Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-07


James E. Walker Post No. 26,
Y. M C. A., Twelfth and T
streets, 8 pm.
been appointed national convention
chairman for the seventeenth annual
national convention in st. Louis,
September % to 26, spoke on plans
for housing the District delegates of
both the American Legion and Amer
lean Legion AuMliary in the LennoX
Hotel. together with railroad rates
and many other features in connec-
ton with the convention. He was a
delegate to the caucus held in ST.
Louis in May, 1919. when the Ameri-
can Legion was founded and served
as secretary of the delegation repre-
senting the District at the caucus.
First Vice Commander Henry NJ.
Lanigan has been appointed chair
man of the subcommittee on Seating
Arrangements for the department
flower Hotel.
The disabled veterans in the various
local hospitals will participate in an
outing Tuesday, as the guests of the
Potomac River Line and local veteran
organizations to Liverpool. Md. The
start will be made from this city at
noon Tuesday and arriving in this
city on the return trip at $50 o'clock
Through the courtesy of the Royal
Blue Line the veterans will be trans
ported to and from the boat in buses.
The assisting organizations include
the American Legion, the American
Legion Auxiliary, the Eight and Forty
and the Forty and Eight Societies of
the National Capital. E. P. Van Hise
is general chairman of the Committee
on Arrangements, with Miss Anne D.
Pryde, director of welfare and relief
of the American Legion, vice chair
man. Those assisting in the enter
tainment of the veterans and serving
of refreshments will be Miss NJ Edna
Mcintosh. president of the American
Legion Auxiliary; Miss Emily J.
Carey, national and department child
welfare officer: Miss Mabel F. Staub.
Ia chapeau, Eight and Forty Society;
John H. C'Connell, grand chef de
gare, Forty and Eight Society, and
Porter L. Bush, detachment COM
mander, Sons of the American Legion.
The Sons of the American Legion
Drum and Bugle Corps will play dur
ing the boat ride and on the grounds.
Members of the U. S. S. Jacob Jones
Post, composed of yeomen 10; Bel
leau Wood Post, marinettes and the
Jane A. Delano Post of Army and
Navy nurses, have arranged the re-
freshment feature of the outing
Columbia Post No. "a met last
Monday at Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club. The commander re-
ported as to arrangements made for
the department convention, to be held
at the Mayt1ower Hotel and Vice Com
department plans to raise money for
sending band and drum corps to st.
Louis.
Delegates and alternateS elected to
represent this post at the department
convention are: Delegates, Workman,
Opitz, Russo and Frere.
The post went on record as placing
past commander and past president
Of the drum corps, Raymond A. Burke
TO be nominated for department
commander.
Vincent B. Costello Post No. IS met
last week at Musicians Hall, HOS
Sixteenth street prior to the recess
which will extend to the first Tuesday
in August.
A citation ceremony was held. j.
O'Connor ROBBERS, department COM
mander, opened the ceremonies with
short talk. Among the guests were
Comdr. King of Kenneth H. Nash
Post and Paul McGahan, department.
chairman of trophies and awards who
made the report, awarding the Wat
son B. Miller cup to the post. Gold
legion emblem buttons were presented
to Al Picchione, Henry S. Heine and
William Franklin while a citation in
the form of plaque was awarded
Picchione for meritorious, uselfish SER
vice to the department for the year.
The following delegates and alter
mates to the department convention
were elected: Chairman, John H.
O'Connell; Norman R. Grant, George
D. Frye, Richard A. O'Brien, Henry
S. Heine, Elliott Nc. Clark, Thomas A.
Costello, Charles Kohen, Raymond j.
Queenin, Frederick H. Thuee, James
A. Pistorio, and Alfred A. Picchione.
AlternateS: Vernon F. Daley, Bernard
Beard, Maurice McGrath, Mathew G.
Mcintyre. Patrick A. Sugrue. Floyd
D. O'Brien, Henry I. Pahlow, Gregory
Cipriani, George w. Leblanc, and
Leslie H. Browne.
Fort Stevens Post No. 80 met in
their hall, 306 Kennedy street, last
Monday, Comdr. w. H. Hargrave pre-
siding
Unanimous endosement of the can
didacy of Past Comdr. Joseph j. NAL
10y of Sergt. Jasper Post No. Is as
department commander of this dis
trict for the coming year preceded the
endorsement and sponsoring of
Charles j. Warren, incumbent senior
vice commander Fort Stevens Post No.
80, as Junior vice commander of the
in the coming elections.
Delegates and alternates to be seated
at the convention August 8, and 10
were elected as follows: Delegates,
A. w. Tucker, Joseph N. PurkS, George
H. Smith, Charles J. Warren, John T.
Long and John D. Kiley. Alternates,
Richard H. Viancour, Leo j. Reel,
Frank Howard, M. Lyons, A. C. Har-
mon, Floyd Caskey, John H. Frishett
and Joseph Walker. Comdr. Hargrave
will lead the, delegation.
The post passed resolution to in
quire into the propriety of re-estab-
fishing seventh and eighth grade in
the Keene School, those students being
compelled to attend the Paul Junior