Evening star., 1936-12-13
LEGION AUXILIARY
PLANS YULEFETES
Christmas Parties to Be
Held at Hospitals for
Ex.Service Men.

Christmas parties will be observed
at the various Government hospitals
for ex-service men and women begin.
ming December 20, when the following
units Of the District Of Columbia De-
partment, American Auxiliary, will
visit Mount Alto Hospital: Nash,
Killeen, Agriculture, Sergeant Jasper.
Police, James Reece Europe and James
E. Walker. A Christmas package
will be presented to each patient and
refreshments will be served.
The Naval Hospital will be visited
by the Government Printing ONCE
Unit and Stephen P. McGrority Unit.
and the Spengler, Lincoln and
Treasury Units will visit Walter Reed
Hospital. All of the plans for this
activity are under the supervision Of
Mrs. Ada Riley. chairman Of rehabili.
tAtion.
Mrs. Irene Arnold, . past depart
ment president, will give tea today
in honor Of Mrs. Killeen, department
president, at her home In Airing
ton, Va.
The next executive meeting will
be held December 21 at the Y. w.
c. A., 6l4 E street. Miss Margaret
Garry. department secretary, will give
her report on the conference at
Indianapolis.
The Killeen Unit will hold q lunch
con December 10 at pm. at the
Fairfax Hotel, 1000 Massachusetts,
avenue.
The Christmas party will held in
the club rooms, 1904 M street, Decem-
ber 81. The time to be announced
later.
The units birthday party will be
held January l6 at the La Fayette
Hotel.
The Juniors elected and installed
the following officers: President,
Rosemary Fones; chaplain, Beverly
Zones; secretary, Elizabeth Westline.
They will give q bingo party Janu-
ary for the benefit of the capital
tax and for Junior activities.
Kenneth H. Nash Unit met at the
Raleigh Hotel, with the president,
Mrs. Mary B. Corwin. presiding
Under the direction of the Child Wei
fare chairman, Mrs. Lillian K. Urban,
baskets OF food were furnished needy
veterans families at Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Klaapack, Fidac chairman,
presented to the president, for pres
entation to Mrs. Faunielle Keller, the
units Fidac chairman in 1856, q
Fidac medal. 1t was the gift of Col.
Julius I. Peyser, past department COM
mander, and was awarded by him to
Mrs. Keller for her outstanding serv-
ice in the interests of Ffdac.
Jack Mulvey, commander. of Nash
Post, spoke on the desire of the post
to work with the unit. Past Comdr.
Rex Madden spoke briefly on the Nash
Post News, of which he Is editor.
James Reece Europe Unit, No. 5,
met at Garnet-Patterson School. with
Miss Doris McLane presiding Mrs.
Pearl Smallwood, Americanism chair
man, introduced as guest speaker.
Nine. Cantacuzene Grant. grand
daughter Of President Ulysses S.
Grant. whose topic was international
knowledge" DR.. Sylvester l.. Nc
Laurin introduced Perry Howard,
whose subject was "How Election Is
Carried On-and How to Vote" Mrs.
Smallwood gave o reading.
Mrs. Nellie B. Walker, junior chair
man, Is sponsoring . two-act play,
"The Unexpectedness Of Catherine
Henry" to be presented December
10, by Miss Emma Parker. Junior
president
United States Treasury Unit, No.
day evening. The president. Miss
Minnie May Hardy. presided. Plans
for Christmas baskets and Christmas
party were completed.
As junior activity a dinner will
be held at the Fairfax December 1s
at $50 pm, followed by cards.
The Juniors met at the home Of Mrs.
Marie Souder, $50 Buchanan street
The chairman of juniors conducted
business meeting at which Christ
mas activities were planned.
At the last department executive
meeting the department president,
Mrs. Mary K. Killeen, appointed q
special committee to draft q uniform
constitution for the department and
all units. The committee met Tues
day evening at the Lafayette Hotel
and Is composed Of Mrs. e. Z. Corwin,
Mrs. Eula Lockette Hollis, Mrs. Rita
Callahan, Miss Ethel e. Hodges and
Miss Minnie May Hardy, chairman.
Washington Police Post Unit. No
20, met Friday evening at the Y. w,
G. A.. with Mrs. Thelma Strohman
presiding.
Mrs. Strohman, on behalf Of the
unit, presented Department Comdr.
Horace w. Lineburg with an American
Legion gavel, and Comdr. Arthur
Freddete of the Washington Police
Post, with q pair Of cuff links bear
ing the American Legion emblem Is
gifts from the unit.
A program of entertainment was
presented by Virginia, Boofie, Dorothy
and Boydie Barry, Isetts Simmons
and Lorraine INLAY in song and dance
numbers, with Mrs. Walter c. Doe
as accompanist.
Vice President Mrs. Ola D. Lee has
been appointed as q member Of the
department Christmas Party Commit
tee Of the American Legion in charge
Of the distribution Of toys and gifts
which will be presented to children Of
needy veterans at the party to be held
December % at the Mcfarland Junior
High School.
United States Department Of Agri-
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