Evening star., 1936-12-13
D. R. TOFURN|SH
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Chapters to Purchase An.
tiques for Moore House
at Yorktown.

tiqueS for Moore House
at Yorktown.
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton have accepted the invitation to
sponsor, as q national patriotic So
ciety, the furnishing of the surrender
room of the Moore House in York.
town, Va.
Gifts from chapters will be used to
purchase authentic antiques Of the
early American farmhouse type to
furnish the room where the terms of
the surrender Of CORVALLIS were
drawn.
Were Hetzel and Victory Chapters
have given their support to the project.
Moore House has been restored by
the National Park Service. as one Of
the shrineS of Yorktown.
Capt. Joseph Magruder Chapter Is
sending a Christmas box to q noun
tain school at Waleska. Ga. The
gifts were contributed at a meeting
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regent, 3607 Lowell street. with Miss
Kathrina l.. Harvey, assisting hostess.
Mrs. Roy c. Bowker spoke on the
D. A. r. approved schools.
New members welcomed were Mrs.
Florence c. Reilly. Mrs. D. c. Rich
ardson and Mrs. Frank r. Damron.
Mrs. Herbert r. Eek will entertain
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mond avenue. Silver Spring. Md,
January 8. Alternates will be elected
to represent the chapter at the State
conference in March.
Singing Christmas Carols and dis
| tributing holly branches were features
OF the December meeting OF Martha
Washington Chapter at the home Of
Mrs. Warner w. Stockberger.
The junior division, with Miss Helen
Bunten as chairman, collected a large
basket of Christmas gifts for Cross
more School.
At the Alva Belmont House, Marcia
Burns Chapter will entertain at re-
| ception and tea in honor of the State
officers on December 10, from 4 to 6.
Mrs. Minnie Ashbrook Tull. regent.
will be assisted by Mrs. Nell Robin
son, Miss Esther McDevitt, Mrs. Van
A. WHY, Mrs. Mae Moore. Miss Irma
v. Lackey, Miss Margaret E. Belts,
Mrs. Francis Gutelius Smith, Miss
Winona J. Luckey, Mrs. Roscoe
Reeves. Mrs. Hugh A. Allen and Miss
| Edith N. Coyner.
Col. John Donelson Chapter COM
bined two youth activities Of the D. A.
R. in q program or December II,
when Mrs. Joseph N. Saunders, State
chairman of the Junior American Cit
liens, spoke on the work of the five
Washington clubs and a Christmas
box was packed for one Of the D. A.
mountains.
Mrs. Elmer Whitney spoke on the
Constitution. Mrs. Lyman Kebler was
hostess.
Lieut. John Shaw Society's senior
group. c. A. r., had as guest speaker
Friday evening Norment Custis, who.
after graduation from college last
June, spent the Summer touring Eu-
rope on a bicycle.
The Mary Bartlett Chapter met at
the home Of Mrs. Gregor Macpherson
Bill FOrty-fourth street, Mrs. Edward
M. Willis, regent. presiding.
The meeting was given over to the
collection and review Of genealogical
records.
| Miss Lillian Chenoweth, State vice
regent, will be the guest of honor and
speaker at the Eleanor Wilson Chap
ter tomorrow. Her subject will be
The Air Corps and Its Relation to
National Defense" Mrs. L. M. Fuller
will be the hostess.
Board members of Col. John Wash
ington Chapter have been invited to
luncheon at the Ambassador Hotel
next Saturday by the regent, Mrs. r.
I. FriZel. Plans for q benefit bridge
party to be given by the chapter will
be discussed.
Mrs. Edward c. Stone has charge of
collecting materials and preparing
box to be sent by the chapter to Ellis
Island.
Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, State
regent. and the other State officers
were honor guests at q reception at
the Willard Hotel in place of the
November meeting of the Independ-
ence Bell Chapter.
On December Is Mrs. Thaddeus M.
Jones, chairman Of the Ellis Island
Committee, will address the chapter.
Miss Ella c. Hodgson will be the host
ess at the Montana Apartments.
Frances Scott Chapter met at the
Cosmos Club. Mrs Edward B. Stephen
son was hostess, assisted by Mrs. E. P.
AndruS and Mrs. Lawrence A. Brown.
Mrs. Geoffrey Creyke, national chair
man of the D. A. r. Magazine, was
guest speaker.
The chapter held its annual benefit
card party December 2 at the Shore
ham,
The Dorothy Hancock Chapter met
for luncheon at Tilden Gardens, with
the following hostesses: Mrs. George
C. Ober, jr.; Mrs. Thomas w. Phil
lips, Mrs. C. William Ramseyer and
Mrs. Samuel ]. Roberts. The regent,
Mrs. Wesley G. Hanford, presented
new member, Mrs. Austin Cooper
Waller.
The chapters annual Christmas box
will be packed at the home Of Mrs.
Ober December Is.
The Girl Home Makers Committee
will meet tomorrow at the home Of
Mrs. Gary E. Walters, 1901 Illinois
avenue, at pm. Plans will be made