Evening star., 1938-05-01

The EncampmenC COHlHllIJeP VI bilc
District of Columbia Department, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, headed by John
Winner, is making arrangements with
the Woodbridge -Brookland Business
Association for an elaborate prade on
the evening of June 81 in that section
to open its annual encampment.
The Fourth District Council, COM
prising the Departments Of Virginia,
West Virginia, Maryland and the Dis
trict of Columbia. will hold its spring
meeting on May is at the George
Washington Hotel, Winchester, Va.
National Council Member Eddie Inman
urges as many members of the District
of Columbia Department as possible
attend.
The annual services sponsored by
the American War Mothers at the
amphitheater at Arlington will be
held next Sunday at 80 o'clock. The
various posts of this department will
be present with the National Post
colors.
Washington Post held an open meet
ing last Wednesday evening In its
clubhouse, TOO l. street NV, for the
installation of officers. Department
Comdr. David B. Herman was the in
stalling officer, assisted by Past Comdr.
Fred w. Wacker. The following dele
CATION will represent the post at the
department encampment in June:
Comdr. Timothy @. Mccarthy, Coun-
Gil Members John j. Keehan, Philip
A. Anton, Delegates John S. Reardon,
Aram Kojasser, Paul Gray, John D.
Blalock, Charles E. Jarboe, Earl G.
Schryer and A. c. Roberts. Alternates.
H. S. Van Houton, F. B. Webber, Earl
N McKeown, James Dell, George
Kline. Frank Murphy and Archie U.
Turner. The delegation was instructed
for Phillip r. Belt for department
commander.
Retiring Comdr. Wacker was pre-
sented with past commanders gold
badge. Department Senior Vice Comdr.
Belt spoke on the buddy poppy cam
paign. Senior Vice Comdr William
Kelley of Follow-Me Post also spoke.
Mrs. Laura Weaver, past president
Of National Capital Auxiliary installed
the following officers of National Capt.
tai Auxiliary: President, Frances Van
Houton; senior vice president. Dor
othy Allen; Junior vice president. Mil
dred Carter; secretary, Ethel Sendlak:
treasurer, Dorothy Depro; chaplain,
Catherine Lawson; conductress, Lucille
Bernard; guard, Sallie Clements; pa
triotic instructor, Edith Heiser; his
torian. Gladys Lascola; Is months
trustee. Clay Keene Miller; color
bearers, Josephine De Martino, Hersie
Thompson. Margaret Harrison and
Ethel Orme.
Mrs. Adelaide M. Grant, department
president, installed the following off,
GERS of McKimmie Catterton Auxiliary;
President, Thelma Graves; senior vice
president, Mary Weatherall; Junior
vice president, Hilda Christian: chap
lain, Ada Carver; conductress, Rose
Kelley; guard. Hannah Weber; secre-
tary, Dorothy Wright; treasurer, vio-
let Catterton; patriotic instructor,
Adelaide M. Grant; color bearers, Jose
phine Wright, Alice Walthrop, Gwen
dolyn Verdi, Mercedes McCallum:
trustees. Edith Denbreoder and Mer-
cedes McCallum.
Mrs. Grant installed the officers of
Potomac Auxiliary: President, Hazel
Miller; senior vice president, Margaret
Myers; junior vice president, Lillian
Bridges; secretary, Ruth Eleene; treas
urer, Ida Mae Enmert; chaplain,
Rose Luebkert. The next meeting will
be May 20 at 1912 B street NE.
National Capital Post met at the
Soldiers. Sailors and Marines Club
last Tuesday evening. Officers were
installed by Past Department Comdr.
Oscar w. Hollingsworth.
Officers of Front Line Post were
installed by Department Comdr. David
B. Herman as follows: Commander,
Boyd w. Perkins; senior vice COM
mander, Edgar T. Spedden; junior
vice commander, Garnett c. Mat
tingly; quartermaster, Joseph F.
Lynch: chaplain. Radford Gibbs; post
advocate, Philip F. x. Biggins, and
surgeon DR. Herbert T Rrvsnp