Club Proceedings
1930.—The Week-end Meets held during the year were :—26th January, Chapel-le-Dale ; 9th March, Clapham (with the Derbyshire Pennine Club) ; Easter, 20th April, Coniston; nth May, Kettlewell ; Whitsun, 8th June, Gaping Ghyll (with the Rucksack Club) ; 22nd June, Longnor (with the Derbyshire Pennine Club) ; 28th September, Horton-in-Ribblesdale (with the Wayfarers’ Club).
A Ladies’ Dinner took place at the Hotel Metropole, Leeds, on 14th February.
The nineteenth number of the Club Journal was published just before the Annual Dinner.
1930-31.—At the Annual General Meeting held 8th November, 1930, the following were elected to hold office during the year :—President, T. Gray ; Vice-Presidents, W. A. Wright and C. Chubb ; Hon. Treasurer, B. A. Bates ; Hon. Secretaries, D. Burrow and F. S. Booth ; Hon. Editor, E. E. Roberts ; Hon. Librarian, J. Buckley ; Committee, H. Armstrong, W. V. Brown, J. Buckley, C E. Burrow, A. Butterfield, J. Hilton, A. E. Horn.
The twenty-fourth Annual Dinner took place at the Hotel Metropole, Leeds, on 8th November, 1930. The President, T. Gray, was in the chair, and the principal guests were Judge Woodcock, and Sir Wm. Ellis, Alpine Club. The kindred clubs were represented by Mr. J. E. Grosvenor, Midland Association of Mountaineers ; Mr. C. D. Yeomans, Derbyshire Pennine Club ; Mr. H. Baxter, Rucksack Club ; Mr. H. Poole, Climbers’ Club ; Mr. H. Priestman, Scottish Mountaineering Club ; Mr. B. C. Alferoff, Wayfarers’ Club ; Mr. F. O. Smith, Gritstone Club; and Mr. J. F. Seaman, Fell and Rock Climbing Club. Over ninety people dined.
On 13th December, 1930, F. S. Smythe lectured to an audience of nearly 400 on ” The Kangchenjunga Adventure.” The choice of day, Saturday, enabled a large number of men to come in to Leeds, and the big muster to hear a lecture of this important character was highly gratifying to the Committee.
At the Annual General Meeting it was decided that members who have paid thirty years’ subscriptions should become Life Members.
At a Special General Meeting, 17th February, 1931, the sum of 100 guineas Was voted to the funds of the Kamet Expedition.
1931.—The Week-end Meets held during the year were :—ist February, Chapel-le-Dale ; 15th March (with the Gritstone Club) ; Easter, 5th April, Wastdale Head ; 26th April, Lost Johns’ Cavern ; Whitsun, 24th May, Gaping Ghyll ; 2rst June, Great Langdale, Robertson Lamb Hut; 19th July, Kingsdale (with the Rucksack Club) ; 20th September, Castleton (with the Derbyshire Pennine Club) ; 18th October, Keld.
With deep regret we record the deaths of W. A. Wright, our senior Vice-President, and of R. Kidson Swales.
1931-32.—At the Annual General Meeting held 14th November, 1931, the following were elected to hold office during the year :— President, A. E. Horn ; Vice-Presidents, C. Chubb and G. L. Hudson ; Hon. Treasurer, R A. Bates ; Hon. Secretaries, D. Burrow and F. S. Booth ; Hon. Editor, E. E. Roberts ; Hon. Librarian, J. Buckley ; Committee, H. Armstrong, W. V. Brown, J. Buckley, C. E. Burrow, C. C. Bristol, R. F. Butler, F. B. Cooper.
The twenty-fifth Annual Dinner took place at the Hotel Metropole, Leeds, on 14th November, 1931. The President, A. E. Horn, was in the chair, and the principal guest was the Rev. W. L. Schroeder. The kindred clubs were represented by Sir Wm. Ellis, C.B.E., Alpine Club; Dr. Lewis Graham, Scottish Mountaineering Club ; Mr. G. A. Lister, Midland Association of Mountaineers ; Mr. J. L. Longland, Wayfarers’ Club; Mr. T. P. Fox, Rucksack Club ; Mr. G. O. G. Lennard, Fell and Rock Climbing Club ; Mr. C. Baines, Derbyshire Pennine Club ; Mr. H. Poole, Climbers’ Club.
1932.—On 30th January, F. S. Smythe lectured in the Philosophical Hall, Leeds, to a crowded audience, on ” The Conquest of Kamet.” The number of men wdio came in from a distance and who drove home in the darkness was again very gratifying.
With deep regret we record the death of Frank Ellet and of Claude E. Benson.
New Members.
1930.
Davis, Nevile Ryland, 10, Atkinson Road, Sale.
Wood, Basil John, 44, High Street, Norton-on-Tees.
Reed, David Lawrence, Thorpe House, Stockton-on-Tees.
White, Paul, Scandinavia Mills, Cleckheaton.
1931
Nelstrop, Bernard, Avalon, Heybridge Lane, Prestbury, Cheshire.
Foley, Innes Cliffe, Lloyds Bank Chambers, Collingwood Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Moore, John, 3, Oakwood Mount, Roundhay.
Pryce, Arthur (Rev.), Chapel-le-Dale Vicarage, near Ingleton.
Heys, Alan Edward, 42, St. Michael’s Road, Headingley.
Evans, Walter Edmund, 33, Norton Avenue, Norton-on-Tees.
Alexander, George Baker, Devonshire Hall, Headingley.
Moore, Joseph, 4, Oakroyd Villas, Manningham, Bradford.
Higgins, William Frederick, Carreg Wen, Bryniau, Meliden, Prestatyn.
Seed, Ernest Carl, 469, Huddersfield Road, Wyke, Bradford.
Williamson, John, Moorfoot, Ilkley.
Williamson, Maurice Metcalfe, 45, Rainhall Road, Barnoldswick.
1932.
Nelson, George Henry Fox, 40, Hollin Lane, Far Headingley.
Leach, Edmund Arthur, Rockfield, Halton, Leeds.
Leach, Frederick Herbert, Rockfield, Halton, Leeds.
Brown, James Duncan, Thorpe House, Norton-on-Tees.
Byrne, BrYan Turtin, Ivanhoe, Appleton Road, Stockton-on-Tees.
Crowe, James, Thorpe House, Norton-on-Tees.
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