The Washington times., 1936-12-08
COP. WOMEN
WILL HEAR
M'CRACKEN
BY MARY PADGETT

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teresting gatherings to be held
this month by the League Of Re-
publican Women will be the meet
ing Friday morning at II o'clock
in the headquarters, Sixteenth
and Scott Circle N. w.
William P. McCracken, former
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Aeronautics, will be the guest
speaker. Mrs. McCracken will also
be a guest of honor at the lunch
con following the meeting.
Ralph Close, Minister from
Sounth Africa, will address the
league and Mrs. Close will be
guest Of honor on Wednesday af-
ternoon, December 16, at $3.50
o'clock, in the league headquar-
ters.
Mrs. S. Wallace Dempsey will be
hostess for the tea after the ad-
dress, and among the ladies who
will assist her are Mrs. Guy u.
Goff, Baroness Won Yellow, Mrs.
Strickland Gillian and Miss Daisy
Prentice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander TroW-
bridge will be guests OF honor on
Wednesday, December 80. at $3.50
o'clock, with Mr.. TroWbridge lee
turing on 1.-THE Folger Shakespeare
Library" illustrated with lantern
slides. Tea will be held after this
program with Miss Grace Burton
as hostess.
The book review which was post
poned because of the Thanksgiving
holiday will be given tomorrow aft
ernoon at $3.50 o'clock in the head
quarters. Mrs. Lyman Swormstedt
will review Margaret Mitchel's
best seller, "Gone With the Wind"
The Mary Pollock Chapter Of
the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union will meet Tuesday aft
ernoon, December Is, at 1870
o'clock at the home of Mrs. Mar
guerite Prohaska, 2505 Park Place
N. w.
At the recent meeting of the
chapter, the following officers were
elected:
Mrs. Jean Graves, first vice
president; Mrs. Sadie Burton, Sec
ond vice president; Mrs. Ethelyn
Smith, secretary, and Mrs. Lena
Talbert, treasurer.
Appointment of the following
committee chairmen also took
place:
Mrs. M. v. Owens, religious
education; Mrs. Marguerite Pro
haska, publicity; Mrs. Sadie Bur
ton, child welfare; Mrs. Sadie
Smith, flower mission; Miss
Louise Lacey, white ribbon re-
cruits; Mrs. Louise Hardy, L. T.
L. director; Mrs. Elsie Talbert,
soldiers and sailors, and Mrs.
Jean Graves, devotional.
Miss Eta Mai Russell will give
an address on the work of the
Juvenile Court tonight before
members of the Business Women's
Council of the Covenant-First
Presbyterian Church, at the 8
o'clock meeting in the church.
The Rev. J. S. Cox will con-
duct the devotional service at
6:45 o'clock.
A Christmas party will be held
by members of the Washington
Alumnae Club of Alpha Gamma
Delta Sorority Thursday at the
home Of Mrs. William A. Shannon.
SOL Aspen st. N. W.
Hostesses assisting Mrs. Shan
non will be Miss Vivian Vestal
and Mrs. Maria Woods.
Members of Beta Rho Sigma So
ority are meeting at $50 o'clock
tonight at the Grafton Hotel, with
their president, Mrs. Elizabeth Sis
son, presiding.
Plans for dance will be made.
Mrs. William H. Savin will speak
on the Relation Between the Par
ent-TeacherS Association and the
Public Schools" before the depart
ment Of government and education
of the League of Women Voters, at
a meeting tomorrow at 1918
o'clock in the Women's City Club,
736 jackson Pl. N. w.
The annual election of officers
will take place at the luncheon
meeting of the Washington So
roptimist Club tomorrow at /
o'clock in the Willard Hotel,