Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27


Wolff Smith and Mrs. Dorothy B
. Harper. Hospital visiting-Mrs. Clara
Sonneman, Mrs. Josephus c.. Trimble
and Mrs. John Spengler, Hospital sup
plies - Mrs. Thomas E. Fawcett
Afghans-Mrs. Katie Zeh, Mrs. Louise
White. Mrs. Ethel Fowler and Mrs
Katie DOGGY. Veterans clothing-MrS
Harry Gilchrist, Mrs. Stuart Johnson
Mrs. Daniel B. Miller and Mrs. Hortense
Fuller. Child welfare--Mrs. r. S. Jones
Mrs. Camille Sheehan. Mrs. Ray Avery,
Mrs Porter Dale and Mrs. John Thomas
Taylor. Girl Scout liaison offlcer-Mrs.
Golden Ruggles. Americanism-Mrs.
Lucia r. Maxwell, Mrs. Claude Brigham,
Mrs Jerome Lightfoot and Mrs. Ethel
Fowler. Poppymaking-Mrs j. Miller
Kenyon, Mrs Katie Gross, Mrs. Robert
NJ. Tolson and Mrs. M. Tucker. Legis-
lative-Mrs N. N. Mock and Mrs. Ed
mund Bulls.
The sewing section of the rehabilita-
! ton committee made IS surgical pillows
! at last weeks meeting for use in the
smputation wards Of veteran hospitals,
The speakers of the evening were
Maj. Paul V. Collins commander OF
| George Washington Post, and Mrs.
Lowell F. Hobart. past national preSi-
| dent of the auxiliary.
!
membership: Mrs. Paul V. Collins, Mrs.
Harlan Wood, Mrs. Isaac We'll and Mrs.
j. O'Connor Roberts.
Salon department, District of Column
bia ct 40, will maintain a 3-day host
ess room at the Washington Hotel to-
morrow, Tuesday and Wednesday for
the benefit of visiting delegates to the
WomenS Patriotic Conference on Ma
tional Defense to be held in Washington
this week. Mrs. Roberta Fawcett and
Mrs. Irene Arnold are co-chairmen for
this activity LIE Chapeau National Mrs.
A. Ann Seymour of New York Will be
the ranking guest of honor at the an
nual visitation and informal reception
in rooms D and E, mezzanine floor,
Washington Hotel, tomorrow evening at
8 o'clock. Many national officers VIII
attend. Les Demi Chapeaux Viola
Benedict and Janet McRae are CO.
chairmen for this occasion.
The National Defense Conference
dinner will be the evening of January
30. rose room, Washington Hotel, and
presented by the Salon and Voiture OF
the District, with Grand Chef de Care
James O'Connor Roberts and LIE Cha
peau Departmental Dorothy B. Harper,
presiding. The occasion honorS the ma
tional commander, the national preSi-
dent. La Societe National 40 and 8 and
LIE Chapeau National 8 ct 40, as we'll
as the national presidents of the SO
participating organizations attending
the defense conference with repreSen-
tatives from every State, Hawaii and
Alaska. Other distinguished guests will
be Senator and Mrs. Porter H. Dale.
Senator and Mrs. Daniel F. Steck, SEN
Gen. Charles P. Summeran and Mrs.
Summerall, Col. Burton c. Robbins,
Senator and Mrs Arthur Robinson,
Senator and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland,
Senator and Mrs. w. H. McMasters,
Representative Royal c. johnson and
Mrs. johnson, Representative Edith
Nourse Rogers and Representative Mary
T. Norton.
In charge of the dinner reception
will be the officers with Partners Faw-
cett. Kolhos, Carey, Lois McRae, Lyons,
Houston, with Mrs. Irene Arnold as
general chairman of activities and dis
tinguished guests. Following the dinner
the assemblage will proceed to the Lee
gion Ball at the Willard Hotel.
A social meeting was held at the
home of Partner Fawcett January is,
with Partners Boberg, Mcintosh and
Catlin as hostesses.
The national executive committee, at
a meeting at Indianapolis recently, set
the dates of September 80 to October
3, inclusive for the next annual ma
tional convention to be held at Louis
Vile, KY.
Rabbi Lee ]. Levinger of Columbus,
Ohio, is the new national chaplain OF
the American Legion. He was elected
by the national executive committee at
the national headquarters to succeed
Rabbi Herman j. Beck OF Pottsville,
Pa, who resigned.
American Legion posts having drill
teams will have an opportunity to COM
pete with other teams at future ma
tional conventions of the Legion as the
result of action taken by the Legions
national executive committee. For
some time there has been a feeling
among some of the departments that
provision should be made for this COM
petition at national conventions. The
executive committee approved a report
of its subcommittee on trophies and
awards which authorized drill-team
competition at national conventions and
provided for cash prizes totaling $500.
First prize will be $500: second prize
5000, and third prize. $780, under the
provisions made by the committee on
trophies and awards. It was explained,
however, that these prizes will not be
available until after the eleventh ma
tional convention to be held in Louis
vile, KY.
The committee authorized the ap-
pointment of a committee to have
charge Of the awards for the best post
histories prior to 1880 and again In
1888. The members Of the committee,
all department historians, are Rev.
Harry S. Ruth, Wisconsin; William c.
Mundt, Illinois, and DR.. Claude M.
Feuss, Massachusetts.
The members of Vincent B. Costello
Auxiliary Unit, No. Is, the American
Legion, are engaged in a recruiting
campaign to enlarge its present men,
bership. The new officers of the auxil-
larry unit are Mrs. Ada " Murray, pres
ldent; Mrs. Emily Bach, vice president;
mrs. Katherine Weeks, secretary; Miss
Alice Costello, treasurer, and Mrs. Mar
garet Franklin chaplain. Meetings in
the future will be held in the District
Building, the first meeting of each
month to be devoted to business and the
second meeting to entertainment.
The members have just completed the
new uniforms for the members of the
drum corps composing the minstrel
troupe. Last Friday night the drum
corps OF the Vincent B. Costello Post
| entertained the children of st. Joseph's
| school with a minstrel show, after
| which the ladies of the unit served re-
| freshmentS to the children.
Veterans of Eornjr,. vHy.~s