Evening star., 1940-05-25

Garden Club, which is scheduled for
Monday, May ~, to be held in the
Sherwood Presbyterian Church
Twenty-second street and Rhode
Island avenue NE. Among the
many classes of flower arrangements
there will be one in which the
flowers are furnished by the club
and exhibitors must arrange them
"on the spot" as it were.
On June the interesting school
shows also sponsored by the Wood
ridge Garden Club will be held, with
judging taking place between IL
and l O'Clock, after which the shows
will be open to the public until
pm. Children ranging from kinder
garten through sixth grade may
compete and the field of exhibits is
wide enough to appeal to all.
With Mrs. F. E. Burgess as gen.
eral chairman the committees in
clude:
Woodbridge School-Chairman Mrs
Richard G. Peterson. Other men,
bers, Mrs. E. c. Hunton, Mrs. George
Targett, Mrs. Freeman Weiss, Mrs
Raymond Plume and Miss Lillian
Eversfield. Mrs. James A. Gamble
will judge.
John Burroughs School-Mrs. r
Manglier, chairman. Other men,
bers: Mrs. Merle Kissinger, Mrs. F.
Leroy Houck, Mrs. Harry L. Beach
Miss Beret. Mrs. Merle Kissinger
will judge.
Langdon School-Mrs. Catherine
r. Crist, chairman. Other men,
bers: Mrs. w. H. Vincent, Mrs. A. p
Holman, Mrs. Andrew J. S. Dixon
jr.; Mrs. L. M. Tignor. Mrs. George
Target, judge.
Brookland School-Mrs. Alfred T
Newberry, chairman. Mrs. Robert
Ellis is also on this committee, and
Mrs. Ida McKeown will act as Judge
Bunker Hill School-Mrs. Harry
Little, chairman, Mrs. Raymond
Linkins, committee member, and
Mrs. Mary S. Porter, judge.
Crosby-Noyes School-Mrs. Frank
J. Lupac, chairman; Mrs. Cecil F
Cole, committee member. Mrs
Alfred L. Foster will judge.
The May meeting of the American
University Park Garden Club will be
held Tuesday, May %. at pm, at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. R. l.
Westcott, 4501 ElIcott street. Prof
Thurston of the University of Mary
land will speak, and a miniature
flower arrangement contest will also
be a feature Of the evening.
Tea will be served during the
afternoon of June 7, when the Little
Garden Club of Sandy Spring holds
its 18th annual show at Cherry
Grove. The public Is q, cordially
invited to attend.
Further announcements regarding
the annual flower show of the
Bethesda Community Garden Club
which will be held at the Battery
Park Clubhouse on June S, indicate
that the event will be of unusual
interest. The show will be open to
the public from 3 to 5 O'Clock in the
afternoon and again from 7 to
that evening. Many classes are be-
ing arranged, and ribbon awards
will be presented in each division
First and second prizes will be
awarded the exhibitors scoring the
largest number Of points.
The specimen exhibit will be
Judged by DR.. Edwin c. Powell, DR.
Furman L. Mulford and DR.. j. A
Gamble. Mrs. Richard F. Jackson
Mrs. Eugene Scott and Mrs. E. l.
Morrison will judge the flower ar
rangements.
Mrs. Alfred r. Cole Is chairman
of the Show Committee, which In.
cludes Mrs. Hans Sommer, Mrs
Samuel Syme, Mrs. M. w. Davidson
Mrs. b. H. Marsh, Mrs. William
Prescott, Mrs. Randolph Bishop
Mrs. A. J. Stenin, Mrs. William Lee
Mrs. william Norfleet. Mrs. w. G
Jones, jr., and Miss Helen Jones.
As We mentioned last week, every
effort will be made to select ar'