Evening star., 1939-02-26
Legion Plans Telephone
Roll Calls in Member Drive
Campaign to End With Twentieth
Birthday Anniversary March IS

~ MAINTAIN ledQ IN membership
over one year ago comparable with
that reported by national head
quarters of the American Legion,
Department Comdr. James T. Brady
at meeting of the Executive Com
mittee announced there will be tele-
phone roll calls March 6 and 10.
The drive will end with the Legion's
goth birthday anniversary March Is.
Comdr. Brady also announced
plans are underway for an interpast
celebration March Is, special con-
sideration to be given those posts
having attained their 1899 member
ship quota.
Samuel j. Parrish, department
child welfare officer, general chair
man of the joint Committee on Ar
rangements, announces the 1899 May
Day exercises at the District of Co.
lumbia World War Memorial will
be held April 30. The General Com
mittee will meet at department
headquarters, March 10 at S pm.
A meeting of the Department
Athletic Committee and commission
will be in department headquarters
tomorrow at 8 pm. Chairman
William w. Watt announces dis
cussion of plans for the Inaugural
ton of the 1899 American Legion
junior baseball season.
Senior Vice Comdr. Mark T. Little,
of Sergt. Jasper Post. has called a
meeting Of the Department Legisla-
tive Committee at the Mayf1ower
Hotel, Tuesday at pm.
1t has been announced by Gen.
eral Chairman Maj. Thomas J.
Frailey, that table reservations for
the department ball to be held at the
Mayf1oWer Hotel, April 20, should be
made through Mrs. Hazel B. Fraser,
department secretary.
Columbia Post Minstrels visited the
Palisades Field House on Febru-
ary II and gave a performance
sponsored by Potomac Post. The
show featured Ken Sheelor, magi-
clan, and an exceptional group of
talented juveniles. Comdr. Charles
Plunkett and Eddie Morriss were
the end men, with Percy Silverberg
as interlocutor. Solo specialties were
by Leonard Chick, Ken Carin, Billy
Bernie and Billy Ballinger.
The juvenile section featured
three Feeders, Jacqueline, Tobe and
Buryl; Rose Marie Schiller, Mary
Jane Owens and Eleanor Johnson,
condolences; the Pappalardo twins
and Samuel Mawhood, accordionist
and post mascot. with John S.
Mawhood as master of ceremonies
and Lawrence Schiller and Mrs. May
Chick, accompanies.
The next post meeting will be
March at pm. at Soldiers, Sail
ors and Marines Club.
Fort Stevens Post will meet in
Stansbury Hall next Thursday at
8 pm. Comdr. A. Miller presiding.
A team will be entered in the de-
partmental American Legion Junior
Baseball League under the manage
ment of Joseph A. Ashie.
The James Reese Europe Posts
Committee recently
made presentations of awards to
four students enrolled in the Arm
strong High and the Garnet-Patter-
son Junior High Schools for excel
lent scholarship records.
At the meeting of National Ca
thedral Post Tuesday evening Rep
resentative Robert L. Mouton of
will speak on National
Defense" according to Comdr. EN-
NETT R. Carroll.
Thomas R. Callahan, Leo F. Wise
and Henry A. Peckham have been
to the Executive Com
mittee. Messrs. Peckham and Wise
also have been appointed to serve
as members of the Advisory Com
mittee to the Sons of the Legion
The present membership of the
squadron Is 49, The contest for
new members. in which the prize is
a Sons of the Legion ring, will end
March 81
Bunker Hill Post will give a st.
Patricks party and dance at the
clubrooms, 8O7-8O9 Monroe street
NE. on March 10. Dancing will
be from 9 pm. to / am. Refresh
ments will be served.
The Sons Detachment will hold
a bingo party at the clubrooms the
night of March "a. Proceeds will
be used to promote the program
of summer activities.
United States Department OF Agri-
culture Post met February and
February II. At the February 3
Oscar Jones, veterans
placement representative of the
District of Columbia, spoke about
the work being donesby the United
States Employment Center to assist
veterans in need of employment.
The next meeting will be held
in room l039 South Building on
March 3 at $3.50 pm.
Gen. McAlexander Post will have
an Americanization entertainment
at st. Joseph's School, 315 Second
street NE, on Tuesday. The sub
ject of the program will be wheels
and Wings" Illustrated talks will
be given of safety facts with auto
mobile and pedestrian control. A
forum on aviation subjects will be
presented by Capt. Henry M. Tunis