Evening star., 1935-04-28
LEGION AUXILIARY
WILL GIVE PARTY
Comdr. and Mrs. Roberts to
Assist Miss Mcintosh
in Receiving.

The Department of the District Of
Columbia American Legion Auxiliary
will hold a dance and card party next
Saturday from $50 to l o'clock at
the Mayfiower Hotel The colors Of
each unit will be presented with the
colors of the department.
Department Comdr. James O'Connor
Roberts. with his entire staff and
their wives, head the list of sponsors.
Comdr. and Mrs. Roberts will assist
the department president, Miss M.
Edna Mcintosh. and her staff in re-
ceiving the guests.
The committees in charge include:
Mrs Edith Landvoight, chairman;
Mrs. Thacker v. Walker. vice chair
man. Cards, Mrs. Helen McCabe.
Mrs. Thelma Stuart and Mrs. Grace
Close. Dance Floor, Mrs. Louise Good
acre. Mrs. Catherine Waters, Mrs.
GesSford and Mrs. Catherine Sheedy.
Door, Mrs Porter Bush and Mrs. Cath
crime Mills. Colors, Mrs. Margaret
Carroll. Distinguished Guests. Miss
Mcintosh, Miss Clara Humphries. Miss
Nici Perrel and Mrs. Thelma Stuart.
Publicity. Mrs. Thacker v. Walker and
Miss Lillian Reagan.
Victory Unit. No. 4. celebrated its
fifteenth birthday anniversary April
% at the Gingham Club with din
ner dance. Among the guests were
Miss Edna Mcintosh. department
president; her two vice presidents.
Mrs Stuart and Miss Humphries;
Miss l. Sheehan, president of Costello
Unit, No. Is; Mrs. Marie Dyer. past
department president: Mrs. Dorothy
Harper. national chapeau passe. and
many others. SC
A tribute to the Gold Star Mothers
will be paid in the form of an out
standing program. May 10, at the
Thomas Circle Club at 8 pm. Miss
Edna Mcintosh and her staff of Of
ficers VIII also be entertained on
their official visitation the same even
ing. Mrs. J. H. Minis is chairman
of arrangements.
A social meeting was held Thursday
at the home of Mrs. Belle S. Gibson.
After brief business meeting the unit
was entertained by the hostess.
Sergt. Jasper Unit, No 13, met at
the Thomas Circle Club last Thurs
day evening" A mothers day program
was presented.
party and dance tomorrow at the
Gingham Club in Child's Restaurant
This will also include the regular
floor show of the club. Tickets may
be secured from any officer of the
unit.
The Americanism and National De-
fense program will be held at the
Thomson School next Friday at 8
pm. when the unit will present the
colors to the Sergt. Jasper Squad,
No. Is, Sons Of the American Legion.
This program will be in charge of
Mrs Gladys Marthill. Americanism
and National Defense chairman of
this unit Among the speakers will
be w. A. McCallum, commander,
Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 10: A. c. Case
: of Palais Royal Department Store,
Nine. Julia Cantacuzene Grant,
Porter Bush, detachment commander,
the Sons of the American Legion;
Miss Edna Mcintosh, department
president Of the American Legion
Auxiliary, and several others.
The committee arranging the May
dance of Salon No. IA, Eight ct Forty,
met at the Washington Hotel on last
Tuesday evening, with the general
chairman, Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper,
presiding. 1t will be held at the
Washington Hotel.
| Among the distinguished guests
accepting invitations are Senator Rich
ard B. Russell and Miss Ina D. Rus
sell, Representative E. w. Gearheart,
past department commander American
Leion of California; Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest B. Grant, Miss Faustine Dennis,
national president Women's Overseas
League; William H. Morrell, national
pilgrimage officer Department of the
District of Columbia, American Legion,
and Mrs. Morrell; Miss Ann D. Pryde,
department welfare officer of the
American Legion, Department of the
District of Columbia; Mrs. Jonathan
Y. Wheatley, national vice president
of the American Legion Auxiliary for
this division; Miss Alice Hawkins,
demi chapeau Rationale Eight ct
Forty; Mrs. Marie Dyer and Mrs. Irene
Arnold, past department presidents of
the American Legion Auxiliary, and
Miss Edna Mcintosh, department presi-
dent of American Legion Auxiliary,
and her entire staff.
The last meeting of the salon was
held at the Washington Hotel, with
Chapeau Mabel Staub In the chair.
Visiting members in the city attending
the D. A. r. convention were guests
of the evening.
The junior department of Stephen
P. McGroarty Unit, No. 81, met at
the home of the unit president, Miss
Mary Glenn Newell, In Falls Church,
April 20. Eggs were dyed and 28
Easter baskets made and filled for
the nursery school of Neighborhood
House. The next meeting of the
juniors will be Saturday afternoon.
May 4.
The regular meeting of Stephen p.
McGroarty Unit was held Monday
evening at the Thomas Circle Club.
Seven applications for membership
were received. .
The unit held a poppy meeting
Thursday evening at the home Of the
Misses Stambaugh, 5000 Seventeenth
street. The next poppy meeting will
be held Friday evening, with Mrs.