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The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-30
ON THE NEWS FRONT

IN $500 chapters throughout the
nation, 245, 900 Future Farmers Of
America have invested more than
81, 500, 900 in war bonds and stamps
during the past year to help their
nation and themselves to lasting
security.
Texas FLA members have put
their state far out in the lead with
S206. .252 invested both by chapters
and individual members. North
Carolina was the next with more
than 100000. Oklahoma placed
third and Illinois and Kentucky
fourth and fifth respectively.
These Future Farmers of Ameri-
ca, farm youths who are studying
vocational agriculture in their To-
cal high schools and who are de-
veloping their own complete farm
program for the future, are using
the profits from livestock or crop
projects for war savings bonds.
Some FLA members are even in
vesting their entire profits into
bonds for victory.
The bond and stamp investment
Is not confined to any special Sec
ton of the country.
For instance: Each of the 38
members Of the Stamping Ground
chapter In Kentucky started saw
ings program by either buying a
war bond or starting a stamp book.
In New Jersey approximately 300
members have invested S8.758 and
260 members will invest more than
IS, 900 before the end of the year.
The Jayhawk chapter in Kansas
was also active. 1t added $50 from
its treasury to the amount received
from the sale Of fat barrow and
three gifts and bought $l00 bond.
The Shawnee Mission chapter in
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-30
Local Happenings

Q Mrs H. c. Brannon returned
Saturday from NARROW, Oklahoma
where she spent the past month
visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. Dale Hagee and son Alvin of
Phoenix are visiting the Bran
mons for a few days. Mrs. Hagee
is Mrs. Brannons niece.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-30

o Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Houk and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Stokes re-
turned Sunday from a two weeks
hunting trip at Valley Ranch.
The men killed two bucks. Mr..
and Mrs. J. c. Harris of Phoenix
We're also members of the party.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-30
TURTLE

There are two hundred kinds, SO how
Can i describe them here and now?
I couldn't tell the tale, fear,
Unless / studied for a year.
Shun turtle steak unless you find
It's of the tender tasty kind.
The soup is safer-pleasant stuff
Even when made from turtles tough.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-30

o Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Speed of
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-30

. Floyd Cisney and Emmett
Neighbors spent the weekend on
hunting trip at Box Canyon.
Neighbors killed a fox, whose
pelt he plans TO have tanned.
Other members of the party were
John Encinas and Louis Van Har-
en- OF Florence.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-30

Los Angeles spent Wednesday
afternoon with ]. j. Jones. Mr..
Speed is vice president and gen
eral inspector for State Mutual
Building and Loan Association of
which Mr.. Jones is local agent.
o John Borree, employed with
the Larson Construction Company
at Prescott, was injured recently
when a truck overturned and he
was pinned beneath it for three
hours. He arrived at the home
OF his mother, Mrs. Josephine
at Borree's Corner,
Thursday, after having been re-
leased from a Prescott hospital.
He did not let her know of the
accident until his arrival.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-30
.1HINK YOU'RE SMART?
wQR!!;D!, r! SoyARE WILD uEE LINES

Here Is the worlds smallest cross
word puzzle. Fill In words accord
ing to definitions. The square viii
then read the same down as across.
After you have solved 1t, see il you
can make up any good 5-letter word
squares.
1. Opposite of liability.
3. Strainer.
3. Closed car.
Z. To elude.
). Doctrine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-30

O Mr. and Mrs. ]. B. Cummings
of Deming, New Mexico. rented
an apartment in Kings Court,
Tuesday. They do not come TO
Coolidge as strangers, having
several friends of long standing
here, who were former residents
of Deming. Mr.. Cummings is an
electrician at Florence Camp.
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Alunnae Units
Of NOtre Dame
Plan Banquet

