Evening star., 1925-03-15
Veterans of Great War

! Mrs. william Mitchell. The prizes
will be awarded by Brig. Gen Will
liam Mitchell. Two orchestras will
| play throughout the evening.
| The various committees have been
assigned. 4 physicians committee
Will be on hand, headed by Surg. Gen.
f, Hugh S. Cumming and DIR. George
f. TRIBE, DIR. Charles f Ralph, Dr.
Jesse l.. Hall, DIR. S. Logan Owens. Dr..
! D. T. Penhallow, DR.. George skinner,
| DR. w. Calhoun Sterling, DR.. J. r.
Ernst. Dr. Eugene Lemerle, DR.. Henry
| Hays, Admiral r Cary Grayson. DR.
| Bernard l.. Jarman, DIR. Elliott p.
| Hunt and DR.. John r. Ladd The ma
| tional headquarters committee is:
! Gen. James A. Drain, national Ameri-
| can Legion commander, chairman; !;
| vice chairmen, Watson b. Miller. John
! Thomas Taylor, Capt. Paul McGahan,
Comdr. Frank l.. Peckham, Lieut..
Howard S. Fisk and William Wolff
| Smith.
| The same automobile regulations
| will prevail as those used at the in
augural ball The entrance for box
holders will be on the De Sales street
side and entrance for ticketh olders
will be on the Seventeenth street en-
trance. Cars will not be allowed to
park within two blocks from the
] hotel.
Among those who have engaged
| blocks of tickets are Judge Robert Z.
| Mattingly, Surg. Gen. Hugh S. Cum
| ming, Admiral w. A. Moffett, DR..
| Charles Z. Walcott, Col. Lester Jones,
| Capt. Watson b. Miller, Mrs. Leon
\ Arnold Jacob Jones Post, Betsy Ross
| Club, Robert Burns Society, George
| Washington University societies, the
Elks, Lebanon Chapter Eastern Star;
| Frank L. Peckham, Comdr. Joseph j.
| Idler, Comdr. Charles e. Kohen,
| Bureau of Engraving Post, Spangler
Post, Floyd q. Caskey, G. Logan
Payne. Mrs. Mary Kohlas and Willett
]. Foster.
| Chairman Ernest Wickstrand of the
| department buddy poppy" campaign
OF the Veterans of Foreign Wars has
| outlined the following: That the
| campaign will be conducted beginning
! May 26 to May so, inclusive. The
committee consists of the following /:
| Ernest Wickstrand, chairman; Fred
/ G. Lucas, secretary and treasurer;
Rev. V. Q. Anderson. concessions, and
| William +. Pierson. broadcasting IRA
| dlo). Team No. 1-Equality- W alter
Reed Post. Frank G. Thomas, chair
man. Team No. National Capital
Post, Gunnar Statsburg, chairman.
| Team No. S--Admiral Robert T.. Peary
| Ship, Frank Il. Alsop, chairman. Team
| No. 4-Columbia Post, Alvin Hath
away, chairman. Team No Fed
eral Post, George McDermott, chair
man. Team No. 6-Potomac Post,
| Charles Riley, chairman.
The next meeting of the poppy COM
| frIittee will be held at the home of
Ernest Wickstrand, 7s7 Fl street
northwest, Tuesday at 1880 pm.
The next meeting of the District of
! Columbia Department, Veterans OF
| Foreign Wars, will be held March %
at the National Guard Armory, Fifth
and l. streets northwest.
| The Ladies Auxiliary to Federal
Post No. S24. Veterans of Foreign
| Wars, met Monday evening in Odd
| Fellows Temple with the president,
Mrs. Mary Lucas, presiding. The other
| stations were filled by the following
! officers: Senior Vice President Mrs
| Catherine Roney, Junior Vice Presi-
| dent Mrs. Blanche G. Moore, Secretary
Miss Alma Raup, Treasurer Mrs. Lola
| b. Heise, Chaplain Mrs. Agnes Miller
| Conductress Mrs. Irma Raup and
| Guard Mrs. Adelaide Grant.
Mrs. George De Vaughn, chairman
| of 500 card party, which was held
at her home recently, made a report
Plans were made for another card
party, April l6, in Odd Fellows Tenn
pie. The next regular meeting will
be April 6.
The L. s. S. Jacob Jones Post, No .
The American Legion, met at the Col
lege Women's Club last Monday eve
ming, at which time Hope Knicker-
booker was unanimously elected
senior vice commander, vice Annette
Burton. After a short business ses-
sion Chief Gunner George Bradley,
u. S. N, a medal of honor man, talked
on Mechanical Ships and Technical
Men" The ways and means commit
tee met at the home of it's chairman
Thursday evening, when plans were
formulated for carrying on the years
work. A special meeting OF captains
of home fund teams will be called by
the commander in the near future.
Veterans OF the I'd Division. Amer
lean Expeditionary Force, are plan
ming a reunion and smoker and cleo
tion of officers to be held next Wed
nesday at $50 pm. at the Raleigh
Hotel Maj. Gen. John 4. Lejeune,