Evening star., 1946-04-23

Elect Officers {
Prominent national and District
| figures were among those elected
last night to posts in the Episcopal
churches of the Washington area
in the annual elections, customarily
held on the Monday following Easter
Sunday.
Chief of those who appeared on
the lists a year ago and are missing
from the states chosen yesterday is
| Supreme Court Justice Owen j.
Roberts, who served as senior ward
en- for several years at St. Johns
Church of the Presidents" at La
fayette Square. Rear Admiral Ho-
ratio G. Gillmor, the Junior warden,
was elected to take the place of the
former Supreme Court justice, who
resigned from the court during the
past year and is now living in Phil
adelphia. Edward R. Finkenstaedt,
member of the board of vestry-
men, was chosen as Junior warden.
Admiral William D. Leahy, chief
of staff to President Truman, and
Theodore w. Noyes, editor of. The
Star, were reelected vestrymen at
st. Thomas Church, Eighteenth
and Church streets N. W., last night.
Mr.. Noyes will be entering his 56th
Year as member of the official
church body.
There were few changes voted in
the church bodies. Most of those
chosen were already serving in their
positions. Several of the churches
postponed elections for certain off,
ces to a later date. while some of
them will hold full elections at a
future meeting.
Results of the elections were as
follows:
All Souls.
Senior warden, DR.. Louis S.
Greene; Junior warden, Dion S
Birney; register, Worthington H. Tai
colt; treasurer, William H. Waters,
jr.; vestrymen, DR.. John w. Burke,
Capt. Henry E. Eccles. George w.
Lipscomb, William P. MacCracken,
jr.; S. Jay McCathran, jr.; C. H.
Pope, William D. Sterrett, H. C..
Whitehurst; delegate to diocesan
convention, Mr.. Birney; alternate
delegate, DR.. Green.
Ascension, Washington.
Senior warden, Frederick S. Tyler;
junior warden, Robert B. Riley, jr.;
register, j. c. Watts; treasurer, John
w. Tallentire; vestrymen, Bruce
Baird, Roane A. Clary, David S.
Dawson, Charles E. Phelps, Leslie C.
Rucker, George G. Stonebraker;
delegate to diocesan convention,
Mr.. Tyler; alternate delegate, Mr..
Dawson.
Calvary.
Senior warden, Charles F. NJ
Browne; junior warden, Herschel T.
Wilson; register, George G. Jeffer-
son; treasurer, Edward H. Smith;
vestrymen, ReXford F. Ovelton, John
c. Payne, sr.; Albert L. Raymond
Sedd N. Landers. Walter C. Stewart,
ST.; John H. Gray, Mr.. Jefferson, Mr..
Smith: delegate to diocesan conven-
ton, Mr.. Payne; alternate delegate,
Alfred E. Smith.
Christ Church, Washington.
Senior warden, A. L. Peterson;
Junior warden, Charles Wood; regis
ter, Edward C, Cox; treasurer, j.
Frank Scott; vestrymen, Charles O..
Iseli, Harry R. Wood, Clyde E. Tay-
lor, Alonzo j. Thompson; delegate
to diocesan convention, Harry R.
Wood; alternate delegate, Mr. Iseli.
Christ Church, Georgetown.
Senior warden. S. Percy Thomp-
son; Junior warden, N. Worthington
Dorsey; register, Robert C. King:
treasurer. Bowdoin Craighin. jr.:
vestrymen, Spencer Gordon, Louis
Mackall. Mr., King, Ernest Mechlin,
Mr.. Craighill, Stephen Dorsey. John
II. Bennett, j. Edwin Burroughs.
| jr.; delegate to diocesan convention,
N. Werthington Dorsey: alternate
delegate, Mr.. King.
Church of Our Saviour, Brookland.
| Senior warden, Daniel Sawyer:
Junior warden, George A. Gather;
register, Roland Linger; treasurer,
Maynard N. Hanson; assistant treas
urer, R. Lee Sartain: associate treas
urer, Mr.. Sawyer, vestrymen, Ray
mond L. Ferguson, Albert S. Boswell,
Mr.. Hanson, Oscar F. Ellis. F. NAH
Ion Padgett, Mr.. Sartain, Mr.. Linger,
Vern E. Hill; delegate to diocesan
convention, Ralph R. Molster; alter
nate delegate, Mr.. Ferguson
Emmanuel.
/ Senior warden, James A. Larsen;
junior warden, Quentin E. Clark;
register, Melvin Mitchell; treasurer
John Cook; vestrymen, Mr.. Larsen,
Mr.. Clark, Mr.. Cook, Mr.. Mitchell,
Frank Waikart, ]. Paul Green, Guy
w. SWarthout and Paul Caddington:
delegate to diocesan convention, Mr..
Green; alternate delegate, Mr.. Cook.
Epiphany.
Senior warden, Charles F. Wilson;
Junior warden, DR.. Harry HURT;
register, Richard E. Shands; treas
urer, H. Rozier Dulany, jr.: vestry-
men, Richard w. Hynson, DR.. John
Minor, Richard Wilmer. Charles F..
Roberts, Mr.. Shands, Mr.. Wilson, DR..
Hurtt and Mr.. Dulany: delegates to
diocesan convention, Mr.. Roberts,
Mr., Hynson, MIR. Stands; alternate
delegates, LIE Ray Dale. w. Lorrain
Cook, Harrison Parkman.
Esther Memorial.
Senior warden, Elmer F. Hayes.
junior warden, Ralph R. Crawford;
register, w. w. Lynch; treasurer,
F. A. Davidson; vestrymen, F. A.
Davidson, A. E. Davidson, Ellis Dean.
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