Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
American Legion
Past Commander
Will Be HOnored

Will Be HOnored
Martin A. Schubert, past COM
mander Of Sergt. Jasper Post. Dis
trict OF Columbia Department, the
American Legion, will be honored at
q testimonial dinner dance on Sat-
urday at the American Legion Club
house. Fred Money is general
chairman.
The principal address will be given
by Gen. Frank T. Hines, admins
traitor Of veterans affairs. Others
who will speak include T. o. Kraabel,
national rehabilitation director OF
the Legion and Lee r. Pennington,
commander Of the District depart
nent.
The address Of welcome will be
given by William r. Kersher,- post
commander. Fred q. Fraser, past
national vice commander, will be
toastmaster.
Preparations are being made by
the District department for the
eighth annual national high school
oratorical contests, sponsored by
the Legion. Any pupil in the tenth
eleventh and twelfth grades Of either
the public, private or parochia
schools is eligible to enter the con.
test.
The contests held at the variou.
schools are under sponsorship Of
individual posts and must be com.
pleted between March ! and Is
There win be five sectional elimi1la.
lions in the District of Columbis
which must be completed by March
% and the final contest in this de.
partment must be held before March
30, the winner to be certified to ma
tional headquarters before April 4.
Chairman Russell Jeffreys of the
Americanism Commission request.
Americanism chairmen Of the post!
to make certain the contests arr
completed in the schools by March
16. Joseph A. Walker. chairman o.
the Educational Committee of thu
commission, is in charge Of thu
contests.
Agriculture Post, through 1t.
Americanism officer, Laurance H
Sample, presented medals to thu
outstanding girl and boy students
Of the graduating class Of Shaw
Junior High School and jefferson
High School last week.
Lincoln Post last week presented
Legion school awards to Robert
Rolnick and Betty Rosendorf, ths
outstanding students in the grad.
uating class at lowell Junior High
School Comdr. Hampton Perc!
made the presentations, assisted b!
Guy Briggs.
The ritual team of Grand Voiturt
174, Forty and Eight, under the di.
rection of Grande Chef de Trair
Frederick F. Money, will obligat.
the new members of GPO Post a
a meeting at $3.50 pm, February II
at the Legion Clubhouse.
The Grand Cheminot will NEE
Thursday at the Legion Clubhouse
Stephen P. McGroarty Post vii
meet at the clubhouse tomorrow
when Comdr. Raymond Farwell, Z
Is. N, recently returned from dut
in the North Atlantic and Mediter
ranean, will speak. Members an
guests are invited to attend al
informal dinner at O'Clock.
! National Cathedral Post last wee
presented school awards to the out
standing students in the graduatin
class at Woodwork Wilson Higl
School They were presented b
Comdr. Lester Steinem. assisted b
James H. Gordon, to Robert Dye
1 and Cicely Davenport.
i At the last meeting Of the pos
Mai. Gen. Donald A. Stroh, com
lmanding general of the 9Th Infantr
Division, home on leave fror
France, spoke.
/ The Welfare Department of tn
American Legion is in need Of men
and chndren's clothing and house
hold furnishings for use by dis
abled veterans and their families
Telephone Metropolitan 42l1 o
Georgia lilo and some one will ca
to pick up the donations. Legion
naires and friends are requested t.
assist.
| Meetings this week are:
Monday-Stephen p. McGroart
Post, Legion Clubhouse: Depart
ment of Commerce Post, Commerc
Building.
4 Tuesday-Vincent 3. Costello Pos
Legion Clubhouse; End Divisio
Post, New Colonial Hotel.
i Wednesday-Sergt. Jasper Pos
Legion Clubhouse; Columbia Pos
Fort Stevens Clubhouse, 1894 Geor
gia avenue NV.
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