New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Society Women Aid
Reunion of Goth
AT Garden City
Proceeds of Memorial Con.
cert To Be Applied to
Erection of "a Tablet in
Armory; Taft to Preside
Special Correspouderr

opectdt Correspondence
GARDEN CITY, L. l., June ID
Society women throughout the district
are taking great interest in the re-
union and memorial concert of the
famous Blue Devils, Company C, 165th
Infantry, which will take place at the
Garden City Hotel June 19. The bows
of Company of the old 69th New
York were the first to break the ground
on what is now Camp Mills. Before
they went overseas they formed many
friendships, and all of the people of
the district are working to make the
concert, the proceeds of which will be.
used to erect a memorial tablet in the
armory, success.
The following women have consented
to act as patronesses: Mrs. George
Elder Adams and Mrs. William Nc
Adoo, of New York; Mrs. William B.
Youngs, Mrs. William Nesmith, Mrs. J
j. Lannin and Mrs. Henry w. Taft, of
Garden City; Mrs. Charles A. Pettinos.
OF Oyster Bay; Mrs. Cord Meyer and
Mrs. W. Clarke Roe, of Great Neck:
.. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett and Mrs.
X. K. Sizer, of Plandome; Mrs. w. w.
Cooke, of Westbury; Mrs w. Bourke
Cochran, of Port Washington, and Mrs.
George A. Taylor, of Manhasset.
Plans are being made at the Garden
City Hotel to entertain the soldiers
before the concert, and many dinner
parties are being arranged. All mem
bers of the old seth have been invited
to attend the concert. Henry W. Taft
Will preside at the reunion of the bows
of Company C.
Officers Of the United States Air Ser.
vice gave a farewell dinner on Tuesday
evening to Lieutenant Colonel H. w.
Gregg, for some months in command of
the famous Mitchell flying field at Gar
den City, which has been purchased bv
the government and will become, in n
lew months, one of the foremost fvinp
fields of the country.
Colonel Gregg leaves to command the
supply depot of the Detroit Field. Coo.
mel Archie Miller, in command of all
Long Island flying, and a score or more
OF his staff, came over from the Halle.
hurst Field.
This has been an ideal week for golf
tennis and polo, and all are now well
under way at Garden City and vicinity.
The national tournaments have COM
menced at Meadow Brook and for some
days there have been scores of PLAYERS
on the Salisbury course, which is op-
poslte the Meadow Brook Club. Be-
tween goling and watching the polo
tournament the Salisbury visitors have
found their time we'll taken up.
The Garden City Country Club and
the Garden City Golf Club, together
with the Cherry Valley Club, are also
planning a number of interesting events.
All macadam highways to the Sails
bury course have been remade, and the
electric rail system has been extended
TO Meadow Brook station, both for the
polo and golting enthusiasts.
Arrivals at the Garden City Hotel
from New York are Mr.. and Mrs.
Noah c. Rogers, Mrs. j. E. Prior and
Mrs. NJ w. Evans, Arthur j. Daly
and Miss Helen Daily, Mrs. w. H. Nc
Gee and Miss Ruth Hall, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugo P. Keller, Mrs. W. 7. Lawrence,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Gondran, Mrs. Will
lston B. Lockwood and Miss Beatrice
hyam, Mrs. Ryan X. Stevens, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Wigglesworth, H. B. Sar-
gent, Berkeley c. Sexton, Mr.. and Mrs. !
Frederick W. Gunther, Mr. and Mrs. I
a. A. Adams, Mr.. and Mrs. James G. !
hgbert, Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Egg
BERT Mrs: John Aspergren, Mrs. Wal |
lace Shillito, Mr.. and Mrs. E. W.
Browning, Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Venner.
Miss Venner and c. H. Venner. ir'
and Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Bicknell.
Miss Madge Dunnell, of New York,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs
Sydney L. Smythe
Long Island Council of Women's
Clubs, Mrs. Prescott Sherer, of Garden
City, president, held its annual con-
vention at the Garden City Hotel on
Tuesday, about 200 members beinp
present for luncheon.