Evening star., 1951-09-02

HOLMAN 10 install
Costello Post Officers;
Others Hold Elections
Officers of the Vincent B. Cos
tello Post will be installed by De-
partment Comdr. William j. Hol-
liman and his staff, assisted by
the National Guard of Honor. The
date will be selected bJ the post
at this weeks meeting. Costello
post is the largest in the depart
ment.
Fred J. Melaugh, jr., is the new
post commander, succeeding
George Cox. Other officers are: {:
First vice commander, Lee Jarvis;
second vice commander. Cecil
Sorrell; third vice commander,
Paul F. Fahey; sergeant at arms,
Thomas H. Deckleman; quarter
master, John M. Griffin; master
at arms. William L. George, and
Executive Committee, Clarence
Opper. Byron C. Carson. Patrick
Sugrue, Edward C. Murphy and
John Mccormick.
The Second Division Post has
elected new officers. who will be
installed in the near future. j. D.
Chamberlain will serve as COM
mander, succeeding John S.
Burdette.
Other officers elected are: Sen
ior vice commander, Harold T
Durkin; Junior vice commander
Leo Jablonski; sergeant at arms
Sam Redding; chaplain. Richard
Oliver; adjutant, James LIE
Blanca, and finance officer, John
Clardy'. The Executive Commit
tee consists of Maurice Kohner
r. G. Alexander and Thomas
Seaman.
The Is permanent overseas mil
itary cemeteries in which about
10000 American dead of WorlC
War II are buried are rapidly
nearing completion, and will be
ready for visits within the next
year, according to the American
Battle Monuments Commission.
Sergt. Jasper Post next Wednes-
day evening at the Peary Ship
1900 New Hampshire avenue NV
will elect post officers. Those
elected will be installed by De-
partment Comdr. Hoffman and
his staff escorted by the National
Guard Of Honor on October B
Members in possession of either a
1851 and 1852 card will be eligible
to vote in the election.
Nominated at the last meeting
were: For post commander, Dale
G. Rounds and William v. Muir
ray; 1st vice commander, Julius
i. Cerulla and Robert v. Maring
Ind vice commander, Lucius Hale,
Sd vice commander, Thomas G..
Broomf1eld, Charles L. Pritchard
and John A. Ashton; and chap
lain. Percy Craddick and George
T. Ratti.
The post has approved the elec-
ton Of several officers of the
Building Fund Corp. They are
president. John P. Lester; vice
president. William l., DesPrez,
secretary. Percy L. Craddick
treasurer, Vincent B. Jones, ano
a staff Of three trustees to serve
for three years. Forrest Butler
Frederick L. Mcclellan, Eldred q
| Taylor. John J. Stasko, Edward
j. Martin. Eugene P. Patton
Frank A. Moritz and MacDinnell
Jameson are new members OF
the post.
Comdr. N. H. Evans of the De-
partment of Commerce Post re-
ports this post will meet Friday
evening, September 7, in the Jack
son Room of the Willard Hotel,
instead of at the Commerce De-
partment.
Maj. Francis Turner, former
department commander of the
Department of West Virginia, ad-
dressed Housing Post at it's last
meeting, on the possibility of a
pay raise for Government en-
Iployes and the availability OF
housing in and around mill
Itary and naval establishments.
At this weeks meeting, to
be held Thursday evening at
the Peary Ship, 1900 New Hamp-
shire avenue NV. William
Ehrmantrout. Commander of
Brentwood (MdD Post, will ad-
dress the post on Activities that
Count"
The new post commander, John
j. Kennedy, will preside, and dur
ing the evening a special elec-
ton will be held for the Office of
second vice commander. Other
new officers of the post are Vice
Commanders James Kee and
John Donovan: adjutant, Morris
Scott, and sergeant-at-arms, Ray
Waskey.
Victory Post has arranged sew
eral bingo parties to be held at
Mount Alto Hospital in the near
future. Raymond Anderson, the
new post commander, has made
several committee appointments,
as follows:
Finance officer, James Moody;
James Gulick, Americanism: ath-
letics, Thomas Bywaters: Blood
bank, Patrick Gill; ceremonial
Officer: Richard Bywaters; child
Welfare. James Moody; Depart
ment Convention, Dee Hammer;
Employment and Veterans Prefer
ence, Henry Silverstein; Judge
Advocate. George Kramer; Legis-
lation and Legion Indoctrination,
Henry Sweet and Don Waite;
Merchant Marine, Henry Thomas;
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