Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09

Club. His home is at 706 Otis place
NV.
DIR. Lawrence Jackson, physician.
A native of this city, he is As years
old, graduate of Howard Uni
versity and has practiced medicine
here for the last 20 years. He is an
assistant director of Freedmen's
Hospital and lives at l24l New
Jersey avenue NV. He is married,
but has no children.
LOCAL BOARD AREA NO. 20.
Boundaries: North Capitol and
Rhode Island avenue NE.
Leo A. Rover. 1900 Quincy street
NE. Born here in 1888, Mr. Rover
attended Notre Dame preparatory
school, Gonzaga High School, st.
Johns College and Georgetown Uni
versity law school. He was appoint
ed United States Attorney by Presi-
dent Coolidge in 1929 after serving
as principal assistant in the United
States Attorneys office. He resigned
as United States Attorney in 1888
and later joined the Advisory Board
of the H street branch OF the Bank
of Commerce and Savings. He is a
member of the District Bar Associ-
Trade and is past state deputy OF
the Knights of Columbus.
James B. Edmunds, 1884 Evarts
street NE. A native Washing
tonian. Mr.. Edmunds graduated from
Business High School in 1904. After
periods of service with an express
company, a paper company and a
biscuit company, Mr. Edmunds en-
tered the railroad business in 1907
and is now general agent for the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, the
Pere Marquette and Nickel Plate
Railroads. He is a director of the
Board of Trade. a member of several
lodges and past president of the
Washington Kiwanis Club, the Rail-
road Square Club and the Washing
ton Passenger Association.
William E. Russell, 1909 Michigan
avenue NE. President of the Capt.
tai Awning Co., Mr. Russell was born
in 1886 and went to the Washington
public schools. He is a member of
the Washington Board of Trade, the
Merchants and Manufacturers As
ISOLATION and the Rotary Club.
Marvin Mclean, 1851 Newton
street NE. A physician. DR.. Nc
Lean was born here in 1900 and is
the song of a leader Of the Brook
land Citizens Association. He at
tended Central High School. gradu-
ated from Princeton University in
1923 and from Johns Hopkins Uni
versity in 1927. He is member of
the George Washington Medical
School, the District Medical Society,
the American Medical Association.
the Burroughs Citizens Association
and Phi Chi Medical fraternity.
Francis Miller, agent of the
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of
Newark, N. j. He is native of this
city and 4S years old. During the
World War he served at Camp
Meade, Md, in an auxiliary remount
depot. He was educated at the old
Mckinley Manual Training School,
now Mckinley High School, and
took special work at George WASH
ington University. He has son
IL years old and three younger
daughters. Active in the American
Legion. he is past senior vice COM
mander of the Department of the
District of Columbia, American
Legion, also grand chef de care
passe of the Forty and Eight
Society of the Legion. He lives at
1921 Jackson street NE.
LOCAL BOARD AREA NO. 81.
Boundaries: Rhode Island and
Montana avenues NE. Bladensburg
road and Florida avenue NE.
w. A. Gallagher, 1016 Bryant
street NE. Lawyer and former
assistant United States attorney.
Born in Washington 1898. Saw
Government service with the
Federal Trade Commission and with
the Census Bureau. First began
study of law when employed in The
Star in 1922. Appointed secretary
to Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford
of the District Court in 1923 and
left in 1928 when he was appointed
as an assistant United States at
torney. Took law degree from the
Knights of Columbus Law School
in 1925.
Daniel Beckwith. retired assistant
superintendent of the press divi-
sion, Government Printing Office.
He is a native of Dedham, Mass, but
has been a Washington resident the
last AZ years. He is a veteran Of
the Spanish-American War, in
which he served with q New Hamp-
shire regiment. He has one married
daughter and lives at 230 Randolph
place NE.
DR.. ]. J. Creamer, pharmacist.