Evening star., 1937-03-28
LEGION AUXILIARY
ROLL HITS %7,0)0

National Membership Figure
Is ReveaIed-Poppies
Sale Planned.
Miss Edna M. Mcintosh, member
ship chairman, District Of Columbia
Department, American Legion Auxil-
iary, announced last week the national
organization on March had an en-
rollment of 347,3O8 members.
Mrs. Margaret Carroll, department
chairman Of poppies, announced more
than 10000 paper poppies will be
needed on Memorial day for decora-
tion Of graves at Arlington. They are
now being made by members Of the
auxiliary.
The department Executive Commit
tee met last Monday night and COM
pleted plans for the special constitu-
tional convention, April Is and l6, in
the auditorium Of the Interior Depart
ment.
The following committee appoint
ments were made: Credentials, Dept.
| Vice President Ruth Turner; registra-
tions, Mrs. Katherine Waters; perma-
nent organization, Dorothy B. Harper;
rules, Past Dept President Edna M.
Mcintosh; constitution and bylaws,
Past Dept. President Mary Corwin.
The resignation of Dept Historian
Ada Carver, due to i'll health, was ac-
cepted and Mrs. Edith Warren Quinn
of Agriculture Unit was elected
Dept. President Mary K. Killeen
urged members to attend the dinner
dance, April 8, by the 40 ct 8 at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
The junior members of the Govern
ment Printing ONCE Unit, No. 80, will
have first birthday party March 81,
at the Killeen Club Room, 1904 M
street, 8 to l pm.
The Kenneth H. Nash Unit, No. 8,
in special meeting at the home of the
unit president, Mrs. Mary B. Corwin,
March Is, studied the draft of the
proposed uniform department and
unit constitution and elected dele
gates and alternates to the special
department convention to be held
April Is and Is.
The following were elected dele
gates: Mrs. Lillian K. Urban, Mrs.
Ethel Wilt, Mrs. Ida Mulkey, Mrs.
Zelda Mulvey and Mrs. Anna Seiders.
Mrs. Mary B. Corwin, past depart
ment president, and Mrs. Ruth Tur-
ner vice president Of the depart
ment, are delegates at large. Alter
mates elected are as follows: Mrs
Dele Underwood, Mrs. Bertha NJ
Gessford. Miss E. Gertrude Bacon,
Mrs. Bob Ell Graves and Mrs. H.
Aston. In accordance with resolu-
tion adopted by the American Legion
Auxiliary in national convention in
Cleveland last September, covering
the conservation of our national
forests, the unit presented a plaque
covering this resolution to the Ken
eth H. Nash Post through Comdr.
Jack Mulvey.
Representatives of the post were
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the birthday Of the Legion
The next meeting of the unit will
be held on April 7 in the Raleigh
Hotel at pm.
The junior members of the Gov
ernment Printing once Unit, No. 80,
will hold a party in celebration Of
their organization March 81 at the
Killeen club rooms, 1904 M street.
Games, dancing and refreshments, 8
to IL.
Miss Lois Schaumleflle, junior
chairman, recently announced the
formation of the Juniors Glee Club
under the direction Of Mrs A. Rebecca
Wallace
Mrs. E. Louise Warren, department
vice president, has donated 10 Of the
baskets the unit gave to the children
Of needy veterans at Easter.
Delegates to the department con-
stitutional convention are as follows:
Mrs. Mary Schaumlefde, chairman;
Mrs. Lucille Brown, Mrs. Edna Wright
and Mrs. Beatrice Jacobs. Alternates,
Mrs. Gladys Teed, Mrs Reba Johns,
Mrs. Agnes Dixon and Miss Mary
Johns
The Americanism and national de-
tense chairman, Mrs. Beatrice Jacobs,
has announced the annual American
ism program for April g. The GUS
tomary annual ofncial visitation Of
the department officers will be made.
A meeting of the delegates and
alternates from Washington Police
Unit, No. 20, to the special convention
to be held in the auditorium of the
Interior Department, on April Is and
IS, was held a. the home Of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Lillian Stroman, last Tues
day evening.
The Junior group met at the home
of Helen Marine Carter, after making
a tour of the Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation.
United States Department of Agri-
culture Unit, No. 36, has accepted the
| following new members: Frances E.
Allison, Anne Mary Brownold, Bea-
trice D. Holland, Ruby S. Longinotti,
Katherine J. Marlin, Beatrice B.
Morton, Ethel A. Porter, Lisetta M.
Rogers and Helen A. Zott. Pearl
Hegarty was reported as a renewal
member
President Perna Zott announced a
special meeting to elect delegates and
alternates to the departments consti-
tutional convention and to consider
the proposed new constitution and
bylaws, will be held at the War
Mothers Home, 1927 New Hampshire
avenue, Wednesday evening. A new
historian will be elected to fill the
ONCE left vacant by the resignation
of Margaret Montgomery.
At the last meeting Of the Juniors
it was decided to hold bingo party
at the home Of Mrs. Anna Boyd, 327
Second street northeast, for the pur-
| D0Se of raising funds tn DlIrchase mi.