Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
) American Legion Ball
January 80 Foreseen
As Brilliant Affair
President and Mrs. Coolidge
and Vice President and
Mrs. Dawes Giving Aid
Veterans Elated.

With President and Mrs Coolidge
heading the list of patrons and patron
eSses of the American Legion ball to
be given at the New willard Hotel
Wednesday evening January 30, Vice
President and Mrs. Charles G. Dawes
have also accepted an invitation to
be among the list Of patrons.
This is the first time the Department
of the District of Columbia of the
American Legion has been honored with
the President and Vice President of
the United States and their wives, and
the veterans in the National Capital
are elated over the announcement. Gen.
Dawes is a member Of the American
Legion, having joined the post in his
home town OF Evanston, ILL.,, several
years ago.
At a meeting of the ball committee
at the Willard Hotel detailed reports
were submitted by the chairman of the
various committees assuring the sue
cess of the coming event. The list of
patrons and patroneSSes this year will
will include many persons socially
prominent in this city, with the execu-
tive and legislative branches of the
Federal Government well represented.
The distinguished guests will also in
clude a large number who are now
displaying keen interest in the Amer.
lean Legion and will attend the func-
ton this year for the first time. High
ranking officers of the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps will also be in attendance
and enjoy the festivities of the evening.
National Comdr Paul v. McNutt of
the American Legion and Mrs. McNutt
and Mrs. Boyce Ficklen, jr., national
president of the American Legion AuXil-
larry, and large circles of friends will
occupy boxes at the ball, many of whom
will be out-of-town guests. Mrs. Flick
len will be joined at the ball by mem
berS attending the Woman'S Patriotic
Conference on National Defense, which
+ is to be held in this city January 20,
80 and 81 and over which she will
pated in by several hundred repre-
sentatives from over 80 patriotic organi-
cations from all sections of the United
States.
Vice Chairman Announces
Members Of Committee. !. j.
Vice Chairman Thomas j. Frailey,
who also is chairman of the floor COM
mittee, has announced the following
members of his committee: Mr. Paul ",
Collins, Mrs. Lucille Allen, Miss Emily
j. Carey Mr.. E. B. Lyon, Mrs. ANNA
Humphrey, Mr.. Rexford H Madden, Mr..
Forest F. Bartl, Mr.. Warren E. Miller,
Mr.. w. c. Ashford, Mr.. Ben L. Fuller,
Mr.. ESmond Callahan, Mr.. L.. E. Atkins,
Mr.. George S. Kilgour, MIR. Theodore
Baukhage, Mr.. James F. Pierce, Mr..
Hugh B. Marsh, Mr.. Bernard S. Buscher,
and Mr.. Earl j. Brown. = =. -
Miss Emily j. Carey, chairman of the
patron and ,patroness committee will he
assisted by Miss Margaret Shaughnessy,
Miss Lillian Sawyer, Miss Ethel Baer
and Mrs. Gertrude Lowen.
The general committee in charge of
the details Of the ball is Mr.. Thomas
D. Walsh, chairman: Mr.. Thomas j.
Frailey, vice chairman: Miss Helen
Sprague, secretary; Mr. Howard S. Fisk,
treasurer; Mr.. j. Miller Kenyon, Mr..
Theodore .Cogswelf, Mr.. Francis F.
Miller, Mr.. Charles H Hillegeist, Mr.. j.
Thad Baker, Mr.. Austin S. Imirie, Mr..
Norman B. Landreau, Mr.. j. j. Orlosky,
Mr.. l.. E. Atkins. Mr.. Thomas S. Mason,
Mr.. James O'Connor Roberts, Miss
Helen G. ONeill, Miss Esther v. Hall,
Mr., James F. Pierce. Mrs. Mary Esther
Kolhos, Mr.. Edgar H. Hale. Miss Emily
J. Carey, Mr.. Howard F. Bresse. Mr.. H.
L. Wilson, Mr. Ben L. Fuller, MIR.
Richard Seelye Jones, Mr.. Paul j. Nc
;Gahan, Mr.; Wiley. Fuller, Mr.. Earl j..
Brown, MI. wallace Streater, Mr..
Charles j. Painter. Mr.. Charles ELS
worth, Mr. e. B. Lyon, MFR. George p.
Frailey, Mr.. Robert NJ Tolson, Mr..
George F. Cook, Mr.. Frank Kelly, DR..
B. c. MacNeill. Mr.. Bernard c. MCGEE.
Mr.. Henry M. Jet, Mr.. Thomas r.,
Franklin, Mr. John Thomas Taylor.
Mr.. James Phillips. Mr.. e. v. NC.
1ntosh, Mr.: John Lewis Smith, Mrs.
Carolyn Herman, Mr.. George r.
Unmacht. Mr.. Julius I. Peyser and Mrs.
Amelia Boberg.
Prominent Veterans
Among Boxholders.
Among those who have taken boxes
Tor the ball include Past Dept Comdrs.
j. Miller Kenyon and Paul j .McGahan.
Past National Vice Comdr. Watson q.
Miller, Mrs. Boyce Ficklen, jr., ma
tional president of the American
Legion Auxiliary: Mrs. C. C. VIII
nams; Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew w. Mellon, Mr.. = Frank B.
Noyes, Mrs. Alfred Pembroke Thorn,
George Washington Post, u. S. s.
Jacob Jones Post, Victory Post, Jane
"A. Delano Post, Kenneth H. Nash Post,
Henry c. Spengler Post, Sergeant Jas
per Post, Vincent B. Costello Post
Quentin Roosevelt Post, National Press
Club Post, Cooley-McCu llough Post.
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing Post.
all OF the American Legion; Eight and
Forty Society, and General Counsel's
of11ce United States Veterans Bureau.
The committee in charge of the
boxes includes Mr. Thomas E. Frank
lin oh irTno1a kErc~ AEapx, U.4L,n~