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The Washington times., 1938-12-29

and ever so many others arriv.
ing as we left to dash to
THE Morgan Kents (Mrs. Kent
l. is Peggy Duffy, the pho
tographer for a dinner which
was definitely Russian, begin
ming with bortsch soup, so thick
and so filled with sour cream
that after that one course, one
could possibly eat nothing else,
though all of us did manage to
come to long enough to demolish
a fluffy cream pie and drink cup
after cup Of strong black coffee.
Joyce KENT, the small
u daughter of the household,
showed us her Christmas pres
ent Of a brand new rocker,
which, when one rocks in it,
plays several tinkling tunes.
Quite an idea!
X
A REAT discussion, after
"A dinner, on scientific discov.
cries, and DR.. CajigaS and our.
selves having the most difficult
argument over how far the musi-
cal profession had progressed,
with DR.. Cajigas saying it had
progressed wonderfully and our
selves not so sure-on some sub.
jects. And finally-home and
to bed.
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C0tter Girls
HOnOrGueStS

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Lyman
Warner entertained at dinner in
the Shoreham Blue Room last
evening in honor of Miss Claire
Cotter and Miss Margaret Cot
ter, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph j. Cotter.
The guests included Miss Jean
Carlile, Miss Amy Carlile and
Miss Helen Patton, nieces of
the hosts, who are spending the
holiday vacation from Wells
College in New York with Mr..
and Mrs. Warner at their home
in Spring Valley; Miss Betty
Couzens, Walker S. Buel, Rich
ard Ferguson, John West, Will
liam Hayes, Richard Nelson
and Joseph Morningside, of
East Orange, N. j,
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It didn't sound at all the same. And
it was pretty good, too, to say the
truth :. So now she has in the end
accepted one of the many offers she
has received lately &. . Didn't tell
you, my pets, not long ago, that the
winter wouldn't be over before an
other of our Capitals bellies would
perform as a warbler in local mite
spot? And this one should be
good Don't miss her!
WASHIN TON BY MOON
LIGHT: At the Adams mansion
perched atop hill on Edgevale Ter
race Miss Adams opened the
doors of her home and asked the best
of Washington to meet Mary Adams
Manning -. And were we glad, too?
Ohboyohboyohboy! First, be-
cause she (the de-bud-tante) is "a
beauty spot" on the Washington
map, and, second of all, because Miss
Adams knows how it's done
Which is to have swango band like
Sidney's, Mrs. Rose Merriam's spon-
sorship, good food Except for that
lobster Newburg which done me
dirty and "came-pag-nee" flowing
like "wah-terr" But the HIGH
LIGHTS of the evening were the
amusing remarks by Lady Lewis,
who is always surrounded; the Span
ish actor from Hollywood Che played
lead in "a Message to GARCIA,
the dance team straight from Ell Rio,
the New York nite-spot (the girl per-
formed beautifully in spite of a
recent auto crash-up. But she tainted
dead away as soon as she left the
floor) >. The hunting activities of
Roberta Mendoza, the Cuban diplo-
mat (some say Latins are NOT lousy
lovers) >. Evie Mclean acting like
q dyed.in-ths.wool JEETERRBUG.
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carry an old-fashioned bouquet
of pastel shaded flowers.
Mrs. King has selected a teal
velvet gown with long, tight fit
ting sleeves and is wearing a
corsage of yellow orchids. Snap
dragons, gladioli and roses will
effectively decorate the spacious
rooms of the club.
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, niece
of the President and Mrs. Roose-
welt, will be in the group assist
ing at this party. Others will
be Fraulein Hildegard Won Boet-
ticher. Elinor Gudger, Nancy
Lee Luttrell, Houston Miller,
Roberta Quirk, Ellen Lee Snod-
grass and the Worthington girls.
Mrs. Kings assistants will be
Mrs. Ernest Lundeen, Mrs. Ben
Borrell, Mrs. Emmett Carlyle
Gudger, Mrs. John Parker Jack
son, Mrs. Wilford S. Alexander,
Mrs. William Nuckles Doak, Miss
Eleanor Connolly, Mrs. Anthony
j. Barrett and Mrs. Carl F.
Ankener,
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OumanSkyS Fete R0perS
1T Embassy Dinner Party

