Evening star., 1954-04-20
A-6 ." THE EVENING STAR, Washington. d, C.
TUESDAY, 90,
Prominent Persons Elected
To E Episcopal Church Offices


night to Offices in Episcopa
churches of the Washington
area.
The elections are traditional,
held in most Episcopal churche
here the day after Easter Sun
day.
st. Adams Church, which OBJ
serves its centennial this year
elected Albert w. Atwood, prom
1nent magazine writer, as senio
warden and A. Gray Dawson
Junior warden.
Among the vestrymen chosel
were Dean Elmer Louis Kayse
of George Washington Univer
sity, James c. Dulin, presiden
of the District Goodwill Indus
tries. and Millard F. West, jr.
investment banker.
Epiphany Elects DIR. Minor.
Epiphany Church elected DR.
John Minor, Well-known Wash.
mgton physician, as senior ward.
en-, and DR.. Leonard M. Elstad
president of Gallaudet College
as Junior warden.
Vestrymen selected included
John S. Graham, Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury from 194&
to 1858; DR.. William S. McCune
associate clincila professor ol
surgery, George Washington Uni
versity School of Medicine; Johr
w. Powell, president of the Vir-
ginia Blue Ridge Railway. ano
DR.. De Forest Van Slyck, a for
mer history professor at Yale
University.
District Commissioner Samuel
Spencer was reelected a vestry-
man of st. Johns Church. La
fayette Square, at the meeting
yesterday.
Rear Admiral Herbert S. How
ard. U. S. NJ, retired, was elected
senior warden, replacing Rear
Admiral H. G. Gilmore, U. S. N.
retired. and Eliot Wadsworth was
chosen Junior warden. Henry
D Whitney was chosen registrar
and the American Security &
Trust Co was named treasurer
st. Thomas Church again
selected William L. Beale, vice
president of the American Sc
curity & Trust Co., as senior
warden and Ralph c. Mulligan
as Junior warden. Donald Mer-
rltt was reelected registrar and
the American Security & Trust
Co. was named treasurer.
Two new vestrymen chosen
were Cedric H. Seager and John
l.. c. Sullivan.
w. r. Castle Reelected.
Former Undersecretary of
State William R. Castle was
elected to his eighth consecutive
term as senior warden of AS
cension and St. Agnes last night.
Robert B. Riley. jr., was re-
elected Junior warden.
Harold F. Bogardus was elect
ed register and William j. Dun
ham, treasurer.
st. Marks Church on Capitol
Hill chose Highway Director
John N. Robertson as senior war
den and Harry E. Hood. ir., as
Junior warden. Mr.. Robertson
also was elected as delegate to
the diocesan convention and
Willard H. Hawley as alternate
The chairman of the Wash
ington Diocesan Builders for
Christ" campaign, Ernest w.
Greene. was elected senior war
den of st. Margaret's Church.
Charles H. LeFevre was chosen
Junior warden.
Gen. Shepherd in Vestry.
Gen. Lemuel c. Shepherd. jr.,
commandant. U. S. Marine
Corps, was elected to the vestry
of Christ Church, Washington
Parish. Pearson C. Conlyn was
reelected as senior warden and
1t. Comdr. Donald j. Detwiler,
USNR, Junior warden.
Most of the officers and YES
tlymen remained unchanged in
the majority of the churches.
Several parishes postponed the
election of certain Offices, while
Others will hold their meetings
later.
Elections Tabulated.
Results of last nights elec-
tions were as follows:
All Souls - Senior warden,
DR.. John w. Burke, junior war;
den, George Lipscomb; registrer,
Worthington H. Talcott; treas
urer, Harrison E. Meyer; Vestry-
men. Col. John Curry, Arthur
Hayes. Vernon Orrison, George
Link, Douglas Tschiffely, j. Ray
mond Hoover. Frank Hollowell,
Robert Lewis, Charles Schultz;
delegates to Diocesan Convention,
Adm. John Shafroth. retired:
Alternate Delegate. Mr.. Hoover.
Ascension and St. Agnes
Senior warden, William R. Cas-
tie; Junior warden, Robert B
Riley, jr.; register. Harold F.
Rogardus; treasurer, William J
Durham: vestrymen. Ralph Nor
timer Thompson, Irving w. Bald
win, DR.. j. Burton Glenn, j
Forney Donaldson. j. Russell
Howell, Charles T. Hartley, STAN
ley Holden. Mr.. Dunham, Mr.
Bogardus; delegates to Diocesan
Convention. Mr.. Donaldson, Will
liam R. Castle; alternate dele
gates, DR.. Glenn and MI. Bald
win.
Christ, Georgetown - Senior
warden. S. Percy Thompson;
Junior warden, Douglas Hall;
registrar, DR.. Willard Porterfield,
jr.; treasurer, Mrs. William P
Joyce; veStrymen. John Rails, DR.
Frank D. Contenbader, Glenn O.
Blough, Donald B. Shannon. Dr.
Edwin P. Parker. III, Admiral
Thomas c. Kinkaid, USN. Mai.