Evening star., 1947-03-16
|VFW Filipinos
Elect Officers in
D. c. Department


for second term as commander o1
the Gen. Vicente Linn Post of the
District of Columbia department
Veterans of Foreign Wars. last week
Other officers elected were: Senior
vice commander, N. p. Doneasa
junior vice commander, Dementrie
Agquis; quartermaster, Teddy S
Reyes; chaplain, Cinstancio Urg.
eric; post advocate, Tomas Garcia
and surgeon, Federico N. Calinao.
All posts will elect officers this
month. Those having but one meet
ing will nominate and elect the
same night. Those having two
meetings will nominate at the first
session and elect at the second.
Columbia Post met with Comdr
Louis E. Hoffman presiding and
elected as officers: Commander
Elmo Battle; chaplain, Robert w
Goad; quartermaster, William H
Howells; post advocate, G. F
McWilliams; surgeon, James Bal
lard; 3-year-trustee, James Wood
Installation will take place in April
Bethea- -Welch Post was presided
over by Comdr. Albert T. Jones
when the following were given the
obligation: Benjamin D. Boyd,
Clarence o. Lewis, jr., and David
B. Guion.
The post will hold election of
officers at the next meeting.
Comdr. Floyd w. Stevick pre-
sided over H. L. Edmonds Post
when officers were elected as fol-
lows: Commander, Dewey B. Car
ter; senior vice commander, Edward
Sullivan; junior vice commander,
Guy Hamilton; quartermaster, Irv-
ing E. Ambrose; chaplain, Robert
E. Dyer, surgeon, William N. Heff-
ner; advocate, j. Frank Kelley; g.
year trustee, Floyd w. Stevick.
Installation will be held in April
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by Comdr. Clyde w. KERN who
gave the obligation to A. B. Toni
.chek, Neil r. Hogan, John w
Flesher, William Edmunson, Ronald
C. Paape and Hy Wayne. Officers
were nominated but the nomina-
tions will be held open until the
meeting on March "a, when they
will be elected
Harold Ridgeway, who is forming
the new department Junior drum
and bugle corps, asked the support
of the post in making their next
dance, to be held at the K. of C.
hall at Tenth and K streets NV
on March 81, a success.
United States Naval Gun Factory
Post elected the following officers
Commander, Earl O'Neil; senior vice
commander, Edward Mcclure, jr.;
Junior vice commander, Ernst Bin
nix, ST.: quartermaster, Carl Vunck
chaplain, Virgil Frazier; three-yeal
trustee, Cecil w. Beal; post advo-
cate, l.. c. Womack.
The following officers were ap-
pointed: Adjutant, Earl Brooks;
officer of the day, William Short
and guard, William Bridges. ..
Installation will be in April.
The following were given the obli-
CATION:
John Coughlin, George Mudd, jr.
and William J. McCann.
Comdr. Charles M. Holmes pre-
sided over Equality-Walter Reed
Post VIXEN the following were elect
ed to membership: Bernard r. Ac.
ton, Michael Dargi, John D. Giles
Girard r. Gold, Frank j. Hammer
Clarence r. Herbert, jr.; Edward T
Jones, James H. MacFarland, Pinck-
ney G. McElwee, Albert A. Miller
William F. Mitchell, Horace E
Moore, James w. Mulcare, George
A. Nowland, Walter Paul, Jules P
Pratte, Chester H. Rhoden, Stirling
c. Robertson and John j. Sweeney
Meetings this week:
Monday-Federal Post, 1921 K
street NV.
Tuesday-M. o. C. executive
meeting, 1919 K street NV.
Wednesday-Maj. Gen. Clarence
R. Edwards Post, 1921 K street NV;
Police Fire Post. 713 ID 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
Capital Post, 1919 K street NV.
Friday-All American Post, 1915
K street NV.