Toasts will be offered to several
classes celebrating anniversaries at
the annual reunion banquet of the
Notre Dame de Namur Alumnae to
be held at 7 pm. Tuesday at the
Mayflower Hotel.
These will be in addition to a
toast to our sisters" which will in
clude not only those who have
taught at the academy but those in
termed in Japan and invaded coun-
tries of Europe. Mrs. James F.
Hartnett. president of the Interna-
tional Federation of Notre Dame de
Namur Alumnae, will offer this
toast.
Those toasting the various classes
will be Miss Helen Sullivan, 1892;
Miss Mary Eanlon, 1917; Miss Ann
Wolfe. 1922 Miss Marian Walton,
1892, and Miss Louise Murphy, 1887.
Responses will be made by Mrs. An
drew Schwartz, Mrs. William Gro
gan. Mrs. Margaret O'Lcne Brown.
Mrs. Henry S. Buchanan and Miss
Sara Herlihy.
Miss Kathryn A. Creveling, the
association president, will welcome
into the organization the SO grad
yates of Eotre Dame Academy. the
largest graduating class since the
school was founded in 1873.
The principal address will be made
by the Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary,
S. j., president of Georgetown Uni
versity.
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Mrs. J. E. Morgan
Luncheon Hostess
To Church Women

The Executive Committee of the
Washington Council OF Church
Women will be entertained by Mrs.
Joy Elmer Morgan at a luncheon at
noon Wednesday at her home, 4lO9
Seventeenth street NV. Plans for
the summer program, including
camp activities, the doll centers,
opening July 6. and the Missionary
Institute, to be held September %
through october /, will be discussed.
The theme of the Missionary In
stitute will be Latin America and the
program will feature a pan-Amer-
lean tea to be held September % at
the headquarters of the Federation
of Churches, 175l N street NV.
Guests will include wives of the
cabinet officers, Supreme Court JUS
tices and ambassadors and ministers
of the Latin American republics
The committee includes: Mrs. Nor
gan, president; Mrs. F. E. Edgington.
Mrs. o. B. Atwood, Mrs. Gould
Wickey, Mrs. Charles Lueck. Mrs.
Richard A. Sauer, Mrs. William
Waters, Mrs. T. G. Carr, Mrs. S. w.
Stewart, Mrs. Theodore o. Wedel,
Mrs. Harold B. Rogers, Mrs. Thomas
w. Marshall, Mrs. Robin Gould, Miss
A. Barbara Wiegand and Miss Eta
Mai Russell.
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Americas Leading Ladies
Jane AddamS

cious of the queer "goings on" Why
should a couple of society swells"
come down to work among the poor?
Hull House Succeeds.
Soon neighbors began to trickle
in, and skepticism gradually disap-
peared as they learned how kind
the ladies were. Once accepted by
the group. Jane Addams and Ellen
Starr were soon waist-deep in its
stream of life and death.
The success of Hull House was
so phenomenal that by the time
Jane Adams was 81 she was called
the greatest woman in Chicago.
To further her social ideals. she en-
tered city politics and fought for
factory labor reforms. A pacifist
she was chairman of the Interna-
tional Congress of Women held
at The Hague in 1915.
Jane Addams died May 81, 1885
four years after receiving the Nobel
Peace award. Hull House, a tribute
to her labor of love lives on. 1t
is now a great institution, serving
thousands of needy neighbors 1t
has grown because Miss Addams
idea was so good it triumphed even
in the Slums.
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Committee Leaders
Chosen by Woman's
Club of Chevy Chase

