Evening star., 1947-01-12
In Local Service Organizations
DAILY Rogers Post
Admitted to D. c.
|:VFW Department

A new post, the DAILY Rogers.
has been admitted to membership
In the District of Columbia Depart
ment Of the Veterans OF Foreign
Wars.
The officers are: Commander,
Frank Wickers; senior vice COM
mander, A. Salak; Junior vice COM
mander, j. Hassett: quartermaster.
G. r. Hughes; judge advocate, A.
Deleonibus; surgeon, r. E. Hogan:
chaplain, w. Thrasher; trustees, G.
F. Hughes, three years; c. Mercog-
liano, two years. and Ernest Dele
onibus, one year.
Comdr. Wickers made the fol-
lowing appointments: Adjutant. ].
E. Broback, and oficer Of the day,
K. Easton.
Comdr. Charles M. O,Malley pre-
sided over the Council of Admin
istration meeting at the District
Building.
It was voted to send Comdr.
OMalley to represent the Depart
ment of the District of Columbia at
the meeting of the Southern Con-
ference to be held in Oklahoma City.
Okla, next Saturday at the Skirvan
Hotel.
On Tuesday evening, in the recre-
alton room at Mount Alto Hospital,
the television set, presented District
of Columbia Veterans Of Foreign
Wars and its auxiliary, will be. for
mally presented. Hospital Chair
man Claude Reynolds, representing
the auxiliary, will have charge OF
the entertainment. Comdr. O'Malley
and his staff and Department Presi-
dent Grace Fields and members OF
her staff, with members OF the
honor guard, will attend.
The last meeting of thea-Welch
Post, presided over by Commander
Albert Jones. Several new comrades
were given the obligation.
Clark M. Beckett and Lewis d.
Roberts were appointed delegates
to the Poppy Committee. Frank P.
Lee and Henry L. Jones will serve as
their alternates.
The post holds its meetings at
the Twelfth street YMCA.
Department Judge Advocate Rob-
ert F.. Sutphin, a memmber OF the
National Housing Committee OF the
VFW, will represent the District OF
Columbia Department at the spe-
cial meeting of this committee in
Chicago on January 18, 10 and 20.
Post Department Comdr. Frank
Topash, chairman of the Home
Committee, is making his annual
drive for funds in the department
for the building Of a cottage at the
national home in Eaton Rapids,
Mich. The District of Columbia
Department does not have . cot
tage there. s.E
The department voted to purchase
new moving pictures of the home
that are now available in l6-mm.
film with sound track, which will
be made available to all posts and
auxiliaries. ....-
Comdr. Charles M. Holmes pre-
sided over Equality Walter Reed
Post at 713 D street last Thursday.
The following were elected to mem
bership: Wilton D. Arbogast, Ste
phen H. Bowden, Harold F. Clark.
John j. Flannery, James P. Googe.
Theron T. Hart, James o. Rentz,
Elicit D. Thomas, Jerome J. Walsh,
Allan W. Wells.
Meetings this week:
Sunday - Government Printing
Office Post, 713 D street NV.
Monday-Front Line Post, 1919
X street NV.
Tuesday-George G. Blake Post,
1927 Wisconsin avenue NV; Will
bur S. Abel Post, 1919 K street NV.
Wednesday-Maj. Gen. Edwards
Post, 1921 K street NV; M. o. c.
executive meeting. 1919 K street
NV; Police Fire Post, 713 D street
NV; United States Treasury Post,
1919 K street NV; United States
Naval Gun Factory Post, 1910 Good
Hope road Sc.
Thursday-Equality Walter Reed
Post, 713 D street NV: National
Capitol Post, 1919 K street NV.
Friday-All American Post, 1919
K street NV.
| Auxiliaries.
| Euuality-Walter Reed Auxiliary
will present an American flag to Boy
Scout Troop No. II today at 8 pm
at the Minnesota Avenue Christian
Church.
The presentation will be made by
Mrs. Ethel Holiday, Americanism
chairman. Mrs. Florence Armstrong,
past department president, will re-
late "The Significance of the Flag"
All lVFW members are invited.
Mrs. Grace Fields, department
president, with her staff on Wednes-
day evening will visit Naval Gun
Factory Auxiliary.
Mrs. Jessie williams, department
hospital chairman, announced
party to be given at Mount Alto
Hospital next Sunday at pm.
National Capital and Potomac
Auxiliaries will give party for the
patients of Mount Alto Hospital on
Tuesday evening.
Meetings of the week: Wednes-
day, Naval Gun Factory Unit, 2407
Minnesota avenue Sc. Friday, All
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