Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1932, Page 32

THE SUNDAY WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 28, 19 —PART TWO. D. A. R. ACTIVITIES American Liberty Chapter was enter- tained at its February meeting by MTrs. Edgar _Allan, 3402 Sixteenth street Mrs. George S. Newcombe, the Tegen: presided. Election of delegates an: alternates for the Contineatal Congr was: Alternate o the regent, Mrs. George S. Newvombe, was Mrs. Jam M. Lombard, vice regent. The alterna to the delegate, Mrs. Edgar Allan was Mrs. George T. Hawkins. Miss Frances Owen, Mrs. E. M. Pickens, Mrs. James M. Carter, Miss Elizabeth Wingfield ana Mrs. F. M. Low were elected alternates. ‘The chapter voted to take a tree in the Washington Centennial Grove. It was announced Mrs. Tonnis J. Holzberg won the second prize offered by the National Society D. A. R. for the best Bicen- tenial play. Representative Arnold B. Partridge of Maine was the principal speaker. Mrs J. W. Hill wife of Dr. J. W. Hill chancellor of the Lincoln Memori University, was among the guests. MTrs. E. Hilton Jackson and Mrs. William M MacKellar presided in the dining room Fort McHenry Chapter was enter- tained the evening of February 16 by Mrs. Willlam L. Woodward, at her home on University place. The regeni presided. The following were elected as all ates to the State March 1 to 3, and to the confer of the National Society, April 18 to Mrs. A. F. McDowi alternate; Mrs. William F. Davis, ) Vauban Lancaster, Mrs. De Los W. Thayer, M Elmer C. Shane, Mrs. Samuel Juds Porter, Mrs. William L. Woodward, Mrs ‘Walter D. Wooster, Miss Ida Hammond and Miss Alice Meynes. Mrs. A. C. Throckmorton gave read- ings. Mrs. Samuel Judson Porter read extracts from the will of George Wash- ington. The State Historic Committee met et the Willard Hotel witi Kath- rina Harvey, state hi: The grave of Col. S retary of the N at the expense of a descendant, ator Tasker L. Oddie Miss Harvey announced she presided at the placing of a marker on the grave of Dr. Stephen Bloomer Balch in Oak Hill Cemetery, February 2. The dedicatory exercises were: Prayer, Miss | Helen Brown, state chaplain: salute to the flag, led by Mrs. Willlam H ‘Wagner, state chairman of preserva- tion of historic spots; address, Miss Helen Harmon, state regent; tribute from Maryland, Mrs. David D. Cald- well, vice president general; tribute | from a descendant, Stanhope S. Wil- liamson, vice president of the Sons of the American Revolution. The benedic- tion was given by Rev. Frank Sargent Niles, pastor of the Georgetown Pres- byterian Church, which was founded by Dr. Balch. Miss Harvey also an- nounced she had attended the placing of a marker on tbe grave of Mrs. George Smallwood, by the members of Deborah Knapp Chapter. Mrs. Grant Chase, chairthan of lit- | erary reciprocity, reported her com- mittee had completed the work of classifying historical papers. Mrs. Don- ald M. Earl, chairman of mile stones, reported all of the mile stones had now been inspected, and referred to the last mile stone visited located at the National Training School for Boys at Bladensburg, Md., which was found | in good condition. Mrs. Z. Lewis Dalby, chairman of windows, reported her committee, in conjunction with Woodward & Lothrop, was preparing for a window to be shown during the D. A. R. Congress, and much research work had been done to have it au- thentic. Mrs. Bailey of the Army and | Navy Chapter announced she had visited the grave of Col. Stoddard since its restoration, and had found the work very satisfactory. Mrs. Polken- horn of Our Flag Chapter reported the apron worn by Washington in the lay- ing of the corner stone of the United States Capitol, depicted on the pos card issued by the State Historic So. ciety, was made and presented to him by Mme. Lafayette. Miss Janet Richards spoke on “The | Trip to Yorktown and the Famous Men I Met There,” which included Marshal Petain, the ancestor of Gen. de Grasse, the ancestor of Cornwallis and many others. The next meeting is March 17 Marcia Burns Chapter met at the home of Miss Mary Stewart, 1481 Co- lumbia road, with Miss Marian Smith | as assisting hostess and Mrs, George L. Palmer, regent, presiding. | The following have been approved by the National Society for membership: | Mrs, Henrietta Barr Hensley, Mrs.