The Sauk Centre herald., 1922-06-22
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AMERICAN LEGION
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The Legion Auxiliary Units of
Ramsey County have volunteered to
contribute $4,000 to endow a room in
the Minnesota Legion Memorial Hos |
pital and have begun series OF en-
tertainments to that end, the first OF |
which was great success. The Aux
iliary to VIM. Mccoy post of Roches-
ter has pledged $4,000 for the same
purpose and has already collected
81, 100 through teas and various en-
tertainments. During the First
District Legion Convention at Lake
City June 9th the delegates outlined
a plan whereby each of the Sc posts
of the Fearless, Fighting First will
contribute it's share of $4,000 Tor
the hospital fund.
"Buy brick for the Legion Me.
mortal Hospital" was the slogan OF
Faribault Legionaires, whose record
in the showing of Cardigan, patrio-
tic motion picture, is hard to beat.
Speakers attended every meeting,
billboards were used, heralds and
posters put in store windows and
taken home by school children.
Schools co-operated-Shattuck ex-
cused from drill all cadets who wore
bricks as proof that they had bought
tickets to the Legion's Cardigan. st.
James marched down in body; the
school for the Deaf sent 263; st.
Mary's attended with forty; the three
Catholic schools attended special
parochial school matinee; the Legion
hung up a prize for the largest per-
centage of attendance and one school
won it by having every pupil present.
Two thousand tickets were sold be-
fore the picture was shown. More
than two hundred were sold at the
box office each night of the show.
The ushers. in the costume of 1776,
headed by drum corps, paraded the
town. Three Legionaires = Matt
Hintsala, Robert Pye and William
Vlymen- formed the central commit
tee which laid all the plans, appoint
ed all subcommittee and saw that
they did their work in true Gopher
stvle. Result: $941.98 after all ex-
penses were paid. Wonderful! Not
at adjust sample of the> spirit
which makes Faribault famous.
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eve are triumphant: We wrecked
the record of another good state and
are after more blood! We licked the
erstwhile kingly Gophers! On the
grave of Minnesota is sitting the
state of North Carolina! The clar-
ion call of Dan has taken their place.
Taking a pair of very strong field
glasses, Dan of North Carolina can
see in the dim distance Minnesota
horse and buggy! He wonders if the
driver is one Harry B. Kalus y
Words from the pen of Dan S. Holl-
enga, who last year as Legion Nation
al Field Officer visited Minnesota Le-
gionaires. Our good friend Dan is
Dragging of "the defeat of Minnesota
by North Carolina in the Legion
National Membership race. But wait
Dan, July First is near at hand
Then watch those Gophers go!
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Eleven Legion departments are
over their 1921 membership mark !.
Why not Minnesota? We can do it!
Twenty-six thousand, five hundred of
our twenty-nine thousand paid up
buddies of 1921 have already rein
stated. Let's round up the other
two thousand five hundred. One hun
dred and fifty Of our Gopher posts
have already stepped on the gas and
shot over the top! But we want all
of this Gopher Gang to lean clear off
the track on July first. Many a
buddy has been forgotten to remem-
Der" to pay his dues for 1922. Let's
relieve his troubled conscience on
July first? And in addition to rein
stating old members and enrolling new
ones, let's take the subscriptions Of
citizens, clubs, libraries, ETC., to re-
ceive the American Legion Weekly at
So per year. Circulation is as vital
to the weekly as membership is to
the Legion. And reading the weekly
will help folks to understand and
cooperate with us in our plans for
the good of our communities and
America.
In making success of the Gopher
Legion membership drive July first,
Minnesota posts will use posters, Ian
tern slides, advertisements, and will
build booths on the streets to catch
the Gophers. The post commander,
through courtesy of the local news
paper, will publish a statement;
wards, precincts, townships will be
canvassed. Outlying towns will be
visited. The Legion Weekly will
send data to help. Every Gopher
will be on the job. The Legion Aux
iliary, Boy Scouts, and other organ
izations will help. New posts will
be organized in small towns if neces-
sary. If one plan won't work, then
other plans will be originated. That's
where the Gophers shine! They
never sit back and say it can't be
done.
And to the Gopher posts in each
congressional district which forwards
to Minnesota Legion Headquarters
between June 30th and P. M. July