Evening star., 1945-05-27
Montgomery
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In the next W weeks local clut
| women will finish up their clut
| work for the year and begin tC
think about summer plans. But
considering the program that many
of these busy club women have out.
lined for the summer, it begins te
look as if they would be almost as
busy during their vacations as they
were when carrying on the activities
of the club year.
Mrs. George T. Condron, president
of the Wman's Club of Bethesda,
will head the receiving line to greet
the guests at the clubs annual
Charter Day observance this after
noon. Mrs. Ford E. Young with a
committee of co-workers has charge
of arrangements for the tea.
Among former presidents of the
club who will come back to Bethesda
today to attend the tea, which will
be given at the clubhouse on Old
Georgetown road, will be Mrs. E. M
Willis, former resident of Edge
moor, now living at the Willis
country place in Virginia.
Mrs. Condron plans to keep the
clubhouse open during the summer
so that a number of projects in
which the club is interested may
be continued.
Mrs. John w. Mann, president of
the Newcomb Club, also expects to
spend the summer in Bethesda and
to have charge of the clubs summer
program.
Each year the members of the
club discontinue their scheduled
meetings at this season and devote
their meeting day during the sum-
mer to making surgical dressings for
Montgomery County General Hos
pltal under the direction of Mrs
Percy H. Royster, the clubs repre-
sentative on the hospital women's
auxiliary.
Mrs. Herman c. Loeffier, newly
elected president of the Woman's
Club of Somerset, will be in town
until after the clubs annual garden
party in June. Early in July she will
leave for the Loeff1er cottage on
Cape Cod to stay through the sum-
mer months
Mrs. Francis Goodell, an active
worker in the League of Women
Voters of Montgomery County and
IN the cooperative movement in
Bethesda, has gone to Cape Cod for
the summer. Mr.. Goodell will be at
the cape for the remainder of May
and during June, returning to his
home here in July.
Among the parties of the week end
was the dinner that DR.. and Mrs
Paul E. Flicker gave Friday at their
WeStmoreland Hills home. The
guests were DR.. and Mrs. Frank w
Hubbard Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Foster and Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Miller
This dinner was the last of number
Of parties that Dr. and Mrs. Flicker
have been giving through the spring
and early summer, since Mrs. Flicker
plans to spend the summer at their
mountain cottage near Montrose, Pa
DR.. Flicker will join her there for
part of the summer.
In another part of lower Mont
gomery County, Mr.. and Mrs. J. j
De Vito will entertain at a late
afternoon party today honoring Miss
Katharine Fleming of Saskatchewan
Canada, and the hostess brother
Mr.. Homer Scrutan of Plainfield
N. j., whose marriage will take place
June IS
Assisting Mrs. De Vito will be Mrs
James M. Hammond, who will pre-
side at the tea table during the
afternoon.
Thursday afternoon Mrs. William
H, Nicholas gave bridge luncheon
with Mrs. Richard E. Titlow as honor
guest. At the luncheon were Mrs
James NJ Hammond. Mrs. George T.
Condron. Mrs Edwin Wanner, Mrs
Horace Beall. Miss Sue Thomas. Mrs
J. Harry Pirie and Mrs. w. Marvin
Smith.