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Thirteenth district: Glen E. Vogel, Sr., P.O. Box 353,
Wolcottville, IN 46795
Fourteenth district: Harry VandeMore, 48402 292nd Street,
Hudson, SD 57034
Fifteenth district: Francis E. McLaskey, 3130 33rd Avenue SW,
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Sixteenth district: Robert D. Salisbury, 2562 N. Courtland St.,
Orange, CA 92867
Seventeenth district: Stanley L. Miller, 1102 E. Wood,
Carlsbad, NM 88220
Eighteenth district: Michael J. Smaydy, 321 S. Lynx Creek Road,
Prescott, AZ 86303
Nineteenth district: Fred G. Ruppert, 2352 Broadmoor Avenue,
Fairbanks, AK 99709
Twentieth district: William A. Bone, 205 Coventry Drive,
Hewitt, TX 76643
Twenty-first district: Adrian H. Hunt, 123 Apache Drive,
Searcy, AR 72143
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NATIONAL OFFICERS 1995-96
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
National Commander
Thomas A. McMasters III, 11965 Steven Drive, Sterling Hts., MI 48312
Senior Vice Commander
Gregory C. Reed, 6924 N. Fairfax Drive, #114, Arlington, VA 22213
First Junior Vice Commander
Harry R. McDonald, Jr., 6161 North Highway 393, Crestview, FL 32539
Second Junior Vice Commander
William D. Wiggins, 302 Starmont Drive, Danville, VA 24540
Third Junior Vice Commander
Andrew A. Kistler, 802 Grant Street, Franklin, PA 16323
Fourth Junior Vice Commander
Michael E. Dobmeier, P.O. Box 6811, Grand Forks, ND 58206-6188
National Judge Advocate
Edward G. Galian, 200 Atlantic Avenue, #1, Lynbrook, NY 11563
National Chaplain
Rev. Oscar I. Wilkie, 518 Houston, Muskogee, OK 74403
Past National Commander
Donald A. Sioss, 11 Miller Woods Drive, Miller Place, NY 11764
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
First district: Everett J. Nygard, Jr., 314 Otter River Road,
Templeton, MA 01468
Second district: George R. LePorte, 72 Oswego Street,
Baldwinsville, NY 13027
Third district: David A. Schiapo, 65 Beacon Street, Cranston,
RI 02910
Fourth district: Albert R. Fanslau, 26 E. Reading Avenue,
Pleasantville, NJ 07232
Fifth district: Donald C. Graffius, 1606 Montier Street,
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
Sixth district: Carl J. Carter, 5025 Illinois Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20011
Seventh district: Tommy R. Simms, 333 Hollywood Blvd. NW, Ft.
Walton Bch., FL 32548
Eighth district: John A. Bell, 547 Spryfield Road, Jackson, MS
39212
Ninth district: Ronald L. Voegeli, 702 Battery Creek Road,
Beaufort, SC 29902
Tenth district: Lowell G. McKeehan, 20360 Beatrice Street,
Livonia, MI 48152
Eleventh district: Nicholas J. Border, 7306 Kingsman-Nickerson
Road, Kinsman, OH 44428
Twelfth district: Dorothy R. Schilling 6205 Highway V,
Caledonia, WI 53108
Thirteenth district: Glen E. Vogel, Sr., P.O. Box 353,
Wolcottville, IN 46795
Fourteenth district: Victor C. Hass, P.O. Box 204, Bowbells, ND
48721
Fifteenth district: Francis E. McLaskey, 3130 33rd Avenue SW,
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Sixteenth district: Charles H. Demele, 38 San Felipe Court,
Salinas, CA 93901
Seventeenth district: Stanley L. Miller, 1102 E. Wood,
Carlsbad, NM 88220
Eighteenth district: Edwin K. Wise, 85-128 E. Ala Walua Street,
Waianae, HI 96792
Nineteenth district: Fred G. Ruppert, 2352 Broadmoor Avenue,
Fairbanks, AK 99709
Twentieth district: Earl D. Walker, P.O. Box 1492, Kingsland,
TX 78639
Twenty-first district: Adrian H. Hunt, 123 Apache Drive,
Searcy, AR 72143
PAST NATIONAL COMMANDERS
1921-22: Robert S. Marx, Cincinnati, Ohio
(deceased 1960)
1922-23: C. Hamilton Cook, Buffalo, New York
(deceased 1935)
1923-24: James A. McFarland, Dalton, Georgia
(decreased 1942)
1924-25: Frank J. Irwin, New York, New York
(deceased 1942)
1925-26: John W. Mahan, Bozeman, Montana
(deceased 1947)
1926-27: John V. Clinnin, Chicago, Illinois
(deceased 1955)
1927-28: William E. Tate, Atlanta, Georgia
(deceased 1949)
1928-29: Millard W. Rice, Minneapolis,
Minnesota (deceased 1980)
1929-30: William J. Murphy, Santa Ana,
California (deceased 1931)
1930-31: H.H. Weimer, Chicago, Illinois
(deceased 1955)
1931-32: E. Claude Babcock, Washington, D.C.
