Evening star., 1944-01-16

Charter Issued
To VFW Post;
Other Activities
United States Government Print
Ing Once Post, Veterans Of Foreign
Wars, has received It's charter from
the national organization.
Department Comdr. Jack Holiday
installed the officers at . meeting
last Sunday at 713 D street
INV. Past Department Comdr. Dan
Campbell gave the obligation. Omar
wv. Ketchum, national VFW legis-
lative omcer, made the principal
address. Others who> spoke were
Past Department Comdrs. George J.
Neuner, Charles B. Jennings, Leon
ard ]. Bacon and r.. Morgan Gal
breth, national senior vice com,
mander, United States Spanish War
Veterans.
The ofncers are: Commander
Roy G. Minard; senior vice COM
mander, Roy r. Dunlap; junior vice
commander, william M. Vossler;
|quartermaster, Claude A. Webb;
Judge advocate, Everett w. Harris;
chaplain, Barnard E. Smith; adju-
tant. Maurice H. Lawton.
Ofncer Of the day, three trustees
and chairmen Of committees will
be elected at next meeting.
At the last meeting OF Equality
Walter Reed Post the following were
voted into membership: Robert L.
Ashworth, Fred william Boland,
William j. Branigan, Sidney J.
Ehrenfeld. John Robert Fowle, John
w. Harvey, jr.; Chauncey Hilty,
Gideon A. Mckinney, Frank w.
Parrish, Durand D. Riner and Peter
Romanov.
Senior Vice Comdr. Valentine T.
Mayer was appointed to contact
Spanish-American War veterans
and to arrange a program of en-
tertainment. sponsored as "old boys
night" which will be featured on
an early date.
A meeting will be held tomorrow
at 713 D street NV. and an en-
tertainment.
At recent meeting Columbia
Post entertained its older comrades
with interesting personal narratives
|of the present conflict. Antisub-
marine tactics, the first North Africa
landings and jungle warfare in the
Southwest Pacific were described by
l.. G. Cadem, w. w. Santmier and
II. w. Johns.
Front Line Post met Monday
night, with Comdr. Garnett M. Mat
tingly presiding. The following were
admitted to membership: Joel De
Witt Myers, Emory H. O'Berry, jr.,
and William Paul Flather.
Pact Department Comdr. Charles
B. Jennings has called a meeting
Of the degree team tomorrow night
at 602 F street NE.
Frank Benedetto is arranging a
social for the January "A meeting
Junior Vice Comdr. Clyde w
KERN presented the post with a
silk altar flag.
Meetings this week are:
Monday-Equality Walter Reed
Post, 713 D street NV, Federal
Post. 1926 Massachusetts, avenue
NV; Internal Revenue Post, 1906
Fourteenth street NV.
Tuesday-T. N. T. Pup Tent, Mill.
tary Order Of the Coolies, 935 G
place NV.
Wednesday-Maj. Gen. Clarence
r. Edwards Post, We.ghtman'.
School. Twenty third and M street.
NV; Herbert l.. Edmonds Post, 1901
Fourteenth street NV; McKimmie.
Catterton Police and Fire Post, II:
D street NV; U. S. Naval Gun Fac.
tory Post, 2047 Minnesota avenu,
Sc.
Friday-National Capital Post
713 D street NV: All American
oot, 4oSo MdSodClluSSItS avenue
NV.
Auxiliaries.
All-American Auxiliary will pre-.
sent the national colors to the Met.
ropolitan Police Boys Club on the
evening Of February II, at Eastern
High School.
The VFW Guard of Honor will
participate.
Potomac Auxiliary met with the
president, Mrs. Mary Hargraves
presiding. The department chief Of
staff, Mrs. Ethel Sendlak, inspected
the auxiliary. The members will give
a bingo party for the patients at
Mount Alto Hospital, on January
%. The auxiliary also will visit a
ward in the hospital on January 26
The auxiliary has invited the de-
partment president, Mrs. Dorothy
Lohman, and her officers to make
their visitation on February II at
the Thomas Circle Club.
Meetings this week are: Federal
Auxiliary, Monday, Thomas Circle
Club; Naval Gun Factory Auxiliary
Wednesday, 2704 Minnesota avenue