Evening star., 1925-04-05

Ellen Thomas, Mrs. Olive LitZ, Miss
| Sarah Osin, Mrs. Nellie Reno, Mrs.
| Evelyn Jacobs, Mrs. Melve Steele, Mrs.
| r. NJ. Gresham. Albert Adams and Roy
Nuthall. comedy sketch was pre-
sented by Mrs Adelaide Grant, Mrs.
f. Heise. Jack Grant, Ethel Jones,
Pauline Thompson, Rae Moran and
| Margaret Jones of Federal Post AUX
| Hilary. Mrs. Amanda Newman, State
deputy of Maryland, with her staff,
will visit the auxiliary April IA.
A special meeting of the Ladies'
| Auxiliary to Federal Post, No. S24,
| Veterans of Foreign Wars, was held
| Tuesday evening at the home of the
president, Mrs. Mary Lucas, 1916 Della
! field place northwest, when arrange
ments were completed for a 500 card
! party to be held April IA at 1929 F
| street northwest at Sis o'clock. The
chairman of the buddy poppy COM
| mittee announced meeting of the
| two committees, one from Federal
| Post and one from the auxiliary. to
| be held soon, at which time all plans
will be completed for the sale of the
poppy. which takes place May 26
| to 80.
| The next meeting of George Wash
/ ington Post, No. l, the American
Legion. will be held at the clubhouse
| 1929 l street northwest, Tuesday, at s
| o'clock. Post Commander Wallace
! Streater announces that a number of
important matters will be discussed and
acted on at this meeting.
The Betsy Ross Club YFC held its
regular meeting at the home of Mrs.
! Martha Witcomb. After a business
meeting, when reports of committees
were made, Mrs. Reva Darrell reported
| that Summer clubhouse had been Sc
| cured where meetings will be held in
| warm weather and where club members
| can entertain week end guests. This
announcement will interest the swim
ming class now forming under the di-
| rection of Miss Marie Luebkerk.
| Mrs. Mary L. kolhos spoke on ma
| tional conventions and the necessity
for knowledge of parliamentary law.
! The china club under the direction
of Mrs. Sparrow gave its first exhibit
| An interesting program of entertain
ment was furnished by the Misses Bene-
dict and Miss Audrey Witcomb. The
members of Belleau Wood Post, the
American Legion, were specially invited
| guests.
The president of the club, Mrs. Ken
! meth A. McRae, announced that Mrs
| Sara Kaske was appointed to serve on
| the entertainment committee and that
the next club meeting will be held at
the residence of Mrs. Charles Crompton
April 81.
| Plans are being made by the Stu
| art Walcott Post, the American Lee
| gion, for its annual banquet under
| direction of a committee headed by
Comdr. Charles Reimer. Capt. Charles
| Nungesser, the ace of French flyers, is
to be a guest of honor, according to
1 0c
Lieut.. Col. John Scott will address
the post at it's meeting April IA at
Is pm. in the boardroom, District
| Building All legionnaires and aux
| Hilary members are invited.
An endowment fund with which to
maintain Spencer Manor, a five-acre
| tract of land near Eaton Rapids,
| Mich, as the home of disabled and
aged veterans, their widows and
orphans, is contemplated by the Ma
| tional Veterans of Foreign Wars. 1t
a, was the gift of Corey J. Spencer,
wealthy clubman of Jackson, Mich,
and a member of the organization.
At a joint meeting of the advisory
| council of National Capital Post, No.
127, Veterans of Foreign Wars, of
| which George ]. Neuner is chairman,
various reports and resolutions were
| adopted and will be presented to the
! post for action. The council con-
demned the system for rating of Fed
eral employees. The publicity feature,
! in the opinion of the council is the
| greatest Safeguard against the mis-
use of efficiency ratings, and it went
on record as favoring the establish
ment of workable system of eff
| cheney ratings as provided in section
| 8 of the classification act of 1928. 1t
was held that full publicity should be
| given these ratings.
| The council voiced its approval for
| supporting the movement for organ
! izing permanent. veterans defense
league for the purpose of combating g
alleged determinations against ex-
| service men. their widows and or
phans in the Government depart
| ments.
The chairman of the entertainment
committee, it was announced, will
cooperate with the committee on in
vitations and recruiting for arrange
| ments of the program for the cele-
! bration of the sixth anniversary OF
the post, April Il, at Odd Fellows
Hall.
The official, national America n
Legion cowboy quartet, known to
| war veterans as the Keno Four" is
singing it's way through the South in
the interest of the American Legion
Endowment Fund for disabled men
and orphans of former service men.
No admission is charged at the enter
| tainments. 1t is announced they will
appear in Washington some time in
the near future. The quartet is at
tired in the picturesque cowpuncher's s
Sunday best, and they sing from their
saddles in the streets. The quartet is
composed of Paul r. Jordan, basso;
Clare r. Young, baritone; Floyd Payn-