Evening star., 1947-10-05
Victory Unit Seats
New Officers in I
Legion Auxiliary

Officers Of Victory Unit, District
Of Columbia Department, the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary, were In
stalled at the last meeting.
They include: President, Florence
Wadborg; vice presidents, Frances
Sweet and Yolande Thomas; chap.
lain, Marion Turner; treasurer, M
Edna Mcintosh; historian, Edith S
Sadler; sergeant-at-arms, Esther
Silverstein; color bearers, Dorothy
Mawhood and Catherine Ganey;
recording secretary, Lois Bourgen-
dien; corresponding secretary, Eve
lyn Anderson.
Installation ceremonies were con-
Quoted by Mrs. Edith S. Sadler,
past unit president and past de-
partment president, assisted by M.
Edna Mcintosh, also past unit
president and past department
president.
The following chairmen were rati-
fed: Americanism, Blanche Crory;
Braille, Catherine Davis; Cheerio,
Georgine Bowie; child welfare,
Olivia E. Perkins; community serv-
ice, Mary M. Christie; constitution
and bylaws, M. Edna Mcintosh;
legislative, M. Edna Mcintosh;
flower fund, Mary Armstrong;
membership, Evelyn Anderson;
poppies, Mrs. Elizabeth Schoch;
music, Mary C. Ganey; parliament
tartan, Marion Turner; memorials,
Ida Schroeder; past presidents
parley, Catherine Davis; publicity
Edith S. Sadler; Red Cross, Flor
ence Douglas; rehabilitation, Fran
ces Sweet; finance, Dorothy Nav
hood, and juniors, Blanche Crory.
Sergeant Jasper Unit will meet
tomorrow evening at the Legion
Club.
Fort Stevens Unit will meet at
1924 Georgia avenue NV. Wednes-
day evening to sign its chatrer.
Enrolment of 1000 900 women to
serve during the coming year for the
welfare of war veterans and the
security of the Nation Is being
started by the American Legion Aux
iliary, Mrs. May Hilleary, District OF
Columbia Department president, has
announced.
Present membership of the auxil-
iary is approximately 100000, gain
of 100, 900 over year ago.
Enrolment of the membership OF
the District Department Is being
directed by Mrs. Mary D. Spence,
chairman of the departments Men,
bership Committee.
New officers recently installed at
separate meetings of their respective
units are as follows:
Kenneth H. Nash Unit-Mrs. Dor
othy Lindheimer, president; Mrs.
Mildred Grommett, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Parthena Jones, second
vice president; Mrs. Eta Nash, chap
lain; Mrs. Alice Slattery, historian;
Mrs Ethel Wilt, secretary; Mrs.
,Estelle Black, treasurer; Mrs. Lenore
Mustoine, assistant secretary; Mrs.
Mabel Conger, sergeant at arms;
Mrs. Rhea Smithson and Mrs. Ruth
White, color bearers.
Cooley-McCullough Unit - Miss
Mary McCabe, president; Mrs.
Myrtle Lanckton, Mrs. Helen z.
Stokes and Miss Rose Cohen, vice
presidents; Mrs. Ethel Broughton,
chaplain; Mrs. Florence Dunbar,
sergeant at arms; Mrs. Mildred A.
Reiter, historian; Mrs. Elizabeth
Creel, property custodian; Mrs. Ruth
Miller and Miss Mary c. Ware, color
bearers. ~s
Woodbridge Unit-Mrs. Gertrude S
Pierce. president; Mrs. B. Mary
Richards, first vice president: Mrs.
Gladys Day, second vice president;
Mrs. Vine G. St. Peter, third vice
president; Mrs: Louise S. Luton,
chaplain; Mrs. Margaret Hall, ser
geant at arms; Mrs. Florence Cor
nelius, historian; Mrs. Harriette
Montgomery and Mrs Marjorie S.
Trotter. color bearers; Mrs. Edith S.
Valentine, secretary; Miss Virginia
Morgan, assistant secretary, and
Miss D. Elinor Valentine, treasurer.
The retiring president, Mrs. Florrie
Morgan. was presented past presi-
dents pin on behalf of the unit by
Mrs. Pierce, who also presented for
the unit an emblem pendant and
chain to Mrs. Estelle Beard, on rec
ognition of the fine service she has
rendered.
The gavel presented to the incom-
ing president by the installing Off
Ger, Past Department President Mrs.
Edythe O'Connor, was a gift from
Mrs. Morgan. Corsages of roses
were given to Mrs. O'Connor, Mrs
Morgan and Mrs. Pierce.
Unit presidents are requested to
direct their publicity chairman to
send news to Mrs Alberta A. Lacy,
1905 Potomac street NV, 7, D. c.,
in typewriter form not later than
Monday of each week.
Indoctrination courses for auxil-
iary volunteer hospital workers will
be held at Mount Alto Hospital Oc-
tober Is, am. to pm, and Octo-
ber %. 7 to $50 pm. The past
presidents parley will be held at the
Legion Club, October II, at pm.
Programs of Week
I TODAY.
CLARENCE SNYDER, organ recital,
/ Washington Cathedral, pm.
| Dupre's .''Maenificat," AYE Ma
/ ria stella; Brahms "A Rose
| Breaks Into Bloom; Shumann,s
Cannon, B Minor; Franck,s
| from Durufle's Suite, op. s.;
| | Gieouts "Toccata.'
| VILLA sEMPLE, piano recital; Phil;
lips 6 GALLERY I Pm R.,,r Ihe slishted ssste1
ot Islington,- ayr; Fuleihan;;
| edited by COPELAND. ScarlattIs
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