Evening star., 1939-10-08

Child Welfare
Committee will
be headed by N
Mrs. Betty Nc M
Crahon and Mrs. ~
Carrie Brooks is
vice chairman. Mrs. McMillin.
Mrs. Harriet Epps is vice chairman
in charge of the colored department
on the Child Welfare Committee
Other chairmen included: Com
munity service, Mrs. Evalyn Copelan
chairman, and Mrs. Agnes Dixon
vice chairman; trophies and awards
Mrs. Catherine Mills; music, Mrs
Alicia Kohrt; constitution and by
laws, Mrs. Gertrude Pierce; employ
ment, Mrs. Viola Hines Fones;
junior activities, Mrs. Betty Bush
chairman, and Mrs. Dorothy john
son, vice chairman; Mrs. Helen
Ware, vice chairman of junior ac-
tivities in charge of Girls Nation"
legislation, Mrs. Helen McCabe
chairman, and Mrs. Margaret Garry
vice chairman; membership, Miss
M. Edna Mcintosh, chairman, and
Mrs. Edith Hayden, vice chairman;
national defense, Miss Frances
Youngblood, chairman, and Mrs. Ida
Schroeder, vice chairman; poppies
Mrs. Ruth Bergman, chairman, and
Mrs Mary K. Killeen, vice chair
man: past presidents parley, Mrs.
Edythe M. OConnor. cheerio, Mrs
Anna Elliott; Americanism, Miss
Minnie May Hardy; ways and
means, Mrs. Helen Mahoney; Mrs.
Irene Arnold, chairman of the Dis
tinguished Guest Committee, with
Mrs Edythe M. O'Connor as vice
chairman, and Mrs. Alice Slattery
and Mrs. Zelda Mulvey, wives of the
department commander and vice
commander of the American Legion,
as honorary members of the Distin-
guished Guest Committee; Mrs. Per-
ma Zott. department secretary, chair
man of publicity, and Assistant Sec
retary Mrs. Mary Reimen, chairman
of radio
Mrs. McMillin announced that
there will be other committee assign
ments as soon as possible.
The retiring National Executive
Committeewoman, Mrs. Dorothy B.
Harper, made her report of the
national convention. She officially
turned over the National Executive
Committeewoman's ribbon, which
was presented to Miss Minnie May
Hardy, newly-elected National Com
mitteewoman for the District of Co.
lumbia Department, by President
McMillin.
The department president and her
official family last Tuesday night. at
the War Mothers Home, installed
the new officers of Costello Unit.
On October 10, at the Garnett Pat
terson School. they will install the
officers of the James Reese Europe
Unit. On october IL, at the Pali-
sade Fieldhouse. at 8 pm, they will
install officers of the Potomac Unit
in a joint ceremony with the Poto-
mac Post. Other installations
scheduled in the near future will be
the Police and Fire Unit, October 16,
at the Thomas Circle Club, at pm,
and the Kenna Main Unit, October
II, at 8 pm, at Hitchcock Hall,
st. Elizabeth's Hospital on October
~, at Garnett Patterson School, at
8:30 pm. officers of the James E.
Walker Unit
A slight change in the divisional
eetup of the department was an
nounced by Mrs. McMiliin at the
Executive Committee. which met
with the hearty approval of the Ex-
ecutlve Committee. The divisions
will be known as Northern, Central
and Southern and will be in charge
OF the department vice presidents,
' as follows: Northern, with Mrs.
Myrtle Spudis, vice president in
charge, will include James Reese
Europe. Government Printing Office
and Killeen; Second Division, Agri-
culture and Potomac; Central Divi-
sion, with Vice President Hilda
Christian in charge. will include
Victory, Lincoln, Walker, Treasury,
Cooley Mccullough and Costello;
and Southern Division, with Vice
President Alecia Kohrt in charge,
will include Nash, McAlexander,
Police and Fire, Sergt. Jasper and
Kenna Main.
Potomac Unit, No. 40, will hold
q joint installation of officers with
the post next Wednesday night.
Government Printing Office Unit,
No. 80, will have a memorial service
on Wednesday at 8 pm, at IA
Bryant street NV. There will be
a Halloween party with entertain
ment and refreshments. Husbands
of members are invited.
" Sergt. Jasper Unit will meet Tues
day evening at the Raleigh Hotel
with Mrs. Imogene Gallagher pre-
siding. Mrs. Gallagher and the
other new unit officers were installed
recently by Mrs. Mary Mcmillan,
department president, at an i'm
pressive ceremony when department
officers Of both the Legion and aux
uiary were honor guests.
y. Mrs. Gallagher announced the ap-
pointment of committee chairmen:
Mrs. Mildred Echles, Americanism;
Mrs. Frances Ohearn child welfare;
Miss Margaret Hammer, rehabili-
tatlon; Mrs. Kathleen Abreo, COM
munity service; Mrs. Sylvia Nc
Laughlin, Tidac; Mrs. Lillian How
ard, legisla ion; Mrs. Edythe OCon-
nor. ways and means; Mrs. Louise
Goodacre, membership; Miss Ethel
Hodges. COM titution and bylaws:
Miss Henrietta Mckay, publicity.
Additional committee chairmen
and members IT, s3rve on the several
committees will oe made public by
the president at an early date.