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MT.HOREB MASONS.
HOSTS TO LADIES.
Program Includes Address
by Grand High Priest
of District.

The annual ladies' night OF Mount
Horeb Chapter, r. A. NJ, Of which
Herbert w. Blancy is high priest,
was held Tuesday evening. A pro-
gram was presented, including an
address by David s. Dawson, grand
high priest of the District Of CO.
lumbia.
Those contributing to the program
were Ann Calvert, Geraldine Simpson,
Shirley Gessford, Gloria Simpson,
Eunice Harrison, Elmer Bennington,
Betty Calvert, in song and dance
numbers: Miss Colbert at the piano.
the Government Printing once
quartette. Robert Simmons, Arthur
williams, Dean Denny and Marvin
Davis, Edwin Rassman at the piano:
Hawaiian string music and Hill Billy
specialties, Garnett Hudson, Fred
Hazel, Frank Wilson and John Hazel;
solos by Miss Broussard and Edgar
Simpson, Miss Colbert, accompanies.
At its communication November 20
Lebanon Lodge will confer the =. A.
on IL candidates.
Petworth Royal Arch Chapter an
nou.Ses the Royal Arch degree will
be conferred Monday night following
q short business meeting.
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B. P. O. ELKS

Alfred w. Gaver, district deputy
grand exalted ruler for Maryland,
Delaware and the District Of Column
bia, made his official visit to Wash
ington Lodge last Wednesday night
when . class Of 80 candidates were
initiated. Gov. David Scholtz OF
Florida and present Grand Exalted
Ruler Of the B. P. o. Elks decreed
that this class Of candidates should
be designated as the James T. Halli-
nan Class In honor Of Judge James
T. Mailman of the Supreme Court OF
New York and past grand exalted
ruler of the d. p. o. Eks. Rush
Holland, past grand exalted ruler,
delivered an address to the newly
indicted members on "What Elkdom
Means"
The seventeenth annual charity
ball will be held on Thanksgiving
evening at the Mayfiower Hotel.
Exalted Ruler J. Forrest Reilly
appointed John D. Fitzgerald Is
chairman OF the committee to make
arrangements for Q meek trial 10 b
held in the lodge room in January.
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Women's City lubto Mark
Birthday With Reception
'Major Bowes Contest" Will Be Held in
Evening as Part of Anniversary
Celebration.

local club, will preside. She will be
assisted by DR.. Kathryn McHale, gen
eral director, and Mrs. Horace Torbsrt
will introduce the speakers
Folger Cahill, director. Federal Art
Project, will discuss art for the Few
or Many" DR.. Nikolai Sokoloff, d.
rector, Federal Music Project, will tell
about Developments in the Federal
Music Project" and Hiram Mother
WELL assistant director, Federal The
alter Project, will have for his subject
1.-THE Peoples Theater Arrives" DR..
Henry S. Alsberg, director, Federal
Projects for Writers, will tell Of the
Contributions Made by the Federal
Writer'S Project"
Miss Ida Hoyt Chamberlain. COM
poser, soprano and pianist, will give
a lecture recital tomorrow afternoon
following tea. Mrs. Bess Heath Ohm
stead will accompany her.
Mrs. John Jay OConnor will be
hostess at the tea preceding the
musicale.
Mrs. w. J. OLeary will be hostess
at the bridge luncheon Tuesday at
/ pm.
The Committee on the Economical
and Legal Status of Women will meet
in the lounge Thursday at 4:45
O'Clock.
Miss Edythe Rose win be hostess at
the junior group dinner bridge Thurs
day at $50 o'clock.
The drama study group will meet in
the lounge Wednesday at II o'clock.
Mrs. Hiram Smell will discuse Lope
de Vega
Miss Elizabeth M. Carhart will dis
cuss the poetry Of Victor Hugo at the
Martha MacLear poetry group Thurs
day at IL o'clock. Miss Madge Lane
Cooke will read from other poets Of
the romantic school.
The art appreciation section will
meet in the Phillips Memorial GAL
lery, 1900 Twenty-first street, at 4
pm Saturday.
The creative writing group meets
Monday at 3 pm, and the duplicate
contract bridge section meets Friday
evening IN the lounge.
The Executive Board Of the Polit-
ical Study Club met at the May
flower Hotel November 9, Mrs. VIII
liam A. Kinnan. first vice president,
presiding.
Mrs. Mary z. Downey and Mrs.
John L. Bischoff were elected to
membership.
The next meeting OF the club will
be held November 81 at 2 pm. at the
-, C1uk
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DELPHIAN SOCIETY

