Evening star., 1925-11-08

Columbia Post, No. S33. and Fed
eral Post. No. s24, will hold a Joint
meeting at Odd Fellows Hall Noyem.
ber %, when the full rituallstic initia
ton ceremony will be exemplified.
]. B. Jones. commander Of Columbia
Post, and James McDerma. com.
mander of Federal Post, will preside.
The Advisory Council of National
Capital Post. Veterans of Foreign
Wars, held its meeting Tuesday eve
ming. George j. Neuner presiding
Ernest Wickstrand. post quarter
master and chairman. District of
Columbia Department. Veterans of
Foreign Wars, presented a pre-
pared letter setting forth that the
post on October 1t decided to change
its time and place of meetings
to the second and fourth Mon.
days of each month. fourth floor
Pythian Temple, 1912 Ninth street
northwest. pm. the first meeting
to be held tomorrow. a social pro
gram. with eats" thrown in, will
be furnished by the entertainment
committee. Officers for the ensuing
year will be nominated.
The outstanding social function of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars in the
District of Columbia Is the grand mil
itary ball. to be held Armistice night,
November II. This years Armistice
night ball will be more elaborate than
any previous one given by the or
ganization. 1t will be held in the
grand ballroom of the New Willard
Hotel
The Ladies' Auxiliary. National
Capital Post. held it's first social of
the Fall and Winter program Octo-
ber 81. at Pythian Temple, by giving
a 500 card party. Department Com
mander Francis G. Huhn and Mrs.
Huhn and Department Quartermaster
George J. Neuner were the guests for
the evening. The committee in
charge of the social were: Mrs. Mar
garet Birthstone. president: Mrs. Mae
Cotter, senior vice president; Mrs.
Laura Weaver, junior president. Re-
ception committee. Mrs. Margaret Ia
cobson. past president: Mrs. Eliza beth
Jeits. past president, and Mrs. Kath-
crime Barrack. gold star" mother of
the auxiliary. Refreshments, Mrs.
Elise Miller, secretary; Mrs. Maude
Cooper. Mrs. Ena Allen and Mrs. Ger
trude Clark. Prizes in charge of Miss
Ethel Weaver, Miss Helen Barrack,
Mrs. Bessie Quilan. Mrs. r. D. Mitch
ell. Mrs. Mary Grant and Florence
Dean.
President and Mrs. Coolidge. many
members of Congress and other dis
tinguished persons high in military,
social. and diplomatic circles of the
Capital have been invited to attend
the annual Armistice military ball,
which will be staged by the Veterans
of Foreign Wars next Wednesday
night at the Willard Hotel.
At the November meeting of the
Department Council of Administra :
ton. Veterans of Foreign Wars. De-
partment Comdr. Francis c. HUM
announced the issuance of a charter
TO post No. 1401. This addition to
the posts in the District of Columbia
is the result of the intensive mem
bership drive now in progress. c..
p. Jennings is the provisional COM
mander OF this post. The new post
will hold it's meeting in the National
Guard Armory. At it's next meeting
the chapter members of the post will
select the name by which the new
post will be known.
Junior Vice Comdr. Charles II
Reilley presented a letter from the
Chilean Ambassador expressing the
appreciation OF that nation for the
participation Of the Veterans of For
eign Wars in dedicating the statue
of Gen. Jose de San Martin.
Senior Vice Comdr. J. E. Beatty.
Junior Vice Comdr Charles II.
Reilley and Department Historian
E. H. Hale were appointed a com
mittee to represent the Veterans of
Foreign Wars on a joint committee
Of veterans organizations to CO. -ordi