Evening star., 1946-12-08
In LocuI Service Organizations
Legion Auxiliary
To Open Gift Shop
Next Thursday

Next Thursday
The District of Columbia Depart
ment, American Legion Auxiliary,
will open. a gift shop for veterans at
Mount Alto Hospital next Thursday
from to pm.
Patients who are unable to at
tend the shop to select presents to
be sent to friends, will receive them
from members Of the auxiliary in
the wards.
Al change in the schedule for the
gift shop at st. Elizabeth's has been
found necessary. The gift shop will
be open next Friday from 1:30 to 8
pm, and on December 16, from 1880
to 3 pm.
Mrs. Lucille C. Morris, national
chairman Of the auxiliary's Pan
American Study Committee an
nounced that Colombia will be the
South American country to be stud
led this year. Mrs. Morris has re-
quested all departments to obtain
as many Colombian recipes as is
possible for publication later in the
National Auxiliary News.
Send recipes to Mrs. Amos A..
Fries, 3305 Woodley road NV, or
to Mrs. Pearl Heagerty, 500 North
Capitol street.
Mrs. Lillian M. Judd, department
president, has named the following
to serve as department personal
contact hospital chairman: Mrs.
Margaret E. Carroll, Mount Alto
Hospital: Mrs. Eva Carrico, ST. Eliz-
abeth's Hospital, and Mrs. Pearl
Heagerty, Walter Reed Hospital
Mrs. Heagerty will represent the
department at the auxiliary's School
for Volunteer Hospital Workers at
Palmer House, Chicago, on Febru-
ary 27 and %.
Department of Agriculture Unit
will meet at pm. Tuesday at the
home Of Mrs. Thomas Pugliese, 5700
Roosevelt street, Bethesda, Md.
Members are invited to bring their
husbands or escorts While the meet
ing is taking place. the men will
have an evening of games at the
home OF william Murphy. Mrs.
Grace Conway, president, will pre-
side.
Mrs. Adelaide Miller has volun-
teered to sell TB Christmas seals
Of NTnnr{xrarl Qy or
cember 18. Mrs. Helen Shaffer will
be at the Hecht Co.'S booth
on December IA and Mrs. Ruth
Erlanason will sell seals at Hecht's
on December %.
Mrs. Catherine Davis, Department
Braille chairman, will supervise the.
Braille shellacking work of mem
pers from Killeen, Walker and Coo
ley-Mc Cullough Units at the Legion
Clubhouse on Tuesday night.
Capital Transit Unit will hold a
party for patients of Mount Alto
Hospital in the recreation hall from
to 8 pm. Friday. All members are
invited to help serve refreshments.
Members of the unit will sell TB
Christmas seals at Woodward g.
Lothrops during the, store hours on
December a. Mrs Florence Lewis
will be in charge of the, booth.
Miss Claudia Hall, Department
rehabilitation chairman. has ar
ranged for the departments Christ
mas parties. to be held at Mount
Alto on December 19 and at st.
Elizabeth's Hospital on December
20. All unit rehabilitation chairmen
are requested to assist in distribut-
ing gifts and serving refreshments.
District of Columbia Salon : IA,
Eighth and Forty, will hold its an
nual birthday dinner at the Lee
Sheraton Hotel at pm. Saturday.
Reservations may be made with
Mrs. Margaret E. Carroll, Woodley
6542. -
Kenneth Main Unit will hold a
party. for veterans at Mount Alto
Hospital on Wednesday from 7 to
p.m., under dlrectlon OF MRS. Mae
Linville, president.
Meetings this week:
Monday-Kenna Main Unit, 1910
Good Hope road Sc. Woodbridge
Unit, 2031 Rhode Island avenue
NE.
Tuesday-Department of Agricul-
ture Unit, 5700 Roosevelt street, Be-
thesda, Md. Capital Transit Unit,
Legion Club
Wednesday-James Reese Europe
Unit, 1914 Vermont avenue NV.
Friday-James E. Walker Unit,
1719 Thirteenth street NV. Police
Fire; General Accounting Office and
Bunker Hill Units, Legion Club.