Evening star., 1947-03-23
In Local Service Organizations
American Legion
Trophies Display
At the Clubhouse

lIOPnleS hloPIdy
lat the Clubhouse
A. r. Dannaher, chairman Of ths
District of Columbia Department
the American Legion's Trophies ant
Awards Committee, announced las
week that all trophies now in thu
hands OF the department will soor
be placed on display in = glass.
inclosed case in the cocktail room
of the Legion Clubhouse, Fifteenth
street NV.
Cash awards are also annomcee
to the James Reece Europe, Jacol
Jones, Stanley Church Depue ans
Fort Stevens Posts for their partici
patton in the convention parade, a!
well as . special citation to ths
George 8. Patton Tank Corps Post
Other citations will 60 to the Ma
|tional Cathedral, Sergt. Jasper
Cooley McC Cullough and Department
Of Agriculture Posts.
The National Guard of Honor, II
command Of Capt. James A. Clarke
receives cash award from the LIE.
gion and a silver cup from the Vet.
Grams of Foreign Wars for their ap.
pearance in the George Washing.
tons Birthday parade at Alexan.
dria, Va.
The third of a series of monthly
classes, providing sources Of infor-
nation, instruction and assistance
for post service officers, will be held
next Friday evening in the Legion
Club, under the direction Of Depart
ment Service Omcer Paul Flaherty
A well-known speaker will address
the class, to be followed by round
table discussion Of questions and
answers, with Mr.. Flaherty serving
as moderator.
BY a recent change in the bylaws
of the Government Printing Once
Post, membership is now available
not only to sons and daughters OF
post members, but to sons and
daughters OF all white veterans en-
ployed in the GPo, and it is not
necessary that they themselves be
employed in that Office, it was an
nounced last week by Comdr. Charles
r. Haig.
David Joseph Nacht, son Of Ben
jamin Nacht, was the first to file
application for membership under
the new ruling.
Nicholas S. Forte, Albert S. Rob-
inson, jr., and John r. Murphy were
admitted to membership at the last
meeting.
Ten contestants representing as
many senior and junior high and
parochial schools of this city have
been selected to compete in the
semifinals of the 10th annual Amer
ican Legion oratorical contest to be
run off this week in four groups in
the auditorium of one of the COM
peting schools in each group under
the supervision Of a member OF the
Contest Committee.
The competing schools and the
group in which they will compete
are: Group /, Western-W Woodrow
Wilson; group 2. Armostrong- Dun
bar; group 3, Central Gonzaga- Cap
itol Pages, and group 4, Eastern
Anacostia- st. Cecelia's Academy.
Under the direction of Victor
Farrar, as general chairman. as
sisted by John Lester and Ayden
A. Dibble, cochairmen, Sergt. Jasper
Post will honor Past Commanders
Kershner and O,Neill at the annual
past commanders dinner at the Bur-
lington Hotel on April 26.
Comdr. Harold ]. Mclaughlin an
nounces the post will be presented
with q $50 War Bond at its next
meeting at the Legion Club on April
2 for having attained first place in
class 8 in the recent department
membership drive by Department
Membership Officer Ray l.. ZwinglaS
| Department Comdr. Guy C.
Nadeau presented the American Le-
gion Medal Of Merit and a 25-year
American Legion membership card
to David Block, past commander OF
the Cooley Mccullough Post, in
recognition of his outstanding work
in the Legion's affairs at a testi-
monial dinner given in his honor at
the Mayfower Hotel last Tuesday
evening by the Washington Post,
Jewish War Veterans, Of which Mr..
Block is also q past commander.
The Forty and Eight ritual team,
under the direction Of Grand Chef
de Train Gerald Lawlor, inducted
a class Of 100 new members at the
last meeting Of the Department OF
Agriculture Post and q class Of so
new members into membership at
the last meeting Of the Lincoln
Post.
The Department Housing Com
mittee, with Chairman A. E. Cas-
grain presiding, met last week at
the Legion Club when reports of
the Capital Housing Authorities
were presented and various sub
committees appointed.
Internal Revenue Post last week
unanimously Endorsed Joseph j:
Malloy for the office of national
commander of the Legion for 1947-
1948 and several members made
substantial contributions to the
"Malloy campaign fund"
Meetings this week:
Monday-George S. Patton Tank
Corps and Alexander Graham Bell
Posts, Legion Club.
Tuesday-War Department Post,
Legion Club; James Reese Europe
Post, 1914 Vermont avenue NV.
Wednesday - National Cathedral
and Henry c. Spengler Posts, Legion
Club.
Thursday-Department Executive
Committee, Legion Club; James E.
Walker Post, 18th Street YMCA.
Friday-Victory Post, Legion Club.
AMV Convention
American Veterans Committee