The Washington times., 1938-01-01

New Year with merrymaklne
scheduled for today.
All the new members who
have joined the District of
Columbia branch of the National
League of American Pen Women
during the past year will be the
guests of honor at a reception
from 4 to 6 o'clock today in the
league studio in the Grafton
Hotel. The reception will be
given by the president and men,
bers Of the executive board.
New members are DR.. Florence
Everhart, artist; Mrs. w. w.
Smith, writer; Mrs. Prank H.
Smell, Miss Robert Wakefield
transferred from the North
Carolina branch); Mrs. Arthur
r. Seaton, Mrs. H. T. Dean,
Miss Theresa Dansdill MCGEE
and Mrs. Royal s. Copeland,
writer's, and Miss Dora E. Baker,
poet.
In the receiving line with the
new members will be Miss MAI
guerite Merigold, president;
Mrs. Inez Sheldon Tyler, Miss
Phronsie Marsh, Miss Clara
Mander 5chied, Mrs. Blaine Free
Moore, Mrs. Hugh M. Irish, Miss
Ruby Nevins, Mrs. James Wat
son, Miss Kathc Eine Hinton
Wootten, Miss Agnes Shirley
VIM, Mrs. E. Richard Gasch,
Mrs. Helen Sherry Rhoade, Mrs.
Dawson Olmstead, Mrs. Hattie
Meyers Junkin, Miss Margaret
Jean Bailey, Miss Matte Rich
ards Tyler, Mrs. w. w. Badgley,
Mrs. w. w. Scott and Mrs. Ben
johnson.
Chairman Of the group activi-
ties will serve the tea. Miss
Susan Baker, Miss Florence
Hammond, Miss Myrta Ethel
Cawood, Miss Ann Celestine
Singleton, Miss Ida Hoyt Cham
berlain, Miss Alice HutchinS
Drake, Miss Marie Medora, Mrs.
Rose Robinson Cohen, Mrs.
Leona Patterson Tiller and Mrs.
z. Chester Collision.
Assisting hoStesses will be the
vice chairmen: Mrs. Frank L.
CLANCY, Mrs. Robert Delafield
RandS, Mrs. augustus o.
Thomas, Miss Margretta Camp
bell, Miss Ivy Lindsey, Mrs. j.
w. Crabtree, Miss Grace Re
becca Sahm, Mrs. Embert LIE
Lacheur, Mrs. Blanche Nelson
Parker, Mrs. Mary Pickens
Opie, Miss Gladys Caraway
Smith, Mrs. Marion Everett
Hayn and Mrs. Dorothy Stew
art Schott.
Friends Of the Strong Resi-
dence Of the Y. w. c. A. who
helped to make the building q
reality are attending an open
house" this afternoon from 4
to 6 o'clock.
Guests will be received by
Miss Elsa Peterson, chairman
Of the senior residence COM
mittee; Mrs. Harry H. Blee,
Mrs. Wilson Compton, Mrs.
Harlan Fiske Stone, Mrs. L. Cor
rim Strong, Mrs. Edmund K.
Fox, Mrs. Stanley Smith. Miss
Irene Dickson, hostess director
Of the Strong Residence.
The committee will be assisted
by Miss Mildred Ladner, presi-
dent of the house council, and
the following girls: Bernice
Kirshling, Esther Cantor, Doro-
thy Harper, Jerry Nelson, Fran
ceS Ciansrani, Virginia Johns
ton, Rosina Carlo, Kathryn
Stewart, Barbara Horton and
Jane Lafferty.
Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong,
donor Of the building, will be
among the guests. Mrs. Will
liam Lee Corbin, president Of
the local Y. w. c. A.; Mrs. Fred
e. Wright, first vice president,
and Mrs. Edwin Parker, also Of
the board Of directors, will pour
tea.
Tea will be served in the living
room Of the residence, 1011 Sew
enteenth st. N. w. The room
has been beautifully decorated
with Christmas trimmings and
there will be red roses on the
tea table.
Open house Is being cele-
brated tonight at Moose Hall,
1414 I st. N. w. This will be
the occasion when members Of
the Women Of the Moose take
it easy" with members Of their
allied organization, the Loyal
Order Of Moose, doing all the
work Of serving and enter.
tanning.
A program Of music and other
entertainment has been ar.
ranged. Men in charge are John
Lowe, past dictator; William
Amole, Milton Hanson and
Howard Clark.
The ladies' reception commit
tee will be composed of Mrs.
Frances Baldwin, senior regent;
Mrs. Emily Giles. junior regent,
and Mrs. Marie Clark.