Evening star., 1938-12-11
D. A. Y. Yu|e Party
To Be Held Friday;
Auxiliary Is Aiding
Gifts and Refreshments
To Supplement Tree
and Program

The first Of Christmas parties,
sponsored by the local chapters Of
the Disabled American Veterans Of
the World War, will be held by Ma
tional Capital Chapter, No. 2, in CO.
operation with the Women's Auxil-
iary, at 1922 Twentieth street NV,
next Friday evening.
The joint committee consists Of
Theodore Lindstrom, Charles w. N.Y.
ers,~ Odell w.. Skaggs, Mrs. Lucille
Lindstrom, Mrs. Suzanne Miller, Mrs.
Mary Hargraves and Mrs. Della Bar
ber. There will be a Christmas tree,
gifts and refreshments.
A business session of both organ
izations will be held at 7:30 pm.
Joel Thacker, newly elected COM
mander, will preside at the meeting
Of Federal Chapter at the Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines Club tomorrow
night. A testimonial, In honor Of
Joseph F. Foran, past commander,
will be given.
Election of officers will be held by
Ace-Rasmussen Chapter next Friday
night at the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club. George Smith, COM
mander, has appointed Frank Owens
chairman Of the Membership Com
mittee.
Visiting hours assigned Depart
ment Rehabilitation Ofiicer Earl
Hendrick are as follows: Tuesdays,
10 am. to noon, Walter Reed Hos
pital; Wednesdays, 10 am. to noon,
st. Elizabeth's; Fridays, 10 am. to
noon, Mount Alto. Mr.. Hendrick
will also visit Naval and Gallinger
Hospitals and the District Jail.
Meeting on December at the
Washington Post Home, Rea Chap
ter elected Harry Nuremberg COM
mander. He is editor of the depart
ment paper, the D. A. v. Bullets,
and "one-eyed gnawer" of Wash
ington Dugout, No. 107, National
Order Of Trench Rats. In 1924, at
the department convention at AL
bany, he was elected department
commander of the D. A. v. of New
York.
A veteran Of the 1O6th Infantry
OF the 9th Division, New York, he
received a severe leg wound at Ham
mil Hill on July 4, 1918. In Septem-
Der he lost his left eye as the result
of a machine gun bullet wound,
which he received in the Hinden-
berg line. During this action he
was cited for bravery. He was line
sergeant.
Other officers installed by Depart
ment Comdr. Walter E. Hess were:
Robert McKnew, senior vice COM
mander; Frank Peck, junior vice
commander; George Lane, treas
urer; La Coste Moore, chaplain;
Mrs. Mary Anne Kennedy, adju-
tant; trustees, Ralph Chambers,
1sadore I. Kurham, Fred ALEX,
Simon Berger and H. H. Chamber
lain. Mr.. Nuremberg and Mrs. Ken
nedy will serve on the Executive
Committee.
A dinner and informal get
together Of the Last Man Club will
be held at the Fairfax Hotel on
December IA at pm. Members
and ehgibles only will be admitted.
On December i the club had 70
members. Membership will be
closed when a quota of 100 is
reached. All World War veterans
are eligible, but are subject to ap-
proval.
The club was founded on Febru.
ary Is, 1887, with DR.. c. Hamilton
Anderson as it's first president. It
was incorporated on May S. 1888.
under District laws.
Present officers are: Earl D. Har-
rell, president; William R. Beall.
first vice president; Robert Slater.
second vice president; William B.
Covert, financial secretary; Thomas
Harvey, chaplain; Lou McCrav.
sergeant at arms, and James w.
Shorthand, color sergeant.
Annual election of officers will be
held in January. The annual BAN
quet will be held each February Is
marking The date the club was
founded.