Evening star., 1946-09-01
Legion Auxiliary
Executive Body
Names Unit Heads

Mrs. Lillian M. Judd president of
the District of Columbia Depart
ment, the American Legion Aux
iliary, held her first Executive Com
mittee meeting on Monday night
when the following appointments
were ratified:
Secretary, Miss Mabel F. Staub;
assistant secretary, Mrs. Bertha
Fichthorn; treasurer, Mrs Sarah
Deery; auditing chairman. Mrs.
Ethel Wilt, with Mrs. Thelma Healy
and Mrs. Eula Hollis; budget and
finance, chairman, Mrs. Catherine
Crompton with the three depart
ment vice presidents, national
executive committeewoman, secre-
tary and treasurer; Americanism,
chairman, Mrs. Dillian Howard with
Mrs. Frances McNichols and Mrs.
Edythe O'Connor; child welfare,
chairman, Mrs. Margaret Carroll
with Mrs. Henriette Epps and Mrs.
Helen McCabe; parliamentarian,
Mrs. Roberta Fawcett; national de-
tense, chairman, Mrs. Della Luther
with Mrs. Vida Yoder and Mrs
Ossie Ritter; building fund, Mrs.
Pearl Heagerty, three years and
chairman this year, Mrs. Margaret
Carroll. two years and Mrs. Flor
ence Dietsche, one year; rehabilita-
ton, Miss Claudia Hall, chairman
with Mrs. Helen Spriggs and Mrs.
Addie Hardy.
Publicity and radio, chairman,
Mrs. Alberta Lacy with Miss Mabel
Staub; national news. chairman,
Mrs. Ada Riley; education of war
orphans, chairman, Mrs. Edith Sad
ler with Mrs. Mary Corwin and Miss
Mabel Staub; juniors, chairman,
Mrs. Edna Wright with Mrs. Helen
z. Stokes; girls nation, chairman,
Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper; legislation,
chairman, Mrs. Olea French with
Miss Mackie Welch; Pan-American
study, chairman. Mrs. Elizabeth
Fries with Mrs. Sarah Small; me-
MORALS, chairman, Miss Mary Flea
nor McCabe with Miss Courtney
Newton: membership, chairman
Mrs. Pearl Heagerty with Mrs. Mar
garet Carroll; poppies, chairman
Mrs. Mary Spence with Mrs. Mary
Killeen and Mrs. Helen Wynne
awards, Mrs. Rella deRosselh;
music, Mrs. Laura Lipscomb; enter
tainment. Mrs. Dorothy Mawhood
cheerio, Mrs. Estelle Haldenstein
gift shop, chairman, Mrs Eva Car
rico with Mrs, Marie Totten; com
munity service. general chairman
Mrs. Frances Cassidy with the fol-
lowing chairmen on the various
committees, all coming under COM
munity service: Red Cross, Mrs
Amelie Sellinger; Post War, Mrs,
Evelyn Starnes; Braille, Mrs. Cath
crime Davis; Seals, Mrs Chloe Tray
lor; Receiving Home, Mrs. Loretta
Norton.
Constitution and bylaws. chair
man, Mrs. Sylvia Mclaughlin, with
all past department presidents;
distinguished guests, Mrs. Pearl
Heagerty and Mrs. Catherine Pen
nington; presidents and secretaries
conference, Miss Mabel F. Staub
with Mrs. Sarah Deery and Mrs.
Bertha Fichthorn; office manage
ment, Mrs. Margaret Carroll; as
sistant color bearers, Mrs. Edith
McKeller and Miss Thelma Lohman;
assistant sergeant at arms, Mrs.
Juanita Milans.
The following units will hold in
stallations: September 3, Killeen
Unit, at their clubhouse; September
4. Nash Unit, 1922 Vermont avenue
NV; September 7, Transit Unit,
Legion Club; September 9, Jasper
Unit, at the Legion Club: Septem-
ber Is, Mccullough Unit. Legion
Club; September 20, Europe Unit,
Garnett-Patterson School: Septem-
ber "a, Maritime Unit, Legion Club;
october /. Costello Unit, Legion
Club; October 10, Du Pont Unit,
Minnesota avenue and M streets Sc.
There will be a group installation
of units September 13, time and
place to be given later, of G. A. o.,
Police and Fire, Potomac, I'd Di-
vision, McAlexander, Woodbridge,
Lincoln, Kenna Main, Victory
Spengler. Walker, G. P. o. and
Bunker Hill.
Officers will be installed by the
department president September 7
for the Capitol Transit Unit: Pres
ident, Mrs. Irene Taylor; vice presi-
dents, Mrs. Florence Lewis, Miss
Catherine Bush and Mrs. D. An
drews: chaplain, Mrs. Jane Baker;
historian, Mrs. Elsie Howes; SER
geant at arms. Mrs. Aylce Paint;
color bearers, Mrs. Anita Buccucci
and Mary Buccucci; secretary, Mrs.
Edna Grimm; treasurer, Mrs. Mae