Evening star., 1950-06-25

volunteers.
Candidates named in their units
to run for election on the ticket
of Mrs. Bertha Fichthorn. at the
annual department convention
and the Offices they aspire to are:
vice presidents. Mrs. Beulah La
Scola, Police and Fire Unit, Mrs
Edith Smith, James Reese Europe
Unit, and Mrs. Coda Comann,
Fort Dupont Unit: chaplain, Mrs
Mabel Pugliese, Agriculture Unit;
sergeant-at-arms. Mrs. Lucille
Brady, Sergt. Jasper Unit; his
torian, Miss Trula Murphy, Mari
time Unit; property custodian,
Mrs. Parthena Jones, Kenneth
Nash Unit; color bearers. Miss
Bama Brill, Vincent Costello Unit,
and Mrs. Anna Goldberg, General
Accounting Office Unit.
Mrs. Dorothy Murray of Cooley
Mccullough Unit and Mrs. Della
Luther of End Division Unit have
been endorsed by their units to
run as independent candidates for
the Office of department vice
president.
Mrs. Pearl Heagerty, depart
ment membership chairman, re-
ports that only $50 more members
are needed to meet the Districts
1850 quota of 1850. All per capita
sheets must reach department
headquarters not later than July
II.
James Reese Europe Unit will
hold election Of delegates and al
ternates to the department con-
vention Wednesday night at 1914
Vermont avenue NV. at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Edith Smith, president, will
preside.
Unit historians are requested to
meet with the department his
torian, Miss Mayme Mehlinger, at
the Legion Club on Wednesday at
8 pm. Instructions and rules for
submitting material in the history
contest will be outlined.
The department will hold a
games party for the patients of
Mount Alto Hospital tomorrow
night at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Mar
garet E. Carroll. department re-
habi.itation chairman, is in
charge of arrangements.
Kenneth H. Nash Unit elected
the following officers: Mrs. Alice
Slattery. president; Miss Mabel
Staub and Mrs. Edna Moerdyk,
vice presidents; Mrs. Franklin P.
Nash. chaplain; Mrs. Ethel S.
Wilt, secretary; Miss Catherine
Schubert, assistant secretary;
Mrs. Ogner Waters, historian:
Mrs. Jessie Wright, sergeant at
arms; Miss Estelle Black, treas
urer;; Mrs. Mary Hanock and Mrs.
Helen Piper, color bearers.
Newly elected officers of Wood
ridge Unit are: Mrs. Mildred
James, president; Mrs. Geraldine
Ude, first vice president; Mrs.
Donna Stephenson, second vice
president: Mrs. Nord T. Kennedy,
third vice president; Mrs. Gladys
P. Dixon, chaplain: Mrs. Agnes H.
Tyler. historian; Mrs. M. Frances
Farrell, sergeant at arms; Mrs.
Gertrude S. Pierce, secretary:
Mrs. Estelle Beard, treasurer. Mrs.
Gladys Day. Mrs. Louise S. Lut-
ton and Mrs. Vina G.. St. Peter
were elected members at large of
the Executive Committee.
Fort Dupont Unit will join with
the post in presenting American
ism awards to the outstanding
boy and girl student of st. Fran
els Xavier School Wednesday
night at 7 Fourth street NE.
Because the regular meeting of
Washington Building and Con-
struction Trades Unit would fall
on July 4. Mrs. Julia L. Beveridge.
president, has announced the
meeting will be held on Thursday
at the Legion Club at 8 pm.
All auxiliary members who have
purchased bonds, in addition to
those obtained through the pay
roll deduction plan, since May is,
are requested to report the num-
ber and value of such bonds to
Mrs. Pearl Heagerty who is repre-
senting the department in the
current independence Bond drive.
Meetings this week:
Sunday - Volunteer Hospital
Workers, Mount Alto Hospital,
1880 pm.
Monday-White- Whitmire Unit,
Legion Club, 8 pm.
Tuesday-Army and Air Forces
Unit, New Colonial Hotel, 8 pm;
George e. Killeen Unit, rehabili-
tation party. Mount alto Hospital,
n pm.
Wednesday-James Reese Eu-
rope Unit, 1914 Vermont avenue
NV. 8 pm; Henry c. Spangler
Unit, Legion Club, 8 pm; Ma
| tional Cathedral Unit, Legion
Club. 8 pm; Fort Dupont Unit
7 Fourth street NE. 8 pm.
Observation-Disclosures Build
ing and Construction Trades Unit
Legion Club, 8 pm.
-UC1unteer Hosrifa a.