Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
Emergency Hospital
Alumnae's Annual
Ball Is February IL
Shoreham Hotel to Be Scene
of Seventh Event, With
Large List of Patronesses.
Sorority Activities.

The Emergency Hospital Alumnae
Association is holding its seventh an
nual ball at the Shoreham Hotel We'd
nesday, February IL, for the purpose of
endowing room for nurses during ILL
ness. Among the patronesses are Mrs.
Gam, Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Mrs.
w. c. Eustis, Miss Mary B. Adams, Mrs.
Charles MacVeagh. Mrs. Richard Aid
rich, Mrs. r. S. Huidekoper, Mrs. E. j.
Dawley, Mrs George McClennan, Mrs.
j. T. Newcomb, Mrs. Gist Blair, Mrs.
Duncan Phillips, Mrs. James A. Lyon,
Mrs. James Strauss, Mrs. Rushmore
Patterson, Mrs. Ridgely Hunt Mrs.
Beale Howard, Mrs. Victor Kaufman,
Mrs. Gilbert GroSvenor, Miss Mabel
Boardman, Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew.
Mrs. Sherman Flint, Mrs. Herbert
Slocum, Mrs. L. w. Douglas, Mrs. Peter
A. Jay, Mrs. E. j. Stellwagen, Mrs. P.
S. Pearsall, Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mrs.
Hamilton Fish, jr.; Miss Janet Fish,
Mrs. Leander Mccormick Goodhart,
Mrs. Frederic Atherton, Mrs. F. r. Hag-
ner, Mrs. Wilton Lambert, Mrs w. II.
Brownson. Mrs. Sarah Stokes Halkett,
Mrs. Sol Bloom, Mrs. F. H. Ellis, Mrs.
William N Ritter, Mrs Daniel Borden
and Mrs. Harry Lewis.
Mrs. Robert l. Dennison, chairman;
Mrs. S. Paul Portion, secretary, and Miss
Florence Lanham, treasurer, are in
charge of arrangements.
Ine Tau hi national Sorority will
hold its annual Founders day banquet,
celebrating its eleventh anniversary at
the Roosevelt Hotel Wednesday uD6er
craftsmanship of Miss Elizabeth Parks
VI Alpha Chapter Miss Louise Wildman
of Delta Chapter and Mrs. Mary Brady
Hinton of Zeta Chapter. Preceding the
banquet there will be the semi-annual
formal initiation conducted by Miss
Evelyn McCune, national president, and
assisted by Miss Lila Lyman, national
vice president. The initiates at this
time are Miss Eleanor Boyd, Miss Flor
ence Coefield, Miss Thelma Duckett,
Miss Evelyn Holcombe, Miss Willie
Howard, Miss Eleanor Ryan and Miss
Bernice Thomas from Alpha Chapter;
Miss Marguerite Culver, Miss Lucille
Gutman and Miss Ida Lyons from Beta
Chapter; Miss Kathleen Easley from
Delta Chapter and Miss Catherine Edel-
blut and Miss Elva Robey from zeta
Chapter. The guests of honor from
each chapter will be Miss Elizabeth
Parks, Miss Martha Bean. Miss Louise
Wildman and Miss Elizabeth Hoecke.
Invitations have been issued to the
presidents of Beta MI, Chalmi and
Theta Alpha Chi Sororities to attend
also to be held at the Roosevelt.
Hotel Shoreham last night was the
scene of brilliant festival sponsored
by Alpha and Beta Chapters of Tau
Sigma Pl Sorority.
Members Of both chapters honored
the outgoing and incoming officers at
beautifully arranged banquet. Miss
Ruth Huntington, toastmistress. intro
duced the two outgoing presidents, Miss
Virg mia Shook and Mrs. Pauline Kin
singer, who gave brief addresses; Mrs.
Mary Glenn and Miss Virginia Compton,
presidents for the coming year, received
a greeting of welcome.
Part of the ceremony was the pres
entation of loving cups to the two past
presidents. Following this favors of
stationery and necklaces marked with
the sorority seal were presented to
members
.4.erJainment at the banquet was
furnished by members in the character
OF songs and dances. Dancing followed
the banquet from 10 to / O'Clock. At
this time each member received a cor
sage cluster of sweet peas. Invited
guests took part in this feature of the
celebration.
Mr.. Stanley Bell, radio entertainer of
WMAL, and Miss Dorothy Skinner, also
a radio artist of this city, sang. The
NOAAiAAAAttGC III MISS
Huntington, Miss Helayne Walker, Miss
ThelIna Thomas and Miss Tl7elma King.
Friday the Washington chapters of
the Sigma Theta Sorority will hold their
Miowlnter dance at the Hotel Roosevelt
from 10 toll o'clock
The chairman of the Dance Commit
tee, Miss Frances Hamil, announces that
the feature dance of the evening will be
a prize waltz Also there will be two
speciality numbrs by the pupils of Nine.
Langlotz.
banquet was held by Lambda Chi
Sorority at Golfers Inn to install its
new chapter. Miss Marian Gaddess,
president of Alpha Chapter, acted as
tcastmistress and Miss Ethel YasselI, |
president of Beta Chapter; Miss Helen |
Wertenbruch, president of Gamma |
Chapter, and Miss Helen Fry of Beta
Chapter gave welcome speeches to the
new chapter.
Immediately following the banquet
Miss Irene Edwards, grand president, /,
installed the following girls, who now
form Delta Chapter: Miss Dorothy
Bennett, Miss Barbara Morris Miss |
Mary Marosy, Miss Virginia Ahern. Miss |
Martha Limbaugh, Miss Jane Sincel, |
MISS Sally Van Slack, Miss Margaret |
Van and Miss Edna Walker
Miss Annabelle Mccullough led the
entire sorority in singing the sorority's |
song.
Gamma Chapter of Phi Sigma Epsi- |
ion Sorority entertained its new chap |
ter officers at an installation dinner |
Monday evening at the Tally-Ho. The |
officers installed were Mrs. Warren |
Benner, president; Miss Marian Perry |
Phillips, vice president; Mrs. George !
Tolson, jr., secretary; Miss Gertrude |
Greenwood, treasurer, and Miss Kath- |
arine Ferry, sergeant at arms. The re- |
firing president. Mrs. Robert Gren- !
wood, was presented with a piece of |
silver in appreciation of her work for |
the past year.
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