Evening star., 1938-04-17
OFFICERS RETAINED
BY EDMONDS POST
Installation Exercises Will
Be Held April Fl at the
Hamilton Hotel,

H. L. Edmonds Post, No. 24so, Dis.
trict OF Columbia Depart tment, Vet
erans OF Foreign Wars, at It's last
meeting reelected its officers. They
are: Comdr. William A. Obey, Senior
Vice Comdr. David Hall Barnhart,
Junior Vice Comdr L. E. Houzh,
Quartermaster F. w. Stevich, Surgeon
DR.. Frederick L. Benton, Chaplain
George I. Bede, Judge Advocate Earl
Engleman and Adjt. Leo p. Mold.
Installation exercises will be held
at the Hamilton Hotel on April q.
conducted by Past Department Comdr.
Oscar w. Hollingsworth.
The Ladies Auxiliary will meet
April "a at the Thomas Circle Club.
The card party. for the benefit Of
the department, scheduled for April
lS, at the home Of the department
president, Mrs. Adelaide NJ Grant, has
been postponed until further notice,
due to installation of ofiicers of Equal
ity-Walter Reed Auxiliary. Mrs
Grant will be the installing officer
Equality Walter Reed Auxiliary will
hold joint installation with the post
at the A. o. U. w. Hall.
Mrs. Mercedes McCallum gave a
party at her home for the members
in appreciation for the support given
her during her term as president of
McKimmie Catterton Auxiliary. The
newly-elected officers of McKimmie
Catterton Auxiliary are as follows:
President, Thelma Graves: senior vice
president. Mary Weatherall; junior
vice president. Hilda Christian guard,
Hannah Weber; chaplain, Ada Car
yer; conductress. Rose Reiley: trustee.
Mercedes McCallun; secretary, Dor
othy Wright; patriotic instructor,
Adelaide NJ. Grant; historian. Mer-
cedes Giovlnazzo; musician. Pearl
Lipscomb; color bearers, Josephine
Wright, Alice Walthrop. Gwendolyn
Verdi and Mercedes McCallum.
The next meeting of the auxiliary
will be held at the Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines Club April 90 Installa-
ton by Department President Grant
and the birthday anniversary celebra-
ton of the incoming president.
Mrs. Mae Loveless. Mrs. Mary Quig-
ley and Mrs. Savilla Ellis will be
initiated.
Federal Auxiliary met at the Thomas
Circle Club. with President Carrie
Irving presiding. The nevly-elected
oficers are as follows: President,
Maybelle Buckingham; senior vice
president. Josephine Welch: junior
vice president, Thelma Hershberger;
chaplain. Carrie Irving; conductress,
Betty Williams: treasurer. Charlotte
Strathern; secretary. Dorothy Lob
man.
The next meeting will be held May 4.
Officers of Columbia Post were in
stalled at meeting held in Thomas
Circle Club last Wednesday night
Department Comdr David B. Herman
omciated. They are Walter S. WEIGH,
commander; Thomas E. Fawcett,
senior vice commander; Robert G.
MacCartee, Junior vice commander.
w. Laurence Hazard, quartermaster;
Lewis E. Hoffman. post advocate;
Stanley r. Nash. chaplain; George w.
Johns. surgeon. and H. E. Shilling,
adJutant. Short addresses we're made
by the department commander and
Past Department Comdr Oscar ".
Hollingsvorth.
A vote of thanks was accorded
Charles Kohen for the entertainment
he conducted for the veterans at
Mount Alto Hospital last Monday
night which was sponsored by the
post. The meeting was presided over
by Comdr Walter S. Welsh.