Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1930, Page 56

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE Veterans of Great War | VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. | MEETINGS THIS WEEK. Monday—Columbia Post, Thomas Monday—Front Line Post, Wins- ton Hotel. Monday—Front Line Auxiliary, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club. | ‘Tuesday—National Capital Post and Auxiliary, Pythian Tem- ple. ‘Wednesday — Overseas Military | | Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, 339 ' Pennsylvania northwest. Thursday—Potomac Post Auxiliary, Soldiers, and Marines Club. avenue ‘ and sailors | | | The following list of staff officers and council members were duly elected | and appointed at the District Encamp- ment June 13: Department com- mander, William L. Thomas, Equality- Walter ‘'Reed Post; senior vice com- mander. Oscar W.’ Hollingsworth, Na- | tional Capital Post: junior vice com. #ander, Preston C. Wheeler, Follow-Me Post; department adjutant, Arthur C.| Fowle, Equality-Walter Reed Post: de- partment quartermaster, Clifton A Brode, Federal Post: chief of staff, Jo- seph F. Beattie, Equality-Walter Reed Post; judge advocate, Maurice Grudd Front Line Post; surgeon, Dr. A. Vic- tor Cercell, Front Line Post; chaplain, Rev. V. O. Anderson, Federal Post; in- | spector, Henry Ewing, Potomac Post; | patriotic instructor, W. Laurence | Hazard, Columbia Post; historian, Fred C. Lucas, Federal Post: chairman re- lief_committee, J. Allen Praether, Co- lumbla Post. Council members—National Capital Post, J. J. Allen, R. J. Cavanaugh, D. J. Leahy and B. S. Bladen; Equality- Walter Reed I D. E. Campbell, James W. Boyer, ji John D. Wis- chusen; Columbia Po: H. E. Shilling and J. Grady Owens. Federal Post, Grover C. Moore and Samuel B. Lapin: | Fotomac Post, W. J. Tyrell and Frank | J. Daly; Pront Line Post, W. J. Har- rington, J. B. Gardella and Walker 3. Colstar; Pollow-Me Post, Philip R.i All officers and council members were | obligated Saturday night, June 14, by Past Department Comdr. Joseph 8. Beattie. | Without a break in the prospective program of activities of retiring De- partment Comdr. Harvey L. Miller, the newly elected department commander William L. Thomas, declared his pur- pose is to have a most successful year of V. F. W. administration. His first move was fto permanent headquarters for the D. C. Department. Through the co- operation of Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, U. S. A, commanding th# District of Columbia National Guard units, offi- cial headquarters for the District of Columbia Department No. 1, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be made avail ble at the National Hotel Armory Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth street. Occupancy of the office will be ob- tained June 28, on which date all offi- cial records, equipment and parapher- nalia of the D, C. Department will be installed. In the established headquarters Sen- for Vice Comdr. Hollingsworth will | maintain an open office, where all per- | sons should contact who e con- structive organization programs to of- | fer, in order that such matters may l: ;mm for timely mnslder-u‘mi ¥ department’s council of admin- istration. Comrades of this jurisdiction | are requested to visit the headquarters and employ, under proper control reg- | ulations, its facilities for promoting | V. P. W. interests. The number of the office Toom and of the telephone service | will be announced at a later date. | secure a The matter of paramount importance and interest to the veterans is the ap- proaching national encampment at Baltimore, Md., from August 30 to September 6. From all indications, the | District of Columbia will be represent- ed by more than a thousand members of local posts and their auxiliaries, to-| gether with their friends. | ‘The chairman of the National En- campment committee, Past Department Comdr. Beattie, requests all post adju- tants communicate to him at once the probable numerical strength of the | attendance of the unit posts in order that he may make proper reservations | for transportation and hotel accommo- dations, and from him particular in- formation concerning rates, etc., can be obtained upon application. The department headquarters were | visited by Past Department Comdr. Prank Lockhead, captain, U. 8. A., who | has just returned to the city from the Army School at Fort Benning, Ga. It | was his intention to attend the depart- ment encampment to address the con- vention, but due to an automobile accident he was unable to do so. Prom now until the twenty-first annual encampment at Baltimore, Md.. the Overseas Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps will hold we-kly rehearsals on Wednesday nights at 339 Pennsyl- vania avenue. On each of these occa- sions the street and concert programs to be used in the competition at the National Encampment will be