Evening star., 1937-08-01

The Advisory Council of the U. S. S,
Jacob Jones Post, No. 2. will meet
/ August 5, at the home Of Florence
! Kennedy, 7l6 Boundary avenue, Silver
/ Spring, Md, with Dorothy Graham
, as CO-hoStesS.
| Shellacklng Of braille at the District
| Chapter House of the Red Cross will
be discontinued. Post Comdr. Mary
TatSpaugh reports 20 comrades work
| ing 205 hours shellacked 48 volumes
| OF brallle this season. This work is
under the supervision of Cora Drake.
Vincent B. Costello Post will meet
! IN the board room of the District
Building Tuesday to nominate officers.
Election OF these candidates will be
held at the September meeting.
Inc fVe delegates from Victory Post
No. 4, to the department convention
were instructed to cast their ballots
| tor Porter Bush of Lincoln Post for
| department. commander and for the
other members of the Bush ticket at
a meeting held in the New Colonial
Hotel Tuesday night.
Nominations for officers, who will
be voted on August "a. found B
Michael Thomas. former commander
OF Camp AnaCOStia of the bonus army
unopposed for commander. Other
! nominees were: Al LeaSman. senior
! wee commander. J. j. NeWlln, second
vice commander; F. Gray. third vice
/ commander; Albertus Schroeder and
c. c. Bull, chaplain.
A meeting Of the Convention Reso-
lutlons Committee has been called bv
Mrs. Edith Warren Quinn department
chairman, tomorrow at Legion head
quarters, Bond Building, at O'Clock,
AT the last meeting of the Wash
lngton Police Unit delegates and
alternateS to the department con-
Ventlon were elected and the president,
Mrs. 1helma Stroman. appointed the
following to serve on the convention
committees: Rules, Mrs. Ola D. Lee:
credentials, Mrs. Thelma Stroman;
registration, Mrs Elizabeth Kettner.
permanent organization, Mrs. Hilda
Christian, resolutions. Mrs. Margaret
carroll, and constitution and bylaws
Mrs. Ola d. Lee.
The last meeting of the Unit Juniors
until october was held at the home of
the president, Miss Alyce Carroll. when
ofhcerS were elected as follows. presi-
cent, Francis Lowry; vice president
Helen Marie Carter chaplain. Lillian
otfoman; historian. Thelma Bridges.
sergeant at arms, Lorraine Bridges:
property custodian. Anna Marie Kellv
ana color bearers, Betty Jean Wilson
and June Marion Wilson The secre-
tary Will be Lillian Stroman and the
treasurer Elizabeth McAllister.
AT special meeting Wednesday
evening at the home of Misses
Josephine and Anna May Stambaugh.
IN Falls Church. Va, the Stephen p
McGroarty Unit elected the following
delegates and alternates to the de-
partment convention: Delegates, Mrs
AoeIne l.. Holleran, chairman: Miss
Faustlne Dennis, Mrs. John F.
Bethune, Mrs. Lulu Bohrer, Mrs. Lii
nan IrueWorthy, Miss Anna Nav
Stambaugh. Alternates, Mrs. Sylvia
Hart, Mrs. Ella Mitchell, Mrs Cath
erlne G. Davis, Miss Glenn Newell,
Miss Gertrude Orr, Mrs. Keppler
Mrs. Sue P. Minis, past department
president, is a delegate at large.
The president made the following
appointments to convention commit
tees: Rules, Miss Dennis, constitu-
tlon and bylaws, Mrs. Bethune: per-
manent organization, Mrs. Bohrer:
registration, Mrs. TrueWorthy: Gre
dentials, Mrs. Minis; resolutions, Mrs
Holleran
On Friday afternoon a party was
gwen at the home of Misses Stam-
oaugh, in Falls Church, to 40 chill
aren from Neighborhood House. in
washington. Games were held and a
picnic supper served by members Of
the unit. This party was arranged
by the child welfare chairman. Miss
Glenn Newell, who was assisted bv
MISS Evangeline McGroarty Miss
Betty Styles. the Misses stambauph
MRS. Catherine G.. Davis and other
members of the unit