New-York tribune., 1922-08-17
Concert To Be GiUen for
Southampton Memorial
Colonel r. M. Thompson and
the Req. J. Halsey Among
Educational Week Speakers
spccinr Dtanatoh to rha Trihnne

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 16.-An open
air concert in Agawam Park Friday
night by the Sag Harbor Band will be
one Of the interesting features OF
educational week. The concert is to
raise funds for a memorial to the
soldiers and sailors of Southampton
who lost their lives in the war. A
grandstand has been erected in the
Colonel Robert M. Thompson, the Rev
Jesse Halsey, formerly of Southampton
and now of Cincinnati, and Mr.. Ed
ward H. Foster.
Residents of the summer colony have
taken a keen interest in this move
ment, and the model for the memorial
which was done by Mr.. William Edgar
Moran, Of New York, is said to be
impressive. The executive committee
includes Mr.. L. Emory Terry, chair
man; Mr.. Frank A. Burling, Mr.. Will
liam X. Dunwell, Mr.. Adrian H. Larkin,
Mr.. Irving L. Terry and Miss Julia w.
Foster.
Mrs. John Goode, mother Of Mrs.
Leonard NJ. Thomas, arrived Monday v
from her home in Garden City and
will be at the Irving House for two
weeks.
Mrs. George C. Thomas, Of Philadel-
phia, who has been for several weeks
the guest of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Schuyler Voik-
ner, at their villa in Flying Point, left
this morning.
Mrs. P. Francis Murphy is giving a
luncheon this afternoon at Little
Orchard for twelve friends, after which
auction bridge will be played.
General Lawrence d. Tyson will ar
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join his family at Sound-o'- Sea, their
villa in Halsey Neck Lane, for a month.
General and Mrs. Tyson arrived from
Europe early in July and have with
them their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Gilpin, of
Virginia.
Mrs. Henry NJ. Tilford, Of Tuxedo
Park, is the guest of Mrs. Stanley G..
Mortimer at Plas-Ar-Lyn, In First Neck
Lane, for a few days.
Mrs. Joel Benedict Erhardt will en-
tertain at luncheon at the Meadow
Club Saturday afternoon for Mrs. MUIR
ray w. Dodge. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
W. Torney will give a dinner Friday
night at The Shadows, the villa Of Mrs.
Torney's father, Mr.. Seelye Benedict,
where they are passing the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard NJ. Thomas,
with Mrs. Thomas's mother, Mrs. John
Goode, and Mrs. Schuyler Volkner,
we're among those entertaining at
luncheon at the National Golf Club
this afternoon.
Miss Vera Simonton, the African
explorer, who is the guest of Miss
Clara Best at White Gates, her sum-
mer place in Water Mill, will give a
free lecture Sunday evening at the
Presbyterian Church on her personal
experiences in the Canary Islands,
Africa and Asia. Miss Simonton is a
staff lecturer on the Board of Educa-
tion in New York City.
Miss Marion Gautier and Mr.. e. A.
Gautier, who have been at the Irving
House for the last two weeks, left
to-day for Saratoga, where they will
be for the remainder of the month.
Mrs, Pierce H. Butler, who has been
the guest Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Morgan j. o'Brien, at Villa Mile for
several weeks, has gone TO Narragan-
sett for two weeks visit to Mr.. and
Mrs. George M. Dempsey, the parents
of her fance.
Mr.. James p. Donokue is this week
on fishing trip near Block Island and
will return to the Dunes the last of the
week. Mrs. Dononue is in New York
for several days.
Mrs. Reginald Brooks is entertsin-
ing at luncheon this afternoon at