Evening star., 1938-09-04

- remainder OF the year have
been completed by the Political
Study Club which will hold
its first fall meeting October IS at
2:30 pm. at the Washington Club.
Further program plans will be made
and an outline of the years work will
be completed at meeting of the
Executive Board on October at
IL am. at the Mayflower Hotel A
new corresponding secretary will be
elected at this meeting to succeed
Mrs. Phillip B Matz, who has moved
to Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt, the presi-
dent, expects to preside at both of
these meetings. She has spent most
Of the summer with an injured foot
in plaster cast.
Marc Peter, Minister from Switzer-
land. will be the speaker at the first
meeting which has been designated
as Diplomatic day. Special music
and tea will follow the address.
Senator John E. Miller Of Arkansas
will give an address at the November
meeting and the annual Christmas
party will be held in December. Plans
for this party are already under way
There will be special music and a
Christmas tree hung with gifts later
to be distributed to needy families.
The speaker for this meeting has not
been selected.
Unlike most of the other large
clubs of the city, the Political Study
Club is not departmentalized and only
holds one meeting month. Army.
Navy. Derqocratic and Republican
meetings will be held after the first
of the year. Current political ques-
tions are studied. the club making a
point of hearing all sides of the issues
discussed.
Regular meetings are held on the
third Saturday of each month at the
Washington Club and the final event
of the year is the annual May break
fast which is held at the Mayfower
on the Saturday following the annual
meeting.
Officers serving with Mrs. Merritt
are Mrs. Edgar Boyd Kay, first vice
president; Mrs. Wintermute w. Sloan
second vice president; Mrs. William A.
Boss. third vice president; Mrs. Harvey
P. Baxter, recording secretary; Mrs
Henry Gordon Clay, treasurer. and
Mrs. Needham c. Turnage, auditor.
The directors of the federation are
Mrs. Tilman B. Parks. Mrs. P. Lee
Hodges and Mrs. Edward S. Brashears;
the alternates, Mrs. William Theopilis
Mrs. w. r. Cole and Mrs. Carroll J.
Mcclure.
Committee chairmen who will serve
in the coming year are: Membership
Mrs. George E. Anderson; program
Miss Alice Hutchins Drake; printing
Mrs. Charles Marvin Jones: hospital
ity, Mrs Lloyd A. Morrison; ar
rangements, Mrs. George E. Barnes;
resolutions, Mrs. Wallace Streater; re-
visions, Mrs. John w. Frizzell; pub
licity. Mrs. Lois Marshall Hicks; visit
ing, Mrs. John T. Kennedy, and page
Miss Mary Estelle Yates.
Seven past grand matrons Of the
Order of the Eastern Star are men,
bers of the club They are Mrs
Streater. Mrs. William G. Guide, Mrs
Frank Kimmel, Mrs. Pearl Watt Gibb
Mrs. Elizabeth Rhine, Mrs. Brashears
and Mrs. Merritt.
Past presidents of the club are Mrs
Louis Thompson, Mrs. Frank Oden-
heimer, Mrs. Frank Morrison, Mrs
Bruce Baird. Mrs. Ernest Humphrey
Daniel, Mrs. Frank M. Shortall and
Mrs. Tilman Bacon Parks.
Many presiding officers of othe,
organizations are members of the club
as are women prominent in the officia
and social life of the city. Mrs
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is an hon.
orary member, as is Mrs. Roberta
Campbell Lawson, past president OF
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, and Mrs. Ruth Bryan Rohde
former Minister to Denmark.