The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-22
BARRE POST GIVEN
A BIG BOOST
Membership Drive Picking Up in Interest
and There Is Chance to Reach
the Quota.

the Quota.
A weekend squirt in which the enroll
ment of Barre post was increased to
two-thirds of the quota revived the wan
ing hopes of American Legion men in
this city and Barre Town. Incidentally,
the returns boosted everybodys faith in
the ex-service men. Everybody means
the public in general, for there is an
element in local pride in seeing Barre's
splendid war record maintained at an
even 100 per cent You know folks out
side the legion an- the men eligible for
that organization, remembering that
Barre and Barre Town never failed in a
single war drive, are more than anxious
to see the new post of the legion attain
its quota, too, so that it may be said
that Barre emerged from the war and it's
aftermath with record untarnished by
any almost-quotas
Ward one, inadvertently confused with
the sixth ward in Saturdays report on
the campaign, has gained and deserved
the honor of being the first bailiwick to
reach its quota. To-day figures received
Saturday and confirmed officially show
that the first ward attained the 100 per
cent mark last week. The second ward
is conner, too, and with an over-enroll-
ment it points to los per cent and prom
ises TO make it even larger before the
drive ends Wednesday. There were
praiseworthy gains all along the line
Saturday. Barre Town and all the
wards in the city seem to be thoroughly
alive to the desirability of making Barre
one OF the influential posts Of Vermont
and in keeping the war record Of the city
and town intact. The standing Of the
remaining teams follows; Ward 3, 81 per
cent; ward 4, 33 per cent; ward ), 81 per
cent; ward 6, 90 per cent; Barre Town,
SO per cent.
Too much emphasis cannot be placed
on the fact that membership in the
American Legion imposes no obligation
whatsoever. 1t offers opportunities for
service and higher citizenship, and as a
peace time organization is connected IN
no way with the military. The drive
ends Wednesday and every team, by re-
doubling its efforts, hopes to be met half
way by the ex.service men who have not
yet enrolled At special meeting of the
Barre post Wednesday evening, Sept "a
delegates viii be elected to the state
convention in Burlington next month,
and upon the number of new members
enrolled in the time intervening depends
the size of the delegation to be accredited
from the local post.
Men who have not enrolled and who
have not been approached by the teams
may send in the slip below, with the 81
membership fee, to Adjt. John Glib, Ma
pie Grove, Barre. In addition, member
ships are being received at campaign
headquarters in the Aldrich building.
What Is Wanted from Washington Co.
Every man in Vermont who put on
the uniform between April 8, 1917, and
Nov. IL, 1918, both dates inclusive, is
wanted for membership in the American
Legion which is the organization for the
veterans Of this war, as was the Grand
Army of the Republic for the veterans Of
the Civil war. The American Legion is
non political and non.partisan. It
stands, first of all, for 100 per cent Amer
icanism. Vermont now has 90 chartered
posts and several pending In this sec
tion of the state the posts and their ad-
jutants are: Barre post, John Gibbs,
Barre, to include Barre City and Town,
also Granitevile; Marshfeld post, Car
roll L. Goodridge, temporary secretary,
TO include Marshfeld and Cabot; Mont
pelier post, Merrill w Harris, Mont.
pelier, to include Montpelier, East Mont
pelier and Berlin; Mortified post, f. R.
Britain, temporary secretary, to include
Mortified and Roxbury. There is also
post at Norwich university, of which
Alexander G. Olsen is sdjutant, and Mr..
Olsen hopes for large membership from
the student body at the university 1t is
one at Waitsfield, the latter to include
Waitsfeld, Fayston and Moretown.
Every town in the county should be
represented either by post of its own
or affiliation with a neighboring post.
Men joining the American Legion are at
liberty to 20 into whatever post is most
convenient to them, as town and county
lines are not adhered TO. Fill out, sign
and mail the form below TO the adiutant
of whatever post you wish to join.
Ny name s.......,......., .............
Present address. ...................
Permanent address ....,.............
MllildIy OlSdhIAdtiuis III NAltH J. SCI N6u
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Civil occupations ......... ...............
/ hereby subscribe to the constitution
OF the American Legion and apply for
enrolment in. "A ...,.... post of the
Vermont state branch.
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We wish to call the attention Of our
buddies to the fact that in this legion
there are no officers, sergeants, skip
pers" or "buck privates" We are simply
bunch of fellows who have been to-
gether and Lets Stick Together in
the American Legion.
II. Nelson Jackson, temporary chair
man for Vermont
Joseph H. Fountain, temporary seere-
tary and temporary treasurer for Yer
mont.
Temporary state headquarters, l39
Church street, Burlington
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