The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-05

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cities.
There has not been motion picture
show in Okarchee So the American
Legion post is buying standard pro.
lection machine, installing its own
light plant and will give the public en-
tertainments in it's auditorium.
Legion audtoriums are not selfishly
conducted by the local posts. They
are considered as community centers.
All classes of civic organizations are
invited to meet there.
While it has been building the club
house the post has been adding to its
membership until today it has nearly
every eligible man on its rolls These
members have donated all of their
spare time for many months in build.
ing work.
A few miles north of Okarche is
Kingfsher, where the Legion COM
munity building was dedicated on
Memorial day as a monument to the
men who lost their lives in the war.
Just south is El Reno, where the
post has several thousand dollars in
its building fund and is almost ready
to start obstruction work Following
the Rock Island north and south or
| any other line in. the state 1t will be
found that nearly every community
of 700 inhabitants or more has it's post
of the American Legion. And every
post has a community building or has
plans for one and is raising money
to make its dreams come true.
| Hugo recently built a Legion club
house in less than O week following
the plan adopted by the Y. w. c.. A.
for its army camp hostess houses.
which its members are cutting and
hauling to the city.
Although the Legion is filling the
need Of young men for an organiza.
| ton for their recreation, 1t is also
proving to be a junior chamber of
commerce. Webster .Schrack post of
Bigheart. recently placed trash cans
along business streets of the town
and asked the public to help it keep
clean. Two weeks later 1t built q
concrete road marker and street light
in the public square. II Is now look
/ ing for more things to do for Big
heart. Civic pride is strong in the
Legion.
Through the cooperation of the
state library commission fifteen posts
in the state have now installed libra
ries OF from 200 to 1000 volumes each.
| In every case there had not been
library in the town before. In every
case books are loaned 10 legionaires
and others alike.
Boy scout troops in dozens Of towns
have been organized or adopted by
Legion posts. Veterans are acting as
scout masters and leading the boys
in their sports and other undertakings.
A memorial park for fairs and live
stock sales and exhibitions is being
boosted by u post at Watonga. Post
Bernard Gill OF Shawnee. is pushing q
city park.
Nowadays the young man finds II
| difficult to save an evening or two
each week for his sweetheart, His time
is fully taken up He is a member of
NHt lstbAhll be0tb1it hNhhis hN
to spend an evening studying some
technical book at the post library or
finishing novel he has begun: he
must attend the regular post meeting
or he Is a member Of some committee
on Legion business or to cooperate
with the chamber of commerce. His
time Is full The hours between and
10 y. m. are short for him. he has no
opportunity TO wish for bed time.
Here are some Of the things which
the Legion Is doing: Building club
rooms or community buildings, furn'
ishing them. planting trees, boosting
play grounds and parks, providing rec
reation for the public as well as its
own members, providing Libraries,
leading Boy Scouts, conducting clean
up campaigns, aiding worthy chari-
ties. such us the Franco-American
Chilldren's league, aiding its own
members in distress or the dependent
members Of their families.