Announcement Of new committee
chairmen of the Woman's Club OF
Chevy Chase has been made by the
president, Mrs. Henry DeCoursey
Adams.
The committees and chairmen in
clude the following:
Applied education. Mrs, Anthony
Gould; clubhouse. Mis-. j. Lester
Crooks: hospitality, Mrs. Robert
lie Fevre; u5herS. Mrs. William
Yost: membership, Mrs. Leon Davis;
motion pictures, Mrs. Kenneth Nc
Rae: printing, Mrs. Clay L. Jen-
nison; program. Mrs. George Finch;
rules and revisionS. Mrs. McHenry
Mosier; art section. Mrs. Miles G
Trowbridge: civics section, Mrs
Edgar Fowler; drama section, Mrs
David Wolhaupter; French, Nine
Ida Hanson: German. Mrs. Roy c
Bowker; international relations
Mrs. Dannemiller; literature, Mrs
Earl Trager; music, Mrs. Myron c
Witter: nature section, Mrs j. Rich
ard Adams; recreation section, Mrs
Herbert j. Schlee; social section
Mrs. Charles Jackson; Junior Dance
Club. Mrs. Irving zirpel; Junior
Club contact chairman. Mrs. Thomas
w. Perry; welfare section, Mrs
David A. Snyder. and publicity, Mrs
Charles G. Lueck.
The War Service Committee viii
be headed by Mrs. Edgar Fowler
War service work and all class anc
group defense activities will be car
ried on throughout the summer.
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d. G.. Pen Women
Head National
Committees

Several Washington women are
among those appointed committee
chairmen Of the National League of
American Pen Women by the new
national president, Mrs. Victoria
Faber Stevenson.
Mrs. Edna Knight Gasch, the re-
tiring national president, is the new
chairman of bylaws: Mrs. Azalea
Green Badgley. clubhouse: Miss
Winifred Willard, bulletin: Mrs
Theodore Cunningham, yearbook
Mrs. Agnes Giles Newman, parlia-
mentarian; Mrs. Inez Sheldon Tyler
chaplain; Mrs. Evelyn Norcross
Sherrill. poetry group. and Mrs,
Pearl Eley Seal. publicity.
Mrs. Maidy Campbell, who headed
the Washington branch last year,
was appointed State president for
the District.
Mrs. nellie Van D. Smith, newly
elected president of the Washing
ton branch, also has appointed COM
mlttee chairmen.
These include Mrs. Badgley. who
heads the Committee on Commit
tees, Mrs. Elizabeth Kee, calendar
chairman. assisted by Mrs. Blanche
Humphrey Aboe and Mrs. Marion
Jones; Mrs. Nellie Walker Irish,
publicity; Miss Rose Myrtle Rich
ards. publicity; Mrs. Leona Patter-
son Tiller, ways and means, and Mrs
Bess Heath Olmstead, chairman of
past presidents.
Mrs. Bertha Shanks CLANCY will
continue to head up defense work,
assisted by Mrs. Madeleine Preble
Scharf and DR.. Frances Moon Butts.
Evening star., 1942-06-14

Plans Of Delta Gamma, national
women's fraternity, to dedicate an
evening of its 31st biennial con-
vention this month in Chicago to
the memory of Miss Grace Abbott
are of special interest to many in
Washington, where Miss Abbott
was widely known for her work as
the second head of the Children's
Bureau of the Labor Department.
The fraternity also honors Miss
Abbott by presenting an annual
fellowship award in her name for
work in the field of social service.
The only award of its kind for
women-for the applicant must
have a record of achievement in
social service and agree to con-
tinue in that field-the fellowship
this year will go to Miss Verna
Irene Esser of Prescott, Ariz. Forty
two States were represented among
this years applicants for the fellow
ship which provides $1,000 annually.
Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg, wife
Evening star., 1942-06-14
OAR to Award
Prizes to Students

The District Daughters of the
American Revolution will join with
the American Legion in presenting
good citizenship awards to qualified
students of Jefferson Junior High
School in a program at II a m Tues
day in the Departmental Audito-
rum.
Mrs. Pearl Michael Shaffer, past
State chairman of the OAR Com
mittee on National Defense, will
make the presentation. Those pres
ent will include Mrs. Arthur C.
Eoughton. the new chairman, and
Mrs. Geoffrey Creyke, State regent
OF the District.
jefferson School recently received
plaque from the committee in
recognition Of the good citizenship
records of its students.
Evening star., 1942-06-14