The Charge d'Affaires of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Repub-
lies and Mrs. Oumansky enter
tanned at dinner last night at
the embassy in honor of the for
mer Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Daniel C. Roper.
The guests included the Sec
retary of War and Mrs. Harry
H. Woodring, Mrs. William E.
Borah, Senator and Mrs. Will
liam H. King, Senator Joseph F.
Guffey and Miss Pauletta Guf-
fey, Representative and Mrs. Sol
Bloom and Miss Vera Bloom, the
Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, the AS
sistant Attorney General and
Mrs. James w. Morris, the AS
sistant Secretary of the Interior,
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Sweet Bnar Students Make Bous in Capital ***
Joan King
To Curtsy
At Club
By Flora Macdonald

Now it is Sweet Briar stu
dents who are in the debu-
tante limelight! Yesterday
afternoon Mr.. and Mrs.
George Y. Worthington, jr.,
entertained at a tea dance at
the Carlton to present their
daughters, Julie Turner and
Mimi Kinsbery, whose debu-
tante activities have been
successfully combined with
their regular curriculum.
Still another Sweet Briarite,
Joan King, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. W. Walter King,
makes her bow this after
noon at a tea dance to be
given at the 1925 F Street
Club.
Mrs. Worthington, wear
ing a stunning gown of black
crepe with a panel Of Amer
ican beauty shade in the
front, received with her
daughters and MINIS room
mate. Miss Frances Baldwin,
of Birmingham, Ala, who is
a house guest of the Worth
ingtons.
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Gowns Of Velvet

jules and Minis frocks
were similar in style with
tight bodices, long full skirts
falling gracefully over hoops,
the formers in a beautiful
shade of turquoise blue, the
latter in white velvet. Fran
ces selected a lovely pink
chiffon model with a jeweled
girdle for the occasion. Each
of the girls carried old-fash-
ioned bouquets of gardenias.
Pink roses decorated the
long buffet table which oc-
cupied one end of the huge
Carlton Room, while Christ
mas flowers, poinsettias, vari-
colored gladioli, palms and
ferns transformed the room
into a veritable garden.
In the group assisting Mrs.
Worthington were Mrs. Francis
Sayre, wife of the Assistant Sec
retary of State; Mrs. Berkeley
Simmons, Mrs. Joseph Colquitt,
Mrs. George Worthington, ST.,
Mrs. Andrew Duvall and Miss
Julia Mlnnigerode.
The debutantes' assistants,
who later in the evening, with
their escorts, were guests at a
buffet supper at the Worthing-
tons Leroy Place residence, in
cluded Julia Cahill, Carolynn
and Beatrice Talley, Catherine
Tilghman, Nancy Lee Masten,
Margaret Craighill, Jane Rust
and Roberta Quirk.
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-. Brenda Frazier,
New York Glamour
Girl No. l, and
Eleanor Roosevelt,
deb-niece of the
President and the
First Lady, "came
out" the same eve
ming in New York
and W a s h ington
:. You plain NOR
tails don't know so
much about it, but
it was simply hell
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NINE. oRLIC Z-DRESZER'S
AVA luncheon yesterday at the
Shorehan for Dorothy Green,

