Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1937, Page 40

C—6 BY GRAND MASTER Pentalpha and Albert Pike Lodges te Receive Officers at Meeting Tomoriow. Grand Master Paul B. Cromelin and other officers of the Grand Lodge of Masons will continue their series of annual visitations this week. Thus far they have visited 21 of the 46 lodges. The visitations tomorrow evening wilt be to Pentalpha and Albert Pike Lodges. Masters Clarence M. Mitchell and Lucian Jordan have announced a special musical program and an ap- propriate speaker. Refreshments will be served. On Wednesday at 2 o'clock the officers will visit King Solomon Lodge. Master Harry Saidman annouriced & musical program will be presented. Visitations will be made to Barris- ters and Mount Pleasant Lodges on Wednesday evening. Master John E. Marshall of Barristers Lodge has ar- ranged a program. Refreshments will be served. Visitations will be made Thursday evening to Hirem, La Fayette and Semper Paratus Lodges. At the con- clusion of the visitations the Fellow- craft Club of Ly Fayette Lodge will present a Masoific plav entitled “A Rose on the Altar.” This is the latest play written by Carl H. Claudy, senior grand steward. On Friday evening the visitations will be to Justice and Columbia Lodges. Master Alfred E. Hansdn of Columbia Lodge has prepared a program in honor of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the . Constitution of the United States. The principal speaker will be Representative Sol Bloom of New York and Director General of the United States Ceristitution Sesquicen- tennial Commission. Special music will be rendered by the quartet and orchestra. Petworth Lodge Felloweraft Club will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. Sharah, 13 Grant Circle. The club will hold a dance November 13 at Joppa Lodge Hall, 4209 Ninth street N.W. Carl H. Claudy, senior grand stew- ard, has returned from the annual meetings of the Grand Lodge of Ken- tucky, where he officially represented Grand Master Paul B. Cromelin of this jurisdiction. Members of King David Lodge will | hear an address Tuesday evening on the workings of the Federal Bureau of | Investigation by A. B. Leckie, admin- istrative aid to Edgar Hoover. Master Charles F. Worden of Wash- ington Centennial Lodge on November 8 will visit Birmingham Lodge of Beltsville, Md., in company with many of the members of his lodge. Masonic members desiring to attend should| notify him. All Masonic bodies in the Brent- wood and Petworth areas will hold a Joint religious service tonight at the | Lewis Memorial M. P. Church in| honor of the opening of the new church edifice. Rev. John A. Trader, pastor, will speak on “The Shibboleth of Life.” Benjamin B. French Lodge tomor- row night will hear an illustrated ad- dress by Dr. H. N. Wheeler, regional forester of the, Forest Service, United Btates Department of Agricuiture. Master Alfred J. Steffen has ar- ranged a fathers and sons’ evening next Wednesday in honor of the sons and grandsons of the members of East Gate Lodge. The Police Koys' Club will give wrestling and boxing bouts and chalk talks by Capt. Dick Mans- field. A special invitation has been is- sued by Master Matthew R. Beebe of Osiris Lodge, to members of Columbia Lodge of Clarendon, Va., to attend the meeting Wednesday evening. Harry Green, past Grand Master of Masons of Virginia, will give a brief talk, and Rev. Allen A. Stockdale will speak on the Washington Community Chest. On Friday evening Master Robert A. Walker of Lebanon Lodge has invited the Masters' Association of 1937 as special guests at the stated meeting of the lodge. A special program is being prepared under the direction of Past Master Roger Power. President Raymond Selby has an- nounced on Saturday evening the Lambskin Club will hold a memorial service in honor of its deceased mem- bers at the Northeast Masonic Temple. The Fellowcraft Club of Lebanon Lodge will hold its annual oyster roast and barbecue Saturday at the farm of its president, Clarence Carroll, south of Marlboro. et the Northeast Motor Co. at 1:30 pm. Temple Noyes Annual Outing. Members and friends of Temple Noyes Lodge will leave on Friday at 4:55 pm. for their annual outing at the Farmington Country Club, at Farmington, Va. They will return on Sunday evening. Arrangements are being made by Past Master Ernest C. Guy. Master Joseph W. Upton has set aside the stated communication of Theodore Roosevelt Lodge Wednes- day evening to honor the past masters of that lodge. The speaker will be James R. Kirkland, formerly assistant District attorney and now professor of criminal law at George Washington University. A program of entertain- ment has been prepared and refresh- ments will be served. 3 Monarch Solgmon Stichman an- nounces a joint ceremonial of Kallipo- lis Grotto with Samis Grotto, Rich- mond, Va., and Abaca Grotto, Fred- ericksburg, Va., at Richmond Novem- ber 18. The class is now forming and # large delegation of local prophets will join the pilgrimage. Trestleboard. Monday—Potomac, business; Benja- min B. French, social; Anacostia, E. A.; Pentalpha, grand visitatior; Albert Pike, grand visitation, special. Tuesday—National, F. C.; Arminius, business; Myron M. Parker, F. C.; King David, social. Wednesday—Washington Centen- nial, business; Osiris, social; King Sol- omon, grand visitation; Mount Pleas- ant, grand visitation, special; East Gate, social; Theodore Roosevelt, so- eial; Barristers, grand visitation. Thursday—Naval, M. M.; Hiram, grand visitation; La Fayette, grand visitation; William R. Singleton, E. A. social; Semper Paratus, grand visitation. PFriday—Columbia grand visitation; Lebanon, social; Joseph H. Milans, F, ©.; Justice, grand visitation. i The