Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-05
Friendship Day
Club Banquet
Tomorrow Night
Friendship Day Guests
viii Number Several
Latin Americans
Bv Frances Lide.

Friendship as an all-year-round
objective has launched the M.
Eleanor Breckenridge Club on a
number of interesting projects.
But once a year the club. which
in common with the State of Texas
observes March Z as friendship
day." becomes banquet minded and
brings together a group OF friends
to pay tribute to the educator for
whom it was named and to extend
the hand of fellowship to various
groups In Washington.
AS friendship day" falls on Sum
day this year, the fifth annual BAN
uuet is to be held tomorrow night
at the Washington Hotel.
"Old-fashioned Friendship" will
be the theme but 1t also might be
international friendship" for the
guests will represent several of the
Latin American countries, China,
Russia and Britain.
Three Special Tables.
Three special tables will be fea-
tured-one an international table
and another a American table.
The third will be sort of patriotic
table for it will honor members of
the Gene Arnold class Of the CAL
vary Baptist Church who are In the
service. About so young people in
all, girls as well as servicemen, will
be gathered here.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Yang of China,
Countess Tolstoy, representing Rus
STA, and q group of British sailors
will be among those at the "mterna-
tional table" Mr.. Yang and Count
ess Tolstoy will speak and the Brit
ish sailors will be greeted by Miss
Gretchen Thurber, president of the
Marion Club OF the Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church. Members OF
this club, which is named for Mrs.
j. Lowrey Fendrich, wife of the
pastor of the church, have been en-
PERTAINING British sailors in their
homes and have also been giving
parties for them this year.
Brazil to Get Honors.
Brazil will be especially honored
at the Pan-American table as the
Breckenridge Club has selected
Brazil as special topic of study
and also is planning to bring two
Brazilian girls to this country I'M
der its Latin American fellowship
plan as soon as arrangements can
be made.
An attache of the Brazilian En-
bassy. Aluysio Guedes Regis Bit
tencourt, will speak and Miss Rosa
bella Ohanian, a Brazilian, will
sing.
Mrs. Eric w. Schwartze, president
of the MEBS, will greet the guests
after the invocation by the Rev.
Penn Howard, District chaplain for
disabled veterans. DR.. Fendrich
also will be speaker
Musicians from the United States
Navy School of Music will be pres
ent to play the national anthems
of Britain, Russia and China.
Hosts for the various groups will
include DR.. and Mrs. Fendrich at
the international table; DR.. and
Mrs. Seth Brooks at the Pan-Amer-
lean table and DR.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Crawford at the Gene Arnold
Glass table.
Special Guests.
Special guests will include Repre-
sentative Lindley Beckworth OF
Texas and Ensign James Thurman,
officer in charge Of the Navy
School of Music, who is also from
Texas.
Others will include Col. and Mrs.
e. E. MacMoreland, who lived for
many years in China and who will
be accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Yang; Mrs. Lincoln Valentine Of
Venezuela and Mrs. cirque De La
xoda Of Bolivia
The Breckenridge Club is COM
posed principally Of business girls
and women. One of its major &C
tivities has been to establish a
friendship scholarship" to bring
young Latin American business
women to Washington for two
months entertainment in the homes
OF members.
Carmen Lara of the Dominican
Republic was the first recipient
and has remained in this country
since. She and Miss Minerva Bern
ardino of the Dominican Republic
will be among the banquet guests.