Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12

week s ACTIVITIES
Include Report
Meeting Tomorrow
While the Community Chests
regiment Of volunteer workers took
advantage Of the holiday week end
to bring the "Give-and be Thankful
You Can" message to prospective
contributors, the chest Speakers
Bureau prepared to present informa-
ton on the welfare services of mem
Der agencies at 80 meetings during
the coming week.
Volunteer members of the Speak
ers' Bureau have addressed 10000
potential sivers during the past few
days, giving accounts of the existing
needs for which the Chest Is at
tempting to raise 100000.
The efforts of the Speakers
Bureau, combined with the exhibit
of member agencies which closed
yesterday at the Willard Hotel and
the Chest color slide film, entitled
Behind Washington's Beauty" 90
hand in hand with the work Of the
volunteer solicitors in presenting to
contributors the needs which their
gifts will meet.
The workers will hold their fourth
report meeting in the Willard Hotel
ballroom tomorrow Nine such
meetings are scheduled before the
close of the campaign on November
~.
Capitals slums Shown.
The color film, which has already
been viewed by some $500 campaign
workers and contributors, shows
where Chest dollars will go through
the medium of Al authentic scenes.
Crowded slums ana trafnc-ridden
street Fairgrounds are shown within
walking distance of the city's most
famous beauty spots. Scenes photo.
graphed with Chest agencies illus.
trate how the needs of Washington's
less fortunate neighbors are being
met. The actors" are infants, pre-.
school children, growing youngsters.
family groups and aged men and
women. Explanatory comment &C.
companying the film was written by
Miss Beatrice Hodgson, director Of
public relations for the Chest.
The color slide film has had show.
ings at the Cosmos Club, the volun-
teer speakers meeting at the E
Street Y. w. c. A., Agriculture De-
partment Auditorium, Veterans Ad-
ministration, United States Tariff
Commission, Labor Departmental.
terstate Commerce, young women's
group at Harvey Restaurant, the
Hecht Co.. south building of Agri-
culture Department, Mount Vernon
Seminary, Chestnut Farms Chevy
Chase, Dairy and the bamboo room,
| of the Willard Hotel, where 1t was
viewed by campaign workers.
Some 5000 people visited the
three-day exhibit of Community
Chest agencies in the Willard Hotel.
Thirty of the agencies were repre-
sented In the showing, which DEM
onstrated the variety of services
made possible by gifts through the
Community Chest. portraying
through pictures. exhibits and sta
tistics how thousands Of human
beings are benefited from infancy
through old age. Health, recrea.
ton, institutional care, rehabilita.
ton. aid to travellers and other
family welfare services were in.
cluded among the benefits shown.
Film Available for Showings.
Francis st. Austell, secretary Of
the Speakers Bureau. is in charge
of scheduling speakers before
various civic groups, and also Of
arranging for showings of the color
slide film. The film is available for
showings before any group of en-
ployes, civic organization members
Of Government departments where
an audience of at least go persons
are present and where there is suf-
ficent room for operation Of the
projection apparatus.
The 80 civic organizations, en-
ployes' groups, schools and churches,
where volunteer speakers are sched-
uled to present Community Chest
information during the coming
week are Mount Pleasant Citizens
Association, National Gateway
Citizens Association, Mayfair Res
taurant employees, Hillerest Citi.
zens' Association, Cleveland Park
Business Mems Association, Business
and Professional Women's Club,
Wallach Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton, Brookland- Woodbridge Bust
ness Mems Association, Southeast
Business Mems Association, Co.
lumbia Chapter, No. is, Of the East
1 ern Star; Warren G. Harding Chap
ter, No. 81, of the Eastern Star, Cor
coran arent-Teacher Association,
Toms Auto Service, Keene PARENT
Teacher Association, Underwood
Elliott Fisher Co., Southwest
Citizens Association. Rotary Club,
Home Laundry, Street and Heavy
Construction Union, Chevy Chase
Citizens Association, Building,
Laborers' Union, Eastern Presby-
terrain Church Bible Glass, Quota
Club, Central Business Mems As
ISOLATION, Southern Wholesalers.
Calvary Methodist Church, Wood
row Wilson High Home and School
Association, National Lodge, No Al,
of Masonic F. A. A. M; Myron
Parker Lodge, No. n, Of Masonic
F. A. A. NJ; Northeast Synagogue
Sisterhood and Brookland Chapter.
No. II, Of the Eastern Star.
A A. A. Convention.