The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-27

Congressman Edward W. Goss of Prospect street is commodore and chairman of the yachting committee of the Madison Beach Yacht club, which officially opens to-day. The club, which Is located in Madison on the shore of Long Island sound. is at the junction of Island avenue and Middle Beach road. A program of tennis tournaments, sail and mo- tor boat regattas, boxing matches and various other land and water sports are to be established and prize competitions between junior members will take place during the Labor day weekend. A large dance will mark the opening event and the opening ball will take place on Sat- urday, July 4. Oficers of the Y'club include: President, John E. Muh- field; vice-president, T. A. D. Jones; secretary, Charles H. Walker, and treasurer, Ralph s. Tompkins. ChairmenA include: House, Ralph S. Tompkins; entertainment, Mrs John E. Muhfield; athletic, T. A. D. Jones, and tennis, Allen C. Bragaw. The tennis courts will be supervised by Frank Luce, Yale 1881, who has been captain of the varsity tennis and hockey teams and for the past three years of the ranking players. MT Luce recently won the Connecti- cut state singles championship.
 Misses Hesfera Hart of Cooke street and Ray Epstein were hos tesses at a bridge party recently in com mpliment to Miss Elizabeth Hart who is to be married next month. Guests attending were Misses Lillian and Mary Frank, Mildred Garno, Anna Epstein, Pauline Miskey, Edna Gancher, Hilda Kopel, Harriet Retss,
 Mary Katzman,, Grace Moskowitz,
 Ruth and Shirley Nuremberg, Tillie Nitkin, Jennie Gutowitz, Rose Kun ofsky, A Cell Rubenstein, Dorothy | Friliig, Virginia Beer, Edith Vein stein, Sadye Franken, Anna Kuper- man, Esther Wolf, Belle Fucker, Sy- dell Willner, Hesfera Hart, Elizabeth Hart, Anna Hart, Ray Epstein, Es- l ther Hankiri of New Haven, Sara
 Levy, Sadie and Fanny Rothberg of Hartford, HiIda Bessoff of New Brit ain, Mrs Charles H. Hornbein, Mrs l. | Weinstein and Mrs Louis Shore.
 | The meeting of the New Haven chapter, League of Women Voters,
 was held Monday in the home of
 Mrs Henry H. Townshend of New
 Haven, and the guest speakers in
 cluded Miss Katherine Ludington, first vice president of the National League of Women Voters and Miss Constance. Roach, secretary of the first region of the National leaguge. Plans tor increasing the scope and importance of the New Haven cha pter were outlined in an address by Miss Roach. Methods of or ganizing and financing state league were described by Miss Ludtngton. New Haven officers and members of the executive board who attend | ed the meeting were: Mrs Charles Strong, Mrs Angus Fraser, Miss Emily Whitney, Mrs Edith Valet Cook, Mrs Edward s. Robinson, Mrs Jennie Robinson. Mrs Raymond Dodge, Mrs F. L. c. Kitchelt. Mrs
 Elouise Day. Mrs Alan Cowperth-
 waite, Mrs H. C. Dyke, Mrs D. J. Sanders, Mrs C. M. Aggett, Mrs c.
 H. Wheldon, Jr. Madelon Gardner Mrs J. J. Weber. Miss Annie Maher,
 Miss Elizabeth Farnan, and Miss Charlotte Hubbard.
 Others who attended were: Miss Sally Fanny Gleaton, state field sec retary: Mrs c. S. Johnson, presi- dent of the Northford league; Mrs
 Philip. E. Rice of Naugatuck; Miss Lucy Gleaton of Conyers. Ga; Mrs Fulbert c. Mayer. president Of the North Haven league; Mrs D. w. Ives. president of the Wallingford league; Mrs D. R. Bristol. president of the Meriden league: Mrs Anton
 K. Bradoc, of stony Creek; Mrs '. s. Van Valkenburg of Waterbury county chairman of organization;
 Mrs P. A. Webster. vice president
 of the Waterbury league and Mrs
 B. w. Husted. president Of the North Madison league.
 Miss Harriet Houghton of Ives
 street was hostess at kitchen show
 Or given at her home Thursday eve-
 ming In compliment to Miss Gather inc Roth, whose marriage to Frank.
 fin Houghton of New York. former.
 iy of this city will be m event of
 next month. Several gifts were pre-.
 sented tho honored guest and dur
 ing the evening plano selections were
 given by Miss H0ughtons nanee
 Everett Swanson. Singing was also
 enjoyed and q lunch WAS served
 The affair. which was ln the nature
 of n surprlse was attended by Mlhees Mary O'DonHeil. Doiorea pellnkH. Margaret Benedict. Helen Faneher'
 Hdnn clarke, nulh Heuehton, B.er'
 ett awnnfon and Mr and Mrs charles ! F. H0uahton,