Evening star., 1940-05-05

member Of the Metropolitan
Opera Co.; Norman Hinkle, local
vocal teacher, and Edmund Serene
Enders, organist and choirmaster
Of Old st. Paul's Church and Of
Goucher College, who is also a men,
ber of the faculty of the Peabody
Conservatory Of Music, Baltimore,
Md.
Open to All Unit Members.
The contest is open to all unit
members in good standing and to
members of all American Legion
posts and Sons OF the American
Legion. Each competing group will
be allotted 80 minutes and the win
ming group will receive the Alecia
Kohrt Music Trophy to keep for one
year. Any unit winning the trophy
three years in succession will not
be eligible to compete the follow
ing year, but may compete the next
year. Each group shall designate
it's leader and only one group from
each unit, post or squadron may
compete.
Competing groups entered are the
George E. Killeen Unit, I'd Division
Unit, Sergt. Jasper Unit, Kenna-
Main Unit and Victory Unit. The
George E. Killeen Unit will present
a Drum and Bugle Corps Review
to be enacted by Charles OHara,
Graham and Claude Knott, Robert
Malone, David Hetzer, Phillip Ruble
David Westlein and the Pennezza
brothers, with Miss Margaret Will
ding as the vocal soloist. Second Di-
vision Unit will present a musical
playlet, "Over There" with Francis
Griffin and Louis McCrae Of the
I'd Division Post, as vocal soloists
while Dorothy Snow, Mary and
Beulah Terrell, Margaret McCrae
and Mary and Katherine Griffin
juniors Of this unit, will also take
part. Sergt. Jasper Unit will be
represented by group Of Its juniors
who will present pantomime, RED
Sails in the Sunset" to be enacted
by Mary Ann Thornton, Mary Jane
German, Nancy Lee Abreo, Betty
Clarkson, Evelyn Roach, Rita Cor
man and Betty Joe Gienger, accom-.
panied by Mrs. Della Acton. The
Sergt. Jasper Post will be repre-.
sented by q trio and also there will
be a girls band composed Of the
| juniors.
Will Give Musical Skit.
The Kenna-Main Unit will pre-.
sent a musical skit, I'm Our Little
Part of Town." with the following
members of the post and unit TAX
ing part: Mrs. Jerry Love, Sam Par
rish and Mrs. Edna Wright, &C.
companied by Mrs. w. H. Wright
jr., and directed by Mrs. James
Faithful. The unit Juniors viii
40 compete as part of this\ group
portraying different citizens Of theil
community, and will sing the theme
song, also entitled I'm Our Little
Part Of Town." written by a resi-
dent of the community and dedi.
Gated to the Kenna-Main Unit
Competing juniors include Maybellt
Lockwood, Jacquiline Mcintyre
Louise Quinones, Betty May Lainf
and Alliebelle Wright.
Victory Unit will be represented
with an operetta written by Mrs
Blanche Crory, a member of thu
unit. The operetta Is 'The Life o1
Stephen Foster" Those taking par
are Mrs. Edith Sadler, Brice Wit.
more, Miss Helene Gilliert, Mrs
Mabel Bywaters, Miss Thelms
Bridges, Joseph Handley, Miss Lor'
raine Bridges, Miss Geraldine BY.
waters and Miss Anna Marie Kelly
The accompanist will be Miss Mari
lyn Bywaters. Miss Jean Marie
Kowalesky will render piano selec.
tions. A short biography on thu
life of Stephen Foster will be pre-.
sented by Mrs. Crory.
The Cooley Me- Cullough Unit helt
an Executive Committee meeting
with Mrs. Edith Warren Quinn pre-
siding.
A card party and dance will b<
held at the Bunker Hill Post Club
807 Monroe street NE, on May II
| to raise funds to carry on the worl
of the unit for the balance Of the
year.
In celebration Of the units sec.
ond anniversary q dinner dance viii
be held on juno /.
! The next unit meeting will b