Evening star., 1924-01-20
Veterans Of Great War

g., tation of the three-act comedy, oh.
Harold"' by the Delhi Club for the
benefit of eX-service men.
G. T. Rude presented a report on
| the improvements to the clubhouse,
and said that at an early date all in
formation concerning rooms TOR those
would be available. The new heating
plant has been installed. the club
house repainted and papered through =
! out and artistically arranged electri-
cal fixtures have been installed
) throughout.
Guy Withers. a member of the post,
delivered an address on Thrift week,
; while Past Commander Charles b.
| Hanford announced that he was pre-
! pared to present scenes from
''Othello" when desired by the post.
! Mr.. Hanford is one of Americas fore
most Shakespeartan actors.
National Capital Post, No. 127. Vet
| Grams of Foreign Wars. is fast getting
organized for the coming year. as evil
denced by the activities of the execu-
| tive committee. Commander Gardella.
| the newly installed commander. has
| appointed subcommittee as follows:
Auditing and finance, G. b. Neuner,
chairman: Statsberg and Wickstrand.
| Entertainment, r. Wickstrand. chair
| man; Loveless, Huhn, Cotter and
|
with privilege of selecting his assist
ants. Constitution and bylaws. ID.
! l.eahy. chairman; Jenkins and Neu-
! ner. Welfare and relief. j. B. Much.
Much and Jennings. Resolutions and
grievances, d. J. Leahy. chairman;
Clements and Zwinglass Atlantic
| City. ]. b. Much. chairman; keefe.
| Guiffre. Loveless and Orken. Auxiii-
ary liaison. Weaver. chairman: Stats
berg and Keeffe. Vigilance, reception
and investigation. r. c. Muschlitz,
! chairman: Orken and Neuner. The
| gas attack and publicity. V. n. Bran
Foreign service publicity. H. 3. Glenn
ents Memorial, Henry Loveless.
chairman; Much and keeffe. Poppy
campaign. d. j. Leahy, chairman;
| Weaver and Guiffre.. Recruiting. r.
! Zwinglass. Leahy and Loveless.
| The post will not hold any cere-
monies February IL in memory of
| the Maine. 1t has been decided to
! War Veterans to hold their own
| memorial if they so desire.
J Department Commander Paul j.
McGahan and Maj. Thacker V. Walk
| er. past commander of George Wash
| ington Post, were guests of honor at
| the installation of officers of James
/ T. Walker Post, No. 26, the American
/ Legion. at it's last meeting. The de-
partment commander made an ad-
| dress in which he congratulated the
! post, while Maj. Walker spoke of the
work of the old First Separate Bat
! TALON Of the National Guard of the
! District. of which many members Of
| the post We're members. A stand OF
colors was presented to the post. Re
| freshments were served. The next
| meeting is to be held at the 18th
| street branch, Y NJ c. A., Thursday
| evening.
| The installation ceremonies of the
Sergeant Jasper Post, the American
| Legion, were held at the City Club
| Thursday evening by the department
! commander. Paul ]. McGahan. The
| new officers installed were: Ralph
! A. Cusick, commander; Walter r.
! Gould, first vice commander: Horace
! A. Kelly, second vice commander;
| Robert H. Hetzer, third vice COM
! mander; Rev. Hugh X. Fulton. chap
lain: DIR. A Parker Kitchens, sur
geon: Russell W. Clarkson. historian:
| Roy \. Hughes, sergeant arms; F..
| Joseph ONeill, finance officer: Ira
| Ewers, adjutant: Leo T. Collier. pub
! licity officer: Thomas L. Welsh and
| Edward Kappa. color bearers: Joseph
licity officer; Thomas +. Walsh and
! Thomas J. Frailey presided until the
completion of the installation.
! The bowling team defeated the
Stuart Walcott Post two games in a
series of three on Wednesday. The
marks made by Edward Kappa in the
ninth and tenth boxes featured. A
| committee consisting of Ferdinand ].
| Fraser. chairman; Russell w. Clark
son and Robert Fl. Hetzer was ap-
! pointed to arrange for a dance to be
| given at a local hotel. report of
| final arrangements will be heard at
! the next meeting of the post on Feb
ruary IA at the City Club. Past Com
! mander Thomas J. Frailey, who was
! recently elected Chef de Train of La
! Societe 40 Hommes ct ChevauN, has
| been appointed by Paul J. McGahan.
! department commander, chairman of
Americanism for the department, and
| Commander Frailey attended the ma
! tional illiteracy conference as an Off
| cial delegate of the American Legion.
The sessions of this conference were
| convened in the auditorium of the
] Interior Department January 11-14.
New members admitted We're Hilary
P. Tillotson, Gordon Robertson. Sam
| uel l.. Carothers, Morris II. Murray
and Wellington NJ. Garnsey.
Participants in the minstrel show
| to be held under the auspices of
Stuart Walcott Post, No. 10. Ameri-
| can Legion, will commence rehearsals
! next week under the direction of
Charles Riemer, commander of the
|
| with the Community Center depart
ment of the District for the use Of
! the Wilson Normal School auditorium
| for rehearsals twice every week for
a period of six weeks, Commander
/ Riemer said yesterday. In the near
! future necessary arrangements will
| be made by a committee of the post
to obtain the use of theater in the
downtown district in which to hold
| the show after rehearsals are COM
pleted
| Legion posts in various parts of the
city have announced their intention
Ito cooperate with the Walcott
Post and their Willingness to
| participate in the minstrel show.
| The fife and drum corps of the Vim
cent b. Costello Post will probably
be placed on the program, along with
other talent within the legion and
prominent outsiders.
A meeting of the post is to be held
next Tuesday evening in the board
room of the District building.
The following candidates will be
elected to membership: Hugh S.
Cumming, surgeon general, U. S. P.
H. S; DR.. Boyce r. Bolton, Wilfred
| P. Benson, Harrison NJ. Simpson,
Cloid r. Smith, Robert E. King, Rob-
, ert L. Pritchard.