members will meet | Grand visitations this week are: On Monday night at 8:30, 8t. John's Lodge Chapter. Tuesday &t 8:30, Chapter. Wednesday at 8§:30, Joppa Lodge Chapter. Thursday at 8:30, Fidelity Chapter. Friday at 8:30, Eust Gate Chapter. Chevy Chase At the meeting of Acacia Chapter, November 2, the past matrons and the past patrons will be the honored guests. The Star Point Society will meet at the home of Mrs. Ebersole, 616 M street N.E,, on November 4. Gavel Chapter will mee{ November 2, meet at the home of Lillian Rowzee, 3514 Thirtieth street N.W., Novem- ber 4. The officers of the Grand Chapter will pay their annual visitation to Fidelity Chapter on November 4 at pm. The Friendly Circle is holding a tour to Fort Lincoln Cemetery on Novem- ber 2. The bus will leave the Masonic Temple at 1:30 p.m. All members and friends are invited. The Home Board will have a lunch- eon meeting at the home of Mrs. Grace Sladen, 120 Eleventh street S.E., November 9 at 12:30 pm. The assisting hostesses are Past Matron Caroline Shaw and Mrs. Rachel Tot- ten. Columbia Chapter last Monday eve- ning was entertained with songs of Stephen Foster, rendered by the choir; vocal selections by Miss Louise War- field and violin solos by her father, both of whom were accompanied by Mrs. M. Virginia McGarity. The Auxiliary Home Board was en- tertained October 15 at the home of Mrs. Ethel J. Hess, with Mrs. Eleanore Bartram and Miss Viola Culbertson as assisting hostesses. The chairman, | Mrs. Rose L. Hidde, was presented with a petite point handbag by Mrs. Marie Neal of the committee. | The Endowment Committee met last | Thursday afternoon at the home of | Mrs. Ida E. Kabler, with Mrs. Ethel | M. Mague, past matron; Mrs. Mae C. | Clark and Mrs. Mary E. Spiker assist- ing hosts s, Mrs. Freddy C. deLesdernier, ma- | tron, announces the Hospitality Com- | mittee for November and December | will consist of Mrs. Helen V. Heizer, chairman: Mrs, Bess Chapin Coston, | Miss Julia B. Chandler and Mrs. | Pauline G. Luxfor Matron Isabel Titlow announces Martha Chapter next Friday night | will honor Flora E. Campbell, right worthy grand treasurer of the General Grand Chapter. A special program has been prepared and all members of the order are invited. Mizpah Chapter will meet Novem- ber 2. | a special guest. refreshments. Friendship Chapter will be | Entertainment and Takoma Chapter at its last meet- ing ihitiated two persons. Mrs. Wini- | fred Clark sang during the entire | Initiation. | | Jean Park, matron, presented to| | the chapter a lighted altar and star | | point pedestals. This was recp)ved‘ | in a very gracious manner by Secre- | tary Dickens, with Mrs. H. B. Hen- drick assisting. At the meeting November 12 the past matrons and patrons will be honor guests. E. 0. SISTERHOOD Chapter H met at the home of the president, Mrs. Rush B. Lincoln, with | Miss Stella Sebern and Miss Helen | Winter as assistant hostesses. | A play, “The Fatal Quest,” was given | by Mrs. Donald L. Maxson, Mrs. Roger | M. Calloway, Miss Stella Sebern, Miss | | Ellen Hagerman and Mrs. C. Stanley | | White, | Guests were District of Columbia | Chapter officers, Dr. Ella R. Fales, | Miss Elizabeth S. Reynolds, Mrs. F. W. Reynolds, and Mrs. C. B. Gibbons; also presidents of local chapters, Mrs. Helen Brundage of Chapter M, Mrs. F. F. Elliot of Chapter F, Mrs. Eugene H. Pitcher of Chapter B, Mrs. Eliza- beth W. Clark of Chapter J and Mrs. R. C. Potts of Chapter A. Also Mrs. Daniel §. Coombs of Chdpter CL of Long Beach, Calif., afd Miss Effie T, Croy of Chapter OE of St. Louis, Mo. The next meeting will be held with Miss Francis Kirkpatrick, 2150 Penn- sylvania avenue N.W. Chapter B met Tuesday for luncheon with Mrs. H. L. Hodgkins, 1821 Kalo- rama road N.W. Assisting were Mrs. A. . Caldwell,gMrs. N. B. Williams and Mrs. J. A. West. The president, Mrs. E. H. Pitcher, presided. The guests of honor were the Dis- trict officers: Dr. Ella R. Fales, presi- dent; Mrs. Maude M. Stockberger, first vice president; Mrs. Elizabeth M. Ferguson, second vice president; Miss S. Elizabeth Reynolds, organizer; Mrs. Mildred Reynolds, recording secretary, and Mrs. Bena A. Barnhart, corre- | sponding secretary. Other visiting P. E. O. members were Mrs. C. C. Combs, Mrs. R. L. Hoxie and Mrs. Lucie Claughton, Chapter G; Mrs. Jason Waterman and Mrs. Ellis Logan, Chapter C; Mrs. Ella S. Knight, Chapter L and Mrs. Max A. Hostetler, Chapter BI, Shelton, Nebr. Mrs, H. A. Polkinhorn gave her story of the Taj Mahal. The next meeting will be held No- vember 9 with Mrs. Young, 1626 New- ton street N.W. Husbands will be supper guests. Chapter F met with Mrs Effie Me- Kenzie, 5404 Norton street N.W., with the president, Mrs. Florence Eliott, presiding. A benefit dinner and bazaar will be held at the Fairfax Inn at 6 o'clock next Friday. The P. E. O. reciprocity luncheon will be held Wednesday at Woodward & Lothrop’s Tea Room at 12:30. All members are invited. Mrs, John W. Edwards is chairman. Chapter C met October 22 with the president, Mrs. Bertha P. Mattocks. Guests were Dr. Ella Fales, district president, and Mrs, Della Pitcher, president of Chapter B. Mrs. Mary Bean told of her trip abroad during the Summer. Mrs. Pitcher, delegate to the Supreme Con- vention in St. Louis, gave a report. Dr. Fales also spoke on the conven- tion. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Maude H. Waterman. Chapter D met at the home of Mrs. The Auxiliary Home Board will| K. L. 8herman, 5334 Nebraska avenue N.W,, Tuesday evening, with Mrs. Jack Graham assistant hostess. The presi~ dent, Miss Myrtle I. Seidler, conducted the business meeting. Misses Myrta Reynoids and Maee [ 3 : ¢ THE. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 31, 1937—PART TWO. VISITS CONTINUED Order of the Eastern Star Aurelia B. Thomas, matron of Congress Lodge Chapter, announces meeting tomorrow evening. At the last meeting was grand visitation, Past Matron Gertrude Smith of Columbia Chapter furnished the entertainment. Cathelral Belles will be entertained next Tuesday evening by Mrs, Edith L. Young, 2243 Wisconsin avenue N.W., assisted by Mrs. Louise Garner and Mrs. Mona Grimsley. They will bowl next Saturday evening at Con- vention Hall. The Home Board of Cathedral Chapter will be entertained Thurs- ddy evening by Mrs, Caroline Burgess, 2412 Fourth street N.E., who will be assisted by Mrs, Garner and Miss Lois Wells, Lebanon Chapter conferred the de- grees upon six candidates. For the next meeting of the chap- ter plans are being made to cele- brate the 18th birthday anniversary. A program is being arranged. Mr, and Mrs. Albert Schultz will entertain the Thirty-two Troupers in their new home, 7419 Twelfth street N.W. Saturday evening. This meeting supersedes the one scheduled Gctober 28. Thelma Sevenhuysen will preside. A Halloween social will follow. Matron Florence E. Lewis of Hope Chapter, announces the chapter ban- quet November 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the Continental Hotel. All members are invited. A The next meeting on November 10 will be Martha and Electa Star Point Night. The Grand Martha and Grand Electa, together with the other Star Points in this jurisdiction will be hon- ored guests. The 1933 Association of Matrons and Patrons will meet November 13, at 1414 H street N'W., to celebrate the birth- day anniversary of Post Grand Ma- tron Elizabeth Plitt. Reservations should be made with the president, Mrs. Edith W, Clark, in advance. Ruth Chapter tomorrow will confer the degrees and have memorial serv- ices for deceased members. Mrs. Rose Gentner, matron of Jo- seph H. Milans Lodge Chapter, an- nounces the meeting Thuipday evening will be Masonic Night, with Joseph H. Milans Lodge and Myron M. Parker Lodge members will be guests. There will be entertainment and refresh- ments. The Ways and Means Committee will have a dinner November 8 at 2100 Massachusetts avenue N.W., at 6:30. Call Emerson 3131 for reservations. On November 20 a cabaret at Scottish Rite Temple. The Secretaries Association will meet at the home of Mrs. Grace A. Gil- crest, 1318 Emerson street N.W. on November 6, with Mrs. Jemmie Greg- ory and Mrs. Alice Newgard assisting. Areme Chapter, at its last meeting, had its annual visitation of the Grand Chapter officers. Past Matron Selma Selinger Klein was assisted in the solo work by Past Matron Mary Jane Jes- ter, Mrs. Ruth Barnhart Mayberry and Mrs. Mildred Brashears Sullivan. The Dramatic Club presented gifts to the grand matron and the grand patron. There will be refreshments following the next meeting. \ Chevy Chase Chapter will receive the Grand Chapter officers Tuesday evening for their annual visitation and the matrons and patrons of 1937. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE The Executive Board of Columbia Lodge will meet Tuesday at 1414 I street N.W. at 8 p.m. to arrange for a social in November. The Entertainment Committee will meet in the secretary's office Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. to make final arrange- ments for the oyster roast Novem- s ber 21, Past Dictator Wade H. Mitchell, as- sisted by the degree staff of Colum- bia Lodge, conferred the First Degree on 15 candidates last Tuesday night. Vice Dictator George H. Eddleman announced the next class initiation November 23. The Legion of the Moose will meet November 7 at 2 p.m. at the Moose Home in Baltimore, Md. The meeting will be followed by a dinner and en- tertainment for members of the Sec- ond Degree. ‘Women of the Moose. Plans for November activities of Co- lumbia Chapter were made when all committee chairmen met Friday eve- ning at the home of Past Regent Mrs. E. T. Deegan. Mrs. H. J. Clark, mem- bership chairman, announced a No- vember campaign for a class of new members to be initiated in honor of the annual visit of Grand Dame of Veteran Women of the Moose Mrs. Mary Hooper of Baltimore, Md., on December 10. The library chairman, Mrs, William Sullivan, and her com- mittee are planning for a program on November 12. The annual turkey dinner will be held November 15 at 1414 I street N.W. The Publicity Committee will meet tomorrow and the Membership and Social Service Committees on Tuesday evening. Members of Washington Lodge will be pledged at the meeting Wednesday in a Nation-wide crusade of the Elks to reduce traffic fatalities. A com- mittee composed of former Judge Gus A. Schuldt, John B. Colpoys and John J. Sirica has arranged an interesting program. Director Willlam A. Van Duzer will speak. A large number of Washington Elks made a visitation to Alexandria Lodge on Monday, when a class was initiated in honor of Robert S. Barrett, former grand esteemed leading knight. A Navy Day address was made at the lodge on Wednesday by Comdr. Tully Shelley of the office of the chief of naval operations. Annapolis Lodge has announced & State Association night there on No- ‘vember 10. Preparations are being made for a ladies’snight at the ¢lub December 7. ‘The next initiation will be held No- vember 17, on the occasion of the offi- cial visitation of District Deputy N. Bosley Hoffman. Neff spoke on Nova Scotia, where they spent their summer vacation. Mrs. Minnie Seeds reviewed the P. E. O. record. Mesdames Scott and Hoty of Iowa were guests. The next regular meeting will be November 9 at the home of Mrs. Charles Burnside, 1423 Geranium street N.W. There will be exemplica~ tion of the ritual. ' 3 s MEMORIAL LISTED' (MARINE OFFICIALS | Parent FOR WAR NURSES Exercises to Be Held in the Washington Cathedral Armistice Day. “The third annual memorial exer- cises in honor of nurses and other women who died in the service of this country will be held at Wash- ington Cathedral on Armistice day, November 11, at 4 p.m. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs. Roose- velt, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. William Howard Taft head the list of invited guests. The services will be under the aus- pices of the Washington Cathedral and National Capital Chapter, Dis- abled American War Veterans. Very Rev. Noble C. Powell, dean of Wash= ington, will conduct the service. Mu- sic will be furnished by the Cathedral Choir, under the direction of Robert C.,Barrow, organist and choirmaster, and the United States Marine Band, Capt. Taylor Branson, leader. Bishop James E. Freeman and Os- car L. Chapman, Assistant Secre- tary of Interior, will deliver the prin- cipal addresses. John T. Chedester, D. A. V. de- partment commander, will present a wreath in tribute to the women of America which at the conclusion of the service will be laid on the tomb of Woodrow Wilson by Mrs. W. W. Chis- well of the Women's Overseas Service League. E. Claude Babcock, past national commander of the D. A. V., will pre- sent & bouquet of flowers to Mrs. Ir- ving Fairweather, national president of the American War Mothers, in “tribute to the living.” Dr. Ze Barney Phillips, chaplain of the Senate, and Dr. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House, will take part in the service. Delegations from the following or- ganizations will take part in the church procession: American Red Cross, under Miss Mabel T. Boardman, executive secretary; Women's Over- seas Service League, Mrs. W. W. Chi well,” president Washington Unit; American War Mothers, Mrs. Irving Fairweather, national president, and D. A. V. Women's Auxiliary, Mrs. Marie Anderson, committeewoman. Among veterans' organizations and their auxiliaries which will be repre- sented are the Grand Armyv of the Republie, United Spanish War Vete- rans, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Militarv Order of the World War, Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Army and Navy Union, Legion of Valor and Purple Heart. E. Claude Babccok has been ap- pointed a member of the National Finance Committee by National Comdr. Maple T. Harl. He has re- signed the chairmanship of the de- partment Membership Committee in order to accept his new assignment, which will require part of his time at national headquarters at Cincin- nati, Ohio. * Plans for the annual department convention and banquet were dis- cussed at the meeting of the depart- ment Executive Committee on Octo- ber 20. Department Comdr. John T. Chedester appointed William B. Co- vert chairman of the Banquet Com- mittee. - Election of officers and initiation of recruits will feature the meeting of National Capital Chapter next Friday night at Moose Hall. Special honors will be conferred upon William Phillips, blind senior vice commander, who will take the oath as commander to fill the unex- pired term of the retiring officer. Mahlon C. Ward, national employ- ment chairman, addressed a meeting of Rea Chapter at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club last Monday night. Phillip R. Belt, commander, presided. CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA Court District of Columbia, No. 212, will hold a reception today at 3 p.m. for new members at the Willard Hotel and more than a hundred Catholic women in Washington will be initiated into the organization. The member- ship class has been named in honor of the chaplain, the Rev. John K. Cartwright. Officers of Court.Forest Glen, Silver Spring, Md., will assist the officers of the local court. Fol- lowing the meeting a banquet will be served, at which the new members will be guests. During the program which will follow the banquet Miss Dorothea U. Barrett, chairman of membership, will present the grand regent of Court District of Columbia, Miss Augusta E. Uhl, who will pre- side at the banquet. The guests will be welcomed by Miss Uhl and the Rev. John K. Cartwright. The principal address will be given by Right Rev. Msgr. Edward Jordan of the Catholic University. Mrs. Lor- raine Brown, mistress of ceremonies, will conduct the musical numbers, with Miss Catherine Hessian as ac- companist. Miss Edna Roche will give vocal selections and a group of songs will be given by the C. D. A. Glee Club, directed by Harry X. Walsh, accompanied by Miss Rita Dolphin, Miss Marguerite McDonald, president of the Junior Catholic Daughters in Washington, will be a guest. On Tuesday evening & business meeting will be held at the Willard Hotel. One of the outstanding events of the organization for November will be a public meeting of the Convert League November 10. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen will be the principal speaker. JR.0.U A M. 0ld Glory Council met October 21, with Vice Councilor George H. Powell presiding. Final arrangements were made relative to adjusting the mem- bership in accordance with the action taken at the National session last summer regarding benefits. Edward J. Ross Council met Octo- ber 21, with Councilor Vance Davis presiding. Chairman - Wells an- nounced arrangements for a dance November 13,° Chairman Sidney Haas announced progress for the Memorial Committee which is making arrange- ments for memorial services at 808 I street N.W., 8 p.m., November 14, with the families of the deceased .members 88 guests of honor and Na- tional Councilor Andrew Ruppel 83 principal speaker, £ national executive | CONSIDER BUDGET Boost in Enliétment Figure of 17,000 Is Sought—Hol- comb Testifies. Budget matters for the fiscal year starting July 1 next engaged the at- tention of oficers of the Marine Corps last week. Details of what the officials are asking for were not revealed. It is known that the authorities are not satisfled with the present enlisted fig- ure of 17,000, and would like to see it increased materially. Maj. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, com- mandant of the Marine Corps, led the list of officials who appeared before the Bureau of the Budget to justify their estimates for the coming year's work. Maj. Floyd W. Bennett will be de- tached about November 10 from the Marine Barracks at the Cavite, P. I, Navy Yard and be assigned to duty with the Department of the Pacific, with headquarters at San Francisco. Capt. George O. Van Orden, about November 1, will be detached from the Marine Department at the Cape May, N. J, rifie range and go on duty at the New York Navy Yard. Marine Corps headquarters an- nounces Capt. Fred D. Beans was pro- moted to that rank on October 1. This is subject to Senate confirma- tion. Capt. William L. Harding, jr, to- morrow will be detached from the Marine Detachment at Seattle, Wash., and ordered to his home to retire on January 1. Capt. John R. Lanigan has been authorized by Marine Corps head- quarters to delay one month in re- porting at the Marine Barracks, Quan- tico, Va. Upon reporting he will”be assigned to the 1st Marine Brigade of the Fleet Marine Force. He is now scheduled to reach Quantico around the middle of November. Assigned to the Marine Detach- ment aboard the Navy's new aircraft carrier, U. 8. S. Yorktown, is Capt. William B. Onley. He is being de- tached from the Navy Yard at Nor- folk, Va. Capt. Robert L. McKee has been promoted to that rank, officials said. This is subject to confirmation by the Senate. Capt. Will H. Lee is being detached from Pearl Harbor, T. H., and will come on duty at Parris Island, 8. C. To be retired for physical disability tomorrow are Capts. William H. Doyle and Frederick M. Howard. DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA Kenmore Council will receive the State Council officers November 3 for their annual visitation at 419 Seventh street NNW. Mrs. Pansy Anderson, councilor of Betsy Ross Council, announces Wednesday evening a meeting, fol- lowed by a dance, in Northeast Ma- sonic Temple. There will be a “get-together” meet- ing of the D. of A. Temple Keymen at the home of State Councilor Hen=- ley, 5421 Nevada avenue N.W., No- vember 6. Mrs. Gladys Davis, councilor, an- nounces a Halloween party and dance by Pride of Washington Council No- v(;mber 6 in Northeast Masonic Tem- ple. The annual Armistice service will be held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier November 7 at 2:30 p.m. There will be, a special speaker, music and drill teams of the various councils to give demonstrations. Esther Council gave a reception and banquet to State Councilor Viola Hen- ley, Mrs. Edna Snoots of the State Council Credential Committee, the incoming deputy, Mrs. Maude A. Wine, and the retiring deputy, Mrs. Mildred Rock. The entertainment included a poem read by Mrs. Snoots to the state councilor, vocal selections and duets by Misses Mildred Cooper and Alice Shoemaker, with Mrs. Mabel Shoe- maker as accompanist. The Past Councilor's Association of Anacostia Council will meet tomorrow at the home of Past State Councilor Mrs, Ethel Burroughs, 905 Alabama avenue S.E, with Past Councilors Sarah Buddington and, Daisy Bell as- sisting hostesses. The annual Thanksgiving service will be held at Waugh M. E. Church November 21. Mizpah Council met, with the coun- cilor, Miss Elsie Lynch, presiding. The state officers were officially received. A banquet was held in honor of In- coming Deputy Grace Roberts of Pro- gressive Council, and the outgoing deputy, Mrs. Ollie Montgomery of Golden Rule Council. A vocal selection was rendered by Past Councilor Mrs. Jennye Collier, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Katherine Baum. Progressive Council was presided over by Mrs. Bessie Meyers, councilor, who welcomed the new deputy, Mrs. Bessie Pearson of Esther Council. Anacostia Council held a reception in honor of its two deputies. The incoming deputy, Mrs. Maybelle Ber- nard, and the retiring deputy, Mrs. Harriet Fairall, were welcomed by Councilor Ethel Burroughs. The state officers were received. Triumph Council welcomed Mrs. Marie Stephenson as State Council conductress. Past State Councilor Mrs. Mabel Downing of Fidelity Council was officially welcomed as deputy, JOB'S DAUGHTERS -i At its last meeting Bethel Nc. 5 .ad a short business session, followed by dancing. Today at 11 o'clock members will have go to church Sunday at the Esther Memorial Episcopal Church. At the meeting November 12 they will . celebrate Masonic and Eastern Star ‘night and also have initiation. Those to be initiated are Frances Bry- ant, Betty Ruth Van Sise and Marjorie Milburn. On November 26 there will be election of officers. There will be & meeting of the drill team at the Masonic Temple at 6:30. All girls are invited to attend. The drill team is sponsoring a dance No- vember 5 at the Masonic Temple from 9 to 12. Bethel No. 4 had grand visitation, Among those present were the grand guardian and associate grand guar- dian. On November 5 there will be a bingo party at 3410 Macomb street N.W. On November 12 there will be a business meeting; followed by a dance, to which the De Molays afe invited. Bethel No. 1 will meet November 6, followed by & fashion show. The meeting of the Mothers’ Club will be held November 2 at the home of Mrs. Barnes, 1424 A street S.E. “The drill team meets every Monday a4 the Masonio Temple at 3 