repeated. Fhe Overseas Corps’ goal is to win all national honors at the encampment and to be officially designated as the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars National Band It is anticipated that the strongest com- petition to be met by the crack local organization, which has already won two grand prizes and four first prizes, will be encountered from the band ot the Morley-Cates Post, Lansing, Mich.; the New York State V. F. W. Band, the Detroit V. F. W. Police Band and the V. F. W. Band from Revere, Mass. A number of the Overseas Military Band have joined the 20th Marines, and from July 6 to 13 will be at the Marine training camp at Quantico, where these band members will be given opportunity to drill up on smart military parading end formations. A few of the bugiers are also going to Quantico with the 20th Regiment, and upon the return ffom Quantico of the h Regiment Sunday morning drills for the Overseas Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps will be held during July and August to rehearse and perfect the formations and movements o be used in the competi- tion at the Baltimore National Encamp- ment. It is understood that a squad of buglers representing the Rear Admiral Robert E._ Peary Ship, V. F. W. will ehortly affillate with the Overseas Corps. More buglers are needed and individual poets desiring to be further represented in the Bugle Corps are invited to send in the names of candi- dates they wish to equip. The Band, Drum and Bugle Corps at its last meeting was addressed by Past Department Comdr. Frank Lockhead and also by Department Comdr. W. L. Thomas. Comdr. Lockhead congratu- lated the corps upon its growth in the pest year. Comdr. Thomas announced that no change in policy would be made in regard to the corps and that it would continue under the leadership of Past Department Comdr. Miller, original organizer of the corps. Comdr. Thomas expressed appreciation of the corps and pledged it support. | The Overseas Corps will hold an exposition and bazaar at Thirty-fourth street and Wisconsin avenue from June 27 to July 8. The carnival is in charge of a committee headed by Comrades Oscar H. Kee and Jack Mullane At the June 16 meeting of Federal Post, at the parish hall of St. Agnes' | Church, Representative Kvale of Min- npsota gave a talk on the veterans’ compensation bill and other pending legislation. Twelve new comrades were obligated. | Potomac Post. No. 1085, Veterans of Foreign Wars, held a meeting June 13 | instead of the regular meeting night, June 12, on account, of the department encampment, District of being held at that time. Plans were completed for the moonlight excursion ‘ & be g th post on ity of Circle Club. | | Wheeler. the time and place for the | by the finance committee of $74.000,000 | It will be both generous and just and Columbia, | ! Washington June 30. The boat leaves the Seventh street wharf at 8:30 p.m., returning by 11:30 o'clock. Tickets can | be purchased from any comrade of the | post or the commander, Frank R. Heise. The next regular meeting will be held June 26 at Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast. A large class of recruits will be obligated, the long form of initiation being used. Potomac Auxiliary, No. 1085, held a meeting June 13. After the business meeting a social was held, the mem- bers of the post being guests, The aux- iliary made plans to give a series of home card parties. The first one was given Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Eva Wheeler, wife of the depart- ment junior vice commander, P. C. next one to he announced later. The third annual birthday party of the auxiliary will be held July 25 at the home of Mrs. Lodge at Silver Spring. This will be in the form of a moonlight picnic. All members of both Potomac Post and auxiliary will please keep this date in mind. Mrs. Beasley, chairman of poppies, gave her report on the returns of the poppy sale. The next regular meeting of the auxiliary will be held June 26 at Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club, 1015 L street. Delegates and alternates to the national encampment will be elected. The last social meeting of Follow Me Post was held at the home of Comrade Busada. There was a large attendance and two new members were initiated. The commander expressed himself as gratified at the results of the post poppy drive and the enthusiasm shown by the members. Comrade Millebrandt has ned from the Southwest and will take his place in the activities of the ' post. The next meeting will be June 26. ! THE AMERICAN LEGION. MEETINGS THIS WEEK. Tuesday—Victory Post, W. O. W. Hall, 835 Grant place north- west, 8 p.m Tuesday—Stuart Waleott Post, Winston Hotel. 