Evening star., 1949-01-23
American Legion,
Forty and Eight
Oyster Roast Today

TOIty dllu ElSSlll
Oyster Roast Today
Visitors to the inaugural cere-
monies, all members of the Amer
ican Legion, its affiliated bodies and
their friends are invited to attend
the annual oyster roast and barbe-
cue of Grant >.voiture 174 of the
Forty and Eight, Department OF the
District of Columbia, American Le-
gion today at the Potomac Boat
Club, Thirty sixth and K streets
NV. from 2 to 6 pm. There will
also be dancing. John L. McCabe
is general chairman.
Tickets may be purchased at the
door or from any member of the
Forty and Eight.
George H. Ford and Barbara E.
Harris, outstanding boy and girl
students of the mid-year gradual
ing class at Cardoza High School
were presented with the American
Legion Americanism Medal and a
Certificate of Achievement at a
special school assembly last week by
the Washington Police and Fire
Post.
Comdr. Lyman Clements. Amer
icanism Officer, Horace w. Line
berg and Past Comdrs. Basil F. NC
Allister and Edward G.. Comingore,
ST., represented the post at the pre-
sentation ceremonies.
Charles L. Scheuttler, member
Of the George Washington Post, has
been appointed by National Comdr.
Perry Brown to be chairman OF the
National Pilgrimage Committee CT
the American Legion and Ward H.
Oehman of the Thad Dulin Post has
been named at vice-chairman. A
number CT members of the local de-
partment have been appointed as
committee members.
The committee members are: Mil
ton v. Spicci, John A. Anderson,
James V. Harrington, Walter A.
jackson, Sylvan King, Byron Dunn.
Lester Steinman, Gail T. Judd, Will
liam L. Des PREF, Danial A. Good
acre, George w. Lee, Fred Money,
Rudolph Blick, Frank Felker, How
ard Eales, Robert ]. Threnn, Louis
Goldberg, c. E. De Vivo, Nicholas
Pagnotta, William L. Mcmahon, Jr.,
Chester A. Bennett, Edward j..
Clark, Guy G. Jackson, Roy A. Miles,
Leo MCGUIRE, James F. De Force,
William Shannon, DR.. William b.
Adams and Paul S. DAVIS.
New officers of the Army and Air
Forces Post were recently elected
and installed by Acting Department
Comdr. Joseph A. Walker and his
staff with the National Guard OF
Honor also officiating.
They are: Commander, Louis G
Zindel; first vice commander, Henry
E. Jasper; second vice commander,
Robert L. Pritchard; third vice COM
mander, Marion A. Bishop; ad-
iutant. Donald M. Van Houton;
finance officer, Russell F. Brill;
chaplain, Clair v. Spidle; sergeant
at arms, William D. Curley, and
historian, Evelyn H. Hart.
Walter S. Steel. chairman OF the
National Security Commission OF
American Coalition of Patriotic
Civic and Fraternal Societies, was q
guest speaker at the last meeting OF
Thad Dulin Post.
Glenn L. Stalker and Frederick r
Tansill have applied for member
ship in the post.
Under the terms Of a bill intro
duced in the House by Representa-
tive Klein, Democrat, of New YORK
and later referred to the House
Committee on Veterans Affairs each
of the residents of the District OF
Columbia who served during Worlo
War II would receive a bonus win
the cost of the bonus to be PAID
from Federal funds and the admin
istrstion costs to be paid oy tne
District government.
Those who served so days or less
in the continental United States
will receive $50 and those VINO
served more than 60 days will re-
ceive $50. Those who saw service
abroad for any period OF the war
viii receive $3.50 with a like amount
tn also be paid to the Survivors OF
those veterans who met deatn "iliie
on active duty.
Adit Don A. Waite Of Victory
Post represented the Department OF
the District of Columbia IN a class
of CT honor students who graduated
last week from the Third American
Legion Post Graduate College course
at National Headquarters IN IN
dianapolis, Ind. Adjt. Waite was
telected an honorary vice president
of the class.
The Districts representative had
previously attained mark OF 96 per
cent as a graduate of the Third
American Legion Extension Institute
six-month correspondent course
in which over 1000 Legionaires
throughout the country were en-
rolled. The class included three
students from four States. z from
10 others and / each from 33 States,
Panama and the Philippine Islands,
The American Legion School
Awards for outstanding citizenship,
which Bunker Hill Post donates
semiannually at Taft Junior High
School, were presented Wednesday
to Shirley Jane Engel and Richard
Lee Apperson in ceremonies at the
school by Past Comdr. William Il.
Brennan and Sanford D. Ashford.
New members welcomed into the
post at the last meeting were Pat
rick ]. Domouchel, Lewis w. Malsei,
James I. Simms, Frank L. Bland and