CONVERSE FEASTS GOLFERS (09-08-1908)

CONVERSE FEASTS GOLFERS.

Many Distinguished Persons Entertained at Fairfield County Golf Club.

GREENWICH, Conn., Sept. 7. — “Converse Night” was celebrated at the Fairfield County Golf Club, in Greenwich, to-night in a gorgeous manner after a day of play over the new course of 18 holes, which was formally opened at 9:30 in the morning by E. C. Converse, President of the club, making a great drive from the first tee.  Eight silver cups were presented in the play, one being a visitors’ cup, all visitors being allowed to play.  Two hundred golfers and guests sat down at 8 in the evening under a mammoth tent to partake of a dinner, including some special dishes prepared under Mr. Converse’s direction, secured by him when abroad.  Flowers, greens, and fancy lights added to the beauty of the occasion.  Seven vaudeville “turns” were presented.

Julian W. Curtiss was toastmaster, and seated at the first table with him were Mr. Converse, William Travers Jerome, the Rev. Percy S. Grant, J. H. Flagler, W. H. Truesdale, Congressan William Ward, Charles A. Moore, and Col. Morris G. Osborne of New Haven.  Other notables present were ex-Mayor F. W. Wurster of Brooklyn, Judge M. J. O’Brien, A. Wagstaff, persy and William G. Rockefeller, Col. R. C. McKinney, and Col. Robert B. Baker.  During the evening the club presented to Mr. Converse a heavy silver seaman cup suitably inscribed in recognition of his administration.
Originally published in The New York Times on Tuesday, September 8, 1908