Evening star., 1939-03-05
Officers Of New Legion Post
To Be Installed Thursday
Department Comdr Brady, Stoff
TO Visit Cos Light Co. Unit

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its initial meeting and have its Of
ficers installed by Department
Comdr. James T. Brady and his
staff, Thursday night. at 110l
Twenty-ninth street NV. The new
post was officially recognized at the
last department Executive Commit
tee meeting. Officials OF the gas
company will be guests.
Comdr. Brady announced that
John H. O'Connell, department
membership officer, will supervise
the telephonic roll calls on March
6 and 10. These reports will be re-
ce:ved from each post by him at de-
partment headquarters, between 10
am. and 6 pm, on those dates,
At this time the Potomac Electric
Power Co. Post is alone IN having
reached its 1899 quota.
The committee in charge Of the
annual department ball at the May
flower Hotel on April %. consists OF
Thomas J. Frailey, general chair
man; John j. Mulvy, vice chairman;
Miss Jane r. Cox, secretary; Edwin
w. Luther, tickets; Miss Emily j..
Carey, LIE Grand J. P. Fichthorn,
publicity; Miss Winifred Nichols,
William H. Hargreaves, Forty and
Eight; Edith w. Quinn, Eight and
forty, and Ellen Louise Warren.
American Legion Auxiliary.
The awarding of the trophy, won
by District of Columbia Department,
in the er-departmental member
ship contest between Delaware and
the District of Columbia will take
place. The department commander
of the State of Delaware and his
staff have been invited to attend.
Comdr. Hiram w. Hummer, Sergt.
Jasper Post, announces that Third
Vice Comdr. Henry A. Weaver is
general chairman of the committee
arranging details for a social and
dance March IS, 1899, at Stansbury
Hall, 1892 Georgia avenue NV.
Tickets may be obtained from
Martin Schubert, or at department
headquarters.
Ross j. Singrey, chairman of the
Americanism Committee. is arrang-
ing for talks on crime and sanitation
in the public schools, which are
sponsored by the post. These talks
will be given by members of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, De-
partment of Justice and Army physi-
clans.
The Advisory Council of the U. S.
S. Jacob Jones Post will meet Thurs
day at pm. at the home of Edna
Smith. 315 Oglethorpe street NV,
who is acting as hostess, with Alma
Sarton and Past Comdr Helen Opitz
assisting as cohostesses.
The Membership Committee is
making a drive to bring the men,
bership of the post up to the quota
of last year by the date of the
legion's birthday party on March Is.
George Washington Post, the first
post in the American Legion, will
celebrate its Goth anniversary Tues
day night at the Club Admiral, 1910
Rhode Island avenue NV.
1t is planned to cut large birth
day cake. with Comdr. Amos A.
Fries presiding. Members of Con-
gress, national officers of the Amer
lean Legion, will be guests.
On exhibition during the evening
will be reproductions of the first post
charter; charter granted to E. Lester
Jones and Howard S. Fisk, to organ
ize the first department in the
American Legion; bound volume
of the original signatures of the
charter members of the post and the
permanent charter with the names
Of the 1852 charter members in
scribed thereon. Past Comdr.
Howard E. Snyder, is chairman of
the committee arranging the details.
Fort Stevens Post met in Stans-
bury Hall last Thursday, with
Comdr. Abraham Miller presiding
Membership Officer Robert M.
Kennedy announced he would be
on duty at the clubrooms between
and pm. on March 6 and 10 to
receive membership dues.
The Goth anniversary of the Legion
will be observed in Stansbury Hall
on April 2 with a bull roast" and
dance.
President George Norton an
nounced the senior drum and bugle
corps is making tentative plans to
attend the national convention in
Chicago next fell.
Officers of the S. A. L. Squadron
were installed by Detachment
Comdr. Mrs. Rose O'Hara during
exercises in Macfarland Junior
High School last Wednesday eve
ming
The next meeting will be devoted
to intercivic problems and will be
held in Stansbury Hall April 6.
Kenneth H. Nash Squadron, No.
8, met at the Southeast Veterans
clubrooms, 209 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc, Capt. Harry E. Hovermill
presiding. Report of the member
ship shows that last years quota
has been attained. Chairman Will
liam H. Lossman and Jack Mulvey,
members of the Advisory Commit
tee, spoke on ways and means to
organize and build successful
squadron.
The next meeting of the squadron
will be held at the clubrooms to-
morrow at 7 pm.
Lincoln Post will meet at the Ar
cade Building. Fourteenth street and
Park road NV, tomorrow at pm
with Comdr. Hampton D. Percy pre-
siding. The ritual team of the 4O
and 8 has been invited to confer
the obligation on new members.
The meeting will be dedicated to
all charter members of the post
who are invited to attend.