ii GSSteT PHOLO.
of the senior Senator from Michi-
gan, is chairman of the Fellowship
Committee, which includes Mrs.
George BoWerman of this city and
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Rohde. former
Minister to Denmark Miss Edith
Abbott, sister of Miss Grace Abbott,
who is dean of the school of social
service administration of the Uni
versity of Chicago, and the national
president of Delta Gamma. Mrs.
Florence Bingham, are among
others.
Assisting the committee in max
ing the award were two Washing
ton women who were friends of Miss
Abbott-Miss Mary Irene Atkinson,
director of child welfare in the
Children's Bureau. and Miss Agnes
Van Driel. chief Of the public as
sistance office of the Social Security
Board.
Among those to attend the con-
vention scheduled for the last week
in June, is Mrs. Northcutt Ely. dele
gate from the Alumnae Chapter,
who is also local chairman of the
fraternitys work for the blind. Last
year the alumnae raised $500 to buy
three Braille writers and five books
for the National Library for the
Blind. This year it has turned over
5000 for books for the library.
Others planning to attend the
convention include Miss Peggy Rule.
delegate from the active chapter at
American University: Mrs. Harold
Jacobs. province secretary, and Miss
Claiming RedWine.
War Time Service" will be the
theme of the session. with Miss
Charlotte Whitton. an old friend of
Miss Abbott's, who is now director
of the Canadian Welfare League, as
speaker
By setting aside an evening in
Miss Abbotts memory, the Delta
Gammas will not only recall her
social service work in this country
she was named one of II out
standing women of the Nation in
/ l93l-but also her position as un-
Official representative on the League
of Nations Advisory Committee at
Geneva and our first Government
delegate to the International Labor
Conferences.
Evening star., 1942-06-14

This is one OF series OF lreekly
sketches about Women tCho played
influential roles in the Nations
gro,uth. The articles are supplied
bu the research department OF
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
The Triumph of an Idea would
be a fitting title for the story OF
Jane Addams' life.
Jane was born September s, 1860,
in Cedarville, III. Her mother died
when she was very young, but her
father, a bank president. State Sen
ator and a friend of Lincoln. made
an unusual parent. At time when
feminine training was generally
artificial he insisted that his girls
become as educated as any young
man.
The story of Jane Addams active
life starts in 1866. when she drove
with her father through the slums
of Freeport, Ill. This was her first
glimpse Of poverty and it impressed
her deeply. When I'm a groWnup
lady I'm going to live in big house
right next door to poor people and
their children can play in my yard, "
she announced.
Educated at Rockford.
In spite of the frailty that came
from childhood tuberculosis of the
spine Jane made brilliant record
at Rockford Seminary, then called
The Mount Holyoke of the West"
There she met Ellen Gates Starr. a
small. lively, artistic woman who
was to work with her in later years
After graduation from Rockford
in 1881 Miss Addams spent several
years studying economic and So
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Catholic Group
Will Give Party
At the Willard
mniffeeS Are
Announced by
Grand Regent

A card party and social will follow
the business meeting of Court Dis
trict of Columbia No. 2l2 of the
Catholic Daughters of America at
pm. Tuesday at the Willard Hotel.
The meeting will be the first since
Mrs. Elizabeth Bigham, grand
regent. announced committee chair
men for the coming year.
These include Mrs. Anna j. Uhl,
who will continue as chairman OF
the Red Cross units; Mrs. Mary
Reinoehl, who will again be IN
charge of medical missions: Miss
Mary Oliphant. continuing as chair
man of Wood Nymphs. a group
whose purpose is assistance and care
of homeless children. and Mrs. Ger
trude Readley, new chairman OF
the Sick Committee.
Miss Nellie Zimmerman was
elected chairman OF the Junior
Catholic Daughters at a recent
meeting Other officers include Mrs.
Betty Conley, co-chairman; Miss
Glare Greene, secretary, and Mrs.
Anna Zaruba, treasurer. Mrs. Ethel
BaHk. Miss Marie Vollmer. Mrs.
Erna Richter. Miss Marjorie Hope
and Miss Mary Ann Collins will
serve as counSelors.
Miss Zimmerman. who has been
active in Junior Catholic Daughter
work since its Inauguration. has
outlined an interesting program for
the coming months, including the
formation of Junior troop in every
Catholic parish in the District.
The dramatic group has been so
successful with performances in a
variety show given recently for con-
valescent children at the Christ
Child Farm at Rockville. Md, that
various parish groups have request
ed repeat performances.
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Girl Scout Camp
Will Be Taught
To Use Initiative
Making the Most
OF Materials at Hand
To Be Emphasized

