Evening star., 1939-10-08

CnaSe, membership Omcer, Harden
N. Lancaster; welfare officer, Basil
F. McAllister; judge advocate, Mar
shall Van Buren Day; chaplain
Frank r. Barnard; sergeant-at-
arms, William j. Bunton; athletic
officer, Horace w. Lineburg; mas.
ter-at-arms, Charles E. Ripperger
and historian, John c. Hanna.
Prior to the installation seven
new members were initiated. They
are: Dewey H. Mayo, Clarence E.
Brant, Lawrence H. Legg, Harry M
Hilldrup, jeremiah j. ODonovan
Robert M. Smith, and William r.
Lutes.
The following were reinstated:
Roscoe c. Speith and Jesse M
Smith.
Grand Voiture, Forty and Eight,
brought back from Chicago the
massive silver Bissell Trophy. which
is awarded each year by the ma
tional organization for Legion mem
bership work. This is the fourth
consecutive time this cup has been
won by the Washington Forty and
Fighters.
Further recognition of the out
standing work of this voiture was
the election of Grande Chef De
Care Passe John E. McCabe as
garde de la porte rationale. A full
report of the activities of the con-
vention will be made at the regular
meeting October 18. The Grand
Cheminot will meet October II at
the Portner. Grand Chef De Care
Hargrave requests all voyageurs to
report to their individual posts for
membership work in order that
the District may again be assigned
a forward position in the parade
at the Boston Convention in 1910.
Lincoln Post, No. IT, will meet
tomorrow evening in the Arcade
Building, Fourteenth street and
Park road NV, for election and
installation of officers. They will
be installed by the department COM
mander and his official staff es-
corted by the members of the
national guard of honor under
command of Capt. Horace Lineburg
Nominations are: Hampton D.
Percy. for commander; Ernest H
Campbell, for first vice commander
George D. Kuhnel, for second vice
commander; Leon B. Lambert, fol
third vice commander; E. c. Flester
for finance officer; John Germer
for sergeant at arms; Fred w. Jor-
dan and George L. Rollins, for color
bearers; Ross H. johnson. for his
torian; DR.. Walter L. Kline, for
surgeon, and Past Comdr. Porter l.
Bush, for trustee for three years.
Fort Stevens Post, No. 80, met
Thursday in Stansbury Hall with
Comdr. Edwin L. Donaldson pre-
siding Provision for a Halloween
party to be held in Stansbury Hall
on October % was made.
The following committee chair
men were appointed: Membership
Michael ]. Lyons: Americanism,
Ross E. Amos; intercivic relations
Oscar Carrico; Sons of the Ameri-
can Legion. Charles Eckenrode
Junior League baseball. Joseph A
Ashi; employment, Leo j. Reel;
Armistice Day services, Joseph A
Walker, and Christmas welfare
John T. Long.
Meetings of the senior drum and
bugle corps on each Tuesday night
at Roosevelt High School have been
resumed.
There will be a joint installation
of officers of the James E. Walker
Post, No. 26, and the James E
Walker Unit. No. 26, October IL at
the Garnet-Patterson Junior High
School. The department commander
and his staff. the guard of honor
and all post and unit officers have
been invited, as we'll as all past
department commanders.
United States Bureau of Internal
Revenue Post, No. 80, met at the
Hayloft Club with Comdr. Johnny
A. Long presiding. The post went
on record indorsing Joseph j. Malloy
for reelection as national executive
committeeman.
The post blood-donating program
was under discussion. The next
meeting will be October % at the
HaylOft Club,
Government Printing Ofice Post
No. 80, will meet in the Bunker Hill
clubhouse, 807 Monroe street NE,
tomorrow for election of officers
Polls will be open in Harding Hall
of the G. p. o. from 2::30 pm. to S.
At the clubhouse from Z to 9 pm.
the post will hold its annual good
time party and oyster roast today
at Stansbury Hall, Georgia and Con-
cord avenues NV. Dining, 2 to 6
pm; dancing, 5 to 9 pm.
Comdr. George w. Johns an
nounced installation of officers will
be held at the New Colonial Hotel
on November 4. There will be q
ulIlllCl dllO uallCC.
G. Cassard Schroth was installed
as commander Of George Washing
ton Post, No. l, last Tuesday night
at the Club Admiral.
Other officers installed included:
First vice commander, Charles S.
Beilman; second vice commander,
Fred H. Dryer; third vice COM
mander, Archibald H. Thompson;
chaplain, the Rev. Howard E.
Snyder; quartermaster, James C..
Clarke; sergeant at arms. Samuel G.
Crump; master at arms, Stanley
Harrison; surgeon, DR.. M. H. Dar-
nall; historian, Past Comdr. How
ard S. Fisk; colorbeaKers, Past.
Comdr. Bernard c. McGee and
George Hooven.
Retiring Comdr. Amos A. Fries
presided and welcomed Acting De-
partment Comdr. Haywood Saunders,
installing oflcer, and members of
the department staff.
It was "ladies' night" Short ad-
dresses were made by Retiring