Evening star., 1938-07-17
District american Legion
Lays Plans for Convention
Parade Marshal Appoints Assistants
General Chairman Is Appointing
Committee Members.

William H. Hargraves, general chair.
man Of the annual convention of the
District of Columbia Department., thu
American Legion, which will open Au.
gust IL at the Mayflower Hotel for 8
three days session. is appointing vari
GUS committees to complete the ar.
rangements. Department Second Vict
Comdr. Jane Cox Is secretary.
w. Leo Collins of Bunker Hill Post
is marshal of the parade which will
precede the opening of the convention
and has appointed as assistant mar
shals of the eighth division, the follow
ing: Haywood Saunders, William r
Slattery, John T. Long, Helen Opitz
Robert Allen, Massie Blankenship
William p. Kershner and Joseph ]
Idler, while william Opitz, Preston
Peterson and Harvey Knott will serve
as aides to the parade marshal.
Mr.. HargraveS has called a meeting
of all committees to be held at the
department headquarters in the Den
rike Building next Tuesday at pm
All committee chairmen are requested
to report the progress made by their
committee and to map out further
plans for the convention.
Fort Stevens Post, No. % Squad
ron, Sons of the American Legion
and its drum and bugle corps will
participate in the Soap Box Derby
parade next Saturday. Capt. Rus
sell Riordan will be in charge They,
with members of the American Le-
gion junior baseball team. will be
guests to the posts picnic at Broad
water Beach, date to be announced
The senior drum and bugle corps
will lead the Forty and Eight parade
along upper Georgia avenue at 8
pm. July rs. Both senior and ju-
nior drum and bugle corps will par
ticipate in the department convention
parade.
At the last meeting new members
admitted were: Leroy Blair Miller,
Eric Burns Hyde, James sJoseph Nc
Quiggen, Edward v. Dittoe and C. c.
Bush.
Delegates to the department con-
vention are: John T. Long, chair
man; William H. Hargrave, Abra-
ham Miller, Joseph A. Ashi, Leo JOS
eph Reel, Joseph A. Walker, Michael
j. Lyons, John Delbert Kiley and
Carl Rittenhouse. Alternates are
Joseph Purks, George w. Phillips,
Jerry Graham, Robert Kennedy, Ed
ward Donaldson. Frank Bloom, Har-
old Britain, Richard H. Viancour
and Harry Hungelman.
The next meeting will be August
4. Nominations of officers will be
held.
The following members of George
Post, No. l, have been
elected delegates and alternates to the
10th annual department convention.
Delegates: Past Department Comdr.
Amos A. Fries. Past Comdrs. j. j.
Murphy, Howard E. Snyder, Wallace
Streater and Howard S. Fisk. Alter
mates: Past Comdr. William z Porter,
George K. Brobeck. Stanley Harrison,
Harry W. Brown and Richard A. Burr.
U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post met last
Monday evening at Thomas Circle
Club, with Comdr. Graves presiding.
The following delegates and alter
lates were elected to the department
Comdr. Graves, chair
nan Of the delegation; Anne Frame,
Helen Optiz, Edna Smith, Charlotte
Berry. Dorothy Drunken, Dorothy
Graham, Alice Derrow, Lillian Cald-
we'll and Rose O'Hara. Alternates,
Cora Drake. Blanche Sinclair, Estelle
Ruby. Bertha Johnson, Ruth Marks,
Mary Esther Kolhos, Alma Sarton,
Jane Breen, Lillian Sawyer and Louise
The post voted favorably to amend
the department constitution and by
avs by adding new section to be
Known as section 15-A, creating a
finance committee in accordance with
section 5 of the national constitution
md bylaws Of the American Legion
It also voted to amend section ii and
section IS. These proposed changes
nave been forwarded to department
to be approved at the
coming department convention.
The following have been appointed
clerks OF the course of the Soap Box
Derby: Jane Cox. chairman; Anne
Frame, Helen Opitz, Lillian Caldwell,
Mary Tatspaugh, Jane Breen and
Dorothy Drunken.
A magnolia tree has been planted
n the grounds of the District Chapter
Of Red Cross Building by the post.
Cooley Mccullough Post met at the
aayloft and the following were elected
@ the department convention next
month: Comdr AL Sugrue and Charles
xohen, delegates; Guy c. Nadeau and
Bernard Beard, alternates.
A vote of thanks was given to Com
'ade Kohen for his entertainments in
ocal veterans hospitals, Blue Plains
md the Home for Incurables.
Guy c. Nadeau was Endorsed for the
Watson B. Miller award for services
'endered the American Legion in this
department. these last three years.
The next meeting will be held at
he home of Bernard Beard.
At meeting of the Department of
Justice Post Comdr. Joseph j. Idler
vas unanimously indorsed for the
,ffice OF department commander. The
following members were elected dele
yates and alternates to the conven-
ion: Joseph J. Idler, William A. Al
en-, B. 3. Jones, A. r. Brindley, Chris
VI. Whitaker, Michael Hyman, James
4. Graham and James J. Mackin.
H. H. Clegg, assistant director of the
federal Bureau of Investigation, was