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Walsh Club Plans
Reception Sunday
To Benefactors
Honorary Membership
Cards H ill Be Given
Tn 15 Jf omen
Turn about is fair play, so the
Walsh Club tor War Workers, which
was established recently through
the interest of a number of public
spirited residents, plans to entertain
on Sunday afternoon at a reception
in honor of those who were instru
mental in making the club possible.
In a special gesture of apprecia
tion tire club also plans to bestow
honorary membership rarris on 15
of fne women who have worked for
the club.
These will include Mrs. Rooseielt.
who provided the original impetus
for the club when sire called to
gether a group of prominent women
last fall to discuss the need of some
recreation here for war workers;
Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, who
(ionateri renm bed and furnished
the quarters for the club, which is
located in the old Walsh stables at
the rear of 15^ Twenty-second
s’reet N.W anft Mrs. James M.
Landis, who heads the committee of
women which grew out of the meet
ing with Mrs Roosevelt.
Others to receive honorary mem
berships include Mrs Eleanor Pat
terson. Mrs. Leon Henderson. Mrs.
Byron Price. Mrs. Nathaniel How
ard. Mrs. Beatrice Sherman, Mrs.
Prentiss Brown. Mrs, Herbert Leh
man. Mrs. John Ihlder. Mrs. John
M Wolverton, Mrs I/etta Jewell
Miller. Mrs. Harold Smith and Mrs.
John Blandfovd
Others invited to be guests of
honor at the reception include Rich
ard B. Tennyson and Milo Christian
sen of the District of Columbia
Recreation Department which maxes
operation of the club possible by
the p-ovision of staff workers.
Brig, Orn. and Mrs. Stuart God
frey also will he honor guests. Mrs.
Godfrey, who is chairman of music
for the services, supplied the en
tertainment which was given con
tinuously during a recent open
house and kitchen shower for the
club.
Club officers, all of them war
workers, who will he on hand to re
ceive their guests, include Miss Edith
Leppanen. the president: Miss Agnes
Gervais. secretary: Miss Marian'
Squire, treasurer, and the following i
committee chairmen: Gilbert Parks,
entertainment: Miss Dorothea Bren- f
reich. publicity: Mrs George Frelin. I
hospitality: Miss Betty Murphy. 1
kitchen, and Miss Helen Kantor. i
membership.
A program of music will be pro- |
vided during the receiving hours j
between 4 and 6 p.m.
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‘England Today' Talk
“England Today" will be the sub
ject of a talk by Mrs. Rex. Benson,
wife of the Military Attache of the
British Embassy, at a meeting of the
Huguenot Society of Washington
Monday evening The affair, -which
will be the last one this season, will
be held at the Arts Club" With Miss
Carolina V. Sudler, the president,
presiding.
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Army Flight Nurses Serving
In Front Line Combat Areas
By Margaret Kernodte,
Associated Press Features Writer.
BOWMAN FIELD. K\Brig Gen
David N. W. Grant, the Army Air
surgeon, rails them Flying Florence
Nightingales.
They are the Flight Nurses, new
er! troops of the United States Army
and tlie only American women in
a military fighting unit, according
to officials of the Troop Carrier
, Command. They put the Army
Nurse Corps in the front lines and
! the Army nurse in first place as a
1 pioneer American woman.
The flight nurse is a graduate
of the training center for Air Evac
uation Nurses here a*. Bowman
Field. I've just observed this new
est nursing training center, where
. tlie first official graduating class
demonstrated air evacuation duties.
With Col. Erling L. Bergquist of
Troop Carrier Command Headquar
i tors. Stout Field. Indiana, we were
flown over Kentucky and Indiana.
Col. Bergquist explained how the
I big planes can carry troops, even
1 paratroopers, or supplies to the
front and come back as a hospital
plane with three tiers of stretchers
bearing wounded American fight
I ers under the care of a flight nurse.
Already a number of American
| fight nurses are in combat areas.
They were trained in smaller groups.
In fact, for six months or more, Gen.
: Grant said, this dream has been
: coming true.
He explained that experience,
hnth in thp last war and this, has
proved that speed in getting in
jured men to a hospital markedly
reduces the mortality rate.
Army authorities say that in less
than 4R hours 21 troop carrier planes
j can fly 500 wounded 4.000 miles out
| of a combat zone.
Air evacuation is not new. The
British have used it in Iraq. India.
Egypt and Australia. Up to 1937
France had evacuated 7.000 wounded
soldiers by air from Syria and Mo
rocco. Poland was divided into
100-mile sectors with an air ambu
lance serving each sector. In the
United States since the World War
j aerial ambulances have been used
by the Army, Navy, Coastguard
j and commercial planes. Passenger
! planes and United States Army j
bombers evacuated people after the
Chile earthquake.
Tlie flight nurse gets parachute
; drill. She drills in loading and un
loading a plane. Three generals :
reviewed the first para dp of flight
nurses on the ramp here.
