Evening star., 1948-08-08
In Local Service Organizations

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American Legion
Has Private Club
AT Headquarters
American Legion headquarters
building, 2437 Fifteenth street NV,
has again been opened to members
as a private club and all members
entering the rathskeller are now
required to exhibit a paid-up men,
bership card. Arrangements have
been made for those not now in
good standing to obtain paid-up
cards.
Guests at the rathskellar must be
accompanied by a paid-up member
and both are required to sign a
register.
Past Comdr. Martin Goerl pre-
sided at the past commanders night
celebrated recently by Vincent B.
Membership Officer Clarence V.
Opper introduced several post mem
bership prize winners. Norman
Grant is leading the Booster Club
by a slight margin over James A.
Pistorio. while Rudolph Blick and
Jack Wilson are tied for third place.
The two winning teams in the
semifnals games played on the
White House Elipse last Sunday In
the American Legion Junior Base
ball League will meet today for the
league championship and the right
to represent this city in the regional
2layoff series leading to the Ma
tional Little World Series early next
month at indianapolis, Ind.
Victory Post, playing in the Inter
CITY Junior Baseball League, will
meet the Forestville Boys Club to-
dav at Fairlawn and next Sunday
will engage Cathiness Aces at Ridge
road.
More than 500 local boys have
been sent to summer camp SO lar
this year as the result of the Le-
gion's drive, in cooperation with
local Radio Station VOL, to raise
funds for the boys clubs of WASH
ineton. it was reported by Curtis
Jackson, secretary and treasurer OF
the drive.
A memorial tree honoring the
memory of Pfc. Robert F. Shotten,
son of Mrs. Anne Shotten, 2512 Wis
consin avenue NV, was recently
dedicated with appropriate services
in the fagpole area at Walter Reed
Hospital. The ceremony was under
the direction of Egbert B. Corwln,
graves registration officer for the
Legion. and participated IN by Ste
phen P. McGroarty Post.
| With Past Department Com
mander Owen C. Holleran and the
National Guard of Honor officiat-
ing. the tree was received on behalf
of the Medical Center by Col. Cliff
ford E. Morgan, deputy commander
at the hospital.
! Funds for the memorial were
raised by the 50Oth Medical Collect
ing Co. of which Pfc. Shotten was
a stretcher-bearer when he was
killed in action during the Nor
mandy Invasion on June 6, 1914,
and the tree was dedicated in &C
cordance with their wishes and at
their request by the Legion. Private
Shotten's body has never been
| found.
Clark v. Polling Post at its last
meeting reelected its entire staff OF
officers to serve second term since
the post had only recently received
it's temporary charter and the OH
GERS had served only a short term.
The new department commander
and his staff, escorted by the Ma
tional Guard of Honor, will install
the officers of the post next Friday
evening at the Baptist Brotherhood
headquarters, 1923 Sixteenth street
NV.
Those to be installed are Comdr:
Nelson M. Blake. First Vice Comdr.
Samuel B. Prince, Second Vice
Comdr. John A. Dills, Third Vice
Comdr. Thomas L. Tinsley, Adjutant
George F. Jackman, Finance Officer
Elgin Smith, Master at Arms S. D.
Rodman, Chaplain William B. Ad-
ans, Judge Advocate Thomas Will
son, Surgeon Benjamin Ventress,
Historian w. F.. Bennett and Ser
geant at Arms Raymond T. Hough.
Nomination of officers to lead
Grand Voiture 174, local Forty and
Eight. will take place next Thursday
evening at the American Legion
Club, with elections to be held at
the grand promenade on date to
be announced later.
General Chairman Horace Hector
reports all arrangements for the
voiture's annual boat ride on Thurs
day evening. August 10, have been
completed and announces plenty OF
surprises are in store for those who
attend.
Stanley Church De Pue Post,
which sponsored Jack Broyles,
Washington's 1948 Soap Box Derby
winner, presented him with leath-
er travelling bag when he addressed
the post at it's last meeting.
He will be accompanied to the
National Soap Box Derby finals at
Akron, Ohio, next Sunday by his
mother, Mrs. j. Davis, and by
Charles L. Combs, his instructor,
who taught him the fundamentals
of building the winning car. Mr..
Combs is a member of the Sergt.
Jasper Post and is in charge of the
carpentry shop at Paul Junior High
School.
A. T. Danaher, the American Le-
gion's representative on the Volun-
teer Service Advisory Board at
Mount Alto Hospital, reports all vol
unteer hospital workers will soon be
required to register. on VA card
forms which will be kept on file at
the hospital