Evening star., 1942-11-23
OAR Will Hear
Talk on Mexico
At Friday Rally
Office of Education
Official to illustrate
Lecture With Films

A talk on Mexico by DR.. John c
Wright, assistant commissioner fol
vocational education of the Unitee
States ONCE of Education, will b.
featured at a meeting of the Filing
and Lending Bureau Committee
District Daughters of the American
Revolution, Friday night at the
chapter house. Mrs. Jesse Anthony
State chairman of the committee
will preside.
DR.. Wright, who studied the
educational system of Mexico last
summer, will illustrate his talk with
moving pictures in technicolor. He
will be introduced by Miss Martha
McCabe, a member of the COM
mittee active in educational work.
Mrs. Alexander H. Bell, also q
member of the committee, has ar
ranged a colorful music program to
be given under the direction of Mrs
J, Nelson Anderson, State chairman
of American music.
Guests will include Mrs. Wright,
Mrs Geoffrey Creyke. the State
regent and other State officers.
Members of Columbia Chapter,
OAR, In observance of an annual
Thanksgiving custom, will bring
groceries to fill a basket for the
Central Union Mission to its Novem-
ber meeting at 7:30 pm. tomorrow at
the home of Mrs. John H. Ray, 1923
Reno road NV. Mrs. Angus A.
Lamond, State chairman of gen.
ealogical records, will be guest
and Victor S. Mersch, deputy
register of wills in the District, will
discuss interesting and amusing
provisions of wills he has seen.
Victory Chapter will hear talks
by Mrs. Frank B. Steele, vice pres
ident of the Daughters of American
Colonists and Mrs. Arthur C.
Houghton, State chairmen Of the
National Defense Committee, at its
November meeting this afternoon
at the home of Mrs. William H.
Harper, 3456 Macomb street NV.
Mrs. Houghton will discuss two of
her committee projects-a mobile
unit for the blood donor center and
Christmas buddy bags for soldiers.
Mrs. Earle w. Sapp, vice regent
of American Liberty Chapter, will
be hostess at a silver tea for mem
bers and their friends from 3 to
pm. next Sunday at her home,
1881 Kalmia road NV.
Officers to assist the hostess in
clude the regent, Mrs. James M
Carter and Mrs. William Richard
son, Mrs. ]. Frank Rice, Mrs. George
L. Everett, Mrs. John C. Hawes,
Mrs. Harold C. Marsh, Mrs. H. King
Vann and Mrs. l.. H. Hannah.
Other events on the OAR cal
endar this week include talk on
the WAVES by Ensign E. Roby
Leighton, head of the Womens Re-
serve Selection Board of the United
States Navy. The talk will be made
at meeting of Capt Wendell Wolfe
Chapter at 730 pm. tomorrow at
the OAR chapter house.
Contributions for the blood
plasma bank project will be taken
at the meeting. The program also
will include vocal selections by Eu-
gene Fry of the senior group of the
Potomac Society, Children of the
American Revolution.
Guests will include Mrs. Creyke
and Mrs. Roy G. BoWker, State vice
regent.
Each member of Elizabeth Jack
son Chapter has been asked to bring
or send a buddy bag to its regular
meeting at pm Saturday at the
chapter house.
Thousands of men ip the service
will receive these bags at Christmas
time, according to an announcement
from the national society. The bags
are small kits containing variety
of articles such as razor blades,
writing paper, cigaretts, small books,
nail files and playing cards.