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AUXILIARY PLANS
l3THCONVENT|0N
American Legion Group to
Stage Annual Meeting
August 11-13.

At o meeting of the Convention
Committee Of the District Of Columbis
Department, the American Legior
Auxiliary, last Monday night plans
were made for the 18th annual depart.
ment convention to be held at tn,
Carlton Hotel August II, IL and IS.
Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper, department
president, made several committee ap.
pointments for the annual sessions
They were: Credentials, Mrs. Irene
Arnold; permanent organization, Mrs
Dorothy M. Blake; registration, Mrs
Edith Landvoigt; rules, Mrs. Zelda
Mulvey; reception, the Vice Presidents
Mrs. Helen McCabe, Mrs. Catherine
Waters and Miss Minnie May Hardy;
luncheon, Mrs. Marie Gorsuch; pages
Mrs. Blanche Crory: badges, Miss Irene
Sheehan; resolution, Miss M. Edna
Mcintosh, and Miss Frances Young
blood will serve as constitution and by
laws chairman. A member from each
OF the 20 units will serve on the Gre
dentials, Rules, Permanent Organiza-
ton and Resolutions Committees.
A special Juniors conference will be
held August 13 at am, with all
unit Junior groups participating. Mrs.
Richard Ralph is general chairman of
Junior Conference and Mary Gather
Inc Ware is in charge of registration.
Reports will be read by the Juniors
presidents. after which a question box
and forum will be conducted, followed
by installation of officers of Girls
Nation" Closing with a movie party
at the Earle Theater, Isabel Doherty,
chairman, and Mrs. Ann Brice Aston
will chaperone the girls.
The Juniors will appear on both pro-
grams OF the American Legion and the
Auxiliary with selections from the
glee clubs.
Installation of officers of the Second
Division Unit, No. 28. was held on
wednesday evening at the New Co.
lonlal Hotel. Mrs. Dorothy E. Harper,
department president, installed the
following officers for 1888 and 1889:
Mrs. Bertha Angevine, president; Mrs.
Matilda McCrae and Mrs. Viola
Thomas, vice presidents; Mrs. Rae
r. zaontz, secretary and treasurer:
Mrs. Frances Snow, chaplain, and
Mrs. Genevieve Griffin, historian. The
unit president, Mrs. Bertha Angevine.
appointed Mrs. Matilda McCrae men,
berShip chairman.
In behalf of the members of the
Second Division Post Comdr. A. M
Berthiaume presented a bouquet of
flowers to the unit and a handsome
gavel to its president Mrs. Roberta
Jacobs, Gold Star Mother, was
made an honorary member
Washington Police and Fire Unit
met at the Y. w. c. A. Building, GA
e street NV.
Oficers were elected as follows:
President. Hilda Christian; vice presi-
dents, Grace Comingore, Rose Reilly
and Daisy Dalton; chaplain, Elizabeth
kettner; historian, Julia Rockford;
sergeant at arms, Edna McCutcheon,
and color bearers, Olive Bishop and
Ina Ruth Kettner.
Delegates and alternates to the de-
partment convention in August were
elected The chairman OF the delega-
ton will be Mrs. Ola D. Lee, president,
who was elected by acclamation.
Other delegates are Hilda Christian,
Margaret Carroll, Edna McCutcheon,
Elizabeth Kettner, Julia Rockford,
Daisy Dalton and Grace Comingore
The alternates are Olive Bishop, Mer-
cedes McCallum, Edith Den Breeder,
Thelma Graves, Catherine Hood,
Kathryn DAILY, Helen Streb and Mar
garet Van Orman.
Mrs. Lee will serve on the Rules
Committee, while Margaret Carroll
will serve on the Credentials Commit
tee, with Elizabeth Kettner a member
of the Registration Committee and
Hilda Christian and Grace Comingore
members of the Permanent Organiza-
ton and Resolutions Committees, re-
spectively.
James z. Walker Unit No. 26 elected
the following officers: President, Mrs.
Helen 3. Wanton; first vice president,
Mrs. Garaldine Rhodes; second vice
president, Mrs. Lena Garner; third
vice president Mabel r. Cole
. man; secretary, Mrs. Mardell G.
Bundrant; treasurer, Mrs Mamie K.
Hawkins; chaplain, Mrs. Gabriel Pei
ham; historian, Miss Mayme c.
Mehlinger; sergeant at arms, Mrs.
Burrell; colorbearers, Mrs Willie Mae
Pelham and Mrs. Laura Southerland.
Delegates to the department con-
vention are Mrs. Harriette B. Epps,
Mrs. Mardell C. Bundrant, Mrs. Mabel
r. Coleman, Mrs Meta Fischer, Mrs.
Mamie K. Hawkins, Miss Mayme G.
Mehlinger, Mrs. Geraldine Rhodes and
Mrs. Helen B. Wanton. Alternates are
Mrs. Pencil McCauley, Mrs. Willie Mae
Pelham, Mrs Mary Rhambeau, Mrs.
Anna Simpson, Mrs. Laura Souther-
land, Mrs. Edith Taylor and Mrs. Villa
Webb.