Evening star., 1939-06-11


dress of welcome by Comdr. Gail
T. Judd and the group singing led
by Mrs. Mildred Gardner. Also par
ticipating in the program will be
several hundred school children from
the jefferson Junior High School.
Music will be furnished by the Navy
Band and by the Boys and Girls
Elementary School Band of Takoma
Park.
Preceding the program parade
of the participating school children,
their school bands, the Sons of the
Legion with their drum and bugle
corps, and the Legion members will
march from Fourth street down
Constitution avenue to the audi
torium.
The exercises are open to the pub
lie
Fort Stevens Post will entertain
the Sons Squadron and Junior
League baseball team at a bay shore
resort following completion of the
playing season. Past Comdr. John
T. Long will make the arrange
ments. Flag Day exercises will be
solemnized at Fort Stevens battle
site under direction of Ben Aronson.
Joseph A. ASH announces the
postponed ball game with Police and
Fire Post team will be played on
the Ellipse at pm. today.
Last Wednesday Capt. Norman
Bernstein, Company l. of the Theo-
dore Roosevelt High School Cadets,
accepted on behalf of his command
the Albert Winter Tucker Memorial
Trophy, placed in competition this
year between the several companies
of the school. Comdr. Abraham
Miller, department Americanism
chairman; Joseph A. Walker and
Ross E. Amos, comprised the COM
mittee making the award. During
the assembly American Legion cit
izenship medals were presented to
Edward Stahl and Frances Sapienza,
chosen by the faculty as best bear
ing the qualities of honor, courage,
scholarship, leadership and service.
On Friday, like medals were pre-
sented to Mary Lou Garvin and
Frederick G. Boss of Paul Junior
High Schools graduating class
The final drive for members will
terminate July 81, Robert NJ Ken
nedy announced. Recently admitted
are Michael j. May, Medical Detach-
mert, 68th U. S. Infantry; Stuart
Maxwell U. S. Navy Transport
Force; Henry S. Throne, Medical
Department, U. S. A., and Jesse
L. Wilbar, 323d u S. Infantry, 81st
Division.
The memorial ritual team will
off1ciate at a meeting of Government
Printing Office Post in the Bunker
Hill clubrooms ON June r.
U. S. S. Jacobs Jones Post. 10. 2,
will meet June II at the Thomas
Circle Club at 8 pm. Initiation of
new members will be held and re-
freshments served.
The post will present the school
award medals to the outstanding
boy and girl of the graduating class
OF the Stuart Junior High School
and the outstanding girl of the
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month.
United States Treasury Post, No.
IS. will meet at the New Colonial
Hotel on June 13.
The Executive Committee met at
the home of Senior Vice Comdr. Will
liam Lowen, Hillandale, Md, on
June g. Announcement of the ap-
pointment of 20 members of the post
to assist Mary M. Becker, chairman
OF the Soap Box Derby on July 8,
has been made.
Government Printing Office Post
will meet in the clubrooms of Bunker
Hill Post, 809 Monroe street NE,
June II at 8 pm. Refreshments
will be served.
Sergt Jasper Post has purchased
q new United States silk flag, which
will soon be dedicated at appro-
pirate ceremonies.
Comdr. Paul H. McMurray will
deliver an address on the subject of
Flag Day at am. June l3 before
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