Evening star., 1948-06-13
Legion Auxiliary
Officers Named;
Other Activities

Officers Named;
Other Activities
Several units Of the District Of
Columbia Department, American
Legion Auxiliary, last week elected
new officers. They viii be installed
at later meetings.
Helen z. Stokes was elected pres
ident Of Cooley McC Culloush Unit.
Other officers are: Vice presidents,
Ruth Miller. Betty Foreman and
Ethel Lynch; chaplain, Mildred
Reiter; historian, Alice Roach;
sergeant at arms. Ann Goldwyn;
property custodian, Doris Halden-
stein; color bearers, Vienna Merriam
and Ethel Broughton.
Delegates and alternates to the
department convention were also
elected.
Mrs. Ellen Louise Warren is the
units candidate for department
president.
The unit will recess during July.
United States Department OF
Agriculture Unit elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, MIS-.
Mabel Pugliese; vice presidents,
Mrs. Goldie Mirabello, Mrs. Phoebe
Waldman and Mrs. Helen Shaner;
treasurer, Mrs. Edna Sanford; his
torian, Mrs. Florence Egan: chap
lain, Mrs. Mable. Rogers; sergeant
at arms, Mrs. Cecile Berger; as
sistant sergeant at arms, Mrs. Clara
Dobbs; colorbearers. Mrs. Phyllis
Belden and Miss Orvene Nelson;
alternate color bearers, Mrs. lone
Trowbridge and Mrs. Alberta Lacy;
property custodian, Mrs. Grace
Conway.
Mrs. Pearl Heagerty, past depart
ment and unit president, was unanl-
mously Endorsed for the ONCE OF
historian.
Mrs. Goldie Mirabello is in charge
of all arrangements for the benef1t
diner and social which the unit will
hold next Saturday at the Fairfax
Hotel at s o'clock. Proceeds VIII
be donated to the department build
ing fund. For reservations and
tickets, call RIA. 329l.
Government Printing Once Unit
elected: President, Mrs. Margaret
Bussius; first vice president. Mrs
Lucille Brown; second vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Cecilia Lutsky; historian,
Mrs. Dorothy Waer; chaplain, Mrs.
Ethel Schumacher, and sergeant at
arms, Mrs. leila Grubb.
The unit will have q card party
and social for the benefit of reha-
bilitation work at the Club EN-
bassy, 1921 K street NV, on June
IS at 8 pm. Mrs. Emma Montgom-
cry, rehabilitation chairman, Will
be assisted by Mrs. Elizabeth Waer
and Mrs. Lucille Brown. Tickets
may be obtained from Mrs. Mar
garet Bussius (ME. 1890 or at the
door the night Of the party.
Newly elected oficers for Capital
Transit Unit are: President, Mrs
Edna Grimm; first vice president
Mrs. Jane Baker; second vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Theda Mathis: third vice
president, Mrs. Grace Gavin; ser
eeant at arms, Mrs. Edith Wilson;
chaplain, Miss Claudia Hall: his
torian, Mrs. Helen Mabry; color
bearers, Mrs. Elaine Brentzen and
Mrs. Evelyn Pridham; property
custodian, Mrs. Ruth Ryan.
Mrs. Lou Helen Potts and Mrs
Helen Warder were appointed sec.
retary and treasurer, respectively.
sergt. Jasper Unit met at the
Legion Clubhouse, with Mrs. Helens
Bonner, the president, presiding
It indorsed Mrs. Ellen Louise War
rem for the ONCE Of department
president, with Mrs. Bonner on hel
ticket as department vice president
Mrs. Warren is past president Of
this unit. 80.
Onicers elected were: President
Merle Cerulla; vice presidents, Rose
Kaucher and Lucille Brady; chap
lain, Anna Gilbert; sergeant n
arms, Catherine Smith: historian
Sylvia Mclaughlin; color bearers
Soohia Voultsides and Mary J
Liberson; property custodian, Leils
Price; Executive Committee at large
Helena Bonner. Ella Hook ane
Virginia Mccarthy.
The application for membership
Of Alice e. O'Boyle, Junior mem
Der, was accepted.
The charter and colors OF the DIS
trict of Columbia Department ans
Kenneth H. Nash Unit, No. 8, vii
be draped in mourning for . periot
of 80 days in memory Of the auxsl'
iary's nationally known aide, Mrs
Dorothy B. Harper, past depart
mental president and member o.
Kenneth Nash Unit, who diee
June 3.
Potomac Unit will hold nomina.
ton and election of officers Tues
day night in the Palisades Fiele
House.
Mrs. Inez Peck Kashman, nation
al radio chairman, in commemorate
ing Flag Day, will present Q drama
entitled, This Living Flag" ovel
the CHS network tonight, which
will be on the air locally through
station WTOP from 10:30 to II pm.
Eastern daylight time.
James Dunn, star Of stage ant
screen, will be the narrator.
Mrs. Alberta Lacy is the depart.
ment radio chairman.
Mrs. VeStra Hector will preside
over Bunker Hill Unit next Thurs
day night at 3736 Tenth street NE.
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