Evening star., 1948-11-14
j.. McGinty Heads
Justice Post of
American Legion

ICpdI tIlACllG NOllluI. Lawn =. 1Alo-
LUX and his staff, escorted by the
National Guard OF Honor, officiating
Other officers are: First vice
commander. William Monagan;
second vice commander, Gordon
Harrison; third vice commander,
Richard Hummer; chaplain, the
Rev. James Buchanan: adjutant,
Carol Olsen; finance officer, George
Valliancourt; Judge advocate, Rich
ard WINS: sergeant-at-arms, Fer
dinand Meyer; service officer,
William Arruda; color bearers,
George Kaur and Albert Mitnik,
and 16-man executive COM
mittee with Attorney General Tom
C. Clark as chairman.
James c. Clarke who recently
won over Warren A. Hilleary by a
count of As to IS in a run-of elec-
ton, held by the National Guard OF
Honor for captain was installed with
the other new officers at the Legion
Club last week.
Jack Kirkman, a member of the
Thad Dulin Post, will compete as
one of a team of three local contest
ants in the International Light
Tackle Fishing Tournament at
Miami, Fla, November 18 to 20 in
elusive.
A closely contested race is being
staged in the American Legion
Bowling League with no team
having, more than a two-game
margin over its nearest rival. The
league is composed of two sections
of twelve teams each with seven
posts represented by two teams and
ten others by single team.
Games are rolled each Tuesday at
the Chevy Chase Ice Palace Alleys
starting at 9 pm.
New officers have been elected in
the following posts:
Leslie and Douglas McNair Post
Commander, William H. Schutt;
first vice commander, Arlie Adkins
second vice commander, Dalton E
Agerton; third vice commander
Carmelo Bluchino; adjutant, Alex
Mavricos finance officer, Albert G
Grossetto; membership officer
Richard Montgomery.
Capital Transit Post-Commander
Douglas c. Rossignol; first vice
commander, L. J. Orwick; second
vice commander, A. NJ Blaso; third
vice commander, s. Enten; adju-
tant, w. H. Taylor; finance officer
P. A. De Vaughn: chaplain, S. H
jefferson; historian, C. E. Biting
judge advocate, c. E. Breeden;
sergeant at arms, A. w. Andrews;
service officer, C. E. Davis.
Stanley Church De Pue Post
Commander, John A. Beveridge;
first vice commander, George
Charles; second vice commander,
John Ebaugh, jr.; third vice COM
mander. Richard Rossier; adjutant,
A. M. Oliphant; chaplain, William
Smith; judge advocate, Donald w.
Smith; sergeant at arms, Raymond
L. Zwinglas: historian, Graham
Wilson; trustee, Sidney Jacobs, jr.;;
color bearers, Joseph Cullinane and
Ralph Klippert.
Kenna-Main Post - Commander,
j. j. SWartz; first vice commander
]. G. Shelby; second vice COM
mander, B. T. Deible; third vice
commander, L. T. Chick, jr.; adju-
tant, j. O'Connell: finance officer,
Gus Law; sergeant at arms, E
Strickland; master at arms, j
Kazoff; historian, J. Basinsky;
chaplain, P. Manning.
Victory Post will hold its Forty
Miners Membership dance Tuesday
evening at the Kenneth H. Nash
Clubhouse. On Friday evening
Costello Post will hold its annual
turkey party at Hotel 2400. Satur-
day evening Sergeant Jasper Post
and unit will hold a combined
turkey party and country fair at
the American Legion Club with a
bean supper from to 8 p. m.
Security and Exchange Post will
meet tomorrow evening at Heu-
ricks Brewery instead of at the
Commission.
Grand Voiture 174 Of the Forty
and Eight will meet Friday evening
at the Legion Club after postponing
its regular meeting on Armistice
Day.
The local Voiture will sponsor the
Annual Mid Atlantic Promenade
here next spring and will also send
its Child Welfare chairman to the
Annual Area B. National Child We'll
fare Conference to be held in Balti-
more, Md, on February II and IL.
A. T. Danaher, the Legion's repre-
sentative on the Welfare Advisory
Beard at Mount Alto Hospital re-
quests volunteer hospital workers
when reporting for duty to report
their time to La Bate, chief of Spe-
cial Services rather than at the tele-
phone desk as has been heretofore
done. The Veterans Administration
requests all veterans assigned &C.
numbers to notify their next of kin
of these numbers and to file all rec
ords of their service, ETC., in easily
accessible places since the knowl-
edge of these numbers speeds up
emergency service when needed
Meetings this week:
Monday-Department of Justice
Post, National Guard of Honor. De-
partment Legislative Committee, Le-
gion Club: Quentin Roosevelt Post,
Potomac Boatclub: Security and Ex-
change Post, Heuricks Brewery.
Tuesday-Pepco Post. Maritime
Post, Cooley-McCullough Post, Le-
gion Club; Second Division Post,
New Colonial Hotel; Bunker Hill
Post, 3726 Tenth street NE; Ma
tional Press Club Post, National
Press Club.
Wednesday-G gorge s. Patton
Tank Corps Post, Leslie and Douglas
McNair Post, Department Juvenile