Evening star., 1948-11-23
Chest Appeals Again;
Many TO Benefit From
Thanksgiving Parties


cies throughout the city prepared
to celebrate Thanksgiving in tradi-
tional style, leaders of the Commu-
nifty Chest today sent q special mes
sage to the 100000 employed per-
sons here who have not contributed
to the Chests $4,566, 100 campaign.
TO these people" General Chair
man Chauncey G. Parker said, Il
want to say very earnestly: Go to
your desk now, today, and write out
your gift check to the Community
Chest federation at 110l M street
NV. Your contribution Is genu-
inely needed to keep Red Feather
services running next year, and to
make possible the reactivation Of
USO clubs and centers as WE'LL"
The campaign has reached II per
cent OF its goal, with 1924 800 COL
lected. The final luncheon report
meeting of the drive will be held at
12:l5 tomorrow at the Hotel Wash
ington, at which time 80 awards for
outstanding service during the cam
paign will be presented.
Celebrations Scheduled.
The people for whom the Chests
10000 volunteers have worked, the
old and young, the needy and the
sick, will hold celebrat tions this week
which place emphasis on the gen.
erosity of contributors to the
Chest drive.
At Barney Neighborhood House
40 N street S.W., Thanksgiving
dinner will be served to so children
and their mothers at 6 pm.
Wednesday. A special dinner for
the youngsters of the Children s
Country Home, Eighteenth street
and Bunker Hill road NE, will be
served at 11:l5 am. Thursday.
Boy Scouts from Cub Pack 49,
sponsored by the Beth Sholem
Parent-Teacher Association, will
distribute baskets of fruit to pa
tients at Gallinger Hospital on
Thanksgiving Day, while children
at Friendship House, 6l9 D street
Sc. are planning an outdoor camp
fire and torchlight procession to
celebrate Thanksgiving at 4:3O pm.
The ceremony will be followed by
dancing and play telling the story
of the first Thanksgiving.
Children's Party Slated.
At the Christ Child Settlement
House, 608 Massachusetts avenue
NE. party for children under 8
years will be held from to pm.
Wednesday. On Friday, another
party will be held for boys and girls,
o to IL years old. from $50 to 5 pm.
Convalescent children at the Christ
Child Farm in Rockville. Md, will
eat turkey and hear the Thanksgiv-
ing story at noon Thursday. and q
party is being planned for the Blue
Dahlia Club at Georgetown House
1920 N street NV, from z to 8 pm.
Friday.
Other Thanksgiving parties and
dances will be held at the Juanita
Kaufman Nye Council House, $40
Eighth street SW., and the North
west settlement House. SIS M street
NV. Children and staff members
of the settlement house will dis
tribute IS Thanksgiving baskets to
needy members of the community
on Wednesday. The baskets are
given by various high schools. r,
Thanksgiving Play Today. -
Some 40 children Of the Southeast
House, 324 Virginia avenue Sc, will
have a party and present a Thanks
giving play at $50 o'clock this aft
ernoon and an older group will
present a musical skit at 4 pm.
tomorrow.
Thanksgiving dinners will also 90
to children of st. AIMS Infant
Asylum, 1900 California street NV;
st. Joseph's Home and School, East
ern avenue and Randolph street
NE. and st. Vincent's Home and
School, Fourth street and Edgewood
road NE.
Men and women from 65 to 10
years old will enjoy Thanksgiving
dinners at st. Annals Home, 1924
N street NV: Stoddard Baptist
Home. 324 Bryant street NV. and
the Hebrew Home for the Aged,
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