of members, some who joined the club in the 19th century. A newer one, from 1972 (yes, Western Union was still in use) was sent by Shepherd Tom Dillon to an ailing member. It was put into a nice new frame. Look for these on the walls of the Fold. Thanks to the Lambs Foundation for preserving these.

The widest, and biggest, has an amazing story. On September 7, 1931, this Western Union telegram was sent to Lambs member Donald Brian on the occasion of opening night of the revival of The Merry Widow. It is signed by more than 200 fellow Lambs and friends. Among those who signed this are Robert Hood Bowers (1877-1941) composer/conductor for silent movies; Albert O. Brown (1872-1945) Shepherd 1921-24, 1930-32, theater manager; R. H. Burnside (1873-1952) Shepherd 1918-21, Immortal Lamb, and writer, director, producer, actor who staged hundreds of shows and ran the Hippodrome; Harold De Becker (1889-1947) Actor; Ernest Glendinning (1884-1936) silent movie & stage actor; John McGraw (1873-1934) member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, won World Series three times; Ray Peck (1874-1950) Shepherd 1945-47, Immortal Lamb, writer, lyricist, composer of musical comedies; Edwin Milton Royle (1862-1942) successful playwright; Percy Wenrich (1887-1952) Immortal Lamb, producer, Tin Pan Alley composer and member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. More than a dozen names are illegible; if you can decipher these, please inform the Club Historian.

1. Arthur Hurley
2. Robert L. Hagree
3. John Hobble
4. Frank Allworth
5. Will Philbrooke
6. Karl Stall
7. Franklin Woods
8. Thomas Cowan
9. Percy Wenrich
10. Earle Boothe
11. Robert Hood Bowers
12. John Sibel
13. Eugene Revere
14. Karl Stanton
15. Harold Bowden
16. John Leffler
17. J.C. Dunn
18. Ralph Riggs
19. Lionel Adams
20. Reginald Nessa (?)
21. John Henry Means
22. Donald A. Leonard
23. Carleton Macy
24. Mortimer H. Weldon
25. Leonard Loud
26. Ralph J. Locke
27. Charles Purcell
28. Albert J. Simmons
29. R. Barawall (?)
30. Bruce Elmore
31. Oscar Shaw
32. Ralph Theodore
33. Walter Armin
34. John Burke (?)
35. George Nash
36. John McGraw
37. Ross Hertz
38. ?
39. John T. Hughes
40. Bill Holbrook
41. Averell Harris
42. Hap Ward
43. Harry Short
44. William Carey ?
45. Adrian H. Rosley
46. Robert Pitken
47. Gardner Soper
48. Minor Watson
49. Ross Hertz
50. Vincent Serrano
51. Jack Combs?
52. Charles Brown
53. Henry O’Neill
54. Albert O. Brown (shepherd)
55. Edwin Milton Royle
56. John L. McManus
57. George Drury Hart
58. August Kleinecke
59. Hal Fonde
60. Roy Cropper
61. John Park
62. Albert H. Spink
63. Sam Wallack
64. Thomas L. Martin
65. Carl Simmonay ?
66. Henry Dazian
67. Charles P. Hammond
68. William J. Kelly
69. Jed Prouty
70. Frank Lalor
71. John Kline
72. Clyde Veaux
73. John Clarke
74. Harry McNaughton
75. Lee Kohlmar
76. J. Hammond Dailey
77. Edward Ellis
78. Barry Macollum
79. Percy Hilton
80. Norval Keedwell
81. Al Ochs
82. Lester E. Wallack
83. Jerome (Joe) Daley
84. Arthur Hurley
85. ?
86. ?
87. John Brennan ?
88. ?
89. M.D. Stauffer
90. Walter N. Greaza
91. Clay Clement
92. James Marshall
93. Burke Clarke
94. Eddie Poland
95. Edward Butler
96. Ray Peck
97. Arthur Gordon
98. Dr. William Frieder
99. Charles Halton
100. Thomas P. Shearer
101. William Holbrook
102. J. Sylvester Murray
103. Priestly Morrision
104. James L. Seeley
105. Edward Dillon
106. Harold Woolf
107. Ken Webb
108. Bruce Elmore
109. ?
110. Matthew Smith
111. Frederick Stanhope
112. William J. Rapp
113. George W. Swett
114. John B. Hendricks
115. William Lynn
116. Edwin Campbell
117. ?
118. ?
119. Harold De Becker
120. Robert H. Burnside
121. Franklyn Underwood
122. J.P. Lewis ?
123. William Danforth
124. George S. Christie
125. Louis Morrell
126. Joseph R. Garry
127. Aubrey Yates
128. Richie Ling
129. Mitchell Lewis
130. William H. White
131. Paul Everton
132. Henry Sherwood
133. Hugh V. O’Connell
134. Charles J. Schofield
135. Herbert L. Waterous
136. Harry A. Silvey
137. ?
138. Sudworth Frasier
139. Ernest Lawford
140. Louis M. Jacobs
141. Harold Vizard
142. Tom Fadden
143. Sam Coit
144. Dwight C. Leeper
145. Robert T. Haines
146. Mercer Templeton
147. ?
148. Leo Kennedy
149. Tom Kane
150. Clarence Bellair
151. Edward F. Flammer
152. ?
153. A. J. Wood
154. James ?
155. John D. Ravold
156. Henry O’Neill
157. ?
158. Roy Walling
159. ?
160. Maurice Lavigne
161. Lewis Hooper
162. William Ingersoll
163. Dodson L. Mitchell
164. Albert E. Morgan
165. ?
166. John A. Butler
167. W. Spencer Wright
168. John McGowan
169. Albert Phillips
170. ?
171. Edward Eddy
172. Henry C. Mortimer
173. Oswald Yorke
174. ?
175. Bruce Reynolds
176. Frederick B. Manatt
177. ?
178. John Carmony
179. Harrison Brockbank
180. Emmett Shackelford
181. Samuel H. Wallack
182. Roger Gray
183. Howard Marsh
184. Harland Dixon
185. William ?
186. ?
187. Ernest Glendinning
188. Allen ?
189. Forrest H. Orr
190. Jack ?
191. Hugh Huntley
192. Daniel E. Hanlon
193. ?
194. Victor Baravalle
195. James Wolfe
196. Charles F. O’Connor
197. James ?
198. Jack Roseleigh
199. Thomas B. Findlay
200. Franker Woods
201. Donald ?
202. Peter M. Lang
203. Dick ?
204. Raymond Bramley
205. Ivan Miller
206. ?
207. Horace Braham
208. Detmar H. Poppen
209. William E. Morris