Evening star., 1936-02-02
Guild Bridge
HeadSEVentS
In Bethesda
Many Reservations
Being Made for
Function Friday.

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Eeading the list of social events
scheduled for the Bethesda area dur
Ing the current week is the dessert
bridge planned for Friday by the
Bethesda branch of the Needlework
Guild of America.
The party, which will be given at
the Battery Park Club, was originally
planned as q benefit bridge. but so
much interest has been taken in the
affair by non-members Of the guild
that it has become one Of the i'm
portant social events Of the Winter
In the Bethesda community.
Tables for the bridge have been
taken by Mrs. Richard E. Titlow, Mrs.
George Laird, Mrs. F. A. Smith, Mrs.
]. r. Irwin, Mrs. John Yesair, Mrs.
E. M Willis, Mrs. Charles D. Clug-
ston, Mrs. C. NJ Merrill, Mrs. E. A. A.
Dunn, Mrs. E. F. Kohman, Mrs. Frank
Romer and Mrs. j. Archer Bell.
Reservations for the party are being
made by Mrs. E. v. Caywood. chair
man of the committee in charge Of
arrangements.
The Bethesda branch Of the Needle
work Guild was organized in 1924 and
has local membership of ITS women
in the Battery Park, Alta Vista, Edge
moor and Chevy Chase areas. Gar
ments contributed to the club are for
the most part distributed locally.
Linens and layettes are sent to the
Montgomery County Hospital, but
articles of clothing are distributed to
needy persons in lower Montgomery
County.
The program Of distribution is
under the direction of Mrs. E. F. Koh-
man, president of the local branch OF
the guild; Mrs. E. " Caywood, chair
man of the Social Service Committee
of the Newcomb Club, and Mrs. R. B.
LOCKER from the Woman's Club OF
Bethesda.
About 35 field workers in the Ma
tional Park Service were guests at
a breakfast party this morning Sun
day. at the home of the director Of
the National Capitol Parks and Mrs.
C. Marshall Finnan of Friendship
Heights. The guests, most of whom
came from Western States, have been
in Washington for the last 10 days
attending a conference of Park Service
workers.
Miss Meta Dean Scantlin of Drum
mond and Miss Jane Weightman OF
Somerset will entertain the alumnae
group of Alpha Chi Sorority at an
evening party Thursday at the home
OF Miss Weightman. This alumnae
group. which meets once each month.
has 20 members, all from American
University.
Mrs. Emory H. Bogley of Friendship
Heights, Md. was hostess at bridge
luncheon Tuesday, when her guests
were Mrs Henry Offutt. Mrs. Harold
Breining, Mrs Charles A. Jones, Mrs
Robert Swope, Mrs. Warren Offutt,
Mrs. L. T. Jones and Mrs. John A. P.
Farnham.
Mrs. Howard r. Watkins of Somer-
set was hostess at luncheon on Thurs
day, when her guests were Mrs. James
j. Durett, who recently came to Wash
ington from New York, where she and
her husband had made their home for
the last three years; Mrs. Louis D. Ell
liott of Jewel, Va: Mrs. L. E. Warren
and her mother, Mrs. Wixon of Michi-
gan, who is spending the Winter here,
and Mrs. Horatio Wales.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles Pergler OF
Drummond were in Baltimore Thurs
day, where DR.. Pergler, who is the
dean Of the School of Economics and
Government. National University, de-
livered an address at the meeting OF
the Baltimore Bar Association. While
in Baltimore, DR.. and Mrs. Pergler
spent short time with their daughter,
Miss Vera Pergler, who is student
at Goucher College.
Mr.. Kurtz Hanson of Alta Vista
spent the last week end in New York
City. His younger brother Mr.. Ar
thur Hanson, who returned at Christ
mas time from three-month trip to
Australia and the Hawaiian Islands,
left Friday for Ithaca, N. Y. where he
will resume his studies at Cornell Uni
versity
Mrs. William Nelson Morrell enter
tanned a group of 10 students Of the
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School at
q dinner party last night in her home
in Edgemoor in honor of her son,
William Nelson Morrell. jr.
Miss Cynthia Hathaway, who is q