Evening star., 1935-10-27
Legion Officials Prepare
For Telegraph Roll Call
Local Department Hopes to Have $500 Mem
bers Paid Up for Announcement in
indianapolis Tuesday.

American Legion, Will NC IlClu 1NONcui-
ber 9, at Indian Spring Country Club.
Chairman w. A. Kehoe Of the Men,
bership Committee appointed Past
Comdr. Leo J. Reel as captain Of the
Blues" to compete in bringing in
renewals, with the whites" headed
by M. J. Lyon. Quota for the post has
been set at 425 by the department
The committee will meet tomorrow
night at 428 Peabody street.
Lewis K. Hile wrested the post golf
championship from George Houff at
Argyle Country Club last week. Fred
die Burgan was runner-up.
Comdr. John D. Kiley has ap-
pointed the following m e m b ers to
office to assist during his administra-
ton: Adjutant. B. D. Daniels; finance
officer, L. K. Hile; sergeant at arms,
Arthur A. Connolly; judge advocate,
H. G. Warburton; historian. H. j.
McDermott; post surgeon, DR.. John
L. DeMayo; quartermaster, T. G.
Histon; color bearers, Joseph Mira
bello and Carl T. Palmer; color guards,
Al Simon and P. Whitelock; bugler,
r. H. Viancour; service officer, A. G..
Loehl; graves registration officer, G..
H. Goetting; Arnericanism officer, j.
A. Walker; athletic officer, j. I.
Hogan, employment officer, J. B. Sui
livan; child welfare officer, E B. Peat
ross; membership, officer. w. A. Kehoe,
and the following committee chairmen:
Resolutions, v. P Cafferty; legal, P.
A. SebaStion: intercivic, C. j. Warren;
S. A. L. Squadron, ]. T. Fahey: Armis-
tice day. j. A. Walker; Christmas
welfare, G. H. Smith; business man
ager-housing, A. W. Tucker; ways and
means, w. H. Hargrave; outings,
E. C. E. Rupert, Jr: golf Lamont
Beeber; bowling, J. I. Hogan; ping
pong, A. C. Harmon; and base ball,
John T. Log.
Post Chairman j. T. Fahey and
Capt. Tom Howard of the post squad
ron, Sons Of the American Legion, are
fo4 ming a model class and basket ball,
rifle and degree teams. Officers of the
squadron drum and bugle corps are:
Captain, Tom Howard; first lieuten-
ant, Joseph A. Purks; second lieu
tenant. Ralph OBrien; adjutant. Will
liam Kehoe, jr.; finance officer Charles
Herman; chaplain, George Smith, jr;
historian, James T. Fahey. jr.: SER
geant at arms, James Sullivan; drum
major. Frank Purks.
The following sons have earned
their first star in the Sons of the
American Legion "5-Star" program
conducted by this squadron: George
Blake, Tom Howard, Joseph A. Purks
Frank Purks, George Smith, Jr., and
Gilbert Zellan.
Post and squadron drum corps will
participate in the Brookland- Wood
ridge Business Mems Association pa
rade next Wednesday night Comdr.
Kiley advises all post members march
ing will be guests of Bunker Hill Post
at supper that night Comrades will
assemble at Eastern and Rhode Island
avenues at 7:30 o'clock.
Floyd D. O'Brien has been appointed
welfare officer of Costello Post. Past
Comdr. O'Connell is arranging turkey
PAL lty -udICe november l9.
Senior Vice Comdr. George D. FRYE
and Junior Vice Comdr. Henry S. Heine
are planning membership rally.
George H. Barringer, member of
Costello Post, died during the past
week in Mount Alto Hospital, and was
buried Thursday in Arlington.
Stuart Walcott Post met Tuesday,
Comdr. William w Watt presiding.
Applications for membership were sub
mitted and accepted Nat A. Aaron.
Thomas P. Evans, Wallace T. Hanning
and Joseph v. Norris.
Comdr Watt announced that Musi-
slclans' Hall would be used as a per-
manent meeting place of the post.
He named the following to appointive
positions in the post: DR.. Raw F.
Cuynn, welfare officer; Warren E..
Miller Americanization officer: Dixie B.
Guynn. employment officer: Henry
A. Peckham, graves registration Of
ficer; Charles L. Curtis, jr., veterans
preference chairman; J. O'C. Roberts,
officer on civic affairs; publicity Of
flcer, Eugene J. Hurdle; athletic Of
hcer, Robert P. McCandlish; post
representative at Arlington on Armi-
sticG day Past Comdr Samuel Rose:
Department Ball Committee, Nathan
Silverberg.
Government Printing Office Post
will meet November IL, Z pm. in
Harding Hall, G. P. O., when Comdr.
Edward r. Dixon will name commit
tees for the coming year. G. P. o.
Post will conduct Armistice day cere-
monies in Harding Hall.
The committee of the Sons of the
American Legion met at the offices
of the Legion in the Bond Building
and elected Rodney A. C. Horton of
Stanley Church De Pue Post, depart
ment detachment commander; James
T. White, Sergeant Jasper Post, first
vice commander; Harold Emery. Lin
coin Post. second vice commander;
and William r. Bealle. Sergeant Jas
per Post, detachment adjutant Plans
were made for formation of a boys
drill team and drum and bugle corps.
Other appointments were Miss Rose
O'Hara, U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post,
at detachment finance officer. Men,
bership officers appointed we're Com
rades White and Emery; constitution
and bylaws. Cipriani; athletic officer,
Comrade Eichhorn; Ways and Means
Committee, Comrade Folsom; Ameri-
canism officer, Comrade Schroeder;
drill team, Comrade Pistorio.
Comdr. r. w. Phillips of Lincoln
Post has selected key men to serve as
chairmeE on his important committees
and obtained regular meeting place
at 1924 Fourteenth street.
Senior Vice Commander DR.. H. D.
Shapiro, chairman of Membership, ex-
poets that this post will secure more
than 125 paid-up members by Novem-
Der IS. Hereafter meetings will be
held on the first Monday of each
month instead of the first Tuesday.
Sergeant Jasper Post will meet No.
vember l at Musicians Hall, when a
short memorial service will be held.