Evening star., 1947-10-19

D. C. Department
Posts Seat Officers
officers of three posts of the Dis
trict of Columbia Department, the
American Legion, will install officers
this week as follows:
Department of Justice Post, Mon
day evening, Legion clubhouse
Commander, Michael L. Looney;
first vice commander, Joseph F.
Meglin second vice commander,
Enoch Nelson; third vice command
er, Leonard Lightcap; adjutant, Will
liam Monagan; finance officer, John
j. McGinty; judge advocate, Edward
Metzler; chaplain, DR.. Daniel Bu-
chanan, historian, David A. Turner;
sergeant at arms, David Turner, and
color bearers, Claude Purvis and
Archie Simpson
Washington Gas Light Post, We'd
nesday evening, Statler Hotel-Com-
mander, V. NARROW Perry; first vice
commander, Harry Holden; second
vice commander, Allyn Ferrell; ad-
jutant, Hewitt Crosby; finance off,
Ger, Norman Laird; sergeant at
arms, William Hendrickson: judge
advocate, Henry KrautWurst; chap
lain, Weaver Doyle; historian, Robert
L. Livingston; service officer, Nor
man Sabatini, and trustees, Herbert
H. McMurray, A. M. Fonda and A.
Gray Dawson.
Bunker Hill Post, Saturday eve
ming, post Commander,
Thomas P. Royston; first vice COM
mander, w. S. M. Briggs: second
/ vice commander. Bernard o. Mead;
third vice commander, Arthur P.
May; adjutant, William R. Bren-
nan; finance officer, William Y.
Loux; judge advocate, Mack Myers;
chaplain, John R. Weitzel; sergeant
at arms, Jack B. Fletcher, and his
torian, L. J. P. Fichthorn.
Maj. Gen. William Dryden.
U. S, A, retired, new commander of
Augustus P. Gardner Post. pre-
sided at the opening meeting of the
season at luncheon at the Army
and Navy Club. He announced
that. the post membership had in
creased to 170.>
The Rev. DR.. C. Leslie Glenn, rec
tor OF st. Johns Episcopal Church
post chaplain, told of his recent
trip with other clergymen to Italy
Germany, Austria, France and Lux
embourg
Preston Grant is the new adju-
tant and Samuel Biddle finance
officer.
The District Department has des-
ignated Room E in the Legion Club
house, 2437 Fifteenth street NV.
as workroom for post officers and
post committees.
Department Adjt: David E. Kisliuk
has assigned five assistant adjutants
to be in charge in the headquarters
Office during his absence each eve
ming on the first five days of the
week. The assignments are: Mon
day, Jacob Milwit; Tuesday, Gail T.
Judd; Wednesday, John P. Lester;
! Thursday, William Schultz. and Fri
day, Rose Anne Cerne while George
Lee is specially assigned in charge
of publicity, David E. Miller, the
weekly adjutant's bulletin, and Wal
/ ter A. Jackson, Office records.
i Government Printing Office Post
elected the following officers: Com
mander, George c. Kraus; senior
vice commander, Alfred j. Fields
/ Junior vice commander, Milo C. An
derson; finance officer, Lawrence w.
Trumbull. sergeant at arms, Edward
A. Langley; chaplain, Myron J. Keif-
fer; historian, Isabel G.. Royston; :;
executive committeeman. Edward j.
Bush, Michael j. Cyganek, Cloyce I.
Dixon and Ray P. Homan: housing
committeeman, Massie w. Blanken-
ship, Michael j. Cyganek and Har-
old E. Hampshire
The National Guard of Honor Off
| GERS were installed last night as fol-
lows: Captain, James c. Clarke
senior first lieutenant, George
Lands; junior first lieutenant,
Charles Hamkins; chaplain, George
Wells; second lieutenants, George
Butler, William O'Connor, James
Raeburn, Clarence Vogel Executive
Committee, Stanley Briggs, David
Gossett and Gail T. Judd Appoint
ments made by Capt. Clarke were
Adjutant, I'd 1t Elwood Schuler;
assistant adjutant, Edward zuran-
ski, and finance officer, Robert
Stewart.
\ Cooley Post has sched-
uled it's annual testimonial dinner
honoring Junior Past Department
Comdr. Guy C. Nadeau and Junior
Past Post Comdr. sgd Goldman at
Hotel 240O next Saturday.
The Thad Dulin Post will observe
ladies night next Wednesday at the
Burlington Hotel. At recent elec-
ton, Yule Fisher became second vice
commander and Frank Gibbons
third vice commander.
Meetings this week:
/ Neutrality-suspicious. Guard of Honor
and Department of Justice Post Le-
gion Club; Quentin Roosevelt Post
|, Potomac Boat Club.
Tuesday Cooley Mccullough
Maritime and Pepco Posts, Legion
Club; I'd Division Post, New Colo
nial Hotel; National Press Club
Post, National Press Club.
Wednesday - National Cathedral
and Henry C. Spengler Posts, Legion
Club Thad Dulin Post, Burlington