Evening star., 1935-06-09
District w. c.. T. U.Holds
Convention on June IA
Quarterly Meeting to Be Conducted in Fiji
teenth Street Christian Church-Mrs.
J. E. Wright Will Speak.

Mrs. r. E. Holm: music section, Mrs.
A. c. Fowle; philanthropic section.
Mrs. NJ S. Kimball. Directors to the
federation: Mrs. Otto Hammerlund,
Mrs. T. S. Tincher, Mrs. E. C. Madge-
berger; chairman of publicity, Mrs. r.
E. Mills: chairman Of year book, Mrs.
E. B. johnson: parliamentarian and
custodian of files. Mrs. H. J. Phelps;
custodian of properties, Mrs. Arthur
Dunn: representative to the Instruc-
tive Visiting Nurses Society. Mrs. Sue
Richwine; chairman of Program Com
mittee, Mrs. r. K. Bailey.
Mrs. Hammerlund was presented
with her past presidents pin by Mrs.
r. E. Holm, as gift from the club.
The retiring vice president, Mrs. A..
N. Jones, was presented with basket
OF flowers, as gift from the club. by
Mrs. Leafie Dietz. Mrs Loran Norris
gave readings and Miss Margaret Horn
rendered vocal selections. accompanied
by Mrs. E. c. Madgeberger, who also
led the group singing. The words of
these group songs were written by
Mrs. Leafie Dietz and Mrs. Walter
Bishop was accompanist. Mrs. J. w.
Brown was chairman of the commit
tee on banquet preparations.
Two members of the club are at
tending the triennial convention of
the General Federation in Detroit.
Mrs. Hammerlund. as the delegate
from the Petworth club. and Mrs.
H. j. Phelps, as a delegate from the
District Of Columbia Federation.
Girls Friendly Society.-The annual
diocesan benefit card party was held
yesterday at the Holiday House of
the Girls Friendly Society on the
Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard
Next Saturday the annual members
party will also be held at Holiday
House. Tickets of admission are dis
tributed by each branch president to
those directly connected with her own
branch.
Epiphany Branch had supper Mon
day at the home of Mrs. Charles Rich
ardson, the sister of the Epiphany
Branch president, Mrs Grace Berry
In the evening the guest speaker was
Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine
Arts Commission. He spoke of the
youth of George Washington and the
restoration of Wakefield. The next
meeting of the branch will be June
II, when there will be a picnic and
get-together at Hains Point.
Nativity Branch presented a three
act play, "A Question of Clothes last
Tuesday. There were II characters in
which the following members ap-
peared: Muriel Anderson, Catherine
Brandt, Maud Hulick. Louise. jean
nette and Ethel Williams: Dorothy
Griffin, Rose Hoffman. Mary Bryarly,
Mrs. Eva Brill and Miss Elizabeth
Honey.
The Rock Greek Branch had an
admission service May 26. when the
following new members were admitted:
Elaine Berry. Betty Blackstone. Mary
Chapman, Eloise Gutridge Thelma
Kidwell and Virginia Miller. Mrs. Mil
dred Helff was advanced to a senior
member.
Constitution Chapter. d. A. r.. met
at the Burlington Hotel with the re-
gent, Mrs. Thomas Hardie Seay, pre-
siding.
Mrs. Seay was reelected regent, with
the following officers: Mrs. Alfred L.
Talbot, vice regent; Mrs. Charles p.
Grandfeld, chaplain; Mrs. Adelaide
Smith Beard, recording secretary; Mrs.
c. c. Dimmette, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Lavir1a Opdycke, treasurer:
Miss Louisiana Blackmar, registrar;
Mrs. Walter Miles. historian, and Mrs.
stuart E. Catlin, delegate. Mrs. Adam
Schneider was welcomed as a new
member.
The Fortnightly Book Clubs of Ia
koma Park will have as guests of
honor Tuesday at their annual lunch
con at Olney Inn Mrs. Marie Pearv
Stafford, daughter of the late Admiral
Peary, and Anne Yago McGuffey,
teacher OF voice and we'll known oper-
attic and concert artist.
The Theta Tau Zeta Delphians met
at the Shoreham Hotel last Monday
evening to discuss Russian Painting"
Miss Kathryn Doherty presided and
gave the resume.
Under the leadership of Miss Loduth
La Raw. the following reports were
given: Beginning of Russian Art"
Mrs. F. x. Johnson; The Novgorod
Miss Barbara Anne Sutter;
Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth
Century Painters" Miss Iva Menefee:
Later Russian Art" Miss Lucy ONO
nundro, and the Study of Pictures"
BY Misses Doherty, Aldridge, ANTHONY
and Upton.
the next meeting will be held at the
tomorrow at 8:15 pm.
Abraham Lincoln Circle. No. 3
Ladies of the G. A. r., met Monday
at the New Willard. Miss Nellie
Colclazier presiding. The past presi-
dents chair was draped in honor of
the late Mrs. May D. Lightfoot, whose
eulogy was read by Miss Colclazier.
1t was Lincoln evening" Reports
from the delegates to the federation
convention. headed by Mrs. Seibold,
stressed the poetry contest. She read
the poem Lincoln" by Rev. James
j. Donohue. that won the $40 prize
awarded by the federation Mrs. S. E.
Deeds will read the "Railsplitter" at
the next meeting, which won honorable
mention as verse portrait of Lincoln.
by Edith Mirick, a WASHINGTON poet
and critic. Mrs. Mida C. Peabody. a
delegate, gave Toast to Lincoln"
She described the scene of the banquet
at the Mayfower of May 20. at which
she was a special invited guest of the
circle.
Miss Mate Lewis and Miss Mary S.
Parker placed the guests. Theodore
Mitchell, a member of Lincoln Camp.
Sons of Union Veterans, was initiated
as an honorary member. He made an
address.
Mrs. Amy F. Hammond and Mrs.
Samuel A. Swiggett will be initiated
at the meeting July /.
U. S. Grant Circle, No. l, Depart
ment Of the Potomac, Ladies of the
G. A. R., met Tuesday at the home
of Mrs. Alice NJ Burke. The presi-
dent, Mrs. Mary H. Fortier. presided
Herman Bredecamp, senior vice
commander Of William B. Gushing
Camp, Sons of Union Veterans, led