Evening star., 1934-05-20
WiHett Prepares
To Assume Post in
Community Chest
Viii attend Kansas City
Conference on So
cidL Work.

In preparation for assuming his new
post as acting director, Herbert L. Will
lett, jr., assistant director of the Com
munity Chest, has gone to Kansas City
to the National Conference on Social
Work, where he will attend a number
of special meeting of Chest directors
from all parts of the country, in order
to acquaint himself with methods in
use outside Washington. Mr.. Willett
spent two days in Rochester, NJ Y,
where the Chest campaign is In prog
ress, studying the methods used in that
Chest. He was accompanied to Roch-
ester by H. L. Rust, jr., campaign
chairman.
Catholic Charities.
Miss Florence Murray has accepted
the position of receiving secretary Of
the Catholic Charities. She came from
New York. She is graduate of the
University of Minnesota and has done
postgraduate work with the New York
School of Social Work and the Uni
versity of Minnesota, where she took
her masters degree. She has held
supervisory positions under the De-
partment of Public Welfare of St. Paul
and with the Children's Bureau Of
Ramsay County, Pennsylvania Miss
Murray made a threeyear study of
children placed in Minnesota by the
New York Founding Home, and
study of maternity care and children
in the Fisher Home in Providence
Hospital, Detroit For the past two
years she has been executive secretary
of the Catholic Charities of Whining
ton. Del. She is a member of the Amer
ican Association of Social Workers.
Juanita X. Nye Council House.
A dance recital will be given by the
children of the house. 600 Sixth street
southwest, next Wednesday at $3.50
o'clock, to which the public is invited.
Friendship House.
The Mothers Club will hold a So
cial at 326 Virginia avenue southeast
next Wednesday evening. The Eliza
beth Somers Glee Club will sing and
there will be games and refreshments.
Southwest Community House.
Exercises celebrating the annual
Childs May day we're held at SOL Sec
ond street southwest last week. The
program was arranged by Mrs. Anna
p. Glenn, practical instructor at Freed
mems Hospital, who is group adviser.
The Girl Scout group participated in
a girls club program with the Girl
Scouts of the Metropolitan Baptist
Church when they presented the play
Every Girl Loves a Lover" Miss
Gladys Ward was in charge of music.
and Mrs. Susie Saunders was mistress
Of ceremonies.
Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. c. A.
The Church Fellowship Committee
has been reorganized with Mrs. E. L.
Tolson chairman. 1t Is designed TO
acquaint the churches with the aims
and ideals of the Young Women's
Christian Association. The commit
tee will hold its first public meeting
next Friday, when Mrs. Julia West
Hamilton, president of the Phyllis
Wheatley, will talk on the annual
convention which she attended in
Philadelphia.
Ministers Of all churches will be
honor guests and several will partici-
pate in the program. which is under
the direction of Mrs. Fletcher l..
Howell
The industrial and business depart
ment will hold public educational
meeting next Thursday evening, with
DR.. H. A. Hunt. assistant to the gov
ernor of the Farm Credit Administra-
ton, speaking on The Problems Of
the Rural Negro"
Mrs. R. Bethel will preside at the
vesper services next Sunday at 4
o'clock.
Boys Club of Washington.
Junior members of the club par
ticipated in an all-day outing in Rock
Creek Park yesterday. Each boy
brought his own lunch and a picnic
was one of the features of the day.
Jewish Foster Home.
Two of the girls residing at the
home. 3213 Q street, will be confirmed
at the annual confirmation service to
be held at the Eighth Street Temple
today.
Northeast Boys Club.
The senior class is painting and
otherwise refurnishing the gymnasium.
Otto Nielsen has been named physical
director of the club, and together
with James Hughes, Roy Michaels and
Edwin Suit, will serve as umpires for
the games to be played by the Sal
vation Army Base Ball League, which
has been formed