Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23

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Founders Day, February IT.: Found
ers Day Program Suggestions" THE
Candle-Lighting Ceremony"
The Maryland State convention will
be held at Salisbury November 1929.
1t is expected there will be a delega-
ton from the District of Columbia to
attend the convention.
meeting of the Singing Mothers Of
the District of Columbia Congress of
Parents and Teachers was held Monday
in the Burlington Hotel. Several more
local associations were represented by
singers.
The librarian, Mrs. Lavinia Durham.
had arranged a program, which the
mothers rehearSed after the business
meeting.
The program chairman. Mrs. Ashmun,
announced she was ready to make en-
gagements for the Singing Mothers 10
sing at local parent-teacher meetings
for the coming season. Any local as
ISOLATION that desires to have the chorus
supply music for one of its meetings
will send requests to Mrs. Ashmun. 1920
Park place, telephone Columbia 4572-J.
| The president, Mrs. E. L. Norris, an
nounced rehearsals would soon start for
the program of Christmas carols which
the chorus will give during the holidays.
| The executive board of the orgar!-
zation met at luncheon at the Burling-
ton preceding the regular meeting.
The Summer library which the Keene
Parent Teacher Association has been
conducting during the Summer at the
home of Mrs. r. T. Wyche for the chill
dren of the neighborhood closed Thurs
day. Although the library this Summer
contained fewer books than last year,
Mrs Wyche reports a substantial in
crease in the circulation and in the
number of readers.
The executive committee of the
Keene Parent-Teacher Association met
at the home of the president, Mrs. F. D.
Morris, last week to hear reports of the
Summers work and report of the
Summer library A report showed thai
the vacation activities of the children
had proved successful and profitable.
Plans were discussed for the coming sea-
sons work.
At the meeting of the executive
board of the District of Columbia Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers held at
the Burlington Hotel September 10 the
following delegates and alternates to
the Middle Atlantic States Council were
elected: Delegates, Mrs. H. N. Stull,
Mrs. Franklin Jones, Mrs. D. F. Angler,
Mrs. Basil Manly. Mrs. H. L. Richard
son; alternates. Mrs. Finis D. Morris,
Mrs. j. w. Byler, Mrs. Louis Casbell,
Mrs. L. D. Brown, Mrs. Andrew Stuart
and Mrs j. Sanders. The Middle At
lantic States Council will meet in
Easton. Pa, october Is, II, 10, 10, in
connection with the PENNSYLVANIA State
convention and is made up of delegates
from the following States: New York,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey
and the District of Columbia. Mrs.
Earnest Daniel, State chairman of hos
pitality for the District of Columbia, is
chairman of the council. The council
meeting ends Tuesday evening, when
the delegates will be entertained by
Pennsylvania.
The following national and State off,
GERS were in Washington to confer with
the officers of the District of Columbia
and make plans for the national con-
ventior of the Congress of Parents and
Teachers which is to be held in Wash
ington in May. 1929: Mrs S. M N.
Morris, president; Mrs. E. c. Mason,
first vice president; Mrs Hugh Brad
ford, third vice president; Mrs B. S.
Elliott, treasurer; Mrs. Frederick Hos
mer. head of bureau of program serv-
ice; Mrs. H. NJ Rowell, budget chair
man; Mrs. Laura UnderhilI Kohn, head
of bureau of publicity; Mrs. C. E. Ken
del, State president, Ohio; Mrs Louis
T. De Valliere, State president, New
Jersey.
They left yesterday with the State
president of the District of Columbia,
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, for the ma
tionai board meeting to be held in
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