Evening star., 1941-10-03
Priority Is Keynote
0fChest Appeal for
Volunteer Workers
Men and Women Needed
Who Will Put Campaign
Ahead of All Interests

fTlOIity III volunteer tlIIle IOl
the Community Chest" is the key.
note of an appeal now being ISSUED
by the Metropolitan Unit leaders il
their pre-campaign recruiting ol
volunteer forces for the coming
Chest campaign, according to John
A. Reilly, unit chairman.
The only way for us to raist
100000 in Washington this yea1
Is to build now the finest, most
experienced and loyal soliciting
force in the history of the Com
munity Chest" said letter signed
by John Clifford Folger, general
campaign chairman, and by Mr.
Reilly. in recent plea to Chest
agency board members and officers
for more concentrated interest in
the home 'front.'
"Wishful thinking and good will
are not enough We must have
men and women who will put the
Chest campaign first on their list
of personal priorities," the letter
continued.
An appeal for Nationwide sup
port of Community Chest caEl-
paigns will be made from the White
House tonight by President Roose-
welt on a half-hour radio program
during which Wendell L. Willkie
also will be heard.
The broadcast will be at 1890
O'Clock over N B. c., c. B. S. and
NJ. B. S. Tom K. Smith, st. Louis
banker and national chairman of
the l94l Community Mobilization
for Human Needs, will be another
speaker, and there will be special
performance by the Aldrich family.
The national drive is for S95 900, ,00O
30 support 5000 social agencies.
Residential Volunteers Needed.
On the home front, volunteers are
vitally needed for the residential
section of the Metropolitan unit
1t is reported by E. K. Morris, pres
ident of the Federal Storage Co.,
who is section chairman. The resi-
dental section alone is seeking 900
volunteers, or more than two-thirds
of the 1900 total workers the unit
must organize in advance in order
to be ready to carry the Chest
appeal into homes and small busi-
ness concerns in the Washington
area when the Chest drive opens
November 13. The other sections
into which the unit is divided are
the business section, of which B. M.
McKelway is chairman; Prince
Georges County, of which Dr. H. c
Byrd is chairman, and Montgom-
cry County, of which John B. Dia-
mond is chairman.
Only top leadership is anywhere
near completion in the seven areas,
which divided into 48 geographical
divisions, make up the residential
section of the unit, according to
Mr.. Morris report on enlistment
10 date.
Chairmen Are Listed.
Out of the seven area chairmen
needed, the six who have so far
accepted leadership responsibility,
together with the names of sponsor
ing organizations, division chair
men and team captains where they
have been secured, are listed below:
Area l (Georgetown-W Wesle Y
Heights)-Mrs. Marshall r. Diggs,
chairman:
Burleith Division-Sponsor, In
structive Visiting Nurse Society
group; chairman, Mrs. Leonard A.
Block.
Glover Park Observation-Disclosures
Mrs. Carl j. Whelan; team captains,
Mrs Carl o. Romberg, Mrs. w. H
Steinbauer and Mrs. Charles L.
Levy.
Cathedral Heights Division-Spon-
sor, Council of Jewish Women;
chairman, Mrs. Sidney L. Hechinger;
team captains, Mrs. William l.. Bush,
Mrs. Rena Frank and Mrs. Arthur
Stephens.
Foxhall-Briarcliff Division-Spon-
sor. Washington Animal Rescue
League group; chairman, Mrs. Pey-
ton Hayes Dunn; team captains,
Mrs. L. B. Brubaker, Mrs. Charles S.
Hamilton and Mrs. Charles L.
Sturtevant.
Wesley Heights-Spring Valley Di-
vision-Sponsor, Y. w. C. A. group;
chairman, Mrs. Eldred Dickinson,
team captains, Miss Bertha Marsh,
Mrs. Frederick Shelton and Mrs.
Frederick Feiker.
Friendship Division Sponsor,
Children's Protective Association
group: chairman, Mrs w. w. Rubey.
Area 2 cleveland Park Chevy
Chase)-Mrs. Frederick E. Altemus,
chairman; Miss Edna o. Schneider,
secretary.
Calvert Woodley Division-Spon-
sor, Christ Child Society group;
chairman, Mrs. F. X Callahan: team
captains, Mrs. Maxwell H. Stokes
and Mrs. Jerome F. Crowley; CO.
captain, Miss Mary Harlow; team
captain, Mrs. Levin P. Handy.
Klingle Division-Team captain,
Mrs. j. BlalSe de Slbour.
Cleveland Park Division-Sponsor
Lady Board of Childrens Hospital; :;
chairman, Mrs. Samuel F. Beach.
Tall Oaks Barnaby Division
Sponsor, Episcopal Home for Chill
dren group; chairman, Mrs. Will
liam Cassel Hanson; vice chairman,
Mrs. Copeland P Jones; team cap
tains, Mrs. Julian I. Richards, Mrs
William H. Waters and Mrs. j. Ray
mond Hoover.
Area 3 West End-DuponD-Mrs.
Edward w. Sturdevant, chairman:
Farragut Square Division-Spon-
sor, Florence Crittenton Home
group; chairman, Mrs. Frederick M
Kerby; team captains: Mrs. H. W.
Osgood, Mrs. George D. Sullivan
and Mrs. Edwin Yates
Dupont Circle Division-Sponsor
Junior League of Washington;
chairman, Mrs. James L. Karrick, jr
Area (Kalorama Mount
PleasanD-Mrs. Harold N. Marsh,
chairman:
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