Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-26
DISPLAY FLAG, GIVE
SUPPORT TO DRIVE,
|. CITIZEN HEADS ASK
Committee Leading Efforts
to Boom Associations
Works With Vigor.


cay by tn" central committee in
charge of the organized citizenship
dr1V" to display the American flag
from his home or place of business
from now until the drive ends, De-
Cemher l.
The committees purpose in asking
Tor display of the Stars and Stripes
IS to remind those men and women
VINO nav" not yet Joined that in the
present period of unrest the citizens
associa tions in the National Capital
stand for good AmeriCanism.
another purpose of the committee
is to show by the flag that it is as
much the duty of every resident to
take an active interest in the every
day AFFAIRS of his city as it was his
duty to stand behind the government
during the war
Gaining Momentum.
Officers of the central committee
said today that all their information
Indicates that the drive is gaining
nc, I'm. IN every section as each
day OF the campaign goes by.
With few exceptions. the canvas
sers who have been heard from re-
port that they have been welcomed
at the homes of the men and women
who have been outside the fold of
the associations
Columbia Heights Citizens Associa-
ton today reported that Associate
Justice Day of the United States Su-
preme Court and Representative w.
NJ Stevenson of South Carolina have
signed application blanks.
Jesse G. Suter. chairman of the CEN
trail committee in charge of the drive,
today obtained the application of Cor
nelius Ford. public printer, for the
Lincoln Park Association.
Another Cabinet Member.
yesterday afternoon followed the &C
ton of his associates in the Presi-
dents cabinet and signed up. He sig
ni'1ed his intention of taking an &C
tive interest in the affairs of his COM
munity.
The captains Of the membership
teams in Columbia Heights follow:
DR.. Seneca b. Balm. w. +. Bryant,
Charles W. Brett. Frank NJ Barnes.
Judge G. S. Bundv, Alton b. Carly,
Henry p Cole. Prof Louis II. Crook.
Miss Cora G; Curry, DR.. W. r; Ellen
berger, DR.. J. A. Flynn. Adam Fl. Cad
dis, George +. Haske. J. Clinton Hiatt,
A. c. Houghton, Mrs. Lyman F. Keb-
Ter, c. c. Lancaster, J. o. Lewis, Albert
B. Mess, DR.. Hugh Nutting, Max OPP
penheimer. b. w. Payne, Fred j. Rice,
II. V. Speelman, A. II. Strasburger. w.
|. Swanton. w. 3. Todd. E. Wilcox,
Robert l.. Williams. Thomas H. Yea
ger and Ivan c. Weld.
Urges "Sign Up Now"
Joseph A. Berberich, president of
the Merchants and manufacturers
Association. today mailed to the heads
Of downtown business establishments
a letter setting forth the advantages
of belonging to a citizens association
and urging them to sign up now.
His letter reads:
The citizens associations of the
Ii
drive for an increased membership at
this time. AS president of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton / feel it my duty to call this to
your attention, that not only your
selves personally, but also those who
work with you in your establishments
should take a personal interest in the
successful development Of this most
praiseworthy movement.
"As citizens of the District OF Co
lumba (pardon me for calling you
citizens, you are merely 'residentsD
you owe it to yourselHes individually
and to your families eacN and every one
Of you to be member OF some cltlZenS
association.
THE citizens associations of the Dis
trict of Columbia form great construc-
tive unit for the betterment of your resi-
Dental neighborhood. therefore, we may
say that our interests in this respect
are even selfish.
But 1 know that I do not have to
appeal to you on that ground. II you
have not done SO, do the logical thing
now.
Join a citizens association"
Reorganize at Benning.
Further evidence that the drive is
arousing civic interest in every corner
of the city was revealed this morning
when Warner Stutler of Benning, D. c.,
the District building and announced that
called at campaign headquarters in
the Benning Citizens Association was
rcorganiZed last night after eighteen
months of inactivity.
They held a joint meeting with the
Kenilworth Citizens Association in Odd
Fellows Hall at Benning. While the two
organizations did not consolidate, they
decided to work together on all matters
of mutual interest to the two sections.
The reorganized Benning associa-
ton elected the following officers:
Warner Stutler. president: Andrew
Loeffier, vice president; Rev. Mr.. Brown
of the Christian Church. secretary, and
DR.. Harry Epps. treasurer.
Rev. Henry N. Couden, chaplain of
the House of Representatives, is one
the citizenship movement
Among the District officials who
have been signed up to the associa-
tions in their respective neighbor-
hoods are: Daniel J. Donovan. audi
tor; Maj. Pullman, superintendent of
police; Mrs. Nina c. Van Wrinkle, head
of the woman's bureau of the police
department.; DR.. Lewis A. Griffith,
superintendent of insurance, and
George w. Wallace. head of the water
registrars office.