Evening star., 1943-03-14

A dessert bridge party that Mrs.
Eugene Moore gave Friday in Edge
moor started off series of parties
for the Red Cross that will continue
through the week and will end with
an evening party that the Green
Wich Forest Red Cross workers will
give on the Goth at Whitehall Coun-
try School on Wilson lane
Mrs. Moore used tally cards dec
GRATED with the Red Cross emblem
and large Red Cross flag hung
from her front porch during the
hours Of the party. One of the first
guests to arrive was Mrs. Harry B
Bridgman. the production chairman
of the Bethesda Red Cross, who
supervised the making of Mrs,
Moore's flag and all the other flags
used in Montgomery County during
the present drive for funds.
Altogether the members of the
Bethesda sewing units made more
than $50 flags, RMS. Bridgman told
those who asked her for details re-
garding the making of such a large
number of flags. They were used to
mark the locations of the Red Cross
collection booths throughout the
county and for window displays in
connection with the drive.
Another early arrival was Mrs.
Alvin l.. Aubinoe, now beginning her
third term as chairman of the local
Red Cross group With her were
Mrs. George B. Clendenin. wife of
DR.. Clendenin, chairman of the drive
in Bethesda: Mrs. John V. Law
renee, who has been Mrs Aubinoe' s
secretary since the work became too
heavy for her to carry on alone, and
Mrs. Fred w. Berens, vice chairman
of the Bethesda branch.
Mrs. Aubinoe and her guests
stayed for part of the afternoon and
then went on to Top Cottage, where
the Red Cross branch of the Public
Health Service was giving a similar
party with nearly 200 guests.
Some of the other guests at Mrs.
Moore's party were Mrs. George B.
Hartman, Mrs. Oscar Bergman. Mrs
Robert Campbell. former Bethesda
resident; Mrs. Alvin Hitchcock. Mrs.
Lois Keiser, Mrs. w. C. Bashore
Mrs. Newman Bumstead. Mrs. Ella
Penrose, Mrs. Mary Ellen Brundage,
Mrs. G.. H. Vogt. Mrs. M. Bernard,
Mrs. Margaret Baird, Mrs J. A.
Murray, Mrs. w. A. Kolb. Mrs. E. A.
Rietzke, Mrs. Raymond Webb, Mrs
c. Eugene Doyle, Mrs. Lester A.
TWlgg and many others from Edge
moor and the nearby communities.
At one table were Mrs. William
N. Morell and her sister law
Mrs. Richard Morell: Mrs. j. Will
liam Moseman and Mrs. Philip
Zelgler, who together with Mrs
Moore, the hostess, have been con-
Quoting unit No. 2 Of the canteen
service for the past year. Between
games Mrs. Morell told some of the
guests Of the progress of the plans
foI the proposed USO in Bethesda
A location has been secured on Old
George road, she said, and a super
visor will be chosen within the next
few days. Mrs. Morell is the chair
man of the USO Committee in Be
thesda, and was one of the women
who first recognized the need Of such
recreational facilities for Servicemen
IN Bethesda and who brought the
subject to the attention of the prop
er authorities.
The party at Top Cottage Friday
was also we'll attended. There are
more than 200 women in the Public
Health Sewing Group and the host
; eSSes at their party were Mrs. r. A
Vonderlehr, Mrs. w. B. Wright and
Mrs. l.. F. Badger Mrs. Thomas
Parran, wife of Surgeon Gen. Par
ran of the Public Health Service,
was one of the guests at the party
and Mrs. r. E. DYER wife of Assist
ant Surgeon Gen. Dyer of the
( National Institute Of Health, also
attended the party and she had
with her her daughter, Mrs. David
! @. Bryce, who is the guest of DR.
and Mrs Dyer for a few weeks.