Evening star., 1941-02-09

Saturday
Sororities Select
Honor Guests for
Annual Party

Distinguished members Of the
sororities comprising the Penhel-
lenic Association of Washington
will be guests of honor at the asso-
ciations 10th annual luncheon at
lis pm. Saturday at the Shoreham.
Leila Warren. Chi Omega and
author of formulation Stone" is to
be the speaker and each member
sorority will have an honor guest
at the speakers table.
Kappa Alpha Theta has selected
Miss Gertrude Sawyer. registered
architect and graduate of the
school of architecture of Smith Col
lege, as its distinguished member
Miss Edith Macauley. head of the
English department of Gunston Hall
and president of the Altrusa
Club, will represent Kappa Kappa
Gamma.
Others Are Selected.
Delta Gamma will honor Mrs.
Harold H. Jacobs, patent lawyer
with the Government and province
secretary of the sorority; Alpha Phi
will present Dr. Charlotte Elliott,
authority on plant diseases with
the Department of Agriculture, and
Gamma Phi Beta will honor Miss
Winifred Willard. editor of the Off
cial bulletin of the National League
of Women Voters.
Among the women prominent in
club activities to be honored are
DR.. Florence A. Armstrong. presi-
dent of the Business and Profess
tional Women's Club of Washington
and national editor of her sorority's
publication, The Lyre, who will
represent Alpha Chi Omega. and
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, chairman
of the National Womans Party and
a national chairman in the Gen
eral Federation of Womens Clubs,
who will represent Pi Beta Phi.
Author Is Chosen.
Mrs. John c. Hager. author of
wings Over America" and Big
Loops and Little" will be the honor
guest of Delta Delta Delta. while
Alpha Xi Delta has selected Mrs.
Bess V. Morrison. technical assist
ant in the textile division of the
Home Economics Bureau. who also
is province president of her fra
ternity.
Mrs. William V. Wilmington. pres
ident of the Women's Professional
Panhellenic Association and former
deputy attorney general of Pennsyl-
vania, will represent Chi Omega.
while Mrs. Paul G. Russell. former
concert singer and national board
member of Sigma Kappa, will rep
resent that organization.
Miss Marion E Martin, assistant
chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, will represent
Alpha Omicron Pi: Mrs. Linton
Smith will represent Zeta Tau AL
pha. of which she is a past grand
vice president. and Mrs. Grace
kirkpatrick, national chairman
elect of the homemakers' section of
the American Home Economics As
sociation, will represent Alpha Delta
Gamma
Mrs. Smith HOnored.
Mrs. Harold D. Smith. wife of the
United States budget director. who
headed several civic organizations
and the Women's Golf Association
in Ann Arbor Mich. before she
came to Washington, will be hon.
ored by Alpha Delta Pi.
Delta Zeta will honor Miss Flor
ence Kirlin. congressional secretary
for the National League of Women
Voters; Phi Mu will honor Mrs.
George B. Woods. wife of the dean
of American University and active
in many leading women's organiza-
tions, and Kappa Delta will present
Miss Jean Mccall, assistant to the
merchandise manager of large de-
partment store
Mrs. H. B. Hannah examiner for
the United States Patent Office
handling applications for design
patents for coats and evening gowns,
will represent Theta Upsilon. and
Mrs. Carl H. Giroux, active in the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton and the Children of the Amer
ican Revolution, will represent Beta
Sigma Omicron.
Mrs. Burgess to Attend.
Mrs. Eugene Burgess, who was
elected president of the Washington
Panhellenic Association last year
but moved to New York before be-
ginning her term, will be presented
by Phi Omega Pi. Mrs. Burgess is
now in Washington with the Office
of Production Management.
Beta Phi Alpha will present Miss
Alice Hanson a former president.
who is assistant chief of the cost of
living division of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
Proceeds of the luncheon will go
for war relief work. Mrs. James A.
Rolls, 1904 Georgia avenue NV,
is handling the tickets, which also
will be available at the Shoreham