Evening star., 1932-01-10
All States Plan Part
In Bicentennial Ball
To Be Held on Feb. %
Officers Society Sponsoring
Function in Gold Room of
New Shoreham Hotel.

The George Washington Bicentennial
Ball inaugurating the celebration u
the District of Columbia commemora-
tive of the 200th anniversary OF
of the birth of the First President, VIII
be held in the gold room OF the New
Shoreham Hotel on Monday evening
February %. -,
This ball is for the residents OF
! Washington and vicinity from all Cne
States ard is sponsored Ey the AL
States Officers Society In co-operation
with the State societies in the Dlstrlct
Every State is expected to be repre-
Sented and presidents OF state SocleCles
nave been asked to secure the presence
| of their congressional Delegation ano
others prominent In official WaSning-
ton. A hostess and four pages Will be
named from each State to receive tne
guests from their state and present
| them to the members of the delega-
vion present. =.
The Committee of Arrangements, OF
which Capt. Jack Lowe is chairman
has already secured assurances from
many of the States that they Will nave
a part In this event and Representa-
tives have also signifled their pleasure
at being able to have such an excellent
opportunity to meet their constituents
who are residents of Washington.
Visitors in the city for the opening
of the celebration will be AFFORDED an
opportunity at this gathering 10 meet
not only the Representatives from tneir
home State, but also those folk from
back home who are residing IN the
District.
Presidents of State societies who have
been asked to assist in the arrange
k@an Y
Balm, Alabama; Representative Claude
A. Fuller. Arkansas: Maj. Charles Will
liam Freeman, California; Mr.. Edward
j. Lang, Connecticut; Representative
Robert G. Houston, Delaware; Mrs
Herbert Drane, Florida Capt. Thomas
]. jackson, Georgia; DR.. w. N. JONAH
nessen, Idaho; Judge Theodore G: Rfs-
ley, Illinois; Senator Watson, Indiana
Lieut.. Col. H. S. Merrick, Iowa: Rep
resentative Clifford r. Hope, Kansas
Mrs. Joseph Horgan, Kentucky Col.
Campbell B. Hodges, louisiana; Mr..
George H. Calvert, jr., Maryland; MT.
Frank E. Hickey, Massachusetts,; Sena-
tor Arthur H. Vandenburg, Michigan
Miss Bede johnson, Minnesota; KEEP
resentative w. M. Wilmington, MlSSls-
Sippi; Mrs. Robert G. Simmons, Ne
braska; Mr.. Elmer E. Field, New Eng
land; Mr.. Fletcher Hale, New Hamp-
shire; DR.. William j. Davis, New YORK;
Mai. Eley P. benson, North Carolina;
Judge Percy Crew, North Dakota; sena-
tor Simeon Fess, Ohio; Mr.. John r.
Gardner, Oklahoma Mr.. E. J. Adams,
Oregon; Representative Samuel A.
Kendall, Pennsylvania Representative
Thomas S. Mcmillan. South Carolina;
Representative William Williamson,
South Dakota; Mr.. M. Langford,
Southern Society; Mr.. Robert Barker,
Tennessee; Mr.. Eugene Black, Texas; I;
Mr.. Harold A. Candland, Utah; Mrs.
Mabel r. Pierce, Vermont; Representa-
tive Henry st. George Tucker, Virginia;
Mr.. John W. Smith, West Virginia
Mr.. william Wondrowitz Wisconsin;
Mr.. John L. Landfair wyoming.
Information concerning the sale OF
tickets and other details may be Sc
cured by addressing the headquarters OF
the All States Officers Society, Willard
Hotel.