THE DAWN OF A NEW CENTURY
Woodruff was appointed the Chairman of the Draft Board for Orange.
AMERICAN LEGION
Orange Post, No. 127, American Legion, was officially organized on April 2, 1931, with a membership of twenty-three. The first officers of the Post were:
Commander .......................... Harry D. Bean
Vice-commander . . . . . . . . . . . . Harold A. Brown (D.S.C.)
Adjutant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George A. Hayes
Finance Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Levi O. Peterson
Historian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nelson D. Booth
Judge Advocate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David N. Torrance
Chaplain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. Arnold Hine
Sergeant-at-Arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William J. Rourke
The original members appearing on the Charter were:
Patrick B. O'Sullivan
George Ansel Hayes
Howard B. Treat
Harry D. Bean
Clifford P. Stone
William A. Knight
Sandy Kingsbury
Georgianna Bergen
Henry Albert Grove
Harold A. Brown
Levi O. Peterson
Kenyon H. Case
David N. Torrance
Walter R. Scott
W. Arnold Hine
Succeeding Commanders have been:
1932-34 ........................... Howard B. Treat
1934-36 .................... Clark N. Howlett
1936-38 ............... Harold B. Forman
1938-40 .................. Richard W. Smith
1940-41 ............................. Joseph G. Lane
1941-42 ................ Herbert L. Emanuelson
1942-43 .............................. William Lake
1943-44 .................... Stanley B. Wright
1944-45 ............................ Joseph Moakley
1945-46 .................... George E. Brixner
1946-47 ..............'............. Marvin R. Kravet
1947-48 ............................ Arthur Eberlein
1948-49 ............................ Chester Hansen
At a competitive drill of the New Haven Grays (Company A, 102nd Infantry), held on May 13, 1931,
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