Show deseret Chen deal legion post elects officers the deseret chemical american legion post 96 held an election of officers on monday june 7 1948 at their club room at western chem ical center with the following legionnaires elected to serve for the 1948 49 year william P diel commander oscar vice commander ben garcia adjutant kenneth mitch ell finance officer mrs jane pic us chaplain floyd taylor serg bant at arms and the following men were elected to the executive committee sears william T AhI ahlstrom strom and isaac martinez among our members are two Legion aires who claim to be the first two Legion aires to marry in the state of utah mr and mrs oscar were both members of the armed forces stationed at dugway proving grounds for sev eral years mr was a navy photographer and jane ser ved with the women s army corps they were married on april 24 1948 and a reception was held for them at american legion past no 2 salt lake city attending the election meeting was jack lewis murray utah commander of district 8 he spoke briefly on the merits of the legion and the necessity for a stronger and more active organization the outgoing officers are guy cerulli commander kenneth du bois vice commander V e r n 0 n kelb finance officer fay ahl strom chaplain william morgan sergeant at arms ben garcia was re reelected elected to the position of ad autant |