Evening star., 1941-07-27
Columbia Hospital
To Get Oxygen Tent
From Legion Women
PresentutionsWill Occur
At Auxiliary Meeting
August 8 and 9

An oxygen tent will be presented
to Columbia Hospital by the Dis
trict of Columbia Department, the
American Legion Auxiliary, at the
body's 10th annual convention, to be
held in the Commerce Department
Auditorium August 8 and 9. This
announcement was made by Mrs.
Helen NJ. McCabe, president, last
week
A special meeting of the Convention
Committee will be held at 8 pm.
Tuesday at department headquar-
ters in the Denrike Building. Miss
NJ Edna Mcintosh, chairman, will
preside. Arrangements for the con-
vention will be completed.
More women are now enrolled in
the American Legion Auxiliary than
ever before, according to Mrs. Rae
r. Zaontz, department radio chair
man of the local auxiliary.
All previous membership records
were broken last month, when 504,-
301 enrollments for 1941 were re-
ported at national headquarters.
This was an increase of 20,582 over
the same date last year, indicating
that the 1941 total will reach 525,-
900.
Mrs. Ellen Louise Warren is men,
bership chairman for this depart
ment and reports a 100 per cent
membership, exceeding last years
record
At the special meeting of Sergt.
Jasper Unit the following were
elected as delegates and alternates
to the department convention to be
held August 8 and g: Delegates,
Louise Goodacre, Kathleen Abreo,
Sylvia Mclaughlin, Gertrude
Pierce, Lillian Howard, Gertrude
Clarkson, Verna Beahm, Frances
OHearn, Mildred James, Blanche
Singrey, Iva Smathers, Hedwig
Almfeldt, Lucille McMeel, Emily
Schuler and Muerl White. Alter
mates, Marguerite McGinty, Clara
Newton, Anna Goldberg, Emma
Donner, Clara Searcy, Madeline FL
ison, Maude Hanna, Aline Torrens,
Garda Sage, Marie Carrico, Ruth
Latta, Ella Hook, Christine Reilly
and Louise Seigrist.
Sergeant Jasper Unit held a spe-
cial meeting and the following were
elected as delegates and alternates
to the department convention: Dele
gates, Louise Goodacre. Kathleen
Abreo, Sylvia MacLaughlin, Ger
trude Pierce, Lillian Howard, Ger
trude Clarkson, Verna Beahm, Fran
ces OHearne, Mildred James,
Blanche Singrey, Iva Smathers, He'd
wig Almfeldt. Lucille McMeel. Emily
Schuler, Muerl White Delegates
at large, Edythe O'Connor and Mary
McMillin. Alternates. Marguerite
McGinty, Clara Newton. Anna Gold
berg, Emma Donner, Clara Searcy,
Madeline Ellison, Maud Hanna,
Aline Torrens, Garda Sage, Marie
Val lIo. 1eubIl 1JdGOd, lJlid I1OOh,
Christine Reilly, Louise Seigrist.
The president announced the fol-
lowing convention committee ap-
pointments: Credentials, Mrs. Ger
trude Pierce; constitution and by
laws, Mrs. Kathleen Abreo; perrna-
nent organization, Miss Iva Smath-
erS; resolutions, Mrs. Lucille McMeel,
and rules. Mrs. Lillian Howard.
For reservations for the conven-
ton banquet on August 7, call Mrs
Louise Goodacre, Woodley 1860.
At a meeting of the Kenneth H.
Nash Unit at the Hotel Washing
ton on Wednesday night the follow
ing delegates and alternates were
elected for the department con-
vention at the Department of Com
merce auditorium on August and
9: Delegates. Marie j. Totten, Lu-
;ille Cuney, Ethel Wilt, Sarah Kohen,
Zelda Mulvey, Ellen Lou Warren,
Mabel F. Staub, Helen Ware, Claire
Smithson, Ida Mulkey, Virginia Nc
Carthy and Minnie Mccullough
Alternates, Mildred Bell, Mae Lin
vile, Olive Carpenter, Eta Nash
Edna Madden. Parthena Jones
Dele Libby, Wilhelmina Hughes
Eveline B. Starnes, Anna j. Nix
Mildred Grommet and Margaret B
-Holcomb
President Marie J. Totten was
elected to serve as chairman of the
delegation. Miss Lois Totten was
elected as page.
The unit has indorsed Mrs. Ellen
Louise Warren for the Office of de-
partment president.