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Delaware Park to Honor Shriners on Opening Day American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars Also to Have Day STANTON, Del., May 20. — Continuing its policy of holding a "day" for the two largest veterans organizations in the country, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Delaware Park on its opening day, May 29, will also honor one of the largest fraternal organizations in America. Bryan Field, the tracks vice-president and general manager, announced that members of the newly organized Nur Shrine Temple of Delaware, and other Shriners will participate in the ceremonies. Delaware Park has turned the handling of the ticket sales and other matters over to well known men in the Wilmington com- munity. The two veterans organizations will be represented by a single committee, as in the past, and the chairman is Thomas B. Egan, department adjutant and service officer of the American Legion. Chairman of the Shriners committee is Lea S. Jester. Other members of the committees which, in addition to handling the tickets, will direct the ceremonies of the day are: Clarence F. Miller of Nur Temple, assistant to Jester; James E. Heal, immediate past Delaware department commander, American Legion, and Miles Frederick, public relations officer for the Delaware VFW, and director of the Delaware State Department of Development. This will mark the fifth consecutive year that the track has honored the veterans organizations, and while the American Legion state department is programming this years event, they are being assisted by the Veterans of -Foreign Wars. The chairmanship of the Veterans Day committee alternates each year between the two groups, and 1953 is the Legions turn for top billing. The Nur Temple is considered the fledgling of all Shrine temples in the country, since it received its charter only last July, and the Delaware membership totals approximately 1,400. Delaware Park is proud to honor this organization, which has be- come world famous for its aid to crippled children in its orthopedic hospitals throughout the country.
