Evening star., 1942-07-12

Army and Navy wives who have
moved into lower Montgomery
County within the last few months
temporarily have set aside their So
ciaf activities and are joining the
local residents in helping to push
ahead the war program now being
carried on in the county.
Along with her busy life as the
wife of Admiral Charles w. o.
Bunker, now on duty at the Medical
School at the Naval Hospital in
Bethesda, Mrs. Bunker still finds
time to keep up her interest in the
work of the Gray Ladies. Mrs.
Bunker was a member of the first
group Of Gray Ladies who went on
duty at the old Naval Hospital in
the early days, when the Gray Ladies
took their training at Walter Reed
Hospital.
In that class were the late Mrs.
William D. Leahy, wife of the Am
bassador to France: Mrs. Arthur
Macarthur, sister-in-law Of Gen.
Douglas Macarthur; Mrs. David F..
Sellers, wife of Rear Admiral Sell
lers, former superintendent OF the
United States Naval Academy. and
several others who are well known
in Army and Navy circles.
Mrs. Bunker is one of the new
comers to Bethesda. She has been
here little more than year, but
she is one of the community's most
active workers, and nearly every
day finds her in the wards of the
new Naval Hospital writing letters
for patients, reading to them and
In other ways helping to make their
stay in the hospital little more
cheerful.
Another Gray Lady on duty at
the Naval Hospital is Mrs. j. B. Rut-
ter Of Greenwich Forest, wife OF
Comdr. Rutter, U. S. N. One Of Mrs.
Rutter's duties as Gray Lady is
to help find homes for the new doc
tors who move into Bethesda to
serve on the staff of the Naval Hos
pital-and with the present short
age of houses that is difficult as
signment, even for Gray Lady.
Mrs. Heron, wife of Gen. Charles
D. Heron, does volunteer work with
the local draft board four or five
days each week, and in her spare
time, when she has any, she helps
in the cutting room in the Red
Cross headquarters in the Bethesda
Recreation Center.
Mrs. F. w. Holt moved to Somer-
set last summer, and after she had
been there two days she went to
the National Library for the Blind
and took up the work she had
stopped when she left Washington
10 years ago. Mrs. Holt was at that
time on the Executive COMMITTEES
Of the Library Board.
While on the West Coast some
years ago Mrs Holt learned to read
and write Braille. At the present
time she is collaborating with sew
eral other women In writing a his
tory Of the United States Govern
ment in Braille, and this book when
completed will be added to the
Library for the Blind.
Mrs. Hollis daughter, Mrs. Rich
ard Shippen Silvis, is with her
father and mother in Somerset for
the summer, and Mr.. Shepard Holt
a son of Capt. and Mrs. Holt, is
spending his vacation with them.
Mr.. Holt Is on the research stan
of the Massachusetts, Institute OF
Technology.
Mrs. Robert N. Young was the
leader OF the Oahu Girl Scout Troop
in Honolulu before she came to
Washington last year. when Col
f. Young was transferred here. Al
soon as war was declared in De-
cember she volunteered for duty
with the Army warning service and
is a member of the staff at the OBJ
servation post on the Bradley Hills
Club grounds, where she is on duty
two days week.
Mrs. G. Edward Altemus of Po.
tomac, who will return next week
from a vacation trip in Maine, serves
with Mrs. Young.