Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1936, Page 11

DR. M. C. MERRILL GIVEN CHEST POST Accepts Chairmanship of | Office Management Committee. Dr. M. C. Merrill of the Department of Agriculture, has accepted the chairmanship of the Office Manage- | ment Committee of. the Community | Chest agency, it was announced Yes-‘ terday by Clarence Phelps Dodge, president of the chest organization. Dr. Merrill has been a member of the committee during the chairman- ship of Joseph D. Kaufman, whom he succeeds. President Dodge also announced completion of the Community Chest Executive Committee, which consists of nine members elected by the board | of trustees, nine appointed by the president, and officers and units chair- | men who serve in an ex-officio ca- pacity. The committee consists of Mrs. John Jay O'Connor, Marcy L. Sperry, | and Corcoran Thom, jr., serving their final year; Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, | Lloyd B. Wilson and Bernard WyckofT, | serving the second year of a three- year term; H. Lawrence Choate, Wil- | liam J. Flather, jr, and Miss Anne | Carter Greene, recently elected for a | three-year term: Caesar Aiello, Mar- shal John B. Colpoys, Dr. J. Hill- man Hollister, J. Austin Latimer, Mrs. Arthur Mullen, Newbold Noyes, | Dean Lucy D. Slowe, John R. Pinkett | and Dr. Hugh S. Cumming, appointed | by the president. | Ex-officio members are Mr. Dodge, E. | Joseph Aronoff, secretary; H. L. Rust, | jr., treasurer; Coleman Jennings, | chairman Campaign Committee; Mr. Kaufman, chairman, publicity uml;! Mrs. Leonard B. Schloss, chairman; speakers’ unit; William W. Wheeler, chairman, civic interest unit; and Mrs. W. A. Roberts, executive secretary, Council of Social Agencies. John A. Reilly has been appointed chairman of Areas 2 Solicitation | Unit. Robert B. Swope, chairman of Area | 1, announced the appointment of | ‘Thomas L. Eagan as area vice chair- | man and E. A. Drumm as area secre- | tary. Edward Pardoe, Jean P. Mer- vine and E. C. Cover were named as division chairmen, completing the top | organization of this area. | Harold” A. Brooks, chairman of Area 3, announced the appointient of | Charles T. Claggett and Herbert J.| Rich as division chairmen. At the same time Willam J. Flather, jr. | chairman of Area 5, stated that Fred- erick P. H. Siddons will be in charge | of the bankers' division in this area | for the coming campaign. | All the men named yesterday have had previous experience as leaders in this unit and will be able to start or- | ganization work at once. MRS. MARY LEWIS | SLATED FOR HONORS Will Be Favored Candidate for Presidency of Sorop- timists. Mrs. Mary Catherine Lewis, a charter member of the Washington Soroptimist Club and a prominent Fair Queen MILLIONTH VISITOR AT SAN DIEGO MARIAN SQUIRES, San Diego high school girl, was crowned “Queen Million” for being the millionth per- son to visit the California Pa- cific International Exposition at San Diego this year. She was the 6,000,000th person to visit the exposition since it opened in May, 1935. D. C. ARMY OFFICERS | TO GET DECORATIONS One Alexandrian Also Will Re- ceive Honor From Foreign Nation. Four Washingtonians are include in the list of 20 Army officers who | will be allowed to accept foreign deCOfl ration under approval of the War Department. One other officer on the | list lives in Alexandria, Va. Washington men on the list and the | decoration they will receive are: Maj. Gen. Thomas Q. Ashburn, decoration and diploma, Order of Military Merit, first class, from Mexico; Lieut. .Col. Clinton W. Russell and Lieut. Col. Otis | K. Sadtler, diploma, Military Order of the Star. of Abdon Calderon, from Ecuador, and Brig. Gen. Alfred T.|§& Smith, diploma of the order Italy of ‘the Crown of Italy (grande offi- ciale). Lieut. Col. Hans R. W. Herwig of Alexandria was allowed to accept the diploma, Military Order of the Star of Abdon Calderon. French Works Projects. More thal 0 public works projects are under wa; France. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 21, 1936—PART ONE. Fur Coats cleaned and glazed, edges of fronts and sleeves repaired, rips sewn, new loops and buttons added, relined and stored in our fur vaults, oll for the special price of $27.50. (Skins used in repair—extra) Fur Repair—Third Floor. 8,000 yards 69c to 89c Plain and Printed Silks, Acetates and Crown-Tested Rayons 3Ye Royon and Crown Tested The outcome of weeks of shopping the fabric markets—every bolt of material hand-picked. The assembly—every yard at a saving—repre- sents the season’s 7 most popular fabrics. Al- together, dozens of colors . . . numerous patterns. All-silk Printed Crepes, POIE ceecectnnana- 59¢ All-silk Printed Matelasse, SRRSO Printed French Crepe Rayon, (crown-tested), yard..59c Printed Acetates, yard__.59¢ All-silk Printed = Shantung, The _ Special Sale 6,000 Turkish ToWels e ————————————— .. ... 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Radio-Phonograph CUSTOM-BUILT QUALITY T W O INSTRUMENTS (10 different styles), vd.. 59¢ . Nub-Crepe Rayom, (Crown- tested), yard. Mrs. Jean Ben- nett, director of the South Atlan- tic region of So- roptimist Clubs, left Friday at the head of a delega- tion from this area. Miss Ella C. ‘Werner, president of the local club, left last night accompanied by Miss Marjorie Webster, a delegate. Mrs. Edna Knight Gasch and Mrs. Ethel | Knight Pollard are alternates. Miss Gene C. Bearmore, regional repre- | sentative, who also will attend. has recently been chosen a member of the National Nominating Committee. Mrs, Lewis, cofounder and vice| president of the Lewis Hotel ’I‘raining' School, has been active for several | years in local, civic and charity proj- | + ects. She is a member of the National | League of American Pen Women, the | ‘Women’s City Club, the Business and | Professional Women's Club and has served for 20 years on the board of Providence Hospital. 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