Evening star., 1948-05-02
Front Line Post,
VFW Department,
Seats New Officers

District of Columbia Department
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, were in.
stalled together with those of it,
auxiliary Monday night at Pythiar
Temple, 1912 Ninth street NV.
Past Department Comdr. Charles
B. Jennings installed Comdr. 10.
seph Moffatt and his staff while
Department President Martha Rev.
nolds seated the officers of the
auxiliary.
Dancing and serving Of refresh
ments followed.
The department bowling league
season is soon to close. The stand.
ings as of April 10 were: All-Ameri-
can, Pentagon, Potomac, Equality
Walter Reed, Columbia, Washing
ton, w. S. Abel, A. P. Dewey, Front
Line, United States Army Air Forces
and National Capital Posts.
S. w. Memorial Post officers will
be installed at the Nye Council
House, Eighth and F streets S.W.
on the evening of May q by De-
partment Quartermaster Edward T
Soedden.
They are as follows: Commander
Frank A. Gambino; senior vice COM
mander, Otto j. Boyer: junior vice
commander. William Allen Jones
quartermaster, Chester B. Whetzel
chaplain, Richard G. Kirk: advo.
cate, Paul C. Greening; trustees
Edward S. Lucas. Herman j. Zea.
man and Charles F. Cummings.
Meetings this week are:
Sunday-Gen. Vicente Lin Post
1876 G street NV.
Monday-Council of Administra.
ton, District Building. -.
Tuesday-T. N. T. Pup Tent No. l
935 G place NV; United State.
Army Air Forces Post, 935 c
place NV.
Wednesday-H. L. Edmonds Post
1919 K street NV; United State:
Naval Gun Factory Post, 73O Elev.
enth street Sc.
Thursday-National Capital Post
1919 K street NV; Equality Waite,
Reed Post, s35 G place NV.
F'riday-United States Interna
Revenue Post, 1921 K street NV.
Columbia Post, s35 G place NV.
Saturday-Treasury Post, social
1919 K street NV.
Auxiliaries.
Columbia Auxiliary held installa
tion of officers, with Department
President Martha Reynolds as in.
stalling officer. They are: Presi
dent. Frances G. Ready, senior vic,
president, Thelma Trout; junio
vice president, Loretta Nickerson
secretary, Katie Carter; treasurer
Theodore Battle; conductress, Dor
othy Taylor; guard, Muriel Ballard
three-year trustee, Sarah Kohen
tWo-year trustee, Regina Nc
Queeney; one-year trustee, Oscins
Wood.
National Capital Auxiliary officer
were installed by Past Department
President Ethel Sendlak as follows
President, Her Flores; senior vic,
president, Lena Roux: Junior vic,
president, Faythe ONeil; secretary
Ethel Orme; treasurer, Edith Hiser
chaplain, Anna O'Neil: conductress
Hazel Shaw; guard, Myrtle Rosetta
three-year trustee, Mildred Carter
color bearers. Esther Quinn. Mar
garet Watson, Eddie Watts ant
Elizabeth Henderson; flag bearer
Agnes Slattery; banner bearer, JOSH,
Stanford; historian, Sarah Nugent
patriotic instructor, Hazel Williams
and musician, Beulah Waller.
Past President Mary Coberth wa
presented with her past president
pin by Junior Vice President Edit
Hiser and corsage by First Vic,
President of the Junior Unit Pats,
Reyes.
Washington Auxiliary met, will
President Laura Edwards presiding
The obligation was given to Myrtl,
Byram and Viola Edwards. Mem
bership Chairman Rosa LaWrenc,
announced she is sponsoring
membership drive and will give ,
prize to the member bringing in tn.
most new members during the mex
three months.
The new officers were given thei
charges by Past President Adel
Steinman. Margaret Birch wa
elected delegate and Elizabeth Bry
ant alternate to the department
tencampment to be held in June.
Meetings this week:
Monday - Department, Northeas
Masonic Temple.
Wednesday - Naval Gun Factory
Unit. 2407 Minnesota avenue Sc.
Police and Fire Unit, 935 G place
NV.
Friday - Columbia Unit, 1921 X
street NV; Potomac Unit, North.
east Masonic Temple; Government
Printing ONCE Unit, 935 G place
NV.
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