The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-10
LARGE GATHERING
 AT WOMEN'S CLUB
Business and Professional Women Met at WOmen's
 Club for Banquet
MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT

At the tenth annual banquet of the Waterbury Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club, held last evening at the Woman's Club hall on Central avenue, eight new mem- bers were recommended by the chairman of the nominating com | mittee, Miss Edith Sellew, to the cabinet, Miss Emily Merriman con- | tinuing as president for another year. The new members of the cab inet included: Second vice-presi- ing secretary, Hanna M Miller; cor responding secretary, A. Katherine Rubey; social chairman. Cora R. Crompton; entertainment, Mary l.. D. Camp; legislative, Elizabeth M. Whitehill; finance. Mabel M. Burn; publicity, Helen M. Slator. The banquet was held in the large hall of the club, tables being ar ranged in groups, the decorations leather. At each place was 8 bou- quet of sweet peas as favors. At the head table were Miss Electa Platt, entertainer, Miss Emily E. Merri- man, president. Miss Anna B. Platt, Miss Rena M. Puffer, Miss Edith Sellew, Miss Lillian M. Judd, Miss Josephine Somers, Miss Florence Greenleaf. Miss Anna Abeling, Mrs Ferdinand Bachmann, Miss Victoria Liebreich, Miss Edna Kott. Mrs Kate Noble. Mrs William J. Slator. Miss Idabelle Bradley.
 The Little Theater ensemble played before and during the din- ner. Mrs Edwin Jones at the piano; Miss Lois Beach, violin; Mrs Merle Hosdowich, cello, and Mrs Ferdi- nand Bachmann, viola. Miss Grace Mccormack, rendered the following group of songs - The Hills of Home by Oscar Fox, In My Garden by Liddle, The Lass with a Delicate Air, Old English, by Arne.
 Later in the evening Miss Thalia Carver sang the following selections - What the Chimney Sang by Ger trude Griswold, Flakes by Frederic Cowen, o, Mister Owl Won't You Stop Asayin' Who" by Alex s. Gibson.
 A tribute was made to two mem- bers of the club whose death oc- cured recently - Mrs Jay H. Hart and Miss Eleanor Bird.
 The entertainment of the evening was furnished by Miss Electa Platt, the famous humorist and comedian, who treated the members of the club to an hour of laughter. Miss Platt is the wife of Burton Stone, a
 
 of whom the well-known Fred Stone Is also a member. Mir Stone also assisted in the entertainment by playing upon a musical saw and a balloon.
 Those present were: Hulda Swen- son, Edith Dean, Annie Upson, Clara Woodruff, Alice Mahler, Helen Mer- riman, Cora Crompton. Helen Webb, Mrs Catherine Williams. Ruth Stoughton.
 Myra somers, May Somers, Mrs Adella Crane, Mrs G. Horace Bald win, Mrs Ruth Jones, Miss Lois Beach, Mrs. Gladys Hegarty, Mrs. Esther Hosdowich, Mary Mccarthy.
 Jeannette Bronneke, Ella Patchen, Katherine A. Rubey, Mollie Kelly, Mary Doyle Camp, Ruth Parker, Hanna Miller, Mrs Myrtle Lowrey, Mrs Esther Baker, Anna Knapp.
 Elizabeth Wall. Margaret Good win, Ruth Walden, Fannie McCor- Hill, Ruth Sellew. Elizabeth Somers, Thalia Carver, Mrs Emelie Teller.
 Edith Foster. Sophia Smith, Dora Egan, Elizabeth Whitehill, Mrs Charles H. Root, Mrs Lillian Stro- bach. pr Aida c. Wentworth.
 Anna Moran, Hazel Fletcher, Ger trude Miknaitis. Ruth Grinnell. Ruth Olson, Helen Tareila. Marion Cowles. Olive Marshall. Madeleine Marshall. Mary E. Sanford, Helen Edith sellew, Alethea Puffer, Ruth Camp, Mrs A. A. Benedict, Mrs Mabel Jordan, Ida Henry, Charlotte Henry. Elizabeth Hoadley, Florence Sellew, Mabel Burn, Bernice Harper, Alice Elliott, Helen Thompson, Har- riet Cone, Mrs Mae Wintermute.