Evening star., 1947-06-29


July 4, to be heard locally over radio
/ station VOL from 4:30 to pm.
The broadcast will include cere-
monies from Concord, Mass; York
town, Va; Flagtaf, ANz.; Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, and Philadelphia,
1 Pa, where National Comdr. Paul H.
Griffith will be the principal speaker
of the day.
/ A general meeting of the Legion's
committee on the 10th annual Soap
Box Derby, to be held July IL, will
be held next Wednesday night in
the Board of Trade rooms, The
Evening Star Building. to review in
structions, rules and regulations
governing the races. On July 9 they
will meet again when Derby Director
Charles Kohen will issue their Gre
dentials
i Todays scheduled games in the
American Legion Junior Baseball
League to be played on the White
House Ellipse at l pm. are: Fort
Dupont Government Printing Office,
Police and Ffre-Bunker Hill, Cos
/ tello-National Cathedral and Fort
Stevens -Halloron Murray.
! Sergt. Jasper Post will elect dele
gates and alternates to the De-
partment Convention next Wednes-
day evening at the Legion Club.
Ballots will be distributed to men,
bers only upon the presentation of
a 1947 paid-up membership card.
Following the election Comdr
Harold J. Mclaughlin will appoint
delegates to serve on the Rules,
Credentials and Resolutions Com
mittees. The newly formed Sons OF
the Legion Band, under the direc-
ton of Daniel N. Smith, will furnish
entertainment.
/ Department Comdr. Guy C. Ma
deau has been indorsed by the
Colley- Mccullough Post to succeed
himself in that Office for the year
! 1918. Ralph I. Graves, who
served as chairman of the Oratori-
cal Contest, has been indorsed for
/ the same Office by Treasury Post.
John C. Donovan has received the
/ Endorsement of the Maritime Post
for the Office of department vice
commander.
More than so members of the
Legion became members of the
Forty and Eight last week at the
annual wreck" at Stansbury Hall
with Grand Counducteur Clarance
/ T. Milne in charge of the class.
! Comdr. Charles r. Haig of the
Government Printing Office Post
will head that delegation to the de-
partment convention. Those who
| will serve with him are: Delegates,
M. w. Blankinship. C. I. Dixon, E.
/ A. Newman, E. J. Bush, G. c. Kraus,
M. j. Cyganek, E. R. Dixon, c. A.
/ Gathens, R. S. MuSick. M. G. An
/ derson, A. j. Fields. H. E. Hamp-
shire, B. A. Johns, H. Street and E.
A. Langley; alternates, I. G. Roy
ston C. E. Kostick, P. A. Grolock,
H. B. Melton L. R. Mullen, M. B.
Whittemore, H V. Reichert, j.
Keehn. P. w. Kunz, O. l.. Payne,
H. H. Mann, R. H. Edwards, c. R.
DeShazo and I. F. Skinner.
American Legion school medal
/. awards were made last week by rep
resentatives of the post to the out
!, standing boy and girl students OF
the Eliot Junior High School.
The Cooley Mccullough Post
/ nominated officers at its meeting
last week as follows: Commander,
Donald E. Moler; first vice COM
mander, Edward E. Freeman; second
vice commander. John OMara and
John M. Robinson; third vice COM
mander, A. Ralph Parkus, and EX-
ecutive Committee. Philip Fox,
Philip Stearns. James Malarky, Jack
London and Morris Silberman.
Election will take place at the
July meeting.
/ Delegates to the department con-
vention are Sydney B. Goldman,
Donald E. Moler, DR.. David S. Block,
Adolph Majower, Charles Kohen,
Mai. Gen. U. S. Grant III. John
F.. OMara and Carl Kuldell; alter
mates. Frank M Isaac, Joseph Hal
denstein, George Kefauver, Philip
Fox, w. A. Dean, A. Ralph ParkuS,
Edward E. Foreman and John M.
| Robinson.
| Costello Post is sponsoring three
baseball clubs in local leagues this
season under the direction of Henry
Heine, who Is also currently lead
ing the Booster Club. The newly
formed post guard will soon reach
its full strength and close its charter
membership.
The commander of the Jane A
Delano Post presented the American
Legion Americanism Scholarship
Award to Vernice Clifford and Car
roll Green, jr., members of the grad
uating class Of the Francis Junior
High School.
! A birthday party of the post will
be held July 13 at $50 pm. at Hotel
2400. Reservations may be made by
calling Elizabeth Champion or
/ Claire Hurley not later than July 6,
! Warfield 1000.
Monday-Taxi Post, Legion Club.
Tuesday-Malloy Committee, Le-
gion Club; I'd Division Post, New
Colonial HOTEL Costello Post, Odd
Fellows Hall, 419 Seventh street
NV.
Wednesday-Sergt. Jasper and
Leslie Douglas McNair Posts, Legion
Club.
! Thursday-G gorge Washington
Post. Legion Club; Fort Stevens
Post, Stansbury Hall.
+ Friday DeDartment legislative