8 p.m. Tuesday—Lincoln Post, New Am- sterdam Hotel, 2701 Four- teenth street northwest, 8 Reese Europe, Y. M. C. A, Twelfth and T streets northwest, 8 p.m. Wednesday—Henry C. Spengler Auxilia Thomas _Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue northwest, 8 p.m. Wednesday—Department m e m - bership _committee, board room, District Building, 8 p.m. Thursday—Department _executive committee. board room, Dis- trict Building, 8 p.m. Thursday—James E. Walker Post, Y. M. C. A, Twelfth and T streets northwest, 8 p.m. A meeting of the department exec- utive committee of the Department of the District of Columbia. the American Legion, will be held Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the board room, District Building. Department Comdr. Charles H. Knight will preside, Action by Congress on the Johnson disabled veterans’ bill by which many thousands of veterans of the World War will be benefited is being anxiously awaited throughout the country, not y by members of the American Legion but those not members of the organization. This bill has been favorably reported out by the Senate finance committee and action by the Senate is being looked for anv day. As passed by the House the bill wouid have cost $181,000,000 & year, a sum that many believe Presi- dent Hoover would disapprove. The Senate finance committee thereupon reduced this cost to about $74,000,000. In addition to this it has included an amendment which will save a $25,000.- 000 expenditure which would be neces- sary under existing law. Vice Chairman John Thomas Taylor of the national legislative committee, who is actively behind the bill on behalf of the American Legion, says: “The Congress has enacted many measures at the present session, which together with the additions to the appro- priation bills will cost many times more than the veterans’ measure, and a ma- jority of these increases were voted by the Congress while the veterans' bill was still pending. The amendment deduct- ing $25,000,000 from the bill as reported would make the net cost of the bill the first year about $50,000,000. This net expenditure of $50,000,000 will assist countless distressing cases. Among others it will connect with the service the following: Twenty-three thousand mental cases, 19,000 tuberculosis, 29,000 chronic and constitutional diseases. “This relief will be real and practicai. | American Veterans, secretaries to Delegate Houston. Each of those in the party wore a Hawaiian lef at the ceremony, where silent trib- ute was paid to the Unknown Soldier. A meeting of the Henry C. Spengler Auxiliary unit will be held Wednesday night at 8 o'tlock in the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue. The George E. Killeen Unit, No. 25, met at the new club rooms, 1316 Wis- consin avenue, June 11. There was a large attendance. The rooms have been donated to the Killeen Post and Aux- illary and have been attractively fur- nished by members of the post. This was the last meeting of the season. The war mother, Mrs. Killeen, had as her guests three war mothers who were vis- iting the D. C. from the States. The unit plans to have a lawn party in August. Mrs. Mary Speeden is chair- man of the committee, A joint meeting of the Sergeant Jas- per Post, the American Legion, and the auxiliary was held at the Thomas Circle Club Wednesday evening. Definite dis- position was made during the business session of the contest recently initiated by the unit. The winner of the prize to be awarded prior to the next meet- ing will be announced within the next few days. Mrs. Mildred Eckles, president of the unit, appointed a committee, including Mrs. Edith O'Connor, chairman; Mrs. Margaret Jacobs, Mrs, Ruth Orlosky, Mrs. Thad Baker and Mrs. Dora Weiner, to complete arrangements for a garden party to be held for the benefit of the Sergeant Jasper Drum Corps. The date and place of this event will be an- nounced later by the chairman of the committee. Announcement was also made by the president of the unit of a contribution of $5 to the drum corps by Mrs, Mar- shall McKibbon, The members unanimously adopted a resolution to dispense with regular meetings during the Summer. Mrs. Mildred Eckles presided. Past National Vice Comdr. Ralph O'Neil of "opeka, Kans., and Charles W. Schick of Chicago, past State com- mander of Illinois, ' were guests of George Washington Post last Tuesday evening. They are members of the national defense committee of the American Legion and were in Washing- ton studying the national defense prob- lem. giving special attention to the naval treaty which was recently signed in London. An application submitted by Leon C. Hills was unanimously approved for membership in the post. It is not be- leved that Comdr. B. C. McGee will call any meetings of the post during July while so many of the members are out of the city on their vacations. The regular meeting of Victory Post, No. 4. the American Legion, will be held Tuesday at Woodmen's Hall, 935 Grant place, at 8 pm. Ben S. Fisher, past commander of the State of Ore- gon. will be the guest speaker. Victory Post Minstrels will entertain with songs and