Pryor Clan Gathers Today
To Honor Virginia Clergyman
Reunion Near Nottoway Courthouse, Va.,
Pays Homage to Brilliant Cleric
By JESSIE FANT EVANS.
Today the name and fame of Dr.
Theodrick Bland Pryor will be
memorialized bv the descendants of
of this brilliant Virginia clergyman,
who was content to measure the
span of his distinguished service in
the old Dominion's rural communi
ties rather than in the great cities j
Which besought it.
.rvjiiiuugix ataiiucu iiu.iniiy iium
the China Sea to tlie Zuyder Zee.
many of them will be represented
either in person or by message at
the little Pryor Memorial Presbyte
rian Church near Nottoway Court
House. Va.. which was erected dur
ing his lifetime to commemorate
their forebear. July 28. the day of
their coming together, is the Sunday
after the semi-centennial of Dr.
Pryor's death in his 86th year.
According to John W. Friend of
Petersburg, general chairman of this
reunion of the Pryor clan, the
parishoners of this church will be
hosts not only for the morning and
evening sermons, but for the al
fresco luncheon which will be a '■
feature of the intermission between ‘
the two services. So great is the
crowd expected, it is thought late
comers will be obliged to listen in j
from outside, through the open j
doors and windows.
Clergymen Descendants Expected. 1
Expected at this reunion are three
great-grandsons and a great-great
grandson, all of whom are clergy
men.
From the pulpit under which
his great-great-grandsire was
buried and from which he was wont
to address his congregation of by
gone years, the Rev. Mcllwaine
Thompson will deliver one of the
few manuscript sermons of his
ancestor known to be in existence. (
Possessed of a phenomenal memory,
Dr. Pryor had a unique custom of
whittling out a different wooden
peg as he prepared most of his
sermons. These he kept thereafter
in orderly rows in his study. From
a single glance at them, even in the
last years of his life, he would be
able to quote from the sermon which
he had evolved as he whittled it.
From Washington will go Mrs.
Gibbs Baker and her son. Gibbs
Baker, jr.t Mrs. F. Gerald Pryor
and Mrs. Arnold Kent Balls, long
prominent in alumna affairs for
Sweet Briar College and a Ph. D..
in chemistry from Columbia Uni
versity. In Norfolk and Petersburg
they expect to join other members
Of the Pryor clan from all over the
United States and from distant
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ed is Mrs. Blair Niles, who has won
distinction through her travel books
on Haiti, Peru and Ecuador, such
historical novels as "The Bay of
the Immense Sun" and her most
recent volume. "The James," one of
a series which is being issued about
America’s famous rivers.
Great-Grandfather Received Grant.
Dr. Theodrick Bland Pryor was
the great-grandson of Theodrick
Bland, who was given a large grant
of land on the James river, which he
called Jordans. Today. Jordans
Point, one of the oldest lighthouses
in Virginia, stands on a part of the
Bland grant not far from City
Point.
He himself started in life as a
lawyer, but soon his interest in
religion aligned him with the min
istry in the Presbyterian Church,
although all the members of his
family, including his five brothers,
were Episcopalians.
His brilliant attainments early
brought him a charge in Baltimore,
where he became distinguished
throughout the State of Maryland.
Then followed his service for the
Second Presbyterian Church in
Petersburg.
In Petersburg during the Civil
War he joined the Confederate
army as a chaplain, but later fought
in the ranks. Captured by the Union
forces, he made his escape back to
the Confederate camp, from where
he led a party of friends back on
horseback and captured in turn the
raiders who had taken him prisoner.
To his friend. Gen. Robert E. Lee,
Dr. Pryor lent his own study chair
when Lee and his desperate sup
porting forces were defending the
city of Petersburg and upon its wide
arm Lee wrote mast of his orders
and dispatches having to do with
the Confederacy’s last stand. His
daughter-in-law', Mrs. Anne Ban
ister Pryor, who married Dr. Pry oris
youngest son, Archibald Campbell
Pryor, afterward gave as one of
her childhood's memories of the
burning of Petersburg her recollec
tions of Gen. Lee’s orderly return
ing this chair with his thanks to
Dr. Pryor's family.
Mrs. Baker Now Has Chair.
This chair is at present the proud
possession of Dr. Pryor's grand
daughter Mrs. Baker, who was
Caroline Banister Pryor, and is now
a resident of this city.
