Evening star., 1950-06-04
5. P. McGroarty Post,
American Legion,
Will Elect Officers

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Oficers of Stephen P. McGroarty
Post, District of Columbia Depart.
ment, American Legion, will bt
elected tomorrow evening at the
Ambassador Hotel.
Those nominated at the last
meeting were: Commander, Nobe
D. Raney; first vice commander
Stewart w. Parker; second vict
commander. Harold D. Miller
third vice commander, Ruth M. H
Gilmour; finance officer, Rober
L. Crofoot; service officer, Georg'
w. Teegarden; quartermaster
Ralph w. Hoover; sergeant Al
arms, Edward j. Kerns; chaplain
Egbert e. Corwin; historian, Johr
w. Eopecky.
An adjutant and judge advocat.
will be appointed by the new
commander.
The meeting will be open tt
guests. Movies of hunting anc
fishing in Texas will be shown, a.
well as the national finals of tn,
1949 Soap Box Derby and tht
model airplane meets.
Department Comdr. Charlie.
K. Dunn will throw out the frs
ball on the White House Ellipse
at noon today, officially opening
the 1850 American Legion Junior
Baseball League season. At 12:3(
pm. Government Printing Office
nine plays against Fort Dupont
club on the East diamond, ThaC
DuIn Post with Vincent B. Cos
tello Post on the West diamond
HoGleran-Murray Post with the
Fort Stevens Post on the North
diamond and Bunker Hill Post
against Victory Post on the South
diamond.
Clark V. Polling Post will play
all twilight games on Saturday
afternoons.
Harry B. Bolton and Dale c.
Rounds were awarded member
ship prizes and John c. Bonner
was elected a trustee of Sergt
Jasper Post Building Fund Corp.
Delegates and alternates to the
department convention will be
elected at the Legion Club next
Wednesday evening.
The department commander
addressed the post on the legion's S
musical revue, 1.-THE Red, White
and Blue" New members admit
ted were: Stanley S. Shatz, Law
renee B. Locke, Eldridge K.
Campbell, Neil L. Faircloth,
James c. Peeler and Thomas v.
Cooper.
Washington Building and Con-
struction Trades Post tomorrow
evening at the Legion Club will
elect delegates and alternates to
the department convention.
Vincent B. Costello Post elected
delegates and alternates to the
department convention and in.
dorSed Richard A. O'Brien for
the Office of department COM
mander.
Woodbridge Post elected dele.
gates and alternates to the de.
partment convention at its last
meeting. Membership awards were
made to Levi st. Peter, Granville
T. Boul. Roy L. InneS, jr., and
James L. Simpson.
Allen G. Burnett, James D. and
John w. Finch, Leslie S. Hight
man, Merwyn c. Hitzeman, Anne
B. Levitsky, Earle ". Sears and
Bernice E. and Walter j. Stoddart
were admitted to membership.
At the last meeting of Grand
voiture 174 of the Forty and
Eight Sous Chef de Chemin de
Fer Francis F. Miller reported he
and Clarence T. Milne. retiring
president Of the Mid-Atlantic AS
sociation, had received keys tc
the city from the Mayor ot
Columbia, S. c.. during the recent
promenade. Mr.. Milne presented
Gov. 'Thurmond with an engraved
gavel. The Governor had enter
tanned the District delegation al
his mansion.
Sanford. N. c.. was selected as
the scene of the 1851 promenade.
At next Wednesdays meeting
at the Legion Club Nick Pagnotts
will announce plans to take near
ly 500 children from local orphan
ages on an all-day outing to
Marshall Hall.
Assistant Secretary of Defense
Paul L. Griffith. past national
commander of the Legion, will be
the main speaker at memoria.
rites, sponsored by the I'd Divi-
sion Association at the I'd Divi-
sion Monument. Seventeenth
street and Constitution avenue
NV. today at 2::3O pm.
The Army, Navy and Marine
Corps, all veterans organizations
and the American Legion National
Guard of Honor will participate
Keith Hall, president of the I'd
Division Association, will preside
Meetings this week:
Monday - National Guard OF
Honor, Civil Service Post, Wash
ington Building and Construction
Trades Post, Legion Club; Ste
phen p. McGroarty Post, Ambas-
sador Hotel: Commerce Post, De-
partment Of Commerce; Security
and Exchange Post, 425 Second
street NJ VIZ