Evening star., 1937-11-07
CHURCHES TO PUSH.
CHEST DRIVE TODAY.
More Than 200 Pastors to
Stress Charity Needs
at Services.

munity Chest Sunday in the churches
of the city. in anticipation Of the
opening Wednesday of the tenth an
niversary Chest campaign for funds.
This is the second Sunday set aside
for such an observance this year by
the Federation of Churches, giving
pastors choice of either.
An encyclical letter from the Most
Rev. Michael j. Curley, archbishop OF
Baltimore, announcing the purposes
Of the Chest and calling upon Cath
olics to support the campaign, will be
read at every mass In every Roman
Catholic church in Washington today.
Several Of the pastors have prepared
i special programs and more than 200
have promised to devote all or part
Of one service to the cause Of the
Chest.
Elaborate Pageant Tomorrow.
An elaborate pageant depicting all
phases of social work will be a fea-
ture Of a mass meeting Of all Chest
volunteer workers and representatives
OF Chest agencies in Constitution Hall
at 8 pm. tomorrow. The speaker will
be DR.. Douglas Southall Freeman,
editor Of the Richmond News-Leader
author and noted orator Music will
be provided by the Marine Band Or
chestra, Capt. Taylor Branson con-
Quoting. Robert v. Fleming, presi-
dent OF the Riggs National Bank, will
preside.
The meeting is expected to be one
OF the largest held in connection with
local organized charity work, accord
ing to Randolph @. Bishop, campaign
director. A preview of the pageant
at q dress rehearsal Friday night, he
said, indicated something entirely
new in social work pageantry."
The pageant. to be given under
direction of Mrs. Marie Moore For
rest, assisted by Miss Rita Beuchert,
will be in the nature of a professional
display in which hundreds of Chest
workers and members of the 81 local
and five suburban Chest organizations
will take part.
Dodge to Preside.
The meeting will be called to order
by Clarence Phelps Dodge, president
OF the Chest. The invocation will be
by Msgr. Edward L. Buckley and the
benediction by the Right Rev. James
E. Freeman.
Encouraged by the earliest compile
ton of its organization in the history
OF the Chest. the metropolitan unit,
headed by Chauncey G. Parker, jr.,
chairman, is ready to 60 to work i'm
mediately following tomorrow night S
mass meeting, it was announced.
This is the organization which will
solicit house-to-house for contributions
in all sections of the city, including
smaller downtown offices.
There will be many rivalries in the
unit this year. Chairman Parker ex-
planned. A number of teams and some
whole divisions are sponsored by sepa-
rate groups, some of them by Chest
agencies. The Junior Board of Com
merce Is sponsoring several divisions
OF its own. The Junior League has
whole division.
The rivalry will be intersectional as
well, it was explained. The South
east section is planning a vigorous
campaign as result of the establish
ment Of the new Friendship House and
the location Of = new Boys Club in
their territory.
Organization Meeting Held.
The Southeast Washington section
workers held their final organization
meeting Thursday at Friendship
House, under direction of DR.. Homer
K. Butler, and as result issued an
appeal last night for more volunteer
workers for the Lincoln Park and
Anacostia sections. There now are 70
volunteers enrolled. Others who will
assist are asked to communicate with
DR.. Butler by telephone at Atlantic
1858.
Southeast went over the top last
year by 3 per cent, it was explained
The quota for the Southeast unit this
year is $5,1l8. The unit has been di-
vided into three divisions, headed by
William A. Maio, president of the
Southeast Citizens Association; Mrs
James H. Baden and Louis Goldman
Team captains are Miss Mildred
Rosenberger, Mrs. Alyse Thume, Mrs
Wilhelm Krechting, Orrin Davy, Ralph
Lord and James Mcdonald, it was an
| nounced.
The Southeast campaign headquar-
ters will be at the new Friendship
House, 619 D street Sc, telephone
Lincoln 2242.
Figures compiled yesterday by the
Metropolitan unit showed that it now
has more than 1900 workers en-
rolled. Secretary George Pennell pre-
| dicted there will be 1900 volunteers
ready to answer the starting bell to-
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