The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-04
Carrying On With the
American Legion

.ChuSettS department OF the American
Legion will send two large bands tc
the annual convention of the service
Organization at Kansas City, this fail.
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isa sAsssslowntown resi- room for the con-
svenience of farmers, wives in the city
for. supplies. and for city wives on
shopping tours has been opened III
iDrumright, Okla, by the Women's'
Auxiliary. Of the American Legion post
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Because they considered the post d
community asset and worthy of rec
ognition, citizens Of the town of Waits
Durg, Wash, recently purchased no.
tel building and presented it to Sam
;uel w. Southland post of the American
Legion for use as clubhouse.
When heavy rains washed out the
road to the village cemetery, the
American Legion post Of Natchez.
Wash, called upon its farmer men,
bers. Each man brought Il team of
horses, gave two days work and a
new road was constructed.
Advocating playground for the
Riddles Of the community members the
Sayessville (Rhode Island) post Of the
American Legion brought the matter
to completion by leveling the ground
and putting the equipment in place
with saving Of several hundred dol
lars to the city.
The athletic tastes Of the young
var veterans of Oklahoma We're 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-service patients in hospitals of
Oregon have been extended free men,
'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 MIR. Wallace is a
vice commander.
BY besting a walking record which
had been unlisturbed for years,
George n. Brown, Endicott, N. Y, won
q 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 1.-The Star
Spangled Banner each evening, would
be most fitting memorial to the war
dead, according to n resolution intro
duced into the recent convention of
the American Legion Of North Car
olina, 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. G. 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 Lloyls
Of London.
An American Legion emblem,
wrought in exquisite crochet in men,
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 unsghtly back yard
in the city. These photos were dis
played in several stores of the citys
main streets, and within a week, ev-
cry back yard had been cleaned to
perfection.
Transferred from San, Francisco to
st. Paul, Private Charles Gilbert, U.
S. Marines, gained permission to hike
to his new. station. He, completed tile
record, match recently, after having
bpeu LOST IN the desert country, Of