Evening star., 1946-03-17
Service Organizations
Fifteen Scholarships
To Be Awarded by
American Legion

availability Oh 10 american Legion
national commander scholarships
ranging in value up to 500 each
were announced last week by Mai
Gen. P. G. Harris, national director
of the Legion Committee on Educa-
ton of Orphans OF Veterans.
Any son Of a deceased veteran OF
World War / or II who actually
is in need of financial assistance
to continue his education is eligible
for scholarship, irrespective OF
the date and cause of death of his
father.
Applications should be by letter
to the American Legion department
director of education or orphans OF
veterans. in the applicants State
or the District of Columbia. The
letter should give the name, date
and cause of death of the Veteran
and other pertinent facts and should
reach the appropriate department
director not later than April is, 1916
The scholarships are available to
high school graduates or to college
or university students at any stage
of regular course-academic, tech
nical or Observation-Disclosures re-
gard to age of the applicant.
The American Legion sponsored
National Oratorical Contest locally
will run of their sectional contest
this week at the following schools:
Garnet Patterson High School,
March %; Woodrow Wilson High
March 81; Roosevelt High
March 26, and Mckinley
High School, March IS.
The prizes for these sectionals will
be SIS first and $40 second.
The chairmen Of the sectionals are
George B. Hunt, William r. Bren-
nan, Maj. George Rohrick and Maj.
Chester A. Bennett. respectively, it
was announced by Herbert j. jacob,
commander, through r..
Jeffreys, Americanism chairman.
The finals for the contest will be
held the night of March 20 at the
of Commerce audi
torium. The prizes that night will
be SIS first, $50 second, $25 third
and $40 fourth. The winner of this
contest will compete in the national
sectional to be held next month.
The Legion Department Veterans
Preference Committee, Chairman
Lee r. Pennington, reports that of
the cases his committee has handled
recently the following has been ac-
complished:
Permanent civil service status OBJ
tanned for veteran employe of the
Capitol Power Plant who had been
kept at temporary status.
An appeal has been sent to the
Civil Service Commission protesting
against discrimination against vet
Grams by nonveteran master me-
chanics.
The U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post will
celebrate their 28th anniversary on
May 10 at tea at the Legion club
house.
This post of women for the past
few months has been shellacking
braille for blind under the jurisdic-
ton of the Library of Congress.
They meet twice a month and will
until May.
George Washington Post is max
ing plans to purchase clubhouse.
The plans will be presented to the
members at a later meeting.
Comdr. Charles l.. Schuettler an
ncunced % new members were
elected at the last meeting, making
he membership nearly 600.
Kenna-Main Post of the Legion
and Naval Gun Factory Post, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, recently
presented an athletic mat to the
No. II Police Boys Club.
Veterans of World War II were
guests Of Kenna- Main Post at a
lance and party last night at 1910
Good Hope road Sc.
DR.. D. c. Buchanan, chaplain of
Department Of Justice Post, who
lust returned from a Government
mission to Japan, will give an "off-
talk to post members
tomorrow evening at the Depart
nent of Justice Building. Past
comdr. Lee r. Pennington will dis
'uss a subject of importance to
-egionnaires. All Legionnaires are
Welcome to bring guests.