Evening star., 1947-01-20
Church Group Appeals
For Clothing in Drive
For Overseas Relief

An appeal to District area resi-
dents to support q drive for clothing,
shoes and bedding for needy millions
overseas was made today by the
Metropolitan Washington Co-ordi-
mating Committee for Overseas Re-
lief.
The committee sponsoring the
drive, which opens today and cons
tinues through Sunday, is composed
of Protestant and Jewish groups.
The appeal came as the Rev E.
Jerome Winter, pastor Of st. Ste
phen's Catholic Church, reported
that Catholics of the Archdiocese
of Baltimore and Washington con-
tributed more than so tons of cloth
ing for overseas relief in a campaign
completed last month.
Father Winter, who was director
OF the Catholic drive, said contri-
buttons filed 1912 cartons con-
tanning Its ,478 articles. He also re-
ported that $155 in cash had been
donated.
st. Francis Xavier Church led the
Washington area with contributions
totaling 3,223 pounds. The District
collection amounted to 61,506 ar
ticles of clothing. The Church of the
Blessed Sacrament, Chevy Chase,
Md, led in the number of articles
contributed, s, 5,581, though the weight
total was under that reported by st,
Francis Xavier Church.
The Washington Co-ordinating
Committee declared, in opening its
drive, that the need for these ar
ticles in devastated countries is
greater today than at any time since
the war ended. It pointed out that
death from exposure, due to lack Of
fuel and of clothing, is common in
the needy countries.
First hand reports from over
seas reveal most tragic conditions"
DR.. Frederick E. Reissig, executive
secretary of the Washington FEEDER
alton of Churches, said. LET every
citizen make it q matter Of con-
science to participate in the COM
munity clothing drive and thus help
in some small way to relieve the
suffering Of Others"
viii be Packaged for Shipment.
Clothing brought to the receiving
stations will be sent to the Church
World Service Center at New Wind
sor, Md. Here the articles viii be
packaged and sent to relief agen-
cies in nearly 80 countries overseas.
During 1916 this center, the first
of nine relief centers operated for
rs leading Protestant denomina-
tions, sent more than 4y000, 900
pounds of goods to European and
Asiatic countries. The center was
opened three years ago by the
Church of the Brethren.
Further information may be re-
ceived from the Co-ordinating
Committee by calling Dupont 87s7.
The following receiving stations
will be open daily from 8 am. to
4 pm. to receive contributions:
... Northwest.
Albright Memorial Church, AL
Rittenhouse street; Polish War Re-
lief, 400 G street; Pilgrim Presby-
terian Church, Twenty-second and
p streets; Friends Meeting House,
2111 Florida avenue; Calvary Meth
odist, 1863 Columbia road.
Francis Asbury Methodist, 3146
Sixteenth street; Metropolitan Meth
odist, Nebraska and New Mexico
avenues; Mount Vernon Place Meth
odist, 900 Massachusetts, avenue;
Cleveland Park Congregational, 3400
Lowell street; Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational, 1410 Columbia road;
Columbia Heights Christian, 1435
Park road.
Georgetown Presbyterian, 3105 p
street; Jewish Social Service Agency,
1131 Spring road; All Souls iUnitar-
ian, Sixteenth and Harvard streets;
First Congregational, Tenth and G
streets; Western Presbyterian, BIT
G street.
Northeast.
Ingraham Memorial Congrega-
tional Tenth street and Massachu-
setts avenue: McKendree Methodist,
South Dakota avenue and Law
renee street; Rosedale Methodist,
412 Tennessee avenue; Ninth Street
Christian, Ninth and D streets.
Southeast.
Fountain Memorial Baptist, 2214
Naylor road; st. Marks Episcopal,
Third and A streets; Anacostia
Methodist, Fourteenth and U
streets; Trinity Methodist, Seward
Square and Fifth street.
Suburban.
Chevy Chase Methodist, 9 Shep-
ard street, Chevy Chase; Fairfax
Methodist, Fairfax, Va; Marvin
Memorial Methodist, -Four Corners,
Silver Spring; Rockville Christian,
Rockville, Nd; Bethesda Presby-
terian, Wilson lane and Clarendon
road, Bethesda; Mount Rainier
Christian Church, 4001 Thirty third
street, Mount Rainier, Md; All
Saints Episcopal Church, Chevy
Chase Circle.
The Church Of the Pilgrims will
be open daily until 7 pm. to re-
ceive contributions, the statement
said.