Evening star., 1944-04-09
District VFW's
18th Anniversary;
Department News

Inc DiStrlct OF COLUMBIA Depart.
ment and National Capital Post,
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, win OBJ
serve the 25th anniversary Of their
founding with q rally on Tuesday
night at Odd Fellows Temple, 40
Seventh street NV.
Department Comdr. Jack Holiday
has sent an invitation to National
Adjutant Quartermaster Robert D.
Handy. Jr., to come here from KAN
sas City, Mo-, to be guest OF hon.
or. George Neuner, first comman-
der Of the post. will be honored.
1t. Gen. A. A. Vandergrift,
U. s. M. c., will make the principal
address. There will be entertain
ment and dancing. All members Of
the posts and auxiliaries are in
vited.
Front Line Post elected the fol-
lowing oficers: Commander, Clyde
wv. KERN; senior vice commander.
Joseph Mo1att; junior vice com.
mander, Harold Wood; quartermas.
ter, Edward T. Spedden: chaplain,
George ]. Neuner; Judge advocate,
Charles B. Jennings; surgeon, Dr..
Victor Cerel; trustees, Daniel r.
Forno, Garnett M. Mattinsly and
Victor G. Guillermain; adjutant.
Frank Topash.
Those obligated were: Joseph
James Walsh, Adrian w. Smith.
Marcum Volna Orea, John N. Kra.
vacic, James Albert Thomas and
Herman H. Heironimus, Radway
Gibbs reinstated.
Claude T. Reynolds, commander
elected OF Equality-Walter Reed
Post. appointed Comrade Holmes
as adjutant; Frank G. Pierre, ON
Ger Of the day; Edwin Bartlett.
guard.
Internal Revenue Post elected IS
commander william A. Murphy:
senior vice commander, John j.
Saunders: junior vice commander,
Edward Pagan; quartermaster, John
=. Jenkins; chaplain, Thacker v.
Walker; surgeon, Walter B. Vorel:
advocate, Joe N. McCollum; trustees.
Fred G. Stello, Leon B. Lambert and
Roy L. Jones; council members, Leon
B. Lambert and Roland r. Kay.
Potomac Post: Commander, VIII
son l.. Jones; senior vice commander,
Leo s. Dove; junior vice commander,
George D. Lee; quartermaster adju-
tant, Frank r. Heise; advocate, Her
bert A. Church; chaplain. Harry v.
Krichton; surgeon, James B. Wall;
omcer Of the day, Harris @. Har-
graves; guard, jackson T. Gibbs;
trustees, Robert 8. Bonar, Ira r.
Byram and Marshall r. Emmert.
Installation will be held April IS
at 7l3 D street NV.
Federal Post reelected Comdr.
Stephen T. Nichka. Others: Senior
vice commander, Lemuel G. Bucking-
ham; Junior vice commander, ]. w.
Thompson; quartermaster, John g.
Strooel; chaplain, John Edge; advo-
cate, G. A. Strathern: surgeon, O. G.
Cott; trustees, Samuel B. Lapdn and
J. r. Hatch. John Edge was appoint-
ed adtutant,
washington Post elected: Com
mander, Gerald Ryan; senior vice
commander, Earl w. Exell; Junior
vice commander, Earl Hamilton
Smith; quartermaster, Fred Wacker;
advocate. Stephen B. Jones; chap
lain, Archie q. Turner; trustees,
Aram Kotassar, Herman Goldsteiu
and L. 0uilford.
Installation ceremonies will be
conducted Wednesday ut 1903 Four
teenth street NV. '@
Meetings this week are:
Monday-Front Line Post, 7l3 D
street NV.
Tuesday-Department rally, 40
Seventh street NV.
Wednesday-Columbia Post, 1926
Massachusetts, avenue NV; Follow
Me-Defense Post, 2020 Rhode Island
avenue NE; Washington Post, 1908
Fourteenth street NV.
Friday-United States Treasury
Post, 7l3 D street NV.
go