Gamma Chapter will meet at Pierce
Hall tomorrow at Sis o'clock. A
study Of Tales from Chaucer" will
be taken up under the leadership of
Mrs. J. Leroy Elliott, with the fol-
lowing program: The Wife Of Baths
Tale" Miss Julia Moore Gilbert; Pal
anon and Arcita," Mrs. Esma Maybee
Lachowicz; THE Influence Of the
Classics" Mrs. Evelyn T. Halter; RE
fiections OF Medieval Life" Miss
Sophia Lunsford: and Literary Quail
ities," Mrs. Mary @. Wolford.
This president, Mrs. Pearl r. Friede,
will preside.
Theta Tau Zeta Chapter met at
the Mount Pleasant Library last
Monday. The subject of discussion
was The Era of the Crusades," with
Miss Iva M. Menefee. president. as
the leader. Topics we're discussed by
Miss Kathryn Doherty, Miss Barbara
Suffer. Miss Estelle Anthony and
Miss Mary C. Williams.
Columbia Society will meet Novem-
Der 10 at 10 am. at Woodward 81
Lothrop's. The subject for study is
Oriental Tale II" Mrs. Maude E.
Thatcher Is the leader and will give
the Introductory comment.
Other topics are: The Thousand
and One Days" Mrs C. NJ Jansky.
jr.; The Story of the Sad Vizier"
(a) 'Hasson's Loss of Fortune"
Mrs. George Ellis; (b) "In the Shah's
Court" Mrs. w. w. Spaid; (c) The
Disconsolate Lovers" Mrs. M. X.
Campbell, and Cd Pickle Fortune"
Mrs. Wilson B. Marin. The president,
Mrs @. NJ. Norris, will give the sum-
mary.
Tea will be given November 20 from
to pm. at the home of Mrs. Norris
In honor Of Mrs. Elizabeth r. David
son, a member Of the chapter whose
birthday anniversary occurs that day.
Roosevelt Chapter will meet at the
Parrot Tea Rooms Tuesday at 1880
am.
THE Era of the Crusades" will be
dealt with in such manner as to
link our institutions of the present
day with the Middle Ages.
A resume by the president, Mrs. Will
liam e. Clark; THE First Crusade"
Mrs. William c. Linton; THE Latin
Kingdom of jerusalem" Mrs. Gladys
B. Middlemiss; Later Crusades," Mrs.
Edwin c. Halsey; Rise Of Free Cities,
Mrs. William T. Gill, jr.; THE Church
in Later Ages" Mrs, William S. Ham
mers. and "Monastic Growth" Mrs.
j. Ward Mankin. Mrs. William J.
Graham will be leader.
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ODD FELLOWS

