Evening star., 1950-04-23


habilitation and Volunteer Hos
pital Workers Committees will
help prepare and serve refresh
ments and distribute cigarettes
to the patients.
Miss Katherine T. Clarke, de-
partment Child Welfare Commit
tee chairman. has called a meet
ing of unit chairmen for Tuesday
at the Legion Club, 2437 Fifteenth
street NV. at 8:15 o'clock. Re-
ports on the Easter activities oi
the various units will be sub
mitted and plans for May parties
will be discussed.
Miss Bama Brill, president Of
Vincent B. Costello Unit, recently
presented a new wheel chair tt
the Crippled Children's Clinic O.
Gallinger Hospital. on behalf O.
the unit, as part of the child vel.
fare program. Unit members pro.
vided refreshments and favors fol
the patients.
The Child Welfare Committe O.
James E. Walker Unit, under tn,
direction of Mrs. Katherine Nor
ris, chairman. will present a spe
cial child welfare program toda,
at the Mount Zion Methods
Church, 1884 Twenty-ninth stree
NV, at 3 pm.
All members of the department
who have signed up 10 or more
new members for the current veal
will be the guests of Mrs. Pear
Heagerty, department member
ship chairman, at a party in theil
honor at the Legion Clubhous,
tomorrow at 8 pm.
At the meeting of James Reese
Europe Unit, at 1914 Vermont
avenue NV, on Wednesday night
Mrs. Edith Smith, president, will
preside.
Mrs. Abbie Riddick, child vel.
fare chairman. will introduce the
principal speaker, Miss Amarinths
McGinniss, nurse in charge Of
Center No. 3, Maternal and Chile
Welfare Division of the Distric
Health Department, who will tall
on the Health Rights of Chill.
den." The Rev. billiard w. Brown
rector of st. Luke's Episcopal
Church, will also speak.
A musical and literary program
will follow and refreshments will
be provided.
Members of the unit will NEE
Friday night to make poppies a,
the home of the poppy chairman
Mrs. Elva McLain, 73 Florida ave.
nue. NV.
Mrs. Margaret E. Carroll. de.
partment rehabilitation chairman
Will be in charge of the game,
party which the District o.
Columbia Department will hole
for hospitalized ex-service mer
and women in the recreation hal
OF Mount Alto Hospital, Friday Al
7 pm.
Gen. John Thomas Taylor
.. S. A. Cretired of the Advisory
Board of the Legion's Nationa
Legislative Committee, is expected
to address meeting of the De.
partment Legislation Committe,
at the Legion Club at 8 pm.
Friday. Mrs. Neil Caspary, de.
partment chairman, will preside
Mrs. Hazel LIE Foe, president O
Fort Du Pont Unit, extends an in
vitation at all Legion and auxiliar,
members to attend a benefi
home-cooked spaghetti dinner
which the unit will hold on Satur.
day at the Fort Du Pont Pos
Clubhouse, Fourth street NE,
from 4 to 9 pm.
For reservations and tickets
contact the chairman. Mrs Fred.
erick Knopf, at Lincoln 3-3116.
Members of United States De,
partment of Agriculture Unit me
last week at the home of tn,
Poppy Chairman Mrs. Hele,
Shaffer to work on the unit
quota of 5000 poppies.
Meetings this week:
Monday-White Whitmire Unit
Legion Club, 8 pm.
Tuesday - George E. Killer
Unit, games party, Mount Att
Hospital, pm; Army and All
Forces Unit, New Colonial Hotel
8 pm.
/ Wednesday - James Reese Eu
rope Unit, 1914 Vermont avenu,
NV, 8 pm; Henry c. Spengle,
Unit, Legion Club, 8 pm; Nationa
Cathedral Unit, Legion Club,
pm.
Friday-Department Legislative,
Committee, Legion Club, 8 pm.
Saturday - Volunteer Hospita
Workers, Mount Alto Hospital
2:30 pm.