Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08
|Sergt. Jasper Unit,
Legion Auxiliary,
Seats New Officers

Helena Bonner was elected preSl-
dent of Sergeant Jasper Unit OF
the District of Columbia DEPART
ment, the American Legion Auxil-
larry, last week.
Other officers elected were: Vice
presidents, Estelle Mead and Rose
Kaucher; chaplain. Merle Gerulla;
historian, Anna Gilbert; sergeant at
arms, Betty Crumbaugh; property
custodian. Catherine Smith; color
bearers, Mary Stickley and Helen G..
Sullivan; Executive Committee, Ola
D. Lee, Louise Goodacre and Emile
Schiller. ..
The unit Endorsed Francis j. Cas-
sidy for the Office of department
president for 1918, with Ola D.
Lee as department vice president
to run with Mrs. Cassidy.
Maria Karras and Pauline Gren-
fell were accepted into membership.
The unit contributed $3.50 for
bed for Children's Hospital and for
childrens toys at Gallinger Hos
pital.
The unit will not meet during
July and August.
Display of the American flag from
every home and business house in
Washington on Flag day, next Sat-
urday, was urged yesterday by Mrs.
Lillian Howard, Americanism chair
man of the District of Columbia
Department, American Legian Aux
iliary.
Election of officers and delegates
and alternates . to the department
convention will be the main business
of United States Department Of
Agriculture Unit Tuesday night at
the Raleigh Hotel. Mrs. Grace S.
Conway, president, will preside.
Capital Transit Unit will sponsor
variety show at Mount Alto Hos
pital next Friday from 7 to 8 pm.
Miss Claudia Hall, unit rehabilita-
ton chairman, is in charge of ar
and needs volunteers to
assist in serving refreshments.
The following units have Endorsed
Mrs. Frances j. Cassidy for the Office
of department president: Sergt. Jas
per. Costello. Cooley-McCullough
Second Division. Kenna Main, Nc
Alexander, Potomac, Commerce, Cen
eral Accounting Office and Wood
ridge.
Mrs. May Hilleary, department
vice president, has received unit in
dorsements as follows: James Reese
Europe, National Cathedral, George
S. Patton, jr.-Tank Corps, George E.
Killeen, Police and Fire, Bunker Hill,
United States Treasury, Department
Of Agriculture, United States Mari
time and Department Of Labor.
George E. Killeen Unit elected as
officers: President, Mrs. Ercelle
Quinn; vice presidents, Mrs. Marie
Lince, Mrs. Caroline Mortified and
Mrs. Louise Schofleld; chaplain, Miss
Inez Smith; historian, Mrs. Mae
Hart: property custodian, Mrs.
Martha Moore; sergeant at arms,
Mrs. Gladys Jones, and color bearer,
Mrs. Frances Steele.
Delegates elected were: Mrs. Err
celle Quinn, Mrs. Ada Riley, Mrs.
Mae Hart, Miss Inez Smith, Mrs.
Louise Schofield. Mrs. Gladys Neil
son, Mrs. Frances Steele, with Mrs.
Arnold, Mrs. Mary K. Killeen and
Mrs. May Hilleary as delegates at
large. Alternates, Mrs. Marguerite
Buscher, Mrs. Isabel Steinbraker.
Mrs Martha Moore. Mrs Marie
Lince, Mrs. Caroline Mortified, Miss
Grace Stock and Mrs. Rose Ward.
The unit will hold rummage sale
at 1904 M street NV. all day June
IA. A benefit card party will be held
in the same hall June 10, starting
at pm.
The unit will give rehabilitation
party for the patients at Mount Alto
Hospital on June II from Z to
$50 pm.
All units holding trophies are re-
quested to get them to the depart
ment headquarters at once in order
that they may be properly recondi-
toned and in readiness for presenta-
ton at the department convention.
Vincent B. Costello Units delega-
ton to the convention will be: Dele
gates, Mrs. Gertrude Prosise, Mrs.
Sarah Bachelor, Mrs Lula Woodend.
Mrs. Margaret Greenburg, Mrs. Lucy
Baker, Mrs. Frances Cassidy and
Miss Catherine Tierney. Alternates.
Mrs. Irene Sullivan, Mrs. Anadye
Kisliuk, Mrs. Margaret Montgomery,
Mrs. Dorothy Simpson, Mrs. Emma
Fleming, Mrs. Bonnie Moore and
Mrs. Catherine Mills. Mrs. Virginia
Prosise Edmundson has been named
to serve as page.
The unit voted S35 for the pur-
chase of a rocking chair for the new
Childrens Hospital. A benefit party,
to raise funds for this purpose, will
be held June 81 at pm. at the
home of Mrs. Margaret Greenburg,
217 Seaton place NE.
Meetings this week:
Monday-Kenna Main Unit, 2417
Naylor road Sc, 8 pm; Woodbridge
Unit, 2031 Rhode Island avenue
NE, 8 pm; Leslie and Douglas
McNair. Legion Club, 8 pm.
Tuesday-Lincoln Unit, home Of
Miss Chloe Traylor, TIT G street
NV. 8 pm; Department of Agri-
culture Unit, Raleigh Hotel, pm;
Capital Tansit Unit and Federal
Bureau of Investigation Units, Le-
gion Club. 8 pm.
Wednesday-James Reese Europe
Unit, 1914 Vermont avenue NV,
8 pm; Cooley Mccullough Unit,
rehabilitation party at Mount Alto
Hospital, 7 to $50 pm; Department
of Labor Unit, Legion Club, 8 pm.
Thursday-Past Presidents parley,
Legion Club, 8 pm.
Friday-James E. Walker Unit,
1719 Thirteenth street NV, 8 pm;
Second Division Unit, Colonial Hotel,
8 pm; Police and Fire Unit, Le-
gion Club, 8 pm.
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