Evening star., 1936-09-20
Beth esda
Is Turning
To Charity
Nearby Social Set Is
Making Plans for
Winter.

n VOW that the warm Summer
days are over and the vaca-
" tionists are once more at their
4 homes, there is renewed in
terest in the charity work that Is SO
much . part Of the social life Of Be-
thesda and the nearby Maryland
towns.
The Lay Health Council, the group
Of women who spend its time and
effort toward promoting better health
conditions in the community, Is
planning an information tea" for
the early part of October. Mrs. Will
liam Nelson Morell and Mrs. M. s.
Shahan, who took such an active part
in the lay health work last Winter.
will assist with plans for the tea, and
some of the other women on the COM
mittee will be Mrs. George B. Glen
denim, Mrs. " L. Ellicott. Mrs. Louis
A. Gravelle, Mrs Eugene B. Van Veen
and Mrs. Evan Condor.
Invitations will be sent to more than
100 representatives Of the civic and
social organizations in the Bethesda
neighborhood to attend the tea, which
will be held in the Battery Park club
house.
The story of the week, as far as the
younger group in Bethesda is con-
cerned, could almost be told in these
words. And they packed their bags
and left" Nearly 80 of the girls Of
the community, who have been meet
ing together during the Summer for
small, informal parties, left during
the week for various colleges and uni
versities.
Miss Cynthia Hathaway Of Edge.
moor and Miss Dele Gilbert of Bat
terry Park left Tuesday for Vassar, go
ing little in advance of the opening
of college to attend the tea given by
the vassar Alumnae of New York
City Tuesday afternoon. Miss Helen
Hathaway, who was one Of last years
graduates at the Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School, will spend the
Winter in Boston, where she will
study at Webber School of Business
training.
Miss Ann Hagner of Bethesda is the
only girl in the Bethesda area to take
her horse to school with her. When
Miss Hagner goes to Alexandria to-
morrow to matriculate at Arlington
Hall, Phantom Lady. her gray pony,
will accompany her in an auto trailer,
built specially for the purpose. Miss
Hagner, who is the daughter OF Com
missioner Robert D. Hagner, Is an ac-
complished horsewoman and each
week during the Fall horse show sea-
son she and Phantom Lady will return
to Bethesda to take part in riding
events. Miss Hagner expects to ride
in the Spring Valley show on october
3, and in the international show at
Meadowbrook. October 22-25.
Miss Jane Watkins, who left today
for Syracuse University. entertained
a number of her friends in the June
graduating class of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School, at q fare
well party Sunday evening. Miss
Mildred Lipscomb and Miss Myrtle
Davis, both of Richmond, Va. spent
part of last week with Miss Watkins
and were present at Sunday nights
party.
Miss Jean Dulin and Miss Lois
Kuhn have returned to the University
of Maryland and will live at the Kappa
House. Miss Dulin IS the treasurer
of the Maryland Chapter and Miss
Kuhn Is active in the affairs Of the
sorority. Others in the community
who will 60 to Maryland are Miss
Tempe Curry and Miss Ruth Rich
mond of Battery Park, Mss Eleanor
Kuhn of Alta Vista and Miss Margaret
Macdonald of Edgemoor. Miss
Margaret Balcom and Miss Louise
Watkins have returned for their
sophomore year at Vanderbilt Uni
versity. Miss Eleanor Gish, Miss
Barbara Kohman and Miss Betty Fast
are at Oberlin College. Miss Jane
Dunbar has entered Gettysburg Col
lege. Miss Frances Kuhn will go to
the College of William and Mary.
Miss Ruth Bosworth will return to
Erskine College, Miss Doris Medley
will study at Duke University and
Miss Helen Brown will be q freshmen
at Florida State College for Women.
Miss Huldah McNinch and Miss Renee
Beard are attending American Uni
versity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl w. Corby with
their daughter, Miss Mary Ellen Corby,
and their son, Karl w. Corby, jr, went
by plane to the West Coast Thursday.
They planned to spend few days in
Los Angeles, going later in the week
to San Francisco, where Mr.. Corby
will attend the meeting Of the
American Bankers Association. Mr..
Corby is president of the District of
Columbia Bankers Association. The
Corby family is enthusiastic over avia-
ton as a means of travel. Last year
they made several trips to Florida by
plane to visit Mr.. Corby's mother,
Mrs. Charles Corby, who was at her
Winter home in Miami.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin B. Tread
well are again at their home in Chevy
Chase Gardens after an extended trip
through the New England States and
into Canada. They were guests for
several days Of Mr.. Clary's uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Quinby of
IAconia, N. H., and they also visited
Mrs. Clary's aunt, Miss Julia Clary,
in Boston, Mass. They were accom-
panied on the trip by Mr.. and Mrs.
NARROW Perry Of Washington and they
made the trip North by way of
Niagara Falls, stopping in Montreal
and Quebec before returning home