Despite frequent calls after the
Cival War to large city churches.
Dr. Pryor felt his service could be
greatest to the rural communities
of Virginia. Successively he built !
up the country parishes of Crewe, j
Blaekstone. Burkville, Shiloh and
Nottoway County Court House, :
riding many miles on his far-flung j
round of pastoral visits, often ac- !
companied by his Negro body serv
ant. William, who was venerated |
for his godliness among his race 1
quite as much as Dr. Pryor was !
among the white people.
While he was serving on the j
Blackstone charge. Dr. Pryor pre
sented an ardent plea to have the
church repaired and was authorized '
to have whatever done that was
necessary. The next Sunday the
congregation arrived at the church
to find it painted a bright pink
with green blinds, his favorite color
combination. Amidst its grove of
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Democratic women of the city lost little time in meeting to evaluate the result of the Chicago convention. Mrs. David Tucker Brown,
president of the Woman's National Democratic Club, shown at extreme left, discussed high lights of the convention before the club’s
summer group last week.
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chairman of the study group, and Mrs. Claude Pepper, wife of the Florida Senator. —star Staff Photo.
tall trees it was a strange sight,
but his devoted congregation did not
change the color scheme because it
represented his choice, although
from far and near “visitors rode by
to have a look at Dr. Pryor's much
talked about pink church.”
Married Three Times.
Dr. Pryor was thrice married.
His first wife was Miss Lucy At
kinson, of Dinwiddie County, Va.
After her death, he married Miss
Fraces Epes of Nottoway County,
and when she died, he married Miss
Frances Fitgerald of the Castle.
Nottoway County. Here he lived
until his death at 86. active in the
ministry until the very end. He
had children by each of these
marriages.
A man of fire and zeal, of strong
impatience, as well as of simple
pieties and great human under
standing, it has been said of him.
"his heart was entirely with his
people and theirs with him. Old
people came to consult him about
their business problems as well as
their spiritual affairs. The young
confided in him as freely as did
those who were his contemporaries
and many a love affair came to
happy culmination through his
advice.”
Today in many homes in Virginia
as well as among the Pryor clan it
self. stories will be told of the
privilege it was to be a guest in the
Pryor home. One diary comments,
"One could have a horse or carri
age for the asking, but woe betide
the guest who was late for either
morning or evening prayers. This
inexcusable breach of courtesy
would promptly incur the right
eous wrath of this man of God.
who would be apt to discipline the
culprit with some such remark as.
"It is plain to be seen you need
guidance, do not again miss the 1
opportunity to receive it.’’
Eldest Son Became Judge.
His eldest son, Gen. Roger A.
Pryor, who lived until his 91st year,
was the last survivor of the squad
that fired on Fort Sumter. He
became a lawyer, and a member of
the New York Supreme Court. In
this latter capacity he initiated the
first litigation in which the validity
of a trust combination was challeng
ed, a litigation which culminated
in a decision by the New York Court
of Appeals that such a combination
was repugnant to the principles of
the common lawr and was "sufficient
cause for the forfeiture of corporate
charters.”
And so the lengthening shadow
of a great Virginia preacher con
tinues on in service to humanity
among his numerous progeny, north
east, west and south as they come
together to strengthen their owm
ideals at the shrine of his memory.
Flying Ph. D. Says Sports
Help Develop Good Pilots
Bv tbp Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 27.—To produce
an adequate number of trained" Av
iators for national defense, in the
opinion of a flying doctor of philos
ophy, the Nation “should develop at
once a vastly expanded program of
sports for its youth.’’
“The qualities which make a suc
cessful athlete, such as quick co
ordination of mind and muscle, the
ability to take in a situation at
a glance and to make a decision
instantaneously, the competitive
spirit and the ability to join in
teamwork, are also qualities that
make a successful aviator,” Dr. Ev
erett Edmondson of Northwestern
University said today.
“We should, therefore, encourage
the active participation in sports
of all the youth of our country
and we should develop as soon as
possible a broad program that will
make such participation possible.”
Dr. Edmondson is in charge of the
Civil Aeronautics Board’s program
at Northwestern, one of the few
Ph. D.’s in the United States who
are active flyers. He is a captain
in the Air Corps Reserve.
He said that contrary to popular
opinion. Americans did not partici
pate extensively in sports.
