Evening star., 1947-04-06
In Local Service Organizations
Legion Auxiliary
National Leader
Plans Visitation

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Plans Visitation
Mrs. Leon Bristol Of Syracuse, N.
r, national vice president Of the
Eastern Division, American Legion
Auxiliary, will make her oficial
visitation to the District of Colum-
bia Department next Saturday n
the Department Of Commerce audi-
torium at 8 pm.
- Units are requested to have their
colors present for this mass meet
ing. Celor-bearers are to report to
the department colorS bearer, Miss
Allie Belle Wright, in the lobby OF
the auditorium at 1880 pm.
Watson B. Miller, Federal Secur-
fly administrator, will be the princi-
pal speaker at the combined child
welfare and Pan-American study
program to be conducted by the
Sergt. Jasper Unit at the American
Legion Club tomorrow evening.
He will be introduced by Mrs.
Louise Goodacre, unit child welfare
chairman. Mrs. Lucille McMeel,
chairman of the Pan-American
study for the unit, will introduce
Senor Liborio Cuellar, an industrial
economist of Colombia, who will also
speak.
At the same time, Department
President Mrs. Lillian M. Judd and
her staff will pay an official visit to
the unit. Mrs. Ola D. Lee, president,
will preside.
The unit will celebrate its 21st an
niversary with a dinner-dance on
Wednesday at pm. at the Burling-
ton Hotel. ~
The department president will
make other visitations this week to
the following units: Capital Transit,
Legion Club, Tuesday; James Reese
Europe, 1914 Vermont avenue NV,
Wednesday; Police and Fire Unit at
Legion Club, Friday.
Mrs. Pearl Heagerty, district di-
rector of the auxiliary's Hospital
Visitors Corps, has completed ar
rangements for a one-day indoc-
trination course In this work at
Mount Alto Hospital on Tuesday
ffom 9:30 am. to $3.50 pm. AL
auxiliary members are requested to
report to the Recreation Building
for registration at 9 am.
DR.. Charles M. Griffith, superin-
tendent of Mount Alto Hospital, will
introduce the following speakers
and instructors: DR.. v. M. Iovine,
chief surgeon; DR.. T. j. Pekin, clin-
ical director; DR.. T. M. Brown, chief
of internal medicine; DR.. w. T,
Kaufman, chief of neuro-psychol-
ogy; Mrs. M. A. Galbally, chief
nurse; Mrs. j. r. johnson, chief of
rehabilitation; Mrs. o. P. Scruggs,
chief librarian; Miss Agnes Brophy,
senior recreational aide, and Mr..
M. r. Brownlee, chief Of special
services.
Those taking the course will be
presented with a certificate and pin
from National Auxiliary after COM
pleting SO hours of volunteer hos
pital work.
A shorter course will be held at
the hospital from 7 to pm. April
IT.
Miss Clara Campbell, Pan Amer
lean Study chairman of Department
of Agriculture Unit, will present a
program featuring a general quiz
on Colombia, South America, at the
meeting Tuesday night at the Ra-
leigh Hotel. Mrs. Grace S. Can
way, president, will preside.
Plans will be made for the pur-
chase of a bed for the new Chill
dren's Hospital.
Pan American and child welfare
programs will be featured at the
meeting of the James E. Walker
Unit on Friday night at the Phyllis
Wheatley Annex, 1719 Thirteenth
street NV. Mrs. Fairfax Lomack
will preside.
Mrs. Hattie Moten, child welfare
chairman, has arranged a pew rally
for next Sunday at the Salem Bap-
tist Church, N between Eighth and
Ninth streets NV, to raise funds
for the purchase of bed for Chill
dren's Hospital.
Capital Transit Unit will cele-
brate its sixth anniversary Tuesday
evening at the Legion Clubhouse.
Mrs. Irene Taylor will preside.
Police and Fire Unit will sponsor
bingo party for the patients at
Mount Alto Hospital on April Is.
Meetings this week:
Monday-Commerce Unit, Room
1851, Commerce Building, 8 pm.
Tuesday-Braille groups of Nc
Alexander and Police and Fire Units
at Legion Clubhouse, 7::30 pm; Lin
coin Unit, home of Mrs. Edna Sher-
rill, 5000 Connecticut avenue NV,
8 pm; Agriculture Unit, Raleigh
Hotel, 8 pm; Capital Transit Unit
visitation, Legion Club, 8 pm.
Wednesday-James Reese Europe
Unit, 1914 Vermont avenue NV,
pm.
Friday-Police and Fire Unit. Le-
gion Club, pm; James E. Walker
Unit, 1719 Thirteenth street NV,
8 pm; General Accounting Office
Unit, Legion Club, 8 pm; Cooley
Mccullough Unit rehabilitation
party, Mount Alto Hospital, pm.
AVG to Hold Forum
Chapter No. / of AVG will hold a
public forum at pm. Tuesday in
the Department of Interior Auditor
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