Evening star., 1936-05-24
D. A. R. CHAPTER
ELECTS OFFICERS
Miss Janet Richards Is
Named Regent-Mrs.
Jones Retires.

term, as she served from 1918 to 1920.
Other officers are: Vice regent, Mrs.
Elliott H. Haag; record secretary, Mrs.
j. Franklin Meyer; corresponding sec
retary. Miss Katherine E. Thomas;
treasurer, Mr. Frederick T. F. john
son: chaplain. Mrs. Margaret Scully
zimmele; registrar, DR.. Josephine
Baird Bennett; historian, Miss Belle
Wills; delegate to the Executive Com
mittee of the District, Mrs. Thaddeus
Jones; local board of management,
Mrs. Thaddeus Jones, Mrs. Edward A.
Keys, Mrs. Russell Harrison, Miss
Mary z. Boyd, and Mrs. Carrie N.
Miller.
Mrs. Thaddeus Jones, retiring agent,
read her farewell address. Miss Rich
ards gave report Of the recent Con-
gress.
Dolly Madison Chapter celebrated
its 44th birthday anniversary May 20,
the birthday anniversary OF Dolly
Madison, with luncheon at Ward
man Park Hotel. Members were later
entertained at the apartment Of the
regent, Mrs. Rice w. Means, in the
same hotel.
The following officers were elected:
Regent, Mrs. Rice w. Means; vice re-
gent, Mrs. Henry H. Knipe; chaplain,
Mrs. Wilbur V. Leech; recording Sec
retary, Miss Gertrude P. Davis; cor
responding secretary. Mrs. Isabel W..
Baker; treasurer, Mrs Charles F. Nes-
bit; registrar, Mrs. John M. Beavers:
historian, Mrs. Robert A. Bier, and
delegate, Mrs. Josiah A. Van Orsdel.
Judge Lynn Society met at the
home of Mrs. John Marshall. The fol-
lowing officers were elected; Regent,
Mrs. Enoch j. Vann: vice regent, Mrs.
J. Wesley Buchanan: chaplain. Mrs.
E. R. Adams; recording secretary, Mrs.
L. w. Watts; corresponding secretary,
Miss Rebecca Reilly; treasurer, Mrs c.
C. Hoffner; historian, Mrs. Eldridge
Lee Myers; registrar, Mrs. Henry H.
Elliott, and delegate, Mrs. Donald M.
EarlL.
Thomas Marshall Chapter met at
the home Of the Regent, Mrs. William
Henry Wagner, with Mrs. Blanche D.
Heady acting as hostess.
The chapter will give garden party
June 4 in honor Of Miss Linda
Nance, State treasurer. On June %
a bridge luncheon will be given TO
raise funds for the patriotic work Of
the chapter.
The following officers were elected:
Regent, Miss Agnes Randolph; vice
regent, Miss Mary McCabe; chaplain,
Miss Grace Lynn; recording secretary,
Mrs. Ida Alss; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. Edna Harris: treasurer. Miss
Essie Vaughan; registrar, Mrs. Eliza
beth Green; historian, Mrs Harry
Howard. and delegate, Mrs. William
Henry Wagner.
Continental Chapter met at the
home of Mrs. J. J. Manion, 3440
Brown street. The regent, Miss Mary
j. Edmands, presided.
Oflcers were elected as follows: Re-
gent, Mrs. Howard E. Middleton: vice
regent, Mrs Elizabeth r. Murray:
chaplain. Mrs. Claude Thigpen; re-
cording secretary. Miss Helen r. Man
ion; corresponding secretary. Mrs.
Helen H. Page; treasurer. Miss Lille
B. O'Donnell; registrar. Miss Bertha
Dana; historian, Miss Evelyn L. Yeo-
mans; delegate, Miss Mary ]. Ed
mands.
A card party will be held June 13,
at the Summer home Of Mrs. Murray,
at Bay Ridge, Nd.
Capt. Molly Pitcher Chapter met
at the home Of Mrs. William D. Searle.
The assisting hostesses were Mr..
Charles w. Fairfax and Miss Blanche
Polkinhorn.
Mrs. Douglas Rollow and Mrs.
Charles Richmond were voted men,
berS.
Caicers elected were: Mrs. William
Capell Moore, regent; Mrs. Joseph s.
Wall, vice regent; Mrs. william S.
Covell, chaplain; Mrs. w. A. Jack, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Elmer Soth-
orn, treasurer; Mrs. Theodore Palmer.
registrar; Miss Ella Ford, historian.
Potomac Chapter met at the home
Of the vice regent, Mrs. F. Hunter
Creech, 4700 Langdrum lane, Chevy
Chase, Md. with Mrs. Daniel c. Wal
ser. Mrs. Frederick w. Brake and Mrs.
William H. Wagner assisting. The
regent, Mrs. Harry H. Thompson, pre-
sided.
The present officers were reelected
as follows: Regent, Mrs. Harry H.
Thompson: vice regent, Mrs. r. Hun
ter Creech; chaplain. Mrs. Lawrence
H. Quirollo; recording secretary, Mrs.
Edith M. Gray; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. Christopher Duffy; treas
urer. Mrs. John r. Riggleman; regis
trar, Mrs. William H. Wagner; his
torian. Mrs. Harry Gutridge. Mrs.
John F.. Little was elected delegate to
succeed Mrs. Roy C. Bowker, who has
been appointed state chairman Of ap-
proved schools.
The annual luncheon will be held
June 13 at 80 o'clock at the Colum-
bia Country Club with Mrs. Charles
C. Haig, state regent, as the guest of
honor.
Mrs. Charles c. Haig sang, accom-
panied by Mrs. F. Hunter Creech.
Descendants Of '76 Chapter met at
the home of the regent, Mrs. Tarring.
Mrs. Holland jerks was hostess, as
sisted by Mrs. Maude Coll and Mrs.
G. B. Fiske.s
The following officers were elected:
Regent, Miss Anne B. Coons; vice
regent, Mrs. Tonnis ]. Holzberg; dele
gate, Mrs. Edward Tarring; chaplain,
Mrs. D. J. Mccarthy; recording secre-
tary, Miss Altha T. Coons; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. Theodore Langley:
registrar, Miss Myrtle N. Schellenger,
and historian, Mrs. John Cupp.
Capt. Joseph Magruder Chapter met
at the home of Mrs. Herbert E. Mer-
win, 2946 Newark street. Assisting
hostesses were Mrs. Joseph H. Brise-
bois and Miss Anne e. Denison. Mrs.
Jane Horner announced the name of