Evening star., 1941-11-23
New Officers Are Installed
BY Commerce Legion Post
Secretary Jesse H. Jones
Letter Of Congratulations

, November 27. The annual COM
manders and adjutants conference
will be held November 80 in the
clubrooms beginning at 9 am.
The Bureau Of Internal Revenue
Post and the Bureau Post Of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold
joint meeting at the Legion Club
house at 8 pm. November %.
Any one wishing to join the blood
donating squad, now composed of u
volunteers. should call District $3.50
and contact Arthur j. Thomas,
Branch 302; Charles E. Wolfe,
Branch SIS, or Martin A. Beehan,
Branch 1887.
Tank Corps Post, known as the
No. post of the department for be-
ing the first to exceed their 1912
quota and passing the 1941 member
ship record, is entitled to special
citation.
The United States Department OF
Agriculture Post met at the Legion
Clubhouse and elected to member
ship Thomas L. Ayers, E. l.. Deal,
w. M. Edmunds. Donald Jackson
and Leroy K. Smith.
The first aid class of the post is
composed of 80 members, with
Harold Salmon as instructor.
The Juvenile Entertainers from
Columbia Post entertained at
party at Odd Fellows Hall on No
vember u. Those supplying the en-
tertainment were Sam Mawhood,
Gloria Grisso, Kenneth Hoffman,
Mary Ann and Elsie Mae Baker
smith, Freddie Mozingo, Gloris
Kemp, Martin Cribbins and Frances
Yoder. Mrs. Mary Bakersmith was
accompanist.
Sam Mawhood. Frances Yoder and
joyce Romero entertained the Amer
ican Legion and Auxiliary. Forty
and Eight and Eight and Forty
Child Welfare Conference last Fri
day.
Service mems dances. sponsored by
Washington Police and Fire Post,
are being held every Wednesday
evening at Lithicum Institute Hall,
3ll6 D street NV.
The fourth annual fall dance, CIV
en- by the Department of Labor
American Legion Post, will be held
at the Mayf1ower Hotel on Novem-
ber % from 10 to l o'clock. In
cluded in the list of guests will be
many of the department and legion
prominent members.
The Fort Stevens Post Executive
Committee will meet wednesday at
pm. in the clubrooms.
The Sons of the Legion Squadron
elected the following officers: Cap
tain, Robert Kelliher; first lieuten-
ant, Roger Young; second lieuten-
ant. Raymond Morrison formerly
of Post No. /, Sons of the American
Legion, Paris, France; adjutant,
James Hopkins finance officer,
Charles F. Stack; chaplain, Norval
Dessez; historian. Matthew Brandt,
and sergeant-at-arms David War
rem Hughes. They were installed
by Department Vice Comdr. Alex
MacKinnon.
Department Corndr Saunders has
appointed Second Vice Comdr. C.
Victor Dessez to serve as commander
of the District Of Columbia detach-
ment, Sons of the American Legion.
Charles H. Heller was appointed as
detachment vice commander and
membership officer.
Department Comdr. Saunders ad-
dressed Cooley y-McCullough Post
Tuesday night at the Legion club
house. New membc"s admitted were
Francis F. Russell, Harry j. Rown,
Edison V. Smith, Leroy Fisher,
Charles R. Chadbourne. Ermon L..
Pitts. Lloyd B. Livingston, John B.
Murrah, Ralph H. Campbell, Paul
j. Schwarz and George W. johnson.
The post passed resolution pre-
sented by Past Comdr. Nadeau that
the department Executive Committee
consider a mass installation of off,
GERS of all posts. Past Comdr.
Charles Kohen was unanimously
indorsed for department COM
mander.
Mr.. Kohen presented vaude-
vile show for patients OF Mount
Alto Hospital last Monday night.
Charles Upham. president of the
American Road Builders Associa-
ton, will be the principal speaker at
meeting of National Cathedral
Post on November Is. Traffic Di-
rector Van Duzer will be- guest.
1t will be an open meeting.
U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post held
its last meeting at the Legion Club
house. Thu newly elected officers
follow: Commander, Lillian B
Caldwell. senior vice commander,
Alma Sarton; Junior vice command
er, Estelle Ruby; historian, Goree
Pellen: chaplain, Margaret Edwards:
quartermaster, Jessie L. Collins;
sergeant at arms. Bertha Johnson.
color bearers. Katherine Angerman
and Ethel Doherty, and investment
adviser, Dorothy L. Drunken.
Membership Officer Ella Fazzoni
reported 108 paid-up members for
1912. New members admitted were
Irene Heller and Elizabeth Shock.
The post voted to buy one of the
bonds for the National Tubercu-
losis Association; S25 was appro-
priated for Thanksgiving baskets
which were distributed to needy
families.
American War Mothers