Evening star., 1934-08-19

American Legion, Tor naVng the
largest membership on record 10 days
prior to the annual department con-
vention which closed last week.
Under the provisions of the award
the trophy will be held In the custody
of Sergt. Jasper Post until the annual
finished the year with total of SAC
members, which is more than double
the membership recorded for the
previous year Comdr. Joseph j. Malloy
has been ably supported by members
of his post during the past year. not
only from the standpoint Of member
ship but In other activities.
The athletic trophy, donated by
Past Department Comdr. J. Miller
Kenyon, was not awarded this year
because there were no posts Of the
local department in the American
Legion Junior Base Ball League, and
the Henry c. Spengler Post, No. IL,
which won the trophy last year for
the District base ball championship
was author, 5ed to keep possession OF
the trophy for another year. Miss
Eunice c. Dessez Of U. S. S. Jacob
Jones Post won the trophy and that
post the cup for conspicuous and
unselfish service.
Nash Post Wins Prize.
For membership activities a cup,
donated by Past Department Comdr
Harlan Wood, for the post having
less than l01 members whose member
ship on December Is is the largest
in the point of percentage as against
the previous year, was won by Ken
meth H. Nash Post, No. 8.
Another trophy, donated by Past
Comdr. Wood for the post having
more than 101 members on the same
basis, is now the permanent posses
sion Of Jane A. Delano Post, No. s,
composed of Army ond Navy nurses
who served in the World War, this
post having been awarded the trophy
three times.
The two trophies, donated by Past
Department Comdr. Julius I. Peyser,
on the same basis as the Wood tro-
phies but with the date set at January
20 each year, resulted in Bunker Hill
Post first and Jane A. Delano Post
as runner-up. In the field Of l0l
or less members, Kenneth H. Nash
Post, No. 8. won the second Peyser
Cup.
On June IS a trophy, donated by
Past National Comdr. Edward r.
Spafford of New York, goes to the
post which shows the largest percent
age of increase in membership over
Its average membership for the three
preceding years. The winner this
year is Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13.
Jasper Post Scores Again.
The second prize is the trophy
awarded annually by Past Depart
ment Comdr. and Past National Ex-
ecutive Committeeman Paul j. Nc
Gahan. The conditions are similar
to the Spafford trophy award except
that four preceding years men,
bership constitutes the average. This
cup also goes to Sergeant Jasper Post
with a winning average of 116 per
cent.
The Eight and Forty trophy awarded
by Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper, past
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test between the larger units of the
American Legion Auxiliary in the
District department and the larger
women's post of the American Legion,
was won by Jane A. Delano Post,
No. 6.
Annually 10 days before the de-
partment convention falls due, two
trophies are offered by Quentin Roose-
welt Post. No. IL, for these two posts
one with q membership in excess of
lo1 and the other in the smaller class
which shows the largest percentage
increase over their reported member
ship on the corresponding date of
the previous year. In the larger
class, the winner was Sergt. Jasper
Post, No. 13. For the second Quentin
Roosevelt Cup in the smaller post
class Of less 101 members, Second
Division Post, No. %, won.
The Trophy and Awards Committee
was composed of Theodore Cogswell,
chairman; Fred Thuee, Lillian M.
Helm and ]. Franklin Wilson.
Parade Prizes Awarded.
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the annual parade, which preceded
the sixteenth annual department con-
vention, shows that the newly
ized Fort Stevens Post, No. 80, Drum
and Bugle Corps captured four loving
cups on the occasion of its first public
appearance. This musical outfit,
which was attired in white, natty-
looking uniforms in the parade, was
organized less than four months ago
by Richard H. Viancour, who COM
pleted the courses of instruction for
its members, all of whom are active
members Of Fort Stevens Post.
This drum corps won three cups
donated by the Georgia Avenue Busi-
ness Mems Association for having the
largest number in line, for being the
best marching unit and for having
the best decorated American Legion
car in the parade. 1t also won the
American Legion cup donated by De-
partment Comdr. ]. O'Connor Roberts
for being the best drum corps in the
District Department of the American
Legion.
Other cups donated by the Georgia
Avenue Business Mems Association
were won by the following: Best band
In line, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Band; best drum corps, Advance Post
Junior Drum Corps: second best dec
GRATED building, Jack Zellan, 1910 New
Hampshire avenue, and second best
merchants float, won by the Georgia
Avenue Business Mems Association.
Cups donated by the Department
OF the District of Columbia, the
American Legion. we're won by the
following: Best civilian marching unit,
Jewish War Veterans; best decorated
merchants float. Willard Batteries,
and best decorated building, Fred j.
Kammerer, $685. Georgia avenue.
Other Prizes Awarded.
The cup donated by Joseph ].
Malloy for the second best marching
unit went to U. S. S. Jacob Jones
Post, No. Q, of the local department.
The cup, donated jointly by Second
Vice Comdr. Robert A. Ralph of the
American Legion, who was marshal
of the American Legion divisions in
the parade. and william A. Finkel,