Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1940, Page 5

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 14, 1940—PART ONE. B R e L oyal Legion Dames Mrs. Rex Rhoades of the District, vice president; Mrs. Ramsey Peugnet treasurer. of Rhode Island, recording secre- New officers include Mrs. Edward |tary; Mrs. Ernest Erickson of Il- 8. Moulton of Rhode Island, senior | linols, registrar, and Miss Emi; G. White House Fefe D. A. R. junior group and students from the D, A. R.-approved schools. Sanford Bates, executive director of the Boys' Clubs of America, Inc., * OnC. A. R. Program Opening Friday Stunt Night and Visit To Mount Vernon Also On Events Schedule Children of the American Revolu- tlon from 27 States and the Canal Zone will attend the 45th annual convention of the organization to be held from Friday, April 19 through April 22 in Memorial Con- tinental Hall. Opening event on a crowded cal- endar will be the White House re- ception for the members. Two- year-old Barbara Kimberly of Har- riett M. Lothrop Society in the Dis- trict, and Charles H. Williams, jr., 6, of Richard Lord Jones Society in the District, ‘will present .flowers to Mrs. Roosevelt. The two will wear colonial costumes for the presenta- » tion. The children will go from the White House to the Children’s Chapel in the Washington Cathe- dral, where a dedication service for a C. A. R. gift to the Cathedral will take place at 5 p.m. under the direc- tion of the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. The gift, a memorial for Mrs. Eleanor Washington Howard, in- cludes a missal brass stand;a prayer book and a hymnal for the use of the clergymen and 36 little hymnals and prayer books for the 36 seats in the chapel. During the service the junior national officers and Junior State presidents will occupy these seats. Stunt Night Scheduled. Final event on April 19 is the an- nual stunt night, to be held this Yyear at Epiphany Parish Hall. Young people from New Mexico, Connecti- cut, Arkansas, Tennessee, New Jer- sey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and the District will compete for prizes. Graham Smallwood will be master of ceremonies. Mrs. Carl H. Giroux is chairman for the stunt night and William Carter Pennington is chair- man for the reception in the La- fayette Hotel which follows the * competition. The formal opening ceremonies will be held April 20, when the dele- gates will be officially welcomed by Mrs. Henry M. Robert, jr., president general of the D. A. R.; Messmore Kendall, president of the S. A. R, and Lt. Col. John Bion Richards, national president of the Sons of the Revolution. Lyons Mills How- land, junior national president and & student at the University of Mich- dgan, will preside. The work of the various C. A. R. committees will be demonstrated at the morning session on April 20. ‘The Patriotic Education Committee will present Lt. Comdr. Bernard Austin, U. S. N, who will speak on “The Continental Navy.” Children who live at Tamassee, the mountain school in South Carolina supported by the D. A. R., will describe their life at the school. A pageant, ex- emplifying the work of the maga- zine, will be presented by some of the children. The pageant was * written by Mrs. Frank S. Ray, edi- tor of the magazine, who also wrote a song, “America the Blest,” which will be sung at the meeting. ‘Will Visit Mount Vernon. ‘The yearly pilgrimage to Mount * Vernon will take place on April 21 under the supervision of Mrs. Wil- liam T. Clerk, Wreaths will be laid at the tombs of George and Martha ‘Washington and the young people will gather under the tree planted by the founder of their society, Mrs. Daniel Lothrop, in 1895. On the return trip, a stop will be made at the Old Presbyterian Meeting House in Alexandria, where memorial serv- ices will be held, followed by a cere- mony at the Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary Soldier in the church yard. The tomb was erected by the C. A. R. in 1929. Ivy brought from the Old Christ Church yard in Phil- adelphia will be planted beside the tomb. Among the questions which will be discussed at this year’s convention will be the furnishing of a C. A. R. room at Moore House, Yorktown. Mrs. John Morrison Kerr, national president of the C. A. R,, will bring greetings from the C. A. R. when * the D. A. R. opens its Continental Congress tomorrow night. Two- year-old Martha Ashton Morrison will serve as a page for Mrs. Kerr at that time. D. A R (Continued From First Page.) Unknown Soldier at Arlington Na- tional Cemetery and to Mount Ver- non will follow the services. Some 2,000 delegates are expected to attend the national defense mass meeting, which