Evening star., 1948-03-14
|VFW Department
Post Elections;
lOther Activities

TOSl EICCllOHS,
Other Activities
The various posts of the District
of Columbia Department of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States are holding election of
officers this month.
| Meeting at the Police-Fire Club,
935 G place NV, last Wednesday
night the H. L. Edmonds Post elect
ed: Commander, Edward Sullivan;
senior vice commander, Paul Pat
tyson; Junior vice commander, Mar
tin Pompili.
Installation services will be held
April at 935 G place NV. The
installing officer will be Past De-
partment Comdr. Charles B. Jen-
nings of Front Line Post. The de-
gree team of his post will assist
in the ceremonies.
At a meeting of the United
States Naval Gun Factory Post last
week at It's new clubhouse, 730
Eleventh street Sc, with Comdr.
Earl O'Neil presiding, the follow
ing were elected: Commander, Ed
ward r. Mcclure: senior vice COM
mander, Ernst Binnix; junior vice
commander, j. @. Beals.
Installation will take place at
a meeting early in April with Past
Comdr. Cecil Beal as installing Of
ficer. &
Columbia Post at a meeing at 935
G place NV. last week elected the
following: Commander, George Nc
Williams; senior vice commander,
Frank Cooper; Junior vice con1man-
der, John T. McQueeny.
i The installation ceremonies will be
held April 2 at 935 place NV.
/ At meeting of Front Line Post
last Monday night at 935 G place
NV, with Comdr. Harold T. Grier
presiding, 1t was announced by SEN
ior Vice Comdr. Dendle Stone the
annual boat ride will be held in May
on the s. S. Potomac. Carl Powell
is in charge of entertainment next
month when officers will be in
stalled.
Nomination of officers will be
completed at the next meeting.
National Comdr. George Cassidy
of the Irish War Veterans addressed
the post. A new degree team, COM
posed of World War II veteran, is
being former by Past Comdr. Gar
nett M. Mattingly.
Top Notch Tent No. / and Elbow
Benders Pup Tent No. 2 will hold a
scratch at the Bazooka Tent in Arl-
ington, Va, on the evening of March
81 at 1900 North Harrison street.
Meetings this week:
Sunday-G. P. o. Post, 935 G
place NV.
Monday-Anthony Gentilcore Post,
226 F street NE.
Tuesday-T. N. T. Pup Tent No. /,
moo, 935 G place NV.
Wednesday-Treasury- Post, 1919
K street NV; Police-Fire Post, 935
G place NV; Maj. Gen. Clarence
Edwards Post, 1921 K street NV;
United States Naval Gun Factory
Post, 730 Eleventh street Sc.
Thursday-National Capital Post,
1919 K street NV; Equality Walter
Reed Post, 935 G place NV; Pen
tagon Post, Raleigh Hotel.
day-All-American Post, 1919
K street NV.
Auxiliaries.
A junior unit of National Capital
Auxiliary has been organized in
honor of Dorothy Mann, national
president. 7a :
The officers installed by Mary
Colbert, president, were:
President, Hilda McGinnis; first
vice president, Patsy Reyes; second
vice president, Phyllis Ripple; treas
urer, Estelle Ginsburg; chaplain,
Joyce Beasley: conductress, Patsy
Kirby; patriotic instructor, Lois
Graves; guard, Lynn Hooff; secre-
tary, Amy Graves; and historian,
Marlene Herman. Past Department
President Ethel Sendlak, organized
the unit.
Department President Martha
Reynolds made her annual visit to
Government Printing Office Aux
iliary. At this meeting, presided
over by President Mae Herman, a
gift of $25 was made to the recently
inaugurated V. F. w. Ladies Aux
iliary Cancer Research Fellowship
Fund.
The auxiliary will sponsor show
for patients of Mt. Alto Hospital on
Thursday. Members of the aux
iliary and post are invited. They
are also sponsoring a dinner at the
Fairfax Hotel on March 20, at $50
pm, followed by an evening Of
games.
The following are newly elected
officers, President, Myrtle Eckman;
senior vice president, Grace Fine;
junior vice president; Dolores Rob-
son; treasurer, Mae Herman; chap
lain, Faire Whitener; conductress,
May LeSarge; guard, Annette Mort
on; two year trustee, Mathilda
Vossler; trustee, Cleo France.
Meetings this week:
Monday-Federal Unit. 1919 K
street NV; Treasury unit, 935 G
place NV.
Observation-Disclosures unit,
419 Seventh street, NV.
Friday-All American unit, North
east Masonic Temple.
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