Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
D. c. Department,
American Legion,
Annual Session

Rose Long will be secretary.
Quentin Roosevelt Post wi!l hold
It's last meetlng for the summer
months al the Potomac Boa. Club
tomorrow evening. They ~!ll elect
delegates and alteTnatex 30 the de-
pariment convention
On September 10 they ALL elect
officers.
Sergt Jasper Post. al It's last
meeting. adopted q resolution OPP
posing weakening Of the present
Veterans Preference Act in any
form.
JUNIOR Pas, Comdr Charles X
Dunn was nominated for TIE once
OF department commander
The post nominated delegates
and alternateS 10 the department
convention,
Election will take place al the
July meeting
Edward J Arson. Leo A. Dewitt
John M. Flllner. William II Herr
tage, Frank E. Potts and Herman
w. Van Roekal were admitted to
membership.
Vincent b. Costello Post electee
its delegates and alternates 10 tht
department convention and ap.
pointed Comdr. Curtis Jackson a,
chairman OF the delegation
Department Vice Comdr Frank
Norton delivered an address or
veterans preference
William S. Coxa. Earl c. Enoch
John w, Plat. John A. vetter
John T. Madden. Emile NJ. Beau.
vais. jr.. Alfred A. Herringer. Ed
ward Dorsch. william s Prank.
James w. Stevens. James NJ
Winn. John Eugenides, Matthew
Nenna and Alan l. Cohen were
admitted TO membership.
In todays games In the Junior
American Legion Baseball League
to take place on the White House
Elipse at | pm. Victory Post viii
face Fort Dupont Post on the
north diamond. Thad Dulin meets
Bunker Hin on the west diamond
Holleran-Murray plays For,
Stevens on the south diamond and
Government Printing once en-.
counters National Cathedral or
the east diamond.
/ Practice sessions OF the loca,
departments chorus OF 100 trained
voices held each Monday evenins
at the Roosevelt High Schoo
under the direction OF Kai d.
Vermond. formerly of the Metro.
politan Opera Co. and members oil
the Maritime Post have been dis
continued for the summer months
/ Maritime Post last week elected
{ its delegates and alternates &c
represent the post Ut the depart.
ment convention.
| They voted to revise It's consti.
tuition and bylaws to allow IL,
incoming post commander TO ap.
point an adjutant upon his takins
office. The finance ofiicer will con.
tinue to be elected by the post.
Delegates and alternates to the
convention from Army and Al,
Forces Post will be elected Tues.
day evening.
| James Rennie. assisted by Ev.
erett L. Radford. have three en-.
tries selected from boys at tn.
Washington Police Clubs ready u
enter the Soap Box Derby as rep.
resentatives Of the post.
Gregory j. Kennedy. Harold p
Mullins, Dudley H. Fay. Hugh l.
Mahoney. Gerald r. Started, Ear
L. Cruise. Clarence J. Hensley
Thomas c. Bennett. Charles w
Burke. James r. Stone. and Her.
bert L. Piston. jr.. were admitted
TO membership.
The local department will no,
be forty-niners In the National
Convention parade In Philadel.
phia. Pa. next fall. According ts
word received last week from ma.
tional headquarters the local de.
partment will march In 4sth
position. based on q percent.
age OF its four-year member.
ship enrolled as OF last May l.
The establishment Of the Vet.
Grams Service Center. now located
at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania
avenue NV. on n permanent basis
was urged in a resolution passed
by Kenneth H. Nash Post las,
week.
| The post named Comdr. WI.
liam Z. Ritter as chairman of II,
delegation TO the convention
Members are William H. Loss.
man. William Muikey. George
Grommet. Carleton Cooke, Charles
Piper. Joseph A. Futoran. Georrs
WEIGH, EDWARD Hancock and
Clyde Raglan As delegates to rep
resent the post.
American Legion medals wer,
presented 70 Cadet First Sgt
Richard OLone OF Woodrow VII.
son High School and to Drum
Major DerreIi rreton OF Anacosfs
High School on behalf of Bunke,
Hin Post by past comdr. SANFORD
d. Ashford.
The post has elected the fol.
lowing delegates and alternate.
10 the department convention
Comdr. Bernard o. Mead. Arthu,
p. May James c. Clarke, WI
liam l. Collins. Thomas r. Roys.
ton. Clarence z. vo9el. Mach
Myers. Stephen Verdi. L. J. Fschf.
horn. Edward Zuranskt. joseph z
Trap. Horace J. Hector. Sanford
D. Ashford. William. r. Brennan
William n. GrumskOff Jsnn>s y