Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-03
Many Interesting Parties at
Stratford Dinner Tomorrow.

Mrs. Edward G. Gibson Of Baltimore,
| Nd, has accepted appointment as
! director for the State of the Robert E.
Lee Memorial Foundation and will come
to Washington tomorrow night for the
Stratford dinner at the Willard Hotel
Her State is the twenty-f1rst to join in
| this movement to preserve historic
Stratford Hall as national shrine
| North Carolina is also a recent entEant
! and a large and enthusiastic meeting
was lately held in the Capitol Building
/ at Raleigh under the leadership of Mrs.
Edwin Gregory of Salisbury, N. c.,
daughter of United States Senator and
Mrs. Lee S. Overman of that State
Mrs. Overman Is member of the gen.
eral committee for the foundation in
the District Both Maryland and North
Carolina will be represented by i'm
portant tables at the dinner tomorrow
night. At the table taken by Mrs.
| Halves, wife of Senator Harry B. Halves
| Of Missouri, viii be Representative and
Mrs. Jacob L. Milligan Of Missouri,
Representative anu Mrs. John McDuffie
of Alabama, Representative and Mrs.
| William B. Bankhead of Alabama and
! their house guest, Mrs. Charles Grow,
and Representative Sam Rayburn Of
| Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter r. Tuckerman,
the latter of whom is vice director of
the Robert e. Lee Memorial Foundation
Of the District of Columbia, have taken
table for the Stratford dinner. In
recognition of the historic nature Of the
occasion and in honor of one of Mrs.
Tuckerman's early ancestors they have
named their table the Valentine Hol-
lingsworth Table. He came to this
country with William Penn and was
closely associated with him in the early
development of Philadelphia. Their
guests will be Rear Admiral and Mrs
Harry Pickney Huse, Mrs. William
Cabell Bruce. Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
Howell Dodge and their daughter, Mrs
Elvin r. Heiberg; Col. John Bigelow
and Mr.. and Mrs. David Knowlton.
Mrs. Henry st. George Tucker is
sponsor for the Virginia table. There
will be 26 guests and an annex table
has also been filled. Other very large
tables will be those of the Club of
Colonial Danes, the North Carolina
State Society and the Kentucky State
Society.
The program of music for the eve
ming will be given by Mrs. Elvina N.
Rowe, one of whose most important
selections, in keeping with the spirit
Of the event, will be Garry Me Back
to Old Virginia"
Senator and Mrs. William J. Harris
of Georgia will be hosts at the table
of the Georgia State Society and will
have with them Mrs James Pilling
and her guest, Miss Margaret Baxter
of London, who is in Washington for
visit and is being extensively enter
tanned; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Hight,
Mr.. and Mrs George HlIlyer, jr.; Miss
Jesse Dell, United States civil service
commissioned and Miss Sophie Casey.
Miss Maud Dayidge and Mr. Walter
D. Davidge, both members of the ex-
ecutiye committee of the foundation
here, win be hosts at the Henry Lee
table" named in honor Of their an
cestor Of that name, who was also the
direct progenitor OF Robert e. Lee.
Mrs. Gordon Of Virginia, Mrs. Karl
Klemm, Mrs. Samuel Beverly William
son, Miss Edith H. Davidge, Brig. Gen.
William e. Horton, Mr.. Rowland B.
Mahany and Mr., John Washington
Davidge.
Mrs. Robert Lansing will go to New
York today to spend the week with
Mrs. John w. Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard M. Nordlinger
will leave Washington today for a fort
nights stay in the South. They will
be at home upon their return at the
Broadmoor. Mrs. Nordlinger was be-
fore her marriage, New Year eve, Miss
Ida kaufman, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar G. Kaufman.
Mrs. Gillett-Hill will leave Washing
ton today for the South, where she
will remain until Easter.
DR.. and Mrs. Albert Evans, formerly
! of Washington, have recently returned
/ to make their home here and are Y1ou,
residing at 2713 Wisconsin avenue.
DR.. Evans is occupying the pulpit of
the Georgetown Presbyterian Church
for the present.
Mrs. Evans will be at home informal
| ly Friday afternoons in February. She
| will be assisted February by Mrs.
Wallace Radcliffe.
Mrs. Ma itland s. Wright of Cleveland
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