Divine services will be held this
evening in the Douglas Memorial
Church, Eleventh and H streets
northeast. Rev. Clarence H. Cork.
ran, grand chaplain, Is In charge Of
the service, and viii be assisted by
Rev. H. H. Rowland, q member Of
Langdon Lodge.
Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assem-.
bly, officers. headed by Grand Master
Roscoe Jenkins and President Emma
Tress Strobel, will be present.
Grand Master jenkins and other
Grand Lodge officers will pay Mount
Pleasant Lodge its oficial visitstio
Tuesday in its lodge hall In Takoms
Park. The THIRD degree will be con-
ferred.
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The Opera Club Quartet, Norma
Simonson, soprano: June Hoffman,
alto: Fred Denniston, tenor, and
Dolph Atherton, baritone. with Doro-
thy Radde Emery at the piano. under
the direction of Flora McGill Keefer.
The Washington Chapter of Junior
Hadassah will entertain at q Mother
Goose reception for paid-up members
only, at Sis pm. November 16. at the
Jewish Community Center. Miss Sonya
Captain has arranged q program.
Plans are being completed for a
bingo party at the Jewish Community
Center November % at 8 pm.
The annual dance will be February
at the Mayfower Hotel.
The Alpha Chapter Of the World
Caravan Guild will meet at Washing
ton Club Tuesday at 8 pm
Mrs. Concha Gonzales James, di-
rector of international cooperation of
the Pan-American Union, will speak
on THE Women of Mexico" A short
talk will be given by Prof. A. Curtis
Wilgus of George Washington Univer-
sity.
The Twentieth Century Club will
hold its annual reception from to
o'clock, November 20, at the Washing
ton Club. Mrs. Alfred H. Brooks,
cho ir,,,op - fha Cooi,I Fo,,, -, iff AZ will
be assisted by members of the board
and by members of her committee. The
president, Mrs. Karl Fenning: vice
presidents, Mrs. e. G. Montgomery and
Mrs. William r. Maxon: recording sec
rotary, Mrs. p. M. Anderson; CORE
spending secretary, Mrs. r. Thomas
West; Mrs. Howard @. Nichols and
Mrs. Ryland c. Bryant will be in the
receiving line. The former presidents
of the club will preside at the tea
table.
The art section will meet at 2 pm.
tomorrow at the Yard School Of Fine
Art, 2040 8 street. There will be q
beginners sketch class.
The garden section will meet at
pm Thursday with Mrs. Robert Sher-
rill, 340l Macomb street. Members are
asked to bring any small plants and
moss they can contribute for ter
rariums for the Children's Tuberculo-
sis Hospital.
The music section will meet and
serve luncheon at pm Friday at the
Arts Club. Miss Beatrice Pinkney
Jones, head of the music department
Of the Foxcroft School in Virginia, will
be the speaker. Reservations can be
made through Mrs. John d. Hird or
Mrs. Arthur J. Seaton.
The Columbia Heights Art Club met
with Mrs. Edward Russell at her home
on Harvard street. Papers were given
by Mrs. Elmer s. Frazier, "The Meth
erlands In the World War" and Mrs.
H. K. Fulton, "Other Dutch Portrait
Painters" Guests were Mrs. Lee Roy
Palmer, Mrs. w. Andrews, Mrs. J. e.
Briggs and Mrs. Charles T. Jardine.
Mrs. Mahlon A. Winter, president, pre-
sided.
The Business and Professional Wom-
ems Club held card party Saturday
night at the Dodge Hotel for the
benefit Of furnishing Q room In the
Strong residence Of the Y. w. G. A.
Musical numbers were given by
Mrs. Wander Holcomb, accompanied by
Mrs. Charles Swami.
The Professional Writers Club was
addressed last Monday night at the
Y. w. G. A. by Senior Jose Tercerco,
chief of the travel division Of the Pan
American Union, on travelling in
Mexico.
The Washington Wanderlusters held
the annual meeting ct the club house,
Franklin Park, Va. The following
officers were elected: President, Eu-
gene A. Madgin: vice president, DR..
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w dSllulsWn SluD.
A patriotic pro-
gram will be pre-
sented. The pres
ident of each pa
triotic organiza-
ton will be hon.
ored guests. The
guest spe a k e r
will be Admiral
w IL ia m H.
Standby, c hi e I
of naval opera
tons.
Mrs. George o.
Gillingham will
present the fol-
low ing artists:
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Junior Section. Women's Bar As
ISOLATION. The second in a series Of
informal Sunday morning breakfasts
at the Hamilton Hotel was held last
Sunday.
Miss Mary Agnes Brown, chairman,
was toastmistress.
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BLIND TOGET BOOK
ON CONSTITUTION
Fred Taylor Wilson Volume
Selected by District D. A.
R. for BraiIIe.