stories. Three amateur boxing ex- hibition bouts will be held by H. E. Whiteley, post athletic officer. The “entertainment committee will provide refreshments. Rainbow Division. The Distict of Columbia Chapter, Rainbow (42d) Division Veterans, held its monthly meeting Wednesday night in the Rainbow room of the Arlington Hotel, with President Walker H. Col- ston presiding. Maj. M. Manning Marcus, chairman of the committee appointed to make all arrangements in conjunction with the “tristate” banquet to be held in this city July 12, rendered a report. Stevenson Masson, president of Mary- land, and W. B. Hitt, president of the Virginia Chapter, attended the meet- ing and assured a large attendance from among the members of their re- spective chapters. The music program, under the direc- tion of Irving Silverberg, and vaude- ville acts will be presented. Gov. Ritchie of Maryland and Gov. Pollard of Virginia have been invited through the State chapters and, whereas a definite reply had not been received from either, it is expected that both will attend. Gen. Oharles P. Sum- merall, chief of staff, and Gen. John L. De Witt, quartermaster general, have signified their intentions of attending. Gens. Willlam A. Mann and Charles T. Menoher, past commanders of the Rainbow Division, as well as Gens. W. C. Brown and Henry J. Rellly, well known brigade commanders of the Rainbow, have signified their inten- tions of attending. Col. William P. Screws, past national president of the Rainbow Division Veterans, and Col. Dallas B. Smith, national vice presi- dent, also have made arrangements to attend. Capt. Willlam L. Thomas, department commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, as well as Maurice M. Grudd, judge advocate of the same de- partment, will be guests of President Colston, while E. Claude Babcock, de- partment commander of the Disabled who is also a Rainbow man, will attend. Comrades desiring to attend should contact Maj. | Marcus as soon as possible. will refiect the oft-repeated attitude cf the Congress and the Nation—'ever thing for the disabled’ The measure will ‘compensate about 100.000 of the most distressing and deserving cases. save an untold number of lives and brighten tens of thousands of homes now darkened through suffering and financial distress—homes in which wia- | ows and children have been pondering the gratitude of governments. Thesc men were the flower of our country's youth when the Senate selected them to defend our country. Tens of thou- | sands of them are wrecks today as a re- sult of the World War. We are asking the Senate, many of whose members voted to send these men to war, to make certain now that such an urgeat relief measure is enacted into law. President Hoover now has before him for signature the bill providing that all commissioned officers who served in | the armed forces during the World | War and who have been, or who may ! hereafter be retired shall be advanced in | rank on the retired list to the highest grade held by them during the World | War. No increase of active or ratired pay or allowances will result from the provisions of this act. The measuve also applies to officers who have died Another measure ready for the Pres- | ident’s signature is that authorizing the | razing of the existing Army and Nav. General Hospital at Hot Springs, and the construction of a new nospita on the present site to cost $1,500,000. A measure granting_retirement members of the Army Nurse Corps or Navy Nurse Corps who have become disabled in line of duty. with retirsd pay at the rate of 75 per cent In the grade at the time of transfer to the re- tired list, has passed Congress and 18 now before President Hoover for ap- proval. i | to Alternate National Executive Com- mitteeman Andrew Gross of Honoluluy, Hawali, was a visitor and guest of partment Adjt. Howard S. Fisk at partment headquarters during the past week. He is here visiting his mothe: At 645 G street northeast, and expects to motor South this week, crossing the continent in about three weeks' ‘ime for San Prancisco, from which point he will sail for Honelulu. Mr. Gross is a native of this city and for the vast cix years has been connected with the Y. M. C. A. at Honolulu. He is accom- panied on the trip by his wife. Last Thursday morning at 10 o'clock accompanied by a delegation of Ha- walianites, he placed a wreath on the half of the Department of Hawaii, the American Legion. H. Edmund Bulls, chairman of the pilgrimage committee | to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldicr, directed the delegation. Others in the party were Mrs. Andrew Gross, Lieut F. W. Makinney, jr. U. 8. A, and Mrs. Makinney of Hawail: Maj. Charles B. Lyman, U. S. A., of Hawaii; Miss Anita Brown and Henry C. Brown, formerly of Honolulu; Carl E. Basler, Miss Janet Basler and Clinton Basler of Honoluiu; William L. Prendergast, formerly of Honolulu: Capt. Samuel Mookini, United | East | dren when only Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on be- | American War Mothers. District of Columbia Chapter, Ameri- can War Mothers, held a business meet- | ing at the Hamilton Hotel, June 13. Mrs. | W. Weber Morrison presided. Reports of the various activities were given and lans made for the entertainment of isabled men in Walter Reed, Mount Alto, the Naval Hospital and St. Eliza- beth's for the months of July and Au- gust as only short business sessions of the chapter will be held during the Summer. Mrs. Mary T. Shannahan, ast president, reported completion of a iving flag” in honor of the organizer, Mrs. Zell Weaver Oatley, who also was made president emeritus by the unani- mous vote of the chapter, an honor only held by one other, Mrs. Alice French of Indianapolis, Ind., national organizer. Mrs. M. C. O'Neill, Mrs. N. N. Nock and Mrs. W. Weber Morrison left yes- terday for Evergreen, Colo., where they will attend the biennial meeting of the national chapter. At Aurora, Colo., they will attend the stockholders meeting of the National Memorial Home and visit Fitzsimmons Hospital. On the way ba they will visit different State chapters in the interest of the national headquarters soon to be established in | Washington. During the absence of Mrs. Morrison, first vice president, Mrs Emil Walter will be in charge of the work of the District Chapter, No social meeting will be held in June, but a short business meeting will be held at the Hamilton, July 11, at 8 pm. ELGAR HAS BIRTHDAY British Musician Has Appearance of Boldier at Age of 73. LONDON (N.ANA).—Sir Edward Elgar, who has just celebrated his seventh-third birthday, looks more like soldier than a musician. and upright, with gray hair and a heavy gray moustache, and is very courteous in_mannes Sir Edward was born in a cottage at Upper Broadheath, Worcester, and was something of a child prodigy. The son of an organist and violinist who kept a small music shop in Worcester, the future composer taught himself to play | half a dozen instruments while still a child, wrote a musical play for chil- 12, and maintained himself in his early’ teens by writing marches and dance tunes for a few shillings apiece. In spite of this, he was placed at the age of 18 as a clerk in a business house. He could not stand this for |long, however, and at 22 he was ap- pointed bandmaster of a lunatic asylum in Worcester. He has some amusing stories to tell of that experience. It was not until 1900 that he had first real success with his ‘“Dream of Gerontius.” (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) States Army Reserves, Lahiana, Island of Maul, Hawail: Delegate in Congress and Mrs. V. 8. K. Houston and Daniel P. McGregor, jr., and David K. Bent, ‘The white races of the world are outnumbered by the dark nations by two to one. » He is tall | o 2 NEWS OF THE CLUBS Arts Club—“Antigone,” the famous Greck drama by Sophocles, adapted and directed by J. Milnor Dorey, with incidental music by Mendelssohn, will be given in the garden of the club Thursday evening, June 26. The cast includes Ann Ives, Helen Sheckells, James Otis Porter, John Paul_Jones, Willlam J. Peters, William S. Hepner and Paul Alexander. The music is in | charge of Miss Sade Styron, chairman | of the music committee of the club. Clifford Brooks, director of the Na- tional Theater, will be the guest of | honor and Mrs. Maud Howell Smith will be the hostess of the evening. The Reba Barrett Circle, Florence Crittenton Mission, will hold an-all-day meeting June 26 at the residence of Mrs. Nellie Taylor, 120 Albany avenue, Takoma Park. Md. Business meeting at | 11 am. followed by a box luncheon. | Cards and social diversions in the after- | noon. The Daughters of American Colonists met Monday evening in special session at the home of the regent, Mrs. Roderi- guez P. Capo. 1856 Ontario place. Mrs. Willlam H. Wagner was elected second vice regent. | The Woman's Auxiliary to the R. M. A. elected officers Monday evening at | the Capitol Park Hotel, as follows: | President, Mrs. F. B. Justis; vice presi- dent, Mrs. F. C. Gardiner; recording secretary, Mrs. D. M. Tice; correspond- ing secretary, Mrs. J. H. Starnes; treas- urer, Mrs. W. M. Collins; auditor, Mrs. H. C. Heffner; histortan, Mrs. E. J. Deeds. Mrs. V. L. Brown and Mrs. J. W. Cranford were clected directors to the Federation of Women's Clubs. Officers | and committee chairmen submitted re- | ports. Mrs, V. L. Brown Is the retiring president. | Quota Club—The guest of honor and spcaker at the meeting June 12 at din- | ner at the Women's University Club was | Mrs. Stuart Northropp, who spoke ol “The Art and History of Silversmith- W | In the absence of the president, Miss Eleanor Eckhardt, who Is attending the | international convention of Quota at Winnipeg, Canada. Miss Janet Lake, vice president, presided. LA G. A, | 1, Ladies of the | 5 ‘met Tuesday evening, with the