|
INSTITUTED 1931 |
|
JOHN F. GLASS JR POST 2188 |
|
COMMRADES IN ARMS |
|
1931-32 Herbert Bean 1932-34 William Caswell 1934-35 Charles Carver 1935-36 Arthur Dunham 1936-37 Henry Morrison 1937-38 Herbert Johnson 1938-39 Jules Gamache 1939-40 James Quigley 1940-41 Harry Goodale 1941-42 Elzer Gauthier 1942-44 Harold Jackson 1944-45 James Quigley 1945-46 William Caswell 1946-47 Alfred Menowsky 1947-48 Anthony Pietrowsky 1948-49 William Heinz 1949-50 Fredrick Thorley 1951-52 Philip Marra 1952-53 Anthony Pietrowski 1953-55 Melvin Thomas 1955-56 Harry Mellenfont 1956-57 Alfred DesRosiers Sr. 1957-58 Kenneth Corbert 1958-59 Gerald Tardiff 1959-60 Carl Lind 1960-62 Lou Grenier 1962-63 Genarino Spataro 1963-64 Donald Bjorkman 1964-65 Clarence Corbett 1965-66 Fred Timms 1966-67 Clarence Corbett 1967-69 Manuel Combra Jr. 1969-70 William Freitaq 1970-71 Arthur Tucker 1971-72 Charles Struck 1972-73 Chester Goodnow 1973-75 Roger Wainwright 1975-76 Norman Record 1976-77 Gary LaValley 1977-78 John Bennett 1978-79 Donald Boucher 1979-80 Norman Record 1980-81 Edward Costa 1981-82 Norman Record 1982-85 Edward Parks 1985-86 Kevin DeRosiers 1986-87 Kenneth Bradshaw 1987-89 Donald Driscoll 1989-90 William Tubman 1990-92 Benjamin Pierce 1992-93 David Dutra 1993-96 Robert Packer 1996-98 Bob Griswold 1998-2000 Ed Anuszczyk 2000-01 Bob Grswold 2001-02 John D. Alley 2002-03 William H. Oliver 2003-05 Walter Campbell 2005-07 Herman Battle 2007-08 Chris Wainwright 2008-09 William H. Oliver 2009-11 Richard Washburn 2011-12 Alan Giampietro
|
|
OUR HISTORY |
|
History of John F. Glass Jr. VFW Post 2188
John F. Glass Jr. post was instituted July 9, 1931, in Knights of Columbus Hall with thirty-eight members present. The post was named in honor of John F. Glass Jr., of Middleborough Ma. He served with the National Guard in the Mexican border campaign. Called to active duty on July 25,1917, he was assigned to Company D of 101st Infantry, 26th Division and served overseas from September 7, 1917 to October 26,1918, the date he was killed in action in France. The first officers of the John F. Glass post are as follows: Commander Herbert Bean; Senior vice commander John E. Morrison; Chaplin Arthur Dunham; officer of the day Peter Letourneau; guard Jules Gamache; post historian Adelard St. Dennis; patriotic instructor Leo Mooney; sergeant major Leroy Huntley; quartermaster sergeant Lorenzo Pittsley. In 1947 the post bought part of Depot Grove and in October, 1950 broke ground for the new building as Post headquarters.
The above information was gathered from The book History of Middleboro written by Mertie Romanie.
|
|
List of Past Commanders of Post 2188
|