"Our Constitution and the Makers"
by Fred Taylor Wilson, has been &C.
lected by the District Of Columbia
Daughters Of the American Revolution
as the last of the series Of books to be
transcribed into Braille.
An unbound volume has been pre-
sented to the Committee for the Blind,
and the chairman, Mrs. Ross T. Nc
Intire, Is arranging for the transcript
ton.
The acquisition and protection Of
historic spots, as an incentive TO his
torical research, was urged by Mrs.
Charles Carroll Haig, State regent, in
her talk before the Capt. Molly Pitcher
Chapter last Friday.
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"Open house" was held at the
school Tuesday. A study group COM
posed Of mothers of the kindergarten,
first and second grade pupils will be
held November II. The guest speaker
will be Miss Catherine Watkins. for
mer head Of kindergartens In the Dis
trict schools.
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Thomson.

The association met Thursday.
Clarence A. Phillips presented an
illustrated lecture on Spain.
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EdmondS- Maury.
The association will hold q lunch
con Wednesday ut the Edmonds
School
Miss Il. Z. r. Ford OF Eastern High
School spoke on What Is Educa-
toni" at the meeting November 9.
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The Washington Wanderlusters held
the annual meeting ct the club house.
Franklin Park, Va. The following
officers were elected: President, Eu-
gene A. Madgin: vice president. DR..
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Business Women's Council meeting
Tuesday, 8 pm, in the chapel OF the
Covenant First Presbyterian Church.
Lecture on Civilized Art In Modern
Form" by Mrs Margaret s. zimmele.
The devotional service at 6:45 will
be conducted by Rev. James r. King.
The Washington Readers Club will
meet at All-Souls' Church Tuesday
night, Virginia Bayly Blassingham
presiding. Harriet e. Bryant, Mrs.
Alvin Lamar Wills, Esther Marsman
and Cathyn Chaloner will give read
ings; songs by Edna Cecilia Moreland,
accompanied by Dorothy Sherman
Pierson. There will be several num-
bers read by Violet Warren Pierson.
The Washington branch of the
American Association of University
Women will give buffet supper to-
day at pm, honoring the national
board of directors, who are meeting
here November 16, II and 10. The
directors Of the fine arts projects OF
the Works Progress Administration
will be the speakers of the evening.
Mrs. Richard Hogue, president Of the
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Lode ard placer location notices Tor sale at The Empire office.
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dashing air. His warm gloves are lined with the soft feathers of pen suns The buckle of his broad bell
 parkles in the early morning sun
 Always his helpers wait to hear
 he heartening command
 On Dancer, on Dasher, on Pran- cer. on Vixen,
 On Cupid, on Comet on Dunder and Blitzenls
 Then they know that the great moment has come and that the race is on. The deafening roar of thirty two hoofs thunder through the land. The sleigh settles into it's southerly course as the wind roars up over the Arctic Ocean. This year, as always the gnomes and pixies who help Santa all trough the year will stand at attention till the sleigh makes a tiny speck that rapidly disappears through the ancing snowflakeS, that go whirling in a mad, dancing sarraband of white
 This year is certain to be a dup licate of the many that have passed.
 He will make the trip successfully you may be sure, in order to bring gifts to everyone the whole wide world around, so that it will really be "A Merry Christmasl"
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letter-opener and scissors in a fooled leather sheath.
 At another store we were told where cigarette cases were sold. but suggested a gadget. We found the dream of Uncle Bills declining days. A combination bottle-opener, cork screw, seed-extractor, mixer and pocket-knife.
 After a hard days shopping, we felt fit as a fiddle and ready for real old fashioned Merry Christ masl"
 It's simple if you've made gift list because all your needs have been anticipated, and all you have to do is go through the aisles and look, until some perfectly mar yelous idea presents itself in the form of something that has every thing gift should have yet meets every requirements of your budget.
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for both sides of the family anc their friends. It's funl
 Big gifts, little gifts; expensive and thrifty gifts; gifts for the family, the home and the car and gifts. Every means of expressing the seasons own sentiment is avail able, for every gift on display has he Christmas Spirit
 Making It Easier
 But, to get right down to busi- ness. it is problem, trying to avoid too many tics, handkerchiefs. md pairs of hose, and that's why geve been doing a bit ol "snoop- qg"-to make it easier for you to lind gifts that are different. yet priced.
 We saw some very chic things n the way of imported glass Stun ling black and white mirrors. Pow ter boxes, perfume bottles and 9oudoir lamps. The collection of pipes, ash trays, pipe racks, ream- ITS, pouches and every other con- ,eivable smokers desire.
 Thinking of Aunts and Cousins, ,tc., we wandered into a store, where all of our hopes came true. Their snowy linen damask was | joy to behold, and we had diff ,ulty in leaving without buying sev- ,ral of the many lovely candlewick breads and guest-towel sets.
 Just for fun, we went into a hop to see if it were possible to ,uy something for our schoolgirl | liece without buying stationery. | We had fun, and we did Out of Q | asst array of desk sets, book ends, l and other grand gifts, | we chose a monogrammed bronze
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SANTA CLAUS
 ABOUT READY
 FOR BIG TRIP
Annually Jolly Old Fellow Drives Reindeers Across
 Skies on Merry Quest

