Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
Memorial Group Asks
Fund for Restoration
Of Lees Birthplace
Association Opens Head
quarters and Is Soliciting
Contributions to Honor
Memory of Noted Cen
eral.

The Robert E. Lee Memorial Founda-
ton of the District of Columbia in
order to facilitate its work of raising
funds to be contributed to the sum be-
ing nationally raised to complete the
purchase price of Stratford Hall. BIRTH
place OF Robert E. Lee. has opened
headquarters in room 12I at the willard
Hotel, IL was announced here today by
Mrs: Rose Gouverneur Hoes, secretary
OF the foundation in this city.
MRS. Joseph f. Washington is director
OF the foundation for the District of Co
Iumpla, and officers associated with her
are MRS. walter r. Tuckerman, vice d.
recUor; Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes.
secretary; Mr.. Randolph Leigh. finan-
ciai secretary. and Mrs. Theodore J
PICKETT, Chairman of publicity.
'Inese ofncers, together with Mrs.
henry st. George Tucker, wife of
representative Tucker of Virginia. Miss
Maud Davidge, Mrs Frank c. BALDWIN.
MRS: Lawrence Heap, Mrs. william Mo
Cleilan Ritter, Mrs Horace Lee wash
lngton, Mr.. Walter D. Davidge and Mr.
=. =. Magruder, constitute the executive
An advisory board of men has also
Z. c. Magruder, Mr.. Randolph Leigh
5flg. Gen. William E Horton, Col Wade
a. cooper Mr.. Walter D. Davidge and
Mr.. Robert E. Gates.
PROMINENT women of WASHINGTON
VINO nave become members of the
Ioundation and are interested in the
movement to make Stratford a ma
tlonal shrine constitute the large gen.
eraI committee, which is being aug
lnented daily. On this committee are
NUMBER OF congressional women in
Guiding Mrs. Lee S. Overman. Mrs C;,iv
DeSpard Goff, Mrs. William e. BROCK
Mrs. schuyler Otis Bland. Mrs. Andrew
jackson Montague, Mrs. Henry ST
George Tucker and Mrs. Sol. bloom
1t Is OF special interest that two rrand-
daughters OF Lee are members Of this
COMMITTEES. They are Mrs Hunter de
5utts. formerly Mary Gusts Lee; and
MIS-; Hanson Ely, formerly Anne Car
yer Lee. Both are daughters of Robert
z. Lee, jr., youngest son of the Con-
Iederate general. and both make their
nome in this city.
among other members Of the com.
mlttee are Mrs. Henry F. Dimock Mrs
EDWARD A. Hartman, Mrs. Cary T.
Grayson, Mrs. Mccormick Goodhart.
Mrs. Wilbur r. Turner, Mrs. Brewster
warwick. Mrs. Thomas w. Phillips.
MS MISS Kio0ey. Mrs. Henry D. Flood,
MRS. Delos A. Blodgett, Mrs. Charles
Graves Matthews. Mrs. William NC
Clellan Ritter, Mrs. Thomas n. C.
Reed, Mrs. Theodore Tiller. Mrs. Alfred
Pembroke Thorn, Mrs. Frederick A.
Parkhurst, Mrs. Henry de Ia Meter
Mead, Mrs. Henry s. Venn, Mrs. Good
loe Falconer, Mrs. Lawrence Heap Mrs.
A. Eugene Barr, Mrs. M. de Clare
Berry, Mrs. T. H. Boggs, Mrs. William
s. Corby, Mrs. Elizabeth Fred, Mrs.
Frederic c. Hicks, Mrs. Ella H. Micou,
Miss Linda v. Nance, Mrs. Randolph
Leigh, Mrs. Peyton Powell, Mrs. Ennals
Waggaman. Mrs. Albert N. Baggs, MRS.
Robert Whitney Imbrie, Mrs. John
Davidge, Mrs. Karl Klemm, Miss Bag
ley, Mrs. Joseph w. Byrnes, Mrs. Albert
G. Janin. Mrs. Albert Ford Ferguson,
Mrs. Wilbur w. Hubbard, Mrs Thomas
Sim Lee. Mrs. Robert M. Gates. Mrs.
GiSt Blair, Mrs. James o. Murdoch,
Mrs. Z. Crane Chadbourne, Mrs.
Thomas M. Knox, Mrs. Herbert. Miss
Anna NJ. Hubbard, Mrs. Randolphe
Cooke, Mrs. Hugh Cumming and Mrs.
George Hillyer, jr.
It is under the important auspices
OF the foundation that the StratfOrd
dinner will take place on the evening
Of February 4. at the Willard Hotel.