daughter Of
Nine. Irimes-
GU, wife of
t h e Ruma-
nian Minister,
was both de-
lightful and
g a y. Spring
might hav e
been ] u S t
around t h e
corner, f o r
the long table
W a S decora-
tive with deep
Y IL ow jon
quils, freeSia,
r O S e S and
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purple sweetpeas.
NINE. BABES, wife Of the
AVA Counselor of the Rumanian
Legation, looked petite and doll
like in wee gray fur hat, whose
crown was fashioned of scarlet
velvet, and a luscious gray
squirrel coat; Mrs. Maurice
Thatcher was in brown and
beige; Mrs. Sol Bloom was in
smart black and wore a fascinat-
ing five-string necklace OF
pearls; the Baroness Won Pagen-
hardt was in two shades of blue,
very becoming to her fair skin
and hair; Mrs. George Bean
looked demure in very dark blue
corded velvet with matching hat
and wasn't demure at all. being
in one of her most impish
moods.
MRS. EARL CALHOUN wore
IVA a raspberry jacket over a
short black pleated skirt, Mrs.
Barge Hartz was in purple and
fuchsia, Mrs. Bill Shearer was
in a gold and jade lame and
wore soft suede gloves, the exact
shade of an autumn maple leaf.
Vera Bloom was in excellent
humor and was describing the
various effects that Christmas
has had on different people,
particularly her mother, who
was instructing the butler to be
sure to order plenty of oil for
the furnace, Because there
must be plenty in the house on
the Fourth of July" Vera thinks
her mother meant to say Christ
mas Day, instead Of the Fourth
Of July, but hasn't found time
to take the matter up with the
family during the recent holi-
days.
MRS. ABNER DRURY, in a
AVx coral velvet sailor hat, ar
irving late and telling us that
she felt so young and gay that
she practically sat down at the
sub-deb luncheon, just across
the dining room, instead Of
Nine. Dreszer's table.
YTHE Francis Gloyd Awaits
Il cocktail party at 2400 Six
teenth Street with the ball room
taken over for the occasion, with
two generous buffetS and drinks
appearing nicely at ones elbow,
not once, but continually. The
Barrett PrettymanS, the Carroll
Noels, the Bob Joneses, "Bucky"
and "Liz" Harris, Margot and
Jack Kendall, with Margot
nearly hidden from view in a
gorgeous silver fox cape, the R.
M. HodgsonS, whom we hadn't
seen since late Christmas night,
E. C. Graham, who possesses the
most infectious smile and
charming manner: Robert v.
Fleming, the Nelson Hartsons,
the Bruce Bairds, with Mrs.
Baird as sweet as always and
very, very smart in a luscious,
long fur cape. Major and Mrs.
Mackenzie Dawson and Mrs.
Dawson wearing her bracelet Of
tiny bells which jingle, jingle
like sleigh bells wherever she
goes"
X \ \
NNARRINER ECCLES, chair
W1 man of the F d era Re-
serve Board, talking to a group
of people in a quiet corner of the
room; the Jim Nicholses, with
Mrs. Nichols still wearing her
intriguing hairdo Of clipped
bangs: the Earl MackintoSheS,
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PETER CARTER
Says:

AIRY DE SIBOUR pretty wife of Henri de sibour will
wi open her singing at the Pail Mall Room in the
Raleigh HOTEL January TO- but will sing under the
of Mary de Sbour having chosen stage name to
speak Mary who has really lovely voice and warmth of
manner that is completely assured without being stiff
naughty should far with her singing provided she
tnues be interested in it. After the first two weeks so
many of the abouobe allow their enthusiasm to
collapse somewhere between the first and third rehearsas
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Miss Kings Debut

Joan will wear, at her party
this afternoon, becoming
gown of powder blue taffeta,
fashioned with a fitted bodice
and little puffed sleeves. The
full, circular skirt is sprinkled
with rhinestones and she will
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
PETIT POINT

THE NEWS OF THE DAY: "What
day, this last tuesday,! a social
writer told me. And it was, indeed
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
Resume Meetinqs

Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, wife
Of the Secretary Of the Navy,
will resume the morning meet
ings of the Navy-Marine Unit
of the American Red Cross on
Tuesday, January 3, at 10
o'clock. The meetings are held
IN the District Red Cross Build
ing. Wives and daughters Of all
Navy and Marine officers are
welcome.
The Washington times., 1938-12-29
JuniOrSF Feted
At Dinner

