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be made for officers for the ensuing
year, and the election will be held at
the last meeting in December.
Preparations are being made for the
post. which will be held December Z.
and John Wischhusen. Sam Berlin and
Daniel Fenton. the entertainment
committee, promise 20, present real
"A. E. F." entertainment and smoker
on that evening. to which all soldiers.
sailors and marines who have seen
foreign war service are invited.
Arthur l.. Millmore. chairman of the
ladies' auxiliary committee, Is making
progress in the organization of an
auxiliary to this post. and he has des-
ignated Mrs. A. E. Finch, temporary
chairman; Mrs. II. E. Chase. assistant
chairman; Miss NJ. A. Chadron. re-
cording. secretary. and Mrs. r. B.
Handy. as treasurer, to assist him In
this constructive work. AS soon as
ganization meeting Of the auxiliary
will be held in order that they may
elect their officers and close the other
necessary details toward obtaining
their charter.
Miss Lillian Litzenberger. 318 Met
ropolitan National Bank building. has
recently received a national appoint
ment from the National Ladies AuXll-
iary, and she is lending Chairman
Millmore assistance in organizing the
Hillary.
The membership campaign will be
brought to a close at the last meeting
, in December, when several valuable
prizes will be awarded to the mem
bers that have brought in the most
new members during the campaign.
The present officers of the post are:
Howard E. Chase, commander; +; J.
Clooney, senior vice commander;
John d. Wischhusen, Junior vice com
mander; A. L. Millmore, chaplain: Sam
! aldson. quartermaster; w. G. jamie
son. adjutant, and Daniel J. Fenton'
guard.
DR.. Walter +. Sullivan was elected
commander Of Vincent B. Costello Post,
| the American Legion. at the annual
meeting Tuesday night in the board
! room. District building.
O:her officers elected were: First vice
commander. f. J. Jefferts: second vice
| commander. Richard A. O'Brien: third
| vice commander Thomas D. Walsh;
! Dr. DR.: Charles !. Murphy: sergeant at
| arms. James McCabe; master sergeant
John Ais, John J. Ryan; bugler, Andrew
D. Helwig: chaplain. Father Francis
Hurney: historian, Thomas H. Deckel-
\ man. Delegates. to the district conven-
| ton are William Franklin. Walter Sui
| livan, NJ. A Bell Richard A. O'Brien,
|
| Daniel J. Donovan. Alternates are
! James A. Allen. J. ]. Murphy, Arthur
| Scrivener. Dan W. Bowie. V. NJ. Marcus.
II. NJ. Wende and W. l.. Peake.
William f. Franklin, retiring COM
| mander, made an address in which he
! said "the former service man who comes
here for aid is thrown about like a base
ball because Of duplication Of various
| American Legion agences:'
He said these agencies-the ma
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ofticer-caused high overhead expense.
Mr.. Franklin declared his intention of
presenting the matter to the District
convention and TO ask for thorough
Investigation.
,, At the December meeting the new
ly elected officers will be installed.
Three Paris legionnaires have been
named by Alvin Owsley. national
commander Of the American Legion,
as American representatives on the
administrative council of the Inter
allied Veterans Association. which
recently held its international confer
ence in New Orleans. They are:
Cabot Ward. past commander of the
legion's department of continental
Europe: DR.. Edmund Gros. present
commander, and Arthur W. kipling,
one of the founders of the associa-
ton.
andria. Va. recently elected national
president of the American Legion
Auxiliary. is at her post in In
dianapolis. Ind. 1t is her first visit
to national headquarters since her
election during the annual conven-
tion in New Orleans last month.
meeting of the Department of
District of Columbia. American Le-
gion Auxiliary. was held at Room 4G4,
1923 New York avenue northwest,
Wednesday evening. Mrs. r. E. Faw-
cett, president presided.
Reports of activities Of other aux
iaries of the American Legion were
approved. and welfare and hospital
work for the department was out
lined for the future. The killeen Unit
10 to give a Thanksgiving dinner to
fifty OF the Mount Alto soldiers, and
the women of that unit are holding
rummage sale to raise money to
purchase the turkeys for the dinner.
the trimmings" having been donated
by merchants.
Announcements of two dances to be
held in the near future were given
one by the Vincent B. Costello Post
Auxiliary at Pythian Temple. No
vember 81, $40 to II pm. and one by
the Stuart Walcott Post Auxiliary, at