"We are enthusiasts, but not par
ticipants,” he continued. “Mast of
us take our sports vicariously. * * *
We must enlarge the base of par
ticipation.”
He recommended especially box
ing, baseball, tennis, basket ball and
hockey, all tending, he said, to de
velop in the player nerve, stamina,
initiative, equilibrium and judgment,
vital to the successful pilot.
As for the part women might play
in air preparedness, Dr. Edmonson,
who has taught many co-eds to fly,
said he had found that many girls
became capable flyers, but that men
advanced in proficiency more rap
idly than women.
Personal and Otherwise
Clubwomen to Sail on America;
Miss Vera Lundquist Returns
Bv FRANCES LIDE, |
Womm'i Club Editor.
Mrs. Laura L. Waters and Mrs.
Bertha B. Jones, both active in
club circles here, are among
Washingtonians planning to be
passengers on the S. S. America
during its maiden cruise in the
Caribbean next month. The two
are real globe trotters and it is
no surprise to find them booked
for passage on the new luxury
liner.
Mrs. Waters, who recently was
elected vice president of the local
Business and Professional Wom
ens Club, expects on her return
from the cruise to accompany the
club president. Dr. Florence Arm
strong. to a regional conference
in Bristol. Tenn.. August 30.
Dr Armstrong left Wednesday
for Iowa to visit relatives for a
month.
Miss Lundquist
Still for Willkie.
Back from a sort of family
reunion held at Lake Okoboji.
Iowa, is Miss Vera Lundquist. who
is well and favorably known to
club editors for the fine pub- j
licity work she has done for the
Business and Professional Wom
en's Club and also for the Zonta
Club. She joined a sister from
c.
Gift From Women's
Order of Foresters
Fund Will Carry On
Work of Commission on
American Citizenship
A gift of $25,000 has been made to
Catholic University by the Women's
Catholic Order of Foresters to carry
on the work of the Commission on
American Citizenship organized a
year ago, according to an announce
ment by Mrs. Anna R. Downes, high
chief ranger, from the headquarters
of the organization in Chicago.
The order has pledged itself to
raise this sum over a period of three
years in order that the program of
civic education already begun at the
university may be carried to a suc
cessful conclusion. Mrs. Downes
stated in a letter to the membership
through the Journal of the Order of
Foresters.
Mrs. Downes wrote. “Just a few
short months before his death, our
late Pope Pius XI addressed a let
ter to the American Catholic bishops
urging them to formulate a con
structive program of social action. In
response to the Pope's appeal, the
American hierarchy instructed the
Catholic University to prepare such
a program.” Mrs. Dow'nes is one
of the members of the commission
which includes a number of leading
Americans.
Special Study.
Difficulties with reading experi
enced by children of normal and
superior intelligence and the investi
gation of the best means for their
correction, as well as in spelling,
writing and arithmetic, is the basis
of study for two groups of teachers
and graduate students in the sum
mer session of the university.
A remedial clinic is being con
ducted in the child center to which
the children have been referred be
cause of educational failures by both
parochial and public schools. A
limited number of summer session
students will be given the oppor
tunity for practice work in remedial
instruction with these children.
Dr. Moore in Charge.
Conducted under the direction of
the Rev. Dr. Thomas Verner Moore,
O. S. B., professor of psychology at
the university and director of child
clinics at Providence Hospital, now
known as the child center at the
university, both the students in the
summer session and the children in
the remedial clinic will have close
and immediate contact with his
guidance.
One group of teachers and re
research students will concern them
selves with the problems of the ele
mentary school children and will
seek to analyze and correct difficul
ties in reading, spelling, .oral and
written composition through the first
six grades. In a more advanced
class methods of diagnostic testing
and corrective precedures ♦ill be
taught through actual case work.
Chicago and another from Iowa
at the lake—her first visit in that
section for about 10 years.
Miss Lundquist, a Republican
of long standing, returned to the
Capital a staunch Willkie fan. in
spite of exposure to New Deal
atmosphere on her trip from Chi
cago. Vice Presidential Nominee
Henry A. Wallace, with other
New Dealers and members of
the press were traveling on the
same train, and when she entered
her car her porter was much im
pressed by still another notable
"Do you know who held the
door for you?" he asked. "Mayor
Kelly."
A feminine fellow passenger j
flaunted a Willkie button the
entire trip, she reported, but j
while Vera admired her spirit,
she failed to follow suit.
