The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-07-27
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AMERICAN LEGION
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Ex-soIdiers to Meet Next Month

Ex-Soldiers to Meet Next Month
Virginia, July 22-The appearance OF
Hanford MacNider, National Command
er of the. American Legion here for the
State Convention to be held August
21st to oath will complete one OF the
most extensive Legion programs ever
attempted in Minnesota A complete
program of entertainment has been
provided for the 5000 delegates and
guests who are expected to come. 1t
was announced today by the ConVen-
ton Committe, who is exertlng every
possible means to put the convention
over as the biggest in the State.
Auxiliary units throughout the
state are pleased with the fact that
President, will be present to address
that body, which convenes here at
the same time as the Legion gathering.
Reduced railroad rates will be avail,
motor here. making a tour or the
Range and Vermilion Lake districts
after the business sessions.
yeterans' Bureau Trainee Makes Good
A trainee of the Veterans Bureau,
a disabled man, has recently finished
a two years agricultural course. AT
the present time he is herd manager
for large and progressive dairy com
pany. He receives one hundred COL
lars month, is supplied with com
pletely furnished home, garden,
TRANSFORMATION facilities, and has the
privilege of building up a herd OF his
own on the Company property at no
ion is that the milk from the herd go
to the Company. Any increase in the
herd belongs to him.
This permits him to pullo up
enable him to start in business Tor
himself, if he should desire to give up
his present position.
Veterans Bureau trainee VINO APP
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shown to be making good.
Buddy, Believe i'm Your Home Town
Buddy, believe in your home town.
If it's in Minnesota, it's a good town,
and there. If so, help clean EN- up.
Your home town and thousand otn-
ers represent one star In the nag lot
your Legion post. help brighten up
the North Star State until II SHINES
more radiantly than any other star IN
Old Glory.
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Peace-Time Patriotism
Peace-ttime patriotism urges every
Gopher Legion post to keep pusy pro
noting the common welfare, st1mulat-
ing good citizenship, Strengthening
the power of other organizations that
are working toward the same end.
LegionaireS are Workers-1nterested In
every phase of community life, carry
bors peace time program OF act1v1-
ties assuring high degree Of commun-
ity welfare.
Always Lending a Helping Hand
Where do Minnesotas $50 Auxiliary
Units come in? What do they do to
help the men of the Legion: It would
thew don't do In Minnesota their first
great aim has been to bring the loy-
ing touch of womanhood to the bedslde
of our crippled boys in hospitals to
brighten the dark days Of hospital
life So long as single BUDDY re-
mains in a hospital, that will be the
Minnesota Legion Auxiliary's first aim.
But they are also on the JOB to pro-
vide social entertainment for Mime
sofa Legionaires and their friends, IN
GLIDING dances, beach parties, CON
certs. lectures, dramatics, and little
suppers not only for the post members
hut for disabled comrades. Every
week. the Legion Auxiliary Units OF
minnesota are showing in some new
way their thoughtful regard for their
boys of the Legion:
Certificate of Disability
Unless Great War veterans who
are suffering from Sickness or
injuries due to or incurred during
their war service, make appIfca-
ton before August 9th to the o.
s. Veterans Bureau, Keith Plaza
Building, Minneapolis, for Ger
tifcate Of Disability they will be
unable to secure or even apply for
compensation for such sickness or
injuries-after August 9th, 1922.
Write now to II. s. Veteran Bur-
eau Minneapolis for "Certffcate of
Disability" before 1t Is too late.
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