Evening star., 1949-10-09
POliCe-Fire Post,
American Legion,
To Seat Officers

Officers of the Washington Po-
lice and Fire Post Department OF
the District of Columbia. Ameri-
can Legion. will be installed at
the Odd Fellows Temple next
Tuesday evening with Depart
ment Comdr. Charles X. Dunn
officiating, assisted by his staff
escorted by the National Guard OF
Honor in command of Capt.
James c. Clark. There will be an
entertainment.
Nelson G. Thayer, the new COM
mander.. is a member OF the
Metropolitan Police, He succeeds
Capt. Lyman P. Clements of the
Fire Department who was elected
a trustee of the post for a four
year term. The retiring COM
mander has also been appointed
chairman of the Department
Sons of the Legion Commission
Clubhouse. Manager Edward G..
Comingore, also a member of this
post, has been named chairman
of the Legion's 1850 National
Convention Transportation Com
mittee.
Other officers to be installed
are: first vice commander. John I.
Mcdonald: second vice comman-
der John L. Neese; third vice COM
mander, Ernest Renfro; fourth
vice commander. James E. Clark;
adjutant and judge advocate, AL
ton S. Bradford; chaplain, NJ. H.
Sutton: sergeant at arms. John
Ehlman: historian. H. N. Lam
chester; trustee for two years,
Basil F. McAllister.
The Washington Gas Light Post
has changed it's meeting place
from the Stansbury Hall and will
meet in the future on the second
Monday of each month at the
Gas Light auditorium at Eleventh
and H streets NV.
Woodbridge Post tomorrow eve
ming will elect officers from among
those nominated at its last session
when the post admitted Donald
Jaynes to it's roster. Comdr. Ber-
nard Beard has appointed Jesse
Luton chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee.
Last Sunday evening the post
participated. with other veterans
and civic groups in the dedication
of a memorial fagpole in Taft
Park. 1t is AZ feet high and is set
in a concrete base fanked by a
bronze plaque bearing the names
of all veterans in the Woodbridge
area who lost their lives in both
World Wars.
At installation ceremonies to
be held by the Department of
Labor Post on Wednesday evening
the department commander and
his staff will place John S. Arcana
in Office as commander.
Others to be installed include:
first vice commander, Charles D.
Hale; second vice commander,
John A. McGuckin; third vice
commander, John H. Linton; ad-
jutant, Finley L. Petrie and fl
nance officer. Oscar F. Anderson.
Catherine Hazen will be installed
as commander of Jacob Jones Post
tomorrow evening at the Wash.
ington Club succeeding Mary Will
hoite who becomes post invest
ment advisor.
Other new officers to be installed
are: Senior vice commander, Ethel
Doherty; Junior vice commander.
Edith Purcell: historian. Jennie
Clayman: chaplain. Faith Wind
sor; sergeant at arms, Margaret
Edwards; quartermaster, Edith
Maxey, and colorbearers. Mary
Handley and Marian Swoboda.
At its last meeting the post ad-
mitted Mary c. Raba. Margaret B.
Howell and Emma B. Solomon to
membership and reinstated Flor
ence r. Kennedy.
U. G. McAlexander Post selected
Harvey L. Bohannon to succeed
Aston H. Wheeler as the new COM
mander. He, with first vice COM
mander, Charles E. Daniel; second
vice commander, Delbert r. Ber-
nard; third vice commander, Aldo
A. Carana; fourth vice commander,
Robert j. Holt; finance officer,
Arthur j. Mcdonald; chaplain,
Albert E. Foy: judge advocate,
Aston H. Wheeler; sergeant at
arms. Francis j. Mcdowell, and
colorbearers. William o. and Har-
nett G. Jenkins, will be installed
next Tuesday evening at the Le-
gion Club by the department
commander.
Department of Commerce Post
will install at a later date: Com
mander. Curtis N. Risley; first vice
commander, Norman H. Evans;
second vice commander, Gilbert A..