Evening star., 1941-05-04
Y. F. w. District Council Meets
At Mortinsburg Next Sunday
Employment Week Addresses on Radio
Today; Memorial Service May rs

Inc 4tn DlSJrlcL COUNCIL meet
ing and rally of the Veterans of For
eign Wars of the United States will
be held at Martinsburg, w. Va, next
Sunday. Representatives from the
District, Virginia, Maryland and
West Virginia will attend. Depart
ment Comdr. Leonard Bacon and
his staff officers will represent the
local body. James J. McGurk OF
Baltimore will preside.
Department Comdr. Bacon will
speak on radio Station WMAL to-
day at 1905 am. and Department
Comdr. William C. Hargrave of the
American Legion will speak on radio
Station WRC at 10:15 am. The
text of the addresses will concern
employment week.
The annual ". F. w. memorial
service will be held at 1890 am. May
Is in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The
department chaplain, the Rev. How
ard E. Snyder, will off1ciate and
member of Congress will deliver the
address. All members, their families
and friends are invited.
Past Department Comdr. George
G.. McLeish, chairman OF the En-
campment Committee, announces
the department encampment will
be held in Roosevelt High School
June %, "a and 25.
Comdr. Fred C. Steno of Internal
Revenue Post announced the fol-
lowing appointments: Adjutant,
Thomas F. Campbell; officer of the
day. Roland F. Kay; patriotic in
struCtor, John J. MulVey; historian,
R. Il. Jamison; service officer, John
J. Saunders; legislative officer, j.
N. McCollum; guard, Avery B. Car
dot; sentinel, James Holmes; color
bearers, James c. Craft and Oliver
C. Pullman: bugler. Earl o. Henry;
publicity officers. J. N. McCollum;
sergeant major, William A. Murphy,
and aide to the commander, Hamp-
ton D. Percy.
Front Line Post held joint in
stallation with Washington Post at
Maynard's on Wednesday evening.
Department Comdr. Bacon installed
Eli Busada, commander; Emory
O'Berry, senior vice commander;
Frank Werner, Junior vice COM
mander; Joseph Lynch, quarter
master, and Frank Benedetto, ad-
jutant. The next meeting will be
held at Maynard's on May II.
Follow Me-Defense Post will hold
memorial services in the Woodbridge
section in tribute to all deceased
veterans on May q.
The post will sponsor an evening
of games at l414 I street NV. on
May 16 at 8:15 pm. All members
are invited.
National Capital Post on Tuesday
evening held a joint instillation
with the auxiliary. Past Depart
ment Comdr. Oscar w. Hollings-
worth installed Louis w. Margul-
lis, commander; Thomas w. Dixon,
senior vice commander; Anthony B.
S. Consol, Junior vice commander;
John w. Gill, post advocate; George
w. Fowler, chaplain; DR.. John L.
De May, surgeon, and Ralph j.
Aveto, officer of the day.
Comdr. Margullis announced the
appointment of Edward j. Sullivan,
patriotic instructor; Reuben c.
Muschlitz, historian; Roy D. Hop
good, legislative officer; George E.
Custard and Leone Amaducci, color
bearers; L. w. McFadden. guard;
Anthony Rosetta, bugler, and WAL
ter I. Bowman, sergeant major.
President Ethel Sendlak of the
department auxiliary.
Retiring Comdr. John w. Gill was
presented a. past commanders
badge, on behalf of the post, by
Past Department Comdr. Hollings-
worth.
The Ladies Auxiliary Department
met with Department President
Ethel Sendlak presiding.
The department encampment
dates have been changed to June
%, "a and Is at the Roosevelt High
School. Auxiliaries must elect their
delegates and alternates before May
%. Auxiliary secretaries should
send the names of the delegates and
alternates to Department Secretary
Ethel Orme as soon as possible.
The Department of Maryland has
extended an invitation to the local
department officers to attend the
meeting May in Baltimore.
The annual Mothers Day services
will be held May II at the amphi-
theater, Arlington Cemetery, at 2
o'clock. The department president
requests the members to visit some
hospital that day.
The newly installed presidents of
the auxiliaries were given welcomes
at the department meeting and each
spoke.
The department Americanism
chairman, Florence Armstrong, re-
ported on the program presented
last Wednesday evening. The guest
speaker was Victor E. Devereau, di-
rector. National Department Of
Americanism, Veterans of Foreign
Wars A flag was also presented to
the Boy Scout troop and was ac-
cepted by Louis A. Barr, the scout
master.
National Capital Auxiliary will
meet May 8. Delegates and alter
mates to the denartmerlt encamn-