president, Miss Marguerite C. Moore, in | the chair. Miss Moore reported she assisted at the services at the Tomb of | the Unknown Civil War Dead at Ar-| lington on Memorial day. As the next meeting, June 24, will be their last meeting in Grand Army Hall, | all members ‘are requested to be pres- ent. The commander and his staff | having signified their intention to be present. | A committee will be appointed by the president to arrange for a meeting place | and for removal of circle property. . Grant Cirele N The Writers' Rendezvous will meet | at the Winston Hotel, July 5, at 8 p.m. | Felix C. Schwarz will read an original short story, and there will be talks, | readings and recitations by other mem- bers. Mrs. Edward Everett Gann has been invited to attend. Curley Club—Miss Gretchen Baden, president of the club, and Mr. .John Donnelly, were nominated ‘Thursday evening, at the meeting in the Gordon Hotel, for the office of president. Other nominations included: Vice president, Harry Candee, Roland Hyland, John Donnelly; treasurer, Miss Maud Nor- ton, Roland Hyland:; recording secre- tary, Miss Julia Bland, Miss Dorothy McKnew, Miss Josephine Leahy; cor- responding secretary, Miss Ethel Am- mon, Miss Nonie Daly; advocate, Miss Julia Bland, William Boyd; warden, Hugh McGarvey, Albert Sweeney. ‘The election of officers will be held June 26. At the conclusion of the meeting Miss Mary Francis Glenn en- tertained with vocal sclections. Miss Gretchen Baden accompanied Miss Glenn at the piano. Under the chap- | eronage of Mrs. Donnelly, about 20 | members of the club are on a week end | party at North Beach, Md., today. Sil- vio Poli, chairman .of the lawn fete committee, has completed preliminary rrangements for the lawn party, which will be held at Sixth street and North Carolina avenue southeast, July 15, for the benefit of the scholarship fund of the club. He announced the follow- ing committee to assist: Miss Gretchen Baden, Miss Stella McGarvey, Miss Monica Gordon, Mrs. Cornell, William Boyd, Harry Candee and Roland Hyland, The Washington Zonta Club met | Wednesday at the Raleigh Hotel. This | was a closed meeting preliminary to the Seattle convention. The delegate, Mrs. Grace Landon, received her instructions. The alternate is Mrs. Mae Moyers Mc- | Elroy. Plans for the annual picnic were | discussed. This will be held in July | and will be a joint picnic with the two | | new Zonta Clubs of Prederick and Ha- | gerstown, probably held in Frederick. | The next meeting will be given over to a club sing under the direction of Leo- nore Reed and Emily Dickinson. ! Chapter B. P. the Jast time this 0. met June 10 for | son at the home street, when a pienic supper was served. ‘The president, Miss Jessie Elting, pre- sided over a short business meeting, after which a social was held. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Daw- | son, Mrs. Emma Sloan, Mrs. W. P. Sterns, Mrs. Ella Bockoven, Miss Louise Foster and Miss Marjorie Williams. The Educational Council of District Democratic Women held its last regular meeting June 10 until October. Mrs Clara Wright Smith, first vice president, presided. Members and their friends will gather during June, July and August at infor- mal meetings at 5 o'clock on the second and fourth Tuesdays, each bringing a box supper. The permanent place of meeting is Rock Creek Park, near the Pierce Mill Inn, or in case of inclement weather at the home of Mrs. Florence Jackson Stoddard, 725 Twentieth street. Reports from Mrs. R. K. Noble, treas- urer, and from Mrs. Margaret La Gorce Streeter, chairman of the membership | committee, were made. National League of American Pen Women.—Mrs. Gra Thompson Seton, national president, announces that the committee for the Pacific Coast con- | gress of the league, June 1 to 6, 1931, at San Francisco, will be the nine Cali-| fornia branches, the Seattle branch and | the branch at Reno, Nev. ‘The hostess committee will be com- posed of the presidents of the seven| Northern California branches, from whom the invitation was received. These include Mrs. Helena M. Rede- well, president of the San Francisco branch: Miss Mary A. Coghlan, Golden Gate; Mrs. Orley See, Berkeley; Mrs. Veta Hurst Griggs, Butte County; Mrs. | Ednah Aiken, Santa Clara; Mrs. Nell | G. Wilson, Sonoma, and Mrs. Alice Marie Dodge, Sacramento. Mrs. Nina Swaln Reed, first national vice president of the league, is local chairman of arrangements here in Washington. The national executive board of the league held its final meeting for this season June 12, and will reconvene in September. These meetings are held {once a month at the Willard Hotel, where the national headquarters of the organization are located. Florence Crittenton Mission.