Evening star., 1946-12-15
Legion Auxiliary
Department Units
Will Wrap Gifts

Members of the District of CO.
lumbia Department, American Le-
gion Auxiliary, will meet at the Le-
gion Club at 2 pm. today to wrap
Christmas gifts for veterans in To-
cal hospitals, under direction Of Past
Department President Mrs. Mar
garet Carroll.
Miss Claudia Hall, department re-
habilitation chairman, will super
wise parties in the hospitals this
week as follows: Walter Reed, De-
cember 18; Mount Alto, December
10, and st. Elizabeth's, December 20,
Patients at Walter Reed Annex,
Forest Glen, Md, will be given
presents at party which will be
held shortly after Christmas.
Miss Hall will preside at an i'm
portant Department Rehabilitation
Committee meeting tomorrow night
at the Legion Club. ALI unit pres
idents are asked to have their re-
Mobilization chairmen or representa-
tives present.
The Co-ordinated Child Welfare
Committee, made up Of chairmen OF
the Legion, Auxiliary, Forty and
Eight and Eight and Forty, has
found it necessary to change the
date of the party from December
23 to December %, when about TOO
children of needy veterans fam
lilies will be entertained at the Le-
gion Club.
Everett Totten, as Santa Claus,
will present stockings filled with
candy and toys and games to each
child.
A children's program Of music and
dancing will be presented by the
pupils of Mrs. Bernice Carrico War
ner. Members of District OF Co
lumbia Taxi Post will furnish trans
portation.
Auxiliary members and their
friends who have received TB
Christmas seals through the mail
are requested to pay for them at
the auxiliary's booths at woodward
& Lothrops or Hechts, In order 10
have the department receive credit
for such mail sales.
Units manning the booth at the
Hecht Co. this week are Henry g
Spengler, December Is; Bunker Hill,
December IT; Kenna-Main, Decem-
ber is; Victory, December 10; Unit
ed States Treasury, December 20,
and Police and Fire, December 81.
Units scheduled to serve at Wood
ward Ss Lothrop'S booth are Bunker
Hill, December 16; General Account
ing ONCE, December II; Depart
ment of Agriculture. December ID;
George E. Killeen, December 19;
George S. Patten, jr., Tank Corps,
December 20, and United States
Maritime, December 81.
A baby contest will be held at 8
pm. Tuesday under the auspices
OF the James Reese Europe Unit at
1914 Vermont avenue NV. Mrs
Georgiana S. Dudley. unit presi-
dent, and Mrs. Priscilla Wilkes, ways
and means chairman, will be In
charge. The proceeds will be used
for the benefit of underprivileged
children. Bonds will be given to
contestants turning in 500 or more
and there will be various other
prizes.
New members accepted at the last
meeting were Mrs. Vonnie Johnson.
Mrs. Bessie Berry, Mrs. Grace M.
Horshy, Mrs. Gorgianna Smith, Mrs.
Pauline Edmund, Mrs. Aritemisha
jackson, Mrs. Bernice v. Bond, Mrs.
Dora Smith, Mrs. Mabel s. Knight,
Mrs. Adeline Brown, Mrs. Eda Mar
shall and Mrs. Lucy Rouse.
Mrs. Margaret E. Conroy. Mrs.
Patricia M. Dodge and Mrs. Clara
S. johnson were approved for men,
bership in United States Depart
nent of Agriculture Unit last Tues
day night, over which Mrs. Grace
S. Conway, president, presided.
District of Columbia Salon IA,
Eight and Forty, will meet next
Wednesday night at the Lee Shera-
ton Hotel. Mrs. Laura Lipscomb, lie
chapeau, will preside.
Members are requested to bring
gifts Of toys. dolls and games for
distribution to the children at Glenn
Dale Sanatorium. The salon will
have a Christmas party for the
patients at that institution next
Saturday from 8 to 5 pm, under
the direction of Mrs. Lipscomb and
the child welfare vice chairman,
Mrs. Helen Ware.
Meetings this week:
Monday-United States Treas
ury Unit, Legion Club.
Tuesday = Potomac Unit, Pali-
sades Field House; United States
Maritime Unit, Legion Club.
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