Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24
Legion Auxiliary
Committee Heads
Are Selected

Mrs. May G. Hilleary, new Dis
trict Of Columbia Department presi-
dent Of the American Legion Aux
iliary, presided at the first meeting
of her Executive Committee last
Monday night when % units were
represented.
The following were ratified for
appointment or reappointment on
department committees: Auditing,
Mrs. Ethel Wilt, chairman, with Mrs.
Thelma Healy and Mrs, Eula Hollis,
vice chairmen; budget and finance,
Mrs. Catherine Crompton, chair
man; Mrs. Rose E. Perkins, Mrs
Virginia De Force, Mrs. Georgiana
S. Dudley, Mrs. Lillian M. Judd, Mrs.
Bertha Fichthorn and Mrs. Sarah
Deery; Americanism and music,
Miss Allie Belle Wright, chairman;
Mrs. Lillian P. Oppenshaw, vice
chairman; braille, Mrs. Edith M
Armstrong; child welfare, Mrs. Mar
garet E. Carroll. chairman. with
Mrs. Celonia Banks. vice chairman;
parliamentarian, Miss Mabel F.
Staub: national defense. Mrs. Della
Luther, chairman; Mrs. Mary E.
Lynch, vice chairman: building
fund, Mrs. Pearl Heagerty, chair
man; Mrs. Margaret E. Carroll and
Mrs Edythe NJ. O'Connor; rehabili-
tation, Mrs. J. Florence Dietsche,
chairman; Mrs. Bertha Gresham
and Mrs. Virginia Kraus.
Publicity and radio, Mrs. Alberta
Lacy, chairman; Mrs. Bertha Fitch
thorn, vice chairman; education of
war orphans and scholarships, Miss
Katherine Clarke, chairman; Mrs.
Lula Woodend, vice chairman; girls
nation and juniors, Mrs. Gertrude
Prosise: legislation, Mrs. Lillian
Howard; pan-American study, Miss
Chloe Traylor; memorials, Miss
Courtney Newton, chairman; Mrs.
Ann Whelan, vice chairman: pop
pies, Miss Iva Smathers, chairman;
Mrs. Mary Kileen and Mrs. Alice
Darnell, vice chairmen; trophies and
awards, Mrs. Rella de Rosselli;
cheerio, Mrs. Estelle Haldenstein;
gift shop, Mrs. Nellie May Linville,
chairman; Mrs. Isabel C. Gourley,
vice chairman, with Mrs. Eva Car
rico as liaison counselor between St.
Elizabeths Hospital and the auxil-
larry; community service, Mrs. Lillian
M. Judd, chairman; with Mrs. Amelie
Selinger, vice chairman for Red
Gross; Mrs. Ann Zaruba, vice chair
man for seal sales; Mrs. Evaline
Starnes, vice chairman for postwar
activities; Mrs. Florence Lewis, vice
chairman for District Of Columbia
Receiving Home; constitution and
bylaws, Mrs. Ada \Riley, chairman;
with all past department presidents
as members; distinguished guests,
Mrs. Irene Arnold, chairman; Mrs,
Catherine Pennington. vice chair
man.
Presidents and secretaries confer
ence, Mrs. Bertha Fichthorn and
Mrs. Sarah Derry assistant color
bearers, Mrs. Marie Lince and Mrs.
Sonia Epstein; membership, Mrs
Mary D. Spence, chairman; Mrs
Edith Armstrong, vice chairman,
with Mrs. Rose E. Perkins, Mrs. Vir-
ginia M. De Force and Mrs. Geor-
giana S. Dudley; past presidents
parley, Miss Mabel F. Staub, chair
man; Mrs. Pearl Heagerty, vice
chairman; Mrs. Bertha Ffchthorn,
secretary, and Mrs. Sarah Deery,
treasures; assistant sergeant at
arms, Mrs. Dorothy Dowdey; volun.
teer hospital workers, Mrs. Pearl
Heagerty.
Mrs. Bertha Fichthorn was ap-
pointed department secretary and
Mrs. Sarah Deery was reappolnteo
department treasurer, An assistant
secretary will be appointed at a
future meeting.
Mrs. Emma w. Lyons is the newly
elected president OF Henry c. Speng-
Ter Unit, No. IL.
Other officers are Mrs. Annie
Walter, first vice president; Mrs.
Mary Bass, second vice president;
Mrs. Katie Gross, chaplain; Mrs.
Roberta Fawcett, treasurer; Mrs.
Louise White, historian; Mrs.
Blanche Brown, sergeant at arms;
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Fries, secretary,
and Mrs. Leila Emig, recording Sec
rotary.
Mrs. Katie Gross will accompany
the District of Columbia delegation
to the national convention in New
York this week as a deleQate.