—The board of managers held its last meeting of the season at the home. In the ab- | sence of Mrs. Thomas E. Robertson, the | | president, Mrs. John Boyle, jr., first vice | | president. presided. The annual reports | were read. Mrs. John Boyle, jr., gave & resume of her recent trip to several of | the homes in other cities. She accom- panied Mrs. Reba Barrett Smith on this | trip. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Thomas E. Robertson, president: | Mrs. John Boyle, jr., first vice president: | Mrs. Prederick Kerby, second vice presi- dent; Mrs. Frederick Mitchell, secretary, and Mrs. Guy Baker Stephenson, treas- | urer. Miss Jean 8. Cole is attending the convention in Denver. ‘ District of Columbia League of Amer- | ican Pen Women.—The last executive!l | of Mrs. Worthy P. Sterns, 1833 Lamont |- board meeting was held at the country residence of Mrs. Agnes Newman, Dis- trict parliamentarian. Following the final business meeting at the studio on June 30, a reception will be given to the newly elected president, Mrs. Estelle M. Moses, by Mrs. Ida Donnally Peter: District _auditor. All members are in- vited. Rules will be announced for a new midyear short story prize contest, open to all District members. The Confederation of Zonta Clubs will hoid its tenth annual convention in Seattle June 26-28. A special train will leave Chicago today for the convention. Reservations now total 175. Two post- convention tours ai being operated, one to Hawali, led the international president, Mrs. Olivia Johnson of St. Paul, and a second to Alaska, leaving Iro)m Vancouver on the Princess Louise July 2. Miss Lida B. Earhart, former presi- dent of the Washington Zonta Club and a national board member; Miss Ger- trude Van Hosen, present president of the local club; Mrs. May Moyers Mc- Elroy and Mrs. Grace Landon will rep- | resent the Washington club. Arrangements for special train and the post-convention tours were made by Elizabeth M. Haney, national chair- man of transportation, also of the ‘Washington club. Prince Georges County Federation of ‘Women's Clubs.—The appointments of the department, division and committee chairmen for the federation by the| president, Mrs. R. S. Allen, are about completed and an announcement them will board meeting in Hyattsville June 25. The Housekeepers’ Club of Decat: Heights.—A red maple tree, to com memorate the service of Mrs. Maude L. Gilbertson, who died recently, was planted by members of the club June 8 on the playground lot in the com- munity. tion of Mrs. Emery C. Leonard, presi- dent of the club, were the official pro- gram of the Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs, recently adopted at the | convention held in Salisbury, Md. Rev. D. H. Evans, pastor of the Hy- attsville Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. Gilbertson was a_member, deliv- ered the invocation, followed by Scrip- ture reading. depicting the beauty of trees. Members of the club rendered music and pledged their efforts to care for and protect the tree in remem- brance. Maurice Jarvis gave readings and Master Halbert Evans rendered harmonica selections. The benediction was delivered by Rev. U. S. A. Heave- ner, pastor of the Hyattsville Methodist Church. Attending the services were e 75 friends of Mr. and Mrs. Gil- bertson. The Suitland Homemakers’ Club.— The monthly meeting was held June 10 at the home of the president, Mrs. R. L. Jenkins. Pive members of the Camp Spring's Club were guests. Reports were given by the delegates to the of | be made at the executive| The services, under the direc-| 1 1930—PART FOUR. ion of Women's Clubs. The club | Burdick of Baltimore, the guest of in September. It was decided to e: |tend an invitation to the county fed- | eration to meet in Suitland in Octo- | ber. Miss Rich gave several demonst tions of their products, making salad | dressing and different kinds of salads, | hot rolls and small cakes, all of which | were served and found to be delicious. | The next meeting will be an all-day | picnic at the Summer home of Mrs. , | Henry Witt, on West River, Maryland. | _ The Women's Civic League of Mount | Rainier.—The date of the lecture to be | delivered by Prof. W. R. Ballard, land- | scape specialist of the University of Maryland extension service, has been changed from June 23 to June 25 at § p.m. in the Mount Rainier School. All men and women who are desirous of Jjomning the Garden Club sponsored by the Women's Civic League through its department of education, Mrs. F. W. Cawthorne chairman, as well as those interested in the “home beautiful" con- test and the annual flower show, di- rected by the league, in Mount Rainier, | are requested to attend this lecture. Phil Sheridan Woman's Relief Corps met in Grand Army Hall, Tuesday night with the president, Mrs. Cora L. Marioly, in the chair. Mrs. Kathlesn Broome was elected to membership and Mrs. Eva Schultze was admitted by transfer. An_excursion to Chesaneake Beach will be held June 28, a special train leaving at 10:30 a. m Mrs. Esther Lippold was elected senior vice president. Mrs. Irene Graf and Mrs. Nellie