Evening star., 1950-02-19

COMDR. FRED B. UHRICH, 4
National Cathedral Post, Amer 1
ican Legion.
members who hold presidential /
appointments at a banquet at "
Hotel 2400 March 81.
On Thursday evening and each .
Thursday thereafter will be Ma
tional Cathedral Post night in /
Ward F-2 at Mount Alto Hospital 1
in connection with the depart
ment's Hospital Visiting Commit /
tee.
In addition to Comdr. Uhrich, /
other officers now serving the post I
are: First vice commander, Dial |
F. Sweeney; second vice COM /
mander, Charles R. Garrity; third |
vice commander, Haven UmStott; /
adjutant, James D. Quade; finance
officer. Paul w. Umstott, and
judge advocate. George Keyser. |
FBI Agent F. C. Stukenbrocker |
will be the main speaker at We'd /
nesday's social meeting of the
Kenneth H. Nash Post at 224 D
street Sc. Admission will be by
membership card only.
On Saturday from 5 to 9 pm.
the post will sponsor a shrimp
supper in the clubhouse. Funds
from it will be used to purchase
a television set for the club.
A large delegation from Grand
Voiture 174 of the District of Co. /
lumbia Forty and Eight will at .
tend the Petite promenade at .
HarrlSonburg. Va. next Wednes- 4
day. The local voiture is also 4
planning to send a large represen-
tation to the mid-Atlantic prom
enade at Colum bia, S. C. April 2l
to %. Plans are under way for a
local wreck" to be held May 20
under the direction of Grand
Conductuer Horace Hoctor.
An American Legion diamond
studded lapel button with Forty
and Eight tab was awarded to |
Thomas F. McDonough of the Bu- |
reau of Engraving and Printing
Post at the last meeting for his
outstanding efforts in the voiture's
membership field.
James E. Walker Post has
moved into its new clubhouse at
1882 Ninth street NV. Meetings
will continue to be held on the
second and fourth Thursdays of
each month, according to Comdr.
Douglas C. Richardson.
- Frederick j. Dawes is the new
commander of the James Reece
Europe Post, succeeding Luther B.
Corbin.
The new commander appointed
Albert L. Dunlap to succeed
George N. Amy as adjutant and
Roy Brown to succeed Charles E.
Pearls as membership officer.
Meetings on the second and
fourth Tuesdays of each month
are held at the clubhouse, 1914
FClulOllJ avenue NV.
The National Training School
for Boys will be the scene of the
f1rst OF the Legions annual ora
torlcal contests leading to the
Dlstrlst finals next SATURDAY. at
2:30 pm, under the sponsorship
OF the Woodbridge Post, with
Comdr. Bernard Beard in charge.
Final membership figures COM
piled by the national organization
to include December 81, 1949
show the Legion'S three affiliated
organizations have reached a new
an-time high record.
The American Legion Auxiliary
enrolled 973,740 in l3,145 units.
the Forty and Eight 101 ,062 in $50
voltureS and the Eight and Forty /
1920 in 401 salons, while the |,
Legion itself enrolled a total very
close to the 100000 mark.
Meetings this week:
Monday - National Guard of /
Honor, Department of Justice
Post, Department Convention
Committee, Legion Club; Barry .
Post, 735 First street NV: Quen- 1
tin Roosevelt Post, Potomac Boat
Club. 1
Tuesday-Cooley MCCULLOUGH |
Post, Maritime Post, Department
Americanism Committee, Legion
Club; Second Division Post, Colo |
NAL Hotel; Fort Dupont Post, 7 !
Fourth street NE; Pepco Post. |
Colonial Hotel; National Press /
Club Post, National Press Club.
Wednesday - National Cathe- |
dral Post, Henry C. Spengler Post, |
Legion Club; Kenneth H. Nash !
Post. 224 D street Sc; Depart /
ment of Agriculture Post, lunch
con, noon, Room 6962, South
Building.
Thursday-Department Execu- 4
tive Committee, Legion Club; i
James E. Walker Post, 1882 Ninth
street NV