The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-23

The annual meeting of the Con-
necticut state committee of the
Near East foundation, of which
Nathan D. Prince, president of the
Hartford Connecticut Trust COM
pany, is chairman, will be held
Wednesday at the Hartford club.
Barclay Robinson, of New York,
executive secretary Of the founda-
ton, will be the principal speaker
at the luncheon conference. He will
address the committee on the
years work in Albania, Bulgaria.
Greece. Turkey, Syria, Palestine
and Egypt, based on a report just
received from the foreign secre-
tary overseas, Laird w. Archer.
The membership of the Connec-
ticut committee of the Far East
foundation is composed of prOmi-
nent men and women from various
cities in the state, as follows:
Nathan D. Prince, chairman. Rt
Rev c. Il. Brewster, Mrs Mary
Hooker, Mrs Anna M. Perry, DIR
II. B. Ogilby, Miss Emma A. We'll
cher, Mrs Curtis A. Veeder, Charles
P. Russ and George c. F. Williams,
Hartford; E. 6. auckland. Rev Os-
car F. Maurer and DIR Luther A.
Weigle, New Haven; Walter G. AL
len, Stamford; Elliott D. Barber,
Danbury; Miss Margaret G. Brend-
linger, Norwalk; Rev William J.
Brewster, Litchficld; Mrs John c.
Crawford, Westport; Homer S.
Cummings and Rev Oliver A.
Huckel, Greenwich; Rev William
Horace Day, Bridgeport; Professor
H. K. Denlinger, Storrs: e. b. Gay
lord, Winsted; f. Fl. Hotchkiss and
John s. Seaton, Torrington; Miss
Elizabeth b. Huntington. Norwich;
Calvin K. Kazanjian. Naugatuck;
Mrs H. c. Lathrop. Windham; Rev
j. Beveridge Lee, New London; DIR
James McConaughy, Middletown;
Mrs Arthur r. Kimball and Mrs
Hugh L. Thompson, Waterbury;
George Van Santvoord, Lakeville:
John G. Talcott. Talcottville; for
mer Governor John II. Trumbul1,
Plainville: Mrs James S. Williams
Glastonbury; Mrs Walter G. Wood.
New Canaan. and Captain E. A.
Yarrow, Haddam. ..
Under the direction of Mr. Ache
son who has been a student Of Near
Eastern conditions for years and
| for the last decade has helped to
| SidiildDiC uIu cuuCd-
tiOnal work abroad, the foundation
has developed a program Of rural
| instruction, disease prevention,
leadership training and recreation
designed to serve the rural and un-
der-privileged masses of the Near
East, of which there are $4,000
900. This Is being done by trans
planting and adapting to local con-
ditions and then demonstrating So
cial welfare, health. education and
| agricultural methods first devel-
oped in the United States.
Mrs Edward Cohen of Moran
street entertained on Saturday af-
ternoon in honor of the second
| birthday of her son. Andrew.
Games were played by the young
sters and refreshments served. The
house was prettily decorated and
the color scheme of pink was car
ried out throughout the house and
on the tables. The little guests in
cluded Andrew Cohen, Allyne Co
hen, Sherman Cohen, Anna Cohen.
Raymond Cohen, Allan wilmer,
Howard Rubin, Natalie Reich,
Herbert Greenblatt, Marion Green
blatt, Martin Slomowitz. Robert
Slomowitz, JerrOld Ackerman, Jud-
it'll Goldberg, David Ross, Joyce
Ross, Edward Barry, and Mrs
Frank Slomowitz, Mrs Isreal Green
blatt, Mrs Fred Reich, Mrs Sidney
j. Albert, Mrs Harry Alderman,
Mrs James Barry, Mrs Ben Ross,
Mrs Philip Cohen, Mrs Rubin r.
Braverman, Mrs Abe Rubin, Mrs
Joseph Goldberg, Mrs Ben Starch
man, Mrs Maurice wilmer, Mrs
Peary Cohen.
Mrs Myron J. Fox of Plaza ave-
nue. has returned from visit in
Boston, Mass.
Miss Agnes Marion of Grove
street, has returned after spending
the weekend at her home in Troy,
N. Y.
Miss e. Rita Mccain has resum-
ed her studies at the College of st
Elizabeth after spending week at
her home on Walnut street.