Evening star., 1926-04-25
address. Frank c. Merritt, president

address. Frank c. Merritt, president,
presided.
The Carberry Parent Teacher AS
sociation met April 13 with the presi-
dent, Mrs. William II. Rowe, presid-
| ing. Reports OF the secretary, Mrs.
Norman Sandridge. and the treasur-
er, Mrs. William NJ. Domdera. were
| given. Miss Florence Mortimer,
principal, reported for the Carberry
| News. Mrs. A. X. Wine made re-
| port of the rummage sale recently
held 1t was voted to give $40 to
the shoe and rubber fund and SIS TO
the clothes conservation fund of the
| District Congress of Parent-Teachel
Associations. Thirty members of the
association will visit the Elite Laun-
| dry as guests of that company May
~. The Mothers Reading Circle will
meet Thursday. The banner for st
tendance was won by the kinder
garten room.
The John Burroughs ParentTeach-
| err Association met April Is with Mrs.
III. C. Ovitt presiding. Reports from
| the committee chairmen were made.
A luncheon will be held at the school
the last week in May. Miss Catherine
| Watkins, director of kindergartens,
spoke on Moral Training and Char
acter Building in the Small Child"
Music was furnished by the kin ler-
garten orchestra.
The Parent Teacher Association of
! the j. r. Keene School met April 13
| with Mrs. Morris, the president. in
charge. She reported that about
| 500 was raised at the bazaar recently
| held at the Rock Creek Episcopal
| ~, ., nft hn a
| ton Mr.. Collier reported the pur-
chase of athletic materials for the
school base ball and slog teams The
third grade, Miss T.. c. Taft, teacher,
received the banner for having the
! largest percentage of parents present
at the meeting. Miss Mahon, direc-
tor of the Bloomingdale Playground,
| gave a short talk explaining the COM
| ing division and city track meets. A
! program was given by Mrs. Fentress
and her music pupils.
| The Weightman Parent-Teacher
Association met April 16. at s pm.
| DIR. Frank w. Ballou. superintendent
of schools, was the principal speaker.
| b. w. Murch, supervising principal
| of the fourth division. gave short
| talk. Miss Janet McWilliam, super
| Vising principal of the second division,
was among the guests. The annual
election of officers will be held at the
next monthly meeting. Mrs. Evelyn
| Fitzhugh Shapter was appointed
chairman of the nominating commit
tee. The seventh grade, Miss Galeski
! teacher, won the attendance prize.
jeanette kirch of the sixth grade
gave a fancy dance and Agnes F'itZ-
| hugh Shapter gave a piano solo. Re-
| freShmentS were served
The April meeting of the Brent.
Dent Parent Teacher Association was
held in the Dent School, with the pres
| ident, Mrs. Hildebrand. presiding. 1t
was voted to hold a luncheon late in
May. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, presi-
dent of the District of Columbia Con.
gress of Parent-Teacher Associations,
was the speaker of the afternoon.
Solos were rendered by Mrs. Pearl
Windsor and Mrs. Amy S. King.
THE Highland Fling was danced by
| little Frances Mccullough and Mar
garet Patton. Mrs. Kings class. Alb
| Dent, received the attendance banner.
The kingsman Parent-Teacher AS
| sociation met April is. Mrs. James
! Holloway presided. Officers were
elected as follows: Mrs. Elmer Cum
mings. president: Mrs. John Neetz.
vice president: Miss Clara Krouse,
! treasurer.
The Benning Parent Teacher meet
| ing was held in the school April 13,
with Mrs. Frank James presiding. An
| announcement was made of an en-
tertainment which will be given in