Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-16
Safety Campaigns Planned
ByAmerican Legion inD.C.
Lloyd Burkey, Americanism Officer Will
Direct Several Teams to
PIT. A. Are Arranged
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ment OF the American Legion
Is about to launch safety
Il campaigns throughout the
city Lloyd Burkey. department
Americanism officer, will direct several
safety teams. This Is in connection
with the Americanism program.
It is planned to have these teams
visit meetings Of parent-teacher as
sociations, citizens associations and
similar civic bodies and make addresses
In connection with safety. Policeman
Binswanger of the Metropolitan Police
. force, will be one Of the speakers. He
Is q member Of the Police Post and is
in immediate charge of the School Boy
Patrols in the public schools. He will
give facts and figures on the traffic
situation and in addition will be the
author Of several traffic cartoons soon
to appear in local newspaper. In
this connection several cartoons furn-
1shed by the National Safety Council
will also be used.
Concluding the program before each
group, the two moving pictures pro-
duced by the American Legion will be
shown. The title Of these are Inertia
and The Other Fellow" and together
provide 80 minutes Of fun and instruc-
ton, while a number of entertainers
will also accompany each team and
intersperse their numbers between
talks.
Another part of the Americanism
program calls for the awarding of
toll tn tLo or INot md rir1
in each vocational, parochial, senior
and junior high school, These awards
will be made in 80 schools during the
month Of jung, and each scholar will
also receive with the medal certificate
Of school award bearing the name Of
the winner and the date. These awards
are based on honor, courage, scholar
ship. leadership and service.
The formation of the Junior Ameri-
can Legion Base Ball League is yet an
other phase of the Americanism pro-
gram, and today on the Eipse just back
of the White House, Costello Post will
play Police Post. and Agriculture will
tangle with the Drum Corps at pm,
while Fort Stevens will meet Bunker
Hill and Jasper will play Nash at 3 pm.
Bunker Hill Post, No. 81, will meet
Tuesday at 8 pm. at the Hayloft
Club, 1925 Massachusetts avenue,
Comdr. Grover W. Tribble presiding.
Mrs. Deborah Brennan. chairman
OF the Spring dance to be held by the
L-3l Club on May % at Beaver Dam
Country Club announces final ar
rangements have been completed A
card party to help finance the dance
was held May at the home of Mrs.
w. L. Collins.
Fort Stevens Post No. 80. will pre-
sent the American Legion award for
citizenship to member selected from
each OF the graduating classes of
Roosevelt High School, Paul and Mac
Farland Junior High Schools, Nativ-
ity and ST. Gabriels Parochial Schools
this month. Comdr. George w. Phil
lips and Americanism Officer Joseph
A. Walker will make the presenta-
tions.
John T. Long was awarded q gold
Legion button for having secured 20
new members.
The Forty and Eight ritual team,
under Capt. Ed Baker. indicted the
following into the membership OF the
post: Frank Crowell, Sidney L. Hech-
niger, Merritt D. Padfeld, Herbert
j. Honecker, William W. Mari, w.
Ivan King. Harry S. Smith, Peter c.
Mayer, John A. Nicholson, Clarence
j. McCabe, Bernard K. Perrin and
Charles Stack.
Coach John Zetts holds practice
sessions of the Fort Stevens entry in
the American Legion Junior Base
Ball League on each Wednesday and
Saturday afternoon at the Third and
Sheridan streets diamond
The club rooms, at 1924 Georgia
avenue, are now reserved for boys
of the sons squadron each Friday
evening. Entertainment and refresh
ments are provided. The squadron
drum and bugle corps rehearsals are
held each Thursday at pm. Roy
Ponton is director, Ed Magee bugle
leader and Tommy Thompson drum
leader.
Department Comdr. Horace w. Line
burg and National Executive Commit
teeman Joseph j. Malloy have re-
turned from the National Executive
Committee meeting, held at national
headquarters in Indianapolis, with
information on the affairs of the Le-
gion and will make their reports at a
meeting of the Department Executive
Committee next week at the District
Building.
The American Legion will be par
ticipating organization in several
services to be held in and around the
city in connection with Memorial day
and the department commander will
place a wreath at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier following the serv-
ices at Arlington.
The guard Of honor will participate
In the services to be held at Arlington
on May 23d at the grave of Vincent
B. Costello. It will meet at Seven
tenth and Pennsylvania avenue at l
pm. where cars will be available for
transportation to Arlington. At pm
the same day the guard will also take
part in the memorial services under
the auspices of the George E. Killeen
Post. No. Is. held each year as a
tribute to the men of Georgetown who
gave their lives in the World War.
United States Treasury Post, No.
IS. met at the Hayloft and was pre-
sided over by Vice Comdr William T.
Slattery. Final plans for the post
dance at the Washington Hotel May
81 we're completed.
U. 8. s. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2,
met at the Thomas Circle Club. OBJ
servance was made of Mothers day
as post members mothers were pres
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