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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTOXN, " CONVENTION DATE |ChevyChase Women’sClub KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Executive Board to Meet SETBY DAV, UNT Annual Session of District Department to Be Held January 16. The annual convention of the Dis- trict of Columbia Department of the Disabled American Veterans will be held January 16, according to an an- nouncement by Dr. Walter Hess, chairman of the Convention Com- mittee. The business sessions will be held in the board room of the District Building that afternoon, and in the evening there will be the annual ban- quet at the National Press Club, with & number of invited guests from of- ficial Washington and Eastern D. A. V. units. National Capital Chapter met last Thursday evening at Moose Hall, with Comdr. William B. Covert presiding. Dr. Herbert Gossman, dean of South- eastern University, was guest speaker. Attractive and instructive inception of new members was conducted by the officers. Comdr. Covert reported on the chap- ter's participation in the “Fall round- up” Following the session there was a Meeting of the Sons of the D. A. V., the organization sponsored by the Na- tional Capital Chapter and for which all sons of D. A. V. members are eligible and urged to join. Comdr. Davids presided. A meeting of Federal Chapter will be held at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club tomorrow night, with Comdr. Burr Lenhart presiding. Re- ports on the membership campaign Wwill be received. At the Soldiers, Sailors and Ma- tines' Club, Eleventh and L streets, next Friday evening, Ace-Rasmussen Chapter will meet, with Comdr. A. Btuart Burch presiding. | SORORITY NEWS | Alpha Lambda Chapter, Phi Delta Delta Legal Sorority, met October 3 for luncheon at Wesley Hall. Miss Catherine Edmondson, delegate from Alpha Lambda Chapter to the interna- tional convention of Phi Delta Delta in Bostor., gave an account of the con- vention. Plans for the season were discussed and committees were ap- pointed to map out an entertainment program. Eta Chapter, Beta Chi National So- rority elected and installed as new officers: President, Alma Mehler; vice president, Marguerite Trainor; record- ing secretary, Eva Ellege; correspond- ing secretary, Jeanette Cox; treasurer, Audrey Shanahan; sergeant at arms, Virginia Murray; goat mistress, Betty Price; custodian, Olga Bedell; re- porter, Peggy Schroebel; council mem- bers, Louise Heagy and Louise Brown. | Guests were: Marty Hartnett, Mary Wagner, Gertrude Reed, Dorothy Rausch, Elinore Pabst, Jean Kugel and Byrd Waugh. Mrs. Virginia Murray, a member of the chapter who was elected national treasurer of Beta Chi at the conclave in Chicago, was present. Eta Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Beta Nine Working Sections and Twelve Stand- ing Committees to Present Programs for Year. HE Executive Board of ths Woman's Club of Chevy Chase will meet Wednesday at the Columbia Country Club, with luncheon preceding the business ses- sion. The 9 working sections and 13 standing committees will present their programs for the year's work. The Social Section will hold & busi- ness meeting tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the home of Mrs. Harrison F. Fitts, 7 ‘West Blackthorn street. The Art Sec- tion will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the home of Mrs. George A. Finch, 100 West Virgilia street. R. F. Gellex of the Bureau of Standards will be the speaker. The Nature Section will leave Chevy Chase Circle at 10 am. Thursday for a walk along Jones Mill road to Forest Glen. Members are requested to bring luncheon. Phil Sheridan Women's Relief Corps, No. 12, Auxiliary to the G. A. R, met, at the Thomas Circle Club. The president, Mrs. May Parker, presided. Mrs. Helen Pitney made spplication for membership. A school of instruction was held at the Thomas Circle Club. The senior vice president, Mrs. Mary Bowen, was in charge and the regular department officers exemplified the work. The annual inspection of the corps will be held November 5. Washington Chapter, Junior Ha- dassah.—Mrs, Archibald Silverman, Zionist leader, who has spent much of the last five years in Palestine, was the' principal speaker at the meeting She described what was going on in Palestine today. Miss Sophie Bayard, president, spoke of Junior Hadassah's work in the development of Palestine as a Jewish homeland. Mrs. Raphael Tur- over, president of Senior Hadassah; Mrs. John Safer, representative of the senior advisers; Mrs. Aaron Shalowitz visers to the unit. spoke. | Milton Schwartz, & violinst of the | National Symphony Orchestra, gave several numbers, accompanied by Miss Dorothy Gusse. last Sunday at the Mayflower Hotel. | and Mrs. Nathan Kaminsky, also ad- | | | Mary C. Delaney, executive secretary | Red Oross section, which mects every Wednesday at 10:30 am. beginning October 14, ai the chapter house, 1730 E street, to sew and make surgical dressings for the hospitals. ‘The Washington Custus Club met Tuesday at the home of Mrs, Henry Teller