Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-30

and Bugle Corps, National Guard
Armory. Sixth and Pennsylvania
avenue. |
The annual encampment Of the
District Of Columbia Department, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, which closed
Wednesday night at the Hine Junior
High School, is regarded as the most
successful In the history Of the Or
ganization.
Edward K. Inman Of Front Line
Post was elected department COM
mander. Stanley D. Hartman. junior
vice commander the past year. was
elevated to the post of senior vice
commander and David B. Herman,
Maj. Gen. c. r. Edwards Post, was
elected to his former ONCE. The follow
ing officers were reelected: Walter p.
Boehm, Washington Post. quarter
master; Philip higgins. Front Line
Post, judge advocate: DR.. John L. De
Mayo. National Capital Post, surgeon,
and Rev. Howard E. Snyder, Equality
Walter Reed Post. chaplain.
Nathan d. Golden, the retiring de-
partment commander, in an address
pledged his support to the new ad-
ministration.
The following council members were
elected: National Capital Post. Harry
Coope, F. E. Patterson, A. B. Quacken-
bush and Emery M. Pease; Equality
Walter Reed Post, William I. Snyder
and Nathan H. Glueck; Federal Post,
George c. Williams and John @.
Strobel; Columbia Post. Joseph A.
Giovannoni and Herbert c. Davis; Po-
tomac Post, Robert s. Bonar and
Frank r. Heise: Front Line Post, Jo-
seph B. Gardella and A. Victor Ger
cell: Follow Me Post, William A.
Downs: Maj Gen. Clarence r. Ed
wards Post, Byron G. Carson: Advance
Post. Herbert Borchardt and Lloyd
Graham: Defense Post, F. J. Bremen
and William E. McGhee; Washington
Post, j. ]. Keehan and E. F. Clark !;
U. S. Treasury Post, Sidney w. Law
renee and S. Stanton; Herbert L. Ed
monds Post, c. A. Lowman; Internal
Revenue Post. T. v. Walker and Will
liam A. Murphy; McKimmie- CATER
ton Police-Fire Post, T. Kelieher.
A three days session of the Ladies
Auxiliary Department opened Monday
night at the Thomas Circle Club. 1926
Massachusetts, avenue.
Officers elected at the closing ses
sion were: President. Mrs. Clay Keene
Miller, reelected for q third term
senior vice president. Mrs. Jessie
Thomas; junior vice president, Mrs
Ida Mae Emmertt; treasurer, Mrs
Robert A. Fawcett: chaplain, Mrs
Katherine lawson: conductress, Mrs
Florence v. Morris, reelected for q
third term; judge advocate, Mrs Pear
A. Hengst; guard. Mrs. Edna Nc
Cutcheon; council members Of the
several auXiliaries, Mrs. Beulah Draley
and Mrs Mary B. Guillermain; CHIEF
of staff, Mrs. Dorothy Depro; must
clan, Mrs. M. Whitner; patriotic in
Structress, Mrs. Rose Reilley; banner
bearer. Mrs. L. Strathner: color bear
ers, Mrs. Dorothy Lehman, Esther
Grub. Ethel Fowler and M. J
Wright.
The national president, Mrs
Winifred Touissant. was . guest OF
honor.
Ellie Schill, president and general
manager of the National v. F. w
Encampment, to be held at New
Orleans, La. in September. addressed
the encampment body Wednesday
night.
Mrs Miller was presented with q
bouquet of flowers.
Senior Vice Comdr. Harry e. Shill-
ing paid an official visit to the en-
campment and extended greetings OF
the District Of Columbia Department
Follow Me Post. No. 1880, met at
the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
Club. Richard H. Hall was obligated
to membership.
T. j. Sloss, chairman Of the Ways
and Means Committee. announced the
recent boat ride was a financial sue
cess and that plans are being made
for another excursion next month.
Edward B. McDade, chairman OF
Recruiting Committee, is making
plans for . membership drive. The
membership Of the post will be divided
into four groups. each group headed
by q team captain. Final details,
he said, will be announced at the
next meeting.
William A. Downs, chairman of
the Buddy Poppy" Committee, sub
mitted a detailed report of the poppy
campaign. He also announced Ira T.
Bryan has left Mount Alto Hospital
and is now convalescing at his home,
on Jackson street northeast.
The following delegates and alter
mates to the national convention of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, to b
held in New Orleans the latter part
of September, were elected: T. j.
Sloss and Willie T. Kelly. delegates,
and F. Vernon Daley and Michael A.
Donaldson. alternates.
Nathan d. Golden, department COM
mander, spoke on the proposed ac-
QUESTION Of v. F. w. home in the
city. The post pledged its support
and financial backing to the pro-
posal. Other guest speakers were
Comdr. Nichka, Past Comdr. Will
liams and Comrade MCGOWAN. all of
Federal Post. and Comrade Herman
Of Maj. Gen. Clarence r. Edwards
Post.
The post will hold an outing at
Epping Forest July 7, Outing Com
mittee Chairman H. l.. Finnegan an
nounced.
The Coolies Of Top Notch Tent.
No. /. M. o. c., will hold q scratch"
Tuesday night, at w. o. w. Hall,
when the degree of Incubation" will
be conferred. Several applications
for membership to the Coolies were
made during the recent department
encampment. Department Comdr.
Cootie Edward K. Inman will ad-
dress the scratch" A "delousing
crew" Is being organized to confer
the degree Of incubation" at the ma