No reports were found for the years, 1950, 1951, and 1952. On January
21st, 1953 Sterling Price Camp #145 held their Annual Lee - Jackson Memorial
Dinner at the Winston - Churchill Hotel located at the intersection of
Belt and Cabanne Avenues. The event had been held here in 1952 also. Their
guest speaker was Reverend H. Louis Patrick, pastor of the Westminister
Presbyterian Church, who spoke on General Robert E. Lee. Rev. Patrick had
recently moved to St. Louis from Charlotte, North Carolina. It was noted
at this time that the Lee - Jackson Memorial Dinners had been an annual
Camp event for more than 50 years. In 1953
a roster of Camp officers was found that lists the following:
| Paul Knabe.........................3207 Washington Blvd..................Commander
Carl F. Daniel......................Pierce Building.................1st Lt. Commander Wylie Creel..........................5560 Pershing Ave...........2nd Lt. Commander Walter C. Rawls...................Boatmans Bank Bldg.........................Adjutant Charles S. Via......................Kirkwood, MO.................................Treasurer Hall Wingfield......................1001 Washington Blvd...............Quartermaster W. Scott Hancock................705 Olive St.......................................Counsel Dr. Drew Luten....................3720 Washington Blvd......................Surgeon George W. Tucker...............1004 Blendon Place.........................Historian Herbert Curlee Phillips Jr......1001 Washington Blvd............Color Sergeant Rev. Frank C. King..................9424 Everman Ave........................Chaplain. |