Evening star., 1925-01-18

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Rev. Hugh X. sA 4
Fulton; historian, - -
Russell w. Clark ~
son; welfare Off aA---.---2 --2.--
Ger, Wilbur C. PATTI 7 MoGAHAN
p k EFT; color
bearers, Edward c. Kappa and Rob-
ert Edavitch. Comdr. Thomas J. Frailey
has appointed George l.. McGurn
adjutant, William A. Kehoe finance off,
Ger and Luther L. Beeler publicity
officer. The retiring post commander,
Ralph A. Cusck, was presented with a
past commanders badge. A resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted COM
mending the adjusted compensation
division and it's chief, Maj. Omar
Clark of the United States Veterans
Bureau, for the expeditions method
of meeting the provisions of the ad-
justed compensation legislation re-
Gently enacted by Congress.
New members admitted at this
meeting of the post were: Preston +.
Thompson, Nathaniel II. Laden, Ernest
J. St. Jacques, Henry Q. Brooks,
Luther H. Beeler and John Z. Wilcox.
The next meeting of the post will be
held at the City Club, February II.
The Ladies' Auxiliary to Federal
Post No. 324, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, held open night January IL,
the purpose of the meeting being the
installation of the newly elected Off
GERS. Mrs Vesta l.. Reed, deputy of
the District of Columbia. was the in
stalling officer, assisted by Mrs. Mar
garet Jacobson, who is national flag
bearer
The new officers are as follows:
President. Mrs. Mary Lucas; senior
vice president, Mrs. Catherine Roney;
junior vice president. Mrs Blanche G.
Moore; treasurer, Mrs. Lola B. Heise +;
secretary, Miss Alma Z. Raup, reap
pointed: chaplain, Mrs. Agnes Miller:
guard. Mrs. Grace Lawless; trustees,
Mrs. Sarah Laufer, Mrs. George De
Vaughn and Mrs. Adelaide Grant: con-
dructreSs, Mrs. Irma Raup, reappoint-
ed, and four color bearers Mrs. Louise
Cannon. Mrs. ]. F. Skogland, Mrs.
Catherine Leissler and Miss Louise
Mater.
The retiring president. Mrs Lola B.
Heise, read her report. The guests
were Federal Post, S24, National Cap
ital Auxiliary, Equality Walter Reed
Auxiliary and Potomac Post. Past
Comdr. Fred c. Lucas made an
address, also the newly elected COM
mander of Federal Post, Lester Eliff,
spoke, after which he presented the
retiring president, Mrs. Lola Heise.
ferns. The program consisted of a
song by little Miss Irma Wright.
piano solo by Margaret Grant, violin
solo by Master James Britten, dance
by Irma Wright and song by James
Britten.
Members of Henry c. Spengler Post
and Unit. American Legion and Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary, are arranging
jni in nf
at the National Guard Armory, 472
l. street northwest. next Wednesday
evening. A business meeting will be
held at o'clock. and AT o'clock the
post and unit will meet in the big
hall for the installation ceremonies.
Paul McGahan. past department COM
mander, will install the officers of
the post, while Mrs. Leon Arnold, de-
partment president, will perform that
office for the auxiliary. Following
the meeting there will be dancing
An invitation is extended to members
of other posts and units.
Maj. Gen. Thomas P. Summerau. L.
s. A, recently promoted and trans
ferred to the I'd Corps Area, New
York City; Surg. Gen. Hugh s. Cum
mingS, United States Public Health
Service, and DR.. Dunlop P. Penhallow,
commanding officer of Mount Alto
Hospital this city, We're guests and
principal speakers last Tuesday night,
when the George Baldwin Mccoy unit
of the American Womens Legion cele-
brated its fifth anniversary, at the
clubhouse of George Washington
Post, 1929 1 street northwest.
Mrs. Kate p. Mccoy, president of
the unit opened the meeting, follow
ing a reception in the assembly room.
Percy B. Mccoy, commander of George
Washington Post. delivered the ad-
dress of welcome on behalf of the
post. Annual reports were then read
Mrs. Mccoy told of the activities
of the unit during the past
year, together with a history of the
organization. She has been it's presi-
dent for the past four years. Miss
Emma Heck, acting secretary read in
brief manner of the outstanding
features of the unit during the year.
including donations to the various
hospitals for welfare work, endow-
ment of the room in the name Of
George Baldwin Mccoy in the George
Washington Post clubhouse, of the
decoration of graves on Memorial day
and other services rendered. The re-
port of Treasurer Mrs. Robert Coe
who retires shortly, proved a feature
of the meeting.
Gen. Summerall paid tribute to
George Baldwin Mccoy, who served in
the 1st Division in France during the
World War and was shot down on the
battlefield while leading his men into
action.
Surg. Gen. Cummings told of his
beneficial experience during the
five years the unit has been conduct
ing welfare work in this city. The
recent appropriation of $35, 800, 900
will do much to remove the insanitarv
and much complained ed of hospital sur
roundings. which the men have had in
the past, and with new, modern hos
pitfalls greater effort will be made to
reha abiltate the men.
DR.. Penhallou was profuse in
payiAg tri!"ts - the women of the
unit for the loyal. faithful and un-
tiring service which they were rem
dering to the boys out at Mount Alto.
The program concluded with the
rendition on the piano of The Star
Spangled Banner by Mrs. Philbrick
McCov and the serving of refresh
r1ents.
The committee in charge of the
anniversary celebration was composed
OF Mrs. L. Lester Jones. chairman;
Mrs. Charles Demonet, Mrs. Robert
Coe and Hs-e L. p. Ellis. Mrs Charles
Warden was in charge of the ushers
who seated the aSsemblage, and
these included Miss Margaret Rohrer,
Miss Frances Weaver, Miss Cecil
Jones and Miss Marie Purcell.
The next regular meeting of Vim
cent B. Costello Post, No Is. will be
held in the boardroom of the Dis
trict Building Tuesday at pm.
Representative Roy G.. Fitzgerald of
Ohio, an ex-service man. and DIR. Kate
Waller Barrett, past national presi-