Evening star., 1938-08-29
RED CROSS WORK
T0BEPORTRAYED
PrevieW of Model for Roll
Call Will Be Staged
Tonight.

A preview of model for the annual
Red Cross roll call program will be
staged at $50 O'Clock tonight at the
Shoreham Hotel as committee chair
men, presidents of local civic clubs
and Red Cross staff members attend
ing the Eastern Area Red Cross Con-
ference gather for the first general
meeting of local roll call leaders of
the year.
The roll call starts officially Sep
tember 26, Richard F. Allen, chairman
of the Eastern area Of the Red Cross,
announced today
Prior to the preview, local chairmen
and their wives will be dinner guests
of Edgar Morris, general chairman OF
roll call committees
The model program will be one
dramatizing the Red Cross worldwide
program of service and will be given
under the direction of Brig. Gen. Al
bert L. Cox chairman Of speakers
Activities to Be Portrayed.
Washington Civic Theater players
and volunteer Red Cross workers will
enact scenes portraying major activi-
ties Of the Red Cross while commen-
tators give descriptive talks. Boy
Scouts and Chinese actors also will
appear in the scenes laid in the flood
stricken Ohio Valley, China and
Washington A film on public safety
will complete the program.
Guests invited to the dinner include:
The Roll Call Executive Committee:
Earl A. Nash, vice chairman; Admiral
Charles Conard, government; H. G.
Hoskinson, financial; E. Barrett Pret-
lyman, professional; Charles A. Rob-
inson, business; Mrs James Roosevelt,
residential Miss Mabel Boardman,
booths; Gen. Cox, speakers; G. B.
Burrus, publicity; Gen. F. r. Keefer,
headquarters; D. A. Skinner, utilities,
and Charles H. Doeing, treasurer.
Also the following vice chairmen Of
the above committees: Comdr. Will
liam B. Young, Commissioner Melvin
c. Hazen, E. w. Libby, COL Edwin
Watson. Mrs. Godfrey Wickware,
Bruce Allen, James F. O,Donnel, Mrs.
E. G. Montgomery, Mrs. James K.
McClintock, Mrs. E. J. Swift, Raymond
Clapper, C. T., Glagget, Mrs. Eugene
Meyer, DR.. R. E. Moran, Col. P. G.
Nebitt and the division chairmen OF
the publicity group:
Fulton Lewis, jr., newspapers; C. D.
Ferguson, radio; Carter Barron, thea
tiers; Ford E. Young, flags and outdoor
advertising; Alvin @. Ehrlich, window
displays, and Herbert F. Corn, John
Rlselipg. Ben Dulaney, Charles Duf-
fey, Harold Kneeland, Stanley Bell,
John Heinie and Miss Madeline En-
sign. representing press and radio.
General Business Division.
From the general business division
the following division charmen: R.
w. Davis, j. K. Althaus, Gardiner
Moore, Mark Lansburgh, Adrian War
ing, j. j. Hasley. w. B. Stringham.
George F. Jones, o. H. Ritenour, Har-
vey Jones, H. ]. Smith and Maj. Err
nest w. Brown.
Advisory members of the commit
tee: Lloyd B. Wilson. Marcy Sperry.
L. E. Ruble, John Saul, Maj. Gen.
Fred w. Boschen. James L. Feiser.
Ernest j. Swift and Richard F.. Allen.
The wives and husbands of these
committee members also have been
invited.
Presidents of several local civic clubs
also have been invited to view the
dramatic preview. They are:
DR.. Joseph B. Murray, Cosmopoli-
tan; Albert B. Van Voorhees,, Kiwanis;
Walter K. Handy, Lions; Howard
Sharpe, Monarch; DR.. Manly Michaels,
Newcomers; A. G. Dezendorf, Reci-
procity; j. Benton Webb, Optimist;
Mrs Ruth B. Shipley, Quota; Robert
B. swope, Rotary; Miss Daisy Reed,
Soroptimist, and Miss Mabel stryder,
Zonta.