Evening star., 1936-01-12
LEGION AUXILIARY
MEMBERSHIP RISES
Organization Enters 1886
With Record Total of
268,122.

swept into the new year with a
paid-up membership of 268,l22, which
represented by many thousands the
largest advanced membership in its
history. The auxiliary started the
year with 1892 active units, as COM
pared with 1882 year ago, accord
ing to announcement from national
headquarters.
The Eight and Forty also was re-
ported to have registered quite an
increase in membership and salons
for the year ending December 81,
1885.
Mrs. Melville Mucklestone of Chi
cago, national president of the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary, will be vice
chairman of the eleventh annual
Women's Patriotic Conference when
it meets here January q, % and 90.
Delegates from 40 women's organiza-
tions will attend National Comdr.
Ray Murphy will be one of the prin-
cipal speakers. Edward J. Neary of
New York City, chairman of the Ma
tional Defense Committee of the Le-
gion, also will speak.
Miss Faustine Dennis, department
chairman for Americanism and Ma
tional Defense, announces that each
unit of the auxiliary in this depart
ment will present at least one Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary citizenship
award to a selected school. The work
will be done in cooperation with the
American Legion and the winners will
be presented with medals by the presi-
dent or the vice president of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
On Washington's birthday. February
%, speakers will appear in the junior
and graded schools and in the near
future a speakers bureau is planned
to furnish sucn lTaakers as are re-
| quested from time " Soae to speak
on various subjects pertaining to the
work. The bureau will be operated
In cooperation with the American
Legion.
It is further planned to have copy
of the Flag Code placed IN as many
schools as possible, the code to be
properly framed. Nine. Julia Con-
tacuzene Grant. last years chairman
of National Defense and Americanism,
has donated a number of colored Flag
Codes for this purpose.
A mass meeting on national defense
will be held during March and awards
made to the units giving their fullest
cooperation to the success of the
meeting. The awards made by the
American Legion Auxiliary will be
given to girls.
Each unit will give an award to at
least two schools, one to a high school
and one to junior high school, the
schools selected by each unit to be
those in which that units post of the
American Legion will present sn award
to boy. If more medals than are
needed for the schools mentioned are
secured then the program will be
broadened to include the parochial
and private schools.
The approval of the superintendent
Of schools for the awards has been
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post and one from the unit will con-
fer with the principal of each school,
assigned to them to make the neces-
sary arrangements to address a gen.
eral assembly of the school in order
that the purpose of the award may be
explained and the rules governing the
selection Of the winners outlined. Ir
the final decision the student body
as well as the teachers will vote.
The representatives of the legior
and auxiliary will also appear before
the respective parent-teacher associa.
ton of each school assigned to them
and explain the rules of the award tc
them.
1t Is recommended to the juniors
that the flag codes in pamphlet form
be presented to each school library ir
binders and that the codes to be
framed be of the fiat type, framed ir
colored frames If such can be obtained
Miss Lillian Reagan, department
membership chairman, reports the de.
partment has exceeded its quota SCI
by the national president of 822, hav.
ing at present a total paid-up mem.
bership Of 838. The winner of the
December cash prize was the Vincent
B. Costello Unit. Mrs. Edythe M
O'Connor has offered history of the
American Legion Auxiliary to the unit
having the most new members, re.
newals or transfers during January
Stephen P. McGroarty Unit, No
81, met on Monday evening at thu
Thomas Circle Club, the president
Mrs. Eunice Mars Parker, presiding
AS part of the Department Fidat
program the chapter on the govern
ment of Poland was given by Mis-
Newell.
The Americanism and National De
tense chairman announced the Ma
tional Defense Conference to be helc
at the Mayf1ower Hotel. January 27
20 and 20, and requested members K
attend. Mrs. Parker and Miss Newell
were elected as delegates.
1t was voted to award Good Citizen.
ship Medals to girls in the graduatine
classes of such high schools anc
juior high schools of the District o.
are assigned to the unit in conform.
ity with the program of the Legion anc
Auxiliary.
The name Of Mrs. Dove was pre-
sented for membership.
Mary Esther Kolhos, department
child welfare officer, and other de.
partment officials will attend tn.
Child Welfare Conference of area B
to be held January 81 and February
l, at the Du Pont Hotel, Wilmington
Del.