Evening star., 1945-04-08
Peary Ship, VFW,
Plans Installation;
|Other Activities

mander in chief, Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States, will in
stall new officers Of Admiral Robert
E. Peary Ship, No. 427, at 8 pm.
Tuesday at the Hamilton Hotel.
The new officers, all of the Hos
pital Corps, except the paymaster
and trustee are: Captain, 1t. q. g.
J. D. Thomas; executive officer, 1t.
o. L. Young; navigator, 1t. q. g.
R. w. West; paymaster, Chief Yeo-
man T. A. Reynolds; surgeon, Ensign
J. w. Grant; chaplain, 1t. H. H
Hepp:s trustee, Patrick T. Ryan.
A past captains medal will be
presented to the outgoing captain,
J. E. Wicker.
William j. Hogan, jr., past captain
of the ship, announced last week
that the membership of the post
which extends over the world, is now
over 5000.
McKimmie- -Catterton Police and
Fire Post selected Battalion Fire
Chief Carlisle Petersen and Police
Sergt. John F. Ryan to receive the
post annual VFW citizens award
for outstanding service to the COM
munity during the past year. The
award was the result Of the work
done by Mr.. Petersen and Sergt
Ryan in organizing and heading the
auxiliary police and firemen during
the past war emergency when Wash
ington was preparing to meet pos
sible air raids or attacks.
Presentation of the award will be
made in conjunction with the an
nual joint installation of post ano
auxiliary officers at Henderson
Castle on Sixteenth street April 18
National Comdr in Chief Jean A
Drummer is expected to make the
presentations. Past Department
Comdr. Edward K. Inman will in
stall the officers of the post.
At the last meeting of the Council
of Administration of the District Of
Columbia Department went on recs
ord as recommending to the Presi-
dent that a representative of the
VFW and other veterans organiza-
tions be invited to attend and repre-
sent their respective groups at the
San Francisco Conference to be held
April 25.
The following posts elected officers
last week:
Internal venue Post-Com.
mander, John j. Saunders; senior
vice commander, Edward Pagan
junior vice commander, Mckinley
K. Kriegh; quartermaster, John E
Jenkins; post advocate, Joe N. Nc.
Collum; chaplain. Thacker v
Walker; surgeon, DR.. Walter B
Vogel. and trustee, William A
Murphy.
McKimmie Catterton Police anc
Fire Post Commander, I. B
Wetherall, senior vice commander
John JasinoWski; junior vice COM
mander. j. F. Bower; quartermaster
C. NJ O'Malley; adjutant. P. w
Graves; post advocate, c. j. P
Weber; chaplain, ]. C. Statz, anc
trustee, Richard K. Burton.
The following appointments were
made: Officer of the day, B. H
State; patriotic instructor, c. T
Gully; historian, j. M, McInerney
sergeant major, C. M. OMalley
quartermaster sergeant. P. w
Graves; colorbearers, William Tenn
pies, J. C. Crews. F. S. Hawthorne
and E. D. Klepac; service officer
R. K. Burton; post employment. j. j
ODonovan; sentinel, P. C. Wheeler
and guard, F. S. Hawthorne.
Maj. Gen. Clarence r. Edward:
Post-Commander, G org H
Young: senior vice commander, Erit
S. Stearns; junior vice commander
Eugene George Anderson: quarter.
master, Nathan D. Golden: pos'
advocate. Byron G. Carson; chaplain
John Caswell; surgeon, Frank D
Norton: council of administration
Frank D. Norton, and trustees, Byror
G. Carson and Joseph p Jordan.
United States Naval Gun Factory
Post-Commander, Edward M. How.
ard; senior vice commander, E. A
O'Neil; junior vice commander, F.. C
Warnock; chaplain, c. S. johnson
post advocate. c. w. Beal: quarter
master, c. c. Funk; adjutant, H
Cohen, and trustee. P. Jochum.
Meetings this week are: Monday
Front Line Post, 1919 K street NV
Wednesday, Washington Post, Co.
lumbia Post, 1919 K street NV.
Follow Me Defense Post, 1909 Rhode
Island avenue NE Thursday
Potomac Post, 1919 K street NV.
American War Mothers
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meet at 1;30 pm. April 13 at tht
YWCA, Seventeenth and K street:
NV, with the president, Mrs. Mar.
ion Barrows. presiding. Arrange.
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