Evening star., 1936-04-12

~. be given by the North caro-
N lima Society Wednesday eve
4 L ming, April %, at $50 o'clock,
in the ball room OF the Shoreham
Hotel, in honor of the North Carolina
delegation to the D. A. r. Congress.
The annual meeting will be held pre-
ceding the reception and dance.
At the reception Mrs. w. H. Belk.
State regent of Charlotte, will head
the D. A. R. delegation.
The officers of the society are Lieut..
Comdr. Ovid c. Foote, M. c.. U. S. NJ,
president; Mr.. Angus D. MacLean'
first vice president: Mrs. William B.
Umstead, second vice president; Mr..
Giles Yeomans Newton, secretary
treasurer; Rev. Rufus w. Weaver,
chaplain, and Mrs. Nellie Walden
Brenzier, historian.
The Board of Governors Of the So
ciety consists of Mr.. Zebulon Weaver,
Mrs. o. Max Gardner, Mrs. Garland
S. Ferguson. Mr.. Edward c. SaSSer,
Mr.. Sidney S. Alderman, Mr.. Harold
D. Cooley, Mr Graham A. Barton,
DR.. Joseph Quincy Adams, Mr.. Ed
ward R. Preston. Mrs. R. D. w. Con-
nor and Mrs. j. Crawford Biggs.
The officers and delegates of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
from Georgia, who will be in Wash
ington, attending their annual Con-
gress, will be the honor guests at
reception and formal ball at which
the Georgia State Society will enter
tain at the Shoreham Hotel Saturday
evening.
The president of the Society, Repre-
sentative B. Frank Whelchel, and Mrs.
Whelchel, will receive with the honor
guests at $780, after which dancing
will continue until l O'Clock. There
will be brief floor show during the
evening, which will feature a solo
dance by Miss Betty Ramspeck, young
daughter of Representative and Mrs.
Robert RamSpeck, and sister Of Miss
Dorothy Ramspeck, who starred in the
Washington moving picture, 1T
Happened in Washington" which had
its premiere showing in Washington
early this month.
Senator Walter F. George will be
chairman of the Floor Committee, and
the following have been asked to assist
him: Mrs George. Representative
Robert Ramspeck and Mrs. Ramspeck,
Representative Hugh Peterson and
Mrs. Peterson, Representative Paul
Brown and Mrs. Brown, second As
sistant Postmaster General Harllee
Branch and Mrs. Branch, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Blaylock, Maj. and Mrs.
Charles Estes, Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Massey, jr.; Mr.. Malcolm Tarver, jr.;
Mr.. Legare Obear and Mr.. Clark P.
Cole. I'd.
Among the honor guests expected
to be present are: Mrs. John W.
Daniel of Savannah. retiring Georgia
State regent; Mrs. John S. Adams of
Dublin, the newly elected Georgia
State regent; Mrs. Julian B. McCurry
of Athens, vice president general, and
Mrs. w. Mann of Dalton, first State
vice regent.
The Illinois State Society will meet
at the Roosevelt Hotel for social eve
ming. Wednesday evening. April %,
ulCIuQlllg OdIlclnS, carQS ana pro-
gram of entertainment. Mr.. Frank
Sanderson, accompanied by Mrs. San
derSon on piano and accordion, will
sing several Negro spirituals.
Bridge is in charge of Mrs. Charles
j. Shellhorn and monopoly under the
direction of Mr. Richard Cooper
Representative Kent E. Keller, pres
ident OF the society, will sing several
solos.
Presidents of all colleges and uni
versities in South Carolina will be in
vited as honor guests to attend the
final dance of the South Carolina So
ciety of Washington, Tuesday, May S,
according to announcements by Rep
resentative Allard H. Gasque, presi-
dent.
The occasion will be college night"
for alumni of South Carolina colleges
residing in Washington.
Included in the entertainment, which
will be given in the gold ball room of
the Shoreham Hotel, will be a recep-
tion at 9 o'clock and dancing from
$3.50 to / o'clock, with an intermission
for buffet supper.