Evening star., 1935-01-27

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Military Band, Drum and Bugle
Corps, National Guard Armory.
Department Comdr. Nathan D.
Goldman and his chief Of staff, Will
liam e. Marshall, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, have completed arrangements
for the fourth annual Nationwide
Hello, America" broadcast over the
National Broadcasting System from
the National Press Club the night OF
February IA at 9:15 o'clock.
The program will feature the radio
initiation by National Comdr. James
E. Van Zandt of classes Of thousands
of candidates throughout the country.
Representative William P. Connery'
ir.. of Massachusetts will make the
principal address. There will be other
speakers and an entertainment by
radio stars.
A banquet will be rendered the
national commander by the District
of Columbia department preceding
the broadcast. Local veterans are
invited to attend.
Comdr. r. H. Jamison of Internal
Revenue Post, No. 2464, at a meeting
held at the Hamilton Hotel obll-
gated 18 recruits, as follows: Bright
lB. Butz, William NJ. Dempsey, James
w. Eubank, Charles S. Forbes, Joseph
lC. Flood, Robert T. Gahagan, Frank
y. Gillespie, John E. jenkins, Irving
IG. Kern, Robert B. Lord, Charles j..
| MattSon, Edward F. McCombS, Abra-
ham Miller, Everett E. Neal, William
o. Ohm, Byron S. Paul, Percy H.
Sherwood and James H. Yeatman,
and by transfer Stanley D. Harmon,
John w. Light and Carroll R. Rector.
A gold v. F. w. lapel button will
be awarded to every member who
recruits 10 or more new members.
Comdr. Jamison has requisitioned
overseas caps for more than 20 mem
bers and asks that others who desire
to purchase caps to register their
names with Adjt. Howard L. Leslie
or Chairman Garwin G. Davis.
Past Post Comdrs. w. Frank Gibbs
and Joseph N. McCollum spoke. Mr..
McCollum was appointed Council rep
resentative of the post.
Department Comdr. Nathan D.
| Golden, Junior Vice Comdr. Stanley
D. Harmon, Department Adjt. Arthur
| c. Fowle and Department Chief of
Staff William E. Marshall also spoke.
Chairman Charles H. Boone of the
Recruiting Committee of Follow Me
Post announces his committee is out
| to win the trophy to be awarded by
Department Comdr. Golden for the
largest number of recruited members
| in any post.
Comdr. Sigmund Milbrandt has ap-
pointed Junior Vice Comdr. William
A. Downs as chairman of the Buddy"
Poppy Committee, and John w.
Thompson as chairman of the Enter
tainment Committee.
The annual birthday party of the
Ladies' Auxiliary was held last Tues
day night at the home of President
Hattie Byram.
Josephine Cardoza, chairman Of
the Ways and Means Committee of
National Capital Post Auxiliary, an
nounces a bingo party will be given
next Thursday at Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines Club. Assisting the
chairman are Margaret Pirrone, Elsie
Miller and Lucille Miller.
The auxiliary will visit Mount Alto
Hospital January 80. Hospital Chair
man Dorothy Depro is in charge of
Tho Ev1to oVLa IN ord Dofroch f1f
Committee.
Equality Walter Reed Post on jan
uary II at the National Guard
Armory, had four boxing bouts of
three rounds each. Trophies were
awarded to the boxers.
The next featured program of en-
tertainment to be offered by the post
will be February 81, when addresses
will be delivered on washington, the
Father of Our Country" and Lin
coin, the Preserver of the Union" by
Luther E. Ellis and John Wesley Hill
This program will be held at the
Hamilton Hotel. All members of the
| v. F. w. and their friends are in
vited. There will be no admission
charge. French songs will be given
by Germaine johnson, THE Little
French Girl" of radio fame.
Ladies' Auxiliary to United States
Treasury Post 2400 met January Is
at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
Club, Eleventh and L streets, Presi-
dent Ethel Ridgeway presiding. Past
President Maude Bladen gave the OBJ
legation of Office to Senior Vice Presi-
dent Ruth Van Allen. The meeting
adjourned early so all members could
attend the social the auxiliary was
holding in the dining room of the
club. which members of the post at
tended.
On February 2 bingo and social
will be held at the home of President
Ethel Ridgeway, 2407 Rhode Island
avenue northeast.
rhe Ladies' Auxiliary to Follow-Me
Post, No. 1880, celebrated the fourth
birthday anniversary of the unit
Tuesday evening at the home of the
president, Mrs. I. T. Byram, 1000
Jackson street. Among the guests
were members of Follow-Me Post,
with Sigmund Millebrandt, COM
mander, and Maj. T. E. Fawcett of
Columbia Post, v. F. w.
The entertainment was in charge
of Mrs. Sue Kevers, assisted by Miss
Elizabeth Fisher, and consisted of
variety of games and contests.
Plans we're completed for the bingo
party to be held by the unit next Sat-
urday evening at Soldiers and Sailors
Club, 1918 L street, in charge of Mrs.
John Thompson.
TIE MArTADCEC