annually indicates the sentiment of the D. A. R. on foreign policy. % Walsh to Speak on Navy. Senator David I. Walsh of Mas- sachusetts, chairman of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, will head the list of speakers at the mass meeting, addressing the delegates on “An Adequate Navy.” Other speakers will be Livingston Hartley, author of “Our Maginot Line,” who will speak on “America and the War”; Carlton Beale, au- thor and lecturer, who will discuss “Radicalism vs. Americanism,” and Archibald Stevenson, member of the New York bar, whose subject will be *Tendencies in Education.” + Norman H. Davis, chairman of the American Red Cross, will be the speaker at the opening of the congress in the evening. His sub- Ject will be “Humanity’s Agent.” * One of the most colorful events of the congess, the opening meet- ing, will attract members of the city’s diplomatic and official life, as well as the full corps of delegates. Heralded by color-bearing pages, the president general and her na- tional officers and committee chair- man, all laden with flowers, will march into the auditorium and pro- e — complete line of standard d all-American mad2 watch: ou're always greeted with a tle—with no obligation to buy; DAUGHTERS GATHER—Shown s, at the meeting of the Nuonal Board of Management of the Daughters of the American Revolution yesterday are, left to right, seated, Mrs. J. 8. Healme, recording secretary general, and Mrs. Henry M. Robert, jr., president general; and, left to right, standing, Mrs. Leland Stanford Duxbury, historian general; Miss Page Schwarzwaelder, treasurer ) general, and Mrs. William Kennedy Herrin, jr., corresponding secretary general. Pictured yesterday at the luncheon of the National Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars, which is holding its annual meeting at the Mayflower Hotel this week end, are, left to right, Mrs. H. D. Sheppard, first vice president; Mrs, Almerin Marston, president, and Mrs. C. Edward Mur- ray, honorary president. ceed to the stage as the delegates rise in tribute. Kendall to Extend Greetings. Greetings to the delegates will be extended by Messmore Kendall president general of the National Society, Sons of the American Rev- olution; Mrs. John Morrison Kerr, national president of the National Society, Children of the American Revolution, and Mrs. John L. White- hurst, first vice president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Songs by Kathleen McCoun, con- tralto; announcement of the hon- | orary chairman of the golden Jub(-] lee, Miss Richards, and presenta- tion of the Good Citizenship Pil- grims by Mrs. Roscoe C. O’Byrne, national chairman of the D. A R. Good ' Citizenship ~ Pilgrimage,” will be other features of the opening stién. "Wishop James' E. Freeman will give the invocation benediction. The American’s Creed will be re- cited by William Tyler Page, its author, and the pledge of allegiance to the flag will be led by Miss Florence Deneen, national vice chairman of the Correct Use of the Flag Committee. Ball to Be Tuesday. Highlighting the Tuesday program will be the president general's re- ception and the pages’ ball. The reception usually takes several hours, with the line of delegates extending around the entire audi- torium. While Mrs. Robert and her national officers are receiving on the stage of Constitution Hall, the State regents will receive their delegations in the State boxes. The annual ball in honor of the pages will take place at the May- flower Hotel. Opening with the tra- ditiorial grand march, the ball will be attended by the president general and the national officers after the Constitution Hall reception. Young officers of the Army and Navy and cadets from the military schools will escort the pages to the ball. The business meeting Tuesday morning will be devoted to reports from the national officers. The afternoon session is reserved for meetings of State delegations and the National Junior Assembly. Junior Group Activities. Junior group activities will open tomorrow morning with a breakfast at the Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. George D. Schermerhorn, national chairman of the Committee for Junior Mem- bership, will be hostess. Monday afternoon Mrs. Schermerhorn will give a reception and tea at the May- flower for all junior members. The Tuesday afternoon meeting will be held in Memorial Continental Hall, with the chairman, Miss Thelma LeBar Brown, presiding. Delegates to the D. A. R. Con- gress will start hearing reports from the national committees on Wednes- day. The Rev. James Shera Mont- gomery, D.D,, chaplain of the House of Representatives, will deliver the address at the morning