Evening star., 1948-12-19
|VFW Department
Has 2New Posts:
Other Activities

Other Activities
Members of the new Veterans Of
Foreign Wars post to be formed In
the Department Of Justice met last
Friday in department headquarters
with Department Adjt Clyde w.
KERN and Assistant Adjt. Dendle z.
Stone to elect officers
The following officers were chosen
and will be installed on the evening
of January 1s at place to be named
later.
The other new post from the
Health Department will be installed
at the same time, and will meet in
the near future with Chief Of STAFF
Heise to also elect their official staff.
Following are the Department Of
Justice Post officers: Commander,
William J. Hassan; senior vice COM
mander, William K. Jackson; junior
vice commander. Earl H. Hall; quar-
termaster, Louis Urow; chaplain,
Irving Maness; trustees, William e.
Clark and Clement L. McEachern.
They voted to hold their next
meeting on January S to make ar
rangements for their institution.
Pentagon Post met Wednesday at
the Peary Ship Club, with Comdr.
William Vassill presiding. The meet
ing was devoted to discussion of the
proposed Christmas party to be
given by the members of the Ladies'
Auxiliary at Mount Alto Hospital
on Christmas eve. Refreshments
were served.
An oyster roast will be given by
T. N. T. Pup Tent. No. /, of the
Military Order of the Cootie, in jan
uary, for the benefit of the hospital
fund. Seam Squirrel Thomas Dixon
announces it will be held In the
knights of Columbus Hall, 91s
Tenth street NV. Tickets may be
obtained from the Gold Chevron
Club or from Department Quarter
master Edward T. Spedden.
Comdr Joseph Moffatt presided
over Front Line Post in the Gold
Chevron Club on Monday evening.
Several applications for member
ship were received from Prosser JEFF
fries, E. r. Spring, Carl Hendrix.
Thomas Mckinley, william K.
Mitchell, Isidore Feldman and
Maurice D. Hill.
The post accepted an invitation
from the Elbow Benders Pup Tent
No, 2, moo. to attend a New Year
party to be held in the Gold Chevron
Club
Capt. Charles B. Jennings an
nounced the degree team will put on
degree work at Alexandria, Va, at
Bird District meeting Of the Vir-
ginia department on January 8, and
for the installation of the two new
posts of the District of Columbia
department on January 1S. The team
will begin rehearsalS Immediately,
starting tomorrow.
Past Comdr. Harold r. Grier re-
ported on the post dance to be
given at the Wardman Park Hotel
on the evening of January 20.
Meetings this week:
Monday-Press Post. 1900 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Tuesday-T. N. T. Pup Tent No. I,
moo, 426 Sixth street NV; An
thony Gentilcore Post, $40 F street
NE; Joseph B. Kelliher Post
Thirty-secQnd and M streets NV.
Wednesday-Police-Fire Post, 1909
Rhode Island avenue NE; Bethesda
WEIGH Post, 720 Barry place NV;
United States Army Air Forces Post,
Raleigh Hotel.
Thursday-Potomac Post, Am
bassador Hotel; 1t. Col John j.
He'll Post, 1909 Rhode Island avenue
NE; A. Peter Dewey Post, 935 G
place NV; Southwest Memorial
Post, Eighth and F streets SW.:
Equality Walter Reed Post. 1919 Z
street NV.
Friday - Washington Post. 41s
Seventh street NV; Elbow Benders
Pup Tent No. 2, 1919 K street NV.
Auxiliaries.
Potomac Auxiliary together with
Potomac Post are taking over a
number of wards at Walter Reed
General Hospital on Wednesday for
a Christmas party. Bennie Bort
nick will act as Santa Claus and will
present gifts to each Of the patients.
Games will be played, also re-
freshments served Ann Columbus
is general chairman and will be
assisted by Department President
Frances Dove. Frank Heise. Char
lotte Wood. Loretto Sherwood.
Marguerite Landvoight and Miss
Carter.
At Mount Alto Hospital, Ward B
this afternoon, Government Print
ing Office Auxiliary, assisted by
their post will hold a Christmas
party There will be gifts and re-
freshments. as we'll as entertain
ment for the patients.
On December 27 the auxiliary will
present flag to girl scout troup
and follow by Christmas party for
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change gifts.
All American Auxiliary will hold
their Christmas party at the home
of Freda Foster, 614 Fifteenth street
NE. In addition to the gifts to be
exchanged each one is requested to
bring two packages of cigarettes for
the Christmas packages.
Hazel Glass presided over the
auxiliary on Friday. Plans were
completed for a party to be held at
Mount Alto Hospital on December
27. Irene Murphy, Hospital chair
man needs assistance of members.
Columbia Auxiliary had the dedi-
cation of their new colors on Friday
at the Willard Hotel.
Naval Gun Factory Auxiliary, to-
gether with their post, held
Christmas party for the children at
the post clubroom on Saturday.
The Past Presidents Club held
their Christmas party at the home
of Ethel Sendlak, 1904 Elmore drive.
Alexandria, Va. They made plans