| Marian Hamerlund, Mrs, Cynthia Ed- munds and Miss Lois Theodora Ed- monds. Mrs. Allen Frank Kreglow was accepted to membership. An appropriation of $10 was voted for the planting of a tree at Hains Point in connection with the Bicenten- nial and $5 for the student loan fund Mrs. A. Eugene r announced the chaptgr card party will be held the eve- ning of March 17 at the Kennedy- ‘Warren, Mrs. Grove, State vice regent, told of accomplishments of the Constitution Hall Committee and Mrs. Anton He! muller spoke on “Colonial Art.” M Henry Sampson of the board of direc- tors of the Sons of the American Revo- lution spoke briefly Other guests were: Mrs. Thomas J. Foley of Akron, N. Y.; Miss Virginia Campbell, Mrs. Fernald and Mrs. Mar- garet Marsh. The Mary Bartlett Chapter met at the home of Mrs. Albert D. M 3338 Military road. The regent, Frederick W. Ashley, presided. A pro- gram in honor of the Bicentennial was given. Abraham Lincoln's eulogy on George Washington was read by Miss Clara B. Hadley; an address on “Wash- ington the Farmer” was given by Albert . and Frederick W. Ashley, first assistant librarian of Congress, read a paper entitled “George Wash- ington in the Library of Congress.” Junior Division of Capital Society, Children of the American Revolution, met in the home of the president, Mrs. Henry Fenno Sawtelle, 6200 Connecti- cut avenue, February 20, with Miss Barbara Bullard an Iiss Sallie as joint hostesses. Miss Augu: man, junior president, pre The meeting lled tute for the tea dance gi 1 C cleties in District of Columbia in Wash- ington Club February which was omitted this year. The members voted to postpone their annual Silver Tea until a later date. She nresident and a number of mem- bers from both the junior and senior divisions of Capital Society attended the Bicentennial services in the Church of the Epiphan ¥, and both divisions of 150 1 ented at the celet at the W ton Monument, held by the R. and C. A. R. Febr Katharine Kingman, Hood Hoover, Barbara Bullard, Sallie Steele, Mildred Sherman, Jane Hullfish, Lovira Shedd and Harriet Hullfish, accompanied by Mrs. Spofford, danced their minuet in the Parish Hall in Falls Church, Va., Pebruary 20, and the same night the same group, with the dition of Catharine Foster, Dallas Barr, Robert Mickey, Wilson Lansford and Willlam jr., danced it as a special ure ie C Ball of the Missouri Society ir Hall of Nations in the Washington Hotel In recognition of its co-operation in the Bicentennial celebrations, Capital Society was presented with the official medal of the Bicentennial Commission &t this meeting of the Missouri Society. Capital Society Minuet, Matthew Trimble Sawtelle, Mi beth Sawtelle, Dallas Barr, Miss EL beth Barr, Wilson Lansford, Miss Dorothy Post, William Cox. jr., and Miss Catharine Foster, in Colonial cos- tume, was featured at the Colonial Rali of the New England States at the Willard Hotel February 22, and Mrs. Sawtelle is selecting groups from the gunwr and senior divisions to dance helr Minuet of Colonial days for Bi- eentennial celebrations of organiza- i | Helen Hannan, State regent; Mrs, | short greetings to the chapter. | Lucy Holcombe Chapter entertained ! at the home of Mrs. Fred Merriam Hopkins, 3805 Gramercy street, in honor of Mrs. Jean J. Labat, who is a candi- | date for the office of State correspond- | ing secretary in the District of Colum- : bia D. A. R. Miss Helen Harman, State regent; Miss Cornelia Cotton, regent, and Mrs. Fred Merriam Hopkins, vice regent of the chapter, received the ! guests. Mrs. Luther Hess Waring, Mrs. | Charles Richardson, Mrs. John Paul Earnest. Mrs. John T. Huddle and Mrs. W. W. Stewart alternated at the tea table Among the guests were: Mrs. Lowell | Fletcher Hobart, president general; Mrs. David D. Caldwell, vice president general; Mrs. Josiah A. Van_ Orsdel, registrar general; Miss Helen Harman, State regent; Mrs. Harry Colfax Grove, vice State regent; Miss May Helm. State recording secretary; Mrs. Mar- lette R. Spangler, State corresponding | secretary: Mrs. Alfred T. Hansman, | treasurer, and Miss Katrina L. historian. the twenty-third anniversary of its or- ganization February 23 at the Ken- Warren with a reception and The arrangements were un- | r the direction of Mrs. Andrew P. Anderson, vice regent James Shera Montgomery, chap- lain of the House of Representativ gave the invocation. Greetings of wel- come were given by the regent, Mrs. Addams S. McAllister. The main | speaker, Dr. John Lee Coulter, com-| missioner of the Tariff Commission, spoke on “Washington's Day and To- day.” The musical numbers were given by Miss Isabel Malone, contralto; Miss Ruby Haley, soprano; Mrs. Mabel I Lindsay, violin obligato, and Mrs. James Shera Montgomery music rendered by th mpesed by Mrs. Horace Mclntosh, regent of the chapter, and| s by her father, Dr. Jechn Gilmore | Chafee Among the guests were: Miss | Harry Grove, State vice regent, and other State officers, all of whom gave The Ellis Island Committee met at the Willard Hotel Wednesday. Mrs. T. H. Faris, State chairman, presided. Miss Helen Harman, State regent, spoke and introduced the guest speaker, Harry E. Hull, commissioner general of immigration, Department of Labor. Janet Montgomery Chapter met Tues- day evening at the Battery Park Com- munity House, Mrs. Edgar W. Moore, corresponding _secretary, presiding, in the absence of the regent, Mrs. W. T. Owen, -and the vice regent, Mrs. J. Henry Brown. The hostesses were Mrs. J. F. Barkley, Mrs. Evan Condon, Mrs. Paul Demarest and Miss Elizabeth Eaton. The following delegates and alternates were elected. National Congress, to be held in April: Delegates, Mrs. W. T.