Cocke, 3 Western avenue, Chevy Chase, Md., with the president, Mrs. W. 8. Corby, presiding. Papers on the theme, “What God Hath Wrought,” were given by Mrs. Appleton Clark, Mrs. W. A. Kinnan, Mrs, J. E. Dyer and Mrs. George W. Harris. “Famous Trees” was the sub- ject of a plper by Mrs. Augustus Taylor. Political Study Club—An Executive Board meeting was held in the May- flower Hotel with the president, Mrs. ‘Tilman Bacon Parks, presiding. Mrs. ‘William A. Boss announced the year book will be ready for distribution at the meeting at the Washington Club on October 17 at 2:30 pm. Mme. Patricia Bennett Dimitriu, wife of the assistant financial counselor of Ru- mania, will be the guest speaker. Her subject ‘will be Rumania. Mrs. T. Davis Gates, soprano, and Mrs, Katherine Sales English, con- tralto, will render a group of duets. Mrs, Waldo Schmutt will be the ac- companist. The honor guests will be ‘Mme. Ralph William Close, wife of the Min- ister from South Africa; Mme. Eero Jarnefelt, wife of the Minister of Finland; Mme. Andrel Popovici, wife of the charge d'affaires of Ru- mania; Mme. Jorgen Galbe, wife of the counselor Norway: Mme. Sigurd von Numers, wife of the sec- retary of the Norwegian Legal H Mrs. F. C. Bradley, wife of the naval | attache of the British Legation; Mrs. | John Bennett; Miss Mabel Hall, dean of Highland Institutions, Breathitt County, Ky. Petworth Woman’s Club— Mrs. |of adult education, will be guest speaker at the home section meeting at the home of Mrs. Martha Wilt- | berger on October 16 at 1:30 p.m. Diplomas were presented by Miss | Baynard to the chairmen of the vari- ous committees as follows: Caroline Berenter, Rebecca Rosenbloom, Eliza- beth Mensh, Hilda Siegel, Cynthia Michaelson, Betty Liebsohn, Sonya | Caplan, Betty Burko, Sophie Snyder, | Harry Myerhoff, Esther Rosenberg | Horowitz, Rebecca Rabenovets, Ger- | trude Metro, Ida Byrd, Anna Lewis, Jennie Reznick, Toba Shloss, Gertrude | Gerber, Yetta Dobkin, Leah Levin and | Mary B. Lewis. | The next meeting will be held at 8:15 p.m. October 19 at the Jewish | Community Center. | Business Women's Council meeting | Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the chapel of the | Covenant-First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Joseph M. M. Gray, chancellor of the American University, will give an Jlddress on “The German Women's | Work.” At the devotional period at 6:45 Rev. James R. King will speak. " Columbia Heights Art Club met with Mrs. George H. Cook, assisted by her | She will give a talk on her duties |in connection with consumer educa- | | tion. | The Visiting Nurse Committee will meet at the Brightwood Center to- morrow at 2 p.m. | Mrs. Leavie Dietz will entertain the literature section,tomorrow at 8 p.m. |in her home, 601 Montgomery street, | Silver Spring, Md. “California, Here I Come” will be fhe program given by | Mrs. Timothy S. Tincher. | Mrs. 8. G. Waite will entertain the hospitaltiy section Wednesday at her home. | The civic section, | Thursday at 8 p.m., will spend the first 15 minutes on the Constitution of the United States, Mrs. Horace J. | Phelps being in charge. Mrs. Frank H. Schwartz is the hostess. American Association of University | | Women.—The board of directors will | make up the receiving line at the tea tomorrow at 4 o'clock at the club house. Mrs. Rutherford J. Posson will | be hostess. A business meeting of the which meets | DRILL OCTOBER 24 Grand Commander Shaw Appoints Committee on Details. ‘The annual competitive drill, under the auspices of the Grand Command- ery, Knights Templar, of the District of Columbia, will be held in the McKinley High School gymnasium October 24. The grand commander, R. E. 8ir Arthur C. Shaw, hms appointed the following Drill Com- mittee to handle the details of the evening: Prank E. Gibson, chairman; Arthur G. Fessenden, Knut I. Nilsson, Joseph F, Lyvers and Archie L. Straub. There will be two classes of driil teams—Class A, comprising 24 men in line plus three officers, and class B, made up of 18 men and one officer. ‘The drill teams of the six command- eries have shown keen interest in the forthcoming competition and are drill- ing regularly in preparation for the event. The regular communicstion of Lebanon Lodge will be held Priday at 7:30. An E. A. degree will be con- ferred on a large class with Marshall Fred Minnigh presiding in the east. Grand Master Roepke will head Grand Lodge officers in visitations this week as follows: Monday, Dawson; Tuesday, Gompers: Thursday, Pet- worth and Joppa, joint. Hiram Lodge, after a business meet- ing Thursday, will visit Semper Para- tus Lodge. The E. A. degree will be conferred in Lafayette Lodge Thursday, Singleton Lodge will confer the F. C. degree Thursday. Senior Dea- con Brown will be in the east, ‘Woodridge Chapter, No. 15, R. A. M., will confer the Mark master's degree with Past High Priest Hosterman in the East in the temple, Twentieth and Mills avenue northeast, Tuesday at 7:30 pm. All Royal Arch Masons are invited. | At its communication next Thurs- | Wisconsin avenue, will confer the fellowcraft degree