Evening star., 1940-07-28

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M MzM posed of a rep
resentative from
MRS r'eree' each Of the l9
units in the department.
Several changes will pertain IN
the sanding rules adopted in 1899.
Other changes will be made to
bring the department constitution
and bylaws to conform with the
national setup.
The department convention chair
man, Miss M. Edna Mcintosh, an
nounces that final plans are about
complete and that the national vice
president of the Eastern division.
Mrs. Helen Gilbert, and the Nation
al Vice Commander of the Legion.
James Blaine Fitzgerald, will speak
al the opening session. A banquet
will be held August at I pm. at
the MayfoWer Hotel. Reservations
can be made with the BANQUET
chairman, Mrs Della Rocca, Chest
nut 21S6. Reservations close Au.
gust 7.
The department president, Mrs.
Mary B. McMillin, announces the
following convention appointments:
Rules. Mrs. Edith Warren Quinn:
resolutions, Miss Ethel Hodges; Gre
dentials, Mrs. Kathleen Abreo; con-
/ stltution and bylaws, Mrs. Pierce.
registration, Miss Margaret Gerry.
and permanent organizations, Mrs.
Amos A. Fries.
Capt. Rhoda Millikin. head OF the
Women's Bureau of the Metropolitan
Police Department, will speak at the
f Junior conference August 10 at $50
am. in the United States Depart
ment OF Commerce Auditorium. Mrs.
Betty Lee Bush, department chair
man of junior activities. will be
director.
Gen. U. G.. McAlexander Unit met
Thursday at the home of Mrs. Edith
Hayden. 2l08 Thirty first street Sc.
Mrs. Inez Holston presided. The
unit elected the following officers:
President, Mrs. Helen Wheeler: first
vice president, Mrs. InZa Dickerson:
second vice president, Mrs. Ami
Davis. chaplain. Mrs. Frances Davis;
historian. Mrs Muriel Kesler; serg-
cant at arms, Mrs. Sophie Droney:
color bearers, Mrs. Louise Hess and
Mrs. Frances Lorig. Delegates to
the Department Convention are:
Mrs. Inez Holston, Mrs. Mabel Amiss.
Mrs. Helen Wheeler. Alternates
are: Mrs. Kelso Byron, Mrs. Louise
Hess and Mrs. Frances Lorig.
Cooley-McCullough Unit held a
special meeting at the Y. w. c. A.
on July % and elected the following
delegates to the department con-
vention: Chairman, Edith w. Quinn;
Margaret Gauges. Helen M. Nc
Cabe, Rae R. Zaontz. Edith P
Landvoigt, Ann Crump, Pauline
Chambers, Emma M. Warren and
Ann Zaruba. The alternates are
Ethel P. 10th, Monte C. Painter,
Catherine Crompton, Ruth Bertram
Helen Hetzer, Mary B. Mulvihill
Ruth I. Malczewski. Nan B. Harris
and Madeline P. Williams.
| The delegates were instructed to
vote for Helen M. McCabe. candi-
/ date for the Office of department
| president, and the entire slate.
The following committee appoint
ments were made: Resolutions,
Edith P. Landvoigt; rules, Emma
M. Warren; credentials, Ann
Crump; constitution and bylaws,
Edith w, Quinn. and permanent
organization, Margaret Gauges.
Miss Helen Zaruba was elected
! president OF Girls Nation and will
also serve as page at the depart
ment convention.
/ The James Reese Europe Unit
met at the Garnet Patterson Junior
High School on July %, Mrs. Addie
Hardy presiding.
I The following delegates were
elected: Mrs. Addie Hardy, chair
man: Mrs. Anita Ellis. Mrs. Char
lotte j. Lancaster, Mrs. Rosa B
Thomas, Mrs. Mary Jones, Mrs.
Marie Jumper, Mrs. Elizabeth Ross.
Mrs. Julia c. Brown, Mrs. Lucille
Almond, Mrs. Marie Gardiner, Mrs.
Goldie Mckenzie, Mrs. Lulu Mae
Hammond. Mrs. Celonia Banks.
Mrs. Alma Lucas, Mrs. Ernestine L.
Davis. Mrs. Rosa S, Conley, Mrs.
Dorothy Green, Mrs. Willy Mae
Gasklns, Mrs. Isabel V. Jenkins,
Mrs. Ethel Porter and Mrs. Carrie
E. johnson.
Alternates: Mrs. Rebecca Gill;
son, Mrs. Maggie Brown, Mrs. Ger
trude johnson, Mrs. Fannie Daugh-
ty, Mrs. Rosa Anderson, Mrs. Ethel
G. Milton, Mrs. Charlotte Bailey.
Mrs. Margaret Nelson, Mrs. Clara
jackson, Mrs. Mary Brown, Mrs.
Gladys Martin, Mrs. Ella Johnson,
Mrs. Marie Coates. Mrs. Mary c..
Franklin. Mrs. Hattie Flourney, Mrs.
Bernice Taylor, Mrs. Blanche May
field, Mrs. Georgiana Dudley, Mrs.
Estelle Hammond and Mrs. Rosalie
| Carter.
The Past Presidents Parley gave
the juniors a picnic at Rock Creek
Park. The juniors sent books to the
Children's Hospital.