Evening star. [volume], February 12, 1940, Page B-4, Image 20

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D. A. R. Unit
To Mark 48th
Birthday
Members in First
Congress Will
Be Honored
Three members of the Mary Wash
ington Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, who served in
the first Continental Congress of
the D. A. R., will be among the
honor guests at the reception the
chapter will give tomorrow night at
the Washington Club in celebration
of its 48th anniversary.
The three, who are Miss Lillian
Norton, Miss Janet Richards and
Ml«s Katherine Thomas, also will
cut the birthday cake.
Other honored guests will be the
State officers and former regents of
the chapter. Mrs. Elliott H. Haag,
regent, will receive.
The festivities will begin, after a
brief business meeting, when Mrs.
W. H O. McGehee, accompanied
by Dr. McGehee, will sing “A Birth
day” and “Homing.” Maj. Gen.
Amos A. Fries will extend greetings.
Miss Richards will give an informal
account of the organization of the
National Society <of the D. A. R.
and the formation of' the Mary
Washington Chapter, named in hon
or of Gen. Washington s mother.
Among other D. A. R. programs
this week will be an address by
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers
to the Louisa Adams Chapter to
morrow at 8 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. Leon K. Herbert, 3120 Sixteenth
street N.W. Hostesses with Mrs.
Herbert will be Miss May A. Husted,
Mrs. Cora Drake and Mrs. Harriett
Schenck.
The Louisa Adams Chapter has
announced its indorsement of a for
mer regent, Mrs. Brinkley E. Calli
cott, for the office of State corre
sponding or recording secretary. She
now is a member of the State Com
mittee of the D. A. R. Good Citizen
ship Pilgrimage.
The American Chapter will be en
tertained by the regent, Mrs. Clara
D. Perry, and the-vice regent, Mrs.
Elizabeth R. Cornish, at the latter’s
home tonight. Mrs. Jason Water
man will speak on “The Memory
Books for the Chapter House” and
Miss Anna Hamilton will report on
the student loan fund.
Emily Nelson Chapter will be en
tertained with a playlet, “Guests at
Ellis Island.” given by members of
the junior group at a meeting to
morrow at 8 pm. with the State
chairman of music, Mrs. Lois M.
Hicks. Mrs. Helen M. Collins and
Mrs. Bertha W. Crane will assist the
hostess.
Flag Presented
Boy Scout Troop
Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent,
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Civil War, recently presented Boy
Scout Troop No. 83 of Emory Metho
dist Church with a flag. It was
presented by Mrs. Edith Bugbee
and received by Leroy C. Swab,
scoutmaster, in memory of the late
Eugene Weaver, Civil War veteran.
The flag bears an inscription from
the tent by R. F. McElroy. The
program consisted of the invocation
by Mrs. Carrie H. Doyle, a musical
reading by Mrs. Sylvia D. Mc
Laughlin, accompanied by Mrs. Mil
dred Poor at the piano, and group
singing led by Mrs. Alice Meade,
with Mrs. Percy Parker at the piano.
The troop gave demonstrations of
first aid and rescue work.
Fashion Show
At City Club
A fashion show, sponsored by the
Junior Guild of the Women’s City
Club, will be held at the clubhouse,
736 Jackson place N.W., Thursday
night, following a short entertain
ment at 8:30 p.m. Members of the
guild will be the models.
Two lectures will be given at the
club this week, Mrs. Gladys B. Mid
dlemlss being scheduled to speak
before the current events section
tomorrow on “Tour in Africa.” She
also will show colored slides.
Miss Janet Richards will give her
annual lecture at the club Wednes
day night at the business and pro
fessional section dinner. She will
discuss “The Trend of Human
Events.*
G. A. R. Groups
Plan Party
The Junior Board of the Children
of the American Revolution will en
tertain the Intermediate C. A. R. at
a Washington’s birthday party Feb
ruary 24 at the Battery Park Club
from 2 to 5 p.m. There will be en
tertainment.
The following Junior Committee
chairmen will be in charge: Wil
liam Baylies, Lois Lutton, Jean Pag
ter, Jerry I,ee, Graham Smallwood,
Sully Wheeler and Rosline Smith.
