Evening star., 1945-01-14
American Legion
Guard of Honor S
18th Annual Ball

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9Th Annual Ball
The eighth annual bali Of the Ma
tional Guard OF Honor Of the Amer
lean Legion will be held tomorrow
evening at the Shorham Hotel.
One of the features will be the
presentation to Col. Paul H. Grit
fifth, u. S. A., bf Distinguished
Service Medal by Gen, U. S. Grant
III. Staff Capt. Guy C. Nadeau is
general chairman.
Three new posts have been grant
ed charters by the District depart
ment, namely, General Accounting
Office, Fort Dupont and Woodbridge
Posts. Fort Dupont Post No. will
have its officers installed and its
colors dedicated on Friday at st.
Francis Xavier School, Twenty
seventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue SE. at $3.50 pm. The new
commander will be Rueben H. Ran
dali.
On January % Woodbridge Post
will have its officers installed at Taft
Junior High School, Eighteenth and
Perry streets NE, at $50 pm.
Officers OF General Accounting
Post will be installed at 8:15 pm.
Thursday in the Interior Depart
ment auditorium as follows: Ben
o. Blue, commander; J. J. Idler,
Hansen D. Powers and Lehron Ard,
vice commanders; Howard E. Har-
vey, adjutant; James P. Garrity,
sergeant at arms; Vivienne E. Bau-
man, finance officer; Ralph M
Howe, historian; Charles C. Afford
chaplain; Stewart T. Jarrett, judge
advocate; Samuel H. Slaven and L.
G. Hawley, color bearers.
Assistant Controller General
Frank L. Tayes and Representative
Jensen of Iowa will speak.
Arrangements are also being
made for a mass induction of men,
bers to be conducted by the ritual
team of the 40 and 9 Society.
Capital Transit Post is making
arrangements for its annual ball
at Wardman Park Hotel on Feb
ruary "a.
National Cathedral Post will pre-
sent school awards this month to
immaculate Seminary, in addition
to making the usual awards at
Woodrow Wilson High School at
graduation exercises.
Sergt. Jasper Post will hold a
testimonial dinner dance in honor OF
its past commander, Martin A.
Schubert, at the Legion Clubhouse
on February 10. Tickets are avail
able from post officers or A L. Duff
Chairman Russell S. Jeffreys of
the Americanism Commission an
nounces 10 District schools are avail
able for American Legion school
awards. The awards must be pre-
sented during the first week in
February. Any post interested in
presenting these school awards
should contact him, District $3.50,
Branch 348.
Harry w. Brown, retiring COM
mander of George Washington Post
was presented with a past COM
mander's jewel by Past Comdr. John
Lewis Smith at past commanders
night celebration at the last meet
ing in the American Legion Club.
Col. John Thomas Taylor, a past
commander, who has just returned
from two years service in the Euro
pean war theater, spoke.
Fort Stevens Post will hold it.
semiannual presentation of tht
American Legion awards in Coolidge
and Roosevelt High, Paul and Mac.
farland Junior High Schools tomor.
row. They will be presented BY
Comdr Louis Goldberg and Joseph
A. Walker, chairman of the Ameri-
canism Committee.
The annual patriotic assembly will
be held in February at the Roose-
welt High School when the essay
contest winners will be presented
their awards.
United States Internal Revenue
Post will hold its 9th annual coro-
nation ball at the Mayfower Hotel
next Friday evening. Call John A.
Long for table reservations.
National Comdr. Edward N. Sci
berling has appointed Past Comdr
Long on his official staff as a mem
Der of the National Pilgrimage Com
mittee.
Treasury Post elected as officers
Smith N. Bradford, commander;
Floyd w. Sibert, senior vice COM
mander; George M. Cameron, junior
vice commander; Reuben Grusky
finance officer, and A. E. Casgrain,
adjutant.
Meetings this week are: Monday
Quentin Roosevelt Post, Thirty
sixth and K streets NV; Depart
ment of Justice and Gas Light
Posts, Legion clubhouse Tuesday
National Press Club Post, Press
Club; I'd Division Post, New
Colonial Hotel: Bunker Hill and
Cooley, Mccullough Post, Legion
clubhouse; Pepco Post, Pepco Build
ing; United States Maritime Post
Commerce Building Thursday
Stanley Church Depue Post, Legion
clubhouse; Kenna- Main Post, 1910
Good Hope road Sc; Internal Rev.
enue Post, Stansbury Temple; Gen
eral Accounting Office, Department
of Commerce Auditorium. Friday
Fort Dupont Post, st. Francis Xavier
School.
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