Evening star., 1947-03-23
'VFW Department
Installs New Post;
Other Activities

Army Air Forces Post, No. s271,
the 9th in the District of Columbia
Department, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, has just been organized.
This is the only exclusive post
formed in the Army Air Forces in
the United States. 1t came into
being through the efforts of M. G.
Thomas of All-American Post. The
officers will be elected and installed
on April 9 by Department Comdr.
Charles M. O'Malley, assisted by the
degree team of Front Line Post.
Several posts of the department
elected officers at their last meet
ings. They were:
Daly-Rogers Post, No. 8756-Com-
mander, Alexander Salak: senior
vice commander, Maurice Huguley;
Junior vice commander, Charles
Jones: quartermaster, George R.
Hughes; post advocate. Donald G.
Norris; chaplain, George F. Hughes;
surgeon, Joseph Hossick; trustee,
Edwin T. Healy.
Potomac Post-Commander, Har.
vey Mitchell: senior vice comman-
der, Andrew Clerico; junior vice
commander, Melvin Wiener; quar-.
termaster, Frank Heise; advocate.
Maurice G. Britton: chaplain,
Canon Merritt F. Williams; surgeon,
DR.. E. S. Cademeyer; three-year
trustee, David Wood. Installation
will be in April.
Government Printing ONCE Post:
Commander, Edward H. Behrens;
senior vice commander, Charles Nc
Mahan; junior vice commander,
Wallace r. Leek; quartermaster,
Roy Minard; chaplain, Thomas A.
Shamis; post advocate, Archie
France; surgeon, Albert j. Herman;
three-year trustee, Everett w. Har-
ris. They will be installed in April.
Wilbur S. Abel Post: Commander,
Richard Jackson; senior vice COM
mander, Kirby Coleman; junior vice
commander, William Orrison; quar-
termaster, William I. Thompson;
chaplain, William Dalton; surgeon,
Leonard Carr; post advocate, Daniel
Nichols; three-year trustee, John
Sorrentino The installation will
take place In April.
Columbia Post will have social
at the Gold Chevron Club, 1919 K
street NV, on Friday evening. All
members of the VFW are invited.
Meetings this week:
Monday-Front Line Post, 1919 K
street NV; Washington Post, 1ol2
Ninth street NV.
Tuesday-Pentagon Post, 1919 K
street NV.
Wednesday-Police Fire Post. 713
D street NV; VFW Honor Guard,
1919 K street NV.
Thursday - Potomac Post, 1919
Ninth street NV: Follow Me-De-
fense Post, 1909 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE.
Friday-United States Internal
Revenue Post, 1892 Georgia avenue
NV; Bethea-Welch Post, 901 Rhode
Island avenue NV.
Auxiliaries.
Naval Gun Factory Auxiliary
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Josephine Wright: senior vice
president, Isabelle Meadows; Junior
vice president, Ethel Wilson; treas
urer, Dorothy Gordon; secretary,
Mabel Beal; chaplain, Mabel How
ard; conductress, Olga Glickner;
guard, Mayme Frazier; three-year
trustee, Lily Haesloop; patriotic in
structor, Elizabeth Weaver; color
bearers, Annie Stirk, Elizabeth
Beers, Helen Del Crosse, Margaret
Mcclure; musician, Irene Norton;
ways and means, chairman, Isabelle
Meadows.
National Capital will have elec-
ton of officers on Friday evening.
Final plans for the evening of
games on Saturday at 7l3 D street
NV. will be discussed.
American Auxiliary will hold
a party at Mount Alto Hospital on
April 2 under supervision of Blanche
Melton. Marie Hargy, ward chair
man, will make distributions to G
ward.
Rose Luebkert, lady gold bug, Mil
itary Order of Lady Bugs, announces
celebration of the fourth birthday
Of Hornet Circle on Tuesday at 713
D street NV. VFW and auxiliary
members are invited.
Meetings this week: Tuesday,
Pentagon Unit, 1921 K street NV;
Friday, National Capital Unit, 713 D