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VFW Installs Officers for Coming Year in Fort Scott
Cecil J. Meeker Post 1654 installed officers at the regular meeting. Bill Chrisman is commander, Gene Ostrander senior vice commander, Robert Mayer junior vice commander, John Borgen quartermaster, Dr Calvin Pyle post surgeon, John Sherman post advocate, David Pilgrim chaplain, Ronald Koester adjutant, Floyd Byers trustee, Jerry Wimsell trustee, Howard Dobson past 3rd district commander was installing officer. Harold Coleman named Bourbon County undersheriff. Jerry Turner moves to Kansas Highway Patrol with training in Salina and Chanute before assignment. Turner was undersheriff since December 1970.
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Cecil J. Meeker
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bill Chrisman
Gene Ostrander
Robert Mayer
John Borgen
Calvin Pyle
John Sherman
David Pilgrim
Ronald Koester
Jerry Turner
Kansas Highway Patrol
Salina
Chanute
Turner