Evening star., 1949-05-22
American Legion
Forty and 8 Head
On Official Visit

Chef de Chemin de Fer Harol
J. Riley, national head Of the Fort
and Eight of the American Legior
will pay his annual official visit +
Grand voiture 174 of the Distric
of Columbia at q stag banquet a
the Continental Hotel Saturday q
pm.
He will be accompanied b.
Grand Correspondent NATIONAL
Charles D. Ardery. Both will ap
pear as speakers on q program
being arranged by Grand Chef d.
Train Gail T. Judd, who report
reservations will close next Thurs
day.
Ten teams representing posts O
the local department will compris'
this years expanded American
Legion Junior Baseball League
playing each other around once OF
Saturdays and Sundays from MAJ
28 to July 81. All games to bs
played on the White House Ellipst
under the direction Of Department
Athletic Officer Henry Heine.
Clark v. Polling will play Victory
Pos ton the west diamond mex
Saturday at 5 pm. The ofiicia
opening ceremonies will be delayed
until next Sunday at noon when
Department Comdr. Joseph A
Walker will toss out the first ball
At this time Bunker Hill. de.
Tending champion, will meet Fort
Stevens on the north diamond
Thad Dulin plays Costello on the
west diamond, Fort Dupont
tangles with Government Printing
Once on the east diamond ano
National Cathedral encounters
Holleran-Murray on the south
diamond.
The softball team Of the Wood.
ridge Post, managed by Levy st
Peter and captained by Edward
Barton, has scheduled games with
the Hedin Club on May rs and the
All-State team on May 20. both
10 be played at Turkey Thicket.
The Department of the District
of Columbia will participate in the
Massing of the Colors, under the
sponsorship of the Military Order
of the World Wars. today at pm
ut the Washington Cathedral.
Tickets for the Memorial Day
exercises at Arlington on May 80
under the direction OF Lee r.
Pennington, president Of the Grand
Army Memorial Day Corporation
are expected to be ready for dis
tribution next Thursday evening
ut the department executive COM
xnittee meeting in the Legion Club
Several memorial services have
been planned by individual posts
Among these are the annual
pilgrimage of the George Wash
ington Post to the grave Of E
Lester Jones, first post and depart
ment commander, In Arlington
today at 2 pm.
Bunker Hill Post will make Its
annual pilgrimage to the grave Of
Robert A. Ralph in Mount Olivet
cemetery next Saturday at pm
and will also have charge of the
dedicet.on of a memorial plaque
honoring those veterans OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission
who lost their lives In the late wal
IN the Departmental Auditorium
next Thursday at 8 pm.
Department Comdr. Joseph A
Walker will be a speaker on this
program and at the annual memo
rial services to be sponsored by the
Jane A. Delano Post at the Nurses
Memorial Monument in Arlington
next Sunday at / pm.
Thad Dulin Post will hold its
election of officers next Wednes.
day evening at the Sheraton
Hotel.
Those nominated for the various
Offices are: Commander, Richard
B. Essex and Jack P. Murphy
vice commanders, Thomas j. Ben.
nett, G. Robert Boucher, John M
Conroy, Howard De Franceaux, w
Yule Fisher. Andrew A. Lipscomb
James D. Mora and James E. Mil.
Ter; adjutant, Harry J. Breitkaupt
and Francis M. Shore; finance of.
ficer, George Bobinger and James
r. Lupton; historian. Fred Tan
sill and Edward B. Williams; ser.
geant at arms. Willard E. Beers
william Bergman and Geln L
Stalker and executive committee
Cullison Cady, F. Edward Gavin
Thomas p. Corwin, Edward Du.
vail, Carleton U. Edwards. Edward
]. Hickey. John c. Holzberg, L
Wagner Lawder. Frank j. Muir.
ply, James w. Orme and L. Ar.
mold Schafer.
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behalf of the department Of tht
District of Columbia. will present
an American Legion trophy tt
each of the schools from which
each Of the winning companies
come at each of the high schoo
cadet competitive drills now IL
progress while the officers of eaci
of the winning companies placin,
first, second and third will eacf
receive, gold. silver and bronz'
American Legion medals.
Costello Post, winner Of the sec.
tion No. title won over the Barry
Post, winner of the section No.
title and defending champions ir
the American Legion 1949 Bowling
League, to take the league titlt
for this year and as a result viii
receive the Forty and Eight
trophy.
The American Legion and 1t!
auxiliary are bringing a "Popp!
Girl" from France to help pro-
mote the Nation wide sale Of thu