Evening star., 1938-04-13
Book Club
Officers
Elected
Riley Poem Read
At Woodbridge
Meeting.

! n IRIS. DAVID THOMPSON was
| M elected president of the
VI Woodbridge Book Club at the
annual meeting yesterday at
the Admiral Club. Other officers
elected were: Vice president, Mrs.
Robert Armstrong; secretary, Mrs
Nathan Cannon treasurer, Mrs. Will
liam Bush; chaplain, Mrs. Freeman
Weiss; parliamentarian, Mrs. Jesse
Luton, and librarians, Mrs. James
Hall and Mrs. Cleo Lardfeldt. The
retiring president. Mrs. A. A. Ludwig,
was Endorsed by the club for secretary
of the District of Columbia Fedora
ton Of woman's Clubs.
The annual meeting is the most
formal event of the club year. Usually
the program consists of book reviews,
but yesterday Mrs. Walter B. Mallory
read James Whitcomb Riley's That
Old Sweetheart of Mine" to the mu-
sical accompaniment of Hearts and
Flowers" played by Mrs. A. A. Lud-
wig. Vocal selections were given by
Mrs. Malcolm ScateS, accompanied by
Mrs. w. P. Barron. About 80 men,
bers and guests attended the luncheon,
at which Mrs. o. G. Hawkins pre-
sided.
Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle. president Of
the District of Columbia Federation
of Woman's Clubs, and Mrs. Arthur
Charles Watkins were the honor guests
and both spoke briefly.
The present officers will remain in
Office until June and the new group
will take over the direction of the
club when meetings are resumed at the
beginning of the club year next Octo-
her. Founded II years ago with a
membership Of II, the club now has
l08 members.
Wives of several Latin American
diplomats will broadcast over Nation
wide hook-up on a program being ar
ranged by the Peoples Mandate Com
mittee in observance of Pan American
Day tomorrow from 3 to 8: Is pm. over
the blue network of the NJ B. C.
Miss Mabel Vernon, chairman of the
Mandate Committee, will preside The
speakers will be Sonora de Quintanilla
wife of the Counselor of the Mexican
Embassy. Sonora de Tudela, wife of
the president, Peruvian delegation, Pc
ruvian- Ecuador Boundary Commits
| sion; Sonora de Viteri. wife of the
president, the Ecuadorian delegation
Peru-Ecuador Boundary Commission;
Sonora Ana del Pulgar de Burke. Latin
American chairman of the People!
Mandate Committee. and Sonora dc
Huneeus, wife of the first secretar,
| of the Chilean Legation.
The growing cooperation and un.
derstanding among the women of the
Americas will be stressed in the broad
cast. Mandate groups have been formed
IN all OF the Latin American Republics
| to promote the building of friendly re-
| latlons in the Western Hemisphere by
the Peoples Mandate Committee.
The meeting of the Department OF
Government and Education of the
| Voteless D. c. League of Women
Voters which was to have been held
yesterday has been postponed until
April rs, when 1t will be held at the
nome OF the chairman, Mrs. William
Savin 1922 Veazey street NV. A grour
from the American Association of Uni
/ Verslty Women's Club will ioin with
the league members to map a pro-
! gram of future work.
DR. William D. Boutwell,. editor in
chief OF the United States Office of
Education, will be the speaker at the
meeting Of the Washington chapter
OF Alpha Gamma Delta tomorrow at
$50 O'Clock at the home of Mrs. c. M.
Durgin, 5l18 Chevy Chase Parkway
N. w. He will have as his subject
The Value of Radio as a Means of
Disseminating Educational Informa-
ton"
Dr.. Boutwell, is the originator of
Radio Workshops" method bv
which students are taught to prepare
and present radio broadcasts.
Active members of Phi Alpha
Chapter of Chi Omega Sorority will
be the honor guests at a dance to be
given by the IS pledges of the sorority
tonight at Wardman Park Hotel. Miss
Barbara Page is the chairman of the
Arrangements Committee. She will
be assisted by Miss Ruth Warren, Miss
Mary Burch and Miss Angela Honan.
Alumnae members Of the chapter have
also been invited.
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The Seventy-Second Club voted to
make a donation of S12 to the WASH
ington Police Boys Club at the meet
ing Monday at the Columbia Inn, Be-
thesda, Md.
Mrs. Frederick c. Gilchrist of 3O46
Newark street NV. will be the hostess
at the meeting May 9. It will be a