The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-02-26

Nltitoat paying M JUST 4tp3I dllVli
dues. The big job on the hands Of
the legion now, he concluded, is to
secure help for the disabled veter-
ans.
The singing of "The Star Spang-
! led Banner closed the program. Re
! treshments of ice cream and cake
were served and there was bounti-
full supply of the good things, Danes
ing lasted until II O'Clock. Music
was furnished by Miss Lola French,
at the piano, George Mcleod, cornet,
Paul Sargent, violin and Carlyle Sar-
gent, traps. 1t was an enjoyable time.
The legion was very fortunate to
secure quarters so uniformly salts
factory. The location is very good,
the building after extensive repair
work has been done, IS in very good
condition and the interior has been
made very attractive Intelligent pur-
chasing has made it possible to fur
nish the quarters in very good style
for comparatively small amount of
money. The equipment is very nearly
complete although from time to time
many things will be added.
The lounging room is spacious and
well lighted and affords an excellent
place for the eX-service men to gather
and reminisce. There are about
q dozen easy chairs, and a large lfb-
r&ry table, located IN the center of
the room, can be used for writing
ana II contains several OF the latest
magazines, Includng the American
LcL4on weekly. .ne money that
uouent the furnishings Tor the rooms
came rom the Tund Sed as a re5uIt
CT the Easter pan IN 1870, the nome
,;Ient pay, Some Gin, and basket
D-.4. 1eNeral OIL the merchants lrom
~ .I0in the goods Were purchased gave
Dig reductions IN order that the boys
lnlKnr get what they wanted and suil
Say wnhm tnelr means. The llb-
.a4y table was gilt to the boys from
the Woman's Auxiliary.
A piano and vIctrola furnish eX-
celient accompanimenls for the ambl- |
tious singers.
Handsome pictures of the three
great generals, Pershing, Foch and |
HAL, atorn the walls of the front
room and very soon a photograph IS
to be secured of Acniral Sims to
be placed along side of the army
leaders. There are three pictures
attract more than ordinary interest.
They are scenes Of the troops of Co.
d during the days of the Spanish
American war. One shows the boys
in the roadway near the station here
I; 80 T. ~ 1nIi
cred by Judge Wendell P. Stafford. In
the same picture are shown member,
in uniform, of the Canton Crescent,
Commandery and Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. The second picture
shows the boys boarding the train for
camp and the third scene is one of
the guardsmen stationed at Chlcka-
manga. There are at present only two
members OF the legion, Captain Her
bert Wilcox and Major John w. J
Tinker, who were in Company d at ,
that time.
The legion has very good pho
to8raph of W K. Knapp, who was
k led in action at Seisbury, which IS :,
ID be enlarged and hung on the wall,
banked by the colors. There is /
Large frame on the wall, which con
tains pictures Of many battle places !
and ruins in France and there IS also |
a larger picture of the giant liner,
Leviathan, which many Of the boys
went over on.
The large hall j.. the rear of the
building is used for meetings, social I
dances and such affairs as We're con-
Quoted Friday night. 1t is spacious !
ENOUGH to accommodate 80 couples or
more and makes an ideal dance hall. |
On the wall has been hung large |
American Legion emblem, done in oil,
BY Ebert Lynch, w-ich is banked on |
either side by the Legion flag and
the national colors, lie is now work
inc on larger one, which will take
its place soon. A kitchenette is to be
built in the far corner of the ROOM
where lunches may be prepared for
anv Of the little social affairs that
are held A large cupboard has al
ready been established TO hold the
LARGE sunplv Of dishes furnished by
the auxiliary.
Everything considered the legion
hovs have fine home. r. !. lynch !
l.. A. I.acroix and w S. Batchelder
'-'oo1hers Of the House committee |
keen n watchful eve out for all nos
SjhIn improvements. The entertain
ment committee has plans for many
activities.