The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-01
Bluefield Gets 1922, :
Legion Convention
An,ouH1nNF At ass ~
ELICTIoM or oY11C11S !.
oFXI1 DUH1H16S. :.
Audrvv Bdmiston Wins for 0e1o
oomuaandsr-Xsissr - -" IA

After selecting Blueheld. b. us1A-
NOUS vote, as Its meeting place Tor 1e1aS
the West virginia department. o.
American Legion adjourned ito e!4
annual convention In this city ~ S;es
o'clock this afternoon. Only ons VoO
was cast against Bluedeld - ths oon:
yention city fer 1922, that beng tae
vote Of Captain George F. "nituacU.
who extended an invitation TO the lsSS
convention to 80 to MarunsoWg. VIZ
the vote was taken. Captain "hitnco
rraciousIy offered Q motion to mae
the selection Of Bluetleld unanimeca
and served notice that MartinsoufG WtU
want the convention In 1873.
Department officers elected fsf ne;
term Of 1922, are: -,
Department commandsf-An0SW 80
miston, Jr., Of Weston.
Department vice-commAndsr-JaD
o. LAkin, Charleston. ,.s
Department adjutAnt Bernard -
Kaiser. Wheeling.
Finance ofhcer-Frank .. AlsxAndss.
Charleston.
Department historian-EdWin RttkA.
Department chaplain-Rsv. Harold O.
Gaunt, Moundsville.
Department serGeant-at-a1ms- - CAAas
I. Casey.
Reduce xxsoattvs 3oAsd ~
complyinr with a resolution proo9e
Cd by Delegate E. H. Arnold Of 1ERA
the convention unanimously unAalm4gee
ly adopted a resolution reducing tho e1hA.
OF tho department executive boSrd ~
twenty-five members to Etx msmnneS,
ono from each congressional district n
the state plus tho elective ofncere
the department. The election Of III
executive board resulted In the Deieof
Of the following: -
ville. -. .r.As
Second district Charles ResissA
Morgantown. -.t
tinsburg. -,
kersburg. .:.ri
Fifth district-J. H. Lambert
neld. ....''
lesion sssl:8
Howard D. Matthews. of PaRtoe0
was elected West VirSinia'S ue1
the American Legion naaoo11
tive committee. with % votes b
yention, Debating DR.. r. Il K
Hundred Who received 81 VET
Ronald j. conley Of FairDcat
Dr.. F.: n. Ksarns IVES Sahah.sSA -
elected alternate Representative
west virginia department. % -
tional executive committee '';
2nns DSaseEAoG -.
rhirt..n deleg.tss were ssleetel -
represent the West Vtgtni9 dSpe{
IN tb. American Lexion national obaHC
tion At Kansas City October 81 aA1 No.
smber 1-2. The delegates are IeeoA II
slifton, Blusnsld; DR.. W. =.
WorthinStaa; Dr.. Garrett Uoey
MsrttnsburE; Miss Mabel C1iata 0d
ksrsburs; Miss Beeke echuct, 49,
burr: Miss Mary Price, Hnnttn0ecot
Bliss McCrum, CharlestoAi eDtIee ,Su
RIiefeld: George W. Wilson,
Andrew Rock. wheeling; Wn- j.
mona. Hinton; H. d. Matthew tAS1ssN
burg and p. J. .McGinlsv. Whssltne.
Thirteen alternate delegates -
80. CIV ware also named. and DsDo
n.nt Hdutant Bernard f. KaSSR.
Of the altsrnates, was made nAnA6eese~
the West virginia delegation. =
wheelinR Post No. made Q vt1s4
ous EFFORT to have Department Comm
der J. Byron Nickerson elected fe1o =
the delegates, and It was only e
Captsin Nickerson declined DsOe pS
sistentiy that Wheeling Post conosetOO
20 permit him to withdraw bis nAAA
SriHxSs 70 2lSAooDo1
Departmsnt Commander J. Dvye
Niekerson. who on December u 01H
ders that office to Dspertmsnt 60
mandsr-elect Andrew Edmistee.
was paid one Of the finest tSisutso g.
Maid . West Virginia official ot ~
srsns organization. Whsa u eISS
fco>RnasA s1 9a00 9WssVDS .