Evening star., 1946-03-19

10 Be Eniombed at
National Cathedral
The body of Miss Mabel Thorp
Boardman, whose tireless efforts led
the American Red Cross to a lead
Ing place in humanitarian work, will
lie in sepulcher in Washington
Cathedral, where the bodies of other
great Americans are enshrined.
Services will be held at the Ca
thedral at 2:30 pm. tomorrow, with
hundreds of prominent persons in
all walks of life, bound together by
an interest in welfare work, expected
to attend.
One section of the Cathedral is
reserved for 500 Red Cross workers
representing every unit of the or
ganization and wearing the uni
forms Miss Boardman introduced 30
years ago. Grey Ladies, Motor
Corps members, nurses aides and
other groups, most of them orig
mated by Miss Boardman, will at
tend the rites.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun,
Bishop of Washington, will oficiate,
assisted by the Rev. DR.. C. Leslie
Glenn OF st. Johns Church.
Will Be Near Wilson's Body.
Miss Boardman's body will lie near
the caskets of Woodrow Wilson,
Admiral George Dewey, Frank B.
Kellogg and three former Bishops
OF Washington, Henry Yates Satter-
lee, Alfred Harding and James E.
Freeman.
While the Red Cross flag at ma
tlonal headquarters and flags at
District buildings few at half staff,
messages of coincidence were re-
ceived at the Dupont Circle home
where Miss Boardman died Sunday
night at the age of IS.
For more than 45 years she had
served the Red Cross, in working
Tor its national charter, in estab-
fishing a national headquarters and
as its national secretary.
The words of sympathy and trib-
ute came from President Truman
and many others. including Secre-
tary OF War Patterson and Gen.
eisenhower, Army chief of staff.
Stone Praises Work.
Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone
OF the Supreme Court, vice presi-
dent of Red Cross and long time
friend of Miss Boardman, said, Her
service to the Red Cross as a friend.
councillor and guide, in all it's under
takings, has been unique in length,
In its single-minded devotion and in
its achievement.
The steady growth of the Red
Cross for more than 40 years, in its
membership, its resources, it's in
f1uence and in its capacity to relieve
suffering throughout the world in
both peace and war, has in large
measure been due to her untiring
efforts"
Basil O'Connor, chairman of the
American National Red Gross, said:
In the passing of Miss Boardman.
the most fitting memorial we can
1ashlon for her is to carry forward |
the highest humanitarian aims of |
the American Red Cross. Our con-
slant striving for a greater, better |
Red Cross will be an everlasting
tribute to her"
Gibson Calls Her Living Ideal"
Calling her the grand lady" and
living ideal' of the Red Cross,
Harvey D. Gibson, national chair
man of the 1916 fund campaign.
said Miss Boardman was "the figure
OF service, of unselfish devotion to
great cause. The thousands of
Red Cross women who went over
seas in the war period to help our
Servicemen, and the millions of
women who served as volunteers at !
home, looked to her for leadership
and inspiration.
Mrs. Walter Lippman, a successor
to Miss Boardmans position of ma
tlonal secretary, said her brilliant |
mind, her brave and loyal heart, her
tlreless energy and practical ideal
ism, all were totally dedicated to
one purpose, the furtherance and
perfection of the true spirit of the
Red Cross"
Said Mrs. Mason Colt. admins
traitor of Volunteer Special Services,
another position once held by Miss
Because of her devotion and cour-
age and her faith in the response of
women to meet the needs of peace
as we'll as war, the members of the
Volunteer Special Services feel that
the greatest monument we can raise
in tribute to its founder, Miss Mabel
Boardman, is continuing loyalty and |
devoted service. This we pledge in
her memory"
Honorary Pallbearers.
Honorary pallbears will be Chief
Justice Stone, Bruce Crane, Win
throp Crane, Basil O'Connor, George
L. Harrison, j. Clifford Folger, Fred
Walcott, Daniel W. Bell, Robert
Woods Bliss, Admiral William D.
Leahy, Joseph C. Grew, Corcoran
Thorn, j. Spaulding Flannery, Fred
erick Hale, Richard S. Whaley,
Charles Warren, Charles Carroll
Glover, Henry Sheffield and Lloyd
B. Wilson.
Ushers will be j. K. McClintock,
Dewitt Smith, Commodore Paulus
P. Powell, Edgar Morris, David Ed
ward Finley and Richard w. Hynson.
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