Evening star., 1939-01-29

u street NV.
United States at the last meeting
Comdr. George G. McLeish an
nounced he has planned to have a
speaker at each winter meeting to
talk on world affairs.
Three new members were admitted
to the last meeting of Washington
Post and were given the obligation
by Past Comdr. Downs of Follow
Me Post, in the absence Of Comdr
Mccarthy.
The members are urged to at
tend the next meeting of Internal
Revenue Post by Comdr Carroll
r. Rector. The degree team Of
Follow Me Post will give the
initiation ceremonial for a class
of 10 recruits.
Defense Post will give an old
fashioned Dutch dinner and dance
at the clubrooms of the Bunker
Hill Post, 809 Monroe street NE,
on February 25.
The post was host to the Mill
tary Order of the Cootie at its
meeting last Wednesday evening.
The members of the Cootie enter
tainment troupe presented mock
trial"
The next Cootie scratch" will be
held February at 935 G place NV.
A large number of Coolies took part
in the activities of Defense Post at
its meeting of January 25 The BAN
quet held in honor of Joe Perron,
past seam squirrel, last night at the
Houston Hotel was we'll attended.
Entertainment was furnished by
Cootie Wickstrand Cootie Perron
was given a past seam squirrel hat
for having performed excellent lead
ership in 1888.
The following have been awarded
citations for meritorious work:
Leonard j. Bacon, Earnest Wick
strand, Frank Topash, fourth district
council member, and Provost Mar
shall Charles Wolf. Gus Charuhus
will be given special citation for
his excellent cooperation with T.
N. T. No. and for veterans in
general.
Mrs. Anna Mae Lochner, national
president of the Ladies Auxiliary,
made her official visitation to the
District of Columbia Department on
January 10 at Pythian Temple, with
the department president, Edith H.
Whitcraft, presiding. Mrs. Lochner
dedicated the new flags and banner.
The scroll of honor, celebrating the
silver jubilee of the organization, was
signed by members of the eight
auxiliaries.
The Daughters of the v. F.. w., the
Junior organization of the auxiliary,
brought greetings and presented the
national president with a gift. A
gift was also presented to her from
the department.
Mrs. Lochner was the honor guest
at banquet given at the Bam-
boo Gardens on Thursday evening
by the Department of the District
of Columbia.
A hospital party was given at
Mount Alto Hospital for the veterans
on Wednesday in cooperation with
the mems department. Charlie Ko-
hen furnished the entertainment.
Refreshments were served by the
auxiliary.
The Daughters of the v. F. w.
will meet at the home of Regina
McCallum, 500 Rittenhouse street
NV, on February 4. They plan to
visit the hospitals on February %.
The following members have been
mustered into United States Treas
ury Post since the membership cam
paign started on october l: Albert
H. Andre, Company A, 10Th Engi-
neers; Charles P. Bif1eld Company
B, 104th Field Signal Battalion;
Stephen G.. Casassa, ST., ll9th Field
Signal Battalion; Maurice L. Col
burn, Company G., 162d Infantry;
Francis E. Hilleary, Battery F, Sd
Field Artillery; John R. Ihrie, U. S
S. Cunningham; Francis McDermott
5th Marines; Edward l.. Maddox
Company 1T, Transportation Corps;
James H. Schwartz, U. S. S. New
ponset, and William M. Winfield
Battery E, 322d Field Artillery.
The post will give a bingo party
in the Pythian Temple, 1912 Ninth
street NV, Tuesday at $50 pm.
Front Line Post held spelling
bee conducted by Garnett Mattingly
Winners were: First, Department
Comdr. Philip r. Belt; second, Ed
ward McGreery, and third, DR.. A
Victor Cercell.
Charles Kohen will present pro-
gram for the patients of Walter
Reed General Hospital February
at 7:45 pm.
Chief of Staff Walter c. Whit.
craft will call the meeting of the
. Membership Campaign Committee
tomorrow evening in department
headquarters, 1924 H street NV.
The Past Commanders Associa.
ton will meet Tuesday evening a,
1904 North Capitol street. Plans fol
the celebration to be given in Alex.
andria in honor of the first com.
mander in chief will be discussed.
Follow Me Post will meet in the
Washington Post Club, 1700 L stree
NV, Friday evening. The degree
team of the post will conduct ini.
tiation for Internal Revenue Pos
on February 20.
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