Evening star., 1946-12-01
egion Auxiliary
Plans Gift Shops
For the Veterans.

The District Of Columbia De-
partment, American Legion Auxil-
iary. will again conduct Christmas
gift shops for hospitalized veterans
in Mount Alto and st. Elizapeth's
Hospitals. Mrs. Eva Carrico is gem
eral chairman, assisted by Mrs.
Marie j. Totten and Mrs, Margaret
Carroll.
The Mount Alto shop will open
December IL, when patients can
select gifts which they desire to
send to relatives of friends.
Due to the greater increase OF
patients at st. Elizabeth's, the shop
will be open December 13 and IA.
Each gift will be wrapped and
marked by members of the various
units.
A meeting of the Department
Americanism Committee will be
held at 8 pm. Wednesday at the
Legion Club. Mrs. Lillian Howard
viii preside. Unit Americanism
chairmen are expected to attend
as the national Americanism pro-
gram will be presented and plans
viii be made for working out the
program in the District.
One OF the activities viii be an
essay contest, the subject OF which
is "America's Contribution for a
Permanent Peace" High school
students will write esays in this
l947 national Americanism essay
contest.
All students of Junior and senior
high school age are eligible to COM
pete. Essays are limited to 500
words. Local, State and national
contests will be held. with awards
to the winners in each. Winning
essays in the District contest will
compete In the national contest
which will close June i.
Sergt. Jasper Unit will meet at 8
pm. tomorrow at the Legion Club
with Mrs. Ola D. Lee, president. pre-
siding.
The month of December is desig-
mated to rehabilitation work. Mrs.
Emile Schuler, chairman Of this
work, has a program planned for
tomorrow evening. A representative
OF the medical stan Of Mount Alto
Hospital will be guest speaker.
AS Of last Monday night a paid
up membership of 1924 was report
ed by Mrs. Pearl Heagerty, depart
ment membership chairman. To-
day is the last day on which names
can be sent to national headquarters
at Indianapolis in the current drive.
Deliver per capita sheets to Mrs.
Heagerty, Randolph 6645.
Fort Du Pont Unit met at the home
OF Mrs. Golda T. Comann. president.
last week and made arrangements
for a Christmas benefit dance De-
cember ID at 24o7 Minnesota ave-
nue. Sc.
Mrs. Dorothea Ffshback was ac-
cepted as new member.
The next meeting will be held
Thursday at 2407 Minnesota avenue
Sc.
General Accounting Office Unit
will have a benefit dinner and eve
ming of games at 21o0 Massachu-
sets avenue NV. next Tuesday
night.
Miss Mackie Welsh, vice chairman
of the Department Legislative Com
mittee. will preside at a meeting OF
all unit legislative chairrnen at the
Legion Club at 8 pm. Tuesday.
Cooley-McCull Unit will give
q bingo party Thursday night in the,
recreation hall Of Mount Alto Hos
pital.
Mrs. Marie Reid and the Misses
Sue Ann and Wanda Miller have
recently joined this unit.
Miss Jane Baker of Capital Transit
Unit won the Pearl Heagerty MEM
bership cash award at the Executive
Committee meeting last Monday.
Christmas TB seals will be sold
by members of auxiliary at local
booths on the following dates: At
the Woodward 81 Lothrop booth
December 6, Victory, December z.
Police and Fire; December 9, Cooley
Mccullough; December 10, Lincoln;
December IL, Kenneth Nash; De-
cember IL. Sergt. Jasper; Decem-
ber IA, Woodbridge; December 16,
Bunker Hill: December IS, Agricul-
ture; December 1s, George Killeen;
December 20, George s. Patton, jr.-
Tank Corps; December 81, Mari
time. and December %, Vincent
Costello.
At the Hecht Co. booth-Decem-
ber S, National Cathedral; December
Z, Potomac; December 8, Fort Du
Pont: December u, Commerce; De-
cember 13, McAlexander; December
18, Kenna-Main; December 20,
Treasury, and December %,
Agriculture.
James Reese Europe Unit mem
bers will serve at the Irving Street
Post Office booth and members of
James E. Walker Unit will sell seals
at the r street NV. branch, from
December to 3D.
The annual departmental benefit.
ball will be held Friday from pm.
to am. at Hotel 2400 Sixteenth
street NV.