Evening star., 1939-12-10

jobs. The DIS as$SS;:.idl
trict Department
is joining with
other depart Mrs. Zones.
ments to assist the Legion. Mrs
Fones has urged all units to appoint
employment chairmen. She also
asked those seeking employment tC
register with the United States En-
ployment Service.
For the first time in the local
department the department. vice
presidents have held division meet
ings. The northern division met
last Monday at the Red Cross Hut
at st. Elizabeth's Hospital with Vice
President Mrs. Myrtle Spudis pre-
siding. Those in attendance were
Mrs. Addie Hardy, president James
Reece Europe Unit; Mrs. Beatrice
Jacobs, president G. P. o. Unit; Mrs
Marie Knott. president George E
Killeen Unit; Mrs. Della Rocca,
president I'd Division Unit, and Mrs
Vesta L. Rodruck, president Poto-
mac Unit. The secretaries and
treasurers of the Northern Division
units also attended with number
of department officers and guests.
Victory Unit No. 4 met with the
president, Mrs. Lillian Bridges, pre-
siding. The unit will provide for
needy families at Christmas time,
also including toys for the children
Mrs. Eula Hollis, rehabilitation
chairman, announced the units an
nual Christmas party will be held
on December 20 at 921 Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc. The Victory Jun
iors will furnish the entertainment
under the direction of the enter
tainment chairman, Mrs. Blanche
Crory.
Mrs. Blanche Crory is knitting
sweaters, which she is turning over
to the Red Cross as part Of the
units rehabilitation program.
Miss M. Edna Mcintosh, member
ship chairman, gave talk on mem
bership and is planning a drive for
the unit.
The meeting will be held Decem-
ber Is at Victory Post Hall, 414
Ninth street NV, at 7:30 pm,
after which the members will at
tend the Victory Post dance.
Sergt. Jasper Unit will meet to-
morrow at pm. at the Raleigh
Hotel with Mrs. Imogene Gallagher,
president, presiding.
Members are requested to make
donations to the gift shop at Mount
Alto Hospital before December Is.
The shop is sponsored by the de-
partment, and gifts will be given
to the veterans in the hospital for
their families. Mrs. Margaret Car
roll will be in charge of collecting
the gifts.
The post and unit annual Christ
mas party will be held December
% at the Thomson School. Canned
goods and staple groceries for the
Christmas baskets should be de-
llivered to Mrs. Gallagher at TIT
Columbia road NV.
Government Printing Office Unit
will meet December 13, in Harding
Hall, Government Printing Office
at 8 pm. Bring a donation Of can
goods for Christmas baskets. The
rehabilitation chairman and her
committee will distribute gifts to the
veterans of Ward G, Mt. Alto Hos
pital, December 20.
The Juniors met Friday evening
at the home of Miss Joyce DeRos-
selli. Plans were made to hold a
Christmas party December % at 1880
pm. at the home of Mrs. Beatrice
Jacobs, 222l Randolph place NE.
The Kenna- Main Unit on De-
cember II at pm. will meet at
1716 Thirty first street Sc. There
will be open house for Kenna-
Main Post members from 10 to IL
pm. Each member is expected to
bring a gift for the Mount Alto
Gift Shop. Those not attending
send gifts to Mrs. Carrie Brooks,
1925 Nichols avenue, Sc, not later
than December IL.
The Gen. U. G. McAlexander
Unit met Wednesday evening at the
home of the president, Mrs. 1nez
Holstow. There was social.
The unit held a dish supper Sat-
urday evening at the home of Mrs.
Inza Dickerson, 2l0 Roosevelt
street, Bethesda, Md.
Mrs. Alicia Kohrt, department vice
president, held a meeting of the
Southern Division at the New Colo
nial Hotel Tuesday evening, pre-
ceded by a dinner, with the following
unit presidents and their secretaries
and treasurers attending: Mrs. Ossie
Ritter, Nash; Mrs. Inez Holston, NC
Alexander; Mrs. Julia Rockford,
Police and Fire; Mrs. Imogene Gal
leeher. Sergeant Jasper, and Mrs
Carrie Brooks, Kenna Main. Mrs
Evalyn Copeland, community serv-
ice chairman, spoke on the seal sale
Mrs. Margaret Carroll, Rehabili-
tation Committee chairman, an
nounced plans 1or the Cllr!staids
parties for veterans and spoke on
the gift shop" to be opened at
Mount Alto Hospital on December Is.
Mrs. Hilda Christian. department
vice president, in charge of the CEN
trail division, held a meeting of that
division at the Denrike Building last
Thursday evening, with the Police
and Fire Unit acting as hostess
Those in attendance were Victory,
Mrs. Lillian Bridges, president: Lin
coin, Mrs. Edwin Sheriff.. president;
Walker, Mrs. M. G. Bundrant. presi-
dent: Treasury, Mrs. Jessie Curran
president; Cooley -McC Cullough, Mrs
Edith Warren Quinn, and Costello
Mrs. Margaret Greenberg, president
Mrs. Margaret Carroll, department
rehabilitation chairman, spoke on
the gift shop"
Miss Edna Mcintosh, membership
chairman, announced the halfway
mark to enroll 100000 members for
1910 is passed. On December more