Evening star., 1934-05-20

to bring friends please notify Mrs.
Paul r. Heyl.
The ri Beta Phi Alumnae Club will
close its seasons activities with the
annual May supper at the home Of
Mrs. Wilson Compton, 1900 Cathedral
avenue. May %. pm. There will
be business and social meeting. New
officers will be installed and a dele
gate TO the national convention will
be chosen.
The Chevy Chase Branch of the
National League of American Pen
Women gave its annual dinner at the
Congressional Country Club last Sum-
day evening. when installation Of the
officers was held. Mayor Howard Jack
son of Baltimore and Mrs. Jackson
were guests of honor. Tribute was
paid to the newly elected president,
Mrs. Daisy Breaux Calhoun, and the
past president. Mrs Emma w P.
Slack. who was elected State vice
president for Maryland at the ma
tional biennial convention. Miss Vic
toria Coping welcomed the guests.
The toastmistresS was Mrs. Jesse W.
Nicholson. Mrs. Dorothy Hatch sang,
accompanied by Mrs. Mary R. BreauX
Howard Boyland was accompanied by
Mrs. Mary S. Parker. Readings were
by Mrs Hester Walker Beall Proven
sen and Mrs. Lucille Foster McMillin.
The presidents pin was passed on
to the newly elected president. Mrs
Slack. and the past presidents pin
was presented to Mrs. Slack. Mrs.
Slack was also presented a Bible and
a Science and Health from the branch
by Miss Louise Worden.
Mrs. Robert Bennett will entertain
her home, when Mrs. Hester Walker
Beau ProvenSen will give a book
review.
Zonta Club.-The regular luncheon
meeting was held at the Y. w. c. A.
May 16. L. c. Wier, director of park
and recreation service Of the National
Recreation Association. spoke of the
need for parks and recreational fa-
cilities, and the great value they are
to our present modern life.
A new member, Miss Miriam
Birdseye of the Department of Agri-
culture, was introduced. Miss Lois
Dowdle, Miss Elizabeth Peoples and
Miss Winifred Thorp were guests.
Members of the club plan to drive
to Frederick tomorrow. May 81 to
attend their Zonta Club dinner
meeting.
Washington Colony. National So
ciety of New England Women, held
its May meeting and dined at the
Parker Cafe. Plans were made for
the meetings to be resumed in the
early Fall and the retiring president,
Mrs W. B. Patterson, installed into
office the new president, Mrs. A. Y.
Casanova, jr.
The twenty-first annual congress
of the National Society of New Eng
land Women opens May 27 at Hotel
Nelson, Rockford, ILL.,, with the Rock
ford Colony as hostess, and continues
through the 30th. Mrs. Frederick
Starr Pendleton, Brooklyn, N. Y, as
president general, will preside. Dele
gates and alternates from IS colonies
will be present.
The Soroptomist Club held a busi-
ness meeting at the Willard Hotel
Wednesday. Mrs. Edna Knight Gasch,
president, was elected to represent
this club at the American Federation
Conference in Baltimore the first
week in July. Miss Ella Werner was
elected second delegate and Mrs. An
ME w. Ball alternate for Mrs. Gasch.
and Mrs. Marie Rogers alternate for
Miss Werner.
The regional election was held in
Baltimore last Sunday: Mrs. Jean
Bennett, director; Miss Dorothy
GLENN Warren. regional secretary;
Miss Nora Huffman, regional treas
urer.
At the club meeting May 16 at the
Willard Hotel Miss Daisy Reed and
Miss Marjorie Webster read papers on
"Women's Position in the Economic
Field" Mrs. Jewell provided the mu-
sical selections, which were rendered
by Mason Bray, accompanied by Mrs.
Downs at the piano. A bridal shower
arranged by Miss Stella Zirkin, En-
tertainment Committee chairman. was
given for Mrs. Helen Kraft May, who
was the recipient of many gifts, Miss
Elsie Joy. from Boston, Mass, enter
tanned with accounts of her travels
through the country.
The club meeting May % will be
held at the home of Mrs. Laura
Waters and will be in charge of Mrs.
Marie H. Pierce. No club meeting
will be held May 81, which is a holi-
day, but instead the meeting will be
held May 80 at 1890 pm. at the Will
lard Hotel.
Curley Club.-Archbishop Michael
J. Curley of Baltimore will be the
guest of honor at an entertainment
and reception in his honor Thursday
evening at the Continental Hotel. 1t
will be interspersed with short ad-