Evening star., 1936-10-25
D. A. R. ACTIVITIES

day will participate in the annual
Navy day exercises at the John Paul
Jones statue, under the auspices Of
the military order of the World War.
Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig will place
a wreath on the statue. The National
Society will be represented by Mrs.
Vinton Earl Sisson, national chairman
Of the National Defense Through
Patriotic Education Committee. Mrs.
William D. Leetch and Mrs. T. Frank
lin Stewart will form the color guard.
The State Officers Club held the
annual dinner at the Mayflower Hotel.
Miss Lillian Chenoweth, president and
State vice regent of the D. A. r., gave
the address Of welcome. A program
was rendered.
Col. James Mccall Chapter will
entertain this afternoon at silver
tea at the home of Mrs. Claude Allen
Cook, 8 Baltimore road, Silver Spring
Continental Danes Chapter will
hold a reception honoring the State
regent, Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig
and the State officers. Friday, at the
home of Mrs. Edmund K. Fox.
Federal City Chapter will give a
dinner at the Fairfax Hotel, Thursday,
at 8 pm. followed by business meet
ing The regent, Mrs. c. Viola Fel-
lows, will preside.
Patriots Memorial Chapter will
meet November 10 at the home Of
Mrs. Alexander G. Hamilton, 7615
Fourteenth street.
Mrs. Anita Speers, executive secre-
tary of the West Virginia Rumseyan
Society, spoke at the October meeting
on the 150th anniversary celebration
Of the first public exhibition of the
steamboat to be held next year in
London.
Continental Chapter will entertain
in honor of the State officers at a
tea and reception at the home of Miss
Evelyn L. Yeomans, 3740 Mckinley
street, November Is. Miss Alexander
and Miss Beer assisted by Miss Ed
mands and Mrs. Middleton entertained
he chapter at the October meeting.
Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter met
ut the home of Mrs. Marion S. Alley
9408 Georgia avenue, Silver Spring,
Md. The regent, Miss Marie E. Rice,
presided.
A Halloween costume party and
dance will be held at the Hayloft,
1926 Massachusetts, avenue, october 81.
The party is for the members and
their husbands or escorts.
The next meeting will be held Mo-
vember 10 at the apartment Of Mrs.
Lewis B. Rhodes in the Chastleton
Hotel. Mrs. Godfrey Creyke, State
chairman of the Magazine Committee
will speak.
the home of Mrs. Holland w. jerks
in Chevy Chase, with Mrs. Maude Coll
and Mrs. Frederick F. Schondau as
assisting hostesses. The regent, Miss
Anne B. Coons, presided.
The chapter will observe its twenty
seventh anniversary with a tea No.
vember z at the home of Mrs. Clyde
M. Hamblin in honor of the State
officers and the delegated body.
Martha Washington Chapter met at
the Battery Park Club House. A
tribute to the late Mrs. Julien West
Pollard was given by the chaplain,
Mrs. Abbie c. Spray.
The President Monroe Chapter met
October 13 at the home of Mrs. 2.
Lewis Dalby. 1915 Longfellow street.
Miss Laura v. Ruff, regent, presided.
The following officers spoke: Mrs. Ed
gar F. Puryear, national chairman
of the D. A. r. Magazine Committee;
Mrs. Geoffrey Creyke, state chairman
Of the Magazine Committee; Miss Lu-
ella Chase, regent of the Susan Re-
vier Hetzell Chapter, D. c.
Louisa Adams Chapter met at the
willard Hotel october l3, the regent
Mrs. Ellen c. Callicott, presiding.
Inc nOSCcSSeS were MISS Ella EuIuy,
Mrs. Cora Drake and Miss Della Pat
ten.
Potomac Chapter met at the home
OF the regent, Mrs. Harry H Thomp-
son, 1904 Ordway street, with Mrs.
Merton E. Twogood, Mrs. Lawrence
H. Quirollo and Mrs. Frank Westbrook
assisting as hostesses.
Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, State
regent, was the guest of honor. Mrs.
Roy c. Bowker and Mrs. Jasper M.
Beall, State chairman and vice chair
man. respectively. for the Approved
Schools Committee, spoke.
The Col. John Donelson Chapter
OF the National Society met at the
home of its recording secretary. Mrs.
d. L. Parkhurst, Norwood drive, Chevy
Chase, Md.