The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-10-07
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'"The Legion map Of Minnesota 10 rap
Idly turning from blue to gold," declared
Miss Blanche Scallen, 900 Plymouth
Building. Minneapolis. state secretary OF
the American Legion Auxiliary, who
graphically illustrates the organization OF
.ens the aSs limits sy Lg s soss.
with blue pins. and then changing to
gold pins as fast as auxiliary units are
formed. More and more legion posts are
auxiliary by establishing local units.
Among the pins which recently turned
from blue to gold" are those representing
A Miap,etoMns ,nn cisaswatsr Hills Hib1ns
River. Adrian. Russell and osakis.
Quietly. the Legion Auxiliary is carry
pathy for our wounded comrades. Sep
TENDER II In Minneapolis they collected
and sold flowers which citizens bought
TN the Hsrs sanl sSr that in
disabled soldiers. In another town they
made and sold candy for the benefit of
our sick buddies. All over the state they
comrades In the hospitals, And at Will
mar they estimated a booth at the KAN
diyohi County Fair where hundreds OF
useful and ornamental articles made by
every cent Of the money going direct to
tne-ouddies who made these articles.
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Children Of the Minnesota grade schools
are to have an opportunity to help pro-
vide Q Temporary home for former serv-
ice men who. when discharged from hos
pital. have no funds and no. job in sight.
which Mrs. Sandy Hamilton of Mime
apolis is State President, has decided to
erect such q home before cold weather
and Will raise the funds through etner-
tainments offered by the grade school
children Of the state.
"sittin' on the world" is how Fairmont
Legionafres felt last week when informed
that the city Dads at their council
meeting had unanimously voted the use
OF the former $4,000 electric light plant
to remode the buidns to Sit suit ihf fs sEns
under our feet abous ttinss raS up srow
clubrooms.. said Post commsnder Alien
Now we viii feather it," Fairmont cit
liens are equally pleased by the action of
the council.
Where there's MI there's q way
was the slogan of Mahnomen Minnesota
Legionaires when extra post funds were
needed for special projects. The Mahno-
bers Of the post used their "Henry's" to
form Legion bus line from the depot
to the fair grounds, and placed the fol-
ride: ''Remember. You don't have af to
walk even IL you have no car. The Lee
gion Bus Line will take you to the fair
grounds for fifteen cents. Cars VIII run
until business Is out of sight" Sure
enough. the post now has money for all
Its pet hobbies.
Thomas B.. Shaughnessy Post Of Du-
luth Minnesota believes II has establish
ed a record for receipts and disburse-
ments for post only three months old,
having put on q dance, an Independence
Day celebration attended by ten thousand
and boxing show attended by three
thousand. During this time the post
treasurer received $S.2s2 and disbursed
1851. Thomas B. Shaughnessy is the
second Duluth Legion posts to be formed
the older post being the David visited
Post, which has more than twelve hun
dred paid-up members.
Two other Minnesota Legion posts have
sounded the signal that will start pre-
partitions for monster civic celebrations
on Armistice Day, November 18th. Rodney
Paine, newly elected commander Of the
David visited Post. Duluth. has named
an Armistice Day Committee to arrange
q public parade. mass meeting, and other
suitable observance Of the day which in
Minnesota has been declared a legal hol-
iday. A similar committee has been an
nounced by Commander Allen Moore Of
Fairmont Legion Post. Samuel Comp
ers, President Of the American Fedora