The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
LEGION RECEIVES
NEW NOMINATIONS
Alex Fonvielle, Charles
Foard, Harry Symmes
Named From Floor

- additional nominations for the
office of Commander and other OF
Ulcers were received from the floor
at last nights meeting OF Whining.
Ion Post No. 10, American Legion.
Supplementing the list of names
submitted by the Nomination COM
lnittee at the previous meeting OF
the post, the following names were
submitted for Commander for the
year 1947-1948 in addition to James
e. Holden, Jr.: Charles H.
.Foard, Alex Fonvielle and Harry
M. Symmes. Other nominations re-
,ceived are: Executive Committee
j. R. Langley, Alex Fonvielle: FL
nance Officer, William Mansfield.
Paul Fowler; First Vice Command
er, Geo. E. Kidder.
The election Of officers for the
ensuing year will be held at the
next regular meeting of the post
on Thursday, June 5th and in order
to vote each Legionnalre Will be
required to present a l947 mem
bership card. Additional nomina-
tions will be received from the
floor prior to the election. Com
mander w. K. Stewart, Jr. ap-
pointed the following Election Com
mittee. Legionnaires j. c. Myers,
Mike Leon, Lawrence Everett and
Ed Patrick.
Post Delegates
The following nominations were
received as delegates of Whining
ton Post No. 10 for the North Caro-
lima Department Convention to be
held at Carolina Beach next month:
W. K. Stewart, Jr., Charles Foard,
Mike Leon, Lois Cox, Geo. w.
Gore. VIM. Rosemann, Harry M.
Symmes, J. C. Myers, Alex Fon-
evielle. James Craig, W. j. Riley,
Carl Seymour, Darrell Riley, Law
renee Everett, James E. Holten'
.Jr., ]. R. Langley, John J. Burney'
and Wilbur D. Jones.
: The post is entitled to 80 dele
yates and 80 alternates, who Will
be selected at the next meeting OF
the post. The elected incoming
Commander will be chairman OF
the delegation.
Commander Stewart announced
that there will be a 7th Dlsrtlct
Meeting of the Legion, and also a
fish fry, to be held at Lake Wac
.camaw Anchorage, Friday. May
10th. Important matters will be dis
cussed and a representative dele
cation from Post 10 is expected
to attend. The post voted unanl-
mously that the delegates to the
18th district meeting be instructed
to vote against any change in the
iset-up of the 7th district, which is
now being proposed by the States
Department of the Legion. The re-
distribution of districts In the State
will be one of the features to be
discussed at the coming convention
at Carolina Beach and it IS expect
ed that some Of the changes Will
be strongly opposed.
Boys State
J. Carl Seymour, Chairman OF the
Bows State Committee, made the
following report:
The Boys State Committee, in
cooperation with Mr.. T. T. HamI-
ton, Jr., principal Of New Hanover
High School, has selected the fol-
lowing boys, all juniors, to attend
Boys State. University Of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. c., the
week of June 8th-15th, 1947: Cornell
Jus Swart. P. O. Box 1888, Leonard
ColIey, 22O1 Princess Street, Jim
Gibson, 100 Mimosa Place, Howard
Talley, R. F. D. 3, and Malcolm
Crawford, Pinecrest Parkway.
These outstanding students will at
tend the University Of North Caro-
lima for a weeks course in Gov
eminent. Other members of Chair
man Seymour's committee were
Louis Hansen, Kenneth Corbett,
Harry Dosher and j. j. Burney.
The Post voted unanimously in
favor of joining the VIEW in joint
Memorial Day exercises to be
held May 3Oth in the National
Cemetery. The Legion's program
will be in charge Of Chaplain John
l.. Davis and the complete pro-
xram will be announced al a later
date