Robert Petit entertained at
dinner last evening at the Army
and Navy Club, later taking his
guests to attend the Junior
Dance at the Washington Navy
Yard.
Mr.. Petit, who is the son Of
Mrs. E. P. Abernethy, wife Of
Lieutenant Commander Aber.
nethy, is a student at the Uni
versity of Maryland.
His guests last evening in
cluded Miss Helen Platt, Miss
Mary Jane Hoffman, Miss Bar
bara Boose, Miss Matilda BooSe,
Miss Elizabeth Cissel, Miss Eythe
Ray Sparkling, Miss Marguerite
Hall, Miss Elizabeth Powers,
Miss Evelyn Patrick, Miss Mary
Spencer, Miss Frederick Wald-
man, Miss Adrianne Henderson,
Miss Jane Anderson, Donald
Hirst, Meir Fulks, Philip Ander-
son, Richard Lansdale, Clifford
Little, Sam Tuttle, Kelso Shipe,
William Booth, John Monks, Ed.
win Johnson, Richard Leister
and MidShipman Donald O'Mara.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-22

at a new station. Who took com mand in a group, who sat nearest the head of the table, even though all were of the same rank. This might seen ridiculous to people on the outside. Probably it seemed ridiculous to Marvel, if she so much as knew of it, which Judy doubted. But there were good and sufficient reasons for the law. As a matter of fact, Jack Hanley, who had graduated second in his class at the Academy, outranked Dwight
 It was a pity that Marvel should begin at once to Haunt tradition and custom. Dwight had been care- full about making his way from the first. He had accepted sage advice, done duty on a battleship as soon as he graduated. He had requested transfer to destroyer at the end of his three years, and for his first shore duty chosen postgraduate work at the Academy. Now he was on the Texarkana, and his career was set. If he didn't get passed over. But he wouldn't. At least, until he married Marvel, there had been no danger.
 Jacks career had not been so cut and dried. His choice of fly ing, his success in it, removed him from the groove. And now his faith in dirigibles, his desire to get back to them, was setting him still further apart. But he was a good officer, skillful flyer.
 Her mother came in and found her still with the card in her fin- gers. Mrs. Alcott did not comment about the calls Marvel hadn't made. She only said, T doubt if I shall attend her housewarming, But go, if you like"
 "Like!" said Judy.
 q expect the new house is very beautiful"
 q am curious" Judy admitted.
 At that, she might not have gone if Dwight hadn't come to see her one evening. He explained that Marvel was tied up in a beauty salon downtown. T stop ped by on my way home, but she said she'd be hours. I've wanted to talk to you, Judy"
 The pulse in her wrists was leaping, but she managed to speak to him coolly and matter-of- -factly. You're looking well, Dwight. I know you must be very happy"
 "Happy!" His eyes shone. Then his brow clouded. You got bid to the housewarming, I know. That's what I wanted to talk to you about"
 "Yes?"
 He foundered. He said at last, Marvel = well she doesn't like me to tell her what to do. She's proud, and she's had so much social experience. But of course, it isn't Navy she doesn't under stand" His eyes besought her, Look here, Judy, know I've got colossal nerve, but I wish you'd hint to Marvel that we-well- she-ought to call around - you know what I mean. I'm afraid the brass hats are going to think she's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-22
CHAPTER XIV

"Anyhow," Diane concluded. "He wouldn't. He's got sense enough to know how it would look. can see right now what a happy married life they'll have, with her wanting to splurge and him trying not to be a naval gigolo."
 we sound like a group of old maids = gossipy old maids!" said Judy definitely ending the con- versation. But in her heart, she was thinking, Its true. It's true. He'll never be happy with her"
 Judy saw Jack Hanley almost every night. They played monopoly at the Bells house, although Bill continually complained that if the stakes were seaf1ghts and promo tions instead of real estate and rail- roads, he'd like the game better. They danced at the club, and went to see movies, and dropped in at parties on the station.
 Judy was scarcely aware, she told herself firmly, that Dwight Campbell was now Marvels hus- band, and away on honeymoon with her.
 Then the Campbells returned And to everyone's incredulous surprise, Marvel leased a house close to the station. T should have thought she'd take the royal suite at the Coronado" said Diane.
 "She had that before. Maybe house is a change"
 But such a house! Actually, it's small"
 The Navy was soon to be unde- ceived about Marvel's house. Small it might be, but she was bent on making it perfect. Things arrived from exclusive shops in Los Angeles and San Francisco. There was whispering of antiques, of an interior decorator, of amaz- ingly intricate glass curtains, drapes and overdrapes.
 Judy tried not to be curious, not to want to see Dwight. And then the invitation came. A house. warming. Judy turned it over in her fingers. Marvel should have called, as a new bride, on the admiral and Captain Lane and thCn in order on each of the wives of the officers next in rank. But Marvel was doing this her own way.
 Judy thought of the meticulous Navy gradings. The numbers that even in officers of the same rank determined once and forever who called on whom first on arriving
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-22
. STORIES
 IN STAMPS ,
Forty Years of Rodium For Humonity

