Evening star., 1946-03-17
In Local
IF. Kelliher Heads
New District Post;
VFW Department

Joseph B. Kelliher Post, District
Of Columbia Department, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, was instituted last
week by, Past Department Comdr.
Jack Holiday and members of the
department stan.
Ofiicers elected were: Com
nander, James F. Kelliher, brother
Of the man for whom the post was
named; senior vice commander. ;.
Joseph A. Fabrizie, jr.; junior vice
commander, John D. Gavin; adju-
tant; Thomas ]. Gavin; quarter
master, James r. Garner; advocate,
Louis F. Scheele; chaplain, Fred
erick w. Smith; surgeon, Joseph ST.
Branzell.
The post will meet on the third
Thursday of the month at Twen:|
ty-eighth and M streets NV.
Equality Walter Reed Post elect
ed as officers: Commander, Charles
M. Holmes; senior vice commander,
Lawrence Overton junior vice COM
mander, George Foster; post advo-
cate, Albert S. Goodwin; quarter
master, Leonard j. Bacon; chap
lain, G. G. Wade; surgeon, DR..
Charles M. Griffith; three-year
trustee, Frank G.. Pierce.
Old-timerss night. an annual event
for Spanish American War Vet
Grams, will be held at pm. Thurs
day at Pythian Temple. Capt. VAL
entine T. Mayer has prepared a
special program. !
Those obligated by Comdr. Holmes
were Bertram R. Bruning, Lyle
Goldner, Charles D. Rhodes, James
r. Crombie, William L. Good, Paolo
Taglianto, John C. Crombie, Her
bert S. Hallman, Charlton W.'Doyle,
Samuel G. Hatcher, Frederick G.
Subj, John L. Doyle, Paul r. Haw-
ley, Phalam j. Doyle, John E. Kali
tenback, Alfred Young, Robert j.
Doyle, Leo A. Mccarthy, William S.
Doyle, George E. Miller, Morgan r.
Fowle and Claude E. Pitts.
H. L. Edmonds Post elected as
officers: Commander, Floyd w. Ste
wick; senior vice commander, Earl
David Ingleman; junior vice COM
mander, Lockran Garry; quarter
master, Irving E. Ambrose; chap
lain, w. S. Wilson; surgeon, Custus
L. Hall; officer of the day, Arthur
H. Rosenfield; patriotic instructor,
Otto Simon: historian, John Ne
dorek; service officer, Melvin B. Lin
ton; legislator, Philip A. Spots
wood; trustee, years, Alonzo j.
Jones: trustee, two years, John A.
RAIDER. w. S. Wilson, jr, was ap-
pointed council member, and H. w.
De Hart as adjutant. They will be
installed at the meeting in April.
Department Comdr. Frank Topash
and his staff visited United States
Naval Gun Factory Post. Comdr.
Edward M. Howard obligated S. C. /
Norris, F. j. Pett, C. E. Leonberger,
c. j. Cash, Clair Boyer, Thor Bark
er, Robert H. Scargill, jr.; L. B.
Woods, H. B. Ray, H. Kelley, w. w.
Thompson, D. r. Poole, c. H. Han
son, j. l.. Dessoff, A. H. Kesterson,
w. D. Wallace, jr.; E. F. Mcclure.
jr.; S. G. McQuain, G. A. Carrick,
j. A. Smoot, r. E. Thomas, C. A.
McCready, D. A. Darling, Robert
Stokes, j. c. Stephens, ]. c. McDon-
aid, j. r. Comad, Paul Stokes, w. r.
Shafer, L. E. Henderson, v. B.
Franklin, D. A. Sprout, P. C. Smoot,
j. A. Myers, G. NJ Kroll, A. c. Sar-
rano, F. H. Cox, w. NJ Constable,
w. D. Wallace, Otto Davis, M. C. l..
Blum, r. r. Bratt and Harold w. ~
t
Front Line Post nominated off,
GERS. who will be elected on
March IS. s
New members are: Harry Dud- ]
dleston, Daniel Rogers, Charles Ell /,
Teton, Willis Dollison, Beverley Grif-
fin, Alex Litman, Louis Litman, Har- II
old Austin, Robert Hayes. Robert
Porter, Bernard Flynn, Martin Dev-
eraux, Tobias Casciola, John Nc /
Donald. Samuel Inoff, Thomas Tier
ney, Merrill Auell, Robert Broome,
Harry Hall, Stanley West, Edgar !
True, Joseph Reynolds, Heard Falk-
ner, Donald Edmonds, John Dodson,
Alfred Diotte, Hergert Long, Wilbur
Willett, Stephens Farr, William
War1eld, Clyde Chick, Walter Chick, {
Fred Graves, Charles Darr, Gibbons
Dunham, Charles w. Exum, Thomas
Lyman, Vincent M. Trapanotti, Lin
wood Cecil, j. E. Petit, Sydney Rus
sell and T. L. Coffren. K
Card Party Planned