Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1929, Page 10

RH DNISON MEN TO ASSEMBLE HERE Blue Ridge Organization of War Veterans Prepares - for August Reunion. An air circus at Bolling Field, a Cav- airy drill at Fort Myer and a trip down the Potomac {0 Mount Verron on one of the Army river steamers are features of entertainment being arranged by the Army for the veterans of the World War 80th (Blue Ridge) Division, when they assemble here from all parts of the fountry for their reunion August 18-21. Competitions are being’ arranged be- tween the veterans' organizations in Virginia, Western Pennsylvania ~ and West Virginia, the States from which the division was recruited during the war, to send the greatest number of ex-soldiers to Washington. A special train probably will be engaged by the Pittsburgh contingent. To Open With Service. Preliminary plans for the reunion were completed last week at a meeting of the Washington committee in charge of the reunion, of which Lieut. Col. Ashby Willlams, formerly with the 320t Infantry, is chairman. A program was adopted which will open the reunion with a memorial service in Arlington Cemetery at 4:30 o'clock, Sunday after- noon, August 18. Wreulhgsuwill be placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and on the grave of Brig. Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, who commanded the division’s 160th Infan- try Brigade during the. war. Gen. Brett was serving as adjutant general of the District National Guard when he died here two years ago. On Monday, August 19, a business meeting in the morning will be followed by & boat trip to Mount Vernon, and | that evening there will be a ball at the Raleigh, in arrangements for which the local posts and auxiliary posts of the American Leglon are now partici- pating. On Tuesday the veterans will be re- teived by President Hoover at the White House, but by unanimous vote the com= mittee in charge has decided formally to go on record as exoressly being op- posed to “any handshaking.” - The Pres- ident probably will pose with the veter- ans for a photograph. "The recoption at the White House will . ke followed by a Cavalry drill at Fort Myer, and during the afternoon and i pvening there will be a reception at the Raleigh and unit reunions. A visit of lgspecuon to the Navy Yard, an_ Air ervice demonstration at Bolling Field and a banquet at the Ralelgh in the evening will conclude the formal pro- gram Al Barber & Ross, Inc. 11th & G Sts. N.W. the banquet, the vetera Nesco Oil Cook Stove With Blue G 2-burner Stove With cabinet: 3-burner Stove. M'v/',/r Aladdin Thermalware Jar One-gallon size; keeps hot or cold til d; t the thing e msomonte- $1.75 Mnnnl:gl: Bowman, 6-1b. 2-Qt.Tce Cream | 5ize complete Freezer, With| ywith stand and wood bucket— | cord— $2.00 Toaster, nickel plated; complete cord 1k 4 Wear-Ever Wear-Ever Straight Sa French Fryer, pan, ‘with cover: | wieh wire basket, $100 | $1.00 “Wear-Ever” Aluminum| I:ercolnor Coffee Pot Q.. Qt. $175 $195 $245 FLIT Flit destroys flies, mosquitoes, moths, ants, bedbugs and roaches. Special, one-qul.rt can sl .25 :nq sprayer PO THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. ©. l : ARRANGING 80th DIVISION REUNION HERE ' 18-21. Gartner. themselves in moving pictures as they appeared 11 years ago in France, the @lms to be furnished from the War De- partment files. In addition there will be speeches and reminiscences of the di- vision's service abroad. In France the division served on the Artols section with the British, took part in the St. Mihiel drive and par- ticipated In ail three phases of “the Meuse-Argonne battle, which began on September 26, 1918, and was concluded with the armistice. Since the war the veterans have re- tained their organization identity and f | have held annual reunions, which bring together thousands of former soldiers from all parts of the country. The re- union this year, it is stated, ex lo be unusually large by reason of the {act that it marks the first time that Washington has been selected as a meeting place, and hundreds of the veterans are planning to make their trip to the reunion serve the added pur- pose of giving them a speaking ac- quaintance with the Capital. Chairmen of the local committees ar- Front row, left to right: Col. E. mittee, and Lieut. Col. W. W. Gordon, U. S. A. G. Peyton, U. S, Rea of the committee chairmen in charge of the arrangements for the 80th (Blue Ridge) Division reunion here August . A.; Lieut. Col. Ashby Williams, general chairman of the com- to right: E. G. Ballinger, Richard Cruit and Allen G. —Schultz Photo. ranging for the convention are: Col. Willlam, chairman, general reunion committee; Allen G. Gartner, hotels and housing; Hugh H. Obear, ball com- mittee; Erskine Gordon, banquet com- mittee; Brig. Gen. Bryant H. Wells, U. S. A, reception committee; Edwin 3. Ballinger, transportation and sight- seeing;: Rufus 8. Lusk, entertainment; Col. E. G. Peyton, U. 8. A, military :ntertainment; Ben McKelway, public- | ity; Thomas J. Beck, floral decorations, and Richard C. Cruit, memorial serv- ices. —_— Waverly Estate Sold. STAUNTON, Va, July 6 (Special) — Waverley, the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert McKelden Smith, situated be- tween Sherwood avenue and East Beverley street, has been sold to Mrs. Renaahn of New York. The amount involved in the transaction was not made public. ‘Mr. Smith WiIl not give possession of the property until the Spring of 1930. SCIENTISTS MAKE PLANS FOR ANNUAL CONVENTION Biologists From Many Lands Ex- | pected to Attend Meeting in Minnesota. Biologists from