Evening star., 1929-01-04
HEADS OF REGIONS
FOR CHEST NAMED
Division Chairmen Selected.
They Win Choose Captains
and. Team Members.

Definite progress toward the organiza-
ton of volunteer workers to solicit funds
in the Washington Community Chest
campaign, January 2S to February 6,
was effected yesterday with the naming
by w. w. Spaid, chairman of the
metropolitan unit for solicitation pur-
poses, of four vice chalrmen, each to
have charge of a specific region" in
the metropolitan area.
The Vice Chairmen Are:
Arthur May, to be chairman of region
A, covering in general the eastern part
of the city; H. L. Rust, jr, to be chair
man of region B, covering in general
the north central section OF the city;
Merritt o. Chance, region C, or the
| downtown section, and Simon Lyon,
region D, which includes the western
part of the city.
Announcement of their acceptance of
the vice chairmanships, to serve as
chairmen of the regions, was made by
MIR. Spaid last night at dinner In the
| Willard Hotel, where about 20 men
prominent in the business and profess
sional life Of Washington were his
| guests.
Divisional Heads Named.
The regional chairmen named num-
ber of divisional chairmen. The divi-
sional chairmen, in turn, are to name
team captains and the latter will choose
team members.
Next Thursday night the regional
chairmen, divisional chairmen and team
captains will hold joint meeting.
The special gifts committee, headed
by Robert " Fleming, is scheduled to
| name his vice chairmen today, and
the group solicitations committee,
headed by Frank r. Jelleff, win name
his vice chairmen next week.
In all the list of volunteer workers
is expected to number about 5000 per-
sons. The campaign will be for between
$1,000,000 and $1,500,000 to finance the
work of the 81 charitable and social
member agencies in the chest.
Division Chairmen Listed.
Division chairmen as named by the
four regional chairmen at last nights
meeting are as follows:
Named by MIR. May-Chairman OF
region A. Dr. G.. C. Havenner, Ana
costa; Ernest H. Daniel, president
Garry Ice Cream Co., Southeastern di-
vision, DIR. PerclVal HAN, pTeSlQenL CdL-
laudet College, Trinidad division; Ma
rion M. Mclean, Brookland division
Arthur S. Cudmore, Far Northeastern
division: c. F. Hoover, vice president
Northeast Savings Bank, Stanton Square
division.
BY Mr.. Rust-Chairman Of region
3D." S. H. Kaufman of The Evening
Star, Kalorama-Lanier division; Henry
Gilligan, North Capitol division; j. G.
Yaden, chief clerk Civil Service Com
mission, Brightwood- -Chillum Heights
division; Edison w. Briggs, Takoma
Manor Park and Sixteenth Street
Heights division; F. A. Bergfeld, chie1
: clerk U. S. Treasury, Columbia Heights
and Mount Pleasant division; E. S
Brashears, Piney Branch division.
BY Mr.. Chance-Chairman OF region
&C. j. B. Evans, Mid-City division
: John M. Cherry, West End division
,, Arthur C. Smith, Dupont Circle division
and Edward Murphy.
BY Mr.. Lyon-Chairman OF region ID,
F.. G. Addison, Georgetown division;
! Joshua Evans, jr., Rock Creek Park
|, division; w. j. Flather, jr., American
University division; Dion S. Birney
Conduit -Foxhall division; Edward H
Jones, Chevy Chase division, and c
Melvin Sharpe, chairman OF the Bur
i. leith-C Cathedral Heights division.