Evening star., 1941-02-16


The QUESTIONABLE comes in tripli-
cate form. The original white form
is to constitute the permanent record
of the local post. The other two
copies, buff and orange, are to be
forwarded by the local post to de-
partment headquarters. There the
buff copy is to be retained and the
orange copy transmitted to national
headquarters.
In this manner all posts, depart
ment headquarters and national
headquarters will have available
complete indexes of all registered
| World War veterans, so that they
can quickly respond to any call from
the Government for any kind of
veteran help.
The 1941 national membership of
the Legion mounted to 1908 on
February l, representing the enroll
ment of 7244 per cent of the ma
tional quota. At the same time the
number of posts rose to 11,725, the
greatest number in American Legion
history.
The annual pilgrimage to the
Tomb of Washington at Mount Ver-
non. Va, will be taken by members
of George Washington Post next
Saturday morning. Comdr. Charles
S. Beilman announces they will
leave the United States Chamber
of Commerce Building at 1918
o'clock in automobiles. Brief serv-
ices will be conducted by the Rev.
Howard E. Snyder, chaplain. Comdr.
Beilmsn will place wreath on the
tomb.
Vice Comdr. Harry w. Brown has
completed arrangements for blood
bank party next Thursday night at
Holy Comforter Church Hall, Four
teenth and East Capitol streets Sc.
At the last meeting new members
elected included j. Robert Smith, jr.;
John M. Kerr, Albert S. Burch and
Frank J. DaruZke Danner. Haywood
Saunders, department membership
officer, presented Harry w. Brown
and Edward Zuranski with pins in
recognition of their work. The
22d anniversary of the post will be
celebrated March 7 at the Club
Admiral.
The Columbia Post minstrelS and
entertainers will be at the firehouse
at Cherrydale, Va, tomorrow night
for a performance for the benefit
of the Cherrydale Volunteer Fire
Department.
The juvenile division presented a
show last Sunday at Mount Alto
Hospital. Those in the cast were:
Elsie May and Mary Ann Baker
smith, Pauline OBrien, Helen Mills,
Gloria Kemp, Joyce Romero, the
McAuliffe sisters, Miss Gloria Grisso,
Amy Clark, Owens and Johnston,
Master Ivan Berger and Sam Nav
hood, with Mrs. Helen Young and
Mrs. Mary Bakersmith at the piano.
In connection with the self-denial
program and services of the Saliva
tion Army the James Reese Europe
Post will sponsor a musical fes-
tival' at 301 Rhode Island avenue
NV. today at 2 pm. A program
consisting of instrumental and vocal
music, the Salvation Army Band
and the James Reese Europe Post
Drum and Bugle Corps will be rem
dered.
Sgt. Jasper Post will hold a Joint
card party with the auxiliary at
pm. at the home of Mrs. Mary
E. Gardner 1407 Webster street NV.
Funds will be turned over to the
department blood and serum bank.
A dance will also be held by the
post on March at the Veterans
Club.
The post will sponsor a Junior
American Legion baseball team un-
der the direction of Daniel M.
Goodacre, athletic director, with
Thrall Price as manager.
New members received were:
LenneouS R. Cox. Harm I. Simp-
son, George A. Klum, William H.
Fitzgerald, Percy C. Lonery, Am
brose Selig, Edmund Kemble, jr.;
Homer C. King, Robert Porter, Rob-
ert M. Carr, Ross Cox, Lancelot w.
Bortley, Theodore D. Daley, William
o. c. Owens, James w. Hathaway
and Otto A. Saltzman.
Bunker Hill Post will meet at the
clubhouse, 807-809 Monroe street
NE, Tuesday at pm.
The bowling tournament, spon-
sored by the post, will be held
March Is at the Brookland Recrea-
ton Center, 3726 Tenth street NE,
from noon until midnight. The en-
try fee is So and is open to novices
with league average of los or under.
First prize will be S75, and other
prizes will be offered in proportion
to the number of entrants
The seventh annual patriotic as
sembly in joint observance of Lin
coins and Washingtons birthday
anniversaries, sponsored by Fort
Stevens Post, will be held at the
Roosevelt High School on Thursday
at 8 pm.
Speakers will be Col. L. Bolles,
past national adjutant, Department
Comdr. William H. Hargrave,
Comdr. Joseph A. AShi, American
ism Officer Joseph A. Walker, Mrs.
Henry Grafton Doyle, president of
the Board of Education, and Miss
May P. Bradshaw, principal of the
Roosevelt High School. Music will
be furnished by the senior and
junior drum and bugle corps and
the Sons of the Legion Squadron
will stage flag drill. Other enter
tainment will be furnished by the
'Kibitzers," Tobey Davis and Larry
Moreno.
The department commander will
present certificates to Helen Vir-
ginia Early, Robert Kasnett, Ann
Myers, John Edward Penn, Ramona
Randall and Richard Wainwright,
recipients of the American Legion
school award medals for the out
standing students selected by the
graduating classes of the high
schools in the Fort Stevens COM
munity.
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