Evening star., 1953-10-04
Parade Oct. Il
To0pen Drive
Of Chest-USO
Spencer TO Reed
Appeal to Citizens;
Rullies Slated

AAAOAAJ VA SAAS oVNco Va WAC LIS
trict Building will officially open
the 1854 Community Chest -USO
Campaign on October IL, Cen
eral Campaign Chairman Aaron
Goldman announced yesterday.
Mrs. Robert E. Freer, chair
man Of the Residential Unit of
the campaign in 1853, is chair
man for the parade, which will
begin at Community Chest Fed
Grafton Headquarters, 1101 M
street NV, at 1880 am.
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
will read a proclamation of
ficially opening the campaign
during the District Building
ceremony. The proclamation in
dorses the campaign and asks
all citizens to "give gladly and
to give their fair share"
The parade will be in two
major units, one including cam
paign leaders and the other, re-
cipientS representing the II
basic services provided by the
more than 100 Red Feather
agencies in the Washington
area.
Many Services Provided.
These services are adoption,
care of homeless and neglected
children, day care of children
of working mothers, clinic care,
hospital and convalescent care,
mental health services, nursing
care in the home, rehabilitation
of the physically handicapped,
care for unmarried mothers,
counseling and help on per-
Sonal, marital and family prob
lens, homemakers service, emer-
gency relief. shelters for tran
sients and homeless, care of the
aged, recreation services for
youth development, services to
the armed forces and planning
for community health and well
fare.
General solicitation for the
agencies of the six member
Chests in the National Capital
Area will begin October IL. The
goal is 81 million plus.
Harry L. Merrick, president of
the Washington Board of Trade,
will serve as marshal of the pa
rade. The Chests Oscar" 81
year-old Joseph Maestri, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Maestri, 4913
North Eleventh street, Arling-
ton, will ride with Mr.. Merrick.
There will be several marching
bands.
Parade Committee.
On the parade committee, be-
sides Mrs. Freer, are Mrs. Orville
Crouch, Mrs. Hazel Kenyon
Markell, Mrs. Harold H. Strick-
land, Mrs. Thornton w. Owen,
Mrs. William NJ. Calvin, Mrs.
Charles S. Thomas, Theodore
John Christensen, Barry Freer,
Rick j. LaFalce, Joseph D. Kauf-
man, Clarence A. Arata, Geof-
frey M. Thornett, Mrs. Ethel
Williams, George G. Fleming,
William H. Waters, jr,, and
Howard v. Covell.
The Business Unit will have
a kickoff meeting at 4:3O pm.
tomorrow in the Washington
Hotel. The unit goal is $1,643,-
562. Speakers will include Mr..
Goldman and Maj. Harry M. T.
Cunningham, unit chairman.
The Advance Gifts Committee
of the Business Unit, under John
S. Hayes as chairman, had it's
kickoff meeting September %.
Residential workers in Area F
under Mrs. Louis F. Arthur,
chairman. will meet ait 8 pm. to-
morrow at the YWCA. Seven
teenth and K streets NV,
where they will hear Miss Mar
garet McGrath, supervisor of the
Northeast Branch of the In
structive Visiting Nurse Society,
and Mrs. Fletcher Rawls, man
ager of the Residential Unit.
Meetings Scheduled.
Also scheduled tomorrow is a
meeting of Area l. Residential
workers at 8 pm. in Randle
Methodist Church, 1902 Brown
ing place Me- Mrs. Charles
Runyon, former chairman of the
United Community Services Vol
unteer Services Department. will
speak.
Tuesdays meeting include a
meeting of residential workers
at 2 pm. at the Shrine of the
Most Blessed Sacrament School,
5841 Chevy Chase parkway.
Speakers will be Mrs. John
Auchincloss, a member of the
Residential training committee,
and Isadore Seeman. assistant
executive director of United
Community Services.
There will be a training work.
shop at 1880 pm. Tuesday at
Friendship House, 619 D street
Sc. Speakers include Miss
Marian Brown. supervisor of the
Southwest Branch of the nurse
society, and William H. Bart
lett, secretary of the UCS Rec
reation and Group Work Sec
ton.
Kickoff Dinner.
DR.. H. c. Byrd, chairman of
advance gifts for the Prince
Georges County Chest, has
issued invitations to kickoff
dinner at 7 pm. Tuesday in the
University of Maryland dining