The Washington times., 1937-03-11
JUBILEE CALLS
GIRL SCOUTS
TOMORROW
BY MARY PADGETT

NlIl OSOuUo "a w Wdo44A4S OO4A WAL
celebrate their silver jubilee at a
dinner tomorrow night at Z o'clock
in the All-States Hotel.
Among the distinguished invited
guests are Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
velt, honorary president of the Ma
tional Girl Scout organization:
Mrs. william Howard Taft and
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, honorary
vice presidents.
Speakers at the local dinner will
include Mrs. Harper Sibley, wife
of the president of the United
States Chamber of Commerce and
chairman of the women's division
of the 1887 Mobilization for HUI
man Needs; DR.. R. R. Spencer, in
charge of Public Health Education,
United States Public Health Serv.
ice, and Mrs. O'Neal johnson,
leader of Girl Scout Troop As.
Throughout the United States
tomorrow Girl Scouts will cele-
brate their twenty-fifth anniver-
Sary. The national president, Mrs.
Herbert Hoover, will make a ma
tion-wide radio broadcast from
New York city.
Among those who will be at
the speakers table include Mrs.
Charles H. Hamlin, oldest COM
missioner of the District of Co.
lumbia Council in point of service;
Mrs. Carl I. ASlakson, a member
of the first Girl Scout troop, or
ganized Is years ago in Savannah,
Ga, by Mrs. Juliette Low, the
founder of Girl Scouting; John
Wilson Caughey, who's beautiful
country place, lockwood Manor,
will be presented to the Girl
Scouts for outdoor activities; Mrs.
Frederick H. Brooke, national
board member; Mrs. AnSon Phelps
Stokes, commissioner of the Dis
trict Girl Scouts, and Mrs. Robert
v. Laughlin, president of the
Leaders Association.
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton in the District of Columbia
will soon have its own local head
quarters, according to the an
nouncement of Mrs. Jason Water
man, the retiring president of the
Chapter House Corporation.
Mrs. Waterman gave the news
out in her report before the State
D. A. r. conference held in Memo
rial Continental Hall, Monday and
Tuesday, that sufficient funds had
been raised to purchase a house.
At present no definite location
has been decided, Mrs. Waterman
said, but several are being con-
Sidered. Provision was made by
the conference for funds for the
maintenance of a chapter house
when the building is acquired.
The building will contain Suf-
ficient number of large rooms for
the meetings of the fifty-nine local
chapters, some of which have from
four to five hundred members.
Offices for the State officers will
be located in the building, as well
as committee rooms where lee
lures and educational activities
may be carried on.
The new officers of the Chapter
House Corporation elected this
week are Mrs. Harry c. Grove,
president; Mrs. John M. Beavers,
first vice president; Mrs. Gertrude
MoSer, second vice president; Mrs.
Ralph GriSwold, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Thomas Hardie Seay,
corresponding secretary; Miss
Phebe Stine, treasurer, and Mrs.
Jason Waterman, custodian of the
files.
Mary liant Couch will present
the third of her series of "Adven.
ture in Music" tonight at 8 O'Clock
at the Women'S City Club. Min
StrelS and Troubadours" will be
the theme. Mrs. Helen Turley
will appear with the Schubert
Singers, a male double quartet, di-
rected by Mrs. Chester Adair.
Representative Morgan G. Sand
erS, Of Texas, was the guest at
a luncheon-meeting of the educa-
tional department Of the Park
View Woman'S Club today at
1890 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Charles Bair, 1880 Holly st. N. w.
The committee of hostesSeS in
cluded Mrs. Lawrence E. Murray,
Mrs. Thomas E. Griffith, Mrs.
John Mckay, Mrs. Aria Morgan,
Mrs. Robert A. Jonscher and Mrs.
Fred S. Walker.