Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08
In Local Service Organizations
American Legion
Will Entertain
Disabled Veterans

!
Disabled Veterans
Five hundred disabled veterans
from both World Wars and num-
Iber of patients from the Walter Reed
Forest Glen, Naval, Mount Alto and
st. Elizabeths Hospitals will be
taken to the Wilson Line steamer
Mount Vernon next Tuesday eve
ming in fleet of Red Cross buses
| for cruise down the Potomac as
guests of the Department of the
District of Columbia, the American
Legion.
| An elaborate program has been
arranged by Henry F. Steiniger, gen.
eral chairman, including a floor
show, host of door prizes, dancing
and other entertainment.
Today,s scheduled games In the
American Legion Junior Baseball
League, to be played on the White
House Ellipse at pm, are: Bunker
Hill-GPO, Police and Fire-Fort
Stevens, Halloran Murray-National
Cathedral and Fort Dupont Costello
The Capital Transit Post will enter
four teams in next years American
Legion Bowling League and are now
forming post Guard of Honor. with
James E. Carrier as it's first captain
In connection with the Legion
program of combating juvenile de-
linquency the FBI Post, which meets
tomorrow evening at the Legion
Club, are we'll on their way to
organizing Boy Scout Troop in
the Georgetown area and have ear
marked substantial sum from the
post treasury to send the troop to a
summer camp when organized.
The George E. Killeen Post will
use its newly dedicated colors for
the first time at a meeting next
Tuesday evening at 1904 M street
NV. The new colors were dedi-
Gated at impressive ceremonies re-
Gently by Comdr. Neville E. Rosser
and Acting Chaplain William c.
Baker. At the same time the Forty
and Eight Degree Team, under the
direction of Gerald Lawlor, indicted
Is new members into membership.
The Halloron- Murray Post, COM
posed mostly of veterans of World
War II recruited in the Georgetown
area, will meet next Tuesday eve
ming at the Legion Club with its
newly elected commander, Thomas
M. O'Hanlon, presiding.
! The post was named for two stu
dents from Woodrow Wilson and
Western High SchoolS and after en-
rolling 125 new members are now
engaged in sponsoring bowling
team and Junior American Legion
baseball team.
The Kenneth H. Nash Post, which
meets Wednesday evening in their
clubhouse, 200 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc, has Endorsed Edwin T. Luther
for the Office of department com
mander for the year 1918.
Election of delegates and alter
mates to the department convention
will take place. Those nominated al
the last meeting were: William E
Ritter, James Wright, Edwin T
Luther, Carl E. Such, Anton Rus
zizak, Joseph Smithson, Clyde Ra.
gan. Charles Pace, Gordon Rulings
Charles Nix, Ernie Brock, Howard
BLU. Guy Cogswell, Denzil Right
Leo Woods, John MUSTANG, William
Lessmon, George Grommett, VIII
liam Huntley and Charles Piper.
A meeting of the Department
Soap Box Derby Committee will be
held Wednesday evening in the
Board of Trade rooms in The Eve
ming Star Building. Other scheduled
meetings are: June Is. July 2 ano
July 9, with the Derby to be run of
July IL. Over $50 entries are al
ready on file with about 400 ex-
pected.
A special meeting Of the Depart
ment Executive Committee to con-
slider the report of the newly ap-
pointed Special Advisory Publica-
lions Committee, headed by Brady
Warner, will convene at the Legion
Club next Wednesday evening.
Election of delegates and alter
mates to department convention OF
Government Printing Office Post
will take place Friday evening al
the Legion Club.
Pepco Post will hold open house
at it's meeting next Friday evening
at the Cheverly Md Post Clubhouse
under the direction of its entertain
ment chairman, Jerome Lynch. who
was recently elevated to the office
OF second vice commander.
An American Legion School Medal
Award was presented to John M
McCabe of the st. Adams School
last week by Melvin Frame on be-
half of the George Washington
Post, and Arthur j. johnson and
Annie l.. Kinnard of the Cardoza
High School will receive awards
when Basil F. McAllister makes
these presentations at special as
sembly next Wednesday at noon on
behalf of the Police and Fire Post.
Representative Edward H. Rees CT
Kansas will be the guest speaker at
a meeting of Civil Service Post at
SIS pm. tomorrow In the audi
forum Of the Tariff Commission,
Eighth and E streets NV.
Meetings this week: Monday
Lincoln, Jacob Jones, FBI. Treasury
Posts, May Day Corporation, Legion
Club; Woodbridge Post, 2022 Rhode
Island avenue NE
| Tuesday - Capital Transit and
Halloron Murray Posts, Legion
Club; George E. Killeen Post, 1904
M street NV; James Reece Europe
Post, 1914 Vermont avenue NV.
Wednesday-Special Department
Executive Committee, Police and
Fire, Labor, U. G. McAlexander
Posts, Legion Club; Nash Post, 200
Pennsylvania avenue Sc; Potomac