Evening star., 1933-03-12

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A meeting Of Sergt. Jasper Post. No.
13, was held at the Thomas Circle Club,
1925 Massachusetts, avenue, Thursday.
Among the new members admitted were
Kenneth B. Bovay, Giuseppe Giacinto
and Vernon D. Acree. John j. Orlosky,
chairman of the Membership Commit
tee, gave a report Of the plans of the
department in the current drive for new
members. Following the business ses-
sion, over which Comdr. McMurray pre-
sided, refreshments were served The
next meeting of the post will be held
April 13.
Comdr Thomas Mason, jr., Of I'd
Division Post, No. %, has extended an
invitation to the membership of the
I, post to attend the annual stag dinner
and entertainment of the I'd Division
Association March 18 at the Cairo
Hotel. Comdr. Mason is also president
of the association. The membership
drive of the post has resulted in the
receipt of over a hundred applications
for membership to date. Four weeks
remain in the race for the trophy Of
| fered by Past Post Comdr. E. j. Brown,
with the teams captained by Comrades
Terrell and Past Post Comdr. K T
Wright in the lead. All new members
accepted will be obligated at the next
| meeting and receive the degree by the
post degree team, composed Of C. l..
/ Dawson, M. Folsom, o. c. Henry, T.
Mason and j. NJ Vallin.
The next meeting will be held March
| 20 at the Cairo Hotel Col Watson B.
Miller, chairman Of the National Reha-
bilitation Committee, has been invited
| to speak.
Stephen P. McGroarty Post, No. 27,
at the last meeting had a discussion of
two proposed amendments to the Con-
stitution, both Of which were voted
down.
The next meeting will be held at the
, Sears, Roebuck Art Galleries, 1l06 Con-
necticut avenue, March II, at 8 pm.
Comdr. Frank G. Howell has announced
that a past commanders badge will be
presented to the junior past commander,
Lewis H. Guenther. Comdr. Howell ex-
poets Department Comdr Norman B.
Landreau and his staff to be present
and to have Comrade Landreau Of
fciate at the presentation.
The post won two of the department
membership trophies this year and is
working to win further awards.
La Societe des HUT Chapeaux ct
Quarante Femmes met Wednesday eve
ming at the Chalfonte Apartments, the
social meeting of the month, with Ada
Murray, Mamie Kehoe and Mary Kol-
hos as hostesSes. Later in the evening
some prominent members Of the 40 and
8 were guests. At the invitation of
National Comdr. Louis johnson 80
partners marched in the inaugural
parade. At the conclusion OF the
parade dinner was served at the Wom-
ans City Club. Chapeau Harper ar
ranged luncheon Sunday at the Army
and Navy Club. Chapeau Passe Will
lette Preston, chairman OF distinguished
guests presented Chapeau Passe Annie
B. Dobson, Mrs. Julia Wheelock, COM
mander of the American Legion, De
partment of Italy; Mrs. Janet English
of Virginia and other guests. Repre-
sentative and Mrs Houston OF Honolulu,
Hawaii, who kindly invited the salon to
visit his country.
Chairman Jennie Knight will give
card party and dance at the Thomas
Circle Club, 1926 Massachusetts, avenue,
March 18.
The next business meeting Of the
salon will be March Is, at the Hotei
Washington.
The fourteenth anniversary OF George
Washington Post, No. !, was ceieprateo
Tuesday night at the post club house,
l44l Rhode Island avenue. Comdr.
Charles Demonet presided. Among
those present were two of the 16 vet
Grams whe signed the original applica-
ton for the charter OF the post, Jonn
Lewis Smith and Howard S. FISK, ootn
past commanders and the former a
past department commander ana at
present national executive commlttee--
man representing the Department Oh
the District of Columbia.
Past Comdr. John Lewis Smith pre-
sented a complete set Of every issue
of the Stars and Stripes paper printed
in France from February 8, 1918, to
June 13, 1919, bound in one large
volume and lettered in gold, gift from
the National Tribune Corporation. He
also presented to the post, on behalf
of the Source Records, Inc, a set OF
several volumes, bound in leather, OF
| the official history of the World war
as secured from the official archives
of the various countries participating
| in that great conflict.
Another historic gift to the post was
the presentation by Vice Comdr. Henry
w, 1OLRl6llOW, Ol1 DCAAd4 "a 4s&4 %
Charles j. Painter, widow Of Past
Comdr. Painter, of a mounted collec-
ton of dirks, bolo knives, swords,
machetes and cases, Chinese water
pipe, Moro hat and the personal swag-
ger stick and sword of Comdr. Painter;
also a Javanese batik in a glass frame.
Comdr. Painter was, up to the time
of his recent death, manager Of the
Veterans Administration branch at
Manila, P. I. An engraved plate at
tached to the gift reads: Collected by
Past Comdr Charles J. Painter 1927
% and presented in his memory to
George Washington Post, No. /, the
American Legion, March 7, 1888"
The guest speaker was E. G. Fen
wick.
Thomas r. Manning was reinstated
as a member and Sydney H. Fisher.
who served in the 313th Infantry, was
elected to membership.
A feature of the meeting was the
showing Of movies Of the funeral at
tendine tha burial Of tho QnamoAn