I wondered what a graduate nurse ;
needed to know to become a flight
nurse. The main thing seems to be
to Jearn how differently sick men
react in the air, how certain wounds i
or illnesses affect evacuation by air, |
and tobe acquainted with new medi- ■
cines required for air treatment.
They learn to put the most seri- 1
ously wounded men near the pilot, I
away from the normal sway of the !
planes tail.
A flight nurse studies aero medi- j
cine, tropical medicine, desert medi- j
cine, arctic nursing, chemical war- ,
fare, climate, air evacuation tactics,
mental hygiene, air route, flying, :
oxygen, logistics, field santation. She
must fly 12 hours before leaving this i
training center. 1
MARGARET KERNODLE.
Models Flight Nurse outfit.
She learns to teach enlisted men
the things she learned, especially
how to load and unload a plane of
sick men. She has to know the
right way to lift a stretcher from
the shoulder. Just in case she
should have to do such lifting her
seelf. she takes special classes in
calisthenics.
Physical requirements for the
flight nurse are weight not over 135,
height in proportion and age under
36. The flight nurse must be a
volunteer. Col. Stevenson said they
have 20 applications for every flight
nurse job.
It looks like a dangerous job. and
Army officials admit it is. rt looks
like a glamorous job. and the flight
nurses admit they find a thrill in
belonging to the first feminine fight
ing units of the Army.
They're proud of their air force
blue flying suits. They have seven
outfits, regular, air force flying suits,
coveralls, an arctic suit with fleece
lined helmet and boots, all like the
ones the men wear; an air force blue
skirt, slacks and blouse adapted from
the man's flying suit, the Army
nurse dress uniform (dark blouse,
I
Writers* Club
To Hold Annual
Dinner Monday
Two Women Writers
To Re Guest Speakers
On Founders' Day
Two women writers will be guest
speakers at the eighth annual
founders’ day dinner of the Pro
fessional Writers’ Club at 6:30 p.m.
Monday at Barker Hall, YWCA.
Victoria Faber Stevenson, presi
dent of the National League of
American Pen Women, who is a
writer as well as a lecturer, will
talk on the subject, "Writers Have
a War Job."
"Successful Writing for Juve
niles" will be discussed by Ellis
Credle, author and illustrator of
such well-known children's books
as "Down. Down the Mountain,”
"The Flop Eared Hound" and others.
Germaine Johnson. talented
French soloist and radio entertain
er, will present a group of hpr na
tive French songs, accompanied by
Francis Garzia.
The* president of the club, Miss
Wanda Mae Johnson, will preside
at the dinner and introduce the
speakers. Birthday greetings will
be brought by the founders and
past presidents of the club, and two
club founders. Miss Myrta Ethel
Cawood and Mrs. Irving Ketchum.
will light candles.
Commit iee chairmen appointed
for the dinner include: Invitations,
Miss Sadie M. Sears; dining room.
; Mrs. Calvert Judgins: tickets and
I reservations, Miss Carol Arnold,
! Miss Delia Goetz and Miss Evelyn
Nelson, and program, Miss Leila
Green.
Co-chairmen for reception and
hospitality are Miss Elizabeth
Phillips and Mrs John M. Dewberry,
assisted by Mrs. Harold Merrill,
Mrs. J. W. Kelly. Miss Ruth Nevins,
Mrs. Roy C. Potts, Miss Esther M.
Colvin, Mrs. Agnes D. Wright, Miss
E. Gwendolin Taylor, Miss Nola
Nance Oliver. Miss Ivy M. Went
worth, Mrs. Alfred F. Lerier. Miss
Evelyn Rutledge. Miss Pauline May
Oakes. Miss Frances Tdelle Fo>;,
Mrs. Richard S. Dill and Mrs. Ro
berta Armbrister.
Librarian to Speak
Miss Gwendolyn Kidd, librarian of
the British Information Services,
will be guest speaker at a dinner
meeting of the science-technology
group of the Washington Chapter,
Special Libraries Association, Tues
day at the Highlands. Miss Mildred
Benton is chairman of the group.
The dinner chairman. Miss Jane
Brwer, is handling reservations.
light blue skirt) and a dark blue
overcoat. They wear their second
lieutenant's bar on their overseas
cap. Their gray gloves and black
shoes are regulation.
A flight nurse going overseas car
ries a gas mask, winter suit, summer
suit and parachute. If space allows
she can take a foot locker (small
trunk). Here at school her gas mask
hangs on the foot of her bed.
The flight nurse can expect her
, plane to be the target of the enemy
in many situations.
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.Working on final details of the opening forum on "A Free World: Its Responsibilities and
Privileges" to be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the YWCA by the Worldd Fellowship Committee
are Mrs. J. Parker Van Zandt. chairman of the Forum Committee: Mrs. William S. Culbertson,
chairman of the World Felloivship Committee, and Mrs. James Hugh Keelcy, who is assisting
with arrangements. Star Staff Photo.
