Evening star., 1947-04-06


Eastern DiDiston, American
Legion Auxiliary.
American Legion
IHonors ]. c. Chase;
Other Activities
John C. Chase, past post command.
er and membership officer of the
Washington Police and Fire Post
District of Columbia Department
the American Legion, will be pre-.
sented with the American Legion
Medal of Merit for his outstanding
activities for the Legion over long
period of years by Department
Comdr. Guy C. Nadeau at the meet
ing of the post next Wednesday eve.
ming at the Legion Club.
Fifty new members will be In
Quoted into membership in the
Capital Transit Post next Tuesday
evening at the Legion Club by the
post ritual team under the direction
of A. L. Matthias.
Twenty-Five members of the posi-
have joined the National Extension
Institute and will hold class ses.
sion tomorrow evening, April 7, al
the Central Bus Auditorium, with
A. G. Neu as instructor.
The National Guard of Honor will
participate in the Army Day parade
tomorrow under the command o1
Capt. James A. Clarke. William P
Bray is the Legion Army Day officer
Charles Kohen, department en-.
tertainment chairman, announces
the booking of the mixed choir o1
40 voices representing the Carol
Post of Passaic, N. j., for concerts
to be given in the recreation hal
of the Red Cross at Walter ReeC
Hospital next Saturday at 7 pm
and at Bethesda Naval Hospital or
Sunday at 2 pm.
A reception will be extended by
the choir by the Department Of the
District of Columbia at the Legion
Club following their appearance al
Walter Reed on Saturday evening
At the meeting of the Kenneth H
Nash Post, to be held at the club
house, 209 Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
next Wednesday evening, plans fol
the 25th anniversary celebration o1
the post to take place at St. Francis
Xavier Hall, 2700 o street Sc, at 8
pm, April Is, will be announced.
Comdr. william H. Talbot re-
quests all members of the post with
Is years or more of consecutive
service in the Legion, to write him
at 1900 T street Sc, or call Ii. 8139
Plans are now in progress to pre-
sent all eligible members of the
Government Printing Office Post
with five or more years of Legion
service with special membership
cards at the meeting at the Legion
Club next Friday evening.
Ben Nacht, manager of the post
baseball team, requests all ball
players to report to him in order
that their names may be placed on
the roster of players.
Since the first of this year the
ritual team of the Forty and Eight,
under the direction of Grand Chef
de Train Gerald Lawlor, has induct-
ed over 1,500 new members into
more than Is posts of the Depart
ment of the District of Columbia
Members of the team include: DR..
Luther w. Gray, James A. Clarke,
Guy Dodson, Bernard Mead, Thomas
Milne, Henry Heine, Gail T. Judd,
Samuel Crump, Francis Miller, Mar
tin Dyer, Raymond Queenin, Lucas
Goldwyn, David Kisliuk, Robert
Stewart and Porter Bush.
A meeting of the Department
Veterans Preference Committee will
take place at the Legion Club next
Thursday evening, with the depart
ment chairman, c. F. Dawson, pre-
siding.
With only six weeks remaining
before the national membership
aerial roundup takes place, Depart
ment Membership Officer Ray w.
zwinglas is asking for total of
10000 members by that time. This
will be an increase of 5000 over
the present 1900 membership en-
rolled with nine posts having
equaled or exceeded their last years
membership to date.
The department commander an
nounceS that permanent charter
has been issued to the Thad Dulin
Post and temporary charters have
been granted to the new Fort Totten
and War Department Posts.
Meetings this week:
Monday-Civil Service, Stephen
P. McGraorty Post: national guard
of honor, Legion Club; Department
of Commerce Post, Department of
Commerce.
Tuesday-Capital Transit. Halo
'ron-Murray Posts, Legion Club.
James Reese Europe Post, 1914 Ver-
mont avenue NV. George E. Kill
leen Post, 3204 M street NV.
Observation-Disclosures of La
Dor, U. G. McAlexander and Police
and Fire Posts, Legion Club; Barry
Post, st. Aloysius Hall; Nash Post,
209 Pennsylvania avenue Sc; Po-
tomac Post, Palisades Fieldhouse;
Thad Dulin Post. Burlington Hotel.
Thursday-Forty and Eight, Le-
gion Club: James e. Walker Post,
Twelfth Street YMCA; Fort Totten
Post, the Ship; Fort Dupont Post,
Minnesota avenue and M streets
Sc.
Friday-Government Printing Of
fee and Department of Agriculture
Posts, Legion Club.
Saturday-G gorge Washington
Post, Legion Club.
Daughters of America