Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-07
Comfortably Located.

Eli Bales Post of the American Le-
e;on at Fort MILL is now, comfortably
located in it's new club rooms in that
town and everything connected with
the post is moving along nicely. While
nothing definite has been done about 1t
yet, it Is quite likely that county
wide Armistice Day celebration will be
pulled in Fort Mill next November un-
der the auspices of Eli Bales Post.
4, 5000 Members in s. c.
The South Carolina Department of
the American Legion at present has a
membership of about 5000, according
to Morris c. Lumpkin, the department
commander. Quite a number OF posts
over the state have plans for member
ship drives within the next few weeks.
The total Legion membership at the
end of last year was about $500 and
Commander Lumpkin has high hopes
that the end of the present year, which
comes in September, will show con-
siderable increase over last years to-
tai.
Sharon Post Dragging. 6.
Hope Byers Post No. SO of the Amer
lean Legion at Sharon, is just dragging
along now, according to j. Clyde Plex-
leo, post commander, who says that eX-
service men of that community are not
Joining the legion like they should. In
fact so far only about eleven ex-ser-
vice men have paid their dues as MEM
bers Of the legion. The post hopes to
put out a good baseball team this sum
mer and the commander and other Of
ficers have plans for number of post
activities. t'i
Hickory Grove.
J. Herschell Hood, commander of
Hickory Grove Post, hopes that the
post will soon be in its own quarters.
The legionaires have their eye on 2
second story hall on Main street, and
they believe that they are soon going
to be in position to rent! this hall and
equip it as a legion home.
The State Convention.
1t is hoped that every post in York
county will send full delegation to
the next convention of the South Caro-
lima department, which convention will
be held in FLORENCE in September. Each
post is entitled to one delegate for ev-
cry twenty-five members or fraction
thereof. Since there are five posts in
York county, the largest number by
the way of any county in the state,
York county should have quite little
army to move on Florence.
Let Them Know.
By the way, do you know an ex-ser-
vice man in your community who, in.
your opinion, Is entitled to government
compensation because Of wounds or in
juries incurred in line of service? If you
do tell the service officer Of the Amer
ican Legion Post nearest you about it.
The duty of the service officer Of each
post Is to look after such cases and
they will be glad to do it.
+ Government lnsGrance. ~
By the way, buddies, what about your
government insurance? Are you still
holding on to it, or have you allowed it
to lapse? If you have dropped it sup
pose you talk it over with the insur-
ance officer Of your post Government
insurance is the cheapest insurance go
ing for an -soldier-insurance that
he can hardly afford to be without.
The veterans bureau proposes to put
on a drive for the purpose of renewing
insurance in the near future, since
there are thousands and thousands Of
ex-soldiers who have allowed theirs to
drop. The American Legion post COM
mander living nearest you will be glad
to give you all information relative to
government insurance.
Fourth of July.
How about a Fourth Of July: celebra-
ton somewhere in York county under
American Legion auspices? 1t would
be q good thing to do and it is time
that some action was started If any
thing is to be done. Which Of the
towns of the county would like to have
a big Fourth Of July celebratio under
legion auspices?
A government of orouDs by