Other Clubwomen
Out of City.
Before the Iowa trip Miss
Lundquist and Miss Emma T.
Hahm. former president of the
Zonta Club, went to Asheville.
N. C.. during the time the Execu
tive Board of the Federation of
Business and Professional Wom
en was in session there.
Though they were not eligible
for the meeting, they saw Dr
Armstrong and Judge Lucy S. j
Howorth while in the mountain
city.
Another Zonta out of the city
is Miss Adelaide Courtney Flana
gan, who is attending the Nor
mal School of Dancing Masters
of America, now in session in
Pittsburgh, Pa, prior to the
opening of the annual conven
tion. August 4. Miss Flanagan
has a studio here.
Business Booms for
Girl Reserves.
Business has been booming for
a little group of Girl Reserves
since they received publicity on
their offer to do various summer
jobs at reasonable rates during
the summer.
Known as the three Is (Indi
vidual Initiative Industries) the
girls are directed by Miss Mabel
Cook. Girl Reserve secretary at
the Y. W. C. A.
Miss Cook said last week that
they have received more orders
for child care than for any single
type of service, but that the
young cooks in the group also
have enjoyed good business.
In one instance a customer in
dicated that she expected her
“happy home” to be saved by the
girl who undertook to sew but
tons on the family wardrobe.
Two of the girls recently as
sisted at a golden wedding an
niversary and others have re
lieved hostesses by “doing" Mount
Vernon, the Washington Monu
ment and other points of interest
with out-of-town visitors.
I personally know of a vaca
tion crisis that was saved when
one of the girls agreed to care
for a spoiled and adored cat while
its owners were out of town.
Family of Kittens
Provide One Job.
And speaking of pets. Miss
Cook said that one distracted cat
lover first made arrangements
for the care of a single pet and
later telephoned that she now
had a family of three.
The job was accepted on the
new basis, however, and the two i
little newcomers were guarded
carefully in a dark room until
their mistress returned.
Sons and Daughters
Of Liberty
Justice Council met in Northeast
Masonic Temple with Mamie Solo
mon, councilor, presiding. Florence
Walton of True Blue Council was
received as deputy, officers installed
were: Councilor, Josephine Thorn
hill; associate councilor, Ena Allen;
junior past councilor, Mamie Solo
mon; junior past associate councilor, I
Minnie Stuart; vice councilor, Eu
nice Gettings; associate vice coun
cilor, Grace Dietrich; guide, Ella
Burnley; recording secretary, Eliza
beth Shepherd: associate recording
secretary, Mary E. Williams; finan
cial secretary, Eva Wood; treasurer,
Hattie Campbell: inside guard, Okie
Young; outside guard, Ethel Thorpe.
Madge Mills, past State councilor,
and Ethel Windsor assisted with
the installation. Ethel Fowler,
State councilor, was a guest. Ma
bel Hall announced a meeting will
be held at the Hamilton Hotel to
morrow at 8 p.m.
Club Keeps
Hospital
Committee
Twentieth Century
Will Continue
Aid to Gallinger
The Gallinger Hospital Commit
tee. which figured prominently in
the Twentieth Century Club last
year during its golden jubilee cele
bration, will be continued in the
coming season under the direction
of the former chairman, Mrs. R.
Thomas West.
Announcement was made with
that of newly-appointed committee
and section chairmen chosen by
the new president, Mrs. Lawrence
Martin, and approved by the Ex
ecutive Board. Mrs. Martin enter
tained the board at a tea shortly
before she left for her summer home
in Belfast. Me., to remain until early
autumn.
The Gallmger Committee carried
out the club's anniversary project
of establishing a room for occupa
tional therapy and a library for
children at the hospital.
Other committees and their chair
men are as follow's: Program, Mrs
James T. Jardine: membership, Miss
Elizabeth Weightman; finance. Mrs.
Walter M. Gilbert; hospitality, Mrs.
W'illiam Scott Stein; press, Mrs. Ed
gar B. Meritt; printing, Mrs. Ste
phen A. Capps: legislation. Mrs.
Howard G Nichols: ushers, Mrs.
Clyde B. Asher, and social, Mrs.
Sidney H. Thompson.
Chairmen o' the sections are: Art.