Mrs. J. K. Pettenglll, president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, will be in Washington dur- ing both days of the institute held at George Washington University, November 9 and 10, and will appear on the program at both sessions on Tuesday, substituting in the afternoon for Miss Frances Hays, who was to have presented the subject, “Program Making.” Mrs. Pettengill will be an honor guest at the dinner meeting on ‘Wednesday evening. Reservations can now be made with Mrs. C. D. Lowe for the dinner meet- ing, November 10, at the Y. W. C. A. Building. At the last meeting of the Board of Managers the following Nominating Committee was elected: Mrs. Mabel Hubbel, Mrs. George Corbin, Mrs. Clinton Ward, Mrs. William Dowden and Mrs. Alma Hudson. Mrs. Walter B. Fry, president of the District of Columbia Congress, an= nounces the following additions to the Board of Managers: Mrs. Pearl B. Clark, safety chairman; Mrs. Ruth Wynn, exceptional child; Mrs. Paul W. Ontrich, editor of Sunday column. Cranch-Tyler. Mrs. B. Kidd, membership chair- man, announces that the drive will close November 15 and an award of $5 will be given to the room having 100 per cent of its parents enrolled. Mrs. W. Moriarity, program chair- man, announces the year's topic as “How the Community Helps Your Child.” “Allowances” was discussed at the study group meeting Thursday. Study group meetings will be held every Thursday for the next four weeks at the Tyler School at 1 pm. An executive board meeting will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. McKinley High. Open house was held at the school ‘Wednesday, when parents were con- ducted through the school. served. Officers are: Mrs. J. N. Lutton, president; Mrs. John I. Hardy, first vice president; Frank Daniel, second vice president; W. Dove Thompson, third vice presiden Mrs. Albert Genung, recording secretary; Mrs. E. C. Morrow, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. John Cole, treasurer. Phoebe A. Hearst. Mrs. Lloyd Miller, sixth vice presi- dent of the District of Columbia Con- gress of Parents and Teachers, in- stalled officers last Monday night. Members voted to request the direc- tor of traffic to reduce the space in which parking is prohibited near the school in order to permit parents to meet the children more quickly with cars in inclement weather. Capt. L. E. Kelley of the eighth police pre- cinct discussed school traffic James Schwab and Julian Hammack were elected delegates to the District Playground Council. Dr. Thomas W. Gosling, first vice president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, explained the fundamentals of the parent- teacher organization. ‘Mrs. Hugh Oram sang, accompanied by Mrs. Ernest Deal. The sixth grade won the attendance banner. Benjamin Stoddert. A meeting was held October 18, speakers being Miss E. Craighill and Miss H. Faust. A school luncheon will be held No- vember 2 and a meeting of the study group will be held at 1:30 pm., follow= ing. The association is sponsoring 8 luncheon to be held at the Fairfax Hotel on November 16. In observance of National Education Week, there will be a special assem- bly on November 11 at 10:30 am,, and open house after the program. Janney. Miss Ida M. Lind, supervisor of ele- mentary education in the District, will speak at the meeting Tuesday evening on “Remedial Reading.” There will also be an exhibition of children’s books. The Harmonica and Glee Club of the Alice Deal Junior High School will present a musical program. ‘The executive board met Tuesday at the home of Mrs, Charles Trussell, president. Kingsman-Pierce. An executive board meeting will be held in the Kingsman School Tues- day at 1:30 p.m. Anacostia Junior-Senior High. The executive gouncil will meet Wednesday at the home of the first vice president, Louis J. Gelbman. A membership drive is being held by Mrs. H. C. Schoeneman, chairman of the Membership Committee. Mrs. Alice Fowler, chairman of ways and means, is planning a card party and dance at the school December 3. Blake-Gales-Seaton. A meeting was held Tuesday at the Seaton School when a short talk was given urging a health study group. Two delegates to the ‘City-Wide Play- ground Council were appointed. Miss E. Baker, from Opportunity House, gave a short talk inviting the co-oper- ation of the parents. The parents were invited to join the branch of the Naturalization School, which will meet at the Seaton School Tuesday and Wednesday of each week at 1:30 p.m. Films showing the activities of the Boys Club of Washington were shown. Bancroft. George B. Moreland, jr, reference assistant at the Mount Pleasant Li- brary, will give a talk on “Books for C*~istmas Giving” on Tuesday at 2:30 3 . The fifth grade will give a short play about “Forest Conservation.” Langley Junior High. An executive meeting will be held to- morrow at 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Sargent Elliott, chairman, and her committee have made plans for the drive, and prizes will be awarded to the section having highest enroll- ment. The assoclation is sponsoring prizes for posters and essays to be awarded at Open House Assembly, November 12 in observance of American edu- cation week, after which there will be & tea for parents, teachers and visitors. Central High. Mrs. Prentiss Sale, jr, president, announces the following program: No- vember 4, 12:30 p.m., executive board luncheon; November 8, 5:30 pm., mother and daughter dinner, .chool library; speakers, Mrs. Susan Al- bertus, “The Lures of Mexico”; Miss Ann Heider. “Echoes From the Ori- ent”; Miss Norme Moore, Student Council greetings; November 15, 8 pm., regular association meeting; speaker, G. E. Dunkum, Board of Edi- cation; music, Girl Reserves Glee Club. Blow-Webb. A.grade mother