DEERE CURIE returned to the
 university where he had Ia. bored as student, the Sorbonne of Paris, to begin his first pro- fessorship in physics, and almost at once he launched extensive re- search in electricity. the mag netic properties of bodies at differ ent temperatures. and similar sub- jeets.
 His work ied l44... .o t4.a .s- Quaintance of Marie SillodoWska of Warsaw She had received her early training under her eminent father. but had become involved in the students revolutionary or ganization and found it advisable to leave her native country So she had taken scientific degree in Paris. In 1895 she married Pierre Curie
 Very shortly las ~4---- G.- tracted attention to their work in radio-activity In 1896 Henri ] lBecquetel discovered the radio- active properties of uranium, fur lfher stimulating their research. Feverishly then they plunged into new experiments, and in Novem- Der. 1898. the Curies obtained polonium and radium from ,pitch- blend which they had subjected to q ssVery Iaborious process of frac. donation" Tn subsequent years fhey did much to make use of the great property of radium and to olace it at the disposal of a wait ing humanity
 For this great work the Curle: were honored repeatedly. In l96 Professor Curie was run down by a dray and killed in Paris Mime curie then succeeded him as pro- lessor at the Paris university, went on fo win more distinction. The famous scientists are honored hera on a current French stamp |nnrkinn 70 yeafs of fadltm s6iAjeTerneiit
 tc1psfisht isss. Nl1A srre 'nf;ll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-22

BOL Q nedlOuy COuAdSCS oonAAA0 to her house first"
 Judy said slowly, T don't see how can tell Marvel anything. It's her own business. And she you'll pardon me, Dwight, but = l don't think she likes me very well"
 Nonsense! Of course she llkes you! She's headstrong, used to her own way. I guess I'm blunder- ing ass sometimes and she doesn't want anyone laying down the law to her. If there were some older wornan-your mother, maybe
 Judy looked back at him levelly. Mother would never dream of 1t, Dwight. couldn't ask her"
 He flushed. He looked uncom- fortable. T guess I'm making a bigger mess of this than it was to begin with. But curse it all, you and I were such good friends, and had more or less depended on you to-" That was the climber in Dwight, her mind told her.
 She said, You know I tried. You know I wasn't successful. Listen, she's not a baby, and she's no fool, either. She'll get on to it. People will forgive her first few mistakes after while"
 His brow furrowed. T hate having her get off on the wrong foot and maybe never fitting in"
 "Thet's matter of ter1pera- = crt it?" And Marvel''s na- ] ture was to scintillate. To be the Aae. Inere were no Queen Bees in the Navy. Just admirals wives, and by the time they got to be the wife of an admiral, they had learned much hard common sense.
 He leaned forward. Judy, you and I don't have to stand on cere- mony. We were such good friends You know I think the world of you. Don't let me down nowl It's delicate problem, nothing man can handle Promise me you'll speak to Marvel. Can't you strike up one of these beautiful friend ships women are always getting into? You pop around lot with Diane Bell. Why can't you let Marvel in on the combination? In between recipes and bridge games, she'd learn lot.'
 Judy suppressed smile. Mar vels not quite the type for recipes and bridge games, Dwight" But then, looking at him, feeling again the aches of loss, she softened. She was a triple-starred, stupied fool, but she couldn't keep herself from saying, "All right, Dwight. I'll do my best. I'll try to talk to her. promise"
 (TO Be COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-22
CRAkslIkA CRACKERS $