session and Fulton Oursler, editor, novelist and playwright, will speak at the after- noon session. Beginning early Wednesday eve- ning, the State regents will make A Natural Aid for Rheumatism Arthritis Neuritis Don’t neglect what may seem to be a trival ache or pain and allow a serj- ous ailment to develop. Make the palatable Mountain Valley Mineral Water your “ounce of prevention” against stiffened joints, stabbing nerves or aching muscles. Phone for a case today. MOUNTAIN VALLEY From HOT SPRINGS, ARK. MINERAL WATER 1405 K St. NW. Me. 1062 - | D. ATR; bas*31 vice presidents gen- | Virginia. | memory of the 13 original Colonies. Estab. in Washinsten eve: 38 yrs. their annual reports. Regents from United States territories, as well as Germany, Italy, France, England and China, will be included on the program, which will be interspersed with group singing. Formal nominations of candidates for vice presidents general and hon- orary vice presidents general also will be made Wednesday night and the election of these officers will take place Thursday. Eight Offices to Be Filled. Of the eight candidates for vice president general, seven will serve three-year terms, while the one who | receives the least votes will serve a one-year term, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Mrs. Clarence H. Adams of Denver, Colo. The eral, electing seven each year. Candidates this year are Mrs. Wil- liam Harrison Hightower of Georgia, Mrs. Eugene N. Davis of North Car- olina, Mrs. Reuben Edward Knight of Nebraska, Mrs. B. H. Geagley of | Michigan, Mrs. Wilbur B. Blakeslee of Maryland, Mrs. Jacob F. Zimmer- man of Illinois, Miss Marion Seelye of Kansas and Mrs. Fred C. Mor- gan of Maine. | Two honorary vice presidents gen- eral will be elected without opposi- tion. They are Mrs. Gerald Living- ston Schuyler of Colorado and Mrs. William Henderson Vaught of West The D. A. R. has 13 hon- orary. vice presidents general, in —Star Staft Photos Honorary vice presidents general are elected for life terms. The vacancies this year were caused by the deaths of two honorary vice presidents general. J. Edgar Hoover to Speak. Two important events of Thurs- day morning will be an address by | J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on “The Test of Citizenship” and the | report of the National Defense| Through_Patriotic Education Com- mittee, 8 which Mrs. Imogen B. Emery Is national chairman. Thurstiay afternoon will be de- + A 5x7 Enlargement With Every 6 or 8 Exp. Roll Developed c and Printed ACE PHOTO SERVICE Apex Radio Co., 309 9th St. NW. at G Georgetown Eleetric Co. 1205 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. Films left A.M. Re: 4 Call Mr. Pyle for QUALITY RUG CLEANING Our k. W are returned years of extra wear. Mr. Pyle’ backed your rug modern process assures only highest quality | s gently. b hampoo ut tho sanitary, to give you | yle's rug-cleaning service by over 40 years' actual experience. Send and carpets now. 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R., will greet the dele- gates at the White House Friday afternoon. War of 1812 Society To Hear C. E. Russell Charles Edward Russell will dis- cuss the actual vglues of the War of 1812 and what' it meant to the United States at a special meeting and banquet®of the War of 1812 Society Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Cosmos Club. The former newspaperman and Socialist leader before the World War will speak of the effect of the War of 1812 on the economic, politi- cal and social life of the present time. Newly elected officers will be in- stalled at the meeting. Maj. Harry A. Davis is in charge of &rrange- ments. Cherrydale P.-T. A, “Pan-American Week” will be marked at a meeting of the Cherry- dale (Va.) School Parent-Teacher Association in the school at 8 p.m. tomorrow. A flag-raising exercise will be a feature. Elect Mrs. Good At Parley Here Society Votes Funds To Maintain 2 Student Nurses at Hospital Mrs. David Daniel Good was re- elected national president of the Dames of the Loyal Legion at the organization's 41st annual meeting which closed yesterday at the May- flower Hotel. Before adjournment the society voted to provide fupds for main- tenance of two student nurses at Philadelphia Hospital in mémory of Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, past na- tional president and head of the District society until her death a few weeks ago. It was at Mrs. Tucker’s sugges- tion that the society’s Clara Barton Memorial Committee decided to give the balance of the memorial fund to the Lincoln Memorial University at Harrogate, Tenn., to train girls as nurses. 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