Evening star., 1925-08-28


tinct organiza tions cannot be read
mitted. IT was said. as they We're
dropped by the department auxiliary
| assembled in annual session.
No one could regret more than !
the disturbance within our ranks and
| the necessity for revoking the charters
| OF the three units. We would all be
delighted to have the members OF
those units reform and again join us
| in the great work there is for us to
| do in aiding ex-service men and their
| families" said Mrs. Walker.
To Expand Child Work.
The department auxiliary last night
also decided to enter into a great eX-
pansion of its child welfare work and
appointed Mrs. Leon Arnold, retiring
| president Of the department auxiliary
as chairman of the committee in
charge of the program.
Mrs. Arnold Is to hold the position
| for two years. For the first time In
the history Of the auxiliary here, Mrs.
Arnold said today, a comprehensive
survey OF conditions of children of
service men in local child-caring insti-
| tutions and reformatories, together
| with a program of alleviating the in
| digent, will be launched in the near
future.
Sale of poppies suring the last year
| brought more thar. 81 900 into the
treasury of the auxiliary, II was re-
ported, and liberal amount of this is
expected TO be devoted to the activities
| of the child welfare department.
The poppy report was made by Mrs.
Mary killeen. who supplemented her
| report with resolution that a and
ardized name, The Fla nders Field
Poppy" be adopted for the auxiliary's s
! flower. to avoid confusion with the
Buddy Poppy OF the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. 1t was una nimously
| adopted.
Mrs. Mary Shanahan Of the Cos.
| tello unit was elected first vice presi-
! dent of the auxiliary and other Of
i ficers elected We're: Mrs. Edna Nc
Intosh of the Evans unit, second vice
president Mrs. Daniel b. Miller,
| Spangler unit, chaplain: Mrs. George
| Davis, Costello unit. colorbea rer; Mrs.
Mary kolhos, Killeen unit, Gus
! todian.
The following delegates to the ma
| tional convention of the auxiliaries
| were selected: Mrs. Walker Mrs.
Kolhos, Mrs. L. A. White. Mrs. Nc.
Intosh and Mrs. Mary Killeen. The
| alternates were Mrs. Sha ma han, Mrs.
Ethel Fowler. Mrs. Emma Belt, Mrs.
| w. E. Harvey and Mrs. Nancy Lee.
| Mrs. Leon Arnold was named alter
nate to the executive committee.
| While election of the officers was
/ orderly, it followed a hectic session,
| in which Mrs. Walker and Charles
Reimer comman nder of .the Stuart
! Walcott Post, American Legion, the
/ auxiliary of which was one of the
| three ousted at Wednesday night g
| meeting, became engaged in a heated
| controversy.
Came Under Protest.
| Commander Reimer, it was said,
entered the session of the auxiliary
against protests by many OF the
| women present, but finally was gra mt
ed the privilege of the floor by Mrs.
| Shanahan, who was presiding in the
| temporary absence Of Mrs. Arnold.
| Comdr. Reimer attacked members of
| the auxiliary for permitting news OF
| the strife within the organization TO
| the endowment drive which the Amer.
lean Legion is now conducting.
| Mrs. Walker, the nominee for
president. Immediately took issue with
! the statement and declared that the
ousting OF the three units of the
auxiliary and the subsequent reports
| of the affair had not injured the cause
| of the legion's drive.
Both Mr.. Relmer and Mrs. Walker
later offered regrets for their verbal
pyrotechnics. and the election proceed
ed on withdrawal of the Walcott com.
ma nder.
| The depa rtment auxiliary later in
the meeting voted an appropriation OF
5000 toward the endowment drive of
the legion.