Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
Legion of District Names
Committee to Pick Home
Past Commander Smith Heads Group and
Various Posts Will Be Called
on to Lend Aid.

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A SPECIAL committee has been
~ appointed in the Department
~ of the District of Columbia,
a n American Legion, for the pur-
pose of acquiring a home for the
department, where meetings may be
held and records filed. The depart
ment Executive Committee has ap-
proved the project and the various
posts will. be called upon to lend their
aid.
The committee working on the plans
Is composed of Past Department
Comdr. John Lewis Smith, chairman,
and Gist Blair of George Washington
Post, No. /; William H. Hargrave, Fort
Stevens Post, No. 80; John H. O'Con-
nell, Vincent B. Costello Post, No. Is;
James H. Phillips, Quentin Roosevelt
Post, No. II; Mrs. Elsie M. Pinney,
U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2;
George Oberndoerfer, Bureau of En-
craving and Printing Post, No. %
At a meeting Of the committee an
nouncement was made that Sl,l0O
had been subscribed. Subscription
agreements have been prepared and
distributed to all posts in the depart
ment. The committee has several
plans under consideration, including
the securing of large estate, where
there is a building that is now I'M
productive, on long leasehold. The
committee may also consider the ad-
visibility Of purchasing building or
constructing home in the near fu-
ture.
One of the features in connection
with the annual department conven-
ton to be held in the Mayflower
Hotel August S. 9 and 10, will be a
appearance on the closing night Of
the convention.
william Meirs, chairman of the
Convention Committee, announces
plans are under way for the event,
which will be given in honor Of the
newly-elected department commander
and his staff. The dance is sched-
uled for August 10 from IL pm. to
. am. Assisting Chairman Meirs will
be John H O'Connell, commander OF
the Vincent 2 Costello Post, who is
also grande chef de care of the Forty
and Eight, ard J. l. Below, COM
mander of the United States Treasury
Post.
Chairman Meirs announces the mill
tary parade on the opening night OF
the convention will be the largest of
any similar event in the history Of
the department. 1t will start from
Seventh street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue., along Pennsylvania avenue to
Thirteenth street, north on Thirteenth
street to z street and west on K street
to Connecticut avenue to the May
flower Hotel. In the line of march
will be the Army, Navy. Marine Corps
and Coast Guard. with the largest
details ever ordered out for a parade,
The District Of Columbia National
Guard. under command of Col. John
w. Oehmann, will also participate in
the first division of the parade. The
American Legion marshal is William
H. Hargrave, who will be assisted by
several aides.
The regular meeting of Bunker Hill
Post, No. 81, will be held Tuesday
at pm, at the Hay Loft Club,
1926 Massachusetts, avenue, Comdr
Robert r. Spriggs presiding.
Delegates and alternates to the de-
partment convention, to be held Au-
gust 8, 8 and 10 at the Mayf1ower
Hotel, will be elected. The voting
strength Of the post will be based
on the current paid-up membership
as of July %.
Sons Of the American Legion,
Bunker Hill Squadron, No. 81, held a
picnic for the sons and members
OF Bunker Hill Post yesterday at
"Selby on the Bay"
A fishing party, composed of Comdr.
Robert r. Spriggs and Mrs. Spriggs,
First Vice Comdr. Chester ]. Wolf
and Mrs. Wolf, Junior Vice Comdr.
Mack Myers and Mrs. Myers, Chair
man Of the Building Committee, j.
Fred Chase and Mrs. Chase, Quarter
master Harry J. Barnholt and Finance
Oficer Grover w. Tribble, was held
last week end at Galesville, Md. The
party returned with catch of so fish.
A meeting Of the L-31 Girls Club,
composed of mothers, wives, daughters
and sisters Of the members of the
post, was held at the home Of Mrs.
Bertha w. Fichthorn, Harvard Hall.
Welfare Oficer John r. Weitzel
represented the post at the picnic
for the children of veterans given
by the child welfare officers Of the
American Legion and the American
Legion Auxiliary yesterday at Hams
Point.
The annual outing of the sergt.
Jasper Squadron, No. 10, Sons of the
American Legion, was held July 4 at
the Summer cottage of Capt William
White at Gunston Manor on the Po-
tomac River.
About IS members were present. at
tended by several of the parents, who
Joined in the program for the day,
consisting of base ball, horseShoes, fish,
ing, boating and swimming, followed
by watermelon feast.
The monthly meeting Of Sergt.
Jasper Post, No. 10, will be held to-
morrow evening in the Musicians Hall,
1lo5 Sixteenth street, at o'clock.
There will be election Of delegates to
the department convention to be held
at the Mayflower Hotel August 8. 9 and
10. At the last meeting Comdr. w.
A. McCallum was unanimously elected
chairman Of the delegation by &C
clamation and Past Comdr. Joe Malloy
was elected member of the dele
CATION.
The post went on record as sponsor
ing Past Post Comdr. Joe Malloy for
position of department commander of
the District Of Columbia and since
that time several posts have signifed
their intention of voting for him at
the convention.
Comdr. McCallum requests members
TO turn out for the parade to be held