Evening star., 1949-04-17
IVFW Department
IOfficers Installed;
Other Activities

The various posts Of the D. c.
Department Veterans Of Foreign
Wars. are electing and installing
their new officers.
At a meeting Of 1t. Col. John j.
He'll Post at 2022 Rhode Island
avenue NE. the following officers
were chosen: Commander. Levi
w. St. Peter: senior vice COM
mander. William r. Makara:
Junior vice commander. Richard
Milton; quartermaster. Garrett c.
Rush: chaplain. Fred Kelley: post
advocate. John Thompson; sur
geon, Pliny Haislip; two-year
trustee. Dewey Tryon: three-year
trustee. Robert Carroll.
The commander elect ap-
pointed: Adjutant. A. j. Carrier:
officer of the day. Robert Carroll;
guard, Thomas G. Boul.
Installation will be held at the
Village Inn. 1906 Rhode Island
avenue NE. on April %. Past
Department Comdr. Frank Topash
will be the installing officer.
Oficers were chosen by Ma
tional Capital Post at q meeting
presided over by Comdr. Ellis C.
Atchison. They will be installed
at Kenneth-Nash Post Hall.
Third and D streets S.W. on April
%. Department Junior Vice
Comdr. Daniel Ryan will be the
installing officer.
The officers are: Commander.
George H. Meyers; senior vice
commander, William r. Reading;
junior vice commander. Alfred
Pommer; surgeon, John L. De
Mayo; chaplain, Kenneth c.
Cloukey; trustees. Walter Perry
and Ellis C. Atchison.
Officers of H. L. Edmonds Post
were installed by Past Department
Comdr. Charles B. Jennings as
follows: Commander. Harold w.
De Hart; senior vice commander,
Otto A. Simon; Junior vice COM
mander, Robert Dyer; quarter
master, Irving E. Ambrose; post
advocate, william w. Gibson, ST.;
surgeon. Maurice Van Kinsbergen;
chaplain. william 8. Wilson:
three-year trustee, Edward Sui
livan; council members, Dewey b.
Carter and Kenneth Stauifer.
The adjutant will be Edward
Lichtenstein and the officer Of the
day. Roger o. Gayley.
Past Department Comdr. Albert
M. Armstrong installed officers Of
George G. Blake Post as follows:
Commander. John A. Gillespie;
senior vice commander. John r.
Casey; junior vice commander.
John H. Aycock; chaplain, Eugene
Day; surgeon, Maurice B. Nc
Quade: quartermaster. Guy l..
Tuel. Julius K. Townsend was
appointed adjutant.
Department Adjt. Clyde w.
KERN installed Comdr. Leonard
Norris and the officers of Federal
Post. Outgoing Comdr. Frederick
Wintrick was presented with his
past commanders pin by Past
Comdr. Stephen T. Nichka. The
auxiliary officers were installed by
Department President Frances
Dove.
Comdr. Leo s. Dove ST., and his
staff of officers of Potomac Post
were installed by Past Department
Comdr. L. H. Neville Thompson
following a dinner at 1906 Rhode
Island avenue NE.
Comdr. Martin A. Bryant and
his staff of officers of Washington
Post were installed by Past De-
partment Comdr. Albert M. Arm
strong.
Outgoing Comdr. Hiram l..
Lawrence was presented with his
past commanders pin. Past de-
partment president of the auxil-
iary. Florence Armstrong. installed
the officers Of the auxiliary. Presi-
dent Laura Edwards succeeded
herself in Office and was pre-
sented with her past presi-
dents pin.
Department Comdr. Robert r.
Sutphin installed officers of Gov
ernment Printing ONCE Post fol-
lowing q dinner at 1900 New
Hampshire avenue NV. Maurice