Evening star., 1941-10-20
Chest Leaders
To Check Over
Publicity Plans
Final Arrangements
For Annual Drive
To Be Made Today

IA AltCbll4S VI lllt
Chest Public Relations Committee
for final review of campaign pub
licity plans has been called by its
chairman, Robert H Davidson. TO
be held in the penthouse of the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co, 725 Thirteenth street NV, at
1890 pm. today.
This will be one Of two meetings
already announced for this week
by Chest agencies. The other is
the 25th anniversary luncheos of
the Children's Protective Associa-
ton, CheSt-supported organiza-
ton, scheduled to be held at 1890
pm. Wednesday at the Y. w. c. A.,
Seventeenth and K streets NV.
Leaders to Report.
At the public relations meeting
final arrangements for arousing
public interest in the annual Chest
drive will be reported by the fol-
lowing men. who have accepted re-
sponslbllIty for the publicity cham
nelS indicated:
Arthur Gray Of Lansburgh &,
Bro. and Louis Banks OF nle Hecht
Co.. window displays; Donald NJ.
Bernard, advertising manager OF
the Washington Post. display ad-
vertislng space; Crosby Boyd. as
Sistant advertising director of The
Evening Star, advertising inserts;
Robert Dougan, executive assistant
oF tho Co,Di+a1 rT7ro,,ci+ ~ r+roo+
car passes; Frank La Falce, Warner
Brothers Circuit Management Corp,
Chest film trailer shoWings in mo-
| ton picture houses. and H. A.
Howell of the Chesapeake & Po-
| tomac Telephone Co.. art and layout
for newspaper display advertise
ments.
The Chest staff will be repre-
sented by Herbert L. WiIlett, Jr,
director Of the Chest; Edwin n.
Lewis. campaign manager; Miss
Beatrice Hodgson. in charge Of
Chest public relations; Miss Ruth
z Porter, assistant in public rela-
tions. and Francis ST. Austell,
Speakers Bureau secretary.
Guests Of honor at the anniver-
sary luncheon Of the Ohildren's Pro-
tective Association will include all
founders Of the agency who can
be located. One of them, Judge j.
Wilmer Latimer. will describe the
early efforts to establish protective
service for children. while Mrs.
Donnel Foster Hewett. member Of
the present board of the agency, will
give its history and development
over the last quarter Of a century,
basing her statements on study Of
old records.
Miss LenrOOt TO Speak.
Miss Katharine Lenroot. chief Of
the United States Childrens Bu-
reau, will emphasize the urgent need
for continuing protective services
for children in the light Of the ma
tional emergency. Dr. Rex E. BuX-
ton, executive of the Washington
Institute of Mental Hygiene, will
/ discuss preSent-day mental hygiene
/ problems of children and how the
| Child Guidance Clinic of the in
stitute attempts to meet them. An
annual report will be presented by
Miss Mildred Terrett, executive sec
retary Of the association.
Members of the associations
Board of Directors include Mrs Will
liam Hurd Hill. president; B. Wood
ruff Weaver, first vice president;
Mrs. Frederick NJ Bradley, second
vice president; Mrs. Jesse c. Ad-
kins. secretary w, R Willoughby,
+ treasurer; Mrs David S. Barry,
Judge Fay L. Bentley. DR.. John E.
Bentley. Mrs. Waiter A. Bloedorn.
/ Mrs. George w. Cook, Fernando
Cuniberti. Mrs, Milton A Francis,
Mrs. Hewitt. Mrs. Richard w.
Hogue. Dr.. Loren B. T. Johnson,
MIS- William H. King, Judge Lati-
mer, Leonard Lyons, DR.. P. A Nc
Lendon. Mrs W w. Rubey, H. c..
/ Spaulding. MIS- Walter S. Ufford,
/ Mrs. Conrad Van Hyning. Mrs. r.
. Thomas West Herbert G Wood