Evening star., 1938-01-09
LEGION AUXILIARY
READYFORPARLEY
Rehabilitation Conference to
Be at Hamilton Jan.
27 and 28.

The department president of the
American Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Dor
othy 3. Harper, announces plans for
the National Rehabilitation Confer
ence of the auxiliary January 81 and
% at the Hamilton Hotel are being
completed.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements has Mrs. Harper as gen.
eral chairman. Mrs. Ada Riley. vice
chairman. with the members of her
Rehabilitation Committee, will have
charge of registration and the dinner
January 81. Mrs. Ellen Louise War;
rem, department secretary, will be in
charge of hotel reservations. pub
icity and radio broadcasts. Depart
ment colors will be in care of Mrs.
Isabel Steinbreaker and Mrs Helen
Ware, department color bearers, with
Mrs. Emma Warren and Mrs. Sarah
Johns as color guards.
Mrs. James Morris. national chair
man of rehabilitation. and her COM
mittee. composed of Mrs. Fenton Soil
day. vice chairman, and Mrs. c. E. Nc
Glasson, will be guest speakers. Miss
Irene Grant, chief of social works sec
ton, Medical and Hospital Service of
the Veterans Administration, and Mrs.
Rachel Koch, a co-worker of the ma
tional director of rehabilitation, Wat
son B. Miller, for the past 25 years, will
address the sessions. which will be held
at $50 am. to 1890 pm. and to 5
pm.
Mrs. Mildred c. Bell, department
child welfare chairman, will represent
the Department of the District of Co.
lumbia at the Area B Child Welfare
School Conference in Newark, N. j.,
January IA and Is.
Stephen P. McGroarty Unit will
meet tomorrow at 5000 Seventeenth
street NV. 2. T. Hamilton of the
Legion Americanism Commission will
speak.
The post and unit distributed bas-
kets at Christmas time, the post sup
plying the food and the unit pro-
viding gifts of clothing and toys for
all the children.
The unit assisted at the auxiliary
Christmas party at St. Elizabeth's
Hospital.
A meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture Unit, No. SO, will
be held at the home Of Mrs. Victoria
McCurry 220 Ethan Allen avenue,
Takoma Park, Md, tomorrow evening.
The unit will hold a benefit bingo
party next Saturday night at the home
of Treasurer Ruth Anderson, 1858
Upton street NV. All members and
friends are invited
Washington Police Post Unit will
meet January IA. at the Y W. C. A..
GA e street NV. at 8 pm, with the
unit president. Mrs Ola D. Lee, in
the chair A representative of the
Washington Police Post is expected to
make brief address.
The unit will hold a benefit card
party January is. in the Y. W. G. A.
Building, at GA E street NV.
OLItcu otdtSS 4lCdSuly Otllt VIII
meet tomorrow at 8 pm. at the War
Mothers Home, 1927 New Hampshire
avenue NV.
Under the direction Of the rehabili-
tation chairman, Mrs. Marie B. Sou
der; the child welfare chairman. Mrs.
Ruth Tunis, and the Junior chairman,
Mrs. Ethel Clark Christmas baskets.
clothing and toys were distributed to
needy families.
The unit participated in the hospital
party at St. Elizabeth's and furnished
cakes. Ice cream was served at st.
Vlncent's School to 90 children and
toys we're given by the juniors
Chain bridge parties were given by
Mrs. Mary Foote and Mrs. Charlotte
Hicks.