Evening star., 1935-09-08


Magma Carta in England will be cele-
brated September II by the Depart
ment of the District of Columbia,
American Legion. Gen. Amos A.
Fries, U. S. A., retired, an official Of
the department, is general chairman.
The tentative program calls for
more than rs patriotic, civic, busi-
ness, religious, military and fraternal
organizations to participate in a
torchlight parade, which will open
the celebration. 1t is expected at
least 5000 men. women and children
will participate.
With the disbanding of the parade
the pageant will be held. 1t is ex-
pected to be either at the Watergate,
the steps of the Capitol. Lincoln
Memorial or the Sylvan Theater.
Chairman of committees appointed
by Gen. Fries are:
Civic Affairs, Commissioner Melvin
C. Hazen; Program. Department
Comdr Joseph j. Malloy of the Ame1-
lean Legion; Public Safety, Maj.
Ernest w. Brown. superintendent If
police; Pageant, Col. H. S. Kimberly
Publicity, Norvelle c. Sharpe, Ameri-
can Flag Association; Essays, F. Regis
Noel, American Bar Association; Pa
rade, William Morrell, American
Legion; Finance, H. Winship Wheat
ley, District Bar Association; Citizens
Associations. A. J. Driscoll; Fedora
ton of Civic Clubs, George Fraser,
and Federation or Business Mems
Associations, Arthur Clarendon Smith.
Maryland and Virginia departments
of the American Legion have been
invited to participate.
Delegates and alternates to the ma
tional convention and others planning
to attend are requested to make reser-
vations at department headquarters,
room 518, Bond Building, soon as
possible. The delegation from this de-
partment will be housed at the Lennox
Hotel, across the street from conven-
tion headquarters.
Government Printing Office Post.
No. 33. will hold its monthly meeting
tomorrow at pm. in Harding Hall,
G. P. O.. for nomination for officers.
All members are requested to be pres
ent.
A meeting of representatives of all
Legion posts was held Tuesday night
at the Lucky Strike Bowling Alleys,
Fourteenth and Riggs streets, to ar
range schedules and entry of addi-
tional teams in the American Legion
Bowling League for the season of
1886.
Bunker Hill Post, No. 81, will meet
Tuesday at the Hay Loft Club, 1926
Massachusetts, avenue, at 8 pm, for
election of officers. The following
have been nominated:
G. Commander. L. j. P. Fichthorn, r.
]. A. Bean, zeb r Hamilton, A. j. Sulli-
: van and J. Fred Chse: senior vice
commander, Raymond A. Eichhorn
and T. Popham Royston; second vice
commander, William Leo Collins; third
vice commander, John e. McCabe, Ed.
Men. Repetti, Francis P. Gauges and
John Koosie Cogley; finance officer,
Al G. Powell, Morris Singer and Will
liam Leo Collins; chaplain, Sir
Thomas Charles Baisden; judge advo-
cate, Robert Bee Irwin; historian,
Harry J. Barnholt and ]. Raymond
Weitzel; Americanism officer. Ray
mond A. Eichhorn and T. Popham
Royston; color bearers, j. Fred Case,
Charles Harry Bair and j. Raymond
Weitzel; quartermaster, Raymond j.
Doyle.
Installation will be held at the regu-
lar meeting October Is.
The L-3l Club, ladies' club CT the
post, will hold card party for the
benefit of the club the evening of Oc-
tober at 35l6 Thirteenth street
northeast
The following members Of the post
were awarded the departments GER
tificate of merit in connection with
the membership drive: Comdr. Robert
r. Spriggs, Senior Vice Comdr. Chester
j. Wolfe, Second Vice Comdr. John
r. Weitzel, Third Vice Comdr Mack
Myers, Adjt. L. J. P. Fichthorn, Sons
of Legion Officer Raymond A. Eich-
horn, Francis P. Gauges, Ralph H.
Thrasher, Sir Thomas Charles
Baisden, Zeb T. Hamilton and Leslie
Engel.
The L-31 Club will hold a dance
November Is at Beaver Dam Country
Club.
The annual promenade of the Grand
Voiture, La Societe des Forty Hommes
ct Eight Chevaux, No. 174. was held
at the Raccar Club when officers were
elected as follows: Martin A. Dyer,
grand chef de gare; F. G. Fraser,
grand commissaire intendant; Robert
J. Chaillett, grand chef de train; John
E.McCabe, grand conducteur; Rich
ard A. O'Brien, SOUS grand con-
ducteur: Louis P Allwine, grand
voyageur; William H. Hargraves,
grand aumonier; Or. Charles W.
Tegge. grand medicin; Francis P.
=, Gauges, grand correspondent; Ed
ward c. Minter, sous grand corre-
spondent; Eugene G. Flester and B.
C. MCGEE, grand drapeaux; Cassard
Schrott, grand garde aux chevaux;
John j. Orlosky, grand avocat; R. j.
Queenin, grand lampiste; John B.
, Keller, grand historian; John H.
O'Connell, cheminot national; Edgar
= T. Hitch. alternate cheminot national;
John A. Long, grand garde de Ia
porte; Frank L. Peckhan. Charles G.
Allies, Ward ~ Guthrie, Fred F. Money
and r. A. Eichhorn, grand cheminot.
Delegates to the national conven-
tion to be held at st. Louis, Mo-, Sep
tember % to 26, are as follows: John
H. OConnell, Martin A. Dyer, w. H.
McWilliams, James H. Phillips and
Ferd G. Fraser. while the alternates
are r. j. Chaillett, Paul McGahan,
, F. P. Gauges, E. c. Minter and Cas-
sard Schrott.
Grand Commissaire Intendant Fred
G. Fraser, who is a past department
commander. was endorsed for the ma
tional Office of Sous Chef de Chemin
de Fer.