Evening star., 1945-12-20
Many Parties Planned
To Give Servicemen
Merry YuIetide Here


With four days remaining until
Christmas, Washington today was
planning Yuletide parties for strand
ed servicemen and toy campaigns
for needy children to make the holi-
day merry as well as white.
Service hospitals and local COM
mands were handing out Christmas
furloughs in wholesale lots, but
many service personnel were to
stay in the Capital.
To compensate in some measure
for their enforced sojourn, away
from home, the Districts USOs
were planning rs feature activities
and thousands of washington fami-
lies have issued invitations to sefv-
icemen to their homes.
Air Arrivals to Be Feted.
The Potomac Camp and Hospital
Council of the American Red Cross
will dispense gifts to service per-
sonnel arriving at the Air Transport
Command at National Airport
Christmas eve and Christmas Day
in a lounge decked out In Yule
trappings, and with fruit and Christ
mas candy added to the usual coffee
and doughnuts.
Dances, Christmas parties, carol
singing and religious services were
planned at military posts.
The Fort Meade Separation Cen
ter plans to give a Christmas present
to Gk. 1t will be that piece OF
paper that makes a soldier a civilian
again. Essential separation center
personnel were to be kept on the job
Christmas Day so that hundreds OF
men. who otherwise would have to
wait for release, may be discharged
On the toy front, Washington
military posts and charitable insti-
tutions planned to make Christmas
brighter for needy children with toy
distribution and parties.
Workers for the Council of Social
Agencies were hampered by snow in
delivering toys and relief provided by
Washingtonians this year
Full Program at Barney House.
Plans went forward, however, for q
full Christmas tree program at 3:ls
pm. tomorrow at Barney Neigh.
borhood House. At the Central
Union Missions Children's Home
a full program Sunday, at which SOC
bags of clothing, candy and toys
will be distributed. was planned.
The Council of Social Agencies
reported that schools, churches
Government groups and theaters
are giving more generously than
ever to the needy.
At Andrews Field. Md, an Army
bomber was scheduled to land to-
morrow with toys for $50 children
who will be guests of the base. A
Give Toy to Tot" campaign
at the field is to provide additional
toys Saturday for needy children
living near the base
More than 400 toys and a 500
check were presented yesterday to
the Salvation Army by the Federal
Works Agency to assist in providing
Christmas gifts to children.
st. AIMS Infant Asylum still re-
quired additional contributions to
insure a merry Christmas for its IS
children.
Dances ut Officers Club.
The Ofncers' Service Club of the
United Nations announced its hol-
iday schedule today. The club viii
hold q dance, buffet supper or opeE
house every night from tomorrow
through New Year Day Christmas
dinner at am. and a pidshiprnens =
sard cadets 6N at 8 9,Eprn. feature
the clubs Christmas Day program.
The War Hospitality Committee,
which started its holiday schedule
Wednesday. has announced an elab-
crate program. including Christ
mas tree party at 7 pm. Christmas
eve at the Hearthstone Club, f7os
Eleventh street NV. and Christ
mas dinner at its Servicemen's Club
No. l. 306 Ninth street NV. The
committees program continues un-
til New Year Day.
The YMCA will start a week of
Christmas parties with its all-asso-
citation Christmas pageant and open
house at 4:30 pm. Sunday. Christ
mas Day viii be open house for the
YWCA, Seventeenth and X streets
NV. Monday night the Employed
Girls Department and USO will
sponsor jointly Christmas eve
supper at $50 pm. at the YWCA
following which the group will sing
carols at Union Station and return