Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Activities ~
Planned by
SOrOrities

nj IaSnlon SHOWS TO anniversary
celebrations. elections and con-
ventions are being planned by
various local sorority groups
from today through April.
The Washington Alumnae
Chapter of Phi Chi Theta will
kick of this weeks activities
with a Founders Day banquet to
be given at $50 o'clock tonight
at the Iron Gate Inn.
Guest speaker for the occasion
will be DR.. Florence A. Arm
strong, vice president of the
National Woman's Party, who
will discuss the current status of
the Equal Rights Amendment.
Mrs. Arthur r. Sonnenberg
will give a brief review of the
Sorority's national and local
chapters and Mrs. Francis G.
Jameson will preside as toast
mistress.
Election of Officers
The election of new officers
for 1953-54 will highlight a
meeting of the Washington
Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi
to be held at 8 pm. tomorrow
at the home of Mrs. Frederick
Dew. Shelton of 441l Hadfield
lane NV.
Mrs. Wilson Compton will be
guest speaker for this affair.
Spring Benefit
The annual spring benefit
fashion show Of the Washington
Alumnae Chapter of Gamma
Beta Sorority will be presented
at 8:15 pm. Thursday at the
Women's Club of Chevy Chase.
Proceeds from the event will
provide camping this summer
for handicapped children in the
Washington area through the
Family and Child Services Of
the District.
Special guests will be Jimma
and Jerry Strong of WMAL-TV
and Radio Station WMAL.
Mrs. j. M. Curtis of Brook
haven, Md, is chairman of the
show and Mrs. Richard Harris
is ticket chairman.
Anniversary Luncheon
Mrs. j. L. Blair Buck, former
president of the General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, will be
the guest speaker at an ami
versary luncheon meeting of the
Mu Chapter of Delta Kappa
Gamma to be held at noon Sat-
urday in the George Mason Ho-
tel, Alexandria.
She will speak on the subject.
Cultural Contributions of the
East"
An initiation ceremony will
precede the luncheon.
Foshion Show-Teu
An accessory fashion show
will be combined with tea for
members and friends of Kappa
Alpha Theta women's fraternity
to be held at 1870 pm. Saturday
at the Bethesda Chevy Chase
store of Woodward and Lothrop.
Bridge and canasta games will
be played later in the afternoon.
lnitiotion Ceremony
Representative Ruth Thomp-
son, Republican of Michigan, will
be made an international hon.
orary member of Beta Sigma
Phi, international non-academic
sorority. at a special initiation
ceremony to be held at I PIN.
next Monday at the Washington
Beta Sigma Phi House, 1701
Twenty-f1rst street NV.
Miss Thompson, who was
selected for outstanding human
itarian accomplishments, will be
the third Washington resident
chosen for honorary membership
in Beta Sigma Phi which has
100, 900 members in six countries.
Mrs. Alline Crossf1eld, president
of Beta Sigma Phi City Council.
will conduct the initiation cere-
mony. 1t will be followed by a
reception honoring Miss Thomp-
son.
Mrs. Harold Burton and Mrs.
George Hates, international
honorary members of the soror-
ity, are expected to be among
those attending the initiation
and reception.
The sorority has % chapters
in Washington.
April Convention
Members Of District Is OF
Kappa Alpha Theta are complet-
ing plans for a three day con-
vention slated to begin April II
in the Wardman Park Hotel.
Mrs. Omar Bradley and Mrs.
Douglas Mckay, wife of the Sec
rotary of the Interior will act as
honorary chairmen of the con-
vention.
Others who will serve on the
committee include Mrs. William
B. Blackburn, president of Dis
trict 16: Mrs. Merwin D. Ray
ner. president of the Washington
Alumni Chapter; Mrs. Harvey j.
Gunderson, convention manager:
Mrs. Carey Winston, program
chairman; Mrs. Everett Flood,
social chairman. and Mrs. Evan
c. Stone, jr., registration chair
man.
More than 300 Kappa Alpha
Thetans are expected to attend.
District Is is made up of five
active college chapters and eight
alumnae groups from Washing
ton and the States of Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia and North
Carolina.
Chopeou Show
Wednesday