Evening star., 1947-10-05
American Legion
Guard of Honor
To Elect Officers

Guard OF Honor !
To Elect Officers
Election OF officers Of the Amer
lean Legion's National Guard Of
Honor will take place tomorrow eve
ming at the Legion Club, 2437 Fiji
teenth street NV.
Those nominated are: Captain
James c. Clarke and William Cot
ton; senior first lieutenant, George
Lands; Junior first lieutenant, Sam.
uel Greenburg, Charles Hawkins
and James A. ONeill: chaplain, first
lieutenant, George Wells and Guy
Dodson: second lieutenants, William
O'Connor, James Raeburn, Lucas
Goldwyn. A. Jack Neam, Clarence
Vogel, Harry A. Mills, Joseph S.
Haldenstein. Benjamin Griffin and
George Butler; Executive Commit
tee, Andrew Michaels, Frank Isaac,
Gail T. Judd, Robert Jacobs, STAN
ley Briggs and David Gossett.
The American Legion will observe
National Employ the Physically
Handicapped Week, opening today,
as result of an act of Congress
and presidential proclamation and
in cooperation with the District
Commissioners. Frank Norton, the
Legion's department employment
officer, advises all physically handi-
capped veterans not now in gainful
employment to register Immediately
with the veterans placement center,
1924 H street NV, in order that
they be placed in employment.
Mr.. Norton stated that after a
careful study by the Veterans En-
ployment Service it was found that
only a very few job classiflcations
existed that could not be filled by
a partially disabled veteran and that
expert interviewers are on duty at
the center at all times to bring out
a veterans qualifications for almost
any type Of employment.
Department Comdr. Owen c.
Halloran and his staff, escorted by
the National Guard of Honor, will
install officers of the Washington
Police and Fire Post on Tuesday
evening at the Legion Club.
They are: Commander, Edward
G. Comingore, ST.; first vice COM
mander, Lyman P. Clements; Sec
ond vice commander, Frederick G.
Williams; sergeant-at-arms, Will
liam O'Connor; adjutant, Travis
Harmon; finance officer, John I.
Mcdonald; historian, La Fone
StarkWeather; master at arms,
John Scheuring; chaplain, Elwood
Graham; trustees, John M. Wilson
and Howard D. Shepard. The re-
tiring commander will be presented
with past commanders jewel by
Horace w. Lineburg, master of
ceremonies.
Comdr. James M. Wright OF Ken
meth H. Nash Post, who meet next
Wednesday evening at their club
house, 224 D street Sc, has ap-
pointed the following on commit
tees: Publicity and public relations,
Josef Futuran; legislation, Edwin
T. Luther; membership, William E..
Ritter; historian, William D. Null
key; service officer, Donald j.
Mustoine; ways and means, Gordon
Ridings; Americanism, Guy u.
Cogswell; veterans preference,
Charles Pace, and color bearers,
Ray Miller and Theodore Ruszizak.
A luncheon meeting Of Thad
Dulin Post will be held Wednesday
at 1890 pm. in the Burlington
Hotel. James j. Reynolds, a men,
ber of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board, will be the principal
speaker.
Joseph H. Hawkins, past senior
vice commander of James E. Walker
Post, will be installed as comman-
der Thursday evening by the de-
partment commander and his staff
escorted by the national guard of
honor, at the Twelfth Street YMCA.
Others to be installed are: Senior
vice commander, Carl D. Coleman,
and junior vice commander, Alfonzo
Knight. both veterans of World
War II.
The annual Armistice Day recep-
tion and. dinner dance, sponsored
by the 40 and 8. in honor of
the department commander and
National Comdr. James F. ONeil.
will be held at the Mayfower Hotel
at 7 pm. November 10.
Officers of the Civil Service Com
mission Post were installed last week
with Department Vice Comdr.
Charles L. Schuettler as the INSTALL
ing officer.
They were: Commander, William
johnson; vice commander. John E.
Blann; finance officer, Emery j..
Adams; adjutant, Richard L. Kerr;
assistant adjutant, Susie E. Wood;
legal officer, John j. Mccarthy; his
torian, Virginia True; chaplain, DR..
Robert M. Browning; Executive
Committee, James P. Googe, Archie
Edwards and Mahlon c. Ward.
Meetings this week:
Monday-Stephen P. McGroarty
Post, national guard of honor. Le-
gion Club; Department of Commerce
Post, Department of Commerce.
Tuesday-Police and Fire Post,
Legion Club; Navy Department
Post, Department of Interior audi
torium; End Division Post, New Co.
lonial Hotel; Costello Post, 4l9 Sew
enth street NV.
Wednesday Labor Department
Post, Department of Interior Post,
U. G. McAlexander Post, Legion
Club; Kenneth H. Nash Post, 224
D street Sc: Potomac Post, Pal
asaides Clubhouse; Barry Post, st.
Aloysius Club.
Thursday-Forty and Eight, Le-
gion Club: James E. Walker Post,
Twelfth Street YMCA; Fort Totten
Post, the Ship
Friday - Government Printing