The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-28
RALPH Oracle
!. /. POST MEMBERS NJ
]. I0H0NOR DEAD
MEM0RlALDAY
Us.
IN Regular Session Last Night
+ Members Showed Enthusi-
asm for Memorial Day
WILL ATTEND M. E..
4. CHURCH ON SUNDAY
Special Observance of Day on
Il Monday IN Connection
:: With Veterans
WILL ATTEND M. E..
s. CHURCH ON SUNDAY

:at length last night at the meeting
held BY the Ralph Oracle post OF the
American Legion at the rooms OF the
5Bemidji Civic and Commerce assoc1a-
stion. Although the W0men's Aux
:iary had been invited to attend the
session only three of its members
were present. This fact was a dlsap-
pointment to the post since plans had
been made for a very large attend
sance. },
. Thayer Bailey, chairman : the
committee appointed several weeks
ago to plan a celebration for Memor-
ial Day in connection with the Il. "A.
r. and the D. A. r. together with
the Auxiliary, made a complete re-
port of the plans made for the pro-
gram on Sunday when all members OF
these organizations are to meet In
body and attend the M. p. church
as invited BY :ttev. Lambert, and for
the program on Monday when all are
expected and asked to assemble near
tho Odd Fellows, hall etween and
3: 80 In the forenoon to march to the
cemetery where appropriate services,
will be held. In tile afternoon there
will also be: a program at the Grand
theatre to which the public is gener-
ally invited as well. ALI patriotic
citizens of the city are urged to De IN
attendance at both the forenoon ana
afternoon program to show the vet
erans that, their deeds. will never be
forgotten. Each members Of the Am
erican Legion will wear on this occa-
sion a red poppy which will be fur
nished by Mrs. l.. F. Johnson was has
offered the post enough peoples for
all members. Legion members ana
ex-seryice men are urged to wear
their uniforms it they so desire.
y, Fred Bost, manager OF the Jase-
bali team which represented Bem1d-
ii and the Ralph Oracle post so well
last. Friday in the game against Cros-
by, maue a report on the baseDau
situation in this city. He stated that
to his honest opinion, which has been
formed after making every effort pos
sible to secure financial support for
"a baseball team in Bemidji, this city
Twould not support baseball nor bas-
ketball, that it appears as II these
games had been discarded to take up
the game OF golf. he believes that
if the local post was: to organize a
golf team that it might receive the
necessary support, since Bemidji has
forgotten the national game ana
has become golf town. II Bemlo3i'
he said, could borrow IS cents worth
of Gonvick's baseball pep this city
would turn out to- support a first
sclass team. Gonvick has offered big
ger sum to the battery which play
ed for the locals last week than Be-
midi could possibly dig up under the
present outlook. Laying part of the
blame for baseball being a failure
here to the members Of the local post,
he pointed out that lack OF coopera-
tion on the part of the members and
the local business men who were best
situated to help such. project had
lost money in an attempt to stage
fast game of baseball here to en-
courage support. Since this game
last week no better support has been
offered the post and from all present
appearances there will be no team to
represent this city this year.
Attention was called by Thayer
Bailey to the fact that NUMBER OF
ex-service, men are buried In Green
wood cemetery and the Ralph Gracle
post will see that their graves are
honored this year. Commander N.
IL, Given, who has been confined to
the hospital until recently, was pre-
sent at the meeting and took the
chair for the latter part OF the SEES
sion. All Legion members welcome
him back to health again although
at present he is not entirely recover
ed from his illness.
John M. Culver gave a very inter-
testing talk concerning the s1gnln-
szance of Memorial Day and urged all
members to turn out at this time TO
honor the veteran dead. Mr.. culver
will recite a poem of which he Is au-
thor at the memorial services at the
Grand theatre Monday.
Following discussion on attendance
at meeting Of the post, committee
of three was appointed to- make ar.
rangements for the next meeting at
the same time preparing a program