Evening star., 1948-05-09
NELSON Blake Heads
Clark Polling Post,
American Legion

lIlS IOot VI Vic OlotAiSt SOAdAAS1o
Department, the American Legion
met last Monday evening at the
First Baptist Church, when tht
ritual team Of the Forty and Eight
under the direction of Grand Chez
de Train Clarence T. Milne, induct.
ed the entire new post. The newly
elected officers were installed by
Department Comdr Owen c. Hol-
leran and his staff escorted by the
National Guard of Honor.
The officers are: Commander
Nelson M. Blake; first vice COM
mander, Samuel B. Price; second
vice commander, John A. Dills;
third vice commander, Thomas j
Tinsley; chaplain, the Rev. William
B. Adams; adjutant, George j
Jackman: finance officer, Efgin
Smith: judge advocate, Thomas
Wilson; surgeon, Benjamin Ven
tress; historian, William F. Bennett;
and sergeant at arms. Raymond T
Hough.
4hC oCllCIdl AISOulltIiiS oAllOS
Post will hold bingo party for dis.
abled veterans at Walter Reed Hos.
pital next Tuesday evening.
Alfred L. Brown, jeanette z. Bill.
ler, Nathaniel A. Cotton, Eugene r
Ethridge and Bernard Issaacs were
admitted to membership at the last
meeting, bringing the post total t.
nearly five hundred, according tt
membership officer, Jacob A. Milwit
Past National Comdr. Paul H
Griffth of this city and Mrs. Lee w
Hutton, national president of the
American Legion Auxiliary, will bs
the principal speakers at the Annua,
World War Memorial and May Day
Corp. exercises at the District
World War Memorial next Sunday
at 4:30 pm.
The corporation president, Viii.
liam T. Slattery will preside. The
Army Band will furnish the music
with dinner to follow at the Wash.
ington Hotel at $50 pm.
The Annual Spring Golf Tourna
ment of the Victory Post will take
place on the Anacostia Pathways
next Thursday afternoon with I
dinner scheduled at Evans Coffee
Shop, Alto Lee highway, Arlington
Va, following.
Arrangements are under the di.
rection of Paul P. Amthor as gen.
eral chairman, assisted by Jerry
Vance, Henry Silverstein, Thomas
McBroom and Robert Fastnaught
as committee members.
The post Junior baseball team will
meet McDaniels Motors in the In
tercity Junior Baseball League toda,
on the Fairlawn diamond. Next
Saturday afternoon the team will
engage the Mount Calvary nine or
the Mount Calvary diamond.
Thad Dulin Post will hold s
luncheon at the Burlington Hote
next Wednesday at 1890 pm.
Allen C. Minnix has applied fol
post membership. Comdr. Ward H
Oehmann announced the post will
hold its annual election of officer!
on May rs.
Kenneth H. Nash Post will spon.
sor square dance on Friday eve.
ming.
On Tuesday evening Department
of Labor Post bowling team No.
the Washington Building and Con.
struction Trades team No. and tn,
Barry Post team No. l will meet tt
decide the 1918 American Legior
Bowling League championship a
the Chevy Chase Ice Palace alleys.
The ultimate champions will re.
ceive the annual Forty and Eigh
trophy for a period of Ole year.
Sergt. Jasper Post plans to obtair
its own clubhouse and has formed
corporation for this purpose with
the following officers: President, C
r. McCalla; vice president, Harve.
D. Hill: treasurer, Vincent B. Jones
secretary, Albert L. Duff; directors
Warwick O'Neil. Coder Aseher, C
Francis Mccarthy. Fred G. Fraser
Martin Schubert, Thomas Evans
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