Evening star., 1949-11-20
IVFW Department
Basket Ball Teams
Being Organized

Foreign Wars. Several Of the
posts had teams last year and
plan to re-enter the new league.
David Barlow Of Washington Post
is chairman. Any post wishing
to enter the league should con-
tact him at Randolph 4671.
The Cooties, T. N. T. No. l and
Elbow Benders No. 2. will. have
"a Joint installation Of officers to-
day. The installation will be
closed, and held at the Gold Chew
ron Club. 1919 K street NV. at
s pm.
The installing ofacer will be
Supreme Senior Vice Comdr.
Percy w. Graves. There will be
Ia chicken dinner at $50 pm.
New officers Of r. N. T. will be:
Commander, Dendle E. Stone:
senior vice commander, Edward
F. Mcclure; junior vice COM
mander, John Y. Reading; adju-
|tant, Alfred Pommer; quarter
master, Frank Topash; chaplain,
John Macaboy; advocate, George
n. McWilliams; historian. P. W.
Graves; shirt reader, Steven T.
Nichka; guard, Irving sokoler;
surgeon, Leland Warnock.
John Y. Reading has been ap-
pointed hospital chairman. The
trustees are Steven T. Nichka, AL
fred Pommer and Paul Wolfe.
Officers of Elbow Benders: Com
mander. Paul Komdat: senior
vice commander. Henry r.
Brown; junior vice commander,
Robert Dyer: adjutant. Ber-
nard Shaw; quartermaster.
George Morris; hospital chair
man, Nicholas Gomez; shirt
reader, Joseph Morton; provost
marshal, George w. Iaccheri:
guard, Robert Carlson; chaplain.
Carl Powell: historian. William
Swab; advocate. Robert Sargent;
surgeon, Emil Mariner; trustees,
H. v. Conwell, John Ross and Ed
WdI u oChods
The National Honor Guard will
meet at the Gold Chevron Club on
Wednesday. Capt. Charles M.
Holmes will preside over election
Of officers.
Post 1401 will observe Bill Of
Rights Day. December Is, as a
part of the Posts Americanism
program, Comdr. Carl Powell an
nounced.
The VFW members are urging
schools, civic and patriotic organ
izations to observe the day.
Meetings this week:
Monday-Federal Post. 1919 X
street NV.
Tuesday-Front Line Post, 1919
K street NV.
Wednesday - Father John p.
Gallagher Post, 731 N. Capital
street; Police Fire Post, 1909
Rhode Island avenue NE: Ma
tional Honor Guard, 1919 K street
NV.
Thursday - Equality Walter
Reed Post. 1919 K street NV;
potomac Post, 1903 Rhode Island
avenue, NE: Southwest, Memo
rial Post, $50 Eighth street S.W.;
Friday-Washington Post. 4l9
Seventh street NV: A. Peter
Dewey Post, Willard Hotel; Elbow
Benders Pup Tent No. 2. 1913 K
street NV.
Auxiliaries.
Potomac Post and auxiliary
held a party Saturday IN the
Children's Ward, at Challenger
Hospital. Books and toys were
distributed and refreshments
served.
There will be Thanksgiving
party at Walter Reed Hospital
Wednesday at 2 pm.
All American Auxiliary met Fri
day at 1908 Rhode Island avenue.
NE, with Helen Hughes pre-
siding. Mrs. Clark was given the
initiation. Comdr. Nick Gomez,
of All American. with Ad5t.
Arnold Hughes visited the auxili-
ary to make plans for the joint
birthday party on December 10.
at Odd Fellows Hall. 419 Seventh
street, NV.
Helen O'Brien will hold q ba-
zaar December 10, at Southeast
Market. Members who have arti-
cles bring them to the meeting
Friday at 1908 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE. =,
National Capitol Auxiliary will
celebrate their 18th birthday at
Naval Lodge Hall. Fourth and
Pennsylvania avenue, Sc, to-
morrow at 8 pm.
Aliene Torrens is the newly
elected Lady Gold Bug Of Hornet
Circle, Military Order Of Lady
Bugs.
Grace Fields, past lady gold
bug, will install Aliene Torrens
and the following other officers:
Helen Gomez. lady katydid; Flora
Magee, lady butterfly: Tressa
Jones. official greedy bug: Myrtle
Louch, lady sharp claws: Ruth
Wheeler. three year trustee:
Florida Bonsall. praying nantis.
The installation will be held
at Gold Chevron Club, 1919 Kl
street, NV, on Saturday at 81
pm.
Meetings this week:
Tuesday-Pentagon Auxiliary,
Perry Ship Post Club House, 1900
New Hampshire avenue, N. w.
Wednesday II Hornet Circle,
M. O. L. B., 418 Warrington Loan
& Trust Building.
Friday-Au American Auxiliary, i
1908 Rhode Island avenue, NE.
Spanish War Veterans