Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

the guests present were Mr.. Charles
| keefer. credit manager of kann's;
John Howard Paine. Mrs. j White
of Pittsburgh. Pa. and Miss Mary
Dolan, secretary to the president or
the Electric Power Co. Next week.
business meeting, which will be
closed meeting and for members
only.
Woman's Club of Chevy Chase
| The recently organized art section IS
| planning to carry on" through part
of the Summer. A sketching class
will meet on Tuesday mornings at
1890 at Mrs. Walter Miles. 1907 Joce-
| lyn street. Mrs. John Boyle VIII De
in charge of the class.
Mrs. Hewitt Robertson of western
avenue and Fessenden street will be at
home on Thursdays, after 10, to en-
plain the uses of the hand loom.
Mrs. Carl Stuhler will instruct Sec
ton members in the making of gift
shop specialties on June ID, after
| pm.
The officers of the club met at the
home of Mrs. William G.. Dennis
Thursday afternoon.
The nature section visited three gar
denS in Somerset on Tuesday last, and
will meet June 4, 8 PM. at the Presby-
terrain Church for another garden tour.
The Battery Park Garden Club will
meet June 10 at ] pm. at the COM
munity house, when the Chevy Chase
and Rockville Garden Clubs will be
guests of the Battery Park organiza-
ton at luncheon. The afternoons
program will be in the nature of a
flower show, the three clubs joining in
contributing specimens.
The Clara Barton Club of Glen
Echo, met Tuesday at PM, at the
home of Mrs. John c. Leger. Sixteen
members responded to roll call by
giving quotations and readings.
The program chairman. Mrs. Samuel
Eases, has outlined a course of work
for the year which will give all men,
bers an opportunity to do their bit.
! The president, Mrs. VIM. j. Ransden.
presided at the meeting, at the close
of which refreshments were served by
the hostess. The next and last meet
ing until September will be held at
| Castle Bomolo," on Cedar Island. the
home of Mrs. Lewis H. Odell. June Il.
This meeting will take the form OF an
outdoor picnic, and all members are
asked to come and bring. good, healthy
appetites.
Woman's Club of Bethesda, Md.-An
event of great Importance In the MS
tory of the club took pace Friday aft
ernoon, when the corner stone OF the
new club home was laid in Sonona.
The program was in charge of Mrs.
Earl w. Chafee, president. who, direct
" following the invocation by DR..
Parker, rector of st. Johns Episcopal
Church. in Bradley lane, welcomed the
members and guests in the name OF
the club and gave a resume of the
aims and activities, the hopes and am
billions of this earnest group of wom-
en-. The address of welcome was fol-
lowed by a short history of the club,
given by its first president and one of
its organizers, Mrs. Franklin c. Get
zendanner.
The most interesting part of the
ceremony was the placing of club
relics in the corner stone by the char
ter members or their representatives
and the past presidents. ''Keepsakes
are dear to every woman's heart"
Mrs. Chafee said in introducing this
part of the program, and it Is very
fitting that we place in this corner
stone some of the relics of our early
days, that they may be kept until that
today shall be stilled and only these
records can tell our history"
Mrs. Getzendanner placed the first
gavel in the box. the symbol Of leader
ship which she has so well exempli-
fed. She was followed by Miss Gill,
representing Mrs. Condor: Mrs. Gro
min, Mrs. Croxall, Mrs. Karr, repre-
senting Mrs. Morgan: Mrs. Z. l.. Stock,
for Mrs. E. Winsor ohutt; Mrs. Julian
Wallace, Mrs. Hanson and Mrs.
Charles F. Dickens, who, as charter
member and former historian, placed
the Bible in the box.
Special tribute was paid to the chair
men of the building committee. Mrs.
Brandenburg, the first building COM
mittee chairman, turned into the fund
over $4,000. Under Mrs. Nicholson'S
craftsmanship the property on which
the clubhouse is to be built was pur-
chased, and now, with Mrs. Elisha
Hanson as chairman, the actual work
of building the clubhouse is to be done.
Mrs. Hanson is also chairman of the
construction committee, under whose
supervision the building will proceed
during the coming months. Three
coins were placed in the box by Mrs.
Nicholson, symbolic of the purchase
Of the lot, dime of the year 1911, a
nickel of the year 1926 and a penny Of
this current year, making a total of
16 cents, which represents the age of
the club on this birthday.
William Tyler Page recited 1.-THE
Americans Creed" of which he is
the author, and an autographed copy
of it was also placed in the stone.
While the box was being sealed
the audience sang Our Pledge" both
the words and music of which were
written by Maryland women. Each
one Of those who placed mementos
in the box laid trowel Of cement and
the stone was moved into place.
Preceding the ceremony of the lay
Ing of the corner stone, a luncheon was
served to members and guests at the
home Of Mrs. Elisha Hanson, in Alta
Vista. Those in charge Of the ar.
rangements were Mrs. Classic, Mrs.
Lawrence, Mrs. Hathaway, Mrs.
Brandenburg. Mrs. Cronin. Mrs.
Green, Mrs. Scar. Mrs. e. p. Wilson,
| Mrs. J. Fred Inirie. Mrs. Hanson,
Mrs. Hartnet. Mrs. Corby and Mrs.
William J. Montgomery, chairman.
The rules governing the playwrit-
| ing contest, sponsored by Mrs. William
! J. Peters and the Woman's Club or
Bethesda, have been printed ana are
| now available for distribution. Tnis
| contest closes October l and is open
to men and women residents of Mont
gomery County.
The annual meeting will be held
June at pm. at the home OF Mrs.
George E. Hamilton, on the Rock
| vile pike At this meeting reports
from all chairmen' and officers will be
heard and new officers for the ensu-
ing year will be elected. The ticket
as submitted by the nominating COM
mittee is as follows: President, Mrs.
Elisha Hanson; first vice president,
Mrs. William NJ. Gamble, Mrs. w. B.
n. Brooks; second vice president,
Mrs. f. P. Wilson, Mrs. William j.
! Montgomery; recording secretary,
Mrs. Robert Hagner and Mrs. J. j.