on two candidates. | Senior Deacon Vernol Brown will pre- side in the East. All Master Masons | are invited. All members, wives, sweethearts and friends are asked to reserve Friday night to attend the dance and card party given by the lodge. Refresh- ments will be served. ‘The Lambskin Club, with its ladies’ auxiliary, will hold a chicken dinner next Saturday in Northeast Temple from 5 to 7 pm. Mithras Lodge of Perfection, Scot- tish Rite Masons, met Tuesday eve- degrees. Tth degrees will be conferred in full these two degrees has been called for tomorrow evening by the director of | work, Dr. John C. Palmer. | day William R. Singleton Lodge, 4511 | ning and conferred the 4th and 5th | Next Tuesday evening the 6th and | ceremonial form, and a rehearsal for | Officers e D. C, OCTOBER 11 -IBBG—PABTI TWO. American University body elected: Front row, left to right, sitting: Mary Evaul, first vice president; Margaret Le Masters, pres- ident; Dorothy Schoonover, second vice president. Back row: Ruth Humphreys, editor; Elizabeth Craig, registrar; Virginia Slinn, historian; Carol Laise, secretary, Eunice Jones, treasurer, Order of the The annual grand visitation by the Grand Chapter officers to Lebanon Chapter will be at 8:15 o'clock Tues- day evening. Brookland Chapter will be visited the following evening, and on Friday at 8:30 o'clock they will be received by Martha Chapter. ‘The Officers’ Club of Chevy Chase Chapter will be entertained tomor- row evening by Mrs. Minna E. Span- gler, with Mrs. Edna Colman. assist- ing hostess. Mrs. Jane Snyder and Mrs. Bertha Carroll will entertain the Married Members' Club Tuesday evening. Articles for the rummage sale next left at the home of the matron, 401 Elm street. Town Hall, Fairfax, Va. Matron Ethel M. Mague announces Columbia Chapter will meet tomor- ments, will follow. The meeting of the Auxiliary Home Board, scheduled for Tuesday, has | been postponed to October 321. The Temple Committee will meet Thursday at the home of Mrs. Evelyn E. Shank, Decatur Heights, Md. An invitation dance will be held in the chapter rooms October 17 under the auspices of the Ways and Means Committee. The Endowment Committee met last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Alice King Osborn, with Miss Hazel B. | Somers and Miss Madge Chewning as- sisting. The Sunshine Committee met Friday at the home of Mrs. Essie Saturday at 2101 K street should be | The Ways and Means Committee | will hold a dance October 24 at the | row. A social, with cards and refresh- i Eastern Star ern Star Home will be entertained by the Auxiliary Home Board October 23, at 8 o'clock. Matron Violet J. Dorwrick an- nounces Areme Chapter will sponsor & rummage sale October 14 through 17th. Mrs. Gertrude Ayre, if notified, will gladly call for the rummage or telephone the matron at Georgia 6283. The Dramatic Club will hold a re- hearsal this evening at the home of the Associate Patron Walter Ruben- stein, 808 Hamilton street, at 8:15 o'clock. will be featured by a program of read- ings by Adelaide Hibbard, of the National Theater Players and musical numbers. Esther's choir will meet Tuesday at the home of Miss Mable K. Botsch, | 1510 Allison street, with Mr. and Mrs. Bert H. Brockway assisting. The Dramatic Club will be enter- tained by the Misses Lester, 6810 Ninth street, next Wednesday. Mrs. Ella Mae Fearn, matron of | Miriam Chapter, announces a meet- | ing tomorrow night. | 'The Auxiliary Home Board met | last Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Pebble Tanner, assisted by Mrs. Sylvia Silk. Ruth L. Armstrong matron of Temple Chapter, invites the star | points of all constituent chapters to 12 to honor the star points of the Esther Chapter will meet Thurs-, day evening. Mrs. Leonor Ebert Reed, | matron, announces the entertainment | be the guests at the meeting October | —Star Staff Photo. Y. W. C. A. NEWS Girl Reserve Advisers from Wash- ington, Baltimore and Annapolis meet Tuesday from 4 to 8:30 pm. at the Y. W. C. A. Seminar discussions will be held in the afternoon and evening | with dinner at 6 pm. Reservations for dinner must be made by 10 am.| Monday. Try-outs for membership in the Girl | Reserve Glee Club are being held this | week from 3 to 5 pm. Senior High School Girl Reserves interested should | report. | Industrial and Nationality Activities' | Council will meet Thursday at 8 pm. to complete plans for the depart- ment Halloween party on October 29. Wednesday Club of the industrial | department will entertain at tea for girls employed in homes October 14 at 4:30 pm., and the Thursday Club | will have its at home October 15 at | 4:30 pm. Special tap dancing classes for members of the industrial-nationality groups department will begin October 15 from 7:30 to 8 and from 8:15| to 8:45 p.m. Business women’s classes in con- tract will begin Tuesday at 7:15. i The Business and Professional Women's Glee Club will meet Tuesday | at 7:15 pm. Business women who wish a friendly | game of contract are invited every Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. | Xenos Club for young business girls will