Evening star., 1939-05-07
Legion Auxiliary
To Hold Annual Ball
AtCar|ton May Is
Final Meeting Of
Committee Called
For Saturday

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The annual ball of the District of
Columbia Department, American
Legion Auxiliary, will be held at
the Carlton Hotel on May IS.
Mrs. Irene Arnold, past depart
ment president and general chair
man of the Ball Committee, has
called final meeting of the COM
mittee at the Carlton on Saturday
at 2 pm.
Unit presidents will be hostesses
to their respective post commanders.
For table reservations contact Mrs.
Helen Hetzer, Chestnut 1888.
Among distinguished guests will
be the department commander and
Mrs. James T. Brady; Auxiliary De-
partment president, Miss Minnie
May Hardy; commander of the Dis
trict of Columbia Department,
v. F. W., Philip Belt and Mrs. Belt;
commander of the District of Co.
lumbia Department, D. A. ", DR.. w.
c. Hess, and Mrs. Hess; the grand
chef de gare, District OF Columbia
Voiture, the 40 and 8, and Mrs. C.
Cassard Scroth; the chapeau de-
partmental, ct 40, Mrs. Edith
Quinn; National Executive Commit
teewoman, Mrs. Dorothy Harper;
National Executive Committeeman
Joseph j. Malloy and Mrs. Malloy;
Gen. and Mrs Frank T. Hines, Com
missioner HaZen, superintendent OF
the Metropolitan Police, Maj. Ernest
w. Brown: Senator Robert M. Taft
of Ohio, Mrs. Fanny Meeks, presi-
dent of the Gold Star Mothers, and
Guy Nadeau, captain of the Ma
tional Guard of Honor.
On May r. hospital day, the aux
iliary will plant tree in the grounds
of Mount Alto Hospital in honor
of Mrs. Lille Mae Walker, who
served the department as president
from 1925 to 1923.
The services are to be held at the
hospital grounds at pm. Miss
Hardy, department president, will
give brief resume of Mrs. Walkers
life and Mrs. Evelyn Copeland, de-
partment memorials chairman, will
formally present the tree. DR.. Lewis
G. Beardsley, manager of Mount
Alto Hospital, will make the ac-
ceptance speech. The United States
Army Band will play and Mrs. Alecia
Kohrt, president of the United
States Treasury Unit, will sing Joyce
Kilmer's famous song 'Trees." Dedi-
cation services will be conducted
by the Americanism chairman, Mrs.
Jessie Curran, who has made all
arrangements. The hospital authori-
ties have arranged tea following
the program.
The Kenneth H Nash Unit met
Wednesday at the Y. w. c. A., 614
E street NV, with the president,
Mrs. Anna Seiders, presiding.
There was nomination of officers.
Election of officers will take place
at the June meeting. The unit
unanimously indorsed Mrs. Helen
McCabe for department president
for the year 1939-40 and indorsed its
Junior president, Mrs. Zelda Mulvey,
for vice president on Mrs. McCabe's
ticket.
A bingo party at Mount Alto Hos
pital will be sponsored by the unit
on May II. with Mrs. Mulvey, reha-
bilitation chairman, in charge.
q. s. Treasury Unit will meet to-
morrow evening. Representative
William F. Miller, past department
commander of Connecticut, will be
the principal speaker. The meeting
will be held at the World War
Mothers Home, 1927 New Hamp-
shire avenue NV, at pm. De-
partment Employment Officer Frank
Porter will also speak.
The juniors of I'd Division Unit,
No. %, met Saturday at the home
of the junior president, Dorothy
Snow. They adopted family with
two children and will supply it with
clothing and some amusement. After
the meeting the girls made poppies.
These juniors participated in the
May Day celebration and the service
on Sunday. The meeting on May 27
will feature a hike and picnic lunch.
The senior unit met at the New
Colonial Hotel on May 3.
Juniors Of the department are re-
ouested to attend drill practice on
the first and third Sundays of each
month. The juniors won third prize
In the Junior District Day parade
and each junior who participated in
the parade will receive certificate
of award on May 13. The juniors
participated in dedication services,
conducted by Mrs. Mildred Eckels
Of the and 40, at the Episcopal
Home for Children last Sunday aft
ernoon and carried the poppy pro-
cessional chain in the May Day cele-
bration last Monday at the District
of Columbia World War Memorial.
The juniors will make scrapbook
of Rumanian recipes for presenta-
ton to the national president, Mrs.
Morris, who is soon to make her
official visitation here.
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