Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23

Victory Post. No. 1. American
Legion. will elect off ers at their
meeting Tuesday at $50 PM in the
clubrooms, "A Grant place An enter
| tainment IN the form Of minstrel
show will be given under the direction
of Charles Fl. knight. Harlan Wood,
| department membership officer. is con-
Quoting a drive for new members, as
! the result of which several candidates
will become members of the American
| Legion through his efforts The
| charter of the post has been received
! from national headquarters. and all
members who have paid up their 1927
tues will have their names thereon as
charter members.
An executive meeting of the L. s.
Jacob Jones Post, No. of the Ameri-
can Legion was held at the home of
the commander. Mrs. Mayme r..
Smith, $50 North Carolina avenue
southeast, January II. when the fol
lowing appointeeS were named: Al
jutant, Charlotte l.. Berry; assistant
adjutant, Edna Meier Nelson: finance
officer, Esther V. Hall; assistant II
nance officer, Ella c. Leech; publicity
officer, Elsie NJ. Pinney, France travel
officer. Amelia Boberg; chairman of
man of welfare committee. Mabel
Staub; chairman of resolutions com
mittee, Helen McCarty; chairman of
membership, Alice f. O'Neil; chair
man of entertainment, Helen O'Neill;
chairman of refreshment committee,
Gladys Allen.
AS the February meeting occurs on
Valentine night. arrangements are
| being made for an entertainment.
Senior c. de Quesada of the Cuban
consulate has extended an invitation
| to all Legionnaires to attend a recep
ton and entertainment at the National
Museum January IS at S:15 pm.
The Mississippi department of the
American Legion Auxiliary won the
Oliphant membership trophy, accord
ing to word received here from ma
| tional headquarters at Indianapolis,
Ind. That department had 1902 per
cent of its 1926 membership re-
enrolled for 1927 before the first of
the year.
The Oliphant trophy is awarded an
| nually to the auxiliary department
starting the year with the largest per-
centage of its previous years member
| ship enrolled. The trophy was held by
| Florida last year.
Kentucky was runner-up for the
| trophy this year, having sos per cent
of its membership renewed in advance.
| Florida. with 1913 per cent, was third.
| Other States finished as follows:
| Fourth. Rhode Island, 35S per cent;
fifth, Minnesota. 26.7 per cent: sixth,
| Wisconsin, 218 per cent; seventh, Vir-
| ginia, gil per cent: eighth. oregon,
| 1913 per cent: ninth, Indiana, 1873 per
cent; tenth, Montana, 14.7 per cent;
eleventh. New York, 1877 per cent;
| twelfth, Texas, 1872 per cent.
The Hoyal trophy which is awarded
| on the same basis as the Oliphant
| trophy to a auxiliary departments hav'
| ing less than / 900 members, was won
| by New Mexico for the second time.
The New Mexico department has 38.5
per cent of its membership renewed,
against 11.2 per cent for Arizona, its
nearest competitor.
The Henry c. Spengler Unit, Amer.
lean Legion Auxiliary, he'd an ZAP
| probation afternoon" Wednesday al
their headquarters, Thomas Circle
| Club, in recognition of the accomplish
| ments of the House veterans com.
mittee on World War legislation in
| behalf of veterans interests during
the Sixty ninth Congress. Depart
ment COmdr. MAJ. ten. Amos A. RES
| and Mrs. Fries also were honor guests.
| Among those receiving were Mrs.
| James A. Drain, Mrs. Daniel B. Miller
| Mrs. Thomas Fawcett, Mrs. M. P
| Dorsey, with Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper
president of the unit, as general
hostess.
i The regular meeting will be al
/ Thomas Circle Club next Wednesday
] night Committee appointments will
| be announced, details of plans for the
defense conference to be- held in Feb