Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1935, Page 30

B—12 WYCKOFF ACCEPTS CHEST DRIVE POST Official of Nation’s Business to Head Metropolitan Unit in Campaign. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY HOLDS ANNUAL DINNER Scrapbooks of Clippings and Coats of Arms on Exhibit at Meet- ing in Y. W. C. A, Eighty members and guests last night attended the annual dinner of the National Genealogical Society of Washington at the Young Women's Christian Association. At the meeting, presided over by Maj. Hallock P. Long, president of the society, 60 scrapbooks of genealogical clippings from newspapers were ex- hibited, along with colored coats of arms and ancestral charts. The guests included Frederick W. Ashley, assistant librarian of the Library of Congress, and Miss Alice Griggs, librarian of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Arrangements were in charge of the rarian, Miss Cora C. Curr; ‘Bernard Wyckoff, business manager of Nation's Business, today accepted chairmanship of the Community Chest metropolitan unit for the No- vember campaign of the Chest. The sppointment and acceptance were an- nounced by Dr. William McClellan, Community Chest campaign chair- man. Mr. Wyckoff 4 has taken an ac- h tive part in Com- munity Chest work since the first campaign in 1929, in which he : started as a worker in the ranks. He ad- vanced to the posts of team : captain, division chairman and chairman of area 1 of the metro- politan unit. Last year he served as vice chairman of the Chest Campaign Committee. Mr. Wyckoff’s business experience fas been highly useful to the Com- munity Chest, it was pointed out by Dr. McClellan. He was chairman of the first committee on office procedure and in that position aided in placing the Chest office on an efficient basis. | He also has served as chairman of | other permanent Chest committees. The metropolitan unit was organ- | t7ed to handle Chest solicitations in | the residential sections of the entire city. Unit workers solicit contribu- tions from persons who are mot reached at their places of business and also solicit a number of the smaller business concerns in residential neigh- borhoods. Bernard Wyckofl. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Dance, 5th Battalion Band, F. M.‘ C. R., Willard Hotel, 10 pm. Flectrical Contractors’ Association, | Riges Bank Building, Fourteenth etreet and Park road, 8 pm. Bingo party, St. James' Catholic | Church auditorium, Thirty-seventh street and Rhode Island avenue, Mount Rainier, Md., 8 p.m. Smoker, St. Luke's P. E. Church, | Fifteenth and Church streets, 8 p.m. | Dinner and contract party, contract | class and glee club, Roosevelt High School teachers’ room, 6:30 p.m. Dinner. American Federation of | Arts, Mayflower Hotel, 7 p.m. Banquet, Craftsman Club, La Fa- yette Hotel, 6:15 p.m. Mgeting and _buffet supper, Fire- | stone Tire Co., Willard Hotel, 8 pm. | TOMORROW. | Luncheon, Rotary Club, Willard | Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Soroptomist Club, Wil- lard Hotel, 1 p.m. Luncheon, Lions' Club, Mayflower | Hotel, 12:30 p.m. ! —_— | Meeting, Washington Philatelic | Bociety, Carlton Hotel, 8 pm. Dinner, Ladies’ Ald, Epiphany Church Parish Hall, 1317 G street, 6 pm. Meeting, Atlanta University Club, 4925 Blaine street northeast, 8 p.m. Luncheon, University of Missouri | Alumni, University Club, 12:30 p.m. 1 Luncheon, Exchange Club, Uni- | versity Club, 12:30 p.m. | Bingo party, Loyalty Council, No. 19, Daughters of America, Masonic | ‘Temple, Eighth and F streets north- | east, 8:30 p.m. Luncheon, Gulf Refining Co., Ham- | {lton Hotel, 11 a.m. | Luncheon, Optimist Club, Hamilton Hotel, 12:30 pm. Meeting, National Association of | Adult Education, Burlington I-Ioul,l 8 pm. — Zoo Elephants Trained. Elephants at the Vincennes Zoo fn Paris have been trained to walk on bottles. ona DUDE RANCH n the Santa Fe Southwest COSTS LITTLE and pays big dividends in renewed vitality . . Santa Fe’s AIR-CON- DITIONED COMFORT and LOW COST make a western summer tripmore desirablethan everbefore. Air-conditioning is spreading thru all princi- pal Santa Fe trains. Fares and sleeping car costs are the lowest in years. Ask for picture folders G. C. DILLARD, Dist. Pass. Agent SANTA FE RY. 302 Franklin Tr. Bldg. 1500 Chestnut 8t at 15th Philadelphia, Pa. ones: Rittenhouss 1464- 146 e T REMOVAL OF S PLANT IS URGED West End Citizens Ask Gov- ernment to Buy Site for Future. Removal of the plant of the Wash- ington Gas Light Co. from its site bounded by F* and H streets, Twenty- fourth street and the Potomac River will be asked by the West End Citi- zens' Association. R. D. Lyons, president, acting upon the suggestion of Charles L. Norrls, pointed & committee to act in the orting Thing A.foot Whether you follow the game or play it—whether you be- long on the sporting field or on the sporting side-lines— you must have the sporting thing a-foot—knowing that Woodward & Lothrop is ready with sports shoes for every matter and named Norris as chair- man, Norris suggested that, in view of recent development and future plans for construction in this area, the time is ripe to attempt to interest the Fed- ¢ral Government in purchasing this land while the price is not so high, He said that with millions of dollars going for construction on properties almost adjacent to the gas plant ares, it will not be long before property values there will be greatly increased. Norris declared the presence of the gas plant retards the natural develop- ment of the section and “breeds un- sightly buildings and homes.” The association went on record in opposition to establishment of a rent commission to fix and control rentals in the District. Members asserted they believe an emergency does not exist at the present time. The Columbia Broadcasting System was commended in another resolution for its action in moving to present better programs for childre; RITES MARK START OF G. W. U. BUILDING Ground-Breaking Ceremonies Are Held for New Science Hall. Dr. Marvin Speaks. Ground-breaking ceremonies for George Washington University's new science hall were held yesterday after- noon, with Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, presi- dent, delivering the principal address. ‘The mission of the universify is the “Interpretation of lives in terms of public service in s democracy,” Dr. Marvin declared. He said the build- ing now being erected represents the beginning of a new building program. Other instructional halls which will follow probably will be of similar architecture, adapted of modern mu- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1935, nicipal life, while residence halls, such as the women’s building soon to be erected under the gift from Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong, will be in the Georgian Colonial tradition. Next to be bullt will be a gymnasium and field house, he said. Others who spoke included Dean Elmer Louis Kayser and Walter R. Tuckerman and Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr., members of the Board of Trustees. The actual ground-breaking cere- mony was conducted by Ted Pierson, president of the Student Council. The Glee Club Octet closed the program with the alma mater hymn. SR British Styles Patriotic. Because of the Silver Jubilee styles in Britain are patriotic this season. Designers in London are combining the colors red, white and blue for dresses and men's apparel. 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