meet Wednesday at 7:30 for in- stallation of officers. Reservations will be taken for the Fall house party at Vacation Lodge. | Thursday night is Blue Triangle night for the business girls. Supper | will be served at 6:15 p.m., followed | D.A. R.CELEBRATES &TH ANNIVERSARY Series of Broadcasts to Be Inaugurated Next Fri- day Afternoon. ‘The Daughters of the American Revolution today are celebrating their 46th anniversary. It was founded here at Strathmore Arms by 18 wom- en, linea] descendants of Revolutionary soldiers. The State Radio Committee an- nounces the inauguration of a series of broadcasts over Station WRC the third Priday of each month. The first of these will be at 2:15 next Friday. The Genealogical Records Commite tee, Mrs. Harry M. Howard, chairman, will copy and compile family Bible records into book form for the use of the D. A. R. Library. This service will be extended to the public. Any one who cares to have their Bible records copied and put on file in the library of the D. A. R. notify Mrs. Harry M. Howard, 214, 3100 Connecticut avenue, or Mrs. Ryland C. Bryant, 1915 Sixe teenth street. The Girl Homemakers' State Com= mittee met at the home of Mrs. Gary E. Walters, 4501 Illinois avenue. The club will meet each Tuesday at 218 John Marshall place from 7 to 9 o'clock. Capt. Joseph Magruder Chapter met October 2 at the home of Mrs. Towson Price, 3720 R street. Miss Lida B. Earhart, registrar, pre- sented two books to the Genealogical Records Committee, “The History of the Gilpin Pamily” and a copy of the Session Book kept by the Rev. Abra- ham Boyd, 1802-1849. ‘The chapter is planning a luncheon and card party at the Fairfax on Oc- tober 24. The State officers will be guests of honor. ‘The State regent. Mrs. Charles Car- roll Haig, spoke on “Looking Forward.” Our Flag Chapter announces a card party at the Carlton Hotel the after noon of November 3. Officers of the chapter will meet at the home of Mrs. La Varre Tuesday at 10:30 o'clock to plan the season’s program, P. E. 0. SISTERHOOD Chapter M entertained the District officers and the presidents of the 13 other chapters of the District at the ‘War Mothers’ Memorial on October 8. A skit, written and presented by mems bers of Chapter M, depicted a chapter meeting in 1869. Chapter M met October 1 with Mrs. Helen Tullis at the Park Lane. The next meeting will be October 15 with Mrs. Kate Daly at Harvard Hall. Chapter B will meet at the home of Mrs. Robert H. Young, 1626 Newe ton street, Tuesday evening. Assiste ing hostesses are Mrs. Eleanor S. Rame say and Mrs. Margaret B. Dennison. The president, Mrs. Eugene H. Pitcher, will preside. ‘The guest speaker will be Miss Genevieve Hendricks, who will have for her subject “Collecting Antiques in Europe.” Chapter H met Tuesday evening Pi International Legal Sorority will meet tomorrow at the Carlton Hotel. The program has been planned to honor the members who have served mother, Mrs. Charles Grandfield. | 10cal branch will {ollow. " 7 == A | The junior group will have a dinner | The 5th Battalion, Fleet Marine Mrs. M. A. Winter, president, presided. | ! co g & bridge Thursday at 6:30 pm. Miss| Corps Reserve, with its band, will take Mrs. Robert McFall gave a summary | 8 P | part tomorrow night in the Columbus | by a “sing.” A business meeting Will | at tHe home of Mrs. L. 5. Keefauver follow. K “ o in ‘University Park, Md., with Mrs. The business girls' public affairs | Donald Maxson presiding. The proe Atchison, with Mrs. Wilhelmina C. Wetzel assisting. chapter. ments, Entertainment and refresh- as deans in the years since the or- ganization of the chapter. The honor | guests will be Miss Adele M. Stewart, only woman to act as a national bank examiner; Miss Anna Boyle, an at- torney with the Federal Trade Com- mission; Miss Beatrice Clephane, president of the Women's Bar Asso- clation; Mrs. Edwina Avery, province dean and a director in the Grand Chapter; Mrs. Julia Banks Dermady, | private secretary to the solicitor of | the Interior Department; Mrs. Eliza- ‘beth M. Cox, attorney; Miss Harriet Buckingham, attorney in the Income | Tax Division of the Treasury Depart- ment, and Miss Elizabeth F. Reed, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Grand Chapter of the organization and also on the faculty of the Wash- ington College of Law. The present | dean, Miss Addie A. Hughes, will pre- side. ‘The officers for the current year, in eddition to Miss Hughes, are Mrs. Olive Geiger Faircloth, associate dean; Miss Grace Kincaire, registrar; Miss Helen H. Esgate, chancellor, and Mrs. Burleigh Maxine Wormington, marshal. ‘The programs for the year will be in charge of Mrs. Grace Dawson, chairman; Mrs. Grace Kanode Vickers, Mrs. Norma Britton, Miss Elna Ander- son and Miss Verna Parsons. ‘The Kappa Chapter of Phi Sigma Bigma Sorority of George Washington University initiated Misses Miriam Madden and Cynthia Michaelson at the Broadmoor Hotel. It was followed by a banquet and program. The fol- Jowing officers were installed: Presi- dent, Minnie Feld; vice president, Evelyn Eibender; secretary, Margaret Belnick; treasurer, Flora