Evening star., 1947-05-15

two grandsons and two great
!. grandchildren.
I Burial will be in Lincoln Memo
rial Cemetery The time and place
of the funeral have not been an
nounced.
National Garden Club
Officers Meet Here in
|Beaufificafion Study
| The Garden Club Of America,
through its officers and board OF di-
trectors, yesterday got a first-hand
understanding of plans for the fur
lther Identification and improvement
|of the National Capital
i The famous organization, at the
4 suggestion and Invitation Of Mrs. Gill
bert M. Hitchcock, widow of the for
inner Senator from Nebraska, held
Its monthly board meeting in Wash
ington-an innovation. for these
meetings usually are held In New
York. Mrs. Hitchcock is chairman
of the National Capital Committee
of the Garden Club.
The members of the board and
the officers OF the club visited the
National Arboretum where they
were escorted through the grounds
and buildings by B. Y. Morrison,
acting director. They also were
given an opportunity to view the
eastern part of the city, along the
line Of East Capitol street, and the
proposed improvements in that sec
ton were explained to them. They
covered, too, the Fort Drive pro-
ject.
/ Those Attending Meeting.
4 Attending the meeting were Mrs.
Harry T. Peters of New York, pres
lident; Mrs. Herman G.. Place of
Millbrook, N. Y, first vice president;
Mrs. Francis B. Crowninshield OF
Montchanin, Del, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Joseph M. Cudahy of
Chicago, third vice president; Mrs.
Barent Lefferts of st. James, Long
Island, fourth vice president; Mrs.
Albert c. Burrage, jr., OF Boston,
sixth vice president; Mrs. Andrew
Murray Williams of York Village,
Me-, eighth vice president; Mrs.
Fergus Reid, jr., of New York, re-
cording secretary, and Mrs. Melvin
E. Sawin Of Wakefield, r. T., treas
urer.
Members Of the board of directors
here for the meeting were Mrs. Gill
bert Kinney of Greenwich. Conn;
Mrs. Thomas Thacher of New York,
Mrs. T. H. B. Mcknight of Washing
ton, Mrs. Francis F. Randolph of
Ridgefield, Conn; Mrs. William M
Beury of Towson, Md; Mrs. Henry
is. Fennimore Cooper. Cooperstown,
N. Y; Mrs. Erastus Corning of AL
bany, N. Y: Mrs. Charles A. Mar
shall of Woodmere, Long Island;
Mrs. George Eustis Paine Of New
port, r. l.; Mrs. Henry D.. Sharp of
Providence, r. l.; Mrs. Montgomery
B. Angel of Peekskill, N. Y; Mrs.
G.. H. A. Cloves of indianapolis, Ind;
Mrs. w. Beaumont Whitney of
philadelphia, Mrs. Robert H. Fife
of New York and Mrs. Charles Will
ing of Philadelphia.
Regional zone chairmen present
included Mrs. Kieckhefer of Milwau-
kee, Central Western Zone; Mrs.
Robert B. English of West Hart
ford. Conn, Southern New England
Zone; Mrs. John D. Beals of Hamp-
ton Bay, Long Island, Northeastern
Zone, and Mrs. John lizard of Bilt-
more Forest, N c., Southeastern
Zone.
1 Chairman of national committees
present were Mrs. Marvin Pierce of
Rye, N. Y, conservation; Mrs. DON
aid Durant of Cornwell, N. Y, fl
nance; Mrs. George Coggill of New
York, handbook; Mrs. Roy Arthur
Hunt of Pittsburgh, medal award;
Mrs Robert c. Wright of Haverford,
Pa, national parks, and Mrs. Hitch
cock, National Capital.
The Washington group, hostesses
for the meeting, included the men,
bers Of the National Capital Com
mittee, headed by Mrs. Hitchcock.
They were Mrs. j. Harry Covington,
Mrs. Chase Donaldson, Miss Rose
Greely, Mrs. T. n. B. Mcknight, Mrs.
William H. Wilmer and Mrs. George
Angus Garrett. Additional Wash
ington members "at large" on hand
were Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Mrs.
Daniel Deyoe and Mrs. Duncan Cam
eron.
Two Members From New York.
| Two members of the club from
New York who also attended the
meeting were Mrs. Ethelbert Ide
Low and Mrs. Harold Pratt.
The members of the club want to
revive interest in Washington and
its Identification Plans held in
abeyance during the war years now
will be pressed
The development of the National
Arboretum Is one of the clubs OBJ
jectives The late Mrs. Frank B.
Noyes, who for many years was
active in the Garden Club, did much
to bring about the establishment of
the arboretum, which was author
lied by Congress in 1926. About 400
acres of land had been acquired by
1884, but the appropriations for its
improvement and development were
small and slow. During the depres-
sion years, CCC camps made it pos
sible to maintain activities there.
Now a fiye-year plan, with total
appropriation of about $1,000 900,
has been recommended by the Bu-
reau of the Budget. This will cover
buildings and equipment.
A series of entertainments was ar
ranged for the visiting members
club.
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