Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
In Local Service Organizations
Roosevelt Post,
American Legion,
TO Install Officers

9Clarence McCune of the Quentin
Roosevelt Post. District of Columbia
Department, American Legion, will
be installed as commander tomorrow
evening at the Potomac Boat Club
with Acting Department Comdr.
Joseph A. Walker, the department
staff, and the National Guard of
Honor officiating.
Other officers are: Senior vice
commander, John H. Wiseman, ST.;
junior vice commander, G. Karl
Schuerger; adjutant, Henry L. Nc
Cabe; finance oficer, Clarence E.
Mastin; chaplain. E. E. Stevens;
historian, Edwin c. Warren: sergeant
at arms, Albert L. Johnson; master
at arms, Shirley. w. Bauchman;
surgeon, DR.. Grover B. Gill; judge
advocate, Charles B. Eaton; mem
bership officer, Elmer K. Mckay;
color bearers, Frank Smith, John H.
Eiseman, jr.; J. D. Stovall; Execu-
tive Committee, Charles B, Eaton,
James S. Morris, Charles r. Shindle
and Ernest E. Gasch.
New officers of the United States
Maritime Post recently installed are:
Commander, william c. Spence,
first vice commander, Herbert G.
Carlton; second vice commander,
Clinton B. Young: third vice CON-
mander, Edward j. Head; adjutant,
Paul E. Blackjack; finance of1lcer,
Edward c. j. Peters; chaplain, John
C. Donovan; historian, Walter P.
Rowe; service officer, Percy Vein
berg: Judge advocate, Harry Hanna;
sergeant at arms, Ernest p. john
ston and Herbert Sanders; Execu-
tive Committee, P. ]. McNichols, H.
B. Price and James B. Preston. j
A large number of local Legion
mares have received appointments
from National Comdr. Perry Brown
to serve on national committees I'M
til the close Of the National Execu-
tive Committee at national head
quarters next fall.
They are: Distinguished guests,
BENJAMIN A. Aronsohn, James j.
Murphy, John Lewis Smith, ST.;
Anne Frame, Emily Carey, Anne D.
Pryde, william S. Benjamin, Nor
man Grant, Percy Hamilton, Frank
pechann, Paul McGahan, Jerome
Mckee, Edward G.. Comingore. Hor-
ace w, Lineberg, George Lands,
Walter Morgan. DR.. Luther A. Gray
william r. Brennan. Warren NC
Donald, John r. Barry and Will
liam johnson.
Veterans preference, Albert L.
Duff. Edward L. Marthill, Louis A.
Kennerson, Jacob A. Milw1t, Cnaries
Bell, James p. Googe and Donald
M Van Houton; law and order, Tom
C, Clark, John McGinty. Basil T.
McAllister, Howard S. Fisk, John j.
A. Ager, ST.. and Geof1ery Creyke'
ir.; housing, Sylvan King; MARKS
manship, Robert Startling, and mem
bership and post activities, joseph
A. Walker.
A number of events will be held
IN connection with the Presidents
inauguration. All uniformed Legion
naires will march in the veterans
division of the parade. This section
will form at Fourth street BE. on
the north side of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc. at 2:30 pm. The Legion
section will be commanded by Act
ing Department Comdr. Joseph A.
walker, led by the Legion's National
Guard of Honor.
The American Legion Club at
a437 Fifteenth street NV. Will be
open all day on Inauguration Day to
members and their friends. Club
Manager Edward G.. Comingore
announces the inaugural proceed
ings may be viewed by televls1on
during the day.
During. the week the French
THANK You Train" will be on ex-
hibition in the Fourteenth street
railroad yards opposite the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing, along
side the American Freedom Train.
Robert E. Stripping. chief inves-
tigator of the House Un-American
Activities Committee was the pr1n-
cipla speaker at the last meeting
of George Washington Post, which
was past commanders night. His
work was commended by Past De-
partment Comdr. Amos A. Fries.
A memorial service was held for
past comm ilders by Adj. James j.
Murphy. a brief address was made
by National Executive Committee
man Owen C. Holleran. Comdr. j.
Burton Morris presided.
An American Legion handbook on
model airplane building Is now in
the process of distribution by the
national organization.
The annual oyster roast and BAR
becue of the Grand Voiture, Forty
and Eight, will be held January %
from 2 to 8 o'clock at the Potomac
Boat Club. John McCabe is general
chairman.
Fort Dupont Post has changed its
regular meeting night from the third
Tuesday of each month at 7 Fourth
street NE.