Evening star., 1936-01-05

/ NOI N1dcOLllC 4ClupACs
Tuesday-Col. John Jacob Astor
| Auxiliary, 8 pm, 921 Pennsylva-
mia avenue southeast.
| Friday-Gen. Nelson A. Miles
| Auxiliary, pm, Pythian Temple.
A Joint installation of Gen. Nelson
A. Miles Camp and Auxiliary, Spanish
War Veterans, will be held January 10.
Comdr. w. G. Stirk presided at the
last camp meeting when Theodore E.
Jones, 1st North Carolina Volunteers,
and William Murray, United States
Marine Corps, were mustered into
membership.
President Gertrude Stoll presided at
the meeting Of Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Auxiliary. The following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. Emma Neil;
senior vice president, Mrs. Alice Lus-
key; Junior vice president, Mrs. Alice
Huyck; chaplain. Mrs. Beulah M.
Cope; patriotic instructor, Florence
Cole; historian, Miss Eva C. Darney;
conductor, Miss Anna Palmer; assist
ant conductor. Miss Martha Ludwig;
guard, Miss Gretta Ludwig: assistant
guard, Mrs. Daisy Ellis. Florence Cole
and Louise Stillons were mustered into
membership.
The department auxiliary visited the
United States Soldiers Home Hospital
last Sunday and gifts were presented
to all the inmates. The auxiliaries
visited the other hospitals.
President Cecilia Fitzgerald pre-
sided at the last meeting of Col John
Jacob Astor Auxiliary and the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Lucretia Eicholtz; senior vice presi-
dent, Louise Rhodes; junior vice pres
ident, Evelyn Bennett; chaplain, Mar
garet Fitzgerald; patriotic instructor,
Willie Lynn; historian, Mrs. Anna
Berg; conductor, Bessie Maddox; as
sistant conductor, Ethel Schottroff; !;
secretary, Bertha c. Fitzgerald. The
installation will be Tuesday night.
Dept. Comdr. George V. McAlear
requests as many of the members Of
all the camps as possible to assemble
at the Union Station today at 5:45 to
greet Past National Comdr. Rice w.
Means on his arrival from the Philip
pines.
Several other recommendations are
included in this program. First-hand
information on almost any subject
may be obtained from the weekly bull
letin of Col. John Thomas Taylor,
which will be mailed to all chairmen
Of the departments, unit chairman or
any individual member who may wish
to have 1t mailed to them. A check to
cover its cost should be mailed to Col.
John Thomas Taylor. director, Ma
tional Legislative Committee, the
American Legion, 1903 K street.
Mrs. Adelaide Halloran announces
that during the year the enrolment of
junior members will be pushed by
many units and program of activi-
ties developed by the junior chairman.
Daughters Of Legionnaires under IS
years of age are eligible for enrolment
as Junior Auxiliary members.
The James Reese Europe Unit, No. 5,
held special meeting December 20,
when a Junior Auxiliary was organ
ized. Elaine G. Norris, Phyllis Reed,
Dora Anderson, Esther N. Maedel,
Catherine Norris and Dorothy Perry
were received as members.
Oficers elected were as follows:
President, Elaine G. Norris; secretary,
Phyllis Reed; treasurer, Dora Ander-
son, and sergeant at arms, Esther N.
Maedel.
Twelve baskets were distributed to
needy veterans families on Christmas
eve and a program for needy children
was arranged by the unit child welfare
chairman, Doris McLane, and held at
the Garnett-Patterson School on De-
cember 81.
The program consisted Of five reels
of moving pictures. Under the Christ
mas tree were clothing, toys, candy
and fruit for 81 children.
Guests included Miss Nicie PerreI,
department president: Miss Ann
Pryde, director of welfare and relief;
Mrs. Mary B. Kolhos, Legion depart
ment child welfare officer; Mrs. Ade-
laide Halloran, department juniors
chairman; Mrs. Mary Kehoe, past de-
partment treasurer, and Mrs. lone z.
Monroe, past department historian.
The Vincent B. Costello Unit, No.
Is, will meet Tuesday evening at the
War Mothers Home.
The new members Of the unit will
be initiated by the Victory Drum
Corps, which was selected by the de-
partment at the last executive meeting.
FLEET MARINE RESERVES
Enlistments In the 5th Battalion
Fleet Marine Reserves, were an