Evening star., 1939-11-27
Benefit
Silver Tea
Planned
D. A. r. Student
Fund Group to
Sponsor Party

The Student Loan Fund Commit
tee of the District Daughters of the
American Revolution will hold a
benefit silver tea Sunday, from to
6pm., at the home of Mrs. Morris E.
NARROW, 226 Maryland avenue NE.
Miss Lillian ChenoWeth, State regent
of the District of Columbia, will be
in the receiving line with members
Of her cabinet: Mrs. Harry c. Ober-
holser, Mrs. Alexander H. Bell, Mrs.
Arthur c. Houghton, Mrs. Carlton
c. Hoffner, Mrs. Minnie Ashbrook
Tull, Mrs. Roger Williams and Mrs.
Tonnis j. Holzberg. Mrs. Howard
L. Hodgkins, honorary vice president
general, and Mrs. Charles Carroll
Haig, vice president general, also
will receive.
Presiding at the tea table will be
Mrs. David D. Caldwell, DR.. Ida
Earhardt, Mrs. William B. Sinnott,
Mrs. J. Temple Hill, Mrs George r.
Harrison, Mrs. Lee R. Pennington,
jr., and Mrs. John Massey. Assisting
in the dining room will be Miss
Elizabeth Bourn, Miss Louise Bercaw,
Miss Helen Abraham and Miss Mary
Hume Richardson.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements includes Mrs. Grace
Frederick, Mrs. Andrew ]. Kress,
Mrs. Lena Lane Ellis, Miss Cornelia
Cotton and Miss Frances A. Norton.
Miss Linda Eleanor Deaton, State
chairman, and her committee are
making this years project the COM
pletion of the $1,000 student loan
fund at George Washington Univer-
sity. the interest of which is loaned
to deserving descendants of Ameri-
can patriots to help defray college
expenses incurred after their first
year.
Guest Speaker Named.
The State Committee of Approved
Schools, of which Mrs. Orie E. Gibson
is chairman, will have Mrs Charles
Dana Beaschler, formerly director of
music in the D. A. r. approved
schools in Mount Berry, Ga, as guest
speaker tomorrow at 80 pm. at the
Willard. Mrs. Gibson announces
that many chapters are making
Christmas contributions of money or
gifts to the schools.
Museum Committee to Meet.
The Museum Committee, of which
Mrs. John A. Massey is State chair
man, will meet at II am. tomorrow
in Memorial Continental Hall, when
Miss Helen Johnson, museum secre-
tary, will discuss her plans. Miss
johnson is giving gallery talks, open
to the public, Friday afternoons at
3:45 pm. in the museum.
Party for Mission.
A Thanksgiving pound party" for
Central Union Mission will be held
at the meeting of Columbia Chap
ter at pm. tomorrow at the home
of Mrs John H. Ray, 1928 Reno
road NV. Mrs. Gary E. Walters,
chairman of the District Room Com
nittee, will be guest speaker and
Mrs. Leigh L. Nettleton, member
of the chapter and new president of
Capt. Joseph Emery Society, Chill
dren of the American Revolution,
will outline the society's plans. Miss
1IleUc ALI ftOoS, IcScllI, Will pre-
side.
Rector to Speak.
The Rev. Edward Gabler, rector of
the Old Christ Episcopal Church,
will give a Thanksgiving message
at the meeting of Livingston Manor
Chapter tomorrow at the home of
Mrs. John Lee Coulter, 1924 Newark
street NV Members of the chap
ter are copying the records of the
church, which will be bound and
presented to the D. A. R. Library
and Historical Committee. Other
guests will include Mrs. Carlton G.
Hoffner. State treasurer, and Mrs.
Edwin P. Andrus, State librarian.
Mrs Estelle Gates and Mrs. Helen
D. Meyer will sing.
The Capt. Wendell Wolfe Chapter
will have Mrs. Geoffrey Creyke,
State chairman of Americanism, at
its meeting at 8 pm. tomorrow at
the home of Mrs Albert Jones, 4005
Georgia avenue NV.