Evening star., 1944-05-21
columbia VFW Post
Elects New Officers:
lOther Activities

Columbia Post, District of Co.
lumbia Department, Veterans OF
Foreign Wars, in electing new Of
ficers selected three second Worlc
War veterans.
They are: Charles Kohen, com
mander: Lewis E. Hoffman, senior
vice commander; Wilbert w. SAINT.
mier, War II, junior vice com.
mander; Harry E. Shilling, quar-.
termaster;. Robert G.. MacCartee
adjutant; Francis Warren Johns
War II, officer of the day; Walter
S. Walsh, advocate; Arthur L. Muir.
ray, surgeon; Louis E. Cadem, jr.
War II, chaplain; Samuel G. Ham.
iltoin, Thomas E. Fawcett, Stanley
r. Nash, trustees.
Delegates to the Department En-.
campment on June 18 are: Mr.
Shilling, Mr.. MacCartee and Mr.
Nash; alternates, Mr.. Santmier, Mr.
Johns and Mr.. Shea.
In a joint ceremony with Speng.
ler Post, of the American Legion
the members will observe Me.
mortal Day at pm, May "a, al
1925 Massachusetts, avenue N. w
Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. S. A. re.
tired, is scheduled to speak.
Comdr. Clyde w. KERN will pre-.
side over Front Line Post tomorrow
night at 713 D street N. w. wher
delegates and alternates to the con.
vention will be selected. Past De-
partment Comdr. Charles B. Jen.
|nings, in charge of the degree team
will initiate a class of candidates.
Past Supreme Comdr. Frank
Topash and Department. Quarter
master Edward T. Spedden will be
in charge of memorial services al
900 pm. All members of the v
F. w, Ladies auxiliary and friends
are invited.
The post at its last meeting voted
to reorganiZe a ladies auxiliary
Mrs. Ethel Sandlak, department
chief of staff, will perfect the or
ganization.
Equality-Walte Reed Post last
Monday night elected the follow
ing delegates to the department en-
campment: Valentine T. Mayer
Peter de Rosselli, Jay D. Coulter
William L. Smith, Charles M
Holmes, Edwin Bartlett, Sergt. Rob-
ert Winfield, Robert Ashworth
Frank j. Pierce, Robert Clagett
William Atwell, Orin P. Bailey
Frank B. Chambers, Chauncey
Grayson, A. Hergert, Curtiss c.
johnson, Gus Karress, Timothy
O'Brien, Howard H. Woerner, Corpl
Leslie R. Flint and George c. Plapp
Alternates are: M. Pietrucik, P. R.
Hengst, Phillip Kiefer, c. c. Wade,
William H. Holmes, S. H. Gustafson
Oscar w. Waldvogel, A. P. Conway
Paul Webb and Joseph Morris. The
remaining alternates will be selected
from World War II members.
Voted into membership were JOS
eph A. Arena, Herbert Marcus. Will
liam Parkinson, Francis x. Wald-
vogel, John M. Rankin and 1t. Mar
tin L. Thomas.
Comdr. Claude T. Reynolds OBJ
ligated into membership Joseph D.
Yerkes and Joseph Morris.
Past Department Comdr. Dan
Campbell told of the arrangements
for the memorial ceremonies at the
amphitheater of Arlington National
Cemetery on May 80, under the di-
rective management of the GAR
Memorial Day Corp.
Meetings this week are: Monday
Front Line Post, 713 D street NV:
Tuesday, Pentagon Post, 713 D street
NV; Wednesday, McKimmie-C Cat
terton Police and Fire Post, 713 .
street NV; VFW Guard of Honor
1707 I street NV. ,..-
Auxiliaries.
Mrs. Dorothy Lohman, depart
ment president, announced the de-
paftment encampment will be held
June 18 at the Northeast Masonic
Temple at $50 am. Police and Fire
Auxiliary elected the following dele
gates to the encampment: Mrs
Thelma Graves, Mrs. Mercedes Nc
Callum and Mrs. Violet Catterton
Alternates: Mrs. Bertha McHanes
Mrs. Florence Mudd and Mrs. Cath
crime Humphries. Their joint me-
mortal services with their post will
be held May "a at 713 D street NV
National Capital Auxiliary will
have their memorial service at 7:3O
pm. May 26 at 713 D street NV.
There will be massing of the colors
at Mount st. Adams at 3 pm. today
At 5 pm. at the Sylvan Theater
there will be meeting of the colors
for I Am an American" Day All