Evening star., 1938-10-23
LEGION AUXILIARY
VELAUNCHED
Membership Quota Is Set at
1881 in D. C.-Prizes
to Be Awarded.

With the membership quota of the
District of Columbia Department, the
American Legion Auxiliary, set at
1881, Miss Minnie May Hardy, presi-
dent, has started membership drive.
She announced prizes will be award
ed as follows: Ten dollars will be
given to the department president who
In answer to roll call the afternoon
of November 2 reports the greatest
percentage obtained. This prize to
be turned over to the unit in the
department that obtains the greatest
percentage of quota; the National
Executive Committeewoman Mrs. Dor
othy B. Harper's prize of a gravel,
bell or auxiliary emblem light, to the
unit in the department that reports
its entire membership of 1888 as
paid up for 1889 by date of national
roll call. There will be lesser prizes
for the "runner-up" units. Mrs. Mary
r. Klaaphaak, department member
ship chairman, will call a meeting of
all unit chairmen at an early date
when details of membership prizes,
offered by Department Vice Presidents
Mrs. Fones, Mrs. McNillin and Mrs.
Kohen will be announced.
The Budget Committee will meet
Friday at 5 pm. and draft plans for
presentation to the Executive Com
mittee.
Miss Hardy, accompanied by staff
members, Mrs. Mary B. McMillin,
vice president; Mrs. Anna Elliott,
chaplain, and Mrs E. Louise Warren,
secretary, attended installation of
officers of Sergeant Jasper Juniors.
Deparement Vice President Mrs.
Sarah Kohen, Sergeant at Arms Mrs.
Helen Mahoney and Color Bearer Mrs.
Myrtle Spudis represented the de-
partment at installation ceremonies
of the Agriculture unit Tuesday eve
ming at 614 E street NV.
The department president and men,
bers of her staff installed officers of
Victory Unit last Tuesday evening at
their clubrooms, 1892 Eighteenth
street NV. The outgoing president,
Mrs. Eula Hollis, was presented with
gifts from members of the unit. The
new president, Miss Edna Mcintosh,
received bouquet of flowers.
The George E. Killeen Unit Juniors
met at the home of the chairman, Mrs.
Henrietta Morris, 2900 M street NV,
on Saturday afternoon, when the unit
president, Mrs. Ada M. Riley, installed
the new officers: Miss Betty Westline,
president, and Beverly Zones, secretary.
The Juniors planned a picnic in
Rock Greek Park on November and
invited the Killeen Post, Sons of the
Legion, as their guests. The retiring
president of the Juniors, Miss Dorothy
Mace, was elected president of Girls
State. The Juniors had scrapbooks,
pictures and paste donated and plan
to meet with Past Unit President Mrs.
Catherine Waters, 1888 Thirty third
street NV, to make scrapbooks for
children in the several hospitals of the
city.
The unit will have a bingo party
October 27, Navy Day, at Mount Alto
Hospital.
ooley-McCullough Unit on Tues
day, at the Annapolis Hotel, will hold
joint installation of officers with the
post. Mrs. Edith P. Landvoigt is the
president and Charles Kohen comman-
der, and his officers will be installed by
Department Comdr. James T. Brady
Miss Minnie May Hardy, department
president, and her officers, will give the
charges to the unit.
The following are the newly elected
officers of the unit: Mrs Edith P.
Landvoigt, president; Mrs. Annie
Sugure, senior vice president; Mrs.
Ethel Fowler, junior vice president;
Mrs. 10th, chaplain; Mrs. Monte
Painter, historian; Mrs. Ann Crump,
sergeant at arms: Mrs Ruth Wolheim
and Mrs. Emma K. Warren, color
bearers; Mrs Edith Warren Quinn,
secretary, and Mrs. Margaret Gauges,
treasurer. There will be dancing and
entertainment.
On October 29 this unit will give
Halloween costume party at the Regan
Homestead, Baltimore boulevard,
Bladensburg, Md. There will be enter
tainment, buffet supper and dancing.
This will aid the welfare fund and
help to buy the colors for this unit.
The first Tuesday in each month,
the unit meets at the Y. w. c. A., GA
E street NV.