Evening star., 1948-10-17
In Local Service Organizations
DC. Department,
AmericanLegion,
Chairmen' Named

AmerlcanLegion,
Chairmen Named |
Comdr. David E. Kislish, District
Of Columbia Department, the Amer
ican Legion, last week appointed
Charles Wimpee Of District of Co.
lumbia Taxi Post as assistant de-
partment adjutant.
Committees and chairmen named
included: Aeronautics. John Nc
Ginty; Americanism, Chester "A.
Bennett; Army Day, William Bry-
den; athletics, Henry Heine; ball,
Roy E. Miles; boatride, Bernard E.
Darnell; bloodbank, Anne D. Pryde;
Boy Scouts, Gordon L. Rice; budget,
Paul B. Cehlmann; cancer, Betty
L. Bush; child welfare, Porter L.
Bush; civilian defense, Basil F.
McAllister; civic relations, Robert
c. Snow; completion national
cathedral transcept, John H. Lam
bert; clubhouse, Ward Oehmann;
distinguished guests, julius I. Pey-
ser; employment, Oscar G. Jones;
entertainment, John s. Mawhood;
Flag Day, Byron Dunn; gifts for
Yanks, William r. Brennan; graves
registration, Kenyon Clark; hospi-
talization, Russell Jeffries; internal
organization, Geof1rey Creyke; ju-
venile participation, Joseph Rogers.
Labor relations, Herbert P. New
man; law and order, Floyd Tru-
scott; legislation, Jerome Mckee;
craftsmanship, John Fondahl;
membership, C. E. DeVivo; Memo
rial Day, Melvin Santmyer; mer-
chant marine, James DeForce; ma
tional convention, Edward G.. Co.
mingore; national defense, Joseph
Rice; naturalization, Watson B.
Miller; Navy Day, James P. Googe;
new clubhouse, Herbert j. jacob;
oratorical contest, Russell Jeffries;
post charters, John Ager; public
relations, Paul McGahan; publicity,
George Lee; radio, Frank Felker; |
r. o. T. c., Lester Steinem; Red
Cross, Emily Carey; service officer,
Waldron I. Leonard; sick call, Vic
tor j. Farrar; special convention,
Benjamin Aronsohn; traffic, Thomas
Slominski; trophies and awards,
Henry Milans; veterans housing,
Sylvan King; veterans preference,
Edward L. Marthill; ways and
means, Charles K. Dunn; and well
fare advisory board, Clarence Opper
Comdr. Lance G. Hooks of the
Department Of Agriculture Post has
announced the acceptance for
membership of Everett Bierman and
the expenditure of over one hum
dred dollars in post welfare work at
the Barney Neighborhood House.
Members elected to the Executive
Committee were: Ron Dozier,
George Ortlip, Val Trowbridge,
John Brown. jr., G. Tabor Stephens,
Jack Conrad and Lillian Sawyer.
Newly elected officers have also
been named in the following posts
who meet this week:
Second Division Post: Command
er, Robert c. Alexander, senior vice
commander. Harvey Fletcher; junior
vice commander, Adrian j. Hen
derson; adjutant. Herbert E. Cas-
kins, and finance officer, Willard w.
Sibert.
National Press Club Post: Com
mander, Paul B. McGee; first vice
commander, Rudolph c. Shaw: sec
ond vice commander, Joseph David
son: third vice commander. Paul l..
McGahan; adjutant, w. j. Hogan,
jr.: finance officer. Harry E. Rad
cliffe; Chaplain, H. r. Baukage,
and sergeant-at-arms, Charles Ben
ter
George E. Patton Tank Corps
Post: Commander, John E. Van
SAINT; first vice commander, Wade
T. Atkinson; second vice command
er, Robert P. Javins; third vice
commander. Joseph A. Powers: ad-
jutant, T. Graham Motley: finance
officer, Helen Lyon; chaplain, Frank
L. Peckham; sergeant-at-arms,
John M. Rempfur; historian, Ralph
Werner; judge advocate, Donald r.
Frederick; surgeon, DR.. Eldridge T.
Compton, color bearers, John E.
Wood and William j. Taylor.
Washington Gaslight Post: Com
mander. Albert w. Loring; senior
vice commander. Daniel L. Robert
son; junior vice commander, Ralph
P. Jordon, jr.;; adjutant, Hewitt
Crosby, jr.; finance officer, Norman
w. Laird; chaplain, John j. Cha
conas; service officer, Weaver Doyle;
sergeant-at-arms, Harry Holdson;
judge advocate, Henry Krautwurst;
historian, John Werner, and exec
utive committee, H. H. McMurray,
A. L. Fonda, and A. Gray Dawson.
Posts eligible to receive their per-
manent charters should notify de-
partment headquarters in order that
this may be arranged. Headquarters