Evening star., 1933-02-28
New Mexico State Society
Dance and Card Party Tonight.

give an informal dance and card party
at the Arlington Hotel this evening for
its members and their guests, including
a number Of New Mexicans who are in
the city for the Inauguration cere-
monies. This Is the second Of . series
of social events that the New Mexico
Society has arranged for the current
season.
The officers of the society, one Of
the newest among the State organiza-
tions, are Representative Dennis Chavez,
president; Mr.. Karl M. Greene. first vice
president; Mrs. A. r. Brown, second
vice president; Mr.. j. L. Backstrom,
third vice president; Mr. Earle p. Doyle,
secretary and Mr.. s. M. Armstrong,
treasurer.
The University Of Michigan Alumnae
officers and chairmen Of committees will
give dinner to the members Of the
organization in the home Of Mrs David
Friday, at 4525 Garfield street, in Wes-
ley Heights, this evening. The officers
and chairmen include Miss Mary Louise
Brown, Mrs. Lewis B. Ely, Miss Grace
r. Barnett, Mrs. Benjamin E. Jones,
Mrs. Ralph E. Lawrence, Miss Angie M.
Beckwith, Mrs. James F. Pierce, Mrs.
C. Stoell Smith. Mrs. ]. E. Heberle, Miss
Florence Hedges Miss Josephine Rankin
and Mrs. Harry o. Hine.
The West Virginia State Society of
the District of Columbia will entertain
members of Congress, State and Gov
ernment officials at an inaugural ball
and reception to be held in Meridian
Mansion. at 2400 Sixteenth street north
west, tomorrow.
Governor elect H. G. Kump Of West
Virginia and his staff are expected to
attend. with members of the West Vir.
ginia delegation In Congress.
DR.. Henry Mace Payne former dean
Of West Virginia University, consulting
engineer for the American Mining Con-
gress, will talk on the geological con-
ditions Of West Virginia. He Is one Of
the outstanding mining engineers Of the
country.
The president Of the society and Mrs.
E. H. Nunnally will greet the guests,
and Mrs. Nunnally will be assisted by
a large group Of ladies.
Senator Mansfield M. Nicely will intro
duce the distinguished guests and an
elaborate entertainment will be pre-
sented, with Mr.. w. e. Braithwaite as
chairman Of the committee in charge.
The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. Glee Club, Mr.. r. H. Davidson, di-
rector, will sing several numbers All
West Virginians are cordially invited to
attend.
The next meeting of the Texas Club
OF Washington will be Friday evening,
at 9 o'clock, In the Washington Hotel.
Representative r. E. Thomason Is presi-
dent and the meeting will be in cele-
bration Of both Texas Independence
day and the inauguration.
Guests are promised q unique musi-
cal program which will be furnished
by the San Angelo Cowboys, q musi-
cal organization which has won wide
renown for its presentation of Texas
cowboy ballads and other folk songs.
The cowboys have travelled more than
10000 miles In the last three years, ap-
United States. They will come here
from San Angelo on the special In
augural train.
Texans in the city for the inaugura-
tion who will arrive that afternoon on
special trains will be honor guests. All
Texans and their friends In Washing-
ton are invited to meet them. There
will be dancing and bridge after the
program.
The inaugural ball of the Wesley
Heights Club will be given Saturday
evening In the club house. Mrs. Charles
H. Ruth Is in charge Of arrangements
and her assistants are Mrs. Walter H.
Klbourne, Mrs. Otto Wendt and Mrs.
Arthur E. Dowell.
The Past Matrons and Patrons As
sociation of Naomi Chapter, No. 3,
Order Of the Eastern Star, will en-
tertain at banquet this evening at
the Dodge Hotel. Mrs. Bertha Shelton
Wood, president Of the association, will
presioe. Following the banquet there
Will be meeting, with an election Of
officers for the year, after which cards
will be played.
The South Dakota State Society held
its annual dinner last evening at the
Kennedy-Warren, with the largest at
tendance In the history Of the society.
The main address was made by Senator
William ]. Bulow; short talks were
made by Representative Royal c. john
son, Representative Charles Christie
pherson and Representative William
Williamson and former Representative
Charles Burke, and there was reading
by Mrs. Agness Green Foster, author OF
The Royal Road" and former South
Dakotan. Among the score Of promi-
nent guests were Capt. Charles F.
Macklin, U. s. NJ, Of Washington, q ma
tive son of the State, and Mr.. c. L.
Chase, Rural Credits Commissioner OF
South Dakota. Mr.. w. Harry King,
president of the society, acted as toast
master.
Mr.. Carl Walker was elected as the
new president, Miss Florence Brown
and Miss Roberta M. Olds as vice presi-
dents, William I. Bulow, jr., treasurer;
Mr.. B. w. Kumler, chaplain: Miss c.
Louise Phillips, secretary. and Mr..
Harry Dawson, historian.
Miss Thelma Lee entertained on Sat-
urday evening in her home on Webster
street in honor Of Mr.. Paul Gerardfs
birthday anniversary. The guests In
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Belt. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Jacobs, Mrs. Katie Wilcoxson, Miss
Edna Darr, Miss Mary Junkin. Miss
Frances Fallon, Mr.. Charles Gersdorf,
DR.. R. Norton and DR.. Hodges.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Miller Of Peters,
burg, Va, accompanied by Mrs. Virginia
Venable, are occupying an apartment
at the Wardman Park Hotel for q short
stay.
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