Evening star., 1938-02-20
LEGION AUXILIARY
T0PLACE WREATHS
Mrs. Harper, Department
Head, to Lead Rites Set
for TUESDAY,.

Department president, Mrs. Dor.
othy B. Harper. American Legion
Auxiliary, will place wreath at the
Washington Monument and at the
tomb of George Washington at Mount
Vernon, Va, Tuesday. The wreaths
are being presented by Vincent B.
Costello Unit, No. IS, and United
States Treasury Unit, No. IS.
The May Day Observance Commit
tee met at the American Legion Head
quarters with Department Comdr.
Thomas Mason. jr.; Mrs. Dorothy B.
Harper. Grande Chef De Care. of
40 and 8; John Emil McCabe, lie
Chapeau Departmental of 8 and 40;
Helen M. McCabe, representing their
organizations and naming their COM
mittee to serve for 1888 May Day OBJ
servance held annually at the District
World War Memorial in Potomac Park
William H. Hargrave was elected gen.
eral chairman. Lloyd Burkey, treas
urer; e. Louise Warren, secretary, and
Martin Guerl, assistant secretary.
The next meeting of the committee
will be February Is at Legion Head
quarters.
The District of Columbia Depart
ment Of the American Legion Auxil-
iary Is sponsoring q st. Patrick ball
to be held at the Carlton Hotel, March
H. Mrs. Irene Arnold and Miss Edna
Mcintosh are in charge of all ar
rangements. A meeting of the entire
Ball Committee will be held February
28 at the Carlton Hotel at 7:30 pm.
The Kenna Main Unit, No. 81. met
February II at the Red Cross hut. st.
EliZabeth's Hospital The president,
Mrs. Myrtle Spudis, presided.
Final plans were made for a dance
to be held jointly with the Kenna-
Main Post tomorrow at Hitchcock Hall,
St. Elizabeths Hospital.
The annual birthday party of the
Vincent B. Costello Unit, No. Is, was
held last Thursday at the Bamboo
Gardens.
The unit gave a valentine dance at
the Red Cross hut of the Naval Hos
pital on Monday for the veterans.
Music was furnished by the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing Orchestra.
Refreshments were served.
The unit is planning to entertain
Costello Post some time in March
The next meeting will be held March
! at the War Mothers Hall, 1927 New
Hampshire avenue NV, at 8 pm.
The Washington Police Unit will
sponsor its annual Americanism and
national defense program at the
Thomson School. On the program will
be J. O'Connor Roberts, national
chairman Of national defense; o. c.
Halloran, chairman Of the Department
Americanism Commission, and Beat
trice Jacobs, department vice chair
man Of Americanism of the American
Legion Auxiliary, who will speak on the
Sesquicentennial relating 70 the Con-
stitution. Miss Thelma Bridges, a
member of the junior group, will read
an essay on George Washington and
the Sons Of the American Legion Drum
and Bugle Corps will render several
selections.
Unit President Mrs. Ola D. Lee has
accepted the resignation Of Mrs. Marie
Wilson as chairman Of the junior ac-
tivities and the unit vice chairman of
juniors, Mrs. May L. Bridges, will
serve as head Of this group until the
next meeting, when q new chairman
will be appointed.
George E. Killeen Unit Juniors will
hold a bingo party at the clubrooms,
Thirty-second and M streets NV, on
Friday at 8 o'clock for welfare work,
They will have as their guests on
March the juniors of Treasury Unit.
Victory Unit No. 4 will hold bineo
party March at 8 pm. at 1882
Eighteenth street NV, under the
direction Of Mrs. Eula Hollis, presi-
dent. Proceeds for child welfare work.
United States Department Of Asri-
culture Unit met Tuesday at the
Y. w. c. A., 614 Z street NV. Guests
were Mrs. Mary Carwin, department
Americanism chairman, who gave q
talk on "Our National Colors," and
Mrs. Beatrice Jacobs, Americanism
chairman Of the Government Printing
Once Unit, who spoke on 1.-THE Sesuui-
centennial Observance Of the Signing
Of the Constitution Mrs. Helen
Mahoney and Mrs. Sarah Johns, pres.
ident and past president, respectively,
Of Government Printing once Unit.
A fortune telling party was held
with Mrs. Frances Sparkman in
charge.