Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-25

Department Comdr. Harvey L. Mil
Ter, Veterans of Foreign Wars, has Is
sued a call to all members of all posts
Of the Veterans ff Foreign Wars to take
part In the annual Memorial day pa
rade on Friday morning. The Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars contingent will
fall In at am. at Fifteenth and E
own colors and marching behind the
Overseas Military Band, Drum and
Bugle Corps. Uniforms and v. r. W.
regalia should be worn. Comdr. Miller
has this year been honored with the
assignment Of marshal Of the parade.
The next meeting of the department
council Of administration will take
place In the board room of the District
Building June g.. This will be the final
nesting before the departments annual
encampment at Stuart Junior High
School June IL, Is and IA. All men,
bers of the council are requested to be
present.
A departmental stag smoker was held
at Carpenters Hall last week. Com
mandatory letters on the excellence of
the program have been sent to Com
rades Abram Grudd, Jimmy Lake and
Jack Mullane, who staged the show.
National Senior Vice Commander
Chief Paul C. Wolman has issued no
tees that the big national parade in
conjunction with the thirty-first en-
Wars, in Baltimore, will be held in
that city September 2. The concert
contest for bands and drum and bugle
corps will take place in Baltimore on
the evening of September 3. The Over
seas Military Band, Drum and Bugle
Corps will compete on both occasions
for the honors as national band Of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The first of a series Of Summer park
concerts by the Overseas Musical Corps
took place at the Sylvan Theater las.
Friday evening, inaugurating the 1890
Buddy Poppy drive. This concert was
broadcast over station VOL and was
ably handled by Comrade Tommy
Creighton. The concerts will be re-
peated during the Summer months at
the various public parks.
The Overseas Military Band, Drum
and Bugle Corps will take part in the
Masslng of the Colors ceremony to be
staged bv the Elks at Central High
Stadium, June Is. They will also take
part in the Joe Judge celebration at
Grifith Stadium.
Federal Post No. 824 Cancelled the
scheduled meeting for May 10, at As @
street, on account OF the department
smoker being held on that date. Comdr.
Strobel was allowed time to obligate
new members at the smoker. in order
that the cancellation Of their meeting
would not interfere with this part Of
their program. 1t is planned to have O
long form ceremonial at the next meet
ing, when Federal Post will have an
other class Of recruits.
Federal Auxiliary No. 1874 met in st.
Agnes Parish Hall Monday evening and
elected the following delegates to the
convention: Mrs. Dorothy Lehman,
president of the auxiliary; Mrs. Elsie
Reilly. secretary, and Mrs. Ida Howell,
treasurer. Mrs. Teresa Dean and Mrs.
Blanche Moore are alternates.
Mrs. Teresa Dean was elected chap
lain and Mrs. Bette Williams junior
vice president. The auxiliary voted In
favor of department. ana also decided
on poppy concessions.
Mrs. Adelaide M. Grant, chairman OF
the hospital committee, made a report
of the work of her committee, which
included a visit by herself and the
president of the auxiliary to Naval Hos
pital on Mothers day, when candy and
cigarettes were distributed. Also Mrs.
Grant, accompanied by Mrs. Lillian
Brodie of the hospital committee, went
on a bus ride through Soldiers Home
with some Of the patients from Naval
Hospital.
The Ladies' Auxiliary, National Cap
itaI Post, No. 127, v. r. W., will hold
memorial services today at II O'Clock |
in Rock Greek Cemetery. At ; pm.
they will participate IN the massing
of the colors" at the Cathedral. Mrs.
Rosalina Morana, with Mrs. Dorothy