Evening star., 1947-05-01
Presidents Wife
To Join Dangbter
In Indebendence
By Katharine M. Brooks


Mrs. Truman will spend a large
part of this summer at her home
in Independence. Miss Margaret
Truman will remain in her apart
ment in New York through the
spring, but plans to be in their
Missouri home throughout the
summer. Mrs. Truman and her
daughter usually have left Wash
ington late in June and probably
will carry out that plan.
Between now and the time of de-
|parture Mrs. Truman will have
many engagements, mostly with or
foundations which have annual
meetings in the Capital at this time
of year. Yesterday afternoon she
had an interesting group at the tea
hour, entertaining the members of
the press and radio of Mexico who
came with their President. There
were about so of our Southern
Ineighbors who were shown about the
White House and then joined Mrs.
Truman for cup OF tea in the
Istate dining room. There were a
few officials of the State Depart
ment included among the guests.
Two engagements which will be
of especial interest to the Presi-
dents wife will be the luncheon she
is planning for members of the
74th Club. The party Is set for
May 16 and is limited to members
only. They are wives of men who
took their seats in the national leg
islative body for the first time in the
74th Congress. 1t was this Con-
gress to which the President first
was elected to the Senate and Mrs.
Truman is a member of the group.
The other engagement of much
interest to her is the luncheon of
Pi Beta Phi, the sorority of which
Miss Truman is a member The
luncheon will be given Tuesday at
George Washington University.
Another annual event for the
Presidents wife is her reception to
the Society of Navy Sponsors. This
will be held Monday at o'clock and
is part of the annual convention
! of the society which opens Sunday
afternoon with the meeting of the
trustees and will close Tuesday with
| the luncheon at the Mayf1ower
Hotel.
The membership is composed OF
women who have successfully bro
ken bottle of champagne on the
PROV of Navy vessel and includes
Miss Truman. The President S
daughter was the sponsor for the
u. S. S. Missouri when it was
launched before the family moved
to the White House. The organi-
zation not only bands together those
who have christened Navy ships, but
| it finances young sons of deceased
Navy officers through their prepara-
tory schooling and training for the
Naval Academy, and sometimes
through the Academy as we'll.
One of the larger parties at which
Mrs. Truman will be hostess this
spring will be her reception We'd
nesday at 4 o'clock for the board
Of directors of the Grand Council
of the International Council of
Nurses. This international organi-
zation has 80 national associations
of nurses and represents 10000
nurses. Miss Katharine Dunsford
| is president of the organization and
there will be between $50 and 300
attending the reception at the White
House.
The members Of the National
Board of the National Society .of
Daughters of Founders and Patriots
of, America and the delegates to its
49th Grand Court will be received
by Mrs, Truman May ID at S o'clock.
This is another of the patriotic Or
ganizations which meet annually in
the Capital, and tea at the White
House is one of the important events
during the meeting. May Is at. 5
o'clock is the time set for Mrs. Tru-
man to receive about 60 represent
latives of the Garden Clubs of Amer
lea who will have their annual meet
ing at that time