Evening star., 1941-07-27
VT. ". Will Sponsor
Defense Bond Sales
Here Wednesday
All Posts to Take Port
In Treasury House
Campaign

ment, Veterans of Foreign Wars of
the United States, will sponsor
Treasury House next Wednesday
evening for the sale of national
Defense bonds and stamps.
The department officers and all OF
its Is posts will participate in the
promotion of this sale from pm.
until midnight. A program Of en-
tertainment is being arranged, with
a parade of colors. Capt. Downs of
the honor guard will be in charge of
the parade arrangements.
Department Comdr. Leon B. Lam
bert has assigned place to all posts,
and each commander. at meeting
in department headquarters last
week, pledged the support OF his
entire organization.
Official visitations were made last
week to Advance, Police-Fire, Poto-
mac and Washington Posts. Those
attending were Department Comdr.
Lambert, Senior Vice Comdr Rich
ard A. Burton, Junior Vice Comdr.
Patrick J. Foley, Quartermaster
John w. Gill, Judge Advocate John
L. Fowler and Adjt. Robert G..
MacCartee.
At a meeting of H. L. Edmonds
Post Quartermaster Floyd w. Ste
wick was elected delegate and Will
liam w. Gibson alternate to the
National Encampment. The post
accepted to membership Frank j..
Kelly. Comdr. Middleton presided.
The post will have a junior football
team this fall and a baseball team
next spring.
Comdr. B. H. Statz of Police-Fire
Post and Past Comdr. William j.
Schmitz, as delegates and Jack T.
Mooney and F. S. Hathorne as al
ternates will represent the post at
the annual National -Encampment
Department Comdr. Lambert and
his staff paid an official visit. Buffet
lunch was served.
Advance Post met Friday evening
in the new club rooms, 1903 Four
teenth street NV. Comdr. Fitz-
gerald welcomed the Department Of
ficers. Department Comdr. Lambert
gave a short talk.
Follow Me-Defense Post at its
last meeting approved the program
submitted by the Ways and Means
Committee. The committee met last
Wednesday evening at the home OF
Chairman Frank Drake and COM
pleted arrangements for the Annual
Picnic and Field Day on August TO-
at Comdr. Buddington's farm, Col
lege Park, Md. There will be ath-
letic events and refreshments.
The affair is being jointly spon-
sored by the United Veterans of
American Wars, Unit No /, Govern
ment Printing Office and Follow
Me-Defense Post, Veterans of For
eign Wars of the United States. All
members of the organization, their
families and friends are invited
Tickets may be procured from any
member of the post.
The post will also sponsor its an
nual Moonlight Cruise of the S. S.
Potomac on September 9Th.
The r. N. T. Pup Tent. military
order of the Cootie, will hold its an
nual Moonlight Cruise on the S. S.
Potomac tomorrow. Tickets may be
procured from any member at the
wharf tomorrow.
The Ladies' Auxiliary will Coop
crate with the department on the
program to be held at Treasury
House on Wednesday. This pro-
gram is planned to advance the sale
of defense stamps and defense
bonds. All unit presidents are re-
quested to have flags and banners
in the parade preceding the pro-
gram.
At the last department meeting
Department President Florence
Armstrong announced the following
appointments: Audit and budget,
Mrs. Ida Emmert; ways and means,
Mrs. Marie Anderson; social, Mrs.
Dorothy Lohman; cheerio, Mrs.
| Catherine Uhlarik.
Equality-W Walter Reed Auxiliary
has planned to furnish homemade
cakes on August 3 for service men
who are guests at the Soldiers, Sail
ors and Marines Club during the
week end.