The Washington times., 1937-04-13
ID. C.. N0TABLES
:: TO SP'EAKAT
:: RICHMOND
BY MARY PADGETT

Many distinguished WaSnlngCo-
{ mans are slated as speakers at
). the forty-first annual convention
I Of the National Congress Of Par.
X entS and Teachers, to be held. May
: 81 in Richmond, Va.
" Among the principal orators will
= be DR.. John w. Studebaker, U. s.
= commissioner Of education; DR..
Thomas H. Parran, jr., surgeon
< general Of the U. s. Public Health
e Service; DR.. Homes p. Rainey, oil
: rector Of the American Youth Com
2 mission, and DR.. H. L. Anslinger,
U. s. commissioner Of narcotics.
Many of the sessions will be di-
'rected by national chairmen and
conSultants who are residents OF
washington, such as Florence Fall
gatter, on the staff Of the home
: economics division Of the U. S. Or
. flee Of Education, and Ellen C.
Lombard, national chairman Of
: home education and a member OF
: the staff of the U. s.. Office OF
Education.
3 Others to Take Part
Other Neutrality-suspicious. due to
participate are DR.. Thomas W.
GoSling, associate chairman Of
international relations; Charl o.
Williams, national chairman Of
: school education: Ruth A. Bot
: temly, secretary of Sumner Round
up; Mrs. Mary T. Bannerman, ma
tional chairman of legislation;
y Mary E. Leeper, consultant on kin
dergarteHI extension; Frances s..
e Hays; education secretary; lisa
;, Compton, publications secretary;
Clarice Wade, publicity director,
and William H. Bristow, general
: secretary Of the National Con-
greSS.
& "A large delegation from the D.
g c. Congress of Parents and Teach
erS will go to Richmond for the
: convention.
t Among those who expect to at
tend are Mrs. Walter B. Fry, presi-
dent; Mrs. o. G. Hankins, Mrs.
Charles s. Norris, Mrs. c. c. Null
lady, Mrs. B. w. Costenbader. Mrs.
G.. G., Cornwell, Mrs. E. j. bowling,
Mrs. william A. Meyer. Mrs. Louis
j. Raebach, Mrs. Phil Campbell,
Mrs, C. D. Lowe, Mrs. j. D. DENT,
Mrs. j., w. Anderson, Mrs. B. w.
Eldred, Mrs. w. c. Jones and Mrs.
]. N, Saunders. ..-s. 49,
A bridge party for the benefit
Of Sheffield" will be given to.
morrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock at
; the home of Mrs. E. M. Willis,
regent. of, the Mary Bartlett
!. Chapter, D. a.. r.. Of $50 Moor
land Lane, >Edgemoor. Md.
Guests. Of honor will be Mrs.
Charles Carroll. Haig, State re-
gent of the. District D. A. R.;
Mrs. =. Lee, r., Pennington, State
historian. and Mrs. Lilly Stone,
well-knoWn historian Of Mary
land. ...' ...-.
sheffield" is soon. to take its
place mong the historical
Shrines OF Virginia as Daughters
of the American Revolution pre-
pare to mark the estate as one
that played an important part in
the colonial history OF America.
The marker for sheffield" will
be dedicated by the Mary Bart
lett Chapter early in May. Mrs.
Dorothy Cook, who. is a member
Of the chapter, is the present
owner of the estate. Located in
Westmoreland county, sheffield"
was the home of near kin" Of
,, George. Washington who visited
there often during his boyhood at
Wakefield. It was once owned by
william Ball, first cousin of
Mary Ball Washington and de-
scended to his granddaughter,
Priscilla Ball. In 1888 it was sold
to. Samuel Lewis, great-nephew
Of George Washington, and re-
manned in the Lewis amily
until 1884. ..
, Miss Anne Darlington has ar.
ranged q program Of music, poetry,
and tales Of the Old South for the
Arts Club meeting tonight. The
setting will be q seminary for
p young ladies during the middle Of
: the last century.
Those taking part will be Mrs.
= j. Frank Rice, soprano; Victor
Neal, pianist; Miss Betty Jones
and Miss Betty Cavanaugh,
dancers; Miss Adele Martell and
Miss Pi1ronsie March, readers.
Miss Darlington, James Earle Mil