New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-07-06

Inc lnlrQ Minnesota D1SCr1cC. Legion
officers of the district selected it for
their annual pow-wow July Goth,
which will last all day. DR.. Crutten-
den of Mortified is District Com
mander. In addition to the good
times they expect to have, the. dele
gates will discuss questions which they
wish brought up at the Wlnona State
Convention August 1, 2 and 8. Prom
nent Legion speakers will attend.
Legion Auxiliary members of the
Second Minnesota District will meet
at Mankato on July 18th to form a
Second District Legion Auxiliary Or
ganlzation similar to the Second
District Legion body which met at
| Worthington recently and elected A. E.
Emerson OF Pipestone as Commander
and B. D. Grogan Of Mankato as
District Adjutant. The Mankato
Legion and Auxiliary will give the
delegates a royal welcome. Women
interested in forming Auxiliary Units
in towns now without them, are in
vlted to be present.
The posts of LIE Sueur County, at a
meeting recently held in the New
Prague Legion clubrooms, decided to
hold county picnic of lie Sueur county
Legionaires and Legion Auxiliary mem
bers at Lake Jefferson in the near
future. j. F. McKeon Of Montgomery
was named Chairman of the Com
mittee which will make arrangements
for this picnic.
The wearing of the American LEGION
button by delinquent and non-mem-
bers is punishable by Minnesota Law,
Chapter 235, Laws Of. 1919. The
Legion State Executive Committee
has directed that members whose 1921
dues are not paid by July 10th be sus-
pended and deprived of the right to
wear the Legion insignia. Every mem
Der who joins or pays his delinquent
dues before July 10th helps strengthen
his posts influence in the Winona Con-
vention, because post representation
is based on paid-up membership as of
July 10th.
American Legion A. L. : A. L..for
short spells cal" SO when Legion
aire meets brother member nowadays
in Indiana, he sings out a cherry Hello
AL" and his buddy knows he did his
bit in the big fight, and intends to
help the Legion render service to its
country and comrades now that the
'sover there" job is done with and
peace-time problems hold the stage
once more. This short and poppy
greeting originated in Michigan City,
Indiana, where Legionaires have
little Legion publication known. as
"Hello AL They intend to ask the
next national convention to adopt this
salutation fur use throughout the
nation.
| The time of his life is in store for the
disabled buddy who decides to spend
two weeks in the Disabled Veterans
Summer Vacation Camp on Big Island,
Minnetonka, which will open July 18th.
There will be sports OF all kinds, plenty
of fishing, boating and bathing-in
fact the days of real sport are just
across the water, on Big Island, for
every Minnesota veteran who was dis
abled in his country's service. The
Federal Board for Vocational Educa-
ton, with the aid Of Minnesota Legion
Hq., made the camp possible. Horace
Howry Of the Twin City Transit Com
pany donated the island. Money to
construct buildings and cover overhead
expense came from the Minneapolis
War Chest Fund. With these things
provided it will be possible to give
each disabled veteran a two-week
vacation at the nominal fee Of SIS. for
the full two-week period. Reduced
railroad fare of ! Id of the single fare
for round trip has been secured, effect
i've August 1st. The Camp will be open
from July 10 to about October /.
For application blanks and details
write S NJ. T. Northey, Personal Service
Officer, Federal Board, 600 Keith
Plaza, Building, Minneapolis Each
buddy should bring personal toilet
articles and bathing suit.
On Friday, June 10Th. camp Of
Modern Woodmen was organized
with DR.. O. G. Stricken, venerable
consul; ]. F. Crowell, worthy adj
visor; Frank Behnke, banker; Robt.
Loheyde, clerk; N. j. Heinen, es-
cort, and Julius Krause, manager,
says the Sleepy Eye Herald Of June
S26, 1891, according to the Thirty
Years ago. column in the Herald
Dispatch last week,
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