Evening star., 1944-02-13
American Legion
Plans Pilgrimage
To Mount Vernon

Member of George Washington
Post No. l, the American Legion. will
make their annual pilgrimage to
Mount Vernon, Va. next Sunday and
pay homage at the Tomb of George
Washington. The delegation will be
in charge of Comdr. Harry w.
Brown. who will place a wreath on
the tomb. The start will be made
at 230 pm. from the American Le-
gion clubhouse.
At the last meeting of the post
Francis F. Miller, with a team from
the 40-8 Society. initiated a large
number of veterans of World Wars
I and II.
Comdr. Brown will shortly appoint
a committee to arrange details for
celebrating the 25th anniversary of
the post in the American Legion on
March 2.
Bunker Hill Post, No. 81, will meet
Tuesday at $50 pm. at the Amer
ican Legion clubhouse, with Comdr.
Horace J. Hocter, presiding.
Entertainment Officer w. Berry
Ludwig and his committee will re-
port plans relative to a past COM
manders' night, to be held next
month.
Running far ahead of all previous
membership performances, the 1914
paid-up enrolment of the Legion
has passed the million mark. Mem
bership record cards compiled as of
January q showed the total had
| reached 1908 .040. being an increase
OF $4,000 over the same date in
1943.
Department Comdr. C. Francis
Mccarthy urges post commanders
to submit their reports on the
bond drive to Chairman Fitzgibbons
as soon as possible.
Agriculture Post at it's meeting at
the Legion clubhouse on February 8
initiated Is new members.
A special meeting will be held
March IA for mass installation of
approximately 100 recent members.
Comdr. N. A. Pagnotte or Adjt.
Jacy Selby will have for distribu-
ton forms for applying for muster
ing-out pay.
Lincoln Post announces Comdr.
Guy T. Briggs, assisted by Amer
icanism Officer Firman w. Stiles.
presented American Legion school
awards to the outstanding pupils of
the graduating class of Powell
Junior High School on February 3
to Joel Darmstadter and Inge
Chwang.
Comdr. H. C. Corpening, Tank
Corps Post, has been transferred
to Denver, Colo, as regional di-
rector for vocational guidance of the
United States Office of Education.
This has necessitated a temporary
Encouragement of the official line
up: Acting commander, Joseph
Fries; acting first vice commander,
Foster Wood; acting second vice
commander, Earl Hamilton Smith.
The Sons of the American Legion
WALL AiSSe tAlC oCSOIlO oullQdy VI
each month at the Legion club
house, at 2 pm.
National Comdr. Warren H. Ath-
erton spoke at the dinner given on
February 5 at the Legion clubhouse
in honor of Junior Past Comdr.
Charles Pierce. The POSTMASTER
was Past National Vice Comdr. Fred
G. Fraser. Gen. Frank T. Hines,
director of the Veterans Admins
tration, also spoke.
Meetings this week are:
Monday-U. S. S. Jacob Jones,
Lincoln and Government Printing
Office Posts, Legion clubhouse, and
United States Treasury Post, Co.
lonial Hotel.
TueSday-National Press Club Post,
Press Club; Cooley -McC cCullough and
Bunker Hill Posts, Legion clubhouse;
I'd Division Post New Colonial Ho-
tel; Pepco Post, Pepco Building, and
United States Maritime Post, De-
partment of Commerce Building.
Thursday-Stanley Church Depue
Post, Legion clubhouse; Kenna Main
Post, 1910 Good Hope road Sc, and
Internal Revenue Post, Stansbury
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