Evening star., 1940-08-18
Heywood Saunders Is Named
Legion Membership Officer
Several Other LoeoI Appointments
Announced by Comdr. Horerove

COmQr. Wllllam II. dargraVe, LIS
trict Of Columbia Department Of
the American Legion, has appoint
ed Haywood Saunders as member
ship ofiicer. Mr.. Saunders is
member Of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing Post and was re-
Gently senior vice department COM
mander. He has already launched a
campaign to 60 over the depart
ment's quota of 7.177.
Other appointments - Assistant
department adjutant, John A. Long,
Internal Revenue Post; aide to the
commander, Guy Nadeau, Cooley
Mccullough Post, reappointed;
chairman of the Americanism
Commission. Thomas r. Callahan,
National Cathedral Post; member
for three years on the Americanism
Commission, Vincent Orlando, Bu-
reau Of Engraving and Printing
Post; vice chairman of the Armi-
stice Day Committee, James w.
Flatherty, Department of Commerce
Post.
Chairman of Athletic Commission,
John j. Mulvey, Kenneth H. Nash
Post; member of Athletic Commits
sion for three years, John T. Long.
Fort Stevens Post; sergeant at arms,
Charles E. Wolfe, Internal Revenue
Post, reappointed: chairman of EN-
ployment Committee, Oscar G.
Jones, reappointed; chairman OF
Finance Committee, Jane r. Cox,
Jane A. Delano Post. reappointed;
member of Finance Committee for
three years, Douglass o. Reed,
Sergt. Jasper Post; member of the
newly created Civic Relations Com
mission for three years, Alexander
MacKinnon: publicity of1cer,
Charles DALEY, jr., United States
Treasury Post.
Ofiicers nominated at the last
meeting of Sgt Jasper Post for the
coming year are: A. A. Dibble,
commander; Charles Pierce, first
vice commander; Martin Schubert,
second vice commander; Victor Fer
rar, third vice commander, and
Charles F. Brown. chaplain. Elec-
ton will take place at the next
meeting in September.
The post baseball champions at
tended the post meeting in body
and were introduced. Each gave
talk and thanked the post for acting
as its sponsor during the year and
promised to bring home the bacon"
for Jasper Post. They were also
guests of the Washington Senators
and Clark Grifiith at the American
League ball park on August 8. The
sum of SIS was voted by the post
for the use of the team while at
Wilson, N. C.
The annual grand promenade of
Grande Voiture, No. 174, 40 and 8.
will be held in Stansbury Hall
on August 2l, commencing at 4:30
pm. Election of officers, members
of the cheminot, delegates and al
ternates to the national promenade
in Boston next month will be held,
with Grand Chef de Care w. H.
Hargrave, presiding. Chef de Chemin
de Fer Passe, Fred G.. Fraser and
Garde de la Porte National John
Emil McCabe will be installing OFF,
GERS.
Voting polls will be open from
4:30 until pm. Dinner will be
served at 6 pm. There will be
floor show, arrangements being in
charge of Grand Chef de Train c.
Francis Mccarthy.
A delegation will leave by train
Friday at 1:15 pm. for Cumberland
Md, to attend the annual wreck"
and promenade Of the Grande Vol
ture Of Maryland Reservations
should be made with John e. Nc
Cabe.
Elmer L. Vennerdrow Of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture Post recently presented the
Post No. SO Medal of Merit to Sgt.
Godfrey Doyle Of Battery B, 260th
Coast Artillery, District Of Columbia
National Guard, who had been des-