{ Owens, regent, and Mrs. Edgar W. Moore; alternates, Mrs. J. Henry Brown, vice regent; Mrs. Evan Condon, Mrs. Harry K. Corrick, Miss Laura Gilliland Mrs.” Herbert Elder, Mrs. Lewis Jacl son, Mrs. Anne Cunningham, Mrs. Henry Wells, Mrs. Sallie Bogue and Mrs. Lilly C. Stone. To represent the chapter at the Balti- more Conference of the State of Mar: land, the following were elected: Dele- | gates, Mrs. W. T. Owens, Tegent; Mrs H. G. Robertson, Mrs. Lilly C. Stone, Miss Laura Gilliland, Mrs. J. F. Bark- ley, Mrs. Sallie Bogue, and alternates, Mrs. J. Henry Brown, vice regent; Mrs. Edgar W. Moore, Mrs. Edwin F. Lines, Mrs. E. A. Farrell, Miss Eva Lewis, Miss Elizabeth Eaton. The chapter welcomed two new mem- bers, accepted by the National Society, Mrs. Frank R. Holt and Miss Sarah Weaters. A motion was made to_send $50 to Constitution Hall Sunshine Fund. Miss Elizabeth Eaton was appointed by the State regent as one of four pages from Maryland at the National Congress The chapter voted to support Mrs. H. G. Robertson, chairman of legisla- ticn in United States Congress, in her support of pending legislation for the betterment ~ of our country. The chapter is selling souvenir plates for Bicentennial work. Mrs. Paul Demarest and Miss Eliza- beth Eaton sang, Miss Eaton gave a piano numbes, Mrs. C. C. Haig sang. Clarence Phillips lectured on “Colonial 418 North Washington Alexandria, Va., with Mrs. Milton Johnson joint hostess. The regent, Miss Belle Browning, presided A vote of thanks was given Miss Abrams for her report on the State executive meeting held February 13.| conservation and thrift, Mrs. Mulcare reported the committee recom- mended the planting of 25 trees back of the cherry trees in honor of the Bicentennial The chapter received a mote of thanks from Ellis Island on receipt of | wool sent by the members. This| chapter indorsed Mrs. Nathaniel Beaniari as candidate for vice presi- dent general. | Miss Kathrina S. Herney, State his- | torian, spoke. | Manor House Chapter held its Feb- ruary meeting at the home of Mrs, Ed Russell, with Mrs. Jane Hooker, Mrs. William Hill, and Miss Eunice Porter | assisting hostesses. In the absence of the regent, Miss Lilllan Chenoweth, vice regent, Miss Mary Lee Goddard, presided. Mrs. Embry reported attending the Americanism ~and Conservation and Thrift Congnittees, and told of the | completed plans of the last named committee for the tree planting which will take place Wwith appropriate exer- e April 15. The has taken one of the trees. Mrs. Hassell, a member of the Gen- ealogical Committee, requested certi- or photostatic coples of old records | for her committee and several old wills were promised. Mrs. O'Neal spoke of the need of teachers for the Girl makers. Other committee reports made as_follows: _Immigrant’s al, Mrs. Walkley; National De- Mrs. Gerner: Sons and Daugh- ters of the Republic, Mrs. Hassell; State Historic, Mrs. Hill, and Better | Films, Mrs. Mudd, who spoke of the George Washington Fim to be pur- chased. The delegate, Miss Mamie Hawkins, gave an account of the last executive meeting. ‘The papers or Mrs. Smoak have been received by tae chapter and iwo new members, Misses Clara and fary Follin were received into the pending the acceptance of their papers. It was announced Miss Helen Montgomer? by the president generai, for the Con- tinental Congress. It was announced regent had been requested to fur- 1 eight pages for the Wakefield and hed appointed Helen Mont- Laura Hooff, Nell Embry, O'Neal. Anna Porter, Annie 1, May Beall and Aldine Mudd Plans for a trip to Wakefleld in the early Spring were discussed. American War Mothers ‘The newly formed Bicentennial Chap- ter gave a delightful shower last Mon- day at the home of Mrs. Edith Farge, 642 K street northeast, honoring Mrs. Martha Manther and Elmer Moore, whose marriage took place Washing- ton’s birthday anniversary at the Lu- theran Parsonage, 1924 First street. 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