Evening star., 1932-03-06
Orphans COMMITTEES" of the Depart
ment of the District of Columbia.

| OTDhdnS COflUlltJcS VI lie DepdI =
ment of the District Of Columbia.
Discussion of location Of new club
rooms to accommodate increased at
tendance at meetings and the admission
! of new members featured the regular
meeting of the Sergeant Jasper Post No
| l3. Wednesday evening at the Thomas
| Circle Club. 1926 Massachusetts, avenue
A committee previously appointed with
authority to act reported on the matter
of new club rooms ana post action
through the members present, resulted
New members admitted lncluoeo VIII
liam P. Connel, James =. McSaItny,
David Henry Volland, DR.. Ovid c. Foote
and DR.. B. R. CaldWeu: Coiiloi' Io-
ward l.. Marthill presided.
The Vincent B. Costello unit; No. 10
held its regular meeting Iuesoay eve
ming. The membership drive was III
stituted for March. ,,,,a
Mrs. Howard Fisk department cnllo
welfare officer. gave an account OF tne
conference she attended In 1rehton'
N. j., last week. -.
Mrs. Edith O'Connor. first vice presl-
dent of the department and memoel :
ship officer, spoke in the interest OF t,ie
membership drive. She offereo tLe
trophies for highest percentage IN nleh-
bership.
Mrs Kavanagh. at Providence Hos
pital. and Mrs. Schroeder, at Mount
Alto we're visited by Mrs. Ada Murray
and taken flowers. Mrs. Cipirani and
Mrs. Nina Brewers visited comrades at
Walter Reed Hospital.
Plans we're completed for caro- ana
bingo party at go M street nortneast
March 10 at o'clock
The meeting on March Is will be a
social, held at the Sears-Roeouck ArI
Galleries, l1O6 Connecticut avenue, at D
pm The hostesses will be Mrs. Vlola
Costello and Miss Alice Costello.
The regular meeting of Victory Post,
American Legion, will be held 1uesoay
evening in Odd Fellows Temple, 4!y
Seventh street, with Comdr. c. w.
Browning presiding.
The membership prizes awarded TO
Roscoe L. 'Oatley and Tilemohos Lom-
piris will be presented by the post COM
mander. The plans for the member
ship drive, which will take place the
latter part of March, will be presented
for approval of the post.
Members of the post are requested by
Welfare Officer Albertus N. Schroeder
to bring any old clothes they may have
to this meeting in order that they may
be collected and turned over to needy
ex-service men.
Henry c. Spengler Unit held its Feb
ruary meeting at Thomas Circle Club,
President Jennie F. Knight in the chair.
Vice President Lillian Reagan was the
units representative at the American
Legion's Area "B" Child Welfare Con-
ference recently in Trenton, N. j., Civ
ing report on the two-day session.
Mrs. Eva Chase. Bicentennial chair
man, reported arrangements being made
for planting a white birch tree in Po-
tomac Park in honor of the mother Of
George Washington, to be called the
Mary Washington tree and dedicated
on Mothers day. May 8. Mrs. Chase
reported the committee had plans for
the planting of other trees. details to be
given later
The unit will cooperate in the De-
partment FTDAC plans and will dress
a doll for the FIDAC congress. This
activity will be in charge of Mrs. Daniel
B. Miller. unit FIDAC chairman.
Spengler Unit gave the wreath placed
by the department on the Washington
tomb at Mount Vernon ColorbearerS