Evening star., 1948-09-05

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Heads 40 & 8 Unit,
American Legion
At the annual grand promenade
Of District of Columbia Grand Vol
ture 174, Forty and Eight, of the
Department of the District of Co.
lumbia American Legion in the
Community House at Suitland, Md,
last week, Clarence T. Milne, a
member of the Quentin Roosevelt
Post, who resides at 4831 Illinois
avenue NV, was chosen as grande
chef de gare. He will announce
appointments when the local voiture
meets next Thursday evening at the
Legion Club.
Other officers selected were: Chef
de train, Gail T. Judd: conducture,
Henry Heine: commissare intendant,
Fred G. Fraser; correspondent, Hor-
ace Hoctor:; avocat, Herbert j. ia
cobl garde de la porte, Benjamin
F. Turner; commissare voyageur,
Samuel Crump; ammonium, Melvin
Sandmyer; medicin.' DR.. A. A. Sha-
plro; garde aux chevaux, Edward
Minter; lampiste, Jack Canty;
historian. Edward Warren: publi-
ciste, John A. Ager; premier dra-
peau, Early Smith; drapeau, John E.
Clark, Abraham Rosenbloom: chem
mot rationale, Gerald J. Lawler: al
ternate cheminot rationale. David
E. Klslluk; cheminot, members at
large, Porter Bush, RAYMOND
Queenan, Albert Heating James C.
Clarke and Thomas Wright, sr.
Delegates and alternates to the
Rationale Grand Promenade at
Miami. Fla, next month are: Dele
gates, Clarence T. Milne, Gerald J.
Lawler, Gail T. Judd, David E. Kis-
lux, Albert Heating; alternates.
Francis Leonard, Leo Collins, John
McCabe. Benjamin F. Turner and
James C. Clarke.
Department Comdr. David F. Kis-
lluk and his staff, escorted bv the
National Guard of Honor in COM
mand of Capt. James c. Clarke. will
visit Vincent B. Costello Post Tues
day evening to officially seat the
newly elected officers at the Legion
Club.
They are: Commander. Curtis
A. Jackson; first vice commander,
Sylvan Reichgut; second vice COM
mander, James P. McGrath; third
vice commander, Joseph Murray:
quartermaster, Rome Knapp; chap
lain, William Darlington: sergeant
at arms, Milton McGufin; master
at arms, j. H. Neumeyer; executive
committee, Byron Carson, Albert
Moreland, Edwin Murphy, Clarence
Shrout and Paul Tomardy, sr.
The department commander, his
stan and the National Guard of
Honor will install William E. Ritter
as commander of Kenneth H. Nash
Post Wednesday evening at 224 D
street Sc.
Other new officers are first vice
commander, A. T. Thompson:
second vice commander, C. j. Piper;
third vice commander, Cornelius
sergeant at arms, Raw
mond Miller; chaplain. Otis Jones;
Judge Advocat, w. D. Mulkey; quar-
termaster, Edward Hancock.
The Clark V. Polling Post will
meet Friday evening at 1928 Six
teenth street NV, where the de-
partment commander, his staff and
the National Guard of Honor will
hold installation ceremonies.
Those to be installed are COM
mander, Nelson M. Blake; first vice
commander, Samuel B. Prince; sec
ond vice commander, John A. Dills;
third vice commander, Thomas L.
Tlnsley; adjutant, George R. Jack
man; finance officer, Elgin Smith;
master-at-arms, S. D. Rodman;
chaplain, the Rev. William B.
Adams; judge advocate, Thomas
surgeon, Benjamin Ven-
tress; historian. w. F. Bennett and
sergeant at = arms, Raymond T.
Haugh.
The department commander. his
staff and the National Guard at
the Hamilton Hotel Friday evening
will install in Department of Agri-
culture Post: Commander, Lance G.
Hooks; first vice commander, John
j. kiracofe; second vice commander,
William L. Mcmahon; third vice
commander, James L. Sarver; ad-
jutant, Madeline F. Knots; finance
officer, Grace S. Conway; historian.
Orvene NJ Nelson; chaplain, Harry
Kabat; rgeant-at-arms, Joseph I.
Mcmahon; service officer, Oren T.
Eason.
A reception and dance honoring
the new department commander and
his staff will be held on Tuesday
evening at the Legion Club.
Meetings. this week:
Tuesday-Vincent B. Costello Post.
Legion Club; I'd Division Post, New
Colonial Hotel.
Wednesday-Police and Fire, La
Dor, Interior, U. G. McAlexander
Posts. Legion Club; Potomac Post,
Paiasaides Fieldhouse: Barry Post,
st. Aloysius Club; Fort Dupont Post.
Z Fourth street NE; Thad Dulin
Post, luncheon, noon, Burlington
Hotel.
Thursday-Forty and Eight, Le-
gion Club: James E. Walker Post,
Twelfth Street YMCA; Fort Totten
Post. The Ship.
Friday-Government Printing Of
fice Post, Legion Club: Clark v.
Polling Post, 1923 Sixteenth street
NV.
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