Evening star., 1939-02-05
National Rifle Club
Formed by Legion Sons
Meetings to Be Held at Guard
Armory; Lincoln Post to Meet

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trict of Columbia Department, ha'
been organized as one Of the activi'
ties for all squadron members
Meetings will be held on alternat.
Mondays at the National Guare
Armory, Sixth street and Pennsyl'
vania avenue NV, where a CALLER,
for target practice has been OBJ
tanned. They will meet tomorrow
from 5 to 7:30 pm.
The annual membership fee is 81
cents, with a meeting fee of 5 cents
Each member will purchase his owr
~ rifle. The club expects to anil.
ate wkith the National Rifle Associa
ton. Warren D. Fish Is chairman
of the team and Rose c. OHars
detachment commander. The mem.
bers are IA to 18 years Of age.
Lincoln Post, No. II, will meet TO-
morrow at 8 pm. at the Arcade
Building, with Comdr. Hampton D
Percy presiding. At the Powell
Junior High School last Thursda,
the post presented the American
Legion annual school awards tx
Raymond Via and Lorenzo Lowe
the outstanding boy and girl Of the
February graduating class.
On February 10 the post will give
dance at Henderson Castle, 220t
Sixteenth street NV, from 10 to
pm. All Legionnaires and friends
are invited.
The Past Commanders Association
elected officers at the last meeting
as follows: President, Charlie.
Cohen, Cooley Mccullough Post
first vice president, william E
Spicer, I'd Division Post; secone
vice president. Lucille Allen, U. s
S. Jacob Jones Post; secretary
Mamie Smith, U. S. S. Jacob Jone.
Post; treasurer, Fred F. Money
Sergt. Jasper Post; chaplain, Greg.
ory Cipriani, Costello Post.
Retiring President Col Joseph
Randall, Augustus P. Gardner Post
was elected to the Craftsmanship Of
the Board of Governors to serve fol-
five years. along with Elsie Pinney
U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, to serve
for four years.
Incorporation of the association
is being handled by Joseph Idler
Department Of Justice Post. The
testimonial dinner to outgoing Off
GERS will be held following Lent.
The next meeting will be in the
Willard Hotel on February 10.
Fort Stevens Post met in STAINS
bury Hall last Thursday. Brig. Gen
Wallace Dewitt, Commandant, Wal
ter Reed Medical Center, and Mr.
Beardsley, director, Mount Alto Vet.
erans' Facility, spoke on Present
day Care of World War Veterans.
Comdr. Abraham Miller presided.
Edward I. McLarney and Otto T
Won Lobstein have been awarded
gold Legion buttons by the depart.
ment for outstanding membership
work, Department Membership ON.
Ger John H. OConnell will make
presentations.
Last night the seventh anniver.
sary vas celebrated in Stansbury
Hall with dancing and entertain.
ment.
The American Legion memoria.
ritual team will appear at the next
meeting. Members of the team are
Ross E. Amos, Charles j. Warren
Nathan Cosel, Harry Hungelman
Joseph A. Walker and Ed Donald.
son.
A blngo party will be held for the
patients at Mount Alto on Febru.
ary 8.
Russell Riordan was reelected
captain Of Fort Stevens Squadron
.: a. L., last Tuesday. Robert Grow.
en- Is the new first lieutenant ant
EdWard Gross is sergeant at arms
Inc squadron drum and bugle corp.
will appear on the communit,
patriotic exercises program to b,
held in Mcfarland Junior High
School on February %.
Cooley Mccullough Post, in co.
operation with its auxiliary. will
hold an oyster roast at the Potoma,
Boat Club on February 10, pm
TO 7 pm. The general public is in.
vited.
Entertainments under the au.
spices Of the post and auxiliary, ar,
being formulated for the Home fol
1ncurables, Blue Plains and the OLE
Soldiers Home. Dates will be an.
nounced later.
Members of the post are invited K
attend the auxiliary meeting at tn,
Y. w. G. A., 614 F street NV, or
February 7, at 3 pm.
United States Treasury Post ha.
opened campaign to bring ever,
eligible World War veteran in tn,
Treasury Department into the post
Five new members taken into tn,
post were: Alex M. De Luxembourg
Eli Silverman, William F. Smoot
Hezzie N. Banister and Mary M
Becker. The next meeting will b.
held February Il, at the New Co.
lonial Hotel
Capt. Martin Goerl, commando
OF Vincent B. Costello Post will pre-
side at the meeting Tuesday eve
ming. Charles J. Catanach, magic
ian, will entertain with tricks. Tn,
guest speaker will be Representative
Joseph Healy Of Missouri.
Following were recently accepted
for membership: Burton A. Dye
Company B. 102d Infantry, 26tl
Division; Hugh Alexander Camp
bell, jr., 60th Artillery, Sd Arm!
Corps; William e. Koehler, 437tf
Engineers; Ralph H. Carlin, 30tl
Infantry, Sd Division; Richard r
Brown, 1st Engineers, lst Division
George E. Lavalley. 21st Infantry
Labros M. Kardaras, Company E
9th Ammunition Train, 9th Division
Walter E. Whalen, 18th Coast Artil,
lery: Milton M. Thomas, r. O. r. C..