Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10
Veterans of Great War
trict of Columbia, Alabama. Missouri,
Mississippi, Virginia. Maryland.


George T.. Killeen Unit, American
Legion Auxiliary. held its meeting
on July at Potomac Bank Hall
Mrs Mary Kolhas was Endorsed fol
| department president for the coming
year and Mrs. John killeen for de
partment chaplain. Delegates to The
| department convention were elected
| The unit voled SIS to Camp Coco
| VIII.
The unit voted to have a luncheon
at the home of Mrs. John killeen the
| last part of July.
Sergt Jasper Post of the American
Legion is arranging a picnic to be
! held at Marshall Hall, August 81 Al
a meeting of the post Wednesday
night at the Thomas Circle Club j.
| Thad Baker was appointed chairman
of the outing committee.
! The post elected delegates and alter
mates to the department convention
as follows: Delegates. Commander
| Carl c. Brown. J. Thad Baker and
Thomas ]. Frailey: alternates, F. G.
| Fraser. +. G. Gardner and w. {.
| Pickett.
Robert W. Wilson, John II. SeaverS,
Alfred II. Lawson. Ernest a. Golden
Harry II. Warlick. Lawrence Sporch,
Charles Maylon, William II. Allen and
George S. Buckheister, jr., were elect
ed to membership.
George Washington Post, the
American Legion. at meeting Tues
day night elected delegates to the de
partment convention as follows Gil
bert T. Rude. Charles 0. Shaw, J. &
| Brooke and Wallace Streeter. Alter
IIou-arI E1Sls NJ n
Darnan, Guy Withers and II. T.
Lawn.
The Sergt. Jasper Unit. American
Legion Auxiliary, met at the home OF
the secretary. Miss Ann HUMPHREYS,
1920 Harvard street Thursday evening
with the president, Mrs. S. Bingham
Martin presiding.
Mrs. McKibben. reported a sub
stantial sum realized from the benefit
picnic, held at her Summer home on
the Potomac, June %, at which time
the unit has as guests six World War
veterans from Walter Reed Hospital.
The commander of Sergt Jasper Post,
c. c. Brown and the department pres
ident, Mrs. Thacker V. Walker. were
also guests. The chairman of the
poppy committee, Mrs. Marshall Nc
for the sale of the memorial peoples,
The following were elected delegates
to the department convention. which
convenes July 81. Mrs. S. Bingham
Martin, Mrs. Eola NJ. Wright, Mrs.
Burnita Shelton Matthews, Mrs.
George Eckles and Miss G. Cone.
Costello Post met last Tuesday
night at the boardroom of the Dis
trict Building. Senior Vice Com.
mander Henry w. Jett, presided. Del
egates to the department convention,
were elected. Commander William
Mitchell was elected delegate by ac-
clamation. The other delegates are
D. ]. Donovan, Thomas D. Walsh,
William +. Franklin. l.. +. Atkins and
Harvey l.. Miller. Alternates elected
were, Kin Carroll. Thomas Mason, jr.,
Charles n Hess and Thomas Costello.
Dr. MILFORD n. Johannessen was adj
mitted to membership.
Disabled American Veterans.
William F. Tate of Atlanta, new ma.
tional commander of the Disabled
American Veterans, will come here
within the next few days from the ma.
tional headquarters at Cincinnati to
hold series of conferences with Di.
rector Frank T. Hines of the Veter.
ans Bureau and the staff of the
Washington Office Of the D. A. V. to
settle upon several definite policies
bearing upon the problems of the
wars disabled.
While numerous amendments were
made in the World War veterans ac;
by the last Congress, the recent
seventh national convention of the
d. A. V. adopted legislative plan
that, it is believed, will so far toward
simplifying administration of the law
both for the disabled man and the
Government.
|. Worried by great numbers of physi
clans, surgeons and dentists who have