Evening star., 1925-02-01

a d iu+s LESTER Z. ELHF.
Cott; guard, ]. O'Brien; custodian of
property, A. Zeapan; patriotic in
structor, Maj. Hall; post historian,
Maj George A Void.
Comdr. Elf enlisted in the Navy
at the outbreak Of the World War
as a seaman, second class, and at the
time of his discharge, October, 1919,
was chief yeoman on the u. S. s.
Pastores, on which ship he served his
whole enlistment. He has the record
or crossing the ocean IS times. Up
| until the time of his enlistment he
was employed in the Department of
Agriculture and upon his return to
CIVIL life returned to this depart
nent, where he is employed in the Bu-
reau of Agricultural Economics.
The Kenneth H Nash Post, No. 8.
American Legion, will meet in the GaveI
Club rooms next Wednesday evening
when the membership of the post will
be organized in preparation of the in
tensiVe membership drive to bring into
the post membership all eligible Masons
OF the district. Other matters of i'm
portance, including the handling Of
| tickets for the Oriental ball to be held
at the Mayfower Hotel March II, will
be discussed. Commander johnson and
Vice Commander DIR. Elliott A. Hunt
will represent tho post on the Joint
| committee of the four posts having
| supervision of the affair. Ton more
| members will be appointed Wednesday
| night The smoker has been postponed
untn February IS.
The newly elected officers Of George
Washington Post, No. /, the American
| Legion, will be installed with appro-
pirate ceremonies next Tuesday night
! at o'clock in the clubhouse, 1929 I
street northwest. The Officers TO be
| installed include Wallace Streater, COM
| mander; Henry w. Longfellow, first
vice commander; 4. 2. Ellis, second
vice commander, and DR.. NJ. H DarnalI
as post surgeon. Following the installa-
| ton, Past Post and Past Department
Commander f. Lester Jones will pre-
sent the annual report of the board of
| governors of the club and also the
budget committee for the year.
/ During the past week a contract was
closed with the Mayfower Hotel for
| the dance to be given by the Allied
American Legion Posts March II from
10 pm. to . am. The committee ar
ranging the details of the dance is
composed of Charles Riemer, chairman.
commander of Stuart Walcott Post
| Commander John 0. johnson of Ken
meth II. Nash Post, vice chairman: Com
mander Thomas J. Frailey OF Sergeant
| Jasper Post and Past Commander
Howard S. Fisk, treasurer, and George
| Z. Pickett, Cd, OF George Washington
| Post.
The executive committee Of the
L. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. ,, the
American Legion. will meet at the
home of Miss Pansie Wilson, 1916
kalorama road northwest, next We'd
| nesday evening.
The Ladies' Auxiliary, National Capt.
| tai Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
| held its first social entertainment for
| the year last Tuesday evening at
| Pythian Temple. Mrs. Margaret Jacob
/ son. past president, was in charge. The
newly elected officers were introduced
| by the retiring president. Mrs. Eliza =
beth Jeits, as follows: Mrs. Margaret
| Lidstone, president: Mrs. May Cotter,
| senior vice president; Mrs. Laura
Weaver, junior vice president; Mrs.
| Bessie Quinlin, chaplain: Mrs. Ena AL
len, conductress; Mrs. Elsie Miller, sec
retary; Mrs. May Clark, guard; Past
President Mrs Elizabeth Jelts and Mrs.
| Mary Grant, trustees; Mrs. Ferneda
! Statsberg and Miss Ethel Weaver. COL
or bearers; Mrs Maude Cooper. pianist.
| Mrs. Elizabeth Jeits presented a pro-
| gram OF entertainers, as follows: Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur B. Clegg, songs and
music: Miss Esther keun, piano solos
| Past Department Commander Samuel
/ IL. Jacobson, recitation. The comic
! features of the evening were presented
/ by the fun makers from Federal Post
Auxiliary as follows: Mrs. +. Heisie,
Mrs. Adelaide Grant, Mrs. Emma Skog-
land, Mrs. Olive Fitzwaters and Rich
ard NJ. Petty, all in costume.
| Equality alter Reed Post. No. 2S4
| Veterans of Foreign Wars. will meet
| Thursday evening at Pythian Temple
| 1912 Ninth street northwest. There
| will be a large class of new members
| obligated and Commander John D.
! Wischhusn will appoint the. following g
! committees: Executive. relief, budget
, entertainment, application, auditing
| and athletic, also appoint one MEM
! Der CT this post to act as scoutmas-
| ter to one of the local Boy Scout
! troops. The "On to Tulsa Club" OF
| this post that is now being organized
| for the purpose of devising ways and
means of taking a large delegation of
| members to the national encampment
| that is scheduled 10 be held at Tulsa,