Evening star., 1940-07-21


department convention banquet Au-
gust 8 at the Mayflower Hotel at Z
pm. Assisting are Mrs. Hilda Chris
tian, Mrs. Myrtle Spudis, Mrs. Alicia
Kohrt, Mrs. Agnes Hazard, Mrs.
Julia Rockford, Mrs. Vesta Rod
ruck, Mrs. Mary Palmer, Mrs. Edith
Quarren Quinn and Mrs. Mildred
Holdt. Mrs. Rocca and her COM
mittee will meet with the general
chairman of the Convention Com
mittee, Miss M. Edna Mcintosh,
Tuesday at room 416 Denrike
Building, when final plans will be
discussed.
Any member, Legionnaire or friends
wishing to make reservation for the
banquet call Mrs Rocca, Chestnut
2l86. All reservations must be in
by August Z.
Kenna Main Unit, No. 81, elected
the following officers: President,
Mrs. Eva Carrico; first vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Jerry Love: second vice
president, Mrs. Edna Wright; chap
lain, Mrs. Myrtle Spudis; historian,
Mrs. Catherine Moore; sergeant at
arms, Mrs. Catherine Fields; color
bearer, Mu. Myrtle Sabine.
Delegates to the department con-
vention are Chairman, Mrs. Carrie
Brooks, Mrs. Eva Carrico. Mrs. Jerry
Love, Mrs. Edna Wright and Mrs.
Marie Welborn. Alternates are Mrs.
Mae Blair, Mrs. Phoebe Bailey. Mrs
Leila White, Mrs. Katherine Fields
and Mrs. Dorothy johnson. Mrs.
Marie Laing was appointed a page
to the convention.
A prize to the senior member
bringing in the most new members
for the year was won by Mrs. Jerry
Love, and the prize to the junior
member for bringing in the most
new members was won by Miss Allie
Belle Wright.
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The United States Department of
Commerce Unit, No. As, was presided
over by the president, Mrs. Mildred
Holdt. Delegates to the depart
ment convention are Chairman Mrs.
Mildred Holdt and Mrs. Helen L.
Bintz. Alternates are Mrs. Mary
Friend and Mrs. Josephine McCur-
ley. Mrs. Anna Mae Smith was
appointed a page. Comdr Joseph
r. Moore of the United States De-
partment of Commerce Post, No. As,
spoke.
Sergt. Jasper Unit, No. 13, met
July 9 and elected the following dol
egates to the department conven-
ton: Chairman, Mrs. 1mogene Gal
lagher; vice chairman, Mrs. Louise
Goodacre; Mrs. Gertrude Pierce,
Mrs. Emma Donnor. Mrs. Ella Hook,
Mrs. Marie Carrico, Mrs. Louise
Segrest. Mrs. Sylvia Mclaughlin,
Mrs. Hilda Clarkson. Mrs. Kathleen
Abreo, Mrs. Mildred Eckles, Miss
Ethle Hodges and Mrs. Frances
OHearne. The alternates are Mrs.
Christine Riley, Mrs Lillian Howard,
Mrs. Ruth Latta, Mrs. Lucille Mus
tian, Miss Iva Smathers, Mrs. Ruth
Orlosky, Mrs. Anna Elliott, Mrs.
Emily Schuler. Mrs. Clara Searcey,
Mrs. Hedvig Almfeldt, Mrs. Ola D.
Lee, who declined, thereby Mrs
Mary McCabe was nominated in the
place of Mrs. Lee; Mrs. Lillian Bot
kin and Mrs. Dorothy Walker. The
delegates were instructed to vote
for Mrs. Myrtle Spudis, a candidate
for the Office of department presi-
dent
Miss Mary Ann Thornton was
elected as page.
Mrs. Frances OHearne, unit child
welfare chairman, was indorsed for
the Lillian M. Luther Memorial
Trophy, awarded. annually to the
member having the best record in
auxiliary activities for the II months
succeeding each department con-
vention. Mrs. Imogene Gallagher,
unit president, was indorsed for the
Viola Hines Fones ood-Fellowship
Trophy, awarded annually at the
convention to the unit in whose
membership is found the person
contributing the greatest achieve
ment in the promotion of good fel-
lowship among the membership and
the units of the department in that
administrative year.
It was voted that no transfers
from other units in the District of
Columbia department will be ac-
cepted by this unit for at least one
year.
Mrs. Genevieve Stone of the
American Legion Welfare and Re-
lief Once appealed for clothing for
needy veterans and their families.
Any member of the unit wishing
to attend the department convention
banquet on August at the May
flower Hotel make reservations with
Mrs. Louise Goodacre, Woodley $3.50.
Meetings this week are-Tuesday
James Reese Europe Unit, Garnett-
Patterson High School, pm, and
Department Convention COMMITTEES,
Denrike Building, 1880 pm.