The Washington times., 1937-04-19
NRS.R0OSEVELT
CARD PARTY
PATRONESS
BY MARY PADGETT

BY MARY PADGETT
Among the distinguished women
who are patroneSSes for the an
nual benefit card party Of the
Ladies' Aid Society of Garfield
Memorial Hospital, which will be
held Wednesday afternoon at z
o'clock in the Washington Hotel
Is Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Every year the society takes this
method in raising funds to carry
on their work at the hospital.
General arrangements are in the
hands Of Mrs. H. H. Semmes, pres
ident, assisted by Mrs. Cooper c.
Lightbown, Mrs. william S. Corby
Mrs. Henry A. Willard, Mrs. viii
liam Morgan, Mrs. John P. Weth
Grill, vice president; Mrs. H. K
McCook and Mrs. James T. New
ton, secretaries, and Mrs. Edward
c. Stone, treasurer.
Assisting are Mrs. Walter Boyd.
Mrs. Gustave Emery, Mrs. E. L.
Huffman, Mrs. John Maury, and
Mrs. C. F. Burton.
Mrs. Stone and Mrs. McCook are
In charge of tickets. There will
be a sale of cake, candy and flow
ers, as well as a white elephant
table.
In honor of the Missouri dele
gates to the forty-sixth Continental
Congress of the D. A. r., a recep-
ton and dance will be given Thurs
day night at the Mayflower Hotel.
Senator Kenneth Mcclellan, Of
Tennessee, will address the group.
Daughters of the American Rev
olution residing in the District Of
Columbia who are members of the
Missouri Society will act as a re-
ception committee to the visiting
delegates.
Heading the reception commit
tee Is Mrs. Bennett Champ Clark,
wife of the Missouri Senator. Fol
lowing are the local members Of
the D. A. r. who constitute her
committee:
Mrs. Cleveland A. Newton, Mrs.
Hugh Smith, Mrs. Clarence Can
non, Mrs. Milton A. Romjue, Mrs.
Clyde Williams, Mrs. Richard M.
Duncan, Mrs. Julian Friant. Miss
Frances Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Thomas
j. Dickson, Mrs. HerneSt Howard,
Mrs. Thomas F. x. Callahsn, Mrs.
L. H. Hannah, Mrs. Sallie Cook
Major, Mrs. William W. Badgley,
Mrs. Charles P. Keyser, Mrs. How
ard Hodgkins, Mrs. Sam Major
and Mrs. Howard C. Boone.
Mrs. Henry Clay Childs, Of Lex
ington, Mo-, State regent, will be
among the guests.
Mrs. william Theophilus, for
mer resident of Iowa, is chairman
of arrangements for luncheon in
honor of Iowa members of the
D. A. r., who are here as delegates
or who are living in the Capital,
which will be held tomorrow at
i 80 p. M. at 2400 Sixteenth St.
N. w.
Before the luncheon a brief re-
ception will be held when heads
of the. Iowa chapters who are in
town attending the Congress will
be in the receiving line. Persons
wishing reservations may COM
municate with Mrs. Theophilus at
Columbia 1900.
Delegates to the D. A. R. Con-
greSs were entertained at a tea
yesterday afternoon by the League
of American Pen Women, at the
studio in the Grafton Hotel.
Officers and members of the
board, with Miss Dorothy Gatchell,
chairman of the entertainment
committee, received the guests.
Virginia ONO, Helen Palmer and
Pauline SchloSSer, of American
University, will represent the Dis
trict of Columbia at the first Pan
hellenic District Conference, on
May 7-9 in New York city. Dele
gates will attend from the East
ern, Middle Atlantic and South
ern States, with the representation
including % colleges.
Miss Marguerite D. Winant of
New York City, national president
of Delta Gamma Sorority, is chair
man of the conference which is the
first district meeting ever to be
held by the undergraduate clubs
in conjunction with the alumnae
officers. Heretofore all Panhel-
lenic meetings have been national
in scope.
Women from st. Dominic's and
st. Michael's Catholic Churches
will join for evening of recollec-
ton services tonight at $50 o'clock
at the Washington Retreat House,
1000 Hardwood Rd. N. E.
Mrs. George Young, team cap
tain, has appointed the following
to assist her in making arrange
ments for the ladies of st. Mich
ael's: Mrs. Louis Albert, Mrs.
Charles Clifford, Miss Rose Mary
Fenwick, Mrs. E. M. Barry, Mrs.
Charles Clements, Mrs. George
Robinson and Mrs. C. T. Stewart.
Mrs. Frances E. Appich, team
captain for st. Dominic's, is as
sisted by a committee including
Miss E. Diegelmann, Miss T.
Diegelmann, Miss Catherine XII
mold, Miss TereSita Kunold, and
Miss F. Dwyer.
Retreat master will be the Rev.
IgnatiuS Smith, o. p, of the
Catholic University, who is con-
sidered one of the finest speakers
In America.
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