meeting was held Thursday, called by Mrs. Max Kyber, t. president On MNovember 2 there will be & e d 5 Tea was | cake and candy sale at the Blow and ‘Webb Schools from 12 to 1 p.m. November 16 will be bundle day. An executive meeting will be held November 4 in the Webb School al 1:30 pm. Amidon-Fairbrother-Rossell. The association will meet Tuescay at 3 p.m. at Fairbrother School. Miss Elizabeth Hummer, supervising prin- cipal of the seventh division will be the guest speaker. Langdon. The association sponsored a lunch- eon on Thursday. Miss Grace Lind, supervisor of the fifth division, and Mrs. B. Hilden, in charge of remedial reading, were guests. Powell Elementary. The Executive Board will meet to- morrow at 1:15 pm. Brookland-Noyes. The study group met at the Brook- land School Monday. Mrs. Jessie Wells Miller was the speaker. The group will meet Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Noyes School. Open house, in connection with American education week, will be ob- served on Tuesday in the Brookland School and on Wednesday in the Noyes School. A benefit luncheon for the parents and children will be held in the Noyes and in the Brookland Schools on Thursday, November 4, at noon. Mrs. A. T. Newberry is chairman. Emery-Eckington. A meeting will be held at Ecking- ton School Thursday at 3:15 p.m. The guest speaker will be Mrs. C. D. Lowe, third vice president of the District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers. Stuart Junior High. A meeting will be held tomorrow at 8 pm., when Dr. Elizabeth Kit-| tridge will speak on “Social Hygiene.” | ‘The following committee is plan- ning a motion picture show: Mrs. A. Howell, chairman; Mrs. Paul Brad- shaw and Thomas A. Ferry. A tea for the room representatives and teachers will be held in the near | future. Hine Junior High. A meeting was held in the schoo\! Thursday night. The theme of| “Co-operation and Education” was followed in the program by talks from several of the teachers. Twenty- five dollars was voted to the lunch | fund. Talks were given by the teach- | ers on “Social Science,” “Mathe-| matics” and “Choral English.” | An “open-house” day, followed by a tea in the library, will be given No- vember 12. The association will meet Decem- ber 16. J. R. Keene. A board meeting will be held to- morrow at 1:30 pm “The Cherokee Strip,}, a m vie spon- sored by the association, will be shown at the Colony Theater November 4 at 3:30 p.m. Kenilworth. A meeting will be held November 3 at 8 pm., with Dr. F. W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, as speaker. An entertainment presented by | Julia Cunningham’s Kiddie Review | and a skit by members of the asso-| ciation will be held November 10 at | Kenilworth Community Center. Park View. A meeting will be held November 4 at 8 pm. Miss A, Grace Lind, su- pervising principal of the fifth di- vision, will speak on “Geography— Why Taught and How Used.” Miss Elizabeth Rankin King will present a group of piano selections and will give a short talk concerning their composers. This is also bundle day, under the direction of the student aid chair- man, Mrs. Paul Frederick. On November 17 the association will hold a bazaar at the school. Mrs. J. A. Smithson, ways and means chairman, is in charge. Petworth. The Executive Committee will meet at 7 pm. Tuesday, following which the regular meeting will be held. Miss Anna Halberg will speak on “Modern Trends in Education.” There will also be tw? readings by Mrs. Gladys Taylor of' Falls Church, Va, and several musical selections by Marvin Fuell. Refreshments will be served. The registration will be in charge of Mrs. H. Doggett. ‘Wheatley. “Why Parents Should Visit School” wil lbe the topic of the meeting No- vember 2 at 2:30 p.m. champe, sixth grade teacher, will pre- sent this' topic for the upper grades, while Mrs. V. Paxson will give the primary teacher’s viewpoint. The com- pleted report of plans for visiting each classroom will be presented by Mrs, J. Loeffler. Barnard. The new report cards to be used at the Barnard School were explained to the parents of the kindergarten, first, second and third grades Tuesday afternoon and to the parents of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades on Wednesday at a special meeting called for that purpose. The room representatives will meet Thursday. Mrs. 8. Crosthwait an- nounces that final plans for the mem- bership drive will be made. About 810 children were weighed and measured by Mrs. W. St. Clair, assisted by Mrs. Mary Strieby, last week. It is announced that the diptheria serum will be given those children desiring it in the very near future. Henry D. Cooke. A meeting was held October 19. Mme. Marie Von Unschuld enter- tained with selections on the piano. Mrs. I. 1. Ruediger, principal, was the speaker, who asked co-operation of parents with the teachers in veri- ous school routines. Refreshments were served in the classrooms and the teachers had a real “get-together” with the parents. The associat'-n plans to hold a children’s luncheon on November 4 from 12 to 1 pm. S*anton. The associatios will meet November 2 at ¥ °m. Miss Helen Dudley, from the Indtute of Mental Hygiene, will be the speaker, her subject being “Honesty." » Juncheon for the children and paients is being planned for Novem- ber 17 at the school. Gage. The Executive Committee will meet tomorrow at 2 p.m. Mrs, George Fultz was elected pres- ident and Mrs. Charles Guyer first vice president at the October meeting. “Development of the Child Men- tally, Morally and Physically” will be the theme for the year's program. Edmonds-Maury. The Executive Committee will meet Miss S. Melli- j “Teacher Activities| |J0HN ). CARMODY NAMED K. C. HEAD Eiected Grand Commander