Evening star., 1949-11-29

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Trade, looking back over the six
decades of its life in times that
have brought such great change
in Washington, should take as its
major accomplishment the feat
of survival"
Civic Responsibility.
A sense of civic responsibility.
he said, land the willingness OF
men to assume it, are basic to
the concept of our form of So
ciety"
The Board of Trade. he said,
docs not attempt to speak for
Washington. The Board of
Trade speaks only for its men,
bership."
It has never challenged con-
gressional control Of the city, he
said, but it speaks with unusual
authority" which docs not flow
from pressures exerted or strings
pulled from some hidden point
of vantage behind the scenes"
This authority springs from
respect for the opinions of men
who have reached those opinions
by earnest consideration of the
facts" he declared.
Mr.. Young, who offered the
congratulations of the Board of
Commissioners to this distin-
guished and venerable Washing
ton organization said he had
found the board always ready,
willing and anxious" to cooperate
with the Commissioners in ANY
enterprise beneficial to Washing
ton."
Hailing the board as the leader
in every movement of Importance
to this CITY," Mr.. Colladay said he
considered "far and above all
others" the organization's service
to the taxpayers.
Twenty three police and fire.
men were given awards for hero
ism during the last two years
Win Gold Medals.
|, They were Pvt. Paul V. Minnick
Eleventh Precinct; Pvt. Robert T
Eicholtz. Rescue Squad No. /. and
Pvt. George A. Clark, Truck Co.
No. 4, gold medals.
Pvt. Gillespie B. Southcomb,
Tenth Precinct; Pvt. Edwin l..
York, Eighth Precinct; 1t. Meade
C. Fairall, Engine Co. No. 81; Pvt.
Temple j. Dykes, Sixth Precinct,
silver medals.
Pvt. Thomas B. Basnight, Third
Precinct; Pvt. Lenard G. Kragh,
Third Precinct; Pvt. Jesse john
son, Second Precinct: Pvt. John B.
Kline. First Precinct; 1t. Edgar E.
Scott, Detective Bureau; Pvt. Ell
wood G. Lomax, Third Precinct;
Pvt. James D. Kennedy, Third
Precinct; Pvt. Bradford A. McLen-
don, Traffic Division; Pvt. Theo-
dore E. Marquis, First Precinct;
Pvt. John G. Myers, Thirteenth
Precinct; Sergt. Frank r. Bar
nard, First Precinct; Pvt. Thomas
F. Curtin, Engine Co. No. 2; Pvt.
Richard F. Farr, Engine Co. No.
26; 1t. George Flaherty. Engine
Co. No. 7; Pvt. Henry A. Lange,
Engine Co. No. 7, and Pvt. John
L. Rabe, Engine Co. No. 19, honor
able mentions.
-, John A. Reilly, member of the
Commissioners committee for
such awards, said the committee
also took special note of the in
trepid and gallant devotion to
duty Of two men who gave their
lives in the performance of their
hazardous occupations"
230 Members Honored.
They were Police Corpl. Grady
A. Beacham, who was shot to
death last December 2 while serv-
ing a warrant and Pvt. Leon M,
Nevitt of the Fire Department,
who met his death while fighting
a blaze December 30, 1948.
Also honored last night were 230
menswho have been members Of the
board IS years or more. Besides
Mr.. Thorn and Mr.. Smith, life
memberships were awarded to the
following: r..
E. c. Graham, John L. Weaver,
James B. Henderson. Ralph p.
Barnard, Harry C. Grove, Samuel
j. Prescott, Appleton P. Clark, jr.,
and Leon Tobriner.