Evening star., 1949-08-14
D. c. Department,
American Legion,
Seats Officers

of the District of Columbia. Amer
ican Legion, were officially in
stalled bye Department Comdr
Charles K. Dunn and his staff
escorted by the National Guard
of Honor, in those posts last week.
This week those of the Cooley
Mccullough and Capital Transit
Posts will be officially seated in
meetings at the Legion Club here
on Tuesday and Thursday eve
nings. respectively.
Those in the Cooley McCul-
Tough Post are: Commander,
Frank A. Sanders; first vice COM
mander, A. Ralph Parkus; sec
ond vice commander. Harry Gin
den: third vice commander and
service oficer, John F. O'Meara; ;
adjutant. Irving Lipsky; chap
lain. the Rev. James c. Fahl; ser
eeant-at-arms. Douglas L. kul-
dell, and Executive Committee,
Philip Stearn, Philip Fox and
J. s.. HaldensteM.
Capital Transit Post are: Com
mander, L. j. Orwick; first vice
commander, A. w. Andrews; Sec
ond vice commander. Samuel JET
ferson: third vice commander,
BIT. Johnson: service offlcer, c.
H. Clemson: judge advocate. r. G
Hopfer; chaplain, H. w. Jacobs;
sergeant-at-arms, J. J. Yuvalla,
and historian, M. T. Clark.
All ARRANGEMENTS for the De-
partment Annual Air Circus have
been completed it was announced
by Department Comdr. Dunn.
The show featuring Tommy
Walker and his Flying Tigers will
be held September 18th at 2 pm
at the Hybla Valley Airport, south
Of Alexandria. Va.
Tickets may be obtained at the
airport where parking space will
be available for cars without ad-
ditional cost. Funds derived from
the venture will be turned over to
the Legion's Department of We'll
fare and Relief to supplement re-
cent cuts made in the annual ap-
preparation of the Community
Chest to that office.
At the last meeting Of George
Washington, Post, the following
post officers were nominated: For
commander, Morris v. Spicci,
first vice commander, Robert A.
Bunch: second vice commander
Martin L. Dellinger; third vice
commander, BARLEY A. Costello;
chaplain, Charles P. Schuettler;
quartermaster, Robert w. Nc AL
wee: sergeant at arms. Samuel
w. Keys: master at arms, John
Lang; historian. past commander
Howard s. Fisk; .surgean, DR..
Charles Carrocci; color bearers:
Ernest M. Jeffrey. Louis Shea,
Roy F. De Lano and his son Will
lard A. De Lano. Election will
take place at the September meet
ing.
The department commander
paid his first visit to the post.
Joseph F. Rogers, of Internal
Revenue Post. winner OF the Wat
son B. Miller trophy, also spoke
briefly.
Comdr. J. Burton Morris, who
presided. together with past
Comdr. John Lewis Smith. jr. and
Mr.. Spicci, were elected delegates
to the national convention to be
held in Philadelphia next month.
Sessions of the annual conven-
ton to be held in Philadelphia,
Pa. August 20 to September l
inclusive will take place in the
Convention Hall. Those of the
Eight and Forty will convene in
the exhibition hall of the same
building. The auxiliary will meet
in the Irvine Auditorium at the
University of Pennsylvania and
those of the Forty and Eight will
be held at the Commercial
Museum.
On August 28 and 20, those at
tending will see various vontests
for both Senior and Junior Bands
and Drum and Bugle Corps, Color
Guards, Firing Squads, Choral
groups, etc., while on Monday the
annual parade of the Forty and
Eight will take place and on
Tuesday the Legion's parade will
take place. Both parades are
scheduled to start at 10 am.
Arrangemnets for the annual
boat ride of Grand Voiture 174 of
the Forty and Eight have been
completed 1t was announced yes
terday by Early Smith and Albert
Heating, chairman and co-chair-
man respectively of the event. 1t
is scheduled to take place next
Wednesday evening on the S. s.
Bear Mountain.
At It's last meeting the voiture
considered the advisibility OF con-
ducting two wrecks" throughout
the year instead Of the usual one
and will vote on this issue in the
near future.
During the construction OF the
Legion's new branch national
headquarters, to be located on the
site of the old building at 1903
K street NV, Offices in this city
will be temporarily located on the
second and third floors OF the
Walker Building, at 734 Fifteenth
street NV.
Ground for the new seven-story
structure will be broken early
next month, and the new build
ing is expected to be ready for
occupancy late in 1850.
Officers nominated In the Blu
reau of Internal Revenue Post will
be elected next Thursday evening
at the Stansbury Hall.
Miss Doris Hickey was recently
, crowned Miss Bureau of Internal
Revenue for 1949 on the posts
onpual haat ride