of Alcantara Caravan. Succeeds Allen. John J. Carmody, deputy grand knight of Spalding Council, Knights of Columbus, was elected grand com= mander of Alcantara Caravan, Order of the Alnambra, Monday evening at the Willard Hotel. He succeeds John Owsley Allen. Other officers elected were Arthur M. McCreight, vice grand commander; Francis A. McCann, grand scribe; John O. Allen, scribe of the exchequer; Alfred Paul Neff, grand chamberlain; John Bernard Coyle, master of the oasis; Arthur J. Colbert, historigraph= er; Gahl Pigott, captain of the body- guard; Daniel J. O'Connor, sentinel of the tower, and Kenneth Wettig, sen- tinel of the desert. The guest of honor was Supreme Comdr. John M. Miller of Baltimore. He was accompanied by Henry N, Wagner, grand commander of Alcala Caravan, Order of the Alhambra, and Past State Deputy Walter Kennedy of the Knights of Columbus. Joseph M. McKenna, grand vizier of the Order of Alhambra, also spoke. A meeting of the officers will be held at the home of Grand Comdr. Carmody next Friday. Grand Knight Joseph A. O'Connell will preside at a meeting of Carroll Council Tuesday night. The Rev. Joseph E. Gedra, chaplain of Carroll Council, has extended an invitation to the membership and their friends to attend a card party and ball at the Mayflower Hotel next Wed= nesday. It is for the benefit of the Immaculate Conception Church, Beginning next Sunday at 5:15 o’clock the Knigts of Columbus Forum | will be held at the Immaculate Con- ception Church. Dr. John Keating Cartwright will give a series of four sermons on each of the Sundays of November. The subject of the first sermon will be “The Portion of His Inheritance: The Church cf the Past.” State Deputy Walter I. Plant en- tertained the State Council and the Knights of Columbus Radio Guild at a dinner last Tuesday at the Willard Hotel. Retiring Director of the Radio Guild John A. K. Donovan intro- duced the speakers. Dr. Charles Hart of the Catholic University, who has served as moderator of the guild dur- ing the past three years, spoke. State Deputy Plant, Past State Deputy George E. Herring and the newly elected director, Mrs. Denis K. Lane, spoke. Meetings are held each Friday evening in the local clubhouse, The Special Gifts Committee of the Knights of Columbus donation party for the Little Sisters of the Poor at the institution, at Third and H streets NE, November 21, from 2 to 4 o'clock, will meet this morning in the clubhouse. Carmine Garofalo, grand knight of Washington Council, will preside. Spalding Council will meet Thurs- day evening, with Grand Knight Francis J. Malloy in the chair, Grand Knight Charles J. Cusidnie will preside at a meeting of Potomac Council November 8 at 8:15 o'clock. Frank Pearson, lecturer, will provide entertainment and refreshments, Kean Council met Thursday eve- ning, with Grand Knight Francis J. Rafterry in the chair. A campeign is being conducted to reinstate for- mer members of this council. Special concessions will be allowed them up to January 1. Arthur B. J. Williamson is general chairman of the exemplification of the fourth degree, which is to be held at the Mayflower Hotel November 28. A meeting of the Knights of Co- Jumbus Athletic Association will be held Thursday evening in the club house. Election of officers will be held and & new basket ball team will be organized. . There will be held a special meet- ing of Washington General Assembly, fourth degree, tmorrow at the May- flower Hotel, to make arrangements for the exemplification of the degree November 28, under the direction of Past Master Arthur B. Willlamson. W. C. T. U. NEWS Central Tota Sigma Union will meet Tuesday at 8 pm. in the home of Katharine Wilfley, 1483 Harvard street NW. The program will include special music and an address, “Good Man- ners and Drink,” by John H. Shouse. Mary Pollock Union held a covered dish luncheon with Mrs. Cecial Smith, 1606 Southern avenue, followed by the regular meeting. Mrs. Elsie Talbert, president, called meeting to order, with Mrs. Ethelyn Smith giving devotionals. Mrs. Burton, child welfare director, reported two coats given to worthy families. Mrs. Ethelyn Smith, young people’s director, told of the plans of the young people. Mrs. Ida Ladd, Loyal Temperance Legion di: “tor, told of the meeting of the youngsters. Mrs. Ida Ramsay, district president, was the guest of honor. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Annie Moody, 1513 Twenty-second street S.E., in the form of a covered dish luncheon. Eckington Union met at the home of Mrs. B. J. Wrightsman, 120 Bryant street N.W. The president, Mrs. Franklin Adams, presided. Guests were Mrs. Marie Brinley, a District officer, and Mrs. Franklin of Chicago, the chairman of the Nominating Com- mittee. Officers elected were: Presi- dent, Mrs, Pranklin Adams; first vice president, Mrs: W. BE. Hadley; second vice president, Mrs, Edna Boardman; treasurer, Mrs. B. J. Wrightsman; re- cording secretary, Mrs. Edith Carlson; assisting recording secretary, Mrs. Edith Carlson, and corresponding sec- retary, Mrs. James Allen. A social followed when refreshments were served by the hostess, Mrs. Ida Brimer assisting. e Fishermen Get Reward. ‘When the British air minister estab- lished a bombing range on Chesil Beach, near Weymouth, Eagland, a year ago, the fishermen complained that their industry would be bombed out of existence. The ministry moved tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at the Maury School. Eliot Junior High. The association will meet November 9283 pm. \ ) the range from the fishing ground, but the fish refused to return. Fisher- men are now making roads, building bombproof shelters and revealing to the Royal Air Force the current and channels. A