Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

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i The call for the eleventh annual de-
partment convention Of the Department
of the District of Columbia, the Amer
lean Legion, has been sent out by De-
partment Comdr. Harlan Wood for Au-
gust IA, Is and Is at the Wilson Nor
NAL School, Eleventh and Harvard
streets.
The convention will open at $50
o'clock sharp on August IA, the SUISSE
quent sessions being fixed by the con-
vention itself. Each post will be entitled
to representation at the convention by
delegates and alternates on the basis of
one delegate and one alternate and one
additional delegate and one additional
alternate for each so members or major
fraction thereof whose dues are paid Is
| days prior to the convention.
| In the call for the convention, De-
partment Adjt. Howard S. Fisk has
notified each post commander to have
lists of delegates and alternateS, duly
certified, filed with the department ad-
jutant not later than August 5. He has
also requested post commanders at that
time to indicate the chairman of the
delegation, member to serve on the rules
committee, member to serve on creden-
! tialS committee and member to serve on
! the constitutional amendments and
resolutions committee.
| At the coming department convention
there will be elected commander, three
vice commanders and chaplain. No two
elective officers can be elected from the
same post. At the convention there will
| be several amendments proposed to the
present constitution, one of which will
be the prohibiting of any legionnaire
casting a dual vote and the other pro-
viding for the election and installation
of all post elective officers within As
days of an annual department conven-
ton.
The department convention COM
mittee in charge of the details of the
coming convention is composed of the
following: w. N. Morrell, chairman,
Bernard S. Buscher, vice chairman;
Mrs. Lucille Allan, Warren E. Miller,
Richard A. O'Brien, Wallace Streater,
Francis F. Miller, T. E. Jones and
Thomas e. Franklin.
Department Comdr Wood has ap-
! pointed a special committee in connec-
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vention to be held in that city Septem-
Der 80. October l, 2, 8 and 4. This
committee will arrange all details for
the visit of the legionnaires from the
National Capital, including hotel ac-
commodations, transportation, distinc-
tive insignia or dress, position in the
annual parade and accommodations for
the two drum corps.
The committee is composed of Depart
l - . MIL IL
Eugene Costello, Miss Hope Knicker-
fred Nichols, First Vice Comdr.
Thomas D. Walsh and Alexander Mann.
The members of the committee have at
tended the various conventions during
the past 10 years and their experience
is expected to be of importance in
planning for the coming national con-
vention.
The excursion of the department
legionnaires to Marshall Hall yesterday
was one of the outstanding social
events of the year and proved enjoyable
from every standpoint for those who
participated in the outing. The purpose
of the excursion was to procure funds
with which to send the Victory and
Costello drum corps to the eleventh an
nual national convention at Louisville,
KY. this Fall
The program of events during the
afternoon included a base ball game,
athletic contests, beauty contest, prize
dancing and games of every descrip-
ton. Department Comdr Harlan Wood
headed the reception committee and
greeted the invited guests for the event,
while other members of the excursion
committee handled the outdoor pro-
gram, which was for the young and
Sill Y1..sn- L
events were presented in the evening
in the dancing pavilion.
The members of the committee. to
whom the success of the affair was due,
were: Francis F. Miller, chairman; Ray
mond A. Burke, vice chairman; Miss
Emily ]. Carey. secretary; Howard s.
Fisk. treasurer; Paul j. McGahan,
publicity; E. B. Lyon. L. E. Atkins
j. B. Jones, r. H. Madden, George
Cook, T. Norman Templeton, Miss Edith
Summerson. T. B. Brewer, William H.
Grass, H. B. Marsh, James F. Pierce,
Miss Winifred Nichols, Mrs. Gertrude
George F.. Unmacht, Earl j. Brown,
Bernard c. MCGEE, H. Hummer, Mrs
Ida v. Murray. Mrs. Joseph j. 1dler,
T. Sheehan, Joseph j. Idler, Mrs Melvin
J. Wilt, j. OC. Roberts Mrs. Dorothy
B. Harper, Mrs. Thacker v. Walker,
Mrs. Mary Killeen, Mrs. Amos A. Fries
Mrs. Frank L. Peckham and Miss Gill
bert Cone.
Comrade Mayme Smith of U. S. S.
Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, has been ap-
pointed representative of this post on
the District of Columbia Departments
national convention committee. All
members who expect to attend the
national convention, which will be held
in Louisville, KY, September 80 to Oc-
tober 4, should make their hotel and
transportation reservations through
Comrade Smith.
At the regular meeting of the post
last Monday evening at the Thomas
Circle Club, 1925 Massachusetts, avenue
the following were elected delegates and
alternates to the District of Columbia
Department convention, which will take
place here in August: Delegates--Comdr
Lucille Allan, chairman; Jane Breen,
Mabel Staub, Elsie Pinney, Charlotte
Berry, Elizabeth Sage, Mayme Smith
and Kate K. Briggs. Edna
Nelson, Mary Tatspaugh, Mary Weide,
Edith Armstrong, Helen Opitz, Helen
Sprague, Gladys Allen and Caroline
Herman.
Veterans Of Foreign Wars.