many lands will take part in the seventy-eighth meeting of the American Chemical Society, which, it was announeed here yesterday, will be held at the University of Minnesota September 9 to 13. More than 1,500 scientists, including & large group from the science labora- torles of the Federal Government, will attend. Numerous excursion trips to the in- dustries of the Northwest have been ar- ranged. A special train will carry the scientists to the Iron Range and Cloquet on the: evening of September 12. MARINE RESERVES TRAIN AT QUANTIE 18 Companies Will Pursue Course Along Potomac in Two Camp Periods. Quantico, Vi see hundreds of this Summer ~will leathernecks” under- are to train at the post on River, headquarters at the Navy De- iriment- announced yesterday, and at Diego, Calif. Col. J. 8. Turrill has mapped out a plan of training that will embrace courses for officers, as well as for enlisted men. Three schools will be held at Quan-\ tico and 100 officers, most of whom are not attached to companies, will partici- pate. The schools will include the signal officers’ school, the basic scl , company officers’ school and fleld offi- e hrst is scheduled to rst_camp is schedul open today and close on July 20. The mg;d camp will open July 28 and close August 10. Reservists living east of the Mississippi River will come to the ‘Quantico camp. ‘Two Reserve companies will be at- tached to the 10th Marine Regiment (Artillery) at Quantico on At t 14 and will go to Fort Meade, Md., with this motorized outfit to fire on the Army Artillery range. These companies are the 301st of Boston, Lieut. Harry C. Grafton, commanding, and the 304th of Brooklyn, commanded by Lieut. Frank B. McKinless. These outfits will ter- minate their training on September 1. The camp opening today will include these companies: The 302d of Roches- ter, N. Y., Lieut. Edward F. Doyle com- mandin, 305th, Philadelphia, Lieut. Howard 8. Evans; 306th, Detroit, Lieut. William B. Calhoun; 308th, Worcester, Mass., Lieut. Ivan E. Bigler; 310th, New Orleans, Lieut. Alfred A. Waters, and the 312th, Portland, Me.,, Capt. 8. Eugene lnnm“ e San 0 camp also will open today, with two Reserve companics go- ing there for training. Lieut. James M. Burnes will take the 307th from Los Angeles and Lieut. Clarence H. Bald- win will command the 316th of Seattle. Twenty-five student officers are to go to school at San Diego. —_— A quick brain is declared to be the greatest asset in automobile driving. Intelligence ranks far above brawn under present traffic conditions. Dealers in Sentiment MAYER & CO. deals in sentiment—the sweet and kindly thought of home and fireside joys. The man and woman who fur- nish a2 home are sound to the very heart. They are citizens of sterling quality. The consciousness of being a home-maket is one of the blessed felicities of life. It z - peals with logic and ambition, pride and deep and. abiding affection. Choose Lifetime Fur- niture, though, for permanent satisfaction. Truck Deliveries . to all points within 100 Miles - .- > MAYER- & CO. Seventh Street ~[LIEETIME] FURNITURE JULY 7. 199-PARP L CONCERTS ANNOUNCED. Col. Grant Gives Out Schedule for Band Programs. " Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director B Pavks, | yesterday " announced ann Band concerts in the myy'- parks, for e onday, Michigam avenue and T i Y, avenue ai elfth street northeast, Army Band. Tuesday, Lincoln Park, Eleventh and East. c._;{::l streets, Marine Band. Sylvan ater, Monument grounds Navy Band. d ‘Wednesday, Sylvan Theater, Monu- mu’r‘!:urmy Sylvan 'n?;:::' Mo ] T, Monument d. e Priday, Rock Creek Park, Sixteenth lA!r.:g df(ennedv streets, Community Civic MRS. M. E. BRADLEY DIES. Funeral Services Will Be Held Monday Morning. Mrs. Mary E. Bradley, a resident of ‘Washinj for more than 25 years, died Friday at her home, 158 F street. She ‘was born at Savannah, Ga., March 18, 1871. Surviving her are her hus- band, Louis J. Bradley, and.a son, O Pmeral somvites will be hel serv eld ap the home at 8:30 o'clock Monda i) Interment will be ntOlive: Cemetery. PUBLISHERS CLOSE were W. T. Sheehan. Mon J7TH CONVENTION 52 55 Southern Association Ends Sessions With Appointment of Committees. By the Assoclated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C, July 6~—With adoption of routine resolutions and ap- pointment of standing committees, the Southern Newspaper Publishers' Asso- clation wound up its twenty-seventh annual convention y. Selection of the 1930 convention city was left to the newly elected board of directors. Invitations .for the 1930 convention were given by Asheville, Gulfport, Miss. and Hendersonville, N. C. The board will name the next convention city at its Fall meeting. ‘The resolutions adopted commended the retiring officers for their work the past year, thanked members of the en- tertainment committee and extended the association’s sympathy to relatives of eight Southern newspaper executives in Mount Olivet | who died the past year. Executives mentioned in the resolu- Other. ed were E. B. Stahiman, Nashville, Tenn.; Col. Robert Ewing, New Orleans; E. K. Gaylord of Oklahoma City, H. ‘Braxton of Kingston, N. C, and W. T. Anderson of Macon, Ga. COMEDIAN WILL MARRY. Harry Langdon, Divoreed ¥Fri- day, Gets Wedding License. LOS ANGELES, July 6 (P).—Harry Langdon, film comedian, and Helen Walton of Toledo, Ohio, applied for a marriage license here today. Langdon, who is 38, said the mar- riage will depend upon completion of a picture he is making. Langdon received his final divorce de- cree from his former wife yesterday. 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