The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-05-12
COUNTY REUNION
FOR SERVICE MEN
REGULAR GOOD TIME PLANNED
AT COLLEGE ARMORY
MONDAY NIGHT
LINE UP PLANS FOR PAYING BONUS
American Legion Post Hopes to Organ.
lie County So As to Speed
Up Bonus Payment.

With the expectation that the state
will begin the payment OF the bonus
to the e~x-service men within a few
weeks, all the World val veterans Of
Bookings county will gather next
Monday evening, May Is, at the col.
lege armory in this city for the first
reunion and get together meeting
ever held since their return home at
the invitation of the Orr Holman
post of the American Legion. The
evenings entertainment will take on
all Of the spirit and jollity Of the old
times when the gang gathered in
the "Y" hut for relaxation and en-
tertainment after a hard day. Their
will be eating, laughing, singing.
swapping stories and good natured
fun all through the evening.
In accordance with the decision Of
the state bonus board, that county
seat posts Of the American Legion
shall take charge of the payment of
the bonus for the entire county, the
Orr Hoffman post is taking early steps
to acQuaint all Of the service men
of the county of the details OF the
work in order to get the complete
cooperation Of all the men in the
county and get off with a running
start on the rest Of the counties in
the state. 1t is hoped to perfect an
organization Of the service men
through this post and the other legion
posts in the county so the work OF
handling applications for the bonus
can be accomplished with the least
possible delay.
The American Legion Of South Da.
kota next week begins a membership
drive in an effort to make the state
one hundred per cent legion, every
ex-service man a legion member. The
next Sunday edition Of the daily news
papers Of the state will be American
Legion editions. The opening gun OF
the drive in this county will be fired
at the big meeting next Monday night.
The Brookings post Is striving for
the prize banner that is being award
ed to the post getting the largest num-
Der Of new members in the drive.
In behalf of the post, Post Cam
mander O.. II. Lawrence is extending
an invitation to every service man in
the county to be at the reunion mex
Monday night and share in the fun
and partake Of the regular feed that
is being prepared. A lively program
has been arranged consisting of mu-
steal numbers, boxing and wrestling
bouts, short talks on subjects Of in
terest to all service men, followed by
~"beaucoup chow"
Delegations are expected from the
American Legion posts at Volga,
Sinai, Bruce, White and Elkton. No
ex-service man will be barred. There
are 1,400 World wal veterans in this
county and all are expected to be
present at the reunion. The artillery,
the infantry with the dirt behind
their ears" l~eathernecks, gobs, shave
tails, gold-braids, all Of them, will
rub shoulders next Monday evening.
Through the action of the Ameri-
can Legion in assisting the state bonus
board in paying off the state bonus,
the work in South Dakota will be &C.
cOmplished in less than one-half Of
the time it has taken other states
to pay the bonus and at the anne time
it is saving the state large sums of
money in paying salaries for clerical
forces. The service men OF South Da.
kota will get the quickest action from
their bonus applications Of any state
where other plans Of paying the bonus
have been tried.
Wv. 6. s.