Evening star., 1937-04-18
D. A. R. TO VISIT
VIRGINIA SHR|NES
Reynolds Will Address Con-
stitution Chapter Here
Tuesday,.

IueSddy.
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton will visit the historic shrines OF
Virginia on their annual pilgrimage
April "a to 26. They will spend two
and half days on tour which will
include Wakefield, Stratford, Rich
| mond, Williamsburg, Jamestown, York.
town, Fortress Monroe and Old Point
Comfort.
Leaving by bus from Memorial Con-
tinental Hall at 8 am, April "a, they
will return to Washington by boat
April rs. Mrs. Frank H. Towner Is
chairman.
Senator Robert r. Reynolds of
North Carolina will address the Con-
stitution Chapter at luncheon at the
Mayflower Hotel Tuesday. He will
speak on immigration. Invitations
have been extended to Mrs. William A.
Becker, president general, and the ma
tional and state officers. The lunch
con Is being held in honor of the re-
gent, Mrs. Alfred L. Talbot.
Charlotte La Fond, soloist, will be
accompanied by Jewell Downs and
Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, state re-
gent, will sing. Miss Mae Helm, as
sistant corporation counsel for the
District of Columbia, will be toast
mistress.
The regular meeting has been post
poned until April 20 at the League OF
American Pen Women.
The Col. John Donelson Chapter
celebrated its 9th birthday anniver-
sary April 10 with tea at the Amer
lean War Mothers Headquarters. In
the receiving line were all Of the State
Officers and the regent, Mrs. George
J. Jones.
Alternating at the tea table were
Mrs. Gains NJ Brumbaugh, Mrs. Harry
Colfax Grove, Mrs. David D. Caldwell,
Mrs. William H. Harper. Mrs. George
Madden Grimes and Mrs. William B.
Hardy.
Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig State re-
gent, cut the birthday cake.
A musical program arranged by
Mrs. Hugh A. Allen, will be the feature
entertainment at the April % meeting
OF Marcia Burns Chapter at her home,
6O9 South Twenty-fourth street, Ar
lington, Va, with Miss Irma V. M.
sistant hostesses
The chapter will be represented at
the national congress by Mrs. Minnie
Ashbrook Tull, regent, and the fol-
lowing alternates: Mrs. Grace L.
Frederick, Mrs Roscoe Reeves, Miss
Ethel Martin, Mrs. Alton T. Sturde-
want and Mrs Viola Fones.
Mrs. Nell Wyly Robinson will be
page for the chapter.
Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig. State re-
gent, was the guest speaker at meet
ing Of Martha Washington Chapter at
the Casa Iona
The next meeting will be held at
the Martha Washington Seminary
May 4.
A box Of supplies for industrial
work will be sent to Ellis Island by
Thomas Marshall Chapter. Mrs. Mar
garet S. zimmele, vice chairman Of
National Defense, was the guest
speaker at the meeting at the home
Of Mrs. Howard. Other guests in
cluded Mrs. w. L. BARLEY, Mrs Ry-
land c. Bryant and Miss Mary Helen
Abraham, vice chairman of the Gen.
ealogical Records Committee, and
Mrs. Nance and Mrs. Mcconnell.
Mrs. John Knox Arnold spoke be-
fore the President Monroe Chapter
Tuesday on observations in D. A. r.
Work"
Mrs. z. Lewis Daily, Mrs John
Knox Arnold and Mrs. Adele Cox
will serve on the House Committee
during the Continental Congress Miss
Cornelia Hamilton was hostess, as
sisted by Miss Mary Rose YarnaI.
Capt. Wendell Wolfe Chapter en-
tertained Thursday evening at the
annual reception at the home Of Mrs.
Alexander H. Bell.
Mary Bartlett Chapter will place
bronze marker on the Ball Lower
Plantation, now known as Sheffield,
at dedication ceremony early in
May. Mrs. E. NJ Willis entertained
at a Sheffield benefit bridge party
Wednesday.
The senior division of Capital
Society, c. A. r., met in the home of
the president, Mrs. Henry Fenno
Sawtelle, 5000 Connecticut avenue,
last Saturday night, with John Mar
shall jr., as host. Miss Mildred
Carter Sherman, first vice president,
presided.
Mrs. Sawtelle and Billy Howard
were elected delegates, with Mildred
Sherman and Virginia Scott as alter
mates, to the national convention,
It was voted to hold annual joint
meeting OF the junior and senior
divisions in Statuary Hall, United
States Capital, May 80. Mildred
Sherman, Billy Howard, David Rauch,
Elgin Scott, Patricia BARLEY, Jean
and Marie Lawrence, Virginia Scott,
Aurdey Kittenbach, John Marshall,
jr., and Jean Burton were selected to
make short addresses at the statues
Of Revolutionary patriots to be
decorated.
Miss Geneva Friedman was ac-
cepted as an associate member
Mrs. Sawtelle was hostess for the
Junior division Saturday afternoon.