How to make the most of mate
rials at hand will be emphasized
this season at Camp May Flather,
the Girl Scout camp in Virginia, in
its program of campcraft, sports,
conservation. nature study and COM
munity service. according to plans
announced by the director, Miss Anne
Mclean, and staff members.
With no priorities on imagination
and initiative, the girls will enjoy
such activities as making baskets
from honeysuckle vines gathered
from the fields and carving belt
buckles and ornaments from native
sassafras and cherry wood. Mrs
A. D. Studybaker. craft conSultant.
said that trees and vines would be
cut under supervision so that the
girls will help clear the forests
rather than destroy them.
Weaving on homemade looms will
be taught by mountain women and
the girls will dye their materials
with natural dyes. Other crafts to
be taught will include wildflower ar
rangements. simple bookbinding and
nature printing
Swimming and life-saving also
will receive special emphasis this
year in line with physical fitness
program. Water front director will
be Miss Phyllis Baldwin, physical
education teacher in Hartford
Conn schools, who was at Camp
May Flather last season.
Blister rust control work. started
two years ago as a conservation
project, will be continued under the
direction of a representative from
the Department of Agriculture Last
summer the girls pulled up be-
tween 1000 and $500 gooseberry
and currant bushes affected by rust.
Miss Mclean. the director. has
been in charge of the camp activi-
ties for the past two summers. She
is field adviser for the Girl Scouts
of the District.
Other members of the camp staff
include Miss Catherine Connolly of
Jamaica, Mass; Miss Martha
Wrathney, Pittsburgh; Miss Cath
crime Conklin, LenoX, Mass; Miss
Doris Sterner. Pittsburgh; Miss Lois
Portada, New York; Miss Louise
Edwards. Eastman, Ga; Miss Vir-
ginia Miller, Martinsburg, w. Va;
Miss Jane Carolyn Turner, Hyatts-
vile; Miss Margaret Wick. Miss
Mary Mathes. Miss Dorothy Far
well, Mrs. Vivian Struble and Mrs.
Vera Land of Washington.
Evening star., 1942-06-14

Geological problems in Europe and
America. In the spring of 1889,
when Chicago was sprawling
young metropolis, she searched its
shabby immigrant district for a
house where she might be a neigh
Dor to the poor.
The house selected was a square
red brick structure near the corner
of Halstead and Polk streets. A
proud mansion when Charles Hull
built it years before. it now was
used for furniture storage. On one
side was livery stable and an un-
dertaking parlor; on the other an
Irish saloon, a German bakery and
a Jewish junk shop.
Although her friends were shocked
at her activities down among the
anarchists" Jane Addams joined
with Ellen Starr in redecorating
Hull House and opening it as So
cial settlement At first the people
of the tough 10Th ward were suspi-
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Lambda Chi to Send
DELEGATES to Meeting

Representatives of the II Wash
ington chapters of the Alpha Prov
ince of Lambda Chi National So
rority will attend the annual con-
vention to be held June 10, 20 and
81 at Binghamton, N. Y. Among
those who will attend are Mrs
Leonard MeSsick. newly elected
province chairman, and Miss Dor
othy Parkhill. Mrs. j. w. Haywood
and Mrs. Hermann Murray, al
members of the National Board.
Mrs. r. E. Midget, the retiring
province chairman, was presented
a gift in appreciation of her services
during the past year, at the installa-
tion ceremonies held recently at the
Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Mrs. R. D. Wright
To Be Honored at
UDC Banquet

