Evening star., 1940-11-10

IldIlOlldl QcleIlSc WAS given Dy CdpI.
Owen C. Holleran.
The post, Jointly with Columbia
Post, is sponsoring concert and
vaudeville show by the Elks Boys
Band and Columbia Post juvenile
entertainers in the auditorium of the
Bureau of Engraving Annext next
Saturday at 8 jim. The proceeds will
be used to supply Thanksgiving and
Christmas cheer to veterans fami-
lies.
Potomac Post will meet at the
Palisades Field House on Thurs
day. The guest speaker will be
Past Department Comdr. Fred
Fraser.
Installation Of officers of Depart
ment of Commerce Post will be held
in the auditorium of the Commerce
Department Building on Thursday
evening.
Former Assistant Secretary of War
Louis johnson, Col. j. Monroe john
son, Interstate Commerce commits
sioner; DR.. Clarence A. Dykstra,
draft director, and other persons
prominent in local civic, Official and
Legion circles have been invited.
Joseph r. Moore. retiring COM
mander. has arranged for the United
States Navy Band, Sons of Legion
Drum Corps. Fort Stevens Drum
Corps and other groups identified
with military and Legion organiza-
tions to attend.
The colors of the post will be
formally dedicated and the charter
will be officially presented. The re-
tiring commander will be present.
ed with a past commanders badge.
The annual Armistice Day me-
mortal services sponsored by Fort
Stevens Post will be held tomorrow
at the Walter Reed Chapel at 9 am.
Brig. Gen. William G. Gilks. ma
tional chaplain, will be guest speaker.
The event was arranged with the
cooperation of Brig Gen. Raymond
F. Metcalfe. commanding general
of the Army Medical Center; Brig.
Gen. Shelley w Marietta, command
ing general, Walter Reed Hospital,
and the chaplain, 1t. Col. Henry
Westcott, jr.
Post and squadron members will
assemble at Georgia avenue and
Dahlia street NV. at $3.50 am. and
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guard and the Drum and Bugle
Corps. After the services a special
detail Of police will escort q motor
caravan to Arlington Cemetery.
The following are officers of the
Senior Drum and Bugle Corps
President, Gordon B. Knott, business
manager. Charles H. Heller; treas
urer, Abraham Miller; secretary,
Edward Fleming; corps captain,
Frank Crowell; second lieutenant
drum major, Jack Carroll; quarter
master sergeant, c. Rex Beahm: his
torian, William De Haven Buck;
bugle section representative, w. c.
Ellis; drum section representative,
H. B. Lowey. The corps will sponsor
an entertainment in Stansbury Hall
on November %.
Legionnaires are on duty at the
post clubrooms, 1926 Georgia avenue
NV, from pm. daily, to assist
draftees in the preparation of ques-
tionnaires.
Lincoln Post last Monday, with
Comdr. Hampton D. Forcey pre-
siding, held joint installation Of
officers with Lincoln Squadron of
the Sons of the American Legion
They were installed by Department
Comdr. Hargrave and his staff. e.
The post officers are: George D.
Kuhnel, commander; John D. Ger
mer, first vice commander; Leon B.
Lambert, second vice commander;
Thomas P. Boyston, third vice COM
mander; William E. Mashburn, adju-
tant; E. G. Flester, finance officer;
F. w. Stiles, sergeant at arms: Ovid
Roberts, chaplain; DR.. Walter l.,
Kline, surgeon; Ross H. Johnson,
historian; Fred C. Stello and Isadore
May, color bearers, and Hampton D.
Percy, trustee for three years.
The new officers of the squadron
are: George Conger, captain; Ray
Pratt, first lieutenant; Gene Flester,
second lieutenant; Homer Bacas.
adjutant; Paul Flester, finance Of
ficer; Joseph Blubaugh, jr., sergeant
at arms; Kenneth Hiltz, chaplain;
Solan Bacus, historian; David Fles-
ter and Allan Stiles, color bearers,
and David Manning and Daniel
Roach, color guards.
Past Comdr. Hampton D. Percy
was presented by the post with a
past commanders watch.
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