Evening star., 1934-12-09
Community Boys Club
Organized by Veterans
Defense Post Sponsors Movement-Relief Com
mittee Instructed to Procure Names of Needy
Families for Christmas Baskets.
COMMUNITY boys club is
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A COMMUNITY boys club 1.
~ being organized by Defense
~ Post, District Of Columbia De.
4 \ partment, Veterans Of Foreign
Wars The committee In
charge consists Of Past Comdr. T
Cogan Hammett, William M. McGhee
and John Koester. -.
Plans for the organization Of the
club were announced at the last
meeting Of the post at 2030 Rhode
Island avenue northeast. The Relief
Committee was instructed to procure
names Of needy families In the Sec
ton to whom Christmas baskets will
be donated. Henry F. Hinckley. Dare
w. Moser and Robert j. Paisley were
elected to membership.
The Council of Administration met
at the District Building last Monday
night with Department Comdr. Nathan
Golden presiding. The election OF
Col. George L. TAFT. past department
commander, to the Directorate Board
Of the G. A. r. Memorial Association
was announced.
A committee was appointed to ar
range Q smoker and entertainment to
be held at an early date.
Omcers Of Federal Post were re-
Gently installed by Past Department
Comdr. D. 4. Campbell as follows:
Stephen Nitchka, commander; Edwin
r. MCGOWAN, senior vice commander:
John H. Edge, junior vice commander
F. c. Lucas, adjutant; James M. Dean
quartermaster; Rufus T. Chesser, post
advocate: John G. Strobel, chaplain;
Edward A. Sweeney, surgeon: George
c. Williams. oficer of the day; Sam
Lapin and c. w. Brodie, council men,
bers; j. F. Chase, F. c. Lucas and
Valentine Colonna, trustees.
Mrs. Ruth Nitchka, wife of the COM
mander. Is new president Of the
auxiliary.
Comdr Walker H. Colston Of Front
Line Post has made the following ap-
pointments: Historian, Edward T.
Spedden; quartermaster sergeant, JOS
eph F. Lynch; sentinel. Howard Cross
color bearers, T. Thornton and N. j.
volkman: color guards, N. s. McMor-
row and Emory O'Berry; service oficer,
Logan Purcell; sergeant major, Joseph
B. Gardella; patriotic instructor. Eli
Busada; guard, William j. Keefe;
athletic officer, A. w. Masters.
Department Comdr Golden installed
officers Of United States Treasury Post
as follows: Commander, Norman H.
Edwards; senior vice commander,
Frances Ihrie; junior vice commander,
Joseph Perron: quartermaster. George
w. Ridgeway: officer Of the day, James
Stewart; chaplain, George Kinghorn;
surgeon, Jesse Weaver: Judge advo-
cate, Arthur Quinn.
Top Notch Tent No. 1, Military Or
der of the Cootie, held a Scratch" at
w. o. w. Hall, 935 G place. last Tues
day night. Daniel J. Leahy. depart
ment relief oficer, was elected to
membership.
A class OF candidates will be ini-
tiated at the Scratch" the evening Of
December 10. The nrst degree will
be conferred. A New Orleans Club
has been formed.
Follow Me Post will hold q dance
at the Arcade, Fourteenth and Park
road, January 16. Tony ]. Sloss Is
the chairman, assisted by F. Vernon
Daley and Charles r. Boone.
The post will hold q social tomor-
row night at the home OF Ira T. Byran,
1000 jackson street northeast.
Potomac Post Auxiliary will give a
Christmas dance in the Red Cross
room at Walter Reed Hospital for
the patients and enlisted men Of the