Evening star., 1946-05-19
In Local Service ORGANIZATIONS
Legion Auxiliary.
Unit COlOrs in
IAmeriCanism Meet

Mrs. Pearl Heagerty, District OF
Columbia Department president,
American Legion Auxiliary, requests
department and unit color bearers
to report to Capt. Gail T. Judd, of
the Legion's National Guard of
Honor, at the Monument Grounds at
2:30 pm. today for the Il Am An
American Day" ceremonies A pro-
gram will be presented under aus
pices of the Districts Americanism
School.
Next Sunday color bearers, color
guards and sergeants at arms are
expected to turn out for the military
mass at Arlington Ma ational Gene
terry at 10 am, and later at the
annual massing of colors at the Ma
tional Cathedral at pm.
Mrs. Olea French, Department
| legislation chairman, will preside at
! a meeting of all unit legislation
| chairmen at 8 pm, Thursday at the
| Legion clubhouse. National Com
mitteeman Col Joseph J. Malloy
will be the principal speaker and
Edwin w. Luther. the Legion's legis-
lative chairman, will conduct a
| forum.
Mrs. Lillian Judd, department
chaplain. was indorsed by the fol-
lowing units last week for depart
ment president for the 1946-47 pc
riod: Fort du Pont. Government
Printing Office and Police and Fire.
The departments spring dance.
for the benefit of the building fund.
will be held next Saturday nights
at the Legion clubhouse, begin
ming at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Evelyn K.
Anderson is general chairman.
The ritual team of the Eight and
Forty will conduct initiation cere-
monies at the meeting of United
States Maritime Unit at the Legion
clubhouse Tuesday night. Mrs
Mary D. Spence, president, will
. preside.
: Mrs Edith NJ. Armstrong. pres
| ident of Police and Fire Unit, pre-
sented check for SITS last Satur-
day to the department president. III
l behalf of unit members, for the
department building fund.
Mrs Thelma Healy, department
membership chairman. announce
that there are now 2,349 member
in the District.
Victory Unit will meet at pm
Friday at the American Legion Club
with Mrs Catherine Davis. presi-
dent. presiding. The unit has
changed the meeting night to the
!, fourth Friday of each month to
l conform with the post meetings.
Mrs. Lois Bourgondien, American
, ism chairman, will present an Amer
! icanism medal to a pupil at the
Calvert School who has the bess
essay on The Privilege and Re
sponsibility of Being an American
Citizen Past Department Comdr
Patrick j. Fitzgibbons will make the
presentation speech, The Junior
, members will present flag codes TO
, the newly naturalized citizens at the
| Americanization school at an early
, date
; The unit, under direction of Mrs
f Albertine Bradley. child welfare
chairman, has adopted l2-year-
> old French girl who is in an orphan
age in France. A box of food and
clothes will be sent to her each
month.
Members are requested to bring all
sewing and knitting for the Red
Cross to this meeting Mrs. Edith
, Sadler. Red Cross chairman. has
been presented with certificate of
. merit and a World War II pin for
y, production work
Mrs Mabel Bywaters, rehabilita-
5 ton chairman requests members
} donate cigarettes, sandwiches, cake
: and coffee for the party to be given
at Mount Alto Hospital early III
June.