Blumenthal, and historian, Jean E. Wolfe. The Non-Academic Pan-Hellenic Association held election of officers at the Occidental Hotel Monday. Miss Marguerite J. Throckmorton of Phi Sigma Epsilon Sorority is presi- dent; Miss Dorothy Gardner of Sigma Epsilon, first vice president; Miss Peggy Connor of Sigma Phi Gamma, second vice president; Mrs. Lillian Walker of Tau Beta Phi, treasurer;’ Miss Helen Harris of Phi Beta Psi, secretary; Miss Winnie Hauk of Lambda Chi, historian and publicity director; Miss Clara Dikeman of Al- pha Beta Beta, chaplain. ‘The installation will be October 19. Final plans for the annual charity ‘ball will be announced at the meeting October 19. Iota Gamms Phi Sorority opened the season with & series of “rush” Jeanette Cohen and Ruth Herson. Washington Alumnse Club of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity.—Mrs, Arthur E. Nesbitt will entertain at supper at her home, 109 West Woodbine street, Chevy Chase, Md., Tuesday at 6:30. Those assisting will be Mrs. Samuel Spruce, Mrs. Edmund H. Parry, jr.; Miss Anita Dunlap, Mrs. Charles E. Pledger, Miss Maxine Girts, Mrs. Carl 8. Dow, Miss Mary K. Luts, Mrs. Rogers M. Fred, Mrs. Benjamin H. Lingo, Mrs. R. H. Pledger and Mrs. Maurice V. Davison. Mrs. Samuel Spruce, who repre- sented the fratenity at its convention in Chicago in June, will the speaker. A of “The Netherlands,” the study for the year. The papers were “Bird's-eye View of the Netherlands by Plane,” read by Mrs. Dudley Bright, and “Dutch Landscape Painting” by Mrs. Robert Hibben. Guests were as follows: Mrs. John D. Showell, Mrs. Raleigh Gilchrist, Mrs. G. T. Bell and Mrs. Lloyd W. Biddle, president of the District fed- eration. Refreshments and a social followed. The Argyle Study Club will meet «t the home of Mrs. Newton Collamer, 124§ Crittenden street, next Tuesday at 1 o'clock. Mrs. William Tufts Wile read. The Philo-Classics Club met at the home of Mrs. M. H. Fohrman. The study of “Richard III” was begun under the leadership of Mrs. C. J. Stauber, who read a paper presenting the play. Miss Marjorie Williams and A. H. ‘Williams were guests. Kit Carson Corps, No. 11, Auxiliary to G. A. R. met at 1015 L street. Mrs. Anna J. Kirkley presided. Guests were Mrs. Agnes Sibley, department presi- dent; Mary E. Bowen, senior vice president; Mrs. Ella Orr and Ethel Grimes of Lincoln Corps. Miss Katherine Larned was in- itiated. The corps will have annual inspec- tion on November 6 by Mrs. May Parker, department inspector. Twentieth Century Club—The na- ture section, under the leadership of Mrs. D. Agnew Greenlees, will explore Sycamore Island, 10:30 am. Wednes- day. The Cabin John car will take members to Sycamore Island Station. ‘The meeting of the garden section, set for October 16, has been post- poned to October 30 at 3625 Albemarle street. Reservations for the art section meeting, at 1 o'clock October 19 at the Arts Club, may be made this week through Mrs. Prank M. Eliot, Cleve- land 7783. Members are requested to join the President MRS. JOSEPH H. ROE, Who was recently elected resident of the Faculty omen’s Club of George Washington Universi 3 | Marguerite Atkinson will be hostess. | The creative writing group will meet | in room 402 tomorrow at 3:30 o'clock. | Mrs. O. R. Rand will be leader. | The Players, under the leadership | Usual Tuesday night battalion drill | | of Miss Alice Jewell, will meet in | room 401 tomorrow at 7 o'clock. ss in Gaza,” by Adlous Huxley, at the morning book review section, Oc- tober 22 at 11 am. | ‘The group on social studies, with Dr. | Elizabeth May as leader, will meet in ;room 401 Thursday. A survey will be made of “The Public Welfare Facili- ties of the District of Columbia.” | Mrs. Thomas W. Heitz announces a | bridge luncheon October 24 at 1 | o’clock, Mrs. Frank B. Smith will be | hostess. ~ Members not Wwishing to | make up a table or not having a part- | ner may play in the round robin. Res- ervations may be made at the club. The Walkers’ Group will join the National Park Service bus trip to Sky- line Drive in Shenandoah National Park October 18. They will meet at 1416 F street at 7:45 am. Members going may take a picnic lunch or buy their lunch at Panarama Inn. Call National 1075 for reservations. Miss Elfriede Sander and Miss Vera Brun- gart will be the leaders. The District of Columbia Chiropody Society met Tuesday evening st 1333 | F street. Plans for the current year were decided upon. Meetings will be held weekly. The first meeting to be a business meeting. The second Tuesday will be devoted to a course in public speaking under the direction of Walter C. De Groot. The third meeting of the month will consist of clinical demonstrations by the mem- bers of the society. A Foot Health Council will be formed, co-operating with the Na- tional Foot Health Council. William Reher, G. Cp., was awarded first prize for the best thesis written upon & clinical subject for last year. Woman's Club of Bethesda.