Mrs. Harold N. Fowler; civics-edu
cation. Mrs. Prentiss Willson:
French, Mrs. John van Shaick, jr :
garden. Mrs. Stephen Olop: inter
national outlook. Mrs. James K
McClintock: literature, Mrs. Lyman
B. Swormstedt. and nature, Mrs.
Charles Thomas Batson.
Officers of the club, in addition
to Mrs. Martin, are Mrs. Alfred H.
Brooks, first vice president; Mrs.
Francis M. Goodwin, second vice
president; Mrs. Stanley P. Young,
recording secretary: Mrs. William
T Clerk, corresponding secretary:
Mrs. Ryland C. Bryant, treasurer,
and Mrs. W. Hayes Yeager, assistant
treasurer.
Members of the Board of Direc
tors. whose term of office does not
expire until 1941. are Mrs. Leo D.
Miner. Mrs. Ernest R. McComas.
Mrs. Richard Fay Jackson and Mrs.
Willoughby S. Chesley.
Members elected at the annual
meeting are Mrs. E. G. Montgomery,
retiring president; Mrs. Philip Sid
ney Smith. Mrs. W. W. Husband.
Mrs. R. Winston Holt. Mrs. D. Ag
new Greenlees and Mrs. John B.
Gordon.
While the regular activities of the
club have been suspended for the
summer, an enthusiastic Red Cross
unit, under the supervision of Mrs.
Brooks, meets each Monday at 1
p.m. and each Wednesday at 10
a m. at the Walsh Mansion to make
surgical dressings.
Speaker Is Chosen
Hedlev Donovan of the Washing
ton Post will be the guest speaker
at the luncheon meeting of the
Washington branch of the Com
mittee to Defend America by Aid
ing the Allies at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday
at Wesley Hall. He will outline
‘ The Present Political and Congres
sional Attitude Upon Aid the Allies
Legislation.”
100-Year Search Fails
To Find Lost Bottle
New Zealand's 100-vear quest for
a "lost bottle" has failed and if the
bottle is not found soon a cairn
will be erected to mark the spot
where a naval party landed and
proclaimed sovereignty. One June
day a century ago two men buried
the bottle on a beach on New Zea
land's farthest south, Steward
Island. In it was an important doc
ument—the island's birthright, the
proclamation of sovereignty.
Ths diggers were Capt. Joseph
Nias of the frigate Herald, which
took possession of the island in 1840,
and Maj. Bunbury. Ever since then
Steward Islanders, mostly whaling
and oystermen. have been on the
lookout for the lost bottle. Although
its location was carefully noted in
the ship’s log no trace of it has been
unearthed, according to records in
Wellington.
Good-Will Tour Members
Will Describe Trip
To D. C. Clubwomen
Party Will Be Benefit
For General Federation’s
Golden Jubilee Fund
District clubwomen will hear first-hand accounts of the South
American "good neighbor tour,” completed last week under auspices of
the General Federation of Women's Clubs and the Pan-American Union,
at a special benefit program arranged for 2 p.m. August 9.
Mrs. Saidie Orr Dunbar, federation president, who headed the delega
tion, and Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Indian welfare chairman, who also was
in the party, will discuss the trip from the standpoint of what it achieved
in the way of pan-American friendship, as well as from the tourist angle.
The Pan-American Union is co-operating, and it is planned that
Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director general, will greet the gathering. A response
will be made in Spanish by the assistant director of the union, Senor
Pedro de Alba.
Mrs. Roosevelt Heads
Sponsors for Program.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt heads a distinguished group of sponsors
obtained for the program, which is bping arranged by the Golden Jubilee
Committee of the District Federation, of which Mrs. Edgar B Merritt is
State chairman.
Mrs. Ernest H. Daniel, District federation president, is assisting, ard
Mrs. Frederic Newburgh, president of the Housekeepers' Alliance and
chairman of club extension for the Golden Jubilee Committee is general
chairman in charge of arrangements and reservations. Serving as chair
man of sponsors is Mrs. Lloyd A. Morrison, chairman of the federations
department of American Citizenship
and chairman of flag for the Jubilee
Committee.
Mrs. Morrison has announced that
cabinet circles will be repiesented by
Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary of
Labor, while Mrs, Henry F. Grady,
wife of the Assistant Secretary of
State, and her daughter, Miss Pa
tricia Grady, represent the "little
cabinet” group.
Senator Hattie Caraway also is a
sponsor, as are Mrs. Edward R.