Fellowship Group
Will Inaugurate
Series of Forums
The World Fellowship Committee
of the Young Women's Christian
Association, which wall inaugurate
. a series of forums on "A Free
i World: Its Responsibilities and
Privileges'" on Tuesday evening, will
i entertain at an informal buffet sup
per preceding the first discussion,
Harold Butler, British Minister,
i who will be the principal speaker in
I the opening forum, and Mrs. Butler
; will be ranking guests at the supper
| party. Members of the questioning
! panel also will be honored. These
i include Dr. Eugene Stanley, Dr
| Hilda Smith, Mrs. Laura Puffer
Morgan and Chauncey Snowy who
will be accompanied by Mrs. Snow.
Mrs. William S. Culbertson, chair
man of the committee, will be the
hostess at the speakers’ table.
The forum, which wdll be held
at 8 p.m., in Barker Hall at the
YWCA, is open to the public free
of charge.
Mr. Butler's subject will be "Na
tionalism and Internationalism."
Lithuanians to Meet
The American Lithuanian Society
of Washington will meet at 3 pm.
Sunday at the Immaculate Concep
tion School Hall. Eighth and N
streets N.W., it was announced to
riav by Miss Ar.ne Gavelis, presi
dent Plans will be made for a
bowling banquet.
I I)C Unit Plans
Annual Benefit
Dance Thursday
The annual benefit dance of the
senior group of the Maj. Charles
M. Stedman Chapter, Children of
the Confederacy, will be held at
8:30 p.m. Thursday at Confederate
Memorial Hall. 1322 Vermont, ave
nue N.W. The affair will be both a
benefit for the Red Cross and a
birthday celebration for the chapter.
The birthday cake will be pre
sented by Mrs. Livingston Vann, jr.,
in behalf of the Asha Faison Colwell
Williams Chapter, UDC. Mrs. Edna
W. Mann III, vice president of the
chapter, will preside at the ' cake
cutting.”
Donations for the Junior Red
Cross will be accepted, including
money, buttons, coffee cans, canes
for wounded soldiers, books and
other articles as suggested by Miss
Elizabeth Hummer at the last meet
ing.
Hostesses will include Mrs. Lena
Epperly MacDonald, third vice presi
dent of the District Division of the
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy Rnd director of the Children
of the Confederacy; Miss Betty
Louise Mann, president of the Sted
man Chapter, and members of the
Dance Committee, Miss Joan Mc
Alwep. chairman, and Miss Beverly
Lee Fones, vice chairman.
Patrons and patronesses who have
accepted invitations to serve are
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bachman. Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Wslbridge Robbins.
• GIVE GENEROUSLY TO THE RED CROSS 1943 WAR FUND •
Mr. and Mrs. Albion W. Turk, Mrs.
Richard A. Allen. Dr and Mrs.
Ralph Stevens Pendexter. Mr. and
Mrs. Livingston Vann, jr.; Mr. and
Mrs. Garnett Lee. Mrs. Anne Etten
ger Howell, Mrs. Clara Games Ful
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Franz Richey and
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. MofTet.
The birthday party for the junior
group of the Maj. Charles R'edman
Chapter will be held at 3 pm.
March 27, with the Williams Chap
ter serving as hostesses.
The Stedman Chapter, an auxil
iary to the Williams Chapter, was
organized 12 years ago by Mrs.
Charles Fisher Taylor at the George
Washington Inn, where Maj. Sted
man lived while serving in Congress
from North Carolina.
WCTU to Open
Spring Conclave
On Wednesday
Afternoon and Evening
Sessions Planned at
M eniorial Baptist
The annual spring convention of
the District o! Columbia WCTU will
open at 2 p.m Wednesday at the
National Memorial Bap'ist Church.
Sixteenth street and Columbia road
N.W, followed by an evening ses
sion at 7 30 pm
The afternoon will be occupied
with various reports Including that
of Mrs. D C. Crain, treasurer, and
Mrs. Frank Gregory who will re
port for the Board of Trustees.
"School on Wheels ' will be the
subject of a talk by Mrs. Mane N.'
Brinley and Mrs. F. S. Berry will
tell of the "Student Nurses Project."
A program of special music will
be featured under the direction of
Mrs. George A. Cook. The after
noon session will conclude with a
White Ribbon Recruits" cere
mony.
The high light of thp evening
session will be talks by Miss Kath
arine F. Lenroot, director of the
Childrens Bureau of the Depart
ment of Labor, and by Miss Eliza
beth Smart, national legislative di
rector. who will speak on "Bills We
Should Support,"
Tliere also will be readings by
Betty Jane Watt, winner of the
Grand Diamond Speech Contest,
and George I.umsden. a contestant
in the Diamond Medal Speech Con
test. A motion picture, "It's the
Brain that Counts," will be shown
by Miss Emma Watts.
A musical program will include
a duet with Mrs. Ethel H. Reed and
Mrs. Cook.
An informal dinner at 6 p.m. will
be served between the afternoon
and evening sessions Reservations,
which close today, are being han
dled by Mrs. Crain.
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