Evening star., 1934-11-11
c. A. R. BENEFIT
. PLAY T0BE GIVEN
Clothing, Toys and Games to
Be Collected by Capital
Society,".

A benefit play, David the Testy,"
will be presented by the District OF
Columbia Children OF the American
Revolution, November II, at pm, in
Pierce Hail. Fifteenth and Harvard
streets. Mrs. TOMS j. Holzberg is
author of the playlet.
Patronesses are the national pesi-
dent, Mrs. C. A. Swan Sinclair; ma
tional vice president. presiding, Mrs
Eleanor Washington Howard; national
recording secretary, Mrs. Frank S.
Ray; national corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Claude A. Cooke; national or
ganizing secretary Mrs. R. Lee Pen
nington national treasurer, Mrs.
Thaddeus M. Jones; national regis
trar, Mrs. William H. Wagner; ma
tional librarian, Mrs. Charles Groves;
national chaplain, Mrs. Percy M.
Bailey; State chairman. Mrs. Henry
Harper: State regent, D. A. r., Mrs.
George M. Grimes, and State vice
regent, Mrs. Jean Labat.
Little John Boyden Chapter. d. A.
r., met at the home of the VICE regent,
Mrs. Carlos E Campbell, Aurora Hills,
Va. Mrs. Fred Louis Volland, regent,
presided. Reports we're given by the
officers and various committee chair
men. Miss Alice V. Sinclair was
elected registrar.
Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins was
unanimously indorsed for the office of
honorary vice president general. Mrs.
Carl c. Brown was guest speaker.
The December meeting will be held
at the home of the recording Secre-
tary. Mrs. Henry M. Steece, who will
entertain at luncheon preceding the
meeting.
The State Radio Committee, Mrs.
Earl Fuller, chairman, announces the
State vice regent, Mrs. Jean Labat,
will speak over Station WRC, Noven-
Der II. from lis to 1:30 pm. Her
subject will be Constitution Hall"
Junior Division, Capital Society, C..
A. r., met at the home of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Henry Fenno SaWtelle, 5000
Connecticut avenue Miss Lovira
Shedd. first vice president. presided.
Each member will bring to the next
meeting. or send to Mrs. Sawtelle, any
outgrown or new clothes, dolls, toys
games books, candy, etc, suitable to
60 in the boxes it is planned to send
as usual from Capital Society, to poor
families at Christmas.
During the social. Mrs Sawtelle was
assisted by Miss Lovira Shedd at the
tea table.
Dominic Doll Society. C. A. R., met
with Mrs. Gary E. Walters, 450l
Illinois avenue. Games were played
and supper was served.
Mary Schaller was elected Junior
president. Plans we're made to enter
tain Katherine Montgomery Chapter,
D. A. R.. on its birthday ami
versary.
Richard Arnold Chapter met No.
Vember at the home of Mrs. Henry
M. Barry, 2811 Thirty-fourth place.
with Mrs. Julia Hay and Mrs D. L..
James assisting as hostesses.
Martha Washington Chapter met at
the Jessup Blair Community House at
Silver Spring. the guests of Mrs.
Geary, Mrs. Lamond. Mrs. Holt and
Mrs. Sampson. The regent Mrs. Ju-
lian West Pollard, presided The time
of meeting of the chapter was changed
from the first Monday to the first
Tuesday evening of each month.
MIS- Elmer Curry. State chairman
of Genealogical Research, was the
speaker of the evening
New members are: Mrs George E.
Pariseau, Mrs. Raymond Watson,
Mrs. Grace S. Sigourney. Mrs. George
L. Evans, Miss Elizabeth Bunten, Miss
Helen Bunten Miss Eleanor Kerns,
Miss Mary Kerns, Mrs. Joseph Douglas
Lawrence, Mrs. Andrew Sanford, Mrs
Mary Turpin Layton. Miss Katherine
Blake, Miss Georgianna Lightfoot,
Miss Marguerite Culver, Miss Pauline
Pariseau and Miss Ethel Jean Lamond.
Livingston Manor Chapter met at
the home of Mrs. Sol Lansburgh
4805 Blagden avenue, Mrs. Andrew P
Anderson, regent, presiding. Mrs
Lansburgh made donation toward
the work of the chapter, while the
chapter gave toward the work of the
Better Films Committee Mrs E. E.
Curry, state chairman of genealogical
research, spoke of the work of her
committee. Original recitations and
songs were rendered by Mrs. G. Cecil
Taylor. Following a paper on What
Our Names Mean" by Mrs. A. Y. Casa
nova, refreshments and a social fol-
lowed.