The Washington times., 1930-02-03
MRS. WILSON
TO ATTEND
DINNER
Stratford Dinner to Be
Honored by Presence of
Widow of President

WIDOW OF FroSlQenC
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson will be
the honor guest at the STRAIT
ford dinner at the Willard Hotel
tomorrow evening, given under
the auspices Of the Robert E.
Lee Memorial Foundation Of
the District Of Columbia.
Other Guests
Also present as an honored
guest will be Mrs. Charles D.
Lanier, originator of the move
ment to save Stratford Hall, in
Westmoreland county. Va, as a
national shrine and recently.
elected life president of the
National Foundation. Mrs. La
n1er comes of the North Caro-
lima Alexander family which
gave six signers to the Mecklen-
burg Declaration of Independ-
ence. and which is prominently
identified also with the history
Of Louisville, KY, and Nashville,
Tenn, as Is the Field family,
from which she also springs.
Her husband, Charles D. Lanier,
is the son Of the Southern poet,
Sidney Lanier. They have made
their home for many years in
a Greenwich, Conn, and Mrs.
.Lanier will come on to Wash
tngton from that city especially
for the Stratford dinner.
Miss Ethel Armes, national
executive secretary Of the foun-
dation, will also be a guest at
the dinner. She has come to
Washington from a stay Of
some days at Stratford and is
the guest of Senator and Mrs.
Harry B. Hawes. Although her
family has been identified for
some generations with official
life in Washington Miss Armes'
home has been in Birmingham,
Ala, and she is now a resi-
dent Of Greenwich, Conn. Her
mothers father, John Bozman
Kerr, was a member of Con-
gresS from Maryland, and
charge d'affaires of Central
America; and her father, John
Leeds Kerr, was in Congress
from Maryland for SO years. She
is the daughter of the late Col.
and Mrs. George A. Armes
Uucy II. Kerr).
First Worker
Mrs. HaweS, with whom Miss
ArmeS is staying while in Wash
1ngton on work for the founda-
tion, has been identified with
the Stratford movement since
its inception, and is one Of
those whose name appears on
the certificate Of incorporation
for the National Robert E. Lee
Memorial Foundation. She is a
member Of the national board
Of directors, chairman Of the
committee on management and
employment for Stratford and
also chairman Of the committee
on temporary repairs, positions
that bring her into almost daily
contact with affairs on the
estate. She is actively interested
in the movement to preserve
Stratford both here in Washing
ton and throughout the country,
and has taken a table for the
dinner tomorrow night.
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Community Chest
Women of social prominence
are taking an active part in
the Community Chest campaign
which is now under way. In
addition to the many who have
enlisted in the ranks of the
various organizations soliciting
funds, the Information Unit of
which Mrs. John Jay O'Connor
Is chairman is composed entirely
of women.
This unit answers all queS-
tions and complaints as we'll
as taking care of emergency
supplies for the various teams
and has headquarters in the
mezzanine floor of the May.
flower Hotel. q,
The unit is divided into two
sections, Mrs. w. A. Roberts
acting as secretary for both.
Mrs. David Potter is chairman
of the information division and
has assisting her Mrs. Charles
H. Bradley, Miss Janet HoutZ,
Mrs. Charles B. Crawford, Mrs.
George Rowland Chase, Mrs.
Wilder B. Baker and Mrs. G..
Brown Miller.
Mrs. Joseph Stoddard is chair
man of the supplies division
and has assisting her Mrs.
Charles DENLY, Mrs. Edmund
Horgan, Mrs. Henry P. Erwin,
Mrs. Luke I. Wilson, Mrs.
Huston Thompson, Mrs. Merle
Thorpe, Mrs. Elwood Street, Mrs.
John Poole, Mrs. j. Harry Gov
tngton, Mrs. Charles B. Drake,
Miss Marian Jardine. Mrs.
James j. Davis, and Mrs. E. H.
Van Fossen.
Mrs. Huntington-Kidd will
not observe her day at home
this Thursday. She will re-
ceive the first Thursday !
March.
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