Wright were appointed first and second color bearers, The corps took an active part in Flag | day services, with Mis. E. Helen Tem- | ple, patriotic instructor, in charge, During July and August there will be only one meeting a month, July 1 and August 19. Mrs. Manoly announced the post. aid corps will meet temporarily at the Sol- diers, Sailors and Marines Club, Elev- enth'and L streets The Soroptomist Club held its weekly luncheon at_the Lafayette Hotel, June 8. Miss Nora Huffman, first vice president, presided. Cablegrams were read from Mrs. Ruby Lee Minar, for- mer president of the Nation-l Pedera- tion ‘of Soroptomist Clubs, and M Mary Lewis, president of the Wash- ington Soroptomist Club, who are on their way to the international conven- tion which 15 being held in London, England. Miss Belle Logan and Miss Celeste Hodges were the “Soroptomist Confi- dentials” who gave a five minute talk on their business. tary to the vice president of the B Teau of Operations of the Chesapeak & Potomac Telephone Company, and Miss Celeste Hodges is an interior dec- orator for Woodward & Lothrop. Guests in attendance were Dr, Inez Smith, a Soroptomist of Bakersfield, | Calif., 'who was entertained by Dr. Lulu |1 Waters, and who was a delegate to the national convention of Soroptomist | Clubs recently held in Philadelphia; | Mrs. Amelia F. Johnson, lawyer and member of the Los Angeles Soroptomist Club, who also was a delegate to the convention; Mrs. Mina Van Winkle, the Miss Logan is secre- | Mary Bourke, and Ruth Winnek of New York, who does store contact work in the United States and Canada, the guest of Miss Daisy Reed. The last meeting of the club will be June 25. A recess will be taken during the months of July and August. A so- cial program in charge of Miss Mar- garet Gillesple is being arranged. Women's City Club—Mrs. ~ Edith | Sears, chairman of the drama unit, an- nounces the first meeting of the section will be held Thursday at 5 o'clock at Hains Point, when members of the club Inierested are invited to attend a box- | lunch picnic dinner. Mrs. William Lee Corbin, club president, wiil be guest of honor.” Mrs. Ruth Snodgrass, chairman of picnic arrangements, asks that those proposing to attend notify her, Colum- bia 5039, by June 24. Assisting will be Miss Florence Christman, Miss Thelma Schmitt and Miss Sylvia Wentworth After dinner talks will be made by sev- eral local popular actors who appeared in “The Tempest." Sears will sketch the program of plays by Barrie, Dickens and Maesterlinck, as planned v the drama staff, of which Mrs. Thomas Sidwell, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons Miss Marjorie Webster, Mrs. Ida Mat- ingly and Mrs. Edith Oriani Pitzgerald are members, with Miss Florence Christ- man as secretary. Each Friday at 10 o'clock club mem- bers gather to be instructed in the sclence of contract bridge. Mrs. J, K Preiot is lecturer and conductor of the practice playing. Tuesday evening free-and-easy auc- tion section continues throughout the Summer. Miss Meda Ann Martin is in_charge of the guest register. Mrs. Lyle B. Steever, aeronautical director, and Mrs. Edgar T. Brown,| chairman of aviation, invite all inter- ested to meet around the “aviation table” at 6 o'clock Friday. Instructions| in the ground course follow the dinner by those registered in the first group. A second unit for study is now forming, | and this section invite men to par- ticipate in its “fiying” program. The Mu Che was entertained June 11 at the home of Mrs. Alice Dixon, 410 After a short business inment was provided and refreshments served. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent met June 16 at Logan Hall, 1502 Fourteenth street. J. H. Shepherd. assistant adju- tant general, Department of the Poto- mac, made a patriotic address. Mrs. Anna M. Carroll was initiated and en- rolled as a member. Mrs. Edythe Bugbee, chairman of Arlington services, reported the receipt of a request from Phoebe M. Mathews Tent of Chicago, Ill,, that a Sunday be set aside for the placing of a wreath at |the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for | that tent, and Mrs. Bugbee has desig- nated July 6 for this special service. Mrs. Effie Thomas, chairman on lawn party, and Mrs. Slattery made reports. An excursion to Marshall Hall July 26 |in conjunction with Lincoln Camp, 180m| of Veterans, was announced. | Mrs. Katherine Rahn was elected rep- | | resentative to the national convention, | July 24, at Cincinnati, and Mrs. Mary | Van Ness Fauth as alternate.. The next meeting will be Jul; DESIGNED PROGRESSIVELY vv BUIL EGARDLESS of price, quality in materials, or workmanship, a motor ¢ ar must be given the initial advantage of correct design if it is to prove satisfactory in the hands of owners. That is why Olds Motor Works has brought together a most capable engineeri Motor W. ngstaff. 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