Evening star., 1948-06-27
IVFW Department
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Posts of the District of Columbia
Department Of the Veterans OF For
eign Wars are electing delegates and
alternates to the National encamp-
ment to held the last week in August
at st. Louis, Mo.
National Capitol Post, which met
Thursday night at the Gold Chew
ron Club, with Senior Vice Comdr.
James T. Flynn presiding, elected
as delegates: Ellis c. Atchison,
Thomas w. Dixon, Budd j. Cham
bers and Michael Guiffre. Alternates:
Lawrence p. Perkins, Roy D. Hop
good, Thomas r. Adkins and James
T. Flynn.
Pentagon Post met at the Admiral
Robert E. Peary Ship Club, 1900 New
Hampshire avenue NV. with Comdr.
william Vassil presiding. They voted
to purchase several prizes for con-
testants in the National Capital
Model Air Show to be held on July
Is.
The department baseball league is
moving along its merry way with
the following teams listed in the
order of their standing: National
Capital Post, All-American Post,
Equality-Walter Reed Post, Colum-
bia Post, Washington Post, Front
Line Post, Potomac Post. All games
were rained out on last Sunday, and
the games listed will be played this
week.
United States Treasury Post met
Wednesday night at 1919 K street
NV. Comdr.- George H. Behrens pre-
sided. John Campbell, transfer
from Post 514 of McKeesport, Pa,
and T. L. Jewett will be obligated.
The post voted to donate $50 to-
ward the flood relief victims of
Vanport, Ore, the majority of whom
are v. F. w. members. They also
voted to donate an airplane motor
to be used as a prize at the National
Capital Model Air Show. Delegates
and alternates to the National en-
campment are: Delegates. Henry
Barron and James Stewart. Alter
mates, George B. Brushmiller and
George Neumann. Eugene Grady will
be the council member.
! Meetings this week:
Monday - Federal Post, 935 G
place NV; Front Line Post, 1919
K street NV.
Thursday-National Capital Post,
1919 K street NV; Equality Walter
Reed Post, 935 G place NV.
Friday-U. S. Internal Revenue
Post, 1921 K street NV; Columbia
Post, 935 G place NV.
Saturday-U. S. Treasury Post,
935 G place NV.
AuxiliarieA
Federal Auxiliary celebrated their
25th anniversary Monday night at
the Gold Chevron Club. President
Margaret Kays presided.
Among guests were Department
Comdr. Robert F. Sutphin, Depart
ment Adj Clyde w. KERN and As
sistant Adj. Dendle E. Stone.
George J. Neuner, first department
commander of the D. C. Depart
ment, was a special guest of honor.
Several past department presidents
of the auxiliary included Mrs.
Adelaide Grant, Mrs. Dorothy Low
man and Mrs. Mildred Carter, and
the junior past president, Mrs.
Martha Reynolds. Department
president, Mrs. Frances Dove, and
several members of her staff were
also guests.
All American Auxiliary and. its
post will hold a picnic July 3 from
Il to 8 pm. at Grove %, Sixteenth
street and Colorado avenue NV.
The Irish War Veterans and all
American Post baseball teams will
compete at $3.50 pm. A special
meeting of the auxiliary will be
held at 8 pm. tomorrow at the
home of Hazel Glass, 2l00 New
Hampshire avenue NV. Irene
Murphy will sponsor an entertain
ment at 7 pm. July 2 at Mt. Alto
Hospital.
Columbia Auxiliary met with
Frances Ready presiding. Agnes
Ready received the obligation.
Meetings have been changed to the
third Friday of each month, start
ing in July.
Coolies Fire Cracker Unit will
hold an evening Of games Wednes-
day at o'clock at the home Of
Margaret Wardle. Fourteenth street
and Massachusetts, avenue NV.
The Past Presidents Club will
hold a picnic today at the summer
home of Ida Emmert, Deal Beach,
Md.
The next department meeting
will be held July II instead Of
July S.
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Monday-Front Line Unit, Wash
ington Loan & Trust Building
Room 418.
Friday-Potomac Unit, Northeast
Masonic Temple; Government Print
ing Office Unit, 935 G place NV.
SWV Auxiliaries
Col. James s. Petit Auxiliary will
meet tomorrow evening in Naval
Lodge Hall. Awards for member
ship gain will be made.
The Presidents Club will hold the
last meeting of the season at the
home of Mrs. Ella I. Ford, 1918 H
street NV, Wednesday evening.
At the Department Convention
the following officers were elected:
president, Mrs. Louise Freeland, ST.;
vice president, Miss Gretta Ludwig,
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