Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-05-26
AUDUBON MEN JOINED
Audubon County Well Represented
at District Meeting I'm Atlantic
ON Monday.

bers OF the American Legion OF thu
9th district held one of the livlies
district meetings that has been hell
In the state. 1t was in the form o
a school of instruction for all pos
commanders and post adjutants o.
this district. Mr.. III. NJ. Clark, stat,
executive committeeman for the 9Th
district, acted as chairman of tn,
meeting and kept 1t going at TOT
speed from start to finish.
After the meeting was called tC
order, Father p. N. McDermott, state
chaplain, from Atlantic, welcomed
the visiting Legionaires and State
Officers to the town. Following
Father McDermott's address of wei.
come. Mr.. James F. Barton, state
adjutant, outlined the compensation
and disqualification drive that the
American Legion of Iowa is carry.
ing on at the present time. He ex-
planned how vital It was that every
post in the state do their full share
of work, and how It was necessary ia
make house to house canvass, SO
that all ex-service persons would be
listed 'If we don't take care OF
our more unfortunate buddies, then
who in hell will?" was one Of the
pertinent expressions the adjutant
used.
Frank Miles, editor of the Iowa
Legionaire. was next on the pro-
gram. Mr.. Miles was the floor lead
er of the legislative committee dur.
ing the last session of the state leg.
islature, and it was due to his untir-
ing efforts that the bonus bill. the
tax emption, soldiers preference. and
other legislation was passed in favor
of the ex-service men. He talked
about the work of the legislative
committee. and the starting of the
state paper, The Iowa Legionaire
The pep and ginger that Frank puts
into everything he attempts to dc
was manifested more than once dur.
ing his talk,
The chairman next introduced l.
L. Ryan, of this city, who was 9
member OF the legislative committee
and worked mighty hard all during
the past session of the state Iegis.
lature. He told the delegates how
important It was to secure co-opera.
tion in all the undertakings OF the
Legion. 1t was the hearty cooper
alton Of all the posts, he said, thai
made 1t possible to secure the pas
sage Of the bills. and even then, they
had many obstacles to overcome.
Following Mr.. Ryaa. the chairman
introduced State Commander Han
ford Member. OF Mason city. III,
was cheered for about five minutes
In his address the Commando
strove to tell the assembled Legion,
aires why 1t was absolutely neces.
sary for them to act in all things as
a unit. He explained why the com.
pensation and disqualification drive
was necessity il we were to see ev
cry ex-serviee person who was IN
need Of help in any shape or form
BY the house to house canvass we
would be bringing the much-needet
assistance to the man, instead Of
waiting for him to make application
to the government. when Mr.. Mac
Nider had finished his talk, the boys
again gave him a wonderful ovation
Next on the program came tht
fighting chaplain, from Sheffield
Rev. Thomas Roberts. Rev. Roberts
drove some shots straight from the
shoulder and IL any pro-German had
been within hearing he surely heard
what the Chaplain thought of them
and he only expressed the thoughts
of every man present. Tom Roberts
is one of the real dynamiters OF the
American Legion, and IL is a rea
/
pleasure to hear a man of his cali.
Der make a speech. His every
thought and utterance is so chockfu
of real Americanism that we can cas-
lily see why he was called the Flight
ing Chaplain"
Starting at four o'clock with q
big parade in which the hoys agar
did the setting up exercises" OF the
army. was the Initiation of ovel
sixty members OF the Legion into
the $40 and s." This society is tc
the American Legion what the
Shrine is to Masonry. About fifteer
men from Audubon were initiated
and all claim to have received Their
moneys worth. The Extra band do
mated their services for the day
which helped to liven up the parade
quite bit
After the initiation into La Soci
etc des 40 Hommes ct s Chevaux thu
members elected the following offic
ers for the 9th Congressional dis
trict of Iowa: Harry Fl. Clark, o
Audubon. chef de care; p. L. Vim
ing, of woodbine, chef de train
and Oscar wenstrand, Of Red Oak
as grand correspondent.
Following the initiation the Ser
vice Star Legion served luncheon 4
the visiting Legion men at the cour
house. Here a stunt not down OF
THE bills was pulled off, the loca
Legion mems contribution to th'
gayety OF things. and II went owe
big. For short time the victims di,