Evening star., 1942-10-24
Six Women From D. {.
Area Reach England
For Red Cross Work
Others Known Here
Arrive SofeIy in
Foreign Posts

Five women from Washington and
one from Alexandria, Va, have ar
rived safely in England to work as
recreation and personnel directors
at Red Cross Service Clubs there
the American National Red Cross
announced today. r
Clayton E. Triggs of Los Angeles
who arrived at the same time to
direct the American Red Cross in
Iceland, is also known here. He was
director of community service pro-
grams for the District Works Prof.
ect Administration In 1939-40.
A seventh of the "a Red Cross
workers arriving safely at foreign
posts who has connections in Wash
ington is Miss Elizabeth F. Millet OF
Bridgewater, Mass. A graduate OF
Smith College. she was a member OF
the staff of the radio sections for
the War Savings Department OF
the Treasury from early in 194l till
last summer.
Other Names Listed.
The Washington residents are
Miss Margaret Ala Chase, 2O27 @
street NV; Mrs. Lavinia K. Ebling
1872 Nineteenth street NV; Miss
Mary A. Sturdevant, 3OO6 P street
NV: Miss Frances BEETLE, 2844
Twenty-seventh street NV, and
Miss Helen w. Fitting, TIT Twen-
tieth street NV. The Alexandria
resident is Miss Lucy L. Houston OF
2l9 North Columbus street.
Miss Chase, who will serve as as
sistant program director in England
formerly was research assistant for
the division of Intellectual cooper
alton Of the Pan-American Union
A graduate of the University of Cali
fornia, she studied art in Argentina
and Brazil and taught in California
schools before she came here.
Miss Houston, who will also act a,
an assistant program director, was
supervisor of recreation for Alex.
andria and supervisor of physica,
education and recreation in the
public schools. A native of Rochelle
Va, she attended high school in
Alexandria, was graduated from
Mary Washington College and took
her masters degree at George Wash.
ington University.
Mrs. Ebling will act as a persona,
service director in the British Isles
A social service worker since 1920
she was director of the Volunteer
Service Bureau here and formerly
had supervised the Social Service
Division of the Alabama Relief Ad.
mlnistration. Mrs. Ebling is g
native of Greenville, S. C.
Miss Sturdevant Taught Here.
Miss Sturdevant, a staff assistant
attended Friends School, Potomac
School, Holton Arms and Catholic
University here. While living abroad
she had attended the Convent of thu
Assumption in Paris, Calvert Schoo
IN Panama and Shanghai American
School in Shanghai. She ATTENDED
Bryn Mawr College in 1910 and wa.
teaching at the Beauvoir Schoo
when she was assigned to foreign
duty by the Red Cross.
MISS Bette was graduated from
Smith. College in gt94O vnd tool
graduate work sat Pennsylvani,
State College. At the time of he
appointment, she was JUNO
qualifications analyst trainee of tn
Civil Service Commission here. Bor,
IN Haverford, Pa, she attende,
Chatham Hall, Chatham, Va, be
fore entering Smith. She will &C
as staff assistant in England.
Another staff assistant there /
Miss Elting, former news analyst O
the Air Transport Command here
A native of Boston, she travelled ex
tensively in England. Scotland, Aus
tralia and the Far East before act
ing as an editorial assistant for tn,
Ladies Home Journal in New Yorl
from 1887 to 1910.