Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

1924; Percy B. Mccoy and Wallace
Streater, 1925; Charles o. Shaw and
James J. Murphy, 1926; Gilbert T.
Rude, 1927; Charles J. Painter, 1928;
Paul v. Collins, 1929; Bernard G. Nc
Gee, 1920. Past Comdr. Rude is de-
tailed at Norfolk, Va, with the United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey; Past
Comdr. Collins is Ill in Naval Hospital
and Past Comdr. Painter sailed Decem-
Der Is for Manila, Philippine Islands, to
assume his new position with the United
States Veterans Bureau foreign Office.
Christmas eve Past Comdr. John Lewis
Smith and Comdr. William E. Porter
visited Naval Hospital and presented
Past Comdr Collins with a past COM
mander's jewel. A letter was read from
| him at the meeting.
Mr.. Fisk related the history of the flag
presented to the post by Mrs. Henry r.
Rea Of Pittsburgh, Pa, while serving
with the American Red Cross at Wal
ter Reed Hospital during and after the
World War. The flag, he said, was pre-
sented to the post on August 10, 1919,
and had been in every American Legion
parade from the first annual convention
at Minneapolis in 1919 up to the present
| time. The conventions at which it had
been present included the following:
Minneapolis, 1919; Cleveland, 1920;
Kansas City, 1921; New Orleans, 1922;
San Francisco, 1923; ST. Paul, 1924:
Omaha, 1925; Philadelphia, 1926; Paris,
France, 1927; San Antonio, 1928: Louis
vile, 1929, and Boston, 1880, a total of
34,760 miles. He then presented the
post with its twelfth silver staff band
for the Boston convention and stated
that the George Washington Post was
the only post in the Department of the
District of Columbia with 100 per cent
attendance record.
The guest speaker of the evening was
John Thomas Taylor, vice chairman of
the National Legislative Committee, who
gave resume of legislation before the
present session Of Congress and which
was expected to pass. Other speakers
| included Dept. Vice Comdrs. Howard F.
Bresee and Miss Marjorie WoodzeIl;
Post Comdrs. James H. Kehoe, Bureau
of Engraving and Printing Post; DR..
Albert H. Parham, Kenneth H. Nash
| Post; E. P. Van Hise, Lincoln Post; w
G. Puff, representing Quentin Roose-
welt Post; Past Comdr. Francis F. Mil
Ter, Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
Post; John B. Moon, Portland, Greg,
Post, No. l, and Royal w. Anderson,
Denver Post, No. %. Refreshments were
| served.
The regular meeting Of Victory Post,
No. 4, will be held Tuesday at Wood
mems Hall, 935 Grant place, at pm
Candidates Will be mustered in and sew
eral distinguished guests will discuss the
cash payment Of veterans adjusted
compensation. Harry E. Smith of Co.'S
tello Post will exhibit four-reel war
films, America Goes Over"
Arrangements are being perfected for
the annual ball Of this post February 16
in the ball room of the New Willard
Hotel. The committee in charge of the
| ball is: Past Comdr. w. L. A. Straw
bridge, chairman, and Comrade Walter
D. Rodgers, vice chairman, represent
Ing the post; Mrs. Thacker v. Walker
and Mrs. Phillip Castle, representing the
| auxiliary OF the post, and Comrades
James @. Barksdale and william Opitz,
representing the drum corps.
La Societe DIES HUT Chapeaux ct
| Quarante Femmes met Wednesday at
the home of Partner Mabel Staub,
who had assisting her in entertaining
Partners Helen Sprague and Amelia
Boberg. LIE Salon noted to subscribe
for box at the American Legion ball
January % at the ,yflower. Part
ners will purchase seats in the box.
LIE Chapeau Carolyn Herman, Part
ners Mabel Staub and Mary Kolhos
assisted Department Comdr. B. G.
MacNeil in distributing cigarettes at
Mount Alto and Naval Hospitals. La
Societe will entertain LIE Chapeau Ma
tionale Murphy of New York at a
dinner during the Defense Conference
to be held in Washington January %
81, the time and place to be an
nounced later. Business meeting Of
the salon will be January 81 at the
Hotel Washington.
A patriotic meeting sponsored by the
Henderson Smith Edmonds Post No. sc
and Auxiliary of Rockville, with the
cooperation of the Norman Price Post
of Sandy Spring and the Saxton Cissel
Post and Auxiliary of Silver Spring will
be held next Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock in the auditorium of the Rock
vile High School, Rockville, Md.
The speakers of the evening will be
Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, president
general of the National Society of
Daughters of the American Revolution
and Maj. Gen. Amos Fries, United
States Army. Through the cooperation
of Maj Gen. william D. Conner, COM
mandant of the United States Army
War College, the Army Band will fur
nish music. A special feature will be
the singing of 1.-The Star Spangled
Banner" by Mrs Estelle Hunt Dean, &C
companied by her daughter, Miss Helen
Dean. Warner E. Humphrey COM
mander of Post No. SO is chairman of
the general committee.