Evening star., 1949-01-23
,VFW Post Gets
Charter and Colors:
Other Activities

The 1t. Col. John ]. He'll Post of
the District of Columbia Depart
ment, Veterans of Foreign Wars
last week received its charter and
colors.
The ceremonies were held at 1906
Rhode Island avenue NE. The
colors were presented by Past De-
partment Comdr. Frank Topash.
The widow Of the of1lcer for whom
the post Is named presented the
standard and Department Chief of
Staff Frank Heise presented the
charter.
The new post is the successor OF
the Follow Me-Defense Post.
The post recently sold its head
quarters at 1909 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE. to Police-Fire Post. Until
new home is purchased meetings
will be held at 2022 Rhode Island
avenue NE.
Members Of the National Guard
OF Honor will 60 to Baltimore next
Thursday to participate in the in
stitution ceremonies of the U. S. S.
Constellation Post of the Depart
ment of Maryland.
Cars will leave the Gold Chevron
Club at 1919 K street NV, at s pm.
After the ceremonies the members
of the guard will be guests at q re-
ception given by the new post. Com
mander in Chief Lyle T. Beggs, with
his senior and junior vice COM
manoers, will be present at the cere-
monies, as well as many of the State
officials.
A rally and get-together, to pro-
mote good fellowship, will be held
on Friday at the Odd Fellows Hall,
4l9 Seventh street NV. There will
be entertainment and refreshments.
The meeting will be open to both
men and women.
There will be a meeting of all
life and annual members of the
Gold Chevron Club, Inc, at the
club at 1919 K street NV, on the
evening of January 81, for annual
election OF officers.
Meetings this week:
Monday-Federal Post, 1919 K
street NV.
Tuesday-Front Line Post, 1919 K
street NV; Father John Gallagher
Post, 73l North Capitol street.
Observation-Disclosures Post, 1909
Rhode Island avenue NE; Bethea-
WEIGH Post, 720 Barry place wv;
United State Army Air Forces Post.
Raleigh Hotel.
Thursday Potomac Post. 1909
Rhode Island avenue NE; A. Peter
Dewey Post, 935 G place NV;
Equality Walter Reed Post, 1919 X
street NV; Southwest Memorial
Post, Eighth and F streets S.W.
Friday - Washington Post, 419
Seventh street NV: Elbow Benders
Pup Tent No. 2, 1919 K street NV.
Auxiliaries.
Margaret Kay presided over Fed
eral Auxiliary on Monday at Gold
.Chevron Club, 1919 K street NV.
They completed plans for a coffee
hour to be held at Mount Alto Rec
reation Center on February l3.
Hazel Glass, president of ALL
American Auxiliary. presided at a
meeting at Northeast Masonic
Temple.
Final arrangements were made for
coffee hour to be held today from
7 to 9 pm. at Recreation Center
Mount Alto Hospital, under the di-
rection of Hospital Chairman Irene
Murphy, Ward Chairman Katherine
Sargent and their assistant Helen
Gomez.
The Firecracker Cootiette Club
met Wednesday at the Club En-
bsssy. 1921 K street NV, with Edith
Hiser, chief gray back, presiding.
Those initiated we're: Thelma
Trout, Adele Steinmann, Kate
Carter, Carolyn seidel and Thelma
Graves, who transferred from a
Virginia Cootiette Club.
Meetings this week:
Monday - Government Printing
Once Auxiliary, 419 Seventh street
NV.
Tuesday-Pentagon Auxiliary, 1921
K street NV.
Wednesday National Capital
Auxiliary, Naval Lodge Hall. Hornet
Circle, Military Order of Lady Bugs.
418, washington Loan & Trust
Building.
Friday - Equality Walter Reed
Auxiliary, 419 Seventh street NV.