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year they meet in Washington for a
memorial dinner The formal memo
rial dinner will take place this year
at the Willard on May 30, and the
unveiling ceremonies the following
day Comdr. Lind was the executive
officer Of the President Lincoln.
Maj. and Mrs Franch c. Simpson
entertained at dinner at the Shore
ham last evening for Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Frank j. Riley, who will leave
shortly for their new station at
San Francisco. There were l8 guests
Mr. William Clarke Vyse, United
States Consul to Shanghai, and Mrs.
Vyse are in Washington for visit
and they are stopping at the Ward
man Park Hotel. Mr.. Harold D. Pease
Of the consulate staff at Shanghai.
with Mrs. Pease. is at the Wardman
Park Hotel while in town.
Mrs. j. George Rousseau enter
tanned at bridge party for ~ guests
Wednesday in honor of her house
guest. Mrs. Vera Strobe Batty Of
Sidney, Australia, and Los Angeles,
Calf Mrs. Batty, who is neice Of
Lady Clarkson, and Miss Lillian NJ
Helm, sister Of Mrs Rousseau, will
leave Tuesday for New York for a
stay Of few days.
Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs
Edwin L. Kilby entertained in hon
or Of Mrs. Batty at the Manor Country
Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Warren Stewart
will entertain at reception and tea
this afternoon in their home at zoos
Franklin street northeast following
the christening Of their daughter In
the Church Of Our Saviour.
Miss Shirley Levison expects to re-
turn to Washington June Is from
Ohio State University, where she is
q student. Miss Levison won the
honor this year of being selected for
Chimes. the junior honorary of the
university. The award is based on
scholarship. campus activity, campus
interest and personality.
Miss Doris Beckwith of Chevy
Chase, Md, entertained g group OF
her school friends of Holton Arms
at luncheon at the Columbia Coun-
try Club May a. Among those pres.
ent were Senorita Yolando Alfaro
Miss Jean Davis, Miss Helen Diggs
Miss Margaret Gordon, Miss Myrtle
Holden, Miss Joan Hull, Miss Nancy
Hoskinson. Miss Jean Lamb, Miss
Joan McKenna, Miss Mary Mink. Miss
Patricia Prochnik. Miss Katherine
Reeves and Miss Hilah White.
Miss Mary Theresa Hamlon will
entertain at tea this afternoon in
honor Of Miss Betty Lee White OF
New York, student at Trinity
College
Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister, director
OF the women's division of the Demo-
cratic National Committee. and Mrs.
May Thompson Evans, assistant di-
rector of the division, left yester-
day morning to attend the Midwes-
ter regional conference of Demo-
cratic women to be held in Des
Moines. Iowa, tomorrow and Tuesday
Miss Josephine Roche, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury who will be
the principal speaker at the BAN
quet meeting Monday, left last night
for Des Moines.
Mr.. Frank R. Darby of Cumber-
land, Md, great-grandson of Mr.
Walter Willimon of Charleston, S. C..
and formerly of Asheville. N. c.. spent
Tuesday with his cousin, Mrs. William
E. Gaines. and her family. Mrs
Gaines was formerly Miss Sarah H
Grundy Of Elizabeth. N. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry S. Rawdon
and family are entertaining the for
mer's brother, DR.. George B. Rawdon
Of Durham, Natal South Africa. DR.
Rawdon, who is a graduate of the
Dental School Of the University O,
Michigan. is a dentist of many years
practice in South Africa. He is alst
well known for his activities in gar,
dening and landscaping and is spend
Ing considerable time visiting out
standing gardens in Washington ane
neighboring States. After visiting il
Michigan and the Central West, h,
will return to Durham in August.
Mrs. A. D. Furlong entertained al
luncheon in her home on Warner
street in honor Of her house guests
Mrs. Carlton D. Morris and Mrs Az.
thur c. Schubring Of Michigan. Amons
those present were Mrs. E. w. Shepard
of Kensington, Md; Mrs. George
Simpson of Arlington. Va; Mrs. Her.
bert Kaplan, Mrs. Thelma Robin.
and Mrs. Wayne Birdsell.
Mr.. Joseph Bland Lynch entertained
at dinner party Tuesday evening
May 18. at Mrs. KS Toll Touse Tavern
Silver Spring, Md, in honor of hi.
niece. Miss Mabel Veronica Lynch, {
member of the senior class of Birds
boro High School, Birdsboro. Pa.
whose class spent several days II
Washington visiting the many place G.
interest here
The guests included Miss Dorothy
Valiant. chaperon; Miss Betty Musser
Miss Jane Henry and Miss Heller
Swavely.
Dr. and Mrs. Francis D. Cronin o.
Bethesda, Md, are receiving congratu.
lations on the birth Of a daughter
Natalie Hope Mrs. Cronin is the for