The time is rapidly drawing near when Santa, his sleigh drawn by eight prancing reindeer and loaded to capacity with gifts from the giant Claus factories, will leave on his journey around the world. In the event that any of the reindeer are forced to drop out because of the tremendous driv- ing pace Santa will be forced to exact from them, additional teams will be added at points along the route.
 When Santa was asked his desti- nation he replied:
 Around the world" his merry eyes twinkling and alight with ioy- ful anticipation.
 The sleigh's route stretches across the rugged mountains of Greenland down through the barren fields and impenetrable forests of Canada, skirting Hudson Bay and thence to the region of the Great Lakes. On through the United States and from there-around the world!
 Plans Long Completed
 Plans for the journey have long been completed And for a year the factories at the North Pole have been at the peak of produc- tion. Toys of all sorts-gay dolls that talk, skates, sleds, miniature airplanes, quaint animals and cleo tric trains have poured in an ap- parently intending flood through the efficiently organized work shops.
 Never before have Santa's work CTS been so busy Last night Santa gave a special dinner for them at which he thanked them for their cooperation and help during the past year He assured them that he knew that all the world would join in hearty approval of their efforts to create more and better gifts than ever before.
 Daily reports on the weather are received and read with great atten- tion for in the event of a bliz- gard the hazards of the trip are generally increased. But in spite of the perils of storm and distance everyone at the Pole feels entire in Santa Claus ability 10 do what he has so proudly an- nounced that he was out to do beat his own record.
 Several of Santa's oldest workers take great pride in recounting the glorious pageantry of the start Of his trip in previous years. He usu- ally rises at a. m Instantly tho Post becomes a scene of feverish activity. Gnomes and helpers dash back and forth. Great lights flash across the clearing around the toy factories. As dawn breaks in its crimson glory everything is in read- mess for the start. Nearly always there is a light snowfall = often the herald of a blizzard that often comes to try the mettle of Santa and his brave reindeer.
 For the great journey Santa wears his suit of crimson leather trimmed with gorgeous bands of ermine. His jaunty cap gives him a
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SHOPPING TRIP REVEALS FINE
 LIST OF GIFTS
Everyone from Grandpa to Little Billy Can Be Fit
 ted Out at Stores

