Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1940, Page 25

Catholic Daughters Group Will Give Reception A reception in honor of new mem- bers will be given by the Court of Our Lady of Lourdes, No. 1120, Catholic Daughters of America, Bethesda, Md., Wednesday, at the ‘Woman's Club of Chevy Chase. Mrs. Norbertine Overholt, grand regent, and the degree officers will exemplify the first degree, and Mrs. Charlotte MacDermott, grand re- gent of Court Forest Glen and her degree officers will do the second degree. Guests will include the Rev. Joseph Little and the Rev. John T. Sweeney of Bethesda, the Rev. Ed- ward Roach, Thurmont; the Rev. Edward Dunn, Baltimore; the Rev. A. J. Burggraff, superior of St. Paul's College, Brookland; Miss Ida ‘Wyvill, Upper Mariboro; Miss Flor- ence Winter, national chairman of the Convert League; Miss Augusta Uhl, territoria! deputy, and Miss Josephine Walsh, grand regent of Court District of Columbia; . Miss Virginia Meyer, Miss Agnes Powers, Mrs. Mary B. Kelly and Miss Fran- ces Cassidy, Baltimore, and Miss Marie Stang, grand regent of Court Archbishop Curley, Gaithersburg. Mrs. Margaret B. Keyhoe, a mem- ber of the Montgomery Players, will give a group of monologues. Sorority Dinner Members of the Washington As- sociation of Phi Mu Alumnae will give a progressive dinner party Wed- nesday, the first course to be served at the home of Mrs. Donald Christy, and the second course with Mrs. John Reed. Husbands and escorts are invited to the annual affair, which is in charge of Mrs. William Bradford, assisted by Mrs. Leighton, Mrs. R. Kelvin Shivers and Mrs. John Reed. Author to Speak Gamma Chapter, Zeta Beta Chi national sorority, will meet tomor- row at 8 pm. at the Washington Hotel. Miss Violet Sweet Haven, author of “Hong Kong for the Week End,” will be the guest speaker. A business meeting will follow the address, when plans will be an- nounced for the Mothers’ Day breakfast on Sunday at the May- flower Hotel. Look At This! 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Other mem- bers of the party will include past department presidents and staff offi- cers, Mrs. Delia L. O'Brien, Mrs. Bertha B. Brown, Mrs. Cordelia Pollard and Miss Mary A. Howarth. Meetings of the Memorial Day Corporation will be held at Central High School May 8, 15 and 22, at 8 pm. to formulate plans for the memorial services in the cemeteries of Washington and nearby by the allied patriotic organizations - on Memorial Sunday and Memorial Day. Mandate Committee Will Entertain The People’s Mandate Committee will entertain at luncheon May 14 at the Carlton Hotel in honor of Senora Dona Anita de Alvarez-Cal- deron of Lima, Peru. Senora de Alvarez-Calderon is a leader in the Lima Committee of the People’s Mandate and is coming to Washington as a delegate of the Peruvian government to the Amer- ican Scientific Congress, which meets here from May 10 to May 18. Her husband is a delegate to the con- gress from the University of Lima. 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