Evening star., 1946-12-29

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RAY L. ZWINGLAS,
Membership chairman, Amer
ican Legion.-Star Staff Photo.
American Legion,
D. c. Department.,
Membership Grows
Under the guidance of Ray L
Zwinglas, department membership
officer and his assistant, Abner c.
Lakenan, the department of the
District of Columbia, American Le-
gion, has enrolled a membership tc
date of 10,064 and is well on its way
to reach its prescribed quota of 49,
1893, set for this department by the
national organization for this year
The Sergt. Jasper Post leads the
with total OF 67l, the
Vincent Costello Post is in second
place with 586 while the Agriculture
Post with 512 in third place is close
ly followed by the Capital Transit
Post in fourth place with 500.
The relative standings of all other
posts in the local department to date
is as follows: George Washington
437; James Reese Europe, 407;
Bunker Hill, 33l; Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, 325; Police
and Fire, 311; National Cathedral
299; General Accounting Office
279; Justice, 259; Government Print
ing Office, 226; Navy, 221: PEPCO
211; Jacob Jones, 210; Fort Stevens
208; Victory, 207; Labor, 203; S. c.
De Pue, 1888; ]. E. Walker, 1T;
Cooley McCullough, ITS: Internal
Revenue, I'll; Jane A. Delano, l57;
Kenna Main, 152; Thad Dulin, 148;
Washington Gas Light, 146; Po-
tomac, 143; A. P. Gardner, l39;
Woodbridge, 139; Kenneth H. Nash
1873; Civil Service, 1872; Washington
Building and Construction Trades
1875; Lincoln, lis; H. c. Spengler
1O5; U. S. Maritime, l01; Fort Tot
ten, 1O1; Commerce, "a; Quentin
Roosevelt, 81; I'd Division, 81; G. S
Patton-Tark Corps, So; Halloron-
Murray, 10; National Press, II: G
E. Killeen, Ct; S. P. McGroarty, ST;
Taxi, Ct; Columbia, 66; FBI, 81;
Treasury, 81; U. G. McAlexander
So; Fort Dupont, So; A. G. Bell, SO;
l.. and D. McNair, Al; Belleau Wood
II.
The District Department has
scheduled its annual department
ball from 10 to l am, at the Shore
ham Hotel, with Miss Jane Cox as
general chairman in charge OF al
arrangements.
Reservations for tables, seating 10
are being made with Mrs. Anne
Frame, 1926 South Carolina avenue
Sc, phone Lincoln 1924. ...
A meeting of the General Com
mittee will be held at the Legior
Club next Friday evening.
Department Comdr. Guy G. Ma.
deau announces the appointment o1
Arthur G. Mcdonald as chairman
of the Foreign Relations Committee
George w. Phillips as chairman oi
the School Of Parliamentary Law
Robert L. Williams and William E
Shannon, members of the Welfare
Committee, C. J. Whittlesley ano
William I. Wyndham, members o1
the Membership Committee, and
Andrew Oehman. a member of the
Athletic Commission.
Sergt. Jasper Post has postponed
it's meeting, scheduled for New Year
Day, and will meet at the Legion
Club at 8 pm January 8. Comdr
Harold J.. MacLaughlin will preside
Department Membership Officer
Zwinglas presented the post with g
$25 War Savings Bond won by the
post in a recent membership drive.
Ralph I. Graves, chairman Of the
American Legion's annual oratorica
contest, announced the District
Board of Education has authorized
the conducting Of the contest in the
schools of the District of Columbia
Under the rules of the contest 6
winner is decided in each school anc
then are grouped together in serie!
of elimination contests until an ulti.
mate winner is decided, and the loca
winner is then sent to the nationa
finals to compete with the winners
from other States.
The revised list of officers a.
announced by the Halloron-M Murra.
Post are: Commander, Thomas L
O'Hanlon; first vice commander
Preston B. Ray; second vice com
mander, Robert Williams; third vic'
commander, Foster Shannon; ad
iutant, Warren Mcdonald; finance
officer, Ronald English, and his
torian, Joseph Ryan.
Jane A: Deleano Post invites al
nurses who served in the armed
forces in either of the World Wars
to join this post.
Nurses deciding to join shoule
communicate with Miss Anne Pryde
1000 Massachusetts avenue NV.
National 1892, or the commander
Miss Grace L. Stock, 120 NORTH
Patrick street, Alexandria, Va
Telephone 1862.
The post is endeavoring to raist
money to help rehabilitate the
American Nurses Memorial Florence
Nightingale School of Nursing al
Bordeau, France. The post ha.
pledged to raise $500 to furnish
room in the renovated hospital
Contributions may be sent to Miss
Margaret Maddox, 2707 Adams Mil
road NV, or delivered at the meet
ing of the post at the Legion Club
next Thursday evening.