Evening star., 1939-06-25
Arts Club
Supper
Tonight
Group to Curtail
Activities for
Summer

Though activities of the Arts Club
OF Washington will be considerably
curtailed during the summer months,
most Of the committees for next sea-
son have been selected and will be
ready to function with the opening
Of the new season.
An informal supper at the club
tonight will conclude activities un-
til after July 4, and a limited num-
Der of programs will be held during
the rest OF the summer.
Frank B. Steele, president of the
club, has appointed chairmen and
vice chairmen of a number of COM
mittees and the personnel has been
completed by the new officers. Pend
ing is completion of two important
groups, however, the Art Committee,
which is in charge of the exhibits of
paintings and sculpture held at the
club, and the Drama Committee.
Members of the Admission Com
mittee, which are chosen by elec-
tions, will be as follows:
Mrs. Frederick v. Coville and
Thomas T. Waterman, architecture;
Anne Ives and Mrs. Caroline NICK.
Ashbrook, drama: George A. Scheirer
and Frances B. Johnston, industrial
arts; Mrs. Anne Albert Best and
Mrs. Marvin A. Custis, lay: Lau-
renee F. Stafford, and Dewitt c.
Croissant. literature; Mrs. Walter E.
Hilton and Margaret c. Tolson, mu-
sic; Robert E. Motley and Katherine
Sunny, painting. and Eleanor
Mullikin and Mrs. Kathleen Wheeler
Crump, sculpture.
The personnel of other commit
tees is as follows:
Civic Committee, C. Virginia
Diedel, chairman; William r. Chap
line, Mrs. Frank M. Eliot and Mrs.
Samuel A. Kimberly.
Costume and Properties Commit
tee, Mrs. Charles Bittinger, chair
man; Mrs. Edwin H. Etz, Mrs.
George H. Girty, Mrs. Teresa H.
Hulburt, William J. McManus, Mrs.
Charles S. Piggot, Mrs. Ralph Rich
ards, Charles H. Stratton and Mrs.
Charles H. Stratton.
Finance Committee, L. M. Leisen-
ring, chairman; w. I. Deming, vice
chairman; F. w. Southworth, Frank
B. Steele, ex-officio, and William j.
McManus, ex-officio.
Hospitality Committee, Mary A.
Cryder, chairman; Mrs. Frank B.
Steele, vice chairman; Mrs. Nina E.
Allender, Norman T. Anderson, Mrs.
Norman T. Anderson, Mrs. w. M.
Corse, Julia Gardner, Mrs. Felian
Garzia, Mrs. Arthur Grahame,
Priska Kaspar, Mrs. Robert LIE
Fevre, Mrs. L. M. Leisenring, John
Russell Mason, William j. Nc
Manus. Mrs. Ralph Richards,
Charles H. Stratton, Mrs. Charles
H. Stratton, F. w. Southworth,
Roberta Tull and Agnes S. Winn.
Library Committee, Charles Ed
ward Russell, chairman; William
S. Hepner, vice chairman; Mrs. L.
B. Aldrich, Susan C. Baker, VIII
liam R. Chapline, Anne c. Darling
ton, Alice j. DuBreuil, Arthur Gra-
hame, Mrs. Jean B. Holt, Falba l..
johnson, Mrs. William H. McGlauf-
lin, Caroline B. Sherman, Mrs. j.
Frank Staley and Agnes s. Winn.
Music Committee, Mrs. Robert
Walter Mess, chairman; Isabelle
Foster, vice chairman; Margaret M.
Ashford, Marjorie G. Davis, Felian
Garzia, Mrs. Miriam B. Hilton,
Priska Kaspar, Mrs. Cloyd H. Mar
vim, Mrs. Henry Rogers Pyne, Villa
Semple and Margaret c. Tolson.
Publicity Committee, Anne B.
PEBBLES, chairman; Mrs. Samuel A.
Kimberley, first vice chairman;
George Edward Muth, second vice
chairman; Lyle A. Brookover, Emily
Cleveland Davis, Margaret M.
Kearney, r. Portner Koehler, Mary
A. Pugh, Caroline B. Sherman and
Frances van den Bogert.
Program Committee, James Earle
Miller, chairman, and Mrs. Edwin
H. Etz, vice chairman.
House Committee, Robert E. Mot
ley, chairman, and sMrs. Charles
Bittinger, vice chairman.
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