Evening star., 1926-01-17

WOmen'S Alliance OF All Souls
Church, Sixteenth and Harvard
| streets. will meet at the church Fri
day. at II am. Mrs: Lyman b;
| speaker. her subject being welfare
| Legislation In the District" Luncheon
at l pm. Mrs. Charles Ely. hostess.
Burnside Grand Army Post and It's
| auxiliary, Burnside Relief Corps, In
stalled officers for the year Wednesday
| night, at Grand Army Hall. The Of
| f1cer for the Grand Army was DR..
| Johnson, and for the Relief Corps,
Past National Junior Vice, Mrs. Ida
]. Oldroyd.
The following We're officially placed
for the Grand Army: DR.. c. V. Pettis.
commander: J. H. Weir. senior vice;
| DR.. H. T. Dunbar, junior vice; Robert
Mcbride, chaplain; quartermaster'
| Young; surgeon, DIR. James Mckee;
officer of the day, Comrade Dunally;
officer Of the guard, +. j. Cooksey.
| The inspector was L. y. Godfrey
and the installing officer was Or.
Johnson.
This post was formed in 1882 as
No. Of Department of the Potomac,
| with 81 charter members, of which
only three are living, II. K. Crutchett,
Lewis X. Brown and O. s. Firman.
| The membership has totaled over 500,
| but now can muster only 80 on its
roll. Nineteen have been mustered
| out" in Arlington Cemetery during
| past year.
The president Of Burnside Relief
| Corps Is Miss Anna NJ. Clauser; senior
vice president, Miss Foster; junior
! vice president, Miss OBrien: secreta-
ry. Miss Jennie Hamilton: treasurer,
Rose +. Pennelly: patriotic instructor.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. North; conductor, Mrs.
Deane: assistant conductor, Mrs Wy
| man; guard, Mrs. N. Lyons; chaplain,
Mrs. True, and assistant guard, Mrs
Buxton.
Meetings VIII be held at 7:3O on the
second and fourth Wednesdays Of each
month at 7:30. Visiting Relief Corps
members in the city are invited 10
Grand Army Hall.
The Sixteenth Street Heights Club
held its annual Christmas party De-
cember 90 at the home of Mrs. O. H..
benson, 1920 Moreland lane. Edge
! moor, Md
Mrs. J. C. Marquis, president, and
| Mrs. G. +. Stuhler, chairman of the
entertainment committee, assisted the
hostess In welcoming the members
and their families.
The evening was devoted to cards
and visit from Santa Claus, in the
person of S. u. Grove, who dis
pensed unique and appropriate gifts
Later refreshments were served.
Mrs. S. j. Dantzic, 1929 Blair road,
Takoma Park. d. c.. was hostess
Tuesday at the first meeting of the
year.
After luncheon the monthly busi-
ness session was held. Mrs. Marquis
presiding. Minutes for the last two
meetings were read and reports given
by the treasurer and chairmen OF
the several committees
Mrs S. j. Dennis, representative
to the District Federation, gave a re-
! port OF the last meeting of that body
Plans for raising funds for tents at
Camp Good Will next Summer were
discussed. Mrs. S. d. Grove, chair.
man Of the program committee, an.
nounced the hostesSes for the re
mainder of the season.
The next regular meeting Will be
held January 26 at the residence of
the secretary, Mrs. Walter Emer.
son. 1916 Madison street.
The Women's Club OF North Beach.
Md, held an open meeting Tuesday
at the home Of Mrs. Appleton Cady,
| members of the Town Council and
| their wives being the guests Of honor.
Miss Cornelia Hill. the president.
gave the address of welcome, follow
ed by the former presidents of the
club-Mrs. Stack. who spoke of the
| appreciation OF the councils work:
Mrs. E. Mcdowell, who gave a greet
ing. and Mrs. Thomas Calver. who
| spoke on Pioneer Residential Col
|
president. who is on a motor trip
through Florida. was missed. The
mayor of North Beach, DR.. W. E
| Pafro, gave an address, "Reminis-
| cences of the Pioneers"
Miss Nina Pairo sang, ACCOMPANIED
by Miss Dotton. Mrs. Van Doren
gave character sketch. Miss Jose
phine Daily sang the Japanese Lul-
laby, The Bees Courtship' and
several other numbers. accompanied
by Mrs. Oscar Carlton.
The executive committee was In
charge of the social program and re-
freshments.
The executive board of the Mont.
gomery County Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs met at the home of Mrs. Fl
B. Humphrey at Glen Echo January
D. Mrs. Archibald Small, president.
~ CSiueu. lie minutes OF the last
meeting were read by Mrs. George F.
Nickkelson, secretary. Miss EstelIe
I. Moore, treasurer, read her report.
The following recommendations of the
official board, which met with Mrs.
Small December l. were read by the
secretary: First, that the matter of the
library be continued; second, that the
scholarship loan fund shall be left In
the hands of the official board, which
Is an elective board. These two rec
concentrations were accepted by the
executive board. The loan fund is
now 800. The Brookeville- -Olney
Homemakers' Club was received into
the county federation. Mrs. Small, as
director off the State Federation, re-
ported that the State Federation presi-
dent, Mrs. Stpple, urges the payment
of the endowment fund pledges, and
also urges the clubs to hold annual
elections in April at the time of the
State elections in order to keep the
yearbook straight. The chairman of
education. Mrs. Fred. keplinger, re-
ported the completion of the book
plate, which report brought forth
much commendation as a work car
ried to a successful close. Ten thou
sand copies have been printed and
are now in the hands Of the county
superintendent. A copy was present
ed to each board member of the county
federation. Mrs. Harlan, home eco
nomicS chairman, gave a report of the
entire years work of her committee:
| 2 meetings were held and IL visits