(deceased 1958)
1932-33: William Conley, Los Angeles,
California (deceased 1941)
1933-34: Joe W. McQueen, Kansas City, Missouri
(deceased 1969)
1934-35: Volney P. Mooney, Jr., Los Angeles,
California (deceased 1945)
1935-36: Marvin A. Harlan, El Paso, Texas
(deceased 1970)
1936-37: M. Froome Barbour, Cincinnati, Ohio
(deceased 1985)
1937-38: Maple T. Harl, Denver, Colorado
(deceased 1957)
1938-39: Owen Galvin, Minneapolis, Minnesota
(deceased 1956)
1939-40: Lewis J. Murphy, South Bend, Indiana
(deceased 1966)
1940-41: Vincent E. Schoeck, Detroit, Michigan
(deceased 1966)
August 16, 1941-August 15, 1943:
Lawrence R. Melton, Dallas, Texas
(deceased 1978)
August 15, 1943-September 20, 1943:
William J. Dodd, Jersey City, New
Jersey (deceased 1957)
1943-44: James L. Monnahan, Minneapolis,
Minnesota (deceased 1980)
1944-45: Milton D. Cohn, Buffalo, New York
(deceased 1968)
1945-46: Dow V. Walker, Newport, Oregon
(deceased 1957)
1946-47: Lloyd F. Oleson, Ventura, California
(deceased 1982)
1947-48: John L. Golob, Hibbing, Minnesota
(deceased 1976)
1948-49: Jonathon M. Wainwright, San Antonio,
Texas (deceased 1953)
1949-50: David M. Brown, Akron, Ohio (deceased
1982)
1950-51: Boniface R. Maile, Grosse Pointe,
Michigan
1951-52: Ewing W. Mays, Little Rock, Arkansas
(deceased 1994)
1952-53: Floyd L. Ming, Bakersfield, California
(deceased 1975)
1953-54: Howard W. Watts, Indianapolis, Indiana
(deceased 1977)
1954-55: Alfred L. English, Shelbyville,
Tennessee (deceased 1987)
1955-56: Melvin J. Maas, Chevy Chase, Maryland
(deceased 1964)
1956-57: Joseph F. Burke, Bayonne, New Jersey
(deceased 1970)
1957-58: Paul E. Frederick, Jr., Cincinnati,
Ohio
1958-59: David B. Williams, Boston,
Massachusetts (deceased 1994)
1959-60: Bill H. Fribley, Crestline, Kansas
(deceased 1994)
1960-61: William O. Cooper, Dallas, Texas
(deceased 1990)
1961-62: Francis R. Buono, Whitestone, New
York, (deceased 1977)
1962-63: Peter L. Dye, Denver, Colorado
1963-64: Douglas H. McGarrity, Allen Park,
Michigan (deceased 1986)
1964-65: William G. Dwyer, San Diego,
California (deceased 1982)
1965-66: Claude L. Callegary, Baltimore,
Maryland
1966-67: John W. Unger, Sr., Danville, Illinois
(deceased 1970)
1967-68: Francis J. Beaton, Fargo, North Dakota
(deceased 1969)
1968-69: Wayne L. Sheribon, Seattle, Washington
1969-70: Raymond P. Neal, Daly City, California
1970-71: Cecil W. Stevenson, Jonesboro,
Arkansas
1971-72: Edward T. Conroy, Bowie, Maryland
(deceased 1982)
1972-73- Jack O. Hicks, Larue, Ohio
1973:74: John T. Soave, Detroit, Michigan
(deceased 1984)
1974-75: Walter T. Greaney, Jamaica Plain,
Massachusetts (deceased 1994)
1975-76: Lyle C. Pearson, North Mankato,
Minnesota
1976-77: Frank J. Randazzo, East Meadow, New
York
1977-78: Oliver E. Meadows, Godley, Texas
1978-79: Billy O. Hightower, Grand Junction,
Colorado
1979-80: Paul L. Thompson, Baltimore, Maryland
(deceased 1993)
1980-81: Stan Pealer, Holts Summit, Missouri
1981-82: Sherman E. Roodzant, Santa Ana,
California
1982-83: Edward G. Galian, New York, New York
1983-84: Dennis A. Joyner, Apollo, Pennsylvania
