Evening star., 1940-05-05
American Legion to Observe
Hospital and Mothers Day
Special Programs to Be Held May II;
81 Institutions Will Be Open to Visitors

National Hospital Day and
Mothers Day will be observed on
the same day this year, May IL,
by the American Legion and its
auxiliary with special programs.
National Comdr. Raymond J..
Kelly Of Detroit will issue a mes
sage requesting Legionnaires every
where to observe Mothers Day. A
side light on World War history
shows that the A. E. F. in 1918
created one Of the greatest floods
Of mail In the history Of the postal
service when doughboys and gobs
on active duty sent letters home
to mother as part of that years
observance of Mothers Day.
The Veterans Administration, in
charge of the "a hospitals through
out the country, built to care for
the Ill and disabled World War
veterans, will everywhere open their
doors to visiting delegations on Ma
tional Hospital Day.
In the Legion, the national or
ganizations participation in Ma
tional Hospital Day observance will
be headed by Watson B. Miller, ma
tional director of its rehabilitation
service, who will speak at a Joint
Legion-Veterans Administration OBJ
servance at the Veterans Admins
tration Facility, Lyons, N. j.
Fort Stevens Post held a charter
member meeting in Stansbury Hall
last Thursday, Comdr. Edwin l..
Donaldson presiding. Senior Past
Comdr. George Hobson Smith spoke
on The founding of the organization
In 1882, mentioning that one of it's
primary objectives was to serve the
Fort Stevens community.
Annual memorial exercises will
be held In st. Paul's Methodist
Church on May rs at pm. There
will also be services in Arlington
National Cemetery at the grave
Of Chaplain Don Long, in commem-
Grafton Of all deceased members
Of the post Joseph A. Walker,
Memorial Day officer, is in charge
Of arrangements. The senior drum
and bugle corps will participate in
Washington's Memorial Day pa
rade as well as in services held
under auspices of the G. A. r. Me-
mortal Day Corp. in the amphithea-
ter, Arlington National Cemetery,
May 80, pm.
American Legion awards will be
made in June to students selected
by the respective faculties of Mac
farland Junior High School, Roose-
welt High School and st. Gabriels
School.
Practices of the junior league
ball team are held on playground
diamonds at Third and Sheridan
streets NV. each Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday at 5 pm. The
second current season league game
will be played today at pm. on
the Ellipse.
Kenneth H. Nash Post will meet
In the Southeast Veterans Club,
209 Pennsylvania avenue Sc, next
Wednesday evening. The ritual team
Of Grande Voiture, No. 174, of the
40 and 8, headed by Grande Chef
de Guerre William H. Hargrave, will
confer the obligation.
Clay E. Wilson has been accepted
Into membership.
Kenneth H. Nash Squadron met
last Monday evening. with Capt.
Harry Hovermill presiding. Plans are
being formulated jointly with the
juniors of Nash Auxiliary to hold
a mothers night on May 20, when
mothers of members of both organi-
cations will be invited. The soft
ball team, under the direction of
Harry Hovermill, will meet Police
and Fire Squadron No. % at pm.
today, diamond No. 10, Twenty first
street and Constitution avenue NV.
Government Printing Office will
hold its first moonlight of the sea-
son on May II on the steamer Po-
tomac. The boat leaves the Seventh
street wharf at $3.50 pm.
The post, through its American