Evening star., 1949-10-23
In Local Service Organizations
D. c. Department,
American Legion,
Officers Seated

Officers Seated
Comdr. Charles K. Dunn ten
dered appointments to members
of the Department of the District
Of Columbia, American Legion, to
the department staff, commissions
and committees, who have been
ratified by the Department Exec
utive Committee.
Those ratified to date are: As
sistant adjutants, Julian E. Lakey
Lewis A. Morse, Robert Slater
Charles w. Buergelin, Donald
Chamberlain and Robert Tillman;
assistant sergeant at arms, James
Burke, John Burdette, Lucius
Harris and Warren Beach; Ath-
letic Commission, James Munro,
Edward J. Hickey and Buddy
Lewis; Americanism Commission,
Joseph A. Walker. ST.: Joseph
Campbell and John ]. McGinty;
commander aides, Benjamin F.
Turner and Charles D. Wimpee;
Armed Service Day, Paul Davis;
Judge advocate, John j. Finn;
assistant judge advocate, Perry
Doing, and aeronautics. Walter
Morgan.
Budget, George w. Phillips,
James A. Murphy and Paul Och
man; Boy Scouts, Jack Swami,
Yule Fisher, Major White and
Harry Pheasant; bloodbank, John
O'Meara; clubhouse board OF
managers, Ward Oehman, Will
liam Jones, Horace Hoctor. John
Lindholm, John Lewis Smith. jr.,
and Ernest N. Jeffrey; citizenship,
A. Gray Dawson; cancer, Isabel
Knight; department convention,
Rudolph Blick; distinguished
guests, John Lewis Smith, sr.. and
all past department commanders;
District sesquicentennial, Robert
Snow and Herbert H. McMurray
Employment. Fred Hetzel; Flag
Day, Aston n. Wheeler; graves
registration, Clarence Cough: in
ter-racial, Walter Jackson, Frank
Coleman, Joseph Morris. Lee R.
Pennington, James Arlington,
West Hamilton. Jerome Mckee
and Ward Oehman; legislation,
j. Fred Burns, Harvey Spear,
jerome Mckee, Richard B. Harris
and j. Franklin Wilson; law and
order, Basil F. McAllister; mer-
chant marine, James A. De Force
and James F. Kelley; member
ship, Frank Shore, Rex Finley. AL
bert w. Lorring, Joseph A. Miller,
Lance Hooks and Marshall Miller.
National defense. John Van
SAINT and Martin Dyer; new club
house, Herbert J. jacob, William
Shannon and Lee R. Pennington;
naturalization, Watson B. Miller;
public relations, William johnson;
post charter Investigations. Hey
wood Saunders and Paul j. Nc
Gahan; radio, Joseph Smith; sons
Of the Legion, George Galligan;
Soap Box Derby. Frank j. Murphy
and James Holt; traffic. Thomas
.Slominski; trophies and awards,
A. f Keating. Hampton Percy
and Fred Fretter. -.
Veterans housing, Sylvan King;
veterans preference, Robert En-
glehart, Clarance L. Dawson,
Nicholas Pagnotta, Herbert j.
jacob, Frank Peckham. Joseph L.
Stearn and Oscar L. Anderson;
ways and means, Charles L.
Schuettler and Richard L. Bev-
erly; welfare director, Percy Vein
berg; welfare advisory, Edna
Smith, Clifton Anderson, Paul
Davis, Albert Heating. Lee Burris
Thomas O'Hanlon, Dale Rounds,
Alexander Bolker, Leo Looney,
Nelson Blake, Zachariah Black
istone, Jerome j. Swartz, Paul
Hamilton and Luther r. Gray,
and youth opportunity, Curtis
Shears, Lewis Schroeder and
Mary Wilhoite.
The Washington Gaslight Post
elected as officers: Commander,
Daniel L. Robertson; senior vice
commander, Ralph P. jackson;
Junior vice commander. Harry K.
Holdson; adjutant, Herbert H.
McMurray; finance officer, j.
Bradford Fox: chaplain, Warren
M. Whitmore: historian, Norman
L. Sabatini; sergeant at arms,
George w. Cavanaugh; service Of
ficer, William Y. Hill; judge advo-
cate, Henry F. Krautwurst; chair
man, ways and means, Larz B.
Foy.
At recent installation Of Of
ficers in the Stephen P. McGroarty
Post, John Kopecky became the
commander. Others installed in
clude: First vice commander
Noble D. Raney: second vice COM
mander, George. s. Mueller; third
vice commander, Stewart w.
Parker; adjutant. Harold D. Mil
Ter; finance officer, Robert w.
Croffot;; chaplain, c. Warren
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