Evening star., 1937-03-14
LEGION AUXILIARY
TO PLAN SESSION

Meet Tomorrow at
Y. w. c A.
The Executive Committee, District
OF Columbia Department, American
Legion Auxiliary, will meet tomorrow
at the Y. w. G. A., GA E street, to
discuss plans for the department
constitutional convention at the In
terror Department April Is and 16.
Each unit is entitled to l dele
gate for every is members, or major
fraction thereof, one delegate for each
charter. delegates at large or past
department presidents and current de-
partment officers.
The national convention at Cleve-
land indorsed a resolution whereby
the Foresty Service of the Agriculture
Department is sending plaques to
every unit throughout the country for
| the presentation to their respective
posts as greeting gift commemo-
rating the birth date OF the American
Legion. The plaques will be delivered
to the units in the Districts by
March 10.
Mrs. Mary B. Millin, department
chairman Of juniors. represented the
I department at the General Commits
tee meeting held at the District Build
ing Wednesday afternoon in making
plans for District day celebration on
April 10.
Department President Mary X. Kill
leen and staff will make an of1lcial
visitation at the Costello Units BIRTH
day anniversary party for Costello
Post to be held at the Pythian Hall
March 49,
Sergt. Jasper Unit met Tuesday at
Lafayette Hotel, with President Dor
othy B. Harper in the chair.
Rehabilitation Chairman Imogene
Gallagher announced bingo party
for the veterans at Mount Alto on
March 81. On the committee will be
Miss Margaret Hammer Mrs. Frances
Hummer and Mrs. Maudie Brunson.
Child Welfare Chairman Mildred
Bell reported Quitting a family Of
six with shoes for school needs. Mrs.
| Bell will have charge Of the April
program. 1t is Child Welfare month.
Junior Activities Chairman Virginia
Mccarthy announced the Junior men,
bership is 10. that uniforms are in the
mak< for 35, and she expects to have
the entire number in uniform by
May /.
Miss Sibyl Baker, superintendent of
District Fairgrounds, was the guest
speaker for the community service
program. Soloist, Miss Hilda Gail
Nelson accompanist, Miss Ozman
| Other guests presented were Detach-
ment Comdr E. c. Clifford, Sons of
the Legion; Past Post Comdr. Ed
Marthill Mrs Jeannette Kessler of
Worthington Unit, Indiana.
Forty delegates and alternates we're
elected to the Department Constitu-
tional Convention April IS and Is.
The AmericanlSm program presented
by Kenneth H. Nash Unit, No. 8, at the
Raleigh Hotel on March 8, under the
direction Of Mrs. Dele Underwood,
unit Americanism chairman, was well
attended.
The program opened with blow to
colors by member of the Songs Of
the Legion Drum and Bugle Corps and
the advance of colors by Boy Scouts,
with Mrs. Zelda Mulvey, unit music
chairman, at the piano. Mrs. Estelle
Hunt Dean sang The Star Spangled
Banner" accompanied at the piano by
Mr.. Schiller. Invocation was given
by Mrs. Howard S. Fisk, acting chap
| lain, followed by silent prayer in men,
ory of the dead by the assembly and
Taps" by r. L, Knapp, member Of
the Legion's Drum and Bugle Corps.
Mrs. H. Aston. unit FIdac chairman,
gave the purpose of Fidsc. Isabel
Dogherty, member of the units Junior
group, recited the Americans creed
and Evelyn Underwood. junior men,
Der, gave her version of the history of
the flag. Betty Prezioso and Isabel
Dogherty. juniors, distributed small
American flags.
Representative Hamilton Fish, ir.,
spoke in the interest of Americanism.
Other distinguished speakers included
Lieut. Horace Lineburg, Department of
the District of Columbia; Mrs. Mary X.
kllleen, department president OF the
American Legion Auxiliary; Gen. Amos
A. Fries, past department commander;
Comdr Jack Mulvey of the Nash Post,
r. L. Knapp, acting director of the
Sons of the Legion Drum and Bugle
Corps. and Mrs. O'Hara, secretary of
the Sons of the Legion Drum and
Bugle Corps.
Mrs. Estelle Hunt Dean rendered vo-
cal selections, accompanied at the
piano by Mr.. Schiller. Rose Marie
Schiller, who recently won an award
tor the best essay on Lincoln in COM
petition with sixth grade pupils of the
District, was introduced, and responded
With a song and dance.
A special meeting of the unit will be
| held Tuesday at the home of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Mary B. Corwin.
United States Department of Agri-
culture Unit, No. 36, will meet at the
War Mothers Home, 1927 New Tiamp-
shire avenue, Tuesday evening. The
mass initiation of members, originally
scheduled for the February meeting,
will be held. The department presi-
dent, Mrs. Mary K. Killeen; the off,
GERS OF her staff and all unit presi-
dents have been invited to attend.
Delegates to the called department
convention April is and l6 will be
elected.
Washington Police Unit, No. 49, en-
tertalned more than 100 veterans at
binso party held at the Mount Alto
Hospital on March 3 under the di.
rection OF Mrs. Elizabeth Kettner, re-
habilitation chairman.
At the last meeting of the Juniors
the president, Miss Alyce Carroll, ap-
pointed the following chairmen: Child