C. A. R. members will be in at
tendance at the joint celebration at
Memorial Continental Hall on Feb
ruary 22, under the auspices of the
Sons of the American Revolution,
the Sons of the Revolution, the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion and the C. A. R.
The Junior State conference will
be held at Pierce Hall on March 0.
Auxiliary to Give
Party Tonight
An "information, please” feature
and a ‘‘true or false” quiz, conducted
by Mrs. P. A. Taylor, program chair
man, will feature the Valentine
party of the Railway Mail Auxiliary
at Capitol Park Hotel tonight.
Prizes will be awarded. Members of
the Railway Mail Association will
be guests of the auxiliary.
At the business session preceding
festivities, the president, Mrs. Wil
liam M. Collins, will preside. Mrs
Homer N. Link, who also is a mem
ber of the Capitol History Club, will
give a resume of James and Dolly
Madison at the White House, con
tinuing a two-year study of the
Presidents and their wives being
made by the auxiliary.
Beta Sigma Phi
Mrs. Leona Jenkins is the new
president of Mu Chapter, Beta Sigma
Phi, which will meet tonight at the
home of Miss Lee Fleming. Othei
new officers are: Ruth Minnick, vice
president; Mrs. Jean Winkler,
recording secretary; Mrs. Faye
Grundmeyer, corresponding secre
tary, and' Mrs. Mary Walsh, his
torian.
A
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Miss Ann Andersson
And Mr. Gemmill
Are Married
Miss Ann Mari Andersson, daugh
ter of Mr. Knut Andersson and the
late Mrs. Andersson of Stockholm,
Sweden, was married^ yesterday to
Mr. R. Henry Gemmill, son of Mrs.
Robert B. Gemmill and the late Mr.
Gemmill. The wedding took place
in the Augustana Lutheran Church
at Sixteenth and*V streets N.W., the
pastor, the Rev. Arthur O. Hjelm,
officiating at 12:30 o'clock.
Members of tyie two families and
a few close friends witnessed the
ceremony. The bride arrived in this
country a fortnight ago from Swe
den, where she was a student at
Social Pedagogiska Seminariet. She
will complete her required half
year’s study in Washington and be
graduated from the seminariet in
June.
Mr. and' Mrs. Gemmill will live in
Washington, where the former is a
member of the reportorlal staff of
The Evening Star. He was grad
uated from Yale University last
June.
Officers Installed
By Relief Corps
Officers of the Department of the
Republic, Woman’s Relief Corps,
were recently installed by Mrs. Elfle
Carroll of Lisbon, N. Dak., national
president, assisted by Mrs. Emma
W. Campbell, national secretary.
They are: President, Miss Mary
G. Pinnock; senior vice president,
Mrs. Sophie Bergner; junior vice
president, Mrs. E. Genevieve Craig;
secretary, Mrs. Delia L. O’Brien;
treasurer, Mrs. Louise Watson;
chaplain, Mrs. Cordelia Pollard;
inspector, Mrs. Mary H. Wingate;
counselor, Mrs. Moree Buckels Mc
Elroy; instituting and installing
officer, Mrs. Bertha B. Brown:
patriotic instructor, Mrs. Addie W
Hickman; press correspondent, Miss
Mary A. Howarth; senior aide, Mrs.
Carolyn Lillie; Executive Board,
Mrs. Horn, chairman; Miss Bessie
Pierce, Miss Sara Lynch, Mrs. Ger
trude Strickland and Mrs. Myrtle
Burke; delegate at large. Mrs.
Rosalie McKee Shelton; delegate,
Mrs. Mary Fields; alternate to dele
gate at large. Mrs. Fredericka
Thoma; alternate to delegate, Mrs.
Ella Southard.
Plans have been completed by the
Executive Board to give a benefit
waffle supper February 18 from 5
to 7 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Anna
Horn, 146 Uhland terrace N.E.
Dr. Kanner to Talk
Dr. Leo Kanner, associate profes
sor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine, will address the
Council of Jewish Women at 2:30
p.m. tomorrow at the Jewish Com
munity Center. Dr. Kanner, who is
a pioneer in the establishment of
psychiatric clinics in connection
with pediatric hospitals, will speak
on "Peace and War in Child Rear
ing.”