A banquet in honor of Mrs. Robert
D. fright of Newberry, S. c.. presi-
dent general of the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, will be given
by the District of Columbia division,
UDC, at 7 pm. Tuesday at the
AAUW Clubhouse, 1874 l street NV.
The dinner will homer Mrs. Wright
upon her first official visit in Wash
ingtcn since her election to ofTce
last November at the general con-
vention in Los Angeles, Calf.
Members from the 10 chapters
composing the District division will
attend.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements includes: Mrs. Seba
Laurie Christie, chairman; Mrs. Llv-
ingston Vann, jr, and Mrs. Garnett
Lee. Mrs. Harold Walbridge Rob-
bins, president of the District di-
vision, is assisting the committee
with reservations.
Evening star., 1942-06-14
SenOrita Michels
Tea Hostess TODAY

Senorita Cristina Michels,
daughter of the Chilean Ambas-
sador and Sonora de Michels.
will be hostess to a group of
young ladies entertaining them
this afternoon at the tea hour
in the Embassy. Senorita
Michels has asked her guests to
meet Miss Luisa TeetZ, daugh-
ter of Mrs Maria Luisa Hermo-
"a and Mr.. John Teetz, whose
marriage to Mr.. Harold Minor
will take place Friday, June 19.
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Ruth E. Macmillan
Sets Wedding Date

Invitations have been issued by
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. Young for
the wedding of their niece, Miss
Ruth E. Macmillan. and Mr.. Max
we'll Brooks Byus Sunday. June 81,
at 4:30 o'clock in All Souls Uni
tartan Church. Mr.. Young will give
his niece in marriage and she will be
attended by her sister, Mrs. John
Miles of this city.
MI Bvus, who is the son of the
Rev. and Mrs. D. C. Byus of Girard,
Ill. will have Mr.. Lee V. Murphy
as his best man.
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Pioneer Women
To Give Dinner

A benefit dinner will be held by
the Pioneer Women's Organization
at pm. next Sunday at Joppa Hall
1909 Ninth street NV. Proceeds will
be contributed to the support of the
girls vocational schools in Palestine
which endeavor to promote Jewish
art and Jewish culture.
The program will include a late
Palestine sound picture, narrated by
Maurice Samuels; violin selections
by Harold Nisenson, and several
well-known Hebrew folk songs by
Rose Mazur, New York singer, &C
companied by Miss Nettie Sadie.
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Enlistment of $4,000
In Palestine Reported
&, the Associated Press,

3. the Associated Press.
DETROIT, June 13. - Fifteen
thousand men and women from the
labor ranks in Palestine have volun-
teered for duty with fighting ard
territorial forces in the Near East,
Isaac Famiin, secretary of the Ma
tional Lakor Committee for Pa!cs-
tine, told the eichth national con-
venticn Of the pioneer Wcmens Or
ganization here yesterday.
The young men are with United
Nation forces on the Libyan front.
Mr.. Hamlin reported, while the
women have enrolled in the Pales-
tine auxiliary territorial service
under British command.
Approximately 400 delegates from
IS cities participated in Sabbath
observance marking the third day
of the convention, which closes to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Wanderlust Club
Plans Contest

A travel souvenir and scrapbook
contest will be the chief entertain
ment feature at meeting Tuesday
evening of the Wanderlust Travel
Club. Mrs. Marjorie Markley will
be hostess to the club at her home,
1912 Urell place NE, assisted by
Mrs. Dorothy Bowers.
Plans will be discussed for an out
of-town weekend trip this summer.
The clubs quarterly publication,
Lusty News, will be distributed to
members by Miss Mae Hickey. for
mer editor and vice president of the
club.