—Dr. Boyd Carpenter, professor of inter- national relations, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, will address the members Tuesday at 8:30. He will take “Certain Trends in In- ternational Relations” as his subject. The husbands and friends of the mem- bers are invited. Mrs. Edw. M. Willis will be the chairman of the Hostess Committee. Mrs. Delos -Paxman, chairman of Pinance Circle, No. 1, announces & card party at the club house October 23 at 8:30 pm.. Reservations may be made to members of the committee, which include Mrs. Arlington Com- stock, Mrs. W. A. Penrose, Mra. Eugene Doyle, Mrs. F. G. Kayhoe, Mrs. Charles Clugston, Mrs. Edward Morrison and Mrs. George Clendenin. Capital City Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Barnstead. Plans for several activities to be held in the future were discussed. ‘The next meeting will be October 14 with Mrs. Lilliam Martin and Mrs. Emma Gass entertaining. The Patent Lawyers Club held a dinner meeting October 5 at the Parrot. The guest speaker war Willam H. Davis of New York. The Professional Writers’ Club of the Y. W. C. A. held & board meeting October 5 to discuss the program for the coming Winter.' The club will meet tomorrow in the ¥, W. C. A. &t 8 pm. Donald McHenry, park naturalist for the District of Co- | Mrs. Hiram Snell will review “Eye- | | day ceremonies held under the au- | spices of the Knights of Columbus. | This formation takes the place of the formation. First Lieut. ! jr., adjutant has received | from the battalion and ordering him to duty with the War Department's | Civilian Conservation Corps. He will report to Atlanta, Ga. His relief for duty as adjutant has not yvet been selected, although five enlisted men Winslow H. Randolph, of the 5th Battalion, have been recommended to fill the | vacancies now existing in the com- | | missioned grades of the battalion. As these vacancies are filled, one of the older officers of the battalion will be assigned as adjutant. A group of officers and non-com- missioned officers of the battalion went to Manassas last Thursday and Friday as observers of the Fleet | Marine Force combat maneuvers. lumbia, will speak on “Write About America.” | At the November meeting Jose Ter cero, director of the Travel Bureau of the Pan-American Union, will speak on “Mexico as a Subject for Writers.” | His talk will be illustrated by Mexican singers and music. The District Sunshine and Com- home of Mrs. Frederick Newburgh, 7105 Chatham road, Chevy Chase, Md., the new president, Mrs. Eugene | E. Thompson, in the chair. A memorial service was conducted for Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, second vice president, in which Mrs. E. M. Gustafson offered prayer, Mrs. Sus- anne Mulkern gave her life history, Mrs. J. Edwin Reid, past president, and Mrs. Eugene E. Thompson, new president, spoke. Mrs. 8. Morris read resolutions, prepared by Mrs. Charles P. Grandfield, and Mrs. Esther Bair concluded the service with a special reading. Mrs. Edward Stevens was appointed second vice president and Mrs. New- burgh parliamentarian. Mrs, New- burgh accepted the chairmanship of ways and means, with Mrs. H. Stuart Boyer as assistant, and Mrs. Harry Reed chairmanship of gospel mission. Plans for the November card party are in charge of the Ways and Means Committee. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Susanne Mulkern at the Kennedy-Warren. Refreshments were served by the hostesses: Mesdames Newburgh, E. E. Thompson, J. Edwin Reid, Esther Bair, Maurice Emerson, Herman Matson, Worthington Bean, T. M. Powers and H. E. Huntsberry. Abraham Lincoin Circle, No. 5, La- dies of the G. A. R., met last Monday at the Willard Hotel with Mrs. Amy F. Hammon, president, presiding. Re- ports of officers were made. The death of Miss Mate H. Lewis, & member and director of the District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs, which occurred at Oak Park, Ill, September 11, was announced. Interment was at Crawfordsville, Ind. Resolutions of sympathy were offered by Miss Rebecca L. Blaine, the chap- lain. Mrs. Sarah E. Deeds was elect- ed to succeed Miss Lewis. ‘Theodore Mitchell, senior vice com- mander of Lincoln Camp, Sons of Union Veterans, made an address. Mrs. Alice C. Howard reported for the Visiting Committee. orders detaching him‘ munity Society met Monday at the | Mrs. Hannah Dorn, matron of Mount Pleasant Chapter, announces the Boosters’ rummage sale October |15. A Chinese supper and dance will be served by the Star Points. The | coupon contest will close at the next | meeting. The Home Board will meet with Mrs. Cilley October 15. The Boosters will meet with Mrs. | Woodcock October 27. = | Matron Mabel H. Test of Bethany | Chapter set aside the last meeting for the entertainment of the past ma- | trons and past patrons and the mem- bers of the Sunshine Committee. The | past matrons and past patrons sub- iamuud for the present officers. Min- | iature gavels were presented to them and boxes of candy to the members of the Sunshine Committee. Vocal selections were rendered by Thomas Leef and a student orchestra, spon- sored by W. J. Oates, entertained. A Halloween dance will be held at Brightwood Hall on October 23. La Fayette Lodge Chapter will