Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-07

and putting the equipment IN place
with a saving Of several hundred dol
lars to the city.
The athletic tastes Of the young
war veterans Of Oklahoma were EVIL
denced recently when the state de-
partment asked each post OF the
American Legion what games they
wanted at state athletic meet.
Horseshoe pitching contests led the
list, with tennis and golf poor seconds.
Ex-servlce patients In hospitals OF
Oregon have been extended free mem
bership. in the American Legion Of the
state, the posts waving post dues and
the department paying state and ma
tional fees, that the disabled may re-
ceive copies Of the official magazine
and the benefits of membership.
John Broadhead Wallace, son Of the
secretary Of agriculture, and Miss
Margaret Powell, Cedar Rapids, Ia,
recently married, have been receiving
the official congratulations Of Argonne
post, the American Legion, Des
Moines, Of which Mr.. Wallace Is a
vice commander.
BY bestIng a walking record which
had been undlsturbed for years,
George N. Brown, Endicott, N. Y. won
a wager of 500 which he divided
equally between two American Legion
posts of his vicinity. Mr.. Brown holds
the worlds championship pedestrian
record.
Chimes installed in every city and
town of America, to play "The Star
Spangled Banner" each evening. would
be most fitting memorial to the war
dead, according to a resolution intro
duced into the recent convention OF
the American Legion Of North Car
DINA, seeking support of the state
in the project.
After having achieved distinction
in Pittsburg, Pa, by being the first
sailor married In an American Legion
post, p. c. Rose was stranded In AL
bany, N. Y, In the middle Of his honey
moon because he couldn't collect his
bonus money. Members of the AL
bany Legion helped him to complete
the wedding trip.
Insurance against rain, high winds
and liability to spectators, is being
sought by the Kansas City Flying
club in preparation for the annual
convention Of the American Legion
there this fall. Applications for the
freak policies have been made to
American companies and to Lloyd's
of London.
An American Legion emblem.
wrought In exquisite crochet in mem
DRY of the dead and wounded soldiers
of the World war, which won first
prize In national knitting contest
for Mrs. .velma S. Cole. BinghamtOn,
N. Y, has been presented to her local
post of the Legion. Mrs. Cole is an
invalid.
Holding that a sense of shame would
work where entreaties failed, the
American Legion post of Zillah'
Wash, recently took photographs OF
every dirty and unslghtly back yard
In the city. These photos were dis
played in several stores of the city's
main streets, and within week, ev-
cry back yard had been cleaned to
perfection.
Transferred from San Francisco Ia
st. Paul, Private Charles Gilbert, u
S. Marines, gained permission to hike
to his new station. He completed the
record match. recently, after having
been lost in the desert country OF
Battle Mountain, New, and without
water for two days. He was lifted
along by various American Legion
posts which he visited along the
route.
A romance Of the Rhine ended trag.
ically recently when Sergt. John Wolf
OF the army died shortly after return
Ing to America with his young Ger
man bride. Pennlless, following the
illness Of her husband, the widow was
taken In charge by the American Lee
gion of New York and will be sent
back to her home at Coblenz with
money contributed by the Legion
naires.
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The third annual reunion Of the
Thirty-fifth Division, A. T.. r., COM
posed Of National Guard units Of Mis-.
souri, and Kansas, with large replace
ment drafts Of national army troops
from eastern states, win be held at
Kansas City during the national con-
vention Of the American Legion, Oc-
tober 81, November | and 2.
What Is claimed to be the ilrst
horse polo league organized In AEaer-
lea, has been Instituted by American
Legion post Y Yakima Valley, Wash.