The Washington times., 1937-12-21

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Several hundred needy chill
dren will be guests Of this party
and the parents will be given
Christmas baskets. Toys and
hlled stockings also will be dis
tributed. All arrangements for
this distribution have been under
the direction of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Bell, working through the
office of the Department of Wei
fare and Relief Of the American
Legion.
PARTY AT WALTER REED
Veterans in Walter Reed Hos
pital will be given a Christmas
parry by the auxiliary tonight.
Christmas packages will be given
to every hospitalized veteran
there, and entertainment and
refreshments will be given for
the patients well enough to go
to the recreation hall.
Mt. Alto Hospital will have its
Christmas party tomorrow night.
There the auxiliary will distri.
butte. Christmas packages to all
the patients, and also will give
an entertainment. Refreshments
will be served to the $40 patients,
together with approximately 200
children from the Industrial
Home School on Wisconsin Ave.
nue. who have been invited to
the party. Department Com.
mander, Tom Mason, and de.
partment president, Mrs. Dor.
othy B. Harper, with many other
officers will attend the party.
CHILDREN ENTERTAINED
Eighty children were enter
tanned and presented with gifts,
toys, and stockings filled with
goodies last night at the Thom-
son School the annual Christ
mas party sponsored by the
Sergeant Jasper Post, the Ameri'
can Legion, and the Sergeant
Jasper Post Of the American
Legion Auxiliary. The junior
group of the unit furnished en-
tertainment. Short speeches Of
greetings were given by Depart
nent Commander Thomas A.
Mason, jr., and by the the de-
partment auxiliary president,
Mrs. Harper, as well as Post
Commander Daniel Goodacre,
and Unit president, Mrs. Mary
McMillin.
Mrs. Helen Horton was gen.
eral chairman of the party for
the unit, and serving with her
In arranging for the affair were
Mrs. Margaret Teachout, chair
man Of the baskets; Miss Ethel
Hodges, chairman of the filled
stockings; Miss Clara Humph-
ries, chairmen of dolls; Mrs.
Ellen Louise Warren, chairman
of toys and Christmas tree
decorations and Mrs. Helen
Ware, chairman Of entertain
ment.
The Woman's National Demo
cratic Club held its annual
Christmas party yesterday after
noon at its clubhouse, 1925 New
Hampshire N. W., with the
members donating $170 as a
Christmas gift to the club.
, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
and Mrs. Cordell Hull headed
the list Of donors at the gift
receiving party. A fat, round
Santa Claus guarded the dona-
tions beneath the brightly lit
and gaily decorated tree. After
the members and guests had
been served with luncheon, Mrs.
Loren johnson, chairman Of
the house committee, presided
ct the opening of the gifts,
assisted by Mrs. Garland Fer.
guson, jr., Mrs. Thomas SebreiI
and Mrs. ]. H. Covington.
This annual party is held to
gather funds for house furnish
fnss and the servants Christ
mas fund.
Most of the gifts were in the
form Of checks. Exceptions
were the lovely tea plates given
by Mrs. Edward Keating and
the box Of invitingly colored
powder puffs for the guest
eoomS from Mrs. j. Craig
Peacock. :,
The clubhouse was beaut1'
fully decorated, with Christ
mas wreaths in the windows
and evergreens through the
drawing rooms. Santa Clauses
rode tiny donkeys on the head
table, also decorated with
holly and red candles.