The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-05-12

Chamber of Commerce rooms, Glas-
gov, the second Tuesday of each
month.
"For a year of devotion we have
set aside a day of recognition. So long
as man lives not by bread alone, so
long shall this word, Mother, remain
the strongest and sweetest word in
any language" says Hanfard MacNi-
der, national commander Of the Ameri-
can Legion, in his Mothers Day mes
sage to posts of the organization.
1--WE of the American Legion are
working away at the building of a high
castle of patriotism on the rock of
sacrifice" the messages continues.
"We offer and dedicate the work of
our hands to the mothers of Amreica."
Mothers. Day, May IA, will be OBJ
served nationally and locally by the
$500 units of the American Legion
Auxiliary, made up of wives, mothers,
daughters and sisters of Legion men.
When the country school-house at
N~olensville, Tenn, burned to the
ground and the children were having
to wolk six miles to school, American
Legion men Of the village bought old
lumber and themselves erected a new
school building.
The whole East coast heard the
bride promise to ''love, honor and
obey" when Miss Sarah Cockefaire,
nurse, and A. P. Schlafke, both of
Brooklyn, were married in an air.
plane flying over New York. The
plane was equipped with a radio
b~roadcaster. The couple then flew to
the American Legion's mountain re-
sort at Lake Upper for their honey
moor.
Five hundred armed American Le-
gion men patrolled the Fort Worth,
Tex, flood areas during the disaster
in which SO inhabitants lost their
lives. The men responded to the may
or's call to prevent looting and aid
in rescue work.
Two disastrous fires which almost
wiped out the townof St. Regis, N. Y,
have caused the American Legion of
that place to form a volunteer fire
fighting unit. The legion also has or
ganized the older men into a bucket
brigade.
Winneteka, exclusive suburb of
Chicago, has turned the village pail
into a garage for bicycles, and one
of the cells is for rent. The elimina-
ton of crime is credited to the local
American Legion post which formed a
volunteer police force of 70 men.
On the ground that "our greatest
heroes probably are obscure soldiers
whose names and deeds are unknown"
the American Legion of Ohio has de-
clined to comply with Gov. Davis re-
quest that it name the states great
est hero.
A women's shovel brigade will be
mustered into service at Bartlesville,
Okla, on Memorial Day. Women of
the American Legion Auxiliary will
themselves turn the sod and plant
$500 young trees dedicated to world
war soldiers.
President and Mrs. Harding, cab
met officers and foreign government
representatives will be guests of the
American Legion of Washington, D.
c., when the organization holds it's
annual track and field meet May 6.
One should eat snails to grow thin.
Dean Aver of Akron University gave
the anti-fat remedy to an American
Legion post, saying: Follow the
English custom, starting the meal with
some nice juicy, squashy snails and
you won't want anything more for a
week.
Poor families in Nashville, Tenn,
will be provided with ice this summer
by Nashville post of the American
Legion. The service men reported
scores of INDECENT families unable to
keep food and milk for babies during
the sweltering weather.
On July Fourth, all persons in Seat
tie, WASH, who have reached the age
Of Fl during the preceding year, will
take a public oath of allegiance to
the United States and the constitu-
ton, under the auspices of the Wash
ington University post of the Ameri-
can Legion.
The Distinguished Service Order of