Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1915 — Son of Former Rensselaer Man Appointed to Naval Academy. [ARTICLE]

Son of Former Rensselaer Man Appointed to Naval Academy.

President Wilson has appointed two young men to represent the District of Columbia in the United States naval academy, the school for officers :n the navy and the same school from which James E. Brenner graduated two years ago. The young men are Douglas A. Powell and Louis B. Pelzman. The former is the son of Everton Powell, of Washington, D. C., who some years ago lived in this city, Ms father, John Powell, being a former sheriff of Jasper county. Douglas is a nephew of Mrs. Chas. G. Spitler, of Rensselaer. He is 18 years of age and will take the entrance examination for the academy on June 21st.