Evening star., 1938-06-26
LEGION AUXILIARY
PLANS PAGEANT
Fidac Americanism Event
Will Be Presented by
Girls Nation

Legion Auxiliary, will present Q Fidac.
Americanism program tomorrow eve
ming ut 8 o'clock in the North Interior
Building auditorium, Nineteenth and
F streets NV. The Ambassadors,
Ministers and secretaries Of the II
allied countries are cooperating to
present an entertaining program. The
pageant will portray all Of the allies
in native costume, together with the
massing Of the allied colors. embracing
the United States, Great Britain,
France, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Yugo.
slavia, Rumania, Portugal Czecho-
Slovakia and Greece.
Fdac Is the only world organization
Of the allied veterans. The name is
the short form for the title Of the or
ganization, Federation Interalliee, des
Anciens CombAttants, which in
American form would be the Legion
Of the Allied Veterans Of the World
War.
Executive Meeting Called.
The Executive Committee will meet
June 80 at the Y. W. c. A., Ga q
street NV.
The James Reese Europe Unit, No.
5, elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Carrie Johnson; vice presidents,
Anita Ellis, Addie Hardy. Marie
Jumper; historian, Rosa Hill; chap
lain, Rosa Anderson; sergeant ut arms.
Irene e. Jones; color bearers. Phyllis
Carey. Thelma Carey; treasurer, Willie
Mae Gaskins, and secretary, Julia G.
Brown.
Elizabeth M Williams and Mayme
L. Gaudy were initiated. The next
meeting will be held June 20 at the
Garnett Patterson School at 8 pm
Washington Police and Fire Unit.
No. 20. will sponsor an enterta inment
for the patients at Mount Alto Hos
pital next Wednesday evening A
variety program will be staged on the
lawn starting at 1880 o'clock. During
the evening each bed patient will be
visited by members OF the unit and
will be presented with cigarettes and
other articles. The members Of the
Potomac Unit, No. 40, will Join with
the Police and Fire Unit in this
activity.
The Kenneth H. Nash Unit No. 3 at
its June meeting, elected the follow
ing Officers: President, Mrs Ann Sci
ders nrst vice president, Mrs. Osie B.
Ritter; second vice president, Mrs.
Olive Smith Carpenter; chaplain.
Mrs. Franklin P. Nash; historian.
Mrs. Zelda Mulvey; sergeant at arms.
Mrs. Marie ]. Totten: corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Ethel S. Wilt; record
ing secretary. Mrs. Perna Zott; treas
urer. Mrs. Ida Mulkey; color bearers.
Mrs. Jeannette Kessler and Mrs.
Frances v. OBrien.
Second Division Unit No. % Of
the District Of Columbia Department
was organized on Thursday evening
at department headquarters. This
is the fourth unit to be organized this
year under the direction Of the de-
partment president, Mrs. Dorothy 3.
Harper. Seventeen members signed
the charter application Comdr. A. M.
Berthiaume and Adjutant c. L. Daw-
son represented the post and assisted
In the formation Of the unit.
The department membership is the
highest in its history, and has passed
its quota Of 1,504-and is now nearing
1000.
The following officers were elected:
President. Mrs. Bertha Angevine: vice
presidents. Mrs. Mathilda McCrae and
Mrs. Viola Thomas; Chaplain, Mrs.
Frances Snow; historian. Mrs. Gene
We've Grimm; sergeant at arms. Mrs.
Amelie H. Selinger; Mrs. Rae Zaontz
was appointed secretary, and Mrs.
McCrae will serve as membership
chairman and acting treasurer until
the president appoints q treasurer
The constitution and bylaws as
proposed by the national headquarters
was adopted. Meetings will be held
at the New Colonial Hotel
At the annual meeting of the United
States Department of Agriculture Unit,
No. SO, last Tuesday evening in the
7. w. c. A., 614 & street NV, the
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Agnes E. Hazard; vice presidents.
Victoria E. McCurry and Estelle Stone:
historian, Mary c. Riemer; chaplain.
Victorine G. Brownold; secretary, Al
berta A. Lacy; treasurer, Cecile NJ.
Berger: sergeant at arms. Mary F.
Graham; color-bearers, Frances A.
/ Sparkman and Lisetta M. Rogers.
Three members elected to serve on
the Executive Committee were as fol-
lows: Anna NJ Anderson, Ruth E.
Anderson and Elizabeth H. Grant.
The unit voted to indorse Miss Lii
liam Reagan as q candidate for de-
partment president, with Mrs. Dor
othy M. Blake as q candidate for vice
president
Delegates to the department con-
vention are IS follows: Dorothy NJ
Blake, chairman; Victoria Z. McCurry.
Estelle Stone and Mary c. Riemer.
Those elected to serve as alternates
are Victorine q. Brownold, Elizabeth
H. Grant. Cecile NJ Berger and Lena
r. Meadows.
The United States Government
Printing once Unit, No. 80, met June
8 at the Y. w. G. A. for election Of
officers, delegates and alternates to
department convention. Mrs. Helen
Mahoney, president, presided. The
following were elected: President
Mrs. Sarah Johns: first vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Agnes Dixon; second vice
president, Mrs. Sue Yaendole: chap
lain, Mrs. Pearl Nowak; secretary,
Mrs. Louise Herd; treasurer, Mrs.
Elizabeth Brazil: sregeant at arms,
Mrs. Edna Wright: historian, Miss
Mary Johns: delegates to the conven-
ton, Mrs. Helen Mahoney, chairman:
Mrs. Reba Johns, Mrs. Elizabeth
Brazil, Mrs. Sarah Johns and Mrs.
Pearl Nowak; alternates to conven-
ton, Mrs. Sue Yaendale, Mrs. Agnes
Dixon, Mrs. Cora Lerer, Mrs. Edith