1984-85: Chad Colley, Barling, Arkansas
1985-86: Albert H. Linden, Jr., Camp Springs,
Maryland
1986-87: Kenneth G. Musslemann, Huntington
Beach, California
1987-88: Gene A. Murphy, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota
1988-89: Billy E. Kirby, Clifton, Texas
1989-90: Vernon V. Cardosi, Saugus,
Massachusetts
1990-91: Joseph E. Andry, Westerville, Ohio
1991-92: Cleveland Jordan, Washington, D.C.
1992-93: Joseph C. Zengerle, Washington, D.C.
1993-94: Richard E. Marbes, Green Bay,
Wisconsin
1994-95: Donald A. Sioss, Miller Place, New
York
1995-96: Thomas A. McMasters III, Sterling
Heights, Michigan
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 75TH NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN
VETERANS HELD AT NEW ORLEANS, LA
July 27-August 1, 1996
JOINT OPENING SESSION
July 28, 1996
The Joint Opening Session of the Disabled American Veterans
and Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary convened in the Grand
Ballroom of the New Orleans Hilton Riverside, New Orleans,
Louisiana, Sunday afternoon, July 28, 1996, and was called to
order at 1 p.m. by Commander Thomas A. McMaster, III.
Commander Thomas A. McMaster III. I now call to order the
75th National Convention of the Disabled American Veterans.
Arthur H. Wilson, national adjutant, will read the call to
convention.
Adjutant Arthur H. Wilson. The Constitution and Bylaws of
the Disabled American Veterans state that the supreme
legislative powers of this organization shall be vested in an
annual national convention composed of national officers and
representatives of state departments and chapters.
In accordance with these directives, I, Arthur H. Wilson,
national adjutant, declare the 75th National Convention of the
Disabled American Veterans to be convened at New Orleans,
Louisiana 1 p.m., July 28th 1996.
Consideration and disposition of business brought before
this convention shall be conducted in accordance with the
National Constitution and Bylaws now in force and such rules as
this convention will adopt.
Commander McMasters. Present Colors.
[Presentation of Colors.]
Commander McMasters. Ladies and gentlemen, our National
Anthem.
[Singing of National Anthem.]
Commander McMasters. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me
in giving the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of our country.
[Pledge of Allegiance. Musical tribute to flag by Bob and
Becky Myers. Video presentation.]
Commander McMasters. Color Guard dismissed.
[Dismissal of Color Guard.]
Commander McMasters. I call on Reverend Oscar Wilkie, our
national chaplain, for the invocation.
Chaplain Oscar Wilkie. Comrades, will you join me in a
moment of silence as we begin this national convention, in
memory of all of those who perished on the TWA flight, the
tragic death that occurred in Atlanta in the bombing, and the
senseless killings around the world.
Join me in a moment of remembrance for those who could not
be here today, though they wish they could. They're somewhere,
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