Sadie D. Ginsberg, director of the
Baltimore district. Child Study As
sociation of America, also will speak.
Dr. K. G. Symmonds will introduce
Dr. Kanner.
Talks to Continue
Mrs. Clara McQuown will con
tinue her series of talks concern
ing "Questions of the Hour” Thurs
day at the Washington Club. This
morning Mrs. Walter Hilton re
viewed Sigmund Spaeth's "Music
for Fun.”
More than 100 members and their
guests attended an open meeting of
the Book Chat of the Washington
Club last week when Mrs. J. Parker
Van Zandt reviewed “Momenta in
Peking,” and “The Way to Peace.”
Those who heard the lecture re
mained for the club luncheon which
followed.
Pioneer Women
Meet Tonight
The Pioneer Women for Palestine
will meet tonight at 8 o’clock, at
the Jewish Community Center.
Guest speakers will be representa
tives of the national office, who are
attending the American Jewish
Congress Conference. Plans and the
outcome of the conference, as well
as future plans for the organization’s
projects, will be discussed.
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Valentine Party
The Woman’s Community Club of
Kensington will sponsor a benefit
Valentine party at 2 p.m. Wednes
day at the elementary school audi
torium in Kensington. Games, cards
and fortune telling will be enter
tainment features.
White Elephant Sale
A white elephant sale will feature
a meeting of Delta Gamma alumnae
at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the home of
Mrs. William Lee, 5622 Moorland
lane, Bethesda, Md.
Five Attend Convention
Washington was represented by
five members of the Painting and
Decorating Contractors of America
last week at the annual convention
at French Lick, Ind. They were H.
A. Jaffee, A. C. Smith, W. F. Pat
terson, M. M. Hanson and A. W.
Jordan.
Scare Cure for Drinking
CLEVELAND, Feb. 12 (/P).—Police
have charged a 28-year-old house
wife with careless driving, asserting
she struck her husband with their
automobile in an attempt to scare
him into sobriety. The victim, Wes
ley Armour, screw company employe,
was hospitalized with a broken leg.
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Morning Town Hall
Meeting Friday
Mrs. Paul V. McNutt, wife of the
Federal Security administrator, has
made reservations for the series of
Friday morning meetings sponsored
by the Town Hall of Washington.
The first will take place this week
at the Shoreham at 11 o’clock, when
Miss Sydney Thompson, famous dra
matist and impersonator, will give
readings from De Maupassant, Bal
zac and O. Henry.
Mrs. Roosevelt, Margery Wilson
and Elizabeth Hawes are other
speakers lined up for the series. Mrs.
Richard V. Oulahan of the Jeffer
son Apartments is in charge of res
ervations.
Among those who have season
tickets are Mrs. Edward Finken
staedt, Mrs. Harold Walker, Mrs. F.
Moran McConihe, Mrs. Paul E.
Johnson, Mrs. Charles J. Kappler,
Mrs Daniei C. Roper, Mrs. Bruce
Smith, Mrs. Ovid Butler, Mrs. James
Craig Peacock and Mrs. Carl Droop.
Chi Sigma Chapter
To Give Dinner
The Washington Alumnae Chap
ter of Chi Sigma Sorority will cele
brate the anniversary of its found
ing with a dinner tonight at the
Hay-Adams House. National Offi
cers Loretta McCleery and Irene
Edwards. Province President Mar
jorie Mertz and other province offi
cers and members of the Washing
ton chapters will be guests.
Others to be present will be Lo
raine Leese Good, founder of Chi
Sigma, and the past national presi
dents, Dorothea Plitt Robertson,
Anne Knouse Boettcher and Ruth
Thomas Foster.
Dorothy Wills Atchison, chapter
president, and Anne Boettcher are
in charge of arrangements.
Bridge-Luncheon
Plans for a bridge-luncheon,
Saturday at the Brooke Tea House,
have been made by the Washington
Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Kappa.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements includes Mrs. Barton
W. Richwine. chairman; Mrs. Robert
Van Sickler, Miss Alma Barker, Mrs.
Charles Welch and Mrs. Bernard
Burdick.
