Evening star., 1948-05-16
Both Anniversary
OF Jacob Jones Post
To Be Observed

To Be Observed
The 30th anniversary Of Jacot
Jones Post, District Of Columbia De.
partment, the American Legion, will
be celebrated with q tea on Satur.
day from to 6 pm. at 1922 Yer.
mont avenue NV.
Comdr. Ruth Mckenzie will place
an anchor Of poppies at the Argonne
Cross at Arlington Cemetery on Me.
mortal Day.
Michael B. Driscoll, a member oi
the Bunker Hill Post, will place or
display In the Bunker Hill Club
house, 3736 Tenth street NE, today
his collection Of powder TASKS anc
powder horns.
Bernard o. Meade will occupy the
first vice commanders chair next
Tuesday evening, having beer
elected to that station when Stanley
Briggs resigned: Arthur May has
been moved into the chair left va
cant by Meade's elevation and Jack
Fletcher was elected to fill Mays
station for the balance Of the year
A night of games will be held next
Saturday evening.
A picked team of bowlers from the
local Legion Bowling League will
20 to Richmond, Va, next Tuesday
evening to engage a similar group
from that Legion.
General Accounting ONCE Post
will hold a combined dance, fashion
show and jewelry display at the
Hamilton Hotel next Tuesday from
10 pm. to l am.
The annual boat ride OF Sergt.
Jasper Post will be held on the S. S.
Potomac the evening Of July IS.
The Junior baseball team OF the
Victory Post will meet the Carmody
Hills nine today at Fairlawn and
George McQuinn's Yankees next
Saturday on the armory diamond.
The U. s. Maritime Post voted to
sponsor Sean Mccarthy and John
Belfiore to serve as color bearers.
Department Convention Chairman
BENJAMIN Aronsohn announces all
rooms engaged by posts at the Stat
Ter Hotel must be booked with Rob-
ert S. Dinger at department head
quarters.
Department of Labor Post pre-
sented It's unit with a set OF colors
on the occasion of its first anniver-
Sary. The presentation was made by
Comdr. Brunswick A. Bagdon.
Wade Taylor, Andrew Burdis and
Frank Felker of the Capital Transit
Post we're admitted to membership
In the Forty and Eight.
Gail T. Judd, Legion's Soap Box
Derby director, requests post COM
manders to forward to him at once
at department headquarters the
name, address and telephone num-
ber of the post Derby Committee
chairman, as well as a list OF 10
post members who will serve on the
various derby committees on Derby
Day.
Department Comdr. Owen c. Hol-
leran requests post commanders to
have their colors present today at
the II Am an American Day" and
World War memorial services.
Delegates to the department con-
vention will be elected and the con-
stitution revised by Department of
Justice Post tomorrow night at the
Legion Club. Films of the Louis
Walcott fight will be shown. Comdr.
Leo Looney will preside. y
Meetings this week:
Monday-National Guard Of Hon.
or, Department Of JutHce, Pepco
and Civil Service Posts, Legion
Club; Quentin Roosevelt Post, Poto-
mac Boat Club.
Tuesday-Cooley Mccullough and
Maritime Posts, Legion Club; I'd Di-
vision Post, New Colonial Hotel;
Bunker Hill Post. 3637 Tenth street
NE: National Press Club Post. Ma
tional Press Club.
Observation-Disclosures Juvenile
Participation and Boat Ride Com
mittees, Leslie and Douglas McNair
Post, Legion Club; General Ac-
counting Office Post, 224 D street
Sc; Gaslight Post, Stansbury Hall;
Building and Construction Trades
Post, Pythian Temple.
Thursday-Stanley Church Depue
and Capital Transit Posts. Legion
Club; Internal Revenue Post, Stans-
bury Hall.
Friday-Forty and Eight and May
Day Corporation, Legion Club; Ken
na-Main Post, 1910 Good Hope road