Burke, wife of the Nebraska Sen
ator, who also represents the organ
ization group as president of the
Congressional Club; Mrs. Walter F.
George, W'ife of the Senator from
Georgia, and Mrs. Claude Pepper,
wife of the Florida Senator.
Mrs. George C. Marshall
Is Among Sponsors.
From the service circles are Mrs.
George . Marshall, wife of the Army
chief of staff, and Mrs. Ben Moreeli,
wife of Admiral Moreeli.
sponsors irom me congressional
circle include Mrs. Jchn J. Demp
sey. wife of the New Mexico Repre
sentative; Mrs. Roy O. Woodruff,
wife of the Michigan Represent
ative: Mrs. Wade Kitchens, wife of
the Arkansas Representative, and
Mrs. Harry L. Englebright, wife of
the California Representative.
Mrs. John L. Whitehurst, first
vice president of the General Fed
eration and its golden jubilee chair
man. is a sponsor, as are Mrs.
David Tucker Brown, president of
the Woman's National Democratic
Club: Mrs. Edward Everett Gann,
president of the League of Republi
can Women; Mrs. Minnie J. Bur
dine. worthy grand matron. Order
of the Eastern Star of the District: 1
Mrs. E. Richard Gasch. president of
the National League of American
Pen Women, and Mrs. H Lyle
Campbell, president of the District
League; Mrs. Frederick M. Kerby,
president of the Woman's Club of
Chevy Chase; Mrs. Harry C. Ober
holser. State regent of the District
D. A. R.; Mrs William W. Husband,
chairman of the House and Head
quarters Committee of the General
Federation, and Miss Vella A. Win
ner, editor of the Clubwoman. G F.
W. C.
South American Arts
Will Be Exhibited.
An exhibit of South American arts
and crafts and South American
music will be features of the after
noon and refreshments will be
served, Mrs. Newburgh announces
The party will be held at the
headquarters of the General Fed
eration. 1734 N street N.W. Pro
ceeds will go to the golden jubilee
birthday fund of the General Fed
eration. This will be the continu
ation of a series of parties sponsored
by the District Federation Commit
tee for the benefit of the birthdav
fund. The series opened with the
Alaskan-Indian program given last
summer. Mrs. Meritt said that as
a result of these benefits more than
$600 already has been turned over
to the federation, but that the
quota for the District is still only
partially filled.
Each of the clubs in the District
organization is expected to hold a
birthday party during ie jubilee
season to augment the fund
Presidents of all the federated
clubs will serve on the Reception
Committee at the August party.
Bethesda Women
Plan to Present
‘Circus Side Show’
A circus "side show" will be given
by members of the Woman's Club
of Bethesda at 11 a m. Tuesday, fol
lowed by luncheon at 12:30 pm.
The entertainment will include the
usual circus features such as the
tattooed lady, lion tamer, hula
dancers, clowns and others.
Mrs. F. B. Di Blasi is general
chairman of the summer “open
house" event and will supervise the
luncheon, to be followed by cards.
Mrs. Jacob Bulger, club president,
has announced appointment of de
partment chairmen for the coming
year. They are: Literature. Mrs.
Hugh Johnston: press and publicity,
Mrs. John L. Huber; public welfare,
Mrs. Frank P. Farley; hospital. Mrs.
Reginald Looker: social service. Mrs.
Gordon Biddle; hospitality. Mrs. W.
H. KeiW; house and rentals, Mrs.
George Pariseau and Mrs. Mark
Halier; social. Mrs. Di Blasi and
Mrs. Richard Titlow. program. Mrs.
Robert T. Leipold: membership,
Mrs. William MacGowan; Ameri
can home. Mrs. Manning Dyer; ap
plied education. Mrs. Jack Irwin;
conservation, Mrs. J. G. Ball; mo
tion pictures. Mrs. Richard D. Nev
ius; scholarship. Mrs. Kenneth New
ton: fine arts. Mrs. Edw’ard Willis;
arts, Mrs. Edwin H. Etz; drama,
Mrs. E W. Offutt; music. Mrs.
James Hammond; international re
lations. Mrs. J. B. Hutson, and leg
islation and resolutions, Mrs. Louis
A. Gravelle.
The Board of Directors includes
Mrs. T. E. Cassey, Mrs. Gilbert
Grosvenor, Mrs. Charles Moore,
Mrs. Looker and Mrs. Etz.
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