Evening star., 1936-09-20
D. D.C.LEG|0NNA|RES
ARE IN CLEVELAND
500 With Members of Fami-
lies Left Last Night for
Convention.

headed by Lieut.. Horace w. Lineburg.
department commander.
The big event Of the convention will
be parade on Tuesday. The flnal ses-
sions win be Thursday, when national
ofncers will be elected and installed.
Past National Executive Committee
man John Lewis Smith Of the District
Of Columbia Department will be q can.
didate for the ONCE Of national com.
mander. He will be nominated by one
of the members Of the local delegation.
The convention will close with the
presentation of colors to the outgoing
National Comdr. Ray Murphy by Past
National Comdr. Hanford MacNider
and the presentation Of colors to the
newly elected national commander by
Past National Comdr. Paul v. McNutt.
Within "a hours after the adjourn
ment of the convention the new ma
tional commander will call Q meeting
Of the National Executive Committee
to lay plans for the coming year.
All posts Of this department have
cancelled their meetings this week to
allow their members to attend the con-
vention. The party viii entrain from
Cleveland Thursday evening and will
arrive here Friday morning.
q. s. s. Jacob Jones Post met Mon
day evening at the Thomas Circle
Club and elected the following ON
GERS: Commander, Jane r. Cox:
senior vice commander, Belle K.
Graves; Junior vice commander, Anna
Frame; chaplain. Blanche Sinclair:
historian, Cora Drake; sergeant at
arms, Edna P. Smith: quartermaster,
Dorothy Drunken; colorbearers, Ber-
tina johnson and Dorothy Graham;
investment adviser, Helen L. Opitz.
Membership Chairman Edna p.
Smith reported 430 members paid up
for 1896 and IA members paid up for
| 1897, and presented the name Of Mary
C. Suter for new membership. Ameri-
canism Chairman Mary Tatspaugh
reported that next week was desig-
mated by National as Constitution
| week.
Rose O'Hara, chairman Of the Sons
Of the Legion Squadron, has accepted
the role of hostess for the depart
ment Sons of the Legion Drum and
Bugle Corps on their trip to Cleve-
land. She announced there will be
no meeting Of the sons for Septem-
ber, but will be called In October.
The annual drum and bugle corps
contest for drum and bugle corps Of
this department was held last Sum-
day afternoon at the stadium Of Mary
land University at College Park, Md,
competition. Fort Stevens Post was
declared the winner with 63 points
against 53k for the James Reese
Europe Post.
BY winning the competition the
Fort Stevens Post will be known IS
the official drum and bugle corps Of
this department for the coming year
and will lead the department in all
parades during the year. Judges for
the contest were Alexander Morris
and Louis Goucher Of the United
States Navy Band and Oliver Zein-
meister and Charles Owen Of the
United States Marine Band, with j.
H. Phillips of the American Legion.
A banquet was held on last Thurs
day at the Golden Tavern for the
members of the Kenneth H. Nash
Post, No. 8, Junior base ball team,
winners of the District Junior Legion
championship.
Lincoln Post, No. II, met September
IA at the Arcade Building and donated
$40 to defray expenses Of the Sons Of
the American Legion Detachment
Drum and Bugle Corps to the national
convention at Cleveland. The post Is
expected to place . team in the
department bowling league this year.
Nominations Of officers were made
as follows: Commander. H. A. Emery
and Ovid e. Roberts, jr.; first vice
commander, Charles w. Garlock; Sec
ond vice commander, Charles q. Sen
senay; third vice commander, Rudolph
Blick; chaplain, H. D. Percy; finance
officer, E. G. Flester, and sergeant at
arms, George D. Kuhnel. Election
and installation will be held October 5.
At the last meeting of the Guard
of Honor in the National Guard
Armory the following officers were
elected: Captain, Guy G. Nadeau; first
lieutenant, John J. McGinniss; second
lieutenant, George H. Fox; quarter
master, Harold J. Mclaughlin, and
adjutant, Massie w. Blankinship.
Capt. Nadeau succeeds James Pts
torio, who was unanimously voted
captain emeritus. Department Adjt.
Tom Mason was elected honorary
Lieutenant.
Capt. Nadeau, who will be unable
to lead the Guard in the big parade at
the national convention in Cleveland,
appointed First Lieut.. John J. Nc
Ginniss to act In his stead. Depart
ment Comdr. H. W. Lineburg spoke.
The next meeting will be held at
the National Guard Armory October
q at 8 pm.
Government Printing ONCE Post,
No. SO, at its meeting in Harding Hall
nominated the following candidates:
Commander, Fred A. Minnigh and
Massie w. Blankinship: senior vice
commander, George w. Johns and
Louis Schaumlefde: Junior vice COM
mander, Joseph w. Brand; finance
ofncer, T. G. Chapman; chaplain, Al
Clarke, 0enevieve Sparshott and Penn
Howard; sergeant at arms, Arthur
Greer and Peter A. Stretx, and Execu-
tive Committee, Clause A. Gathgens,
Herbert Teed. Samuel Loewy, z. A.
Newman, Joseph +. Merello, H. Street,
w. A. Dempsey, Alex Weinberg, Mary
Wright, Roger Kee and Charles J.
Newell.
Election is October IL. The in
stallation date win be named later.
Bunker Hill Post. No. 81, met last
Tuesday at Kleins Tavern, Comdr.
T. A. Bean presiding. The following