Evening star., 1923-12-16

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J. l.. Thompson; historian, Mrs. W. r.
Akers: secretary. Miss Imogene Nc
| Garraghy; chaplain, Mrs Nellie Frein.
The next meeting Will be held the
| second Tuesday in January, when the
officers Will be installed
The unit of the Vincent B. Costello
! Post held a card party December 15
at the home of Mrs Edith O'Connor,
S220 klingle road northwest.
The unit of the George Washington
| Post. No. l. is to hold a Christmas
party and dance at the New Willard
! December 10.
The Stuart Walcott Post, No. 10.
! American Legion Auxiliary, held a
meeting December 10 in the office of
! the post commander. Charles Reimer.
| The new officers were installed by
/ Mrs. T. r. Fawcett. department presi-
| dent. Mr.. ReimeT and one of the for
mer commanders. Alex Bremen. gave
talks. Supplies were donated by the
| ladies for baskets for Christmas to
! be given to families in need.
| \ meeting of Kenneth Fl. Nash Post.
| No. s. the American Legion. was held
! Wednesday night with Commander
| Frank Huntington presiding. A re-
! port was read by the finance officer
| factory condition. Upon the resigna-
, tion of Senior vice Commander
George l.. MacCurdy. the post voted to
! leave the position unoccupied until
! election. Prof. MacCurdy was until
! recently connected with the engin-
! eerins department of the rehabilita-
! tion school at Catholic University.
I He left to accept position in KAN
Sas City. Mo.
committee was appointed by the
! commander to arrange for u bridge
and five-hundred party 70 be held
next Wednesday at the post head
! quarters in Gavel Club rooms. Com
mander Reimer of Sergt. Jasper Post
/ spoke on the need and good derived
, from ladies' auxiliary, and at the
same instance invited the post to hear
! Senator Magnus Johnson speak at
! its meeting next Tuesday at Cen
| raj High School. The post voted 10
| organize a ladies' auxiliary.
! Election of officers is to be held
/ Wednesday. Comrade George p.
! Grove. post historian. presented the
post with an autographed picture OF
/ President Coolidge. which he received
/ several days ago.
The auxiliary TO George Washing
| gion, is to give a Christmas ball at
, the willard Hotel next Wednesday
| night. The proceeds are to be used
! to fill the Christmas baskets for
| Bishop. national president. and DIR.
! Kate Waller Barrett, past president.
| are to be guests of honor. The COM
mittee in charge consists of Mrs.
! Thacker V. Walker. Mrs. James T..
! Dedman, Mrs. Josephine Trimble.
Mrs. a. E. Clements, Mrs. Edward ].
/ Coping. Miss Margaret y. Brown
and Miss Gladys Mills.
! The James Z. Walker Post No. 26.
! the American Legion, elected officers
| Wednesday night as follows: W. a.
Hamilton, commander: c. c. John
I commander. +.
! Porter. jr.. junior vice commander:
r. b. Lindsey. adjutant: G. 5 l-o-
! rian; II. c. Ross, finance officer. F.
/ Coleman. service officer: c. Ridgley.
! surgeon: j. SWEENEY. quartermaster:
w. a. p. Cant, sergeant-at-arms; j.
Robert Hyson, senior color bearer;
! Robert Starks. Junior color bearer:
]. F. Porter. jr.. publicity officer: and
/ W. p. Grant, bugler. ;: d. Savoy
I was elected to membership.
! At it's meeting in the Chamber of
! Commerce rooms, Homer building,
Tuesday evening. the Tank Corps Post
nominated officers for the coming
| the next meeting. December 2i. Frank
L. Peckham. the present incumbent.
was renominated to succeed himself
| as post commander. and the nomina-
I. tion was made unanimous. Other
, unanimous nominations were as fol-
! lows: Senior vice commander. Ray
| mond II. Teense: junior vice COM
! mander, Kenneth :. Patten; sergeant
! Claude C. Caylor: historian, George J.
| Crosby: chaplain. Carlyle 5. Baer. and
/ for two color guards. II. A. REM. jr..
| and Wade r Akers. Edwin l.. kilby
and Thomas c. Perry were nominated
! for the office of quartermaster. For
/ the posts OF two color bearers there
were four nominees, as follows: Sam
uel A. Hershowit7. Bernard A. Nolan,
Joseph G. Fries and George ii. Fox.
Daniel W. Bell and Kenneth 5. Pat
| ten were appointed a committee to
! audit the books of the finance officer
/ for the year just closing. Final ar
rangements for the dance to be given
! by the post at Fairmont Inn on New
Year eve were completed.
The first section of the Disabled
American Veterans. here to decide
upon it's representation e.t the ma
tional convention a Salt Lake City rs
the Ace Chapter. The largest attend
ance in its history was present at the
meeting in the boardroom of the Dis
triCt building during the week. when
the election of delegates resulted in
the choice of W. S. Clark and D. J.
! Hussey as delegates to the national
gathering. Joseph Bush was elected
recording secretary and 5000 was ap-
propriated for EN- mergency relief work
among the visiting disabled men in
Washington.
Chapters of the, Disabled American
Veterans here will cooperate with
planning for the celebrations during
the Christmas holidays in the vet
Grams hospitals of the city. There is
to be special entertainment for the
wounded men at Naval Mount Alto,
Walter Reed and st. Eliza beth's.
At the meeting of Columbia Post,
ii~No. S32, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Wednesday night, Maj. John L.
Brooks, who retires as commander
! Of the post, was voted a past COM
| mander's badge. The following were
elected as officers for the ensuing
year: Commander, w. Laurence Haz-
| ard; senior vice commander, Fred A.
Livingstone; junior vice commander,
James B. Jones; quartermaster. Doug
las A. White: chaplain, John Fleming:
| officer of the day, r. X. Christen-
! berry; trustees, Lewis L. Hoffman
John L. Hart and Alex Summers AL
vim d. Hathaway, who has been ad-
jutant of the post since it's formation.
was reappointed TO that office. He
also a present is holding office as
department junior vice commander.
| New members taken in are Albert
Henderson, Samuel G: Hamilton,
| ZACH, Carlton Van Valkenburg. VIII
; liam A. Rolf, Z. H. Hale, Maurice NJ
Grudd, Leo /. Lanahan, Laurance H
| RigGles. Charles H. Reilley, Edmund
| t. Weisel and Everett e. Miller
! Each member OF the American L.e-
gion in the District of Colum bia has
/, been called upon to contribute to a
Christmas relief fund. which will be
J group of needy families of former
service men and women here in
Washington and to make Christmas
happier day for the $50 District of
n h rat ~ -I,@
! of the four local governmental hos
/ pitfalls. This action was decided upon