Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06
AMERICAN
LEGION
news
Conducted by Lewis NJ. vGrist,
Publicity Officer, Mech Stew
art Post, No. 66.
Hickory Grove Elects.


during 1922: j. II. Hood, post COM
mander; C. Guy Castles, vice comman-
der; Grover w. Brown, adjutant; sam
II. WiIkerson, finance officer; w. Z.
Quinn, sergeant at arms. Executive
committee: C. B. Ratchford, j, J. Buice'
Jett Smith.
According to Finance Officer Wilker-
son, Hickory Grove post has made ar
rangements to have as permanent
quarters the w. o. w. hall in Hickory
Grove, which will be fitted up as we'll
as the means of the post will permit.
1t is estimated that there are no less
than forty white ex-service men living
in the vicinity of Hickory Grove post,
and an effort will be made to induce
them all to become legionaires during
the wear. Plans are on foot for the or
eanization Of a Woman's Auxiliary OF
the legion at Hickory Grove.
Mech Stewart to Elect.
The annual election OF officers OF
Meech Stewart Post, No. 66, is to take
place at the regular monthly meeting
for January, which is TO be held in Le-
gion hall on Wednesday evening, jan
uarv lS, at s O'Clock. In addition to the
election of officers an eXecutivei COM
mittee will be elected and it is expected
that at this meeting the post COM
handkerchief win appoint his standing
committees for the year. AT the Janu- |
ary meeting the annual report or the
retiring post commander will be read
and reports of other officers will be re-
ceived.
Mech Stewart Post will have much
work to do during January and Fepru-
ary Practically all memberships eS-
pire in January and the first big job is
20 enroll for another year all the pres
ent members of the post, as well as to
enroll as many new members as posi-
BILE. Annual dues for 1922 will be 30
instead of. SO, the increased amount CIV
ing more money for local purposes. Al
the November meeting this action was
decided upon with the understanding
that members living outside the cor
porate limits of Yorkville would not be
asked to pay monthly club dues for the
maintenance of the American Legion
= club.
Agitation has been commenced
among some of the members for the
admission of young men who are not
ex-service men as members Of the
American Legion Club. in order that
they might help support the institu-
ton The proposal is2that should the
Legion vote to allow admission of out
siders it would be distinctly understood
that they should have no voice what
ever in the conduct Of the post. This
matter will be threshed out at the jan
uary meeting. ."
Legion Heads to Plan.
Indianapolis, Ind-General Pershing,
Secretary of the Navy DENLY, per-
sonal representative of President Har-
ding and other government officials
will attend meeting to discuss the
work of the American Legion for the
, coming year, to be held herLA January
90 and 81.
Hanford MacNider, the Legion's COM
mander, has called a session of the or
ganization's executive committee for
these dates. The committee is COM
posed of one representative from each
state and from fifteen foreign countries
All national officers and state comman-
ders and adjutants have been invited to
the meetings.
[- Comman ander MacNider's plans for
1922, service and rehabilitation work,
and routine business will be discussed.
Reports Of special and standing COM
mittees will be received.
Representatives of the Veterans Bu-
reau and other government agencies
operating for the relief of ex-service
men will attend the sessions.
Visited Charleston Post.
Charleston Sunday News: Mr. James
d. Grist, commander Mech Stewart
Post, York, and Mrs. Grist spent sever
nj days on the coast during the Christ
mas season. Mr.. and Mrs. Grist were
in Charleston. Mr.. and Mrs. Grist were
Christmas. They left Christmas eve
and spent three days with Mr.. James
Henry Rice, Jr., Virgins, return
ing to Charleston Tuesday. Mr.. Grist
visited American Legion headquarters
where he met number of members of
the Charleston Post. Mr.. Grist is one
OF the most active legion men in his
section of the state and has succeeded
in building up live organization at
York.
To Visit Posts Over State.
Mr.. Ben Z. Adams IF Charleston,
chairman of the state executive COM
mittee of the South Carolina depart
ment, expects to visit u number OF :he
posts over South Carolina during 1922
and may come to York county. Mr..
Adams is adjutant Of Charleston post
and deserves much credit for the live
organization maintained in that city.
Charleston post has the largest men,
bership of any post in the state and
has done great work in looking after