Evening star., 1942-06-14
.VFW Posts 10 Hold
Annual Encampment
On June "A, Is, h
Session to Be Held at
Roosevelt High School,;
To Present TubIeuu

The annual encampment OF the
District of Columbia Department,
Veterans of Foreign Wars. will be
held at the Roosevelt High School
on the evenings of June "a, Is and
26. Election of officers will be the
principal business.
On the opening evening tableau
will be staged under the direction
of Past Department Comdr George
G. McLeish. 1t will depict the Ma
tion's growth. its sorrows through
wars and its great industrial growth.
Roland F. Kay is chairman of
the encampment.
Memorial services for America S
dead were held last Tuesday eve
ming by National Capital Post. Past
National Surgeon, DR.. John L. De
Mayo. chairman of arrangements,
presented the program.
All-American Post and its aux
iliary will sponsor moonlight
cruise aboard the S. s. Mount Ver-
non on June 18. Members, their
families and friends are invited.
Delegates to the department en-
campment are as follows: William
E. Melton, William A. Downs and
A. D. Sherman. Alternates are Os-
car w. Torrens. Clarence B. Green
and Herbert B. Smith.
At the last meeting of Follow
Me-Defense Post Department SEN
ior Vice Comdr. Richard A. Burton
was Endorsed as candidate for de-
partment commander and the post
delegation was instructed to sup
port him until such time as his
election becomes impossible.
Police Fire Post also indorsed Mr..
Burton.
All-American Auxiliary met last
Tuesday with the president, Mrs
Glare Smith presiding. They made
arrangements for their regular
monthly visit to Ward c.. at Mount
Alto Hospital A special meeting
will take place at the social Tues.
day evening at the Confederate Me-
mortal Hall. Delegates and alter.
mates to the national convention al
Cincinnati, Ohio. will be held Au.
gust 80 through September 4.
Potomac Auxiliary met Monday
with the president. Mrs. Margare,
Myers. presiding and elected Mrs
Ida Emmert as delegate and Mrs
Elizabeth Beasley as alternate tc
the national convention. A past
treasurer's pin was presented Mrs
Ida Emmert, who has served fol
the past seven years. Mrs. Ruth
Keene was given past secretary.
pin for having served five years.
Treasury Auxiliary will meet to-
morrow at the YWCA on E street
NV.
Mrs. Florence Armstrong, presi.
dent, District of Columbia Auxili-
ary. requests members to attend
the Flag Day exercises, under the
auspices of Washington Lodge OF
Elks today at $3.50 p. m. at the
Sylvan Theater.
The ninth encampment of the
Department auxiliary will be held
June "a. Is, 26. at the Roosevelt
High School. The opening session
will be a joint meeting with the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
District of Columbia. Memorial
services will be held, and tableaux
depicting episodes in American his
tory will be enacted
On June 25th will be the opening
session. Essay prize medals will be
awarded and also membership
prizes. Representatives of the vari-
GUS patriotic organizations will be
present. On June 26th will be the
nomination, election and installa-
ton of officers. Both sessions will
start at 7:30 p. m. A banquet tc
the outgoing department officers
will be at the Continental Hotel al
7p.m. Dress informal. All reserva.
tions must be made by June Il
through the chairman, Mrs. Doro.
thy Lohman, Dupont 1851.
The Past Presidents Club met al
the home of Mrs. Beth johnson
with Mrs. Edith Hiser as co-hostess
The next meeting will be held July
s. at the home of Mrs. Adelaide
Grant with Mrs. Roberta Fawcett