Evening star., 1948-09-19
American Legion
Department Head
Names Officers

Department Head
Names Officers
David E. Kisliuk, commander Of
the District Columbia department,
the American Legion, last week
named additional officers for his
staff, which were ratified by the
Executive Committee
They include: Adjutant Gail T.
Judd, a member of Henry c. Soen-
gler Post; Assistant Adjutants Rich
ard Beverly, A. G. Bell: Gustave
Antonson, Maritime; w. Dean
Mathis, Internal Revenue; Lucius
L. HENDERSON, James Reece Europe
and Sylvan King, National Cathe-
dral; finance officer, James J.
Murphy of the George Washington
Post: assistant finance officer, Rob-
ert H. Threnn of the Stephen P.
McGroarty Post: chaplain, DR.. Will
liam B. Adams of the Clark v.
Polling Post; surgean, DR.. Luther
r. Gray of Potomac Post; historian,
Coder Acsher of the Sergeant Jasper
Post.
BENJAMIN F. Turner of Quentin
Roosevelt is the new sergeant-at-
arms. assistant SergeantS-at-arms
are: Warren c. Beach, Woodbridge;
Milton c. McGuffn, Costello; Lewis
A. Morse, James Reece, Europe;
Walter E. Jones, Internal Revenue;
Joseph Roberts, Washington Building
and Construction Trades, and Virgil
Frazier, Kenna Main.
Members of the National Guard OF
Honor appointed to the staff are:
Warren Hilleary, George E. Killeen
Post; George Lands, Buker Hill
Post; Charles E. Decker, Harold S.
Decker, Ernest Funkhouser, Roy E.
Miffleton and Lee A. Richards, all
of Bunker Hill; George Chatterton,
of Civil Service: William j. Oxley,
of Stephen P. McGroarty, and Miles
R. Van Else, jr., of Kenna-Main
The Welfare Department of the
department requests all local mem
bers when making contributions to
the Community Chest to earmark
all or a portion of the contribution
to the Legion on the reverse side OF
the form.
Constantine Brown, foreign affairs
commentator of The Star, will de-
liver the principle address on
program also includes number OF
vaudeville acts Tuesday evening at
the installation of officers OF the
PEPCO Post at the PEPCO audi
torium, Tenth and E streets NV.
Jack P. Lynch will become the
new commander when he is seated
by the department commander and
his staff escorted by the National
Guard of Honor in command OF
Capt. James c. Clarke.
The department commander and
his staff escorted by the National
Guard of Honor will install officers
of the Victory Post at the Legion
Club next Friday evening.
They are: Commander, William V.
B. Warren; first vice commander,
Horace A. Reardon; second vice
commander, Early E. Smith; third
vice commander, Richard G. Gullck;
adjutant. Donald A. Waite; finance
officer, Thomas Beall; sergeant at
arms, Dee Hummer; chaplain, Al
bertus N. Schroeder; color bearers
and guards, William F. Mischan,
Thomas E. Hannaway, George Ber-
bert and John J. Gotch; general
members of the Executive Commit
tee, Milton Survis, Fred P. Amthor
and Thomas G. McBroom.
Thad Dulin Post at it's last meet
ing presented it's Junior American
Legion baseball team with sport
Jackets. Cal Ourand, who made the
presentation, has been appointed to
a three-year term on the Depart
ment Athletic Commission. Paul
B. Oehman and Geoffrey Creyke,
ir., will be chairmen of the Budget
and Internal Organization Com
mittees.
The posts annual fall dance will
be held next Friday evening at
Hotel 2400.
Souvenir programs OF the 30th
annual department convention held
last month at the Statler Hotel are
now on sale at department head
quarters.
Comdr. Nelson Bake, the Clark ".
Polling Post will deliver the prin-
ciple address at a meeting to be
sponsored by the post tomorrow
evening at the Central Union Mis-
sion.
John A. Smith has been appointed
to be a member of the Department
Charter Committee. g.
Jerome K. Engleberg. a member
of the General Accounting Office
Post, was recently elected presi-
dent of the Sixth Armored Division
Association at its First Annual Re-
union held at Louisville, KY.
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