Evening star., 1936-02-02
President, Mrs. Roosevelt
Head Legion Ball Patrons
White House Forwards Acceptance for An
nual Event to Be Staged on Feb
ruary 10.
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TINE list Of patrons and patron
esses for the annual ball OF the
District of Columbia Depart
a nent. American Legion, at the
Mayflower Hotel, February 10. will
be headed by President and Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Col. Julius l..
Peyser, past department commander.
announced he received word from the
White House last week of their &C
ceptance.
Edwin w. Luther, chairman Of the
Box Committee, announced that 20
boxes have been sold.
Col. John r. Thompson, general
chairman Of the committee in charge,
has announced the following COM
mittee appointments: Distinguished
guests, Frank L. Peckham. chairman:
Gen. James A. Drain, Maj. Paul j.
McGahan, Col. Peyser, Gen. Amos A..
Fries, Capt. Watson B. Miller, Col.
J. Miller Kenyon. Maj. L. E. Atkins,
Col. Rice w. Means, DR.. B. c. Mac
Neil, Ferdinand G. Fraser, Harlan
Wood, Charles H. knight, James
O'Connor Roberts, Col. John Thomas
Taylor, Capt. John Lewis Smith,
George v. Whitton, Mrs. James
O'Connor Roberts, Mrs. Rice w.
Means, John H O'Connell, Mrs. John
H. O'Connell. Publicity, Maj. Thomas
]. Frailey, chairman; Maj. Paul j.
McGahan, Glen Western, A. ].
Thomas, j. B. Keller, E. Goodwin, H.
Smith, Francis Fahey, Charles j.
Warren, Ben Fisher, Porter Bush,
George w. Lee. Additional commit
tee appointments will be announced
later.
Fort Stevens Post, No 80, will meet
next Thursday at 306 Kennedy street
and observe the third anniversary.
Senior Vice Comdr. A. w. Tucker will
preside. The degree team of Grand
Voiture, No. l74, Forty and Eight, will
obligate new members.
Department Membership Officer John
H. O'Connell will present the trophy
won by the post in November. This
post is leading other posts of the de-
partment with a paid-u membership
of 379.
Ray Miller, captain of the bowling
team, announced members are excused
from this meeting ana should report
at Lucky Strike alleys.
Department Comdr. Joseph j. Mall
10y and other prominent Legion Off
cials have accepted invitations to the
posts anniversary-v valentine dance, to
be held at Indian Spring Country Club,
February IA.
The Post Squadron, S. A L.. held a
business meeting in Fort Stevens Hall
last Friday. Capt. Tom Howard pre-
sided. Ten new members were ac-
cepted. Refreshments and entertain
ment were supplied.
T. c. Kasper of Aberdeen, S. Oak,
has been appointed new chairman of
the National Committee on the Sons
Of the American Legion. the govern
ing body of the junior Legion organ
ization, by National Comdr. Ray
Murphy. He succeeds Bryce P. Beard
of North Carolina, whose term as
chairman expired last November, but
who remains as member of the COM
mittee.
Other members of the committee are
A. L. Greenwalt, Portland, Greg, serv-
ing until November l, 1886; j. Ernest
sherwood, Waynesburg, Pa, former
department commander of the Penn
sylvania Legion, serving until Novem-
ber !, 1887, and Luther c. Brown of
Salem, Ind. serving until November
/, 1889
On December 81, 1885, the S. A. l..
had 1,75l squadrons and 42,399 men,
bers as compared with 934 squadrons
and 20,505 members on December 81,
1884. AS of January %, last, the
S. A. L. had paid-up membership
for 1886 of 1858. with 1876 squadrons
as compared with 789 paid-up 1895
members and $40 squadrons on jan
uary %, 1885.
District Comdr. J. J. Malloy in
stalled the following officers at the
recent meeting of Tank Corps Post,
No. 10: Commander, George Hugh
Fox; senior vice commander. Walter
c. De Groot; junior vice commander,
John Henry Schul; adjutant. r. T.
Haugh; finance officer, Andrew ]. Wit
ten; chaplain, Frank l.. Peckham; SER
geant at arms. William A. Stewart;
color bearers, Joe c. Fries and Harry
Hedlund; historian. Lincoln Wedel,
and surgeon, Dr. Claude C. Caylor.
H. A. REM. J. H. Schul and c. H.
Spence were appointed by Comdr. Fox
to act as a committee to arrange a
dance to be held late in February or
early March.
A letter of felicitation was pre-
sented to the post from the Aberdeen,
Idaho, Post, No. SO, by Lincoln Wedel.
a former member of that post. who
recently returned from a visit there.
Sergt. Jasper Post will meet We'd
nesday at Pythian Temple. Bill Nc
Gowan, voted the best and most pop
ular umpire in the American League,
has been invited to speak.
Comdr. Frank Mccarthy has ar
ranged to have bonus payment ap-
plications at the meeting. John j.
Donnellan, notary, will assist after
the meeting in executing applications
and witnessing signatures.
A plan will be offered at the next
meeting by Senior Vice Comdr. Dan
Goodacre whereby the department
may be enabled to purchase home
to contain department headquarters
and a hall for post meetings and
other activities.
Plans are being made by Harry
Ware, chairman of the Sergt. Jasper