Evening star., 1948-01-04
OAR CbaPter Plans
St. Distaffs Day
Tea ON Wednesday,

The Constitution Chapter of the
District Daughters of the American
Revolution will hold its annual st.
Distaff's Day tea from 4 to 6 pm.
Wednesday at the OAR Chapter
House, 1882 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV.
January Z was the date on which
women of the American Colonies
returned to their spinning after q
12-day period of Christmas festivi-
ties, and the custom has been COM
memorated by the Constitution
Chapter for IS consecutive years.
Mrs. Allen r. Wrenn, chapter re-
gent, will head the receiving line.
Mrs. Thelma Lee Caylor will intro
duce the guests, who will include
Mrs. Wilfred j. Clearman, State
regent, and other State officers. Past
regents, headed by Mrs. Robert r.
McNeill and Mrs. Thomas H. Seay,
will preside at the tea table, and a
musical program will be presented
by Fleurette Joffrie, soprano, and
Nordica Bost, contralto, accompanied
by Lowell Vaile. Mrs. George A.
Cooke. vice regent, is in charge of
arrangements, assisted by Mrs Will
liam w. Kendrick, Miss Helen Red
field, Mrs. William B. Blackburn and
chapter officers.
Pottery Exhibit
An exhibition of choice pieces of
Majolica pottery, made in England,
France and America, will feature a
meeting Of the OAR Museum Com
mittee at 8 pm. Thursday at the
Chapter House. The owner of the
collection, Mrs. Arthur L. Sherman,
will give talk on its history. Mrs.
Donald M. Earll, State vice chair
man, will speak on the Washington
china at the Mount Vernon Museum
Miss Luella p Chase, State chair
man, will preside, and State and ma
tional officers will be special guests.
A review of an historical novel
will be given by Miss Audrey Belt at
meeting of the Abigail Hartman
Rice Chapter at 8 pm. Tuesday at
17O2 Hobart street NV. Mrs. Vir-
ginia Brooks and Miss Edwardina
Warren will serve as hostesses.
Meredith B. Colket, jr, of the Ma
tional Archives will be guest speaker
at a meeting of the Col. John Dom
elson Chapter at 2 pm. Saturday at
the Chapter House. Mrs. Chairman
will be guest of the chapter and
Miss Martha r. McCabe will direct
arrangements for the meeting.
Mrs. Charles Henry Plotner, State
chairman of press relations, will be
guest Of honor of the American
Liberty Chapter at the monthly
meeting at 2 pm. Friday. Mrs.
Floyd Reynolds will be hostess, as
sisted by Mrs. H. C. Kearns, jr.
The Frances Scott Chapter will
meet at 1:30 pm. Tuesday at the
Chapter House to hear Mrs. Harry
Gutridge present paper on the
Adams Memorial" The program
will also include reports on the
House That Jack Built" campaign
for the remodeling and redecoration
of the Chapter House by Mrs. Elmer
F. Cassel and Mrs. Virginia Heckert
Lambert.
The Master Builders" Committee
working on the Chapter House prof.
ect will meet on January 20 at the
home of Mrs. James Butler.
Memorial Program
A joint memorial program in
honor of James Monroe, soldier,
cabinet member and President, will
be presented by the Continental
Danes Chapter and the Judge Lynn
Chapter following their respective
Tuesday night at the
Chapter House.
The program will feature a talk
on the Monroe Doctrine by Laurence
G. Hoes, great-great-grandson of
the President and head of the James
Monroe Memorial Foundation organ
lied last year.
At the end Of the program Mrs.
Joseph B. Paul, regent of the CONT
mental Danes Chapter, will present
a recent biography of James Mon
roe by w. P. Cresson to the Chapter
House library. The volume will be
accepted by Mrs. Charles Carroll
Haig, president of the Chapter
House Corp. Mrs. Leon D. Philibert
and her daughters, the Misses
Estelle, Imogene and Helene Phili-
bert, will be hostesses for the Conti-
mental Danes Chapter and Miss
Mamie Hawkins is chairman of
hostesses for the Judge Lynn Chap
ter.
Mrs. Ruth Bronson, secretary OF
the National Congress of American
Indians, will be guest speaker at
of the Susan Riviere Hetzel
Chapter at 2 pm. Friday at the
Chapter House Miss Irene Pistorio, |
State chairman of the American
Indians Committee, will be guest of
honor. Mrs. Charles F. Creighton,
will preside and hostesses
will include Mrs. Charles Johnston,
Mrs. Wilmer Souder, Mrs. William |