Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Legion Auxiliary
Scores Membership
Record for 1917

oerS actively enrolled in its work,
he American Legion Auxiliary en-
tered June stronger than ever before
N its history, Mrs. Pearl Heagerty,
District OF Columbia Department
membership chairman. reported last
week.
This represents a gain Of 75,0o0
over the 1916 enrolment. Mrs.
Heagerty predicted a 1947 total well
m excess of 100000. District de-
partment membership is now asst.
The American Legion Auxiliary
will hold its national convention in
New York City, August % to 81, ac-
cording to Mrs. Lillian M. Judd, Dis
trict of Columbia Department presi-
dent. 1t is expected to be the largest
ever held by the auxiliary.
Delegates from the District will be
elected at the annual convention of
the department scheduled for July
% and 20 in the Department of
Commerce Auditorium. The pre-
convention dinner will be held on
July II.
Mrs. Judd and Mrs. Heagerty, ma
,ional executive committeewomen,
will leave tomorrow for Swampscott,
Mass, to be guests of the Massachu-
sets Department Convention this
week.
The building fund benefit card
parties will be held in private homes
Of members and the Legion Club on
the night of June 20. Each unit Is
requested to send in the names and
telephone numbers of the individual
hostesses, as well as the kind of card
game to be played, to Mrs. Heagerty,
6645.
There will be a grand prize,
awarded by the department, for the
highest score in each kind of game,
n addition to the prizes awarded
BY the unit hostesses.
The next meeting of the Building
Fund Committee will be held June
II at the Legion Club.
Department of Commerce Unit
will meet tomorrow night in Room
1903 of Commerce Building for cleo
ton of officers and delegates and al
to the department conven-
ion. Mrs. Anne Whalen, president,
will preside.
This unit has made the following
appropriations; Twenty five dollars
to department building funnd, $40
for purchase of two chairs for Chill
dren's Hospital and SIS for the Grip
pied -children's ward of Gallinger
Hospital
New members of the unit are Miss
Beverly Cole, Mrs. Rachel F. Davis,
Mrs. Gertrude F. Lynch, Mrs. Mary
B. Lucas, Mrs. Rose L. Pfohl, Mrs.
Hortense C.. Sirman, Miss Virginia
Thornhill and Mrs. Mabel e. Urban.
Department of Labor Unit elected
the following officers: President,
Mrs. Eileen holland, vice presidents,
Mrs. Sarah S. Green and Mrs. Ada
P. Banta; chaplain, Mrs. Blanche
Herman; historian, Mrs. Pauline
Tucker; color bearers, Mrs. Joan
Smith and Miss Rosalie Diehl; sec
geant at arms, Mrs. Mary M. Lake
man.
The president then appointed Mrs.
Dorothy Dowdy as the secretary and
Mrs. Nellie Obitts as treasurer. The
department president and her Of
fetal staff installed the officers.
James Reece Europe Units re-
party will be held at 7
pm. Friday at Ward c, Mt. Alto
Hospital.
At the convention committee
Monday night Miss Mabel
F. Staub, chairman and the fol-
owing committees ratified: Treas
urer and chairman of badges, Mrs.
Sarah Deery; pre-convention din
ner, Mrs. May Hillery, chairman:
Mrs. Elizabeth Moriarity and Miss
Katherine Clarke; judge advocate,
Edward Marthill; secretary, Mrs.
Bertha Fitchthorn; recorder, Mrs.
Irene S. O'Connor; chairman of
pages, Mrs. Della R. Luther.
The following units have sub
scribed for pages in the department
convention program: Spengler,
Sergt. Jasper, Cooley-McC ullough,
second division, Police and Fire,
Agriculture, Kenna Main, McAlex-
ander, Commerce Maritime, Fort
Du Pont and Woodbridge
Mrs. Heagerty, program chair
man, requests all units desiring to
space in the program to
send in their drafts of printed ma
,erial, photographs and checks by
June 2. All advertising should also
De in on that date.
The department chairmen are
Urged to subscribe for space, listing
heir committee members and/or
photographs.
George S. Patton, jr.-Tank Corp
init accepted Miss Elizabeth Ann
Compton, Miss Patsie Powers and
Mss Teresa Clark as new members.
Mrs. May Davis Young, president,
'eports this unit makes monthly
'isits to Mount Alto Hospital under
he supervision of Mrs. jeanette
Motley. rehabilitation chairman, dis
ributing candy, cigarettes, station
cry and stamps. magazines and
pocket dictionaries.
Two afghans have been made by
Mrs. Annie Walter and Mrs. Julia
Hooker of the Henry G. Spengler
init for use in the amputation ward
If Walter Reed Hospital. Presenta-
ion of these articles will be made
oy Mrs. Lillian L. Martin, rehabili-
.ation chairman, in the near future.
Mrs. Celonia B. Banks, depart
nent historian, requests all unit his
ories lin prose form and unit scrap
BOOKS to be, submitted to the de-
1artment secretary at auxiliary
headquarters not later than mid
1ight July /, in order to be eligible
,or prizes which will be awarded at
he annual department convention.
Rules Of the contest will be fur
1ished each unit president and his
;orian upon request, If same has not
already been furnished them.