have as its guests the secretaries and treas- urers of the jurisdiction Wednesday evening at the hall, Fourteenth and Kenyon streets. They will be wel- comed by Past Matron Helen B. Hall and Mrs. Lillie V. C. Myers, secretary and treasurer, respectively. There will be a program and refreshments. ‘There will be a rummage sale at 228 Fourth street southwest Thurs- day. Those having rummage call Ber- nard Sparks, Georgia 2429. The Card Club will meet October 20 at the home of Mrs. Sadie R. Markwood and Mrs. Violet R. Mark- wood, 1821 Monroe street northwest. ‘The Grand Chapter officers will make their annual grand visitation to Lebanon Chapter Tuesday evening. Matron Julia Haslett announces a short program. Associate Matron Ruth Hall, Mrs. Laura Wallace, or- ganist, and the Star Points, Mrs. Myrtle Feindt, Mrs. Mildred Mac- Donald, Miss Georgeanna Hild, Miss Mary Mann and Mrs. Mary Reed will participate. The Lebanon Players will hold a rehearsal Wednesday at Roosevelt High School. A card party, for the benefit of the Treasury Chest will be held Thursday eve; at the home of Mrs. Myrtle Feindt, 1915 Otis street northeast. Mrs. Elmer Harrington will conduct & bingo party for the benefit of the chest Saturday evening at her home, ;::0 Beachwood drive, Chevy Chase, The next meeting of Cathedral Chapter will be men’s night. There will ub' entertainment and refresh- ments, On Tuesday evening the men of Electa Chapter will be special guests. There will be entertainment and re- ts. The Educational Com- mittee will give a card party Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, 2310 High street southeast. - Mrs. Betty Bolinger, matron of Martha Chapter, invites members to the grand visitation on October 16. The Boy's and Men's Committee will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Rudolph Malth, 3008 Ala- bama avenue southeast, at 8 o’clock. The Auxiliary Home Board will give s card at the home of Mrs. Ollie Diets, 718 North Carolina avenue southeast, Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The guests at the Masonic and East- A ‘The obligation ceremony will be conducted in Naomi Chapter, Be- thesda, Md., Wednesday. The chap- ter will have a white elephant sale at | the home of Lillian Beall, 7200 George- | town road, Edgemoor, Friday evening. Mrs. Vera Morris, matron of Joseph | H. Milans Lodge Chapter, announces | the meeting Thursday, in the North- | east Masonic Temple, will be con- | ductress and associate conductress | night in honor of Conductress Lucy Hollidge and Associate Conductress Cecelia Hutchison. Special guests will be Grand Matron Louise E. Kreg- low, Grand Conductress Helen D. | Robbins, Associate Grand Conduc- | tress Ruth Cromelin, and the con- ductresses and associate conductresses of the various chapters. ®There will be a fashion show. Q A special meeting for initiation will be October 26. Miss Bertha Morgan, chairman of the Temple Committee of Unity Chapter, announces a dance October 15 at the Brooks John Farm. Fidelity Chapter will meet October 15 at 8 pm. Important business. The Officers’ Society will meet to- | morrow at the home of Mrs. Florence | Shoemaker, 2624 Tenth street north- east. Mrs. Fronie Berryman, past matron, will assist. Mrs. Pearl Bellman, president of the Friendly Circle, will have her next meeting October 13 at the home of Mrs. Najeeba Kiatta. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 p.m., with Mrs. Janet Manvell, past matron, and Mrs. Margaret Fox assisting. Rosenberg and Mrs. Virginia Crane will have a necktie and apron party at the chapter room at Fourteenth and Kenyon streets, October 22 at 8 p.m. Legal bingo, cards, refreshments and dancing. The Past Matrons and Patrons’ As- sociation of Naomi CRapter will meet tomorrow evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Delaney, 1806 Lawrence street northeast. Dr. Alice W. Downey, matron, an- nounces at the meeting next Wednes- day night the program and refresh- ments will be presented by the Gleaners. , The Home Board will meet Tuesday evening with Mrs. Hammerly, 731 Fern street. Mrs. Lillian E. Baker, matron of Joppa Lodge Chapter, announces the Grand Chapter officers will make their- annual isitation October 21. The Ways and Means Committee has called off the turkey dinner sched- uled for October 14 and will hold & bridge and 500 card party in Joppa Hall, 4209 Ninth street, next Wednes- day. Phone Georgia 7569 for reserva- tions. There will be & special meeting of the chapter October 28 at 8 p.m. for initiation. SPIEGEL, MAY, STERN SALES AT NEW PEA'K By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 9. —Spiegel May, Stern Co., Inc., reported Septem ber net sales established & new all- time record for the month. Sales totaled $4,584,379, & gain of 38.16 per cent over September, 1935. Sales for the first nine months this year totaled $37,088,848, an increase of 26.35 per cent, compared with the corresponding 1938 period. A tl Mrs. Bertie Crumb, Miss Matty | study group will hold a round-table | Thursday at 5:15 p.m. Cleveland Park Chapter will meet tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the