The towns agogi The toy soldier makes eyes at the gclden-haired doll and the crowd looks on, noses pressed against the window, feet shuffling in the new blanket of snow.
 Then, their feet lead them on- ward, and into the stores through the aisles of things it's fun to give and thrilling to receive. Toy land. Grandpa and Little Billy have a glorious time. and when they move away. dozens of others crowd in to take their places anc help the little locomotive pull it: lead of freight trains through tht tunnel with enthusiastic applause Little Billy gives his "order" tc Santa. and leaves, reluctantly. Ant Santa promises.
 Parents Enjoy It, Too!
 Meantime, Little Billys Mamma and all the other mammas, plu. most of the papas. are having the time of their lives choosing giftS
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TOY SOLDIERS
 DATE BACK ID
 ANCIENT TIME
Children of Old Rome in Middle Ages Playedwith
 Miniature Warriors

The toy soldiers which will fig ure in number of Christmas stocS- ings can boast of a long and distin- guished pedigree. The children of ancient Rome played with minia- ture warriors, and some of the toy soldiers of the Middle Ages are real works of art.
 A number of them are still pre- served in British museums, and are elaborate models of knights fin armor of real artistic value. But they were originally made as child- ren's toys.
 Later. in the Seventeenth cen
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tury miniature soldiers were made which were really pioneers of the modern mechanical toy, as they could go through the regulation drill of the time.
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A SAFETY MEASuRE

It you use paper lanterns con- taining lighted candles among your decorations, put a little sand in the bottom of each. This will steady them and perhaps prevent dis aster.
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TREES INSPECTED

Christmas trees from regions where the gypsy moth is serious pest are carefully inspected by gov- ernment agents at shipping centers.
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STANDARD SANTA

The country once more is force fully reminded of the great need for standardized Santa Claus.
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CHRISTMAS MEMORIES

Chr istmas customs, Christmas odors, Christmas weather, Christ mas decorations, Christmas cheer. all go together to make memories.
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LIKE CASH XMAS PRESENTS

Happy is the woman who receives a cash Christmas present, because she will have lot of fun at the January sale counters.
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aCARoL.o FROM LATIN

"Caroly is from two Latin words. cantare, to sing, and rola, an inter- iection of joy.
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YULETIDE

Christmas, of all seasons, is one most dedicated to forgetting our- selves for the sake of children. U Womans Home Companion.
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Gondoliers," by the Estelle Went
worth Opera Group Of Washington.
With the exception of one event, all
of the entertainments will be staged
on Tuesday nights, or in case of in
clement weather on the following
night.
Reserved seats Will be placed on
sale at the A. A. A. ticket bureau
and the news stands at the Willard
and Washington Hotels. Informal
seating will be permitted on the slopes
near the Washington Monument.
The complete schedule follows:
June 16-Estelle Wentworth Group
in THE Gondoliers."
June 23-The Blackfriars' Guild in
'Smilin' Thru
June 30-The Drama Association
of the United States Bureau Of Inves-
tigtaion in Pierre Patelin," a mediae-
val farce.
July 10 Friday)-The Arts Club
in Greek pageant-drama, "Phaeton."
July 14-Bekefi-Deleporte Dancers.
July 21-Estelle Wentworth Opera
Group in "Cavalleria Rusticana" and
Trial by Jury"
July 28-Washington Community
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Playres in "a Shakespearean Festival
Evening"
August ITO be announced.
August 11-Pan-American festival
evening.
August 18-Washington Community
Players in "a Midsummer Night
Dream"
August 25-Wentworth Opera Group
in Martha"
September Mayo Choral Group.
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residue is left in equal parts to the
following other children: Albert R.,
Karl L. and Odorian w. Roby, Mrs.
Mary E. Rich and Mrs. Carrie Wilson.
The instrument, which was executed
July 10, 1929, names Odorian w. Roby
executor.