Evening star., 1949-07-31
District Legionnaire
Backed by Voiture
For National Office

Grand Voiture 174, Forty and
Eight of the District of Columbia,
has indorsed Francis F. Miller, a
local Past Grand Chef de Care of
the organization and member of
the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing post Of the American
Legion, for the Office of Sous Chef
de Chemin de Fer at the National
Promenade to be held in Phila-
delphia, Pa, next month. If elected
Mr.. Miller will rank with a Ma
tional vice. of the Leg
ion.
For the first time in the history
Of the local Voiture two candi-
dates, GaileT. Judd and Samual L.
Crump, were indorsed for the
office of Grand Chef de Care with
elections to take place at the local
.Voiture's Grand Promenade at
Suitlahd, Md. next Saturday eve
ming. Fred Money is general
chairman. in charge OF arrange
ments.
Those who will be automatically
elected to the Grand Voiture are
Chef de Train, Henry Heine;
Conductuer, Horace Hoctor: Cor
respondent, Raymond Royston;
Commissar Intendant. Fred G.
Fraser; Avocat. Edward L. Mar
thill: Historian. Raymond Queen
in: .Aumonier, Melvin Sandmeyer:
Lampist, Jack Canty; Garde de
La Porte, James c. Clarke; Medi-
cine. DR.. Hyman Shapiro: Garde
AUX Chevaux, Albert Keating;
Drepeau Premiere. Merritt Cor
don; Drapeaux, Harry McMasters
and Watson B. Miller; Commissar
Voyaguer. Benjamin F. Turner:
Cheminot Rationale. Clarence T.
Milne; Alternate Cheminot Ma
tionale, Porter Bush; and Public
ist. John A. Ager.
Five local members will be
elected to attend the local Grand
Cheminot and five will also be
elected to represent the local
Grand Voiture at the National
Promenade. Those nominated to
attend the Grand Cheminot are
Rudolph Blick, Warren Hilleary,
Samuel L. Crump. Albert Wright,
Edward l.. Minter. Burton T. Nor
ris, Earl Y. Smith and c. E. De-
Vivo; while those nominated as
delegates to the National Promen-
ade are: Francis Miller, Clarence
T. Milne. Edward l.. Zuranski,
Fred Money. James L. DeForce,
Paul ]. McGahan, Curtis Jackson,
and c. E. DeVivo.
Sergt. Jasper Post will meet next
Wednesday evening at the Legion
Club to nominate officers and
award Airplane Propellors to
Commander Alvin B. Shonk,' John
P. Lester, Martin A. Schubert,
George w. Lee and John Bolton.
Faith Windsor, of Jacob Jones
Post, addressed the last meeting
on the Visitation Day sponsored
by the Department Youth Oppor-
tunity Committee at the National
Training School for Boys next
Saturday.
Membership awards were made
to John P. Lester. Dale G. Rounds
Percy Craddick and Commander
Shonk. Wallace A. Nelson. John
C. Rigley. Clarence w. Clifford
Francis j. Devers. Charles N
Gardner, Richard A. Albrecht,
Austin A. Roby. James F.. Hefton,
James D. Mckinney. Lawrence
Myers, James G. Merritt, Cleo
Tucker and Jules Cerulla were
added to the post roster.
The American Legion Junior
Baseball League will complete its
regular schedule today on the
White House Elipse at l pm. when
the Victory Post meets Thad Dulin
on the North diamond: Fort Stev-
ems plays Government Printing
Office on the South diamond,
Bunker Hill engages National
on the West diamond
and Fort Dupont encounters Cos
tello Post on the East diamond.
Following the completion of the
regular schedule today the league
will play off all postponed games
to determine the first and second
place winners. These will then
engage in a series of three games
with the team taking two of the
three games to be declared the
league winner. This team will be
sent to Parkersburg, w. Va. on
August 13 to represent the District
of Columbia Department in the
National Regional playoffs for the
National American Legion Junior
Baseball Championship. .
Department of Agriculture Post
has nominated officers with the
election to take place at its meet
ing next Friday evening at the
Legion Club.
Recently Post Commander
Lance Hooks and Americanism
Officer Val Trowbridge presented
Legion School awards
and Citizenship certificates to
Sylvia Young and Roland Nash of
Shaw Junior High School and to
Dorothy Abrams and Franklin
Bryson of Jefferson Junior High
School.
At the last meeting of the Clark
v. Polling post, John A. Smith was
elected as the new commander by
the margin of one vote over Carl
Ulander. Mr.. Ulander, Milton
Lemons and Ruby Sharples were
elected vice. commanders, and Nell
son Blake, John A. Dills and Glen
Haycrofts were named to the
Executive Committee. The post
voted to cancel its August meeting
and to meet again in September
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