residence of Mrs. William Lincoln Browning, pres- | ident. | Committees for the week include: Monday, finance, 10; executive, 11, and Advisory Board of Trustees, 4 pm. Tuesday, public affairs, 11. Wednesday, rooms registry, 11. Thurs- day, Board of Directors, 10:30 a.m. | Elizabeth Somers Glee Club has re- sumed rehearsals and will meet each Thursday at 7 pm. Music hours will begin today at | 5 pm. I JOB'S DAUGHTERS I ‘The Mother’s Club of Bethel, No 1, met at the home of Mrs. Aimee ! Schmidt, 811 Eleventh street north- | enst. A choir rehearsal was held at the home of Helen Lord, 5520 Kansas avenue, October 9. Margaret Shilling, Jule Lawrenson and Helen Lord were | hostesses. Mrs. Emily Harris Ewing will be hostess to the Hiking Club at 4916 Kansas avenue. Plans for the straw | ride and wiener roast will be dis- | cussed. | at Mary Ellen Bailey's home, 421 Emerson street. Drill practice will start at 7:30, October 15, at the Masonic Temple. Bethel No. 1 will meet October 17, in the Masonic Temple, at 8 o'clock. After the meeting, the girls will en- tertain their mothers and fathers with dancing and refreshments. Bethel U. D. held & business meet- ing Thursday at 7:30 p.m, in the Masonic Temple. Bethel No. 2 will have a neighbor night October 16. The nearby Bethels are invited to attend. There will be | dancing. The choir is psonsoring a | straw ride October 30. Bethels Nos. 1 and 3 have been invited. The drill team will meet in the lower half of Stansbury Temple, October 19. Today is the Bethel's go-to-church Sunday. The girls are attending Wal- lace Memorial Church at 10.45. A rummage sale is being held by the ‘Ways and Means Committee Novem- ber 6. STATE SOCIETIES. Edwin K. McDowell, president of the Alabama Society of Washington, and Mrs. McDowell entertained at luncheon, at their home, Saturday, having as their guests the vice presi- dents of the society. An infermal business session was held, when plans for & membership campaign were made. A dance will be held October- 22 at the Willard Hotel. The West Virginia State Society will install officers next Thursday night at the Raleigh Hotel. New offi- cers are D. 8. Davison, president; Hood Phillips, Miss Mayme Hamrick, E. T. Morgan, Mrs. E. H. Nunnally, J. P.. Moriarty and John W. Smith, vice presidents; J. L. Bateman, secre- tary (seventeenth term); Mrs. Sada Shinn, financial secretary; Col. J. W. DeGrange, treasurer, and D. W. Gall, historian. Mr. Davison succeeds Sen- ator Rush D. Holt, A > | The Bethel Committee will meet | gram included reviews of Summer | travels. | The members voted to suppdrt the | plan for a scholarship to Cottey Col- lege, Nevada, Mo. KNIGHTS OF COLUMB! State Deputy Plant will broadcast a Columbus day message over Station | WRC tomorrow at 4:45 o'clock. | _The Father Hurney Post of the | Catholic War Veterans met Wednes- day evening and discussed plans for the part they are to take in the Columbus day parade. All members have been requested to be present at 7 p.m. in complete uniform and deco- rations. Thomas Cullen. commander | of the post, announced the Color Guard from St. John's Coliege will lead this contingent in the parade. Col. William O'Leary, supreme audi- tor, was a guest of Carroll Council Tuesday evening. Grand Knight | Joseph A. O’Connell presided. Alfred Paul Neff will hold a bingo | party Saturday evening in the Knights of Columbus Club for members of the | order and their friends. | The annual vesper service will be held at St. Aloysius Church October | 18 at 8 o'clock. It is being arranged | by the District of Columbia Chapter, of which John M. Connell is chairman. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOS| Dictator Russell B. Martin held a meeting of the Executive and House Committees of the Columbia Lodge last Tuesday night at the Moose Home to inspect the lodge hall, which has just recently been redecorated. Trustees S. Bayliss and R. Bissell met with the secretary and ¢hairman of the House Committee to appoint a Finance Committee. John Lowe of the Entertainment Committee announced a meeting of the committee Tuesday night. A class initiation will be held Octo- ber 13 at the Moose Home. This class will be known as the Mooseheart Day Class to celebrate the founding of Mooseheart on October 27, 1911, and also to honor the birthday anniversary of director general of the Loyal Order of Moose, Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania. ‘Women of the Moose. Miss Lavina Platt is chairman of the Mooseheart Committee of the local chapter and Miss Anna Ferrera the assistant chairman. Mrs. Frances Baldwin was in charge of & program given by the Social Serv- ice Committee at the meeting last Friday. Mrs. Frances Troy Northcross addressed the chapter on the work of Opportunity House. Memorial services were held by Vice tory Council for James A. Williams, Jormer Senator. District Manager Arthur 8. Brown, Chaplain John C. Stewart, Henry J. Prank, Everett M. Pershing, Melvin D. Newland, Presi- dent George W. Vail and Arthur W. PFinkelstein spoke. United Council will hold memorial services for mer