Some of the following statements are true, and some false. Which are which?
 1. A spelt is kind of fish. 2. Swine has measles.
 3. Georgia is known as the tur- pentine state.
 4. There are more women than men in New York state.
 5. More than 100000 persons are confined in prisons in the United States.
 Answers on Back Page.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-22
BEAUTY LUCKY IN CRASH

Cleveland, O., (UP) = Florence Ford, 25-year-old photographers model, driving her automobile across the New York Central tracks here, was struck by train, hurled 32 feet, She climbed from the wrecked car unhurt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-22
CAsT nF CHARACTERs


 JUDY ALCOTT = admiraPs daughters. She faced a choice between two navy suitOrs. DWIGHT CAMPBELL ambi- tiOus lieutenant. He faced 8 choice between his wife and duty.
 JACK HANLEY = flying sailor. He faced test of a patient love. MARVEL HASTINGS navy wife. She faced the test of be- ing a good sailor.
 Yesterday: Somehow, with ach- ing heart, Judy lives through Dwight's wedding, wishes him we'll, but she wonders if he will be happy with Marvel!
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c SERIAL STORY
 LOVERS AWEIGH .!:s.s sx ss! '! Y. x:=asE .!!!s .

got healthy courage, asking them to her house first"
Evening star., 1938-03-26
CHURCH REOEDICATION
TO BE HELD ON APRIL 3

Galbraith A. M. Z. Zion Church
will be rededicated the afternoon of
April 3. when it is reopened with elab-
crate ceremonies and street parade in
which clergymen and fraternal or
ganization leaders will unite.
1t will be held at 3 pm. under
auspices Of Columbia Lodge, No. IS,
I. B. P. o. E. of W.. the Rev. A. A.
Crooke. presiding elder of the A. M.
E. Zion Churches, will deliver the
rededicatory sermon, and j. Finley
Wilson. grand exalted ruler of Elks.
will make the principal address. DR..
E. M Hardy, exalted ruler of Co.
lumbia Lodge, will direct the services
with the assistance of other local
lodges and temples.
A. w. Gray will make the welcome
address. and the response will be de-
livered by William B. Harris. Par
ticipants in the ceremonies will in
clude John H. Wilson and Col. West
A. Hamilton, members of the District
Of Columbia Board of Education and
other prominent members of the
Grand Lodge and Temple of Elks. Ed
ward w. Bundy, past exalted ruler, will
be master Of ceremonies.
The church service will be preceded
by parade which will start from the
Morning Star Lodge, at Fifteenth and
@ streets NV, at 80 o'clock. Music
Will be provided by the Morning Star
and Columbia Lodge Bands. Visiting
drill teams and marching clubs, in
cludins the Public Appearance Com
mittee of No. IS, and the Imperial
Club and Joy Spreaders' Club, will
march.
Evening star., 1938-03-26
|[ENTEN SERVICE
STARTS FOR MEN
Dr.. Enders of Baltimore
to Address Meeting at
Reformation Church.

The Lutheran men Of Washington
have been extended special invita-
ton by the Association of Lutheran
Brotherhoods Of the District Of Colum-
bia by William H. Bauer, president,
to. attend = special mems Lenten serv-
ice Monday evening in the Lutheran
Church Of the Reformation.
DIR. Martin Luther Enders, pastor OF
the First Lutheran Church of Balti-
more. will deliver the sermon. This
is the fourth in the series Of union
Lutheran Lenten services being held
in various churches on Monday eve
nings during the passion season.
Women are also invited.
The final union Lenten service to be
presented under the auspices Of the
Lutheran Ministerial Association of
Washington will be held in the Luther
Place Memorial Lutheran Church
April 4. The Rev. j. Harold Mumper,
pastor Of the Keller Memorial Luth-
eran Church, will be the guest preach
er for the evening. On Good Friday,
April Is, from noon to pm. de-
votional service will be held in the
Lutheran Church of the Reformation.
The women will hold q prayer ses-
sion April l at 1880 pm. in st.
Stephens Lutheran Church under the
auspices of the Washington Missionary
Union. The final session, to be held
April 8, will be conducted in the st.
Paul's Lutheran Church at pm.