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Governor Commissions Six Kentucky Colonels ColonelsGroup Group Holds Anjiual Dinner With 450 Members and Guests Present PresentLOUISVILLE LOUISVILLE Ky May 1 The Order of Kentucky Colonels held its annual Derby Eve dinner party Jast night at the Hotel Kentucky Gen J Fred Miles chairman of the Kentucky State Racing Commission prominent industralist and General of the Order of Kentucky Colonels along with 450 Colonels and tKelr guests attended the gala affair which was proclaimed one of the best Derby Eve parties in the organiza ¬ tions history historyWilson Wilson W Wyatt former mayor of Louisville served as toastmaster and Lieut Gov Lawrence W Wetherby deputy com manderinchief of the Colonels read the traditional Kentucky Colonels toast toastGov Gov Earle C Clements sounded the key ¬ note at the dinner by prefacing his welcom ¬ ing address with the statement that Derby Day is Kentucky Day throughout the nation and the world The governor then commissioned five new colonels Clifton P Anderson Albuquerque N M Secretary of Agriculture Dennis Morgan Hollywood rndtipn picture star Mrs Mary Laffoon Madisonville wife of former Governor Ruby Laffoon Mrs Flo Bratten Washing ¬ ton secretary of Senator Alben Barkley and W M Davidson Silver Springs Fla FlaEarlier Earlier in the day Governor Clements gave a colonels commission to Guy Land Clarksdale Miss Chef DChemin of the American Legions 40 and 8 8Mayor Mayor Charles Farnsley of Louisville advised the colonels and their guests stat ¬ ing that he wanted the Falls City to be a metropolis that all could be proud of and a city that visitors will come back to from year to year yearSecretary Secretary Anderson then paid tribute to the Kentucky Derby Horse racing patrons are recognizing all over the world that the great Kentucky Derby outclasses all other races and that it is one of the nations out ¬ standing sporting events he said saidOther Other speakers were Maj Gen John W Leonard commander of nearby Fort Knox and Gen Jacob L Devers formerly sta ¬ tioned at the same post Dennis Morgan sang Desert Song and My Old Kentucky Home and Bmg Crosby a frequent Derby Day visitor rendered Beautiful Dreamer and My Old Kentucky Home from New York Crosbys parents Mr and Mrs Harry Lewe Crosby attended the dinner dinnerProminent Prominent guests were Frederick w Hooper whose Hoop Jr captured the 1945 Kentucky Derby renewal Edwin Pauley former Assistant Secretary of War Gov James Duff of Pennsylvania MatheW Con ¬ nelly secretary to President Truman George Schoeneman Commissioner of In ternalRevenue Howard Hawks prominent motion picture director and producer Hairy Warner president of Warner Bros stiidios Simeon Willis former Goyernor of Kentucky Kenneth Toggle and Rpdes C Myers ibrmer IkiutehahtjBPvernors V
