Evening star., 1948-07-11
Agricultural Unit,
Legion Auxiliary,
Hospital Party

Hospital Party
United States Department of
Agriculture Unit, American Legion
Auxiliary, in cooperation with the
Hospital Recreation and Entertain
ment Service of the American Red
Cross, will hold party on Wednes-
day from l to o'clock in one of
the wards at Walter Reed General
Hospital.
Mrs. Pearl Heagerty. District of
Columbia department chairman of
Volunteer Hospital Workers, is in
charge of all arrangements. She
will be assisted by Mrs. L. Estelle
Stone, Mrs. Mabel Pugliese, Mrs.
Isabel c. Gourley. Mrs. Margaret
Murphy, Mrs. Helen Shaf1er and
Mrs. Alberta Lacy.
Light refreshments, cigarettes,
soft drinks and gifts will be pro-
yided by the unit.
Mrs. Zelda L. Rumble will head
District of Columbia Taxi Unit
No. 81 as president for 1889.
Other offcers-elect are Mrs. Alice
White, first vice president; Mrs.
Elaine Green, second vice president;
Mrs. Margorie White. chaplain: Mrs.
Norma L. Startling, sergeant at
arms; Miss June White and Mrs,
Mary Norcutt, color bearers; Mrs.
Maggie E. Allen, historian; Mrs.
Louise Wimpee, secretary, and Mrs.
Dorothy Lohman, treasurer.
Mrs. Louise K. Wimpee, president,
will be chairman of the units dele
CATION to the department conven-
ton. Delegates are Miss Alice
White and Mrs. Elizabeth Simons.
Alternates: Mrs. Dorothy Lohman
and Mrs. Mary Norcutt. Miss June
White will serve as page. Mrs.
Ruth Simons and Mrs. Elaine
Green will be color bearers.
Each unit of the auxiliary will be
allowed one delegate for the charter
and one delegate for every Is MEM
bers or majority thereof at the 23d
annual department convention,
which will be held in the Depart
ment of Commerce auditorium on
August 10, 20 and 2l. All depart
ment officers and past department
presidents will be delegates at large.
Among the delegates recently
elected by units are the following:
Kenneth H. Nash Unit No. 8
Delegates, Mrs. Dorothy Lindheimer,
chairman; Mrs. Claire Smithson,
Mrs. Marie Totten, Mrs. Sarah
Kohen, Mrs. Parthena Jones, Mrs.
Ethel Wilt and Mrs. Mildred Grom-
NETT; alternates, Mrs. Rhea Smith
son, Mrs. Jessie Wright, Miss Estelle
Black, Mrs. Alice Slattery, Mrs.
Helen Ware, Mrs. Piper and Mrs.
Moerdyke; delegates at large, Mrs.
Mary Corwin, Mrs. Lillian Judd,
Miss Mabel Staub and Mrs. Eveline
Starnes.
Cooley Mccullough Unit No. o.
Delegates, Miss Mary E. McCahe,
chairman: Mrs. Helen Zaruba
Stokes, Mrs. Ellen Louise Warren,
Mrs. Dorothy Murray, Mrs. Ann
Crump and Mrs. Ann Zaruba; al
ternates, Mrs. Ann Goldwyn, Mrs.
Hattie Byram, Mrs. Ethel Brough-
ton, Mrs. Ethel Moler, Mrs. Ethel
Lynch and Mrs. Elsie Stewart; del
egate at large, Mrs. Helen McCaDe.
Woodbridge Unit No. 50-DelegateS,
Mrs. Estelle Beard, Mrs. Louise Lut-
ton, Mrs. Florrie Morgan, Mrs.
Gladys Day and Mrs. Marjorie
Trotter, with Mrs. Gertrude S.
Pierce as delegate at large; alter
mates, Mrs. Vina G. st. Peter, Mrs.
Winifred He'll, Mrs. Margaret Hall,
Mrs. Avis Marceron and Mrs. The
resa Varcolik.
The deadline for subscriptions to
the annual department convention
program is next Thursday.
Mrs. Pearl Haegerty, program
chairman, reports the following
units have subscribed to full or
part page: James Reese Europe,
Sergeant Jasper, Vincent B. Costello,
George S. Patton, Jr.-Tank Corps,
James E. Walker, Second Division,
Police and Fire, Fort Stevens, Gov
ernment Printing Office, Department
of Agriculture, Kenna Main, De-
partment of Labor, Capital Transit,
United States Maritime, General
Accounting Office, Fort Du Pont
and District of Columbia Taxi. The
Past Presidents Farley and the VOL
unteer Hospital Workers have also
sent in subscriptions.
An Executive Committee meeting
of Sergt. Jasper Unit was held
Friday evening at the home OF the
president, Mrs. Helena Bonner,
1869 Columbia road NV, to accept
new applications for membership.
The following were accepted: Mrs.
Louise Millar, Miss Sandra Mlllar,
Junior member, the widow and
daughter of Maj. Edward G. Millar;
MRS. Virginia Gwynne, Mrs. Rosalie
McCalla and Mrs. Polly Andrew,
bringing the total membership Of
the unit to 2l7.
Delegates and alternates to the
department convention are: Dele
gates, Mrs. Helena Bonner, Mrs.
Merle Cerulla, Virginia Mccarthy,
Ola D. Lee, Lillian Howard, Estelle
Mead, Ella Hook, Catherine Smith,
Lucille Brady, Maude Hanna, Capt.
Betty McCrahon, Rose Kaucher,
Clara Searcy, Louise Goodacre and
Helen Jones. Alternates: Anna Gil
bert, Sophia Voultsides, Sylvia Mac
Laughlin, Eleanor Ascher, Opal
Schlofman, Ruth Duff, Mae Cotton,
Agnes Brady, Erma Lester, Irene
Vogel, Ella Michaels, Leila Smith.
Leila Price, Connie Barnes and
Regina Brady.
Meetings this week:
Today-Volunteer Hospital Work
ers, Mount Alto Hospital, 2 to 4:3o
pm.
AEno5av Syipnaot q Costello limit