Evening star., 1934-07-08

Plans were submitted at q meeting
Of the Council Of Administration, De-
partment Of the District OF Columbia,
Veterans OF Foreign Wars, last Monday
evening in the board room, District
Building, to raise funds for the pur-
chase of home for Veterans OF For
eign Wars in the District.
Department Comdr. Nathan D.
Golden. who presided, announced
committee appointments as follows:
Poppy Department. Senior Vice
Comdr. Harry Shilling; Armistice Ball,
Department Junior Vice Comdr. Stan
ley Harmon. and Budget, l. Edward
Donaldson.
Front Line Post held q moonlight
excursion on the steamer Potomac
last Tuesday and it was largely at
tended. Chairman TatSpaugh of the
Ways and Means Committee an
nounced the next excursion will be
July 16.
Clifford H. Dodson, with 18 months
service In the A. E. F. in France,
and his son, Marshall NJ. DodSon,
with seven months service in Nicara-
qua with the Marines, were admitted
to membership at the last meeting.
Thirty-seven members OF this post
have signified their intentions of at
tending the Louisville encampment of
the V. F. W., and according to DR..
Herbert j. brySon, chairman Of the
On-to-Louisviile Committee, this num-
Der will be greatly augmented.
An intensive recruiting drive will
be conducted by the post beginning
early this Fall with the objective Of
once more becoming the Districts
largest V. F. w. unit. 1t will be in
charge of the Post Recruiting Com
mittee, headed by Frank Bennedetto,
Vincent Fuschini. chairman Of the
Entertainment Committee, is arrang-
ing several events.
A section of the Overseas Military
Band, Drum and Bugle Corps will
participate in the parade ushering
in the opening Of st. Gabriers car
nival tomorrow. Second prize was
awarded to the corps in the parade
incident to the V. +. w. department
convention.
H. B. Stanton has been added to
the Quartermaster Corps and will
be in charge of clothing and equip
ment.
Follow Me Post met last Tuesday
in the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
Club, with Comrade Belt presiding.
Election of delegates and alternates
to the national encampment was held
and Charles Boone was elected dele
gate and Lloyd E. Kelly alternate.
Comrade Boone wGs also elected
trustee for the next 1S months.
Arrangements for boat ride July
19 jointly by Federal and Follow Me
Posts has been completed.
The next social will be held to-
morrow evening at the home of
Comrade Byron, 1000 jackson street
northeast.
Following installation of officers Of
the Veterans Of Foreign Wars Auxili-
ary of the District of Columbia last
Monday night at the Marine Bar
racks by Past Department Comdr
Oscar w. Hollingsworth, Mrs. Clay
Keene Miller, reelected department
president, announced the following
elected and appointed officers: Senior
vice president. Adelaide Grant; junior
vice president, Katherine Lawson;
secretary, Leonelda VOlkman; treas
urer, Nellie Fuller; judge advocate,
Jessie Thomas; conductress, Florence
Morris; chaplain, ROSina A. Lueb-
kert; guard, Edna McCutcheon; pa
triotic instructor, Rose Reilly; his
torian, Ethel Ridgeway; musician,
Beulah Waller; council members,
Edith DenBroeder, Gladys Lascola,
Rosaline Morana, Betty Williams,
Pearl Hengst, Dorothy Depro, Beulah
Waller, Ellis Chrisman; chief of
staff, Dorothy Lodge; color bearers,
Dorothy Allen, Dorothy Lohman,
Esther Grubb, Josephine Cardoza;
flag bearer, Rose Reilly; banner
bearer, Lucille Miller.
Committee chairmen appointed
were: Legislative, Katherine Haybes;
Eaton Rapids Home Fund, Katherine
Lawson; Hospital. Roxie Winslade;
Americanization. Mary Guillermain.
In her first general order Mrs.
Miller made a plea to the members
of the Veterans Of Foreign Wars for
a greater number Of members In the
auxiliary.