Evening star., 1943-09-21
Advance Gifts Division
OF War Fund Holds
First Meeting Today

With the opening meeting Of the
Community War Fund Advance
Gifts Division scheduled for today
at the United States Chamber OF
Commerce. two teams already have
announced completion of their per-
sonnel.
They are headed by DR.. Wilson
M. Compton and Paul Shorb
Community War Fund official said
today that the announcement
completes preparations for the Ad-
vanced Gifts Division, which is now
prepared to begin its work immedi-
ately.
Executive director of the National
Association of Lumber Manufac-
turers and vice president of the
Washington Federation of Churches,
DR.. Compton is a native of Worces-
ter, Ohio. Mr.. Shorb is member
of the law firm of Covington, Burl-
ing, Acheson & Shorb.
Division Leaders.
Both DR.. Compton and Mr.. Shorb
are vice chairmen of the Advanced
Gifts Division, other vice chairmen
being Mrs. Charles C. Glover, jr.,
and Mrs. Paul v. McNutt. The en-
tire division is headed by Abbot P.
Mills, Washington attorney, who is
supervising the solicitation of large
gifts preceding the Community War
Funds general drive for $4,800000
for las agencies, which opens next
month.
Section chairmen working under
DR.. Compton include Lanier P Nc
Lachlen, DR.. Paul F. Douglass, Mrs.
Wilson Compton, Mrs. L. Corrin
Strong and A. Montague Ferry.
Their aides include Francis G. Ad-
Olson, jr.; A. H. Brewood, Joshua
Evans, jr.; John ]. Halsey, Earl M.
Macintosh, Arthur j. May, Edgar
Morris, Garrett A. Pendleton, T.
Baker Robinson, Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon, Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss,
Achilles Catsonis, Thomas G. Cor
coran, Dr. Charles J. Demas. Mrs.
F. Burial Hoffman, Mrs Clifford
Pinchot, Mrs. Martha Stone, Mrs.
j. M. W. K. Hamilton, Mrs. Charles
Adams Baker, Mrs Harold Burton,
Mrs. R. Keith Kane, Slocum Kings
bury, Mrs. Arthur Krock, Arthur G.
Lambert, Thomas P. Morgan, jr.;
W. Waverly Taylor, jr.; Mrs. William
S. Wasserman, Robert c. Watson, j.
R. Boyd, w. Vernon Brumbaugh,
wellington r. Burt, Horace L. Daw-
son.
A. w. Dickinson, Reuel w. Elton,
Herman Fakler, Harry Candy, jr.;
John B. Gordon, A. P. Hall, Robert
c. Hibben, Miss E. j. jackson, Miss
Frances P. James, Walter Kleeman,
jr.; George N. Lamb, John V. Law
renee, Neville Miller, w. A. Penrose,
Nathan Roberts, Russell M. Searle,
Paul Truitt, John E. Walker, DR..
Richard P. White and Harold r.
Young.
Aides of Shorb.
Mr.. Shorb's section chairmen are
H. Lawrence Choate, Maurice K.
HEARTFELT Kenneth F. Brooks, G.
Bowdoin Craighill and Charles D.
Drayton. Section workers include
Harrison Brand III, Daniel j. CAL
lahan, jr; Waldron Faulkner, Paul
E. Gilbert, Ernest w. Greene, Will
liam M. Kline, Edward Morgan, Rev.
Charles w. Sheerin, George F. Tu-
dor, Jerome F. Barnard Edward F.
Colladay, Arthur HELEN, Hilleary c.
Hoskinson
John E. Mcclure, Nelson B. O'Neal,
Lyle O'Rourke, Andrew Parker, Ma
than B. Scott II, Raymond Taylor,
Mrs. George Thorpe, Frank j. Wide
man, Walter B. Clarkson, Leonard
w. De Cast, Clarence Dodge, Harvey
L. Jones, Godfrey l.. Munter, George
w. Neville, Hugh A. Thrift, Wilmer
j. Waller, j. Bernard Wyckof, Mrs.
j. G. Baldwin. Mrs. Leonard Block,
Harold A. Brooks, Mrs. William Fos-
ter Burdick, Mrs. W. NJ Kiplinger,
Mrs. Albert J. Mccartney, William
Montgomery, Mrs. James Craig Pea
cock, John A. Selby. Mrs. John F.
Victory, Benjamin B. Taylor, jr.;
Joseph K. McCammon and George
E. Hamilton, jr.