Evening star., 1945-03-25
ronee Easter Programs

uOupllng euOrLS LnlS spring TO carry
an Easter message of hope ano
happiness to sick, wounded and con
valescent, through the medium oi
flowers, plants and small gifts, the
latter for little patients in different
hospitals and institutions through
out the city and nearby.
Among groups planning these
Easter programs are the Washing
ton Council of Churchwomen, mem
bers of Chevy Chase church groups
who are also members of the Po-
tomac Council Flower and Garden
Committee of the Red Cross, Girl
Scouts and the USO, at 1911 H street
NV, where special feature will
be presented for entertainment of
women in uniform.
For several weeks members of the
council have been painting cards
for hospital breakfast trays Easter
morning, making cloth Dummies and
other small animals from odds and
ends OF scraps, to be put in Easter
baskets for children, and dyeing and
decorating Easter eggs also for the
little patients in city hospitals.
Simulated stained glass windows
made of colored tissue paper on
cardboard frames have also been
contributed by the churchwonen to
be placed in windows of children's
wards where they will reflect a soft
glow, emphasizing the religious
spirit of the day.
Considerable ingenuity has been
shown by the churchwomen in util-
izing odds and ends of cloth and
paper and unusually attractive
miniature baskets have been made
from milk bottle tops covered with
colored tissue paper. These baskets
will be filled with candies and placed
on children's trays Easter morning.
Recipients of these remembrances
will be polio and tuberculosis pa
tients and others in isolation wards,
as well as other wards. at Gallinger,
Freedman's, Upshur and Glendale
Hospitals and at the Blue Plains
Home and the Lorton Reformator
Mrs. Irving w. Ketchum, presi-
dent of the Washington Council
of Churchwomen, has co-operated
closely in this work with her hos
pital chair man, Mrs. George R. Hop
kins.
A group of women from different
churches of Chevy Chase will meet
at II am. Tuesday at the All Saints
Episcopal Church, to discuss plans
for flower baskets for the sick and
convalescent in nearby service hos
pitals. Members of this group, who
are also members of the Potomac
Council Flower and Garden Com
mittee of the Red Cross, headed by
Mrs. J. c. Ault, will be asked to
contribute potted and blooming
plants, as we'll as cut flowers, for
this purpose. With the early ar
rival of spring it is expected there
will be an unusual supply of fresh
flowers from Chevy Chase gardens.
Mrs. Eli Swavely, who has called
the meeting Tuesday, has requested
that all contributions be left by noon
Thursday at the pickup centers, the
Elite Laundries in Chevy Chase and
Bethesda, where they will be picked
up by the Red Cross Motor Corps
and distributed to the men in the
hospitals Saturday by the Gray
Ladies.
Terrariums and other dish gar
dens are being prepared by the Girl
Scouts, under the leadership of Mrs.
Frederick Coleman Fishback, to be
sent also to service men and women
in local hospitals. The Girl Scouts
responded enthusiastically to an ap-
peal from Mrs. David e. Finley,
chairman of the District of Columbia
Chapter, Camp and Hospital Coun-
Gil Service of the Red Cross, and
Mrs. Lewis Thompson, chairman OF
the Flower and Garden Committee,
to participate in this Easter flower
program.
Perhaps one of the most unique
ideas for bringing Easter cheer to
others was originated by Mrs Joseph
c. Pagan, wife of It. Comdr. Pagan
U. S. N. Medical Corps, a volunteer
worker at the 1911 H Street USC
Club, the only USO Club in the city
especially for women in uniform.
Mrs. Fagan explained that she
learned last year that an old-time
custom that the women in uniform
missed most at Faster was the pur-
chase of new Easter bonnet"
Il determined they would have 9
new Easter bonnet" she laughed
land planned for an Easter MILL.
merry display"
Mrs. Fagan's display comprised
about 200 little paper hats, repli.
cas- of the smartest millinery crea.
tions to be found in any of tht
shops These miniature hats were
arranged in the library at the use
Club, and the WAVES, WACS
SPARS and other uniformed girl!
were invited to visit the hat salon.
All the headwear was equipped with
ribbons, and each girl was present.
ed with hat which she wore tiec
under her chin to supper.
The hats made such a success!
that I was requested to repeat tn,
display this year." Mrs. Pagan ex'
planned. Il had planned to max.
corsages for the girls at the club
but when they asked will the WON
an who made the hats last yea
make them again this year?' I de.
cided hats it would be-"