The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-06-11

is in constant demand as a meeting
place Tor all sorts of organizations.
The legion's building was found to
long felt want in Rayvl;le.
Camp Stafford Post of the American
Legion, composed of patients at the
| United States Public Health Service
Hospital near Alexandria, observed
National Hospital Day by escorting
visitors about the hospital and dis
tributing flowers and favors.
Nearly five hundred dollars was
realized by the iberia Parish Post of
American Legion of New Iberia
through 'Block Dance" given there
to defray the expenses Of tie post
delegates to the convention of the de-
partment of Louisiana at Bogalousa
this year. A "Block Dance" is a
novelty entertainment in which a
square of sidewalk pavement is roped
off, music provided and dancers charg-
ed so much dance.
The hearse that will carry the body
Of Gustave Schultz to it's final resting
place when it arrives in New Orleans
will be a fag-draped street car, laden
with flowers, according to announce
ment of the Manning-Schuth Post of
the American Legion, that bears the
dead hero's name. Schuth was en-
ployed by the New Orleans Railway
and Light Company entering the ser
vice, and when a post of men working
for this company recently was formed
he was selected as patron here.
Schultz was a motorman on one of the
New Orleans lines and the company
decided that the most appropriate
tribute they could pay would be to
suspend traffic on lines to his home to
make way for funeral car.
In compliment to the local post OF
the American Legion, Lafayette lodge
of Elks yielded July Fourth and post
poned all festivities planned for that
day SO the Legionaires could have
complete charge.
Five members of one family were
placed OH the job with the same CON-
pany recently by the American Legion
and Service Bureau,
American Legion Home, New Or
leans. These lnen were L. l.. Sciiu-
man, who is Al years old, down to M.
F. Schuman, who is eighteen, the other
brothers being E. j., "a, c. V. 81 and
P. S., 81.
American Legion posts all over the
state are preparing to observe Flag
Day, June Ia, with simple services
.anee q ,:e'; of tfle Il stars and stripes july
Fourth celebrations are being planned
on a larger scale.
When it was proposed in Berlin that
Lhe famous Hindenburg wooden
statue. into which the former kaiser
drove gold nail and the common
German iron ones, should be SOLD at
public auction, an American appear
ed on the scene. He offered 30,Ooo
marks for the figure. Pressed as TO
his reason, the American said ne pro
nosed to bring it to Americe and let
Americans drive nails into it again
at 25 cents nail, the proceeds 10 GO
to the American Legion and the keo
Cross.
Forty thousand acres OF growing
Young pines have been dedicated 20
the memory of veterans Of the world
war who died fighting Americas bat
Ties. as well as those who lived to
carry it on, by Washington parish.
The local post Of the American Legion
had charge of the services dedicatlng
the forest of mourning pines. An
inscription placed in the MIDST llIa; Oh tne
Young evergreens asks: "What more
ftting than a growing evergreen pine,
always lifting its lofty arms to pray:"
The Magic City Post Of the American
Legion will see that the living mem
oral is perpetuated by careful guard
ianship of the trees which will provide
homes and protection for posterlty,
as those to whom they are dedlcateo
died for that purpose.
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7-arn1 sr