Evening star., 1947-01-19
In Local Service Organizations
Gold Chevron Club
Annual Oyster Roast
Sunday Afternoon

AnnualOySter KOast
Sunday Afternoon
The Gold Chevron Club of thu
Veterans of Foreign Wars will holt
its annual oyster roast at the club
rooms. 1919 K street NV, next Sun
day afternoon and evening. Their,
will also be an entertainment from
3 TO pm. Tickets may be obtained
at the club.
GPO Post and its auxiliary viii
hold dance at the Washington Ho.
tel on February 8. The proceeds vii
be used to build cottage for the Dis.
trict Of Columbia department al
the National Home in Eaton Rapids
Mich. Dancing will be from 10 tt
l o'clock. Tickets may be obtained
at the Gold Chevron Club.
Comdr. Floyd w. Stevick presided
over the meeting of H. L. Edmond:
Post Tuesday evening. when the fol.
lowing were given the obligation
John ]. Gamer, Nicholas Rusinski
Walter H. Krein, Charles Micciche
Robert E. Doyle.
Otto A. Simon and Howard L
Hammer we're appointed to serve or
the Department Encampment Com
mittee. Edward Sullivan was ap-
pointed service officer. The office
of junior vice commander was filled
by the unanimous election Of Dewey
B. Carter w. L. Wilson, ST., and
@. M. Irving E. Ambrose were ap-
pointed by the commander to serve
on special entertainment commit
tee.
Organization of a new Junior
Drum and Bugle Corps for the de-
partment has been started by De-
partment Comdr. Charles M. O,Mal-
ley and Harold E. Ridgeway Of Ma
val Gun Factory Post.
A dance, for the benefit of the
corps, will be held January 81 at
Knights of Columbus Hall, Tenth
and K streets NV.
Front Line Post met at the Gold
Chevron Club and were visited by
several of the officers of the Front
Line Auxiliary. President Mary
Tucker, Senior Vice President Sadie
Warnock and Junior Vice President
Ruth Froebel presented a plan for
forming a Junior aid group among
boys of 10 to II years of age in the
neighborhood of Queens Chapel
road and Charming street NV.
The following men were given the
obligation by Comdr. Clyde w.
KERN: Joseph G. Niessen, James G.
O'Rourke, Norman E. Sondheimer
Philip B. Kelley, Martin ]. Brohan,
John M. Freeman, Roy G. BoTg,
William E. Beck, James w. Hill,
Arthur r. Pagan. Dewey L. Alex
ander, Charles w. O'Berry, r. A.
Smith, jr.; J. r. Barley and j. G.
Windley, jr.
Comdr. KERN appointed Senior
Vice Comdr. George w. Iaccheri
and D. E. Stone to serve on the De-
partment Poppy Committee and R
P. Morrison and Carl WEIGH alter.
mates.
Carroll F. Warner was elected post
advocate.
The Front Line degree team will
give the long form initiation of the
new post being formed at Fairfax.
Va, on Friday evening.
Those obligated in Potomac Post
were D. M. Commas, Edward Schu-
macher, Dewey Wilbur, Warren Will
bur, Joseph Dabbondanza, Henry j.
Dabbondanza and M. Emory Webb.
Meetings this week:
Sunday - General Vicente Linn
Post, 1919 K street NV.
Monday-Federal Post, 1921 K
street NV.
Tuesday-M. o. c. executive meet
ing, 1919 K street NV.
Wednesday-Police-Fire Post, 713
D street NV. Honor Guard, 1919
K street NV.
Thursday - Potomac Post, 1912
Ninth street NV. Follow Me-De-
fense Post, 1909 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE.
Friday-United States Internal
Revenue Post, 1923 Georgia avenue
NV. Bethea- Welch Post, 901 Rhode
Island avenue NV.
Auxiliaries.
Mrs. Grace Fields, department
auxiliary president, and her staff
will make their annual visitation to
Federal and National Capital Aux
iliaries this week at their respective
meeting places.
A party will be given by the de-
partment at Mount Alto Hospital
today at 7 pm. Mrs. Jessie Will
liams, hospital chairman, is in
charge and asks members to assist.
The Past Presidents Club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Ruth Keene,
1919 Eighth street NV, Tuesday
evening.
Meetings this week: Monday
Federal Unit, 1919 K street NV;
Friday, National Capital Unit, 713 q
street NV.