Evening star., 1947-12-07
Gifts Needed
For Red Gross
Hospital Work
Clubs Assisting
Holiday Program
By Frances Lme

Even as you and I, the District
Red Cross Community Service to
Camps and Hospitals has been busy
making last-minute additions to It's
Christmas list.
On the basis of the latest esti-
mates, officials announced yester-
day that they could use another 500
gifts or SO in the Red Gross pro-
gram to bring Christmas to every
patient in service hospitals Of the
Washington area.
Here are some other items on
the revised list:
Christmas tree ornaments. (TheSe
are needed in unlimited quantities.)
Fruits, nuts and homemade
cookies.
Record albums and carol books,
to be used in community sings.
An appeal also was made for the
loan of station wagons-equipped,
If possible, with volunteer drivers
to help with the transportations of
holiday trees and greens to the
various hospitals on December Is,
16 and II.
Mrs. Riefh Is Chairman
Donations should be sent to the
Walsh House, 2O2O Massachusetts
avenue NV, which is the center OF
operations for the hospital pro-
gram. Mrs. Fred Rieth is chair
man of the District Red Cross Com
munity Service to Camps and
Hospitals.
All contributions should be made
by Friday. Monday, December Is,
is the absolute deadline, as deliv-
cries to the hospitals will start
that day.
officials expressed great appre-
citation for the generous donations
that already have come from both
organizations and individuals. AS a
result, more than 5000 individual
gifts and approximately 1000
Christmas stockings will be distrlb-
uted to patients in the service hos
pitfalls.
Donations already made to the
holiday program include two port
able tvpewriters and three portable
radios. One group alone contributed
$50 pounds of fruit cake and has
promised to provide several hundred
pounds of fruit, candy and salted
nuts. Some groups are contributing
cash for the purchase OF honday
greens.
Gift Suggestions
Lists of suggestions for individual
Christmas gifts are available at the
Walsh House. Suitable articles for
men include woolen gloves, sleeve
less sweaters, fountain pens, bridge
card sets, bed lamps, photograph al
buns, cigarette lighters and, OF
course. socks. Among the sugges-
tions for women are bedroom sllp-
pers, bed jackets, address books,
change purses, permanent wave sets,
handkerohiefs, manicure sets and
variety of toilet articles.
The Red Cross has tags which
may be attached to each gift SO that
its contents will be indicated and
suitable
More than 200 organizations are
participating in the program to help
make Christmas merry for the hos
pitalized service men and women.
Among the women's groups which
have made donations are the Order
of the Eastern Star, the OAR, the
Twentieth Century Club, the Sorop-
timist Club, the League of Repuo-
lican Women, the American Asso-
ciation of University Women, the
American War Mothers, the Wom-
ems City Club, Daughters OF the
United States Army, the Catholic
Daughters of America, Court NO
212; Sigma Gamma Rho, Maids OF
Athens, the United Daughters OF the
Ccntederacy, the Jewish War Veter-
ans Auxiliary. and group Of Pan
hellenic sororities including Alpha
Gamma Delta, Chi Omega, Delta
Gamma, Alpha Chi Omega, TIL
Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and
Beta Sigma Omicron.