Evening star., 1946-12-01
In Local Service Organizations
Pepco Post Seats
New Officers in
American Legion

New Officers in
American Legion
Pepco Post of the District of CO.
lumbia Department. American Le-
gion, last week installed officers as
follows: Commander, Norman H.
Barnes; first vice commander, Err
roll Dunbar; second vice COM
mander, Arthur w. Crossley; third
vice commander, Jerome p. Lynch i
adjutant. Charles L. Herbert; judge
advocate. Stanley R. Payne; his.
torian, L. Russell Chase: sergeant
at arms, Joseph P. Keegan; finance
officer, w. Fred Stansbury, and
chaplain, George Myers
A radio program was dedicated to
the Legion, known as "Matchless
Service" Addresses were made by
Joseph C. McGarraghy, president of
the Washington Board of Trade.
and James H. Ferry, vice president
and general manager of Pepco.
Aubrey r. Belk, outgoing COM
rnander of the post, was presented
past commanders badge and a
Distinguished Service Citation.
National Comdr. Paul H. Griffith
on Friday appointed Past Depart
ment Comdr Herbert j. jacob as
chairman of the National Veterans
Preference Committee Of the Legion.
Other national committee APP
pointments announced, for the local
department, were:
National Security Committee.
O'Connor Roberts.
Distinguished guests-Louis P. ALL
wine, Harvey G. Callahan, Albert L.
Cox, Geoffrey Creyke, Madge Fitz-
gerald, A. E. Giegengack, Francis
Holbrook, Hiram Hummer, James
Kehoe, Gilbert L. Lansdale, Martin
A. Schubert, G. Wayland Brooks,
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Maj. Gen.
Harry Vaughn, Guy Gordon, Harris
Ellsworth. F,
Education of orphans Of veter-
ans-Paul Fl. McMurray.
Employment Committee - Oscar
Jones.
Inter-American Goodwill Promo
ton Committee. Francis Nc
Carthy.
Law and order-Attorney General
Tom C. Clark, George Morris Fay.
l.. j. P. Fichthorn, Thomas OHara,
Julius I. Peyser.
Workmanship Ollie M. Schriver,
Floyd A.. Truscott.
National Cemeteries Survey COM
Patrick j. Fitzgibbons.
Pilgrimage Committee-William ?.
Kershner, David e. Kisliuk, Fred
erick A. Dawes, Ralph I. Graves,
Gail T. Judd, Joseph Ryan, Charles
Schuettler, William @. holland, Ed
ward r. Dixon, James c. Clarke,
Edwin j. C. Murray, U. S. Grant III,
Clement Murphy, James J. Murphy,
Charles Kohen, Edwin r. Thomas,
John Wietzel, j. Franklin Wilson,
Denzil Right, Lester Steinem, Ches-
ter Bennett, Wade Taylor, Bernard
j. Hasson, Thomas D. Collins,
George Lands, Guy c. Nadeau.
Rehabilitation, area B-William
T. Slattery.
Medical Advisory Board Col.
Louis H. Renfrow, Capt. c. Ray
mond Wells, U. 8. N. r.; DR.. Win
fred Overholzer, Rear Admiral w. j..
c. Agnew, Col. Esmond r. Long,
Mai. Gen. George F. Lull.
Veterans Preference-Herbert Ja-
cobb, Raymond Burke.
Publication Commission = Theo-
dore Cogsweu.
Raymond P. Altmeyer has been
selected to be interim adjutarlt OF
the War Department Post now be-
ing formed. with about three
fourths of the required member
ship already enrolled.
Headquarters for the American
Legion's "Gifts for Yanks Who
Cave Campaign Committee have
been set up at the Legion Club, and
a member of the committee will be
on duty starting tomorrow to re-
ceive gifts and contributions.
Approximately TOO children OF
needy veterans families will be
guests of the American Legion and
the American Legion Auxiliary at
a Christmas party to be held at the
Legion Clubhouse on December %.
Each child will be presented with
gifts, followed by an entertainment.
The annual ball of the National
Guard of Honor will take place
January Is at the Shoreham Hotel
from 10 pm. to am.
Table reservations, which must be
taken by January S, may be made
with Staff Capt. Gail T. Judd, Ii.
6610.
Department Comdr. Guy c..
Nadeau announces that the original
10000 membership pledged to him
by Department Membership Officer
Ray L. Zwinglas for consummation
by December 5 was raised by him
to 10000 before leaving the Ma
tional Commanders and Adjutants'
Conference.
He urges that all posts in this
department make every effort to
enroll their full quota of that figure.
During the coming year the Le-
gion's Americanism Commission will
form committees to contact prom
inent men who are available for
speeches, sponsor an annual citi-
zens' recognition day, an American
education week, work with Boy
Scouts, present awards to the High
School Cadets, both white and col