Evening star., 1948-03-05
Breckenridge club
Guests Named for
Friendship Day +"

The Netherlands Ambassador and
Mime. van Kleffens will be the guests
of honor Of the National M. Eleanor
Breckenridge Club OF the District
at the friendship day" tea to be
given from to pm. Sunday at
the Washington Hotel.
Joining the club in its annual
tribute to countries where it has es-
tablished friendship projects will
be the Takoma Park Women's Club,
and the Pan American Liaison Com
mittee.
The Takoma Park club was voted
by the club the organization with
the most worthwhile project for
Holland this year and the Pan
American Liaison Committee was
considered the organization doing
the most outstanding work for Pan
American friendship among women.
Mrs. Edward P. Martin, president
of the Breckenridge Club, will pre-
side at the tea. Mrs. w. H. Young
man, president of the Takoma Park
club. and Mrs. John T. Lucker. pres
ident of the Pan American Liaison
Committee, will present the distin-
guished guests during short pro-
gram.
Other guests will be Senior Mario
Prieto, second secretary of the Chill
can Embassy, and Aluizio Napoleao,
second secretary OF. the Brazilian |
Embassy. who will bring greetings |
from their respective countries.
A feature Of the program will be
description by Mrs. Penn Howard
Of the scholarship memorials spon-
sored by the club for foreign STU
dents.
The club this year has continued
the board, room and education of
Chinese orphan boy which 1t
started four years ago as a memorial |
to Mrs. Ethel Mackessy. 1t is also
sponsoring the care and education
Of Chinese orphan girl in memory
Of the first deceased member Of the
club, Mrs. Bernard Mestekin.
The clubs newest scholarship, tn
memory Of Mrs. Glen Crittenden
its most recently deceased member,
will be established for the training
and education of q native African
girl for missionary work among her
own people.
Training of foreign nurses in this
country is also another club project.
It has recently asked Miss Carvallo
Luz of Chile to come to the United
States for nursing study so that she
may return to teach in her Gown
country. The clubs cooperation
has also been asked in the sending
of other nurses from Chile for study
in this country.
The tea program will include
Dutch songs and music by Mrs.
Thomas Slowie and Mrs. T. David
Gates of the Takoma Park Women's
Club. Mrs. Marguerite Andrade,
chairman Of international relations
Of the Breckenridge Club, will also
review a book written by Carmen
Lara y Fernandez, a former Brack-
enridge scholarship student from
the Dominican Republic.
Several local women's organiza-
tions will have representatives.
among the guests at the tea, includ-
ing Mrs. Edward C. Magdeburger Of
the Petworth Woman's Club and
president of the District Federation
of Women's Clubs; Mrs. Gertrude
Parks, past president of the District
Federation; Mrs. Frank ]. Mulkern,
Entire Nous Club. Miss Edith M. |
Beattie, Graduate Nurses Associa-
ton of the District; Mrs. Gladys NJ |
Bowling, Women's City Club; Mrs.
James r. Feffer, Prince Georges
County Medical Society Auxiliary; |
Mrs. Helen Collins, Emily Nelson
Chapter, District Daughters Of the
American Revolution, and Mrs.
George A. Cook, Columbia Heights
Art Club.