Evening star., 1932-05-04

Baptist Church will enteytnAA at its
seventh annual banquet tnbs evening in
the garden house of the Dodge Hotel,
when covers will be laid for rs. The
banquet Is in honor Of the 77th birth
day anniversary of Mrs. Martina Waplc,
honorary president Of the organization,
and Mrs. Elsie Douglas, the president,
will preside. The banquet Will be fol-
| lowed by a program, when solos will be
given by Mrs. Gladys Sanders, Mrs.
Pearl Windsor and Mrs. Grace Richards
Thelma Kettering. The principal
speaker OF the evening will be Miss
Doris Casey. The Committee on Ar
rangementS for the banquet is composed
of Mrs. Ruth w. Bradbury, chairman;
Miss Ella Purks, Mrs. Ella Newton, Mrs.
Lola Megaw, Mrs. Claude Albea, Mrs.
Matte Green, Miss Elizabeth Richards,
Mrs. Ruth Kendrick, Mrs. Alene Downs,
Mrs. Margaret Sells, Miss Lillian Ingram
and Miss Lera Woodruff.
The Baltimore branch of the National
League of American Pen Women had
the honor yesterday of being the first
branch in the league to formally enter
tain the newly elected national presi-
dent, Mrs. Clara Keck Hef1ebower, who
was a guest of honor and speaker at
the luncheon of that branch at the
Emerson Hotel Mrs. Hef1ebower spoke
of some of her plans, which she hopes
to carry out with the cooperation OF
the league. She will return today to
Ohio where plans are under way for
welcoming fetes in her honor by the
Ohio branches.
Nine. Dimitriu of this city, first ma
tional vice president, spoke at the
stressing the poetic strain that seems
to be inherent in the Rumanian nature.
Mrs. E. Richard Gasch. second national
vice president, extended the greetings
of the national body to the branch.
Mrs. Gene Ziegfeld, president of the
branch, and recently elected fourth ma
tional vice president, presided at the
luncheon and introduced the speakers,
among whom were a number from Bal
timore.
Other national officers present at
the luncheon we're Mrs. Daniel c.
Chace, national recording secretary;
Mrs. Harry B. Hunt, national CORE
spending secretary, and Mrs. Leonard
c. Chambers, national registrar. Mrs.
Bennett wife of Judge John w. Ben
nett, and Mrs. Dorothy De Muth, Wat
son, both of the District branch, also
attended.
The freshman class of immaculate
Junior College entertain the sopho-
more class at luncheon at the Shore
ham today. Miss Anna Mae Ryan,
president of the freshman class, was in
charge of arrangements and the COM
pany included Miss Helen Hile, Miss
Elizabeth Cahill Miss Dorothy Dono-
van, Miss Anne Egense, Miss Virginia
Egense, Miss Anne Russell of Washing
ton, Miss Jean Kennedy of Wellsooro,
Pa; Miss Betty Jane Frankland OF
Cincinnati, Ohio; Miss Helen Hess OF
Asheville, N. c.: Miss Gertrude Eisen-
man Of Bradford, Pa; Miss Mary Jane
Whyte of Kansas City, Mo; Miss Wini-
fred O'Meara of Bradford. Pa; Miss
Phyllis Kraft of Alexandria, Va, and
Miss Ruth Morrison of Binghamton,
N Y.
Mrs Egbert E. Corwin was hostess
at a dinner party at the Toll Gate
Tavern, Colesville, Nd, recently, when
her candidacy for president of the
American Legion Auxiliary, Department
of the District of Columbia, was an
nounced by Mrs. Eva T. McGroarty,
president of the Stephen P. McGroarty
Unit, of which Mrs. Corwin is q mem
be. Covers we're laid in private dining
room for % guests and the table was
decorated appropriate to the Bicenten-
nial year.
| Among the guests were: Mrs. Joseph