The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-12-09
MARION COUNTY PosT AMERICAN
LEGION ELECTS OFFICERS
FOR 1922


Marion County Post No. q of the
American Legion h cid one of the best
attended meetings Wednesday that
has been held since its organization
in 1920. The meeting was featured by
the election of officers for 1922, a
splendid address by w. w. Hampton,
Jr. of Gainesville, Vice-C Commander
of the Florida department of the
legion and by the arrangements for a
membership drive to begin Dec. 18th.
Last nights meeting gave the great
est promise for the future of the leg
ion in this county. The following Of
ficers were unanimously elected for
1922 and will assume Office at the
first meeting of the Post in January:
Maston O'Neal, 0cala, Post Comman-
der; Geo, Wilmington, Fairfield, Vice.
Commander: Robert L. VanOsten,
Ocala, Adjutant: L. T. Izlar, Ocala,
Post Financier officer; Rev. J. ].
Neighbour, Post Chaplain, Ocala; Sam
Smith, Ocala, Post Historian; Rex
Nichols, Belleview, Master at Arms;
and Carl Ray, Ocala and Leon Simp-
SON, Weirsdale, Members of the Elk
ecutiye Committee.
The state ce-Commander Wade
Hampton, Jr., made an address that
was warmly received by the Post. He
outlined the history of the American
Legion from its first held in Paris,
1919, and reviewed some of the out
standing accomplishment of the leg
ion since that time, pointing to the
constructive legislation passed by the
congress of the United States for the
benefit of disabled men in particular.
Vice Commander Hampton stated
that members of the legion living up
to the ideals as set forth in the pre-
amble of the legion constitution must
of necessity be high types of citizens.
He stated that every ex-service man
should be proud of the opportunity to
become member of an organization
such as the legion is an organization
every effort be made to get the mem
bership of every ex-service man in
this section. He spoke also on the
Efforts being made by committee ap-
pointed by the State Executive Conn
mittee of the legion to locate tracts
of land in Florida upon which service
men might be located and particularly
those service men who Gre taking
agriculture as a vocational training.
The Commander congratulated
the post here upon its splendid show
ing.
Commander Moremen appointed the
following committee to make arrange
ments for and to direct the member
ship campaign which is to begin Dec
18th: Thomas M. Kilgore, Chairman,
John Thompson, T. d. Lancaster, Jr.,
R. L. Anderson, Jr., Rev. Neighbour,
Robt. vanOsten. The Commander an
nounced the appointment of an audit
ing committee consisting of l.. T..
Izlar. Elwood Raymond, aifdM. C. Izlar.
A big supper is being planned as a
feature of the membership drive and
it is expected that this supper will be
attended by prominent visiting leg
ionaires who will explain the ideals
for which the American Legion strived
as an organization. The Post unani-
mously adopted motion to thank the
members of the American Legion Aux
iiiary for the splendid cooperation
given the Post and the much enjoyed
refreshments that have been served
at each meeting, and congratulating
them upon its recent successful con-
duct of a lunch counter THE Marion
County Fair, for the benefit of dis
able men in the hospital at Lake
City.
During the evening, the Post took
recess and enjoyed refreshments con-
sisting of hot coffee and delicious
sandwiches served by the members
of the American Legion Auxiliary.