Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-08

Martha Washington Chapter. d. A.
R-The final meeting of the season of
| Martha Washington Chapter, D. A. r..
was held Tuesday evening at the
| residence of Miss Bonnie Z. Nabers.
1918 Harvard street. Reports on the
years work were given by the Off
| GERS and chairmen of committees,
showing excellent work accomplish
! ed in all war activities. as well as
| in patriotic and civic endeavors. Two
members were admitted. Miss Lillian
Kastendike and Miss Helen HASTEN
dixie. The death of a former treasurer
of the chapter, Mrs. katherine d.
I Mathers. was announced. and the
! secretary was directed to send let
| ter of sympathy to the family The
! following officers were elected: Re
gent. Mrs. Blanche Tyler Beaton; first
vice regent. Miss Bonnie .. Nabers;;
second vice regent: Mrs. zell
Weaver Oatiey; recording secretary.
Mrs. H. o. Cutting; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Gustavus Werber;
treasurer. Mrs. 3. c. Yorks; registrar.
Miss Ida NJ. Peck; historian, Mrs.
| Mary b. Abbott: chaplain. Mrs. Mar
| garct d. Miilsaps. During the social
hour refreshments We're served by
| Miss Nabers and Mrs. Chenoweth.
BioOminEdaIe Chapter, Y. w. G. A.
At recent meeting of the chapter
held at the home of Mrs. d. Morgan,
As Rhode Island avenue northeast.
the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Miss
Clara Ballard; vice president, Mrs.
ID. Morgan; secretary, Miss Rh0da
Martain; treasurer, Mrs. II. Edwards.
Reports We're given on the success
of this chapter in the recent drive
| for funds and experiences exchanged.
The chapter will discontinue meet
| ings for the summer.
lexington w. c. It. L. held its May
meeting in the Lincoln Road NJ. Z.
| Church, and was preceded with a 6
| O'Clock dinner for Walter Reed SOL
! diers, with DR.. and Mrs. MacLean. pas
| tor and wife of this church and also
members of this union, as guests. At
| a short business meeting the key
| woman, Mrs. William B. Glib, report
ed the following new members: Mrs
S. l.. Brumbaugh, Miss Malta Porter
| Mrs. O. B. Martain. Mrs. Mar
tina James. Mrs. Jason Water
man. Miss Rosalie Taylor. Mrs. George
Tickner, Miss Rhoda Martain, Mrs
John Jordon, Miss Grace Johnson. Mrs
Eaines. Miss Iva Judge, Miss Edith
Summerson, Mrs. Eva Hunt Willis.
>,
Miss Minnie German, Miss Ellen
Young. Mrs. Harry Kimba1l, Mrs. A.
| 3. McMannus. Mrs. Charles W. Scha-
| fer, Miss Essie Lee Pearson. Miss
Marietta Davis. Mrs. r. NJ. Hall, Miss
Marian Marstella. Miss Geneva Waf-
lace. Mrs Ella NJ. Markham and Mrs
Helena O'Connor. 1t was announced
that lawn fete would be held about
| the middle of June on the corner of
| North Capitol and L streets.
| A reception to new members followed
and about 100 persons were pres
ent. Mrs. Emma She tlon, president of
| the District W. c. T. U. gave friendly
advice to the young ladies who have
recently Joined; Miss Gladys Price
contributed vocal solos. and Miss Mil
dred Brown gave several readings.
DIR. e. c. Dinwiddie spoke on the
latest prohibition movements and
brought forth much enthusiasm. Sew
eral visitors were present, including
Mrs. Theodore T. Moore, vice president
of District w. c. T. u; Mrs. J. A.
Edgar, president of Mount Pleasant
Union; Mrs. w. H. Ramsey. president
of Capitol Hill Union: Mrs. l.. F.
Pickering, president of South East
Union; Mrs. Elsie Cheesman of West
End Union. and Mrs. Edith Wiley.
district superintendent of marines,
who reported a public meeting to be
held at marine barracks.
Refreshments were served. Mrs
Alvin Day was chairman of the entire
evenings arrangements. The next
meeting will be held at the home of
| Mrs. Marion Lewis. 1911 New Jersey
avenue, and will be in the form of a
missionary meeting"
Twentieth Century CIub-JJnder the
direction of Mrs. Henry ThurtelI,
leader of the reconstruction section,
surgical dressings will be made each
Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at Red
cross headquarters, 1920 Connecticut
avenue. The serving OF luncheon and
dinner at the Service Club on Massachu-
sets avenue, which has been done by
| club members during the past year, has
been discontinued. On tag day of the
| recent Salvation Army drive member g
! of the club collected 1915 at the cor
ner of eth and F streets. Those as
! sisting Mrs. Albert ". Prentiss. chair
man of the committee, were Mrs. r
G. Agnew, Mrs. Charles Brand Mrs
| Edward b. Clark, Mrs. Richard Fay
Jackson. Mrs. John z. Jones. Mrs +.
L. p. Johnson. Mrs. Esper Larsen, Mrs
! G. E. La Vigne, Mrs. Chase Palmer,
Mrs. T. S. Palmer. Mrs George Put
nam. Mrs. Cliff Richards. Mrs. L. F.
! Schmecke bier, Mrs. Lyman 3. SWORN
| stedt. president of the club, and Miss
JOY L. Webster Three members of
\ the CLUB. Mrs Gilbert II. GroSvenor,
! Mrs. P. G. Agnew and Mrs. Edward B.
| Clark, received the medals made from
| captured German cannon and award
ed by the Treasury Department for
work done in the victory loan cam
paign- The members of the club sub
scribed more than any other club of
the kind in the District
The executive committee of the Dis
! trfct ID. A. II. met recently for the last
time this season in the Washington
club. The regent, Miss Hilda Fletcher
presided. and representatives of thirty
five chapters were present.
| The chairmen of committees for the
coming year were announced, and as
the war service committee was abol-
ished. Mrs. Bertha NJ. Robbins, sub
| chairman in charge of liberty loan
drives, presented her final report
She stated that sSS,5O0. had been suo-
scribed to the victory liberty loan by
the District ID. A. r. through her com
mittee in addition to the large
amounts taken in the other loans.
Mrs. +. F. Greenwalt, chairman
gave an account of the presentation
of the flag to the Boy Scout organiza
ton for it's work in obtaining sub
iscriptions to the victory liberty loan
and at her request the committee in
dorsed the coming Boy Scout cam
paign.
Greetings and good wishes were
I extended TO the regent of Manoy