Evening star., 1927-10-23


All publicity work must be sen
On to the Publicity Bureau, 500 Eight
eenth street, apartment 81, by moor
on Wednesday preceding the Sunday
on which publication is desired.
The Parent.Teacher Bulletin fol
October is ready for distribution
Copies may be obtained from the
Office. 500 Eighteenth street.
The Publicity Bureau is arranging
Cor a conference of all local publicity
chairmen, at which time. among
other matters discussed, arrange
ments will be made for the Publicity
Institute. which will be held later in
the seaoson, with Mrs. Laura Under.
hill Koi1n, manager OF the Publicity
Bureau of the National Congress, as
the leader.
The Middle Atlantic States Council
will be held in connection with the
New Jersey State Convention i'm
Atlantic City, November /. and the
headquarters will be at Haddon Hall.
The following delegates and alternates
have been elected to attend: Mrs.
Giles Scott Rafter, Mrs. j. N. Saun-
ders, Mrs. Franklin Jones. Mrs. S. w.
Rauscher, Mrs. Joseph Sanders, Mrs.
Andrew Stewart, Mrs. Basil Manly.
Mrs. Nellie Fletcher Mrs. +. D. Nor
ris, Mrs Louis Castell and Mrs. Wal.
ter B. Fry.
A meeting of the District of Colum.
bia Congress of PIT. A. was held in
the auditorium of the Interior Depart.
ment Tuesday. DIR. Frank w. Ballou,
superintendent of schools. and Miss
Ellen Lombard of the Bureau of Edu.
cation were speakers.
State chairmen presented important
matters of their committees that
needed attention of the many associ.
ations connected with the District OF
Columbia organizations: Mrs. II. X.
Smalley, Summer roundup: Mrs. =. X.
Kalmbach, scrapbooks and exhibits;
Mrs. G.. w. Lady, pre-school circles;
Mrs. Louis Castell. ways and means;
Mrs. w. T. Bannerman, legislation;
Mrs. J. W.. Byler. Juvenile Court; Mrs.
w. III. Ross, childrens reading: Mrs.
II. f. Rossell, Parent-Teacher Bulletin;
Mrs. Franklin Jones, vacation activi-
ties, and Mrs. e. j. Bowling, clothes
conservation. Mrs. Walter E. Fry of
the Macfarland Junior High PIT. A.
was elected recording secretary.
Mrs. Joseph Sanders. State chair
man of health for the District of Co
lumbia, urges that every association
appoint health chairmen. Presidents
are requested to appoint health chair
men and send their names. addresses
and teleI hone numbers to Mrs. Sanders,
2612 Tilien street.
The shoe ana rubber chairman and
the ways and means chairman are
making plans for Statewide card
party to be held within the next few
weeks in order to raise funds to carry
on the very important work OF the
State organization.
A file of the Summer issues of the
Rhode Island Avenue Press, contain
ing the story of the thirty-flrst annuai
convention of the National Congress
of Parents and Teachers. was pre-.
scented to the library of the District OF
Columbia State branch by the author,
the delegate-at-large.
A. meeting of the Blair. Hayes p.
r A. was held at the Blair School.
October 10. Mrs. Keagy, the new
president, presided. She recited
poem, 'The Receipt for Success" and
announced her chairmen for the
standing committees as follows:
Membership and hospitality. Mrs. Up
dixie; ways and means, Mrs. Reichen-
back: health and clothes, Mrs. Bur-
roughs; publicity, Mrs. Kinsella; Ju-
venile protective, Mrs. Carper; pro-
gram, Miss Burrows: pre-school. Mrs.
wilkinson. The attendance banner
for the Blair School went to Miss
Lee, second grade, and Miss Aitcne.
sun, fifth grade. In the Hayes School
tt went to Miss Burley, first grade.
There was a short program on
safety first by children Of the fifth
grade. Blair School, and one on fire
prevention by the first grade children.
Mrs. Rafter, president of the ID.
c. Congress of p. T. A., made an ad-
dress.
The Bryan p. r. A. will meet on
October 81, at 7:30 p. m. This meet
ing is to be a fathers night. A pro-
gram is being arranged and all par
ents and teachers are urged to be
present.
The John Burroughs PIT. A. met
October 20 The following officers are
now serving. having been elected at
the May meeting of the association:
President, Mrs. A. Fl. Fast; first vice
president, Mrs. III. G. Ovitt; second
vice president, Miss Mary Draney,
principal: third vice president, Mrs.
Frank PLACER: secretary. Mrs. C. A.
Phillips; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Smith; treasurer, Mrs. Harry
Sherwood.
The chairmen of the different COM
mittees follow: House, Mrs. Hogd-
son; program. Mrs. Dowling; milk,
Mrs. Perry; hospitality, Mrs. Volland;
membership, Mrs. Leary: publicity.
Mrs. Clay; ways and means, to be
appointed.
Mrs. Bowling has been made head
of the clothes conservation commit.
tee of the District Of Columbia Con-
gress Of Parent-Teacher Associations,
to take the place Of Mrs. Frazier, who
resigned.
A celebration will be held in the
new auditorium of John Burroughs
in honor of the opening of the com.
pleted building. The details Of the
program are being arranged by
joint committee from the John Bur.
roughs PIT. A. and the Rhode Island
Avenue Citizens Association.
DIR. r. w. Ballou, superintendent OF
schools; 8. M. Ely. supervising prin-
cipal of the fifth district; representa-.
tives Of the school board. the District
government and Congress, and others
interested in school activities are
being invited.
Central High p. T.. A. met at the
school October 13. at 8:15 o'clock.