Evening star., 1941-02-20
Seven District Women Named
Hostesses for Army Camps
Third of Corps Area
Group'Chosen From
Washington

Seven Washington women today
awaited the orders which will tell
them when and where to report for
duty as hostesses in Army camps
in the Sd Corps Area.
An announcement in Baltimore
yesterday revealed that 81 women
who live in the corps area had been
chosen for the coveted jobs as
hostesses at seven camps in this
area where selectees will be trained.
One-third of the hoStesses came
from Washington-a high tribute to
local femininity. Those chosen from
more than $500 applicants were:
Mrs. Helen E. Becker, Park Lane
Apartments, to be senior hostess at
Fort Story. Va: Mrs. Gladys Davis,
2019 Thirty eighth street Sc, to be
Junior cafeteria hostess at Fort
Meade, Md; Mrs. Sylvia Sleeper
Shattuck of 1548 Forty fourth street
NV, to be senior hostess at Indian
town Gap, Pa; Miss Genevieve
Halle, 1925 M street NV, to be
junior cafeteria hostess at Indian
town Gap; Mrs. Alice B. Johnson,
1000 Connecticut avenue, to be
senior hostess at Camp Lee, Va;
Della Lee Riley, 1125 Twelfth street
NV, to be junior cafeteria hostess
at Camp Lee, and Mary Hurst, 1901
Euclid street NV, to be Junior
cafeteria hostess at Fort Story, Va.
S2,100 Annually for Seniors.
The seniors are to be paid S2,100
annually and will have charge of
all hostess activities. The juniors
draw $500, with one assigned to
social activities and the other as
signed to run the cafeteria in the
guest house. All the hosteSses are
provided with living quarters.
Mrs. Becker is a widow and the
mother of twin 15-year- sons.
Her husband was 1t. Comdr. Leon
w. Becker, U. S. N, who died here
in 1884.
She has had experience as a social
worker and served for five years as
a contact worker at the American
Legion national headquarters. Mrs.
Becker was a Junior hostess at Fort
Meade and Fort McHenry, Balti-
more, during the World War.
She came from Baltimore origi-
nally and said she was thrilled and
surprised" by her appointment.
The senior hostess at Camp Lee,
Mrs. Johnson, was out of town to-
day. At her apartment a friend
said she had formerly worked for
the Home Owners Loan Corp. and
as director Of women'S activities in
Kentucky for the F. H. A. Mrs.
johnson is a native of Leesville, S.
c., and has lived in this city most
of the time since 1884.
Miss Halle, named one of the
juniors at Indiantown Gap, has
made a career of being hostess,
She resigned on February l as dieti-
tian hostess of Al1es Inn and pre-
viously had worked as social hostess
at Congressional Country Club.
She is a graduate Of the Univer-
sity of Nebraska and the University
of Denver and is a member of Kappa
Alpha. Theta Sorority. Miss Halle,
who is 81 years old, was enthusiastic
over her new job.
Whether I'd gotten the appoint
ment or not, think the hostess idea
is a smart one" she said. 1T is a
good thing for these boys going into
corvice most of whom haven't quite
figured out what military life is all
about yet"
Former Night Club Hostess.
Miss Riley. brunei. also has
made a career Of being a hostess.
She has worked for the last two
years in the Pail Mall room at the
Raleigh Hotel and previously had
been hostess in the Mayfair here,
as well as in other night clubs and
hotels in the East where she has
met many celebrities.