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40 Members Join
Waycroft Club
Approximately 40 members al
ready have joined the Woman’s
Club of Waycroft and vicinity,
which recently was organized as
the seventh unit of the Arlington
bounty Federation of Women’s
Stubs. Mrs. John W. Lewis, at whose
home the first meetings were held,
has been made president. Mrs. Ar
thur Orr was the organizer, assisted
jy Mrs. Peter Simpson. Mrs. Wil
liam Watt of the Virginia Federa
tion spoke at the first meeting.
Other officers are Mrs. Ralph
Shumway, Mrs. Donald Duff and
Mrs. Chester Sharp, vice presidents;
Mrs. John C. Shover, recording sec
retary: Mrs. Harry Thompson, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. O. R.
Johnston, treasurer, and Mrs. M.
Ward, parliamentarian.
Department chairmen have been
appointed as follows: Mrs. F. B.
V
Homibrook, citizenship; Mrs. O.
MacPherson. American home; Mrs.
Shover, line arts, and Mrs. Le Roy
Smith, welfare. Mrs. Duff, ss pro
gram chairman, discussed plans for
the future at the last session and
Mrs. Lewis served tea afterward.
Mrs. Keyes to Give
Talk March 12
The District Chapter of the Inter
national Federation of Catholic
Alumnae will sponsor a lecture by
Mrs. Frances Parkinson Keyes at
the Willard Hotel, March 12 at 8:30
p.m. for the benefit'of the scholar
ship fund.
Miss Mae Manogue, governor of
the District chapter, has appointed
Miss Margaret McAllister general
chairman. She will be assisted by
Miss Mary Hannon, chairman of
tickets; Miss Mae Manogue, patron
esses; Mrs. Francis M. Murray,
ushers, and Miks Evelyn Collins,
publicity.
Rubinstein Club
To Give Concert
Patrons and patronesses for tho
concert of the Rubinstein Club,
which will b« given tomorrow eve
ning at 8:S0 o’clock at the Willard
Hotel, include Mrs. Roeetta Barlow,
Mrs. Mabel Beall, Mrs. Grace Perree
Bernard, Mrs. Howard Blandy, Mrs.
P. J. Burr, Mrs. Mary Bowen, Mrs.
Carl A. V. Carlsson, Mr. R. H. Dal
glelsh, Miss Jane Darby, Mrs. J.
Darlington Denit, Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Fakler, Miss Prances B. Fallon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Farrar, Mr. and
Mrs. Garland 8. Ferguson, Jr.; Miss
Berenice C. Follis, Mrs. Henry P.
Fowler, Mr. W. J. Gammell, Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey C. Gladlng, Mlas Esther
M. Goodpasture, Mrs. Hayner H.
Gordon, Miss Margaret Hitch, Mrs.
F. J. Hobbs, Mr. Eugene Kressin,
Mrs. Charlotte G. Lippltt, Mr. Nor
ton M. Little, Mr. and Mrs. Brew
ster H. Marshall, Mr Nicholas L.
Mortillaro, Mix Catherine Murray,
Mix Margaret Norton. Min Emma
C. Rail, Mr. and Mn. William P.
Shanahan, Mr. and Mn. 8. M. Staf
ford, Mr. and Mn. Charles-H. Tay
lor, Mr. Charles N. Taylor, Miss Ad
dle S. Wathen and Mn. Blanche
White.
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Alumnae Supper
Gamma Phi Beta alumnae will
be entertained at a supper meet
ing tomorrow at 6:30 pm. at the
home of Mix Janet Felker, Ban
croft place N.W. Mix Peiker, who
recently has been transferred to the
main library from the Georgetown
branch, will be assisted by Mix
France Ide, Mix Barbara Richmond
and Mix Louise Watkins.
Dinner Postponed
The dinner Vincent B. Costello
Unit, No. 13, American Legion Aux
iliary, had planned for Thursday,
has been indefinitely postponed
P. E. O. Meeting
the District Chapter
tj1* **• *• O. Sisterhood and presi
d-nts of the local chapters will be
*™ °f tomorrow night
when Mrs. Frank W Hubbard and
MIm Dmls Erwin will hold an "at
home for members of chapter j.
w5?r™Margaret Ward- awlsted by
Mrs. Florence Elliott, will present
a musical program. Miss Jane Mac
kay Anderson will receive with the
hostesses and preside at the business
meeting.
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