The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-05-20
LEGION PLANS MANY AC.
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Membership Campaign Prizes
The 1921 membership drive for new
members has been started by the
state department in South Dakota and
the Birch Post campaign opened on
SUNDAY, May 18th. The business men
of tue city, who are Legion members
have offered list of prizes which are
well worth winning and undoubtedly
the post will enroll large number
of ex-service men of the county who
are not members of the Legion. The
list of prizes is as follows, to be given
to tie six men signing up the largest
numher of applicants.
l. $50 suit of clothes-Plymouth
Clothing Company, with gold
Legion button given by Jack Nc
E.oughlin.
2. $50 topcoat or overcoat-Cal-
menson Clothing Co.
3. Gold Legion Signet Ring--A.
l.. Jenson.
d. Pair of shoes-FossuM.
5. Safety Razor-Bleser Dug Go.
6. knife-Tessin Hdw. CO.
All men who were members of the
Legion last year, but who have not
renewed their membership can do so,
and the Legion member taking his
renewal will receive full credit for it.
The Post is working for the prize
banner to be given to the Post MAX
ing the greatest per cent. of in
crease. Mibank will have stiff COM
petition among the larger cities, but
with the start which has been made
and the prizes to work for, Birch
Post should win the banner.
Legion Day, June is
Plans for the Legion Day to be held
June l6 indicates that it will he the
biggest celebration ever staged by the
Legion. A full days progr;.m mas
been arranged, starting with the Boys
Band concert in the morning and
something doing until the Home
Sweet Home of the dance There
will be baseball games, boxing and
wrestling exhibitions, the Dispatch
Flying Circus, the Famous Legion
Minstrel Show, with Jack Mclaughlin
back as director, and winding up with
a big dance at Legion hall. Now if
that isn't a full day we'll take our
seat. Efforts are being made to Sc
cure good speaker for the day also.
Two OF the fastest ball teams that
can be secured will be here for the
ball game, and for the wrestling ex-
hibition Emil Acker, of Sisseton and
Bill Burns of Bristol have been match
ed. Both have local reputation of be-
ing fast men and will draw crowds
OF their supporters from THEN home
towns. The boxers have not been
signed, but one is the holder of the
amateur bantom- weight title in Min
eapolis, who has challenged anyone tt:
meet him. The circus consists Of two
planes, accompanied by acrobats who
do death-defying stunts in mid air.
The minstrel show will be practically
the same as was given here in April.
Efforts are being made to secure the
Chautauqua tent for the occasion, as
a large number of people could then
be accommodated and see the show.
Special music will be had for the
dance in the evening, which will start
imm ed;ately after the show is over.
The show will start early so as to be
over by ten o'clock. The names of
the men winning the prizes in the
membership contest will be announced
at the show. Every Legion member
should see those of his friends who
are not members and sign them up.
Help the Post to win that banner and
win prize for yourself.
Membership Drive
A drive for new members will be
started by the Women's Auxiliary
in connection with the drive for new
members which the Legion has start
ed. Three prizes which will be an
nounced later, will be offered to the
three Ansnabers bringing in the larg-
est number of new members.
Card Party, May 24th
The first big social affair by the
Auxiliary will be card social given
in the Legion hall on Tuesday, May
24th. Tickets for this affair are be-
ing sold now. The admission is 25
cents, with luncheon and good
time promised. The proceeds Of the
social will be used to buy the three
prizes which will be given in the
drive.
Milbank Auxiliary Second in State
The local Auxiliary is the second
largest in the state, Aberdeen being
the largest. Mitchell has tied Mil
bank for second place and the post
ID lying to sign up enough new men,
bers to make Milbank the second