The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-02-23
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!: AMERICAN LEGION !:

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Auxiliary Units:
j Waconia, Shelly, Houston, Becker,
Isle, Marble, Greenbush, Cambridge,
SWanville, Isanti, Alden, Crosby,
Blooming Prairie, Montgomery, St..
Anthony PIX. St. Paul, John De Parcq
St. Paul, Sherburn, Pillager, Hamline
Post st. Paul, Morgan Park, Duluth
Buffalo, Motley, Fosston, Austin,
Roosevelt, Cannon Falls, Spring
Grove, Mortified, Coleraine, Lafayet-
te; total 80.
"The backbone of The American
Legion" is how National Commander
MacNider refers to the American, Lee.
gion Auxiliary. What use is the
Legion Auxiliary? Is visiting sick
buddies in hospital any use? Or
repairing clothing for unemployed
veterans? Or putting on entertain
ments the money from which is used
to buy comforts for wounded boys in
hospitals? Or assisting the families
of destitute service men? Or making
and sending home made jams and
jellies to veterans in hospital. Or
making post. clubrooms neat and
serving nice little lunches to the boys
when they hold meetings?
lie Sueur Legion Auxiliary made
money buy putting on a bazaar and
card party-they sent flowers to sick
veterans and $25 to the Disabled Sol
der Fund. Mabel unit made $50 on
a doughnut sale-mcney used to
help disabled. ,Fairymont unit realiz-
ed $500 from bazaar-money used
for same purpose. Grand Rapids
made $500 by an indoor carnival.
Pennington secured $S5 for the Sick
Soldier Sunshine Fund by putting on
a school entertainment. Hancock
held candy sale which Melted $25
for this fund. Waterville sent $40
and a case of fresh eggs-pages
could be written recounting similar
deeds of Minnesota women who, in
our Legion Auxiliary units, are serv-
ing today just as they served in war
days.
Iowa and Minnesota lead the ma
ton in total number of Legion AUX
iliary units established in their re-
spective states. Three hundred If
our 500 Gopher Legion posts have
contributed to this achievement by |
forming auxiliary units. Sooner or
later the other 200 posts will form
auxiliary units. Boost for the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary Of Minnesota.
It's a good organization, made up of
the women we love and who love anil
stand by US loyalty. 1t is only fair
that they should have part in our
affairs now as in 1918. Help make
our Minnesota Auxiliary the biggest
as we'll as the best. If yours is one
of the 200 bachelor Gopher posts,
secure charter application blanks
from Miss Blanche Scallen,r Gophe
Legion Auxiliary State Hq, 900 |
Plymouth Building, Minneapolis, and
unite the women of your community
in unit which will not only he a
help and credit to you locally but will
do it's bit toward cheering and conf
forting our sick and wounded con-
rades who still are fighting the way
in our government hospitals. Even I
tually, your post will have Legion
Auxiliary unit-why not now?
For Memorial Day, 1921 the Amer 4
lean Legion of Minnesota and it's I
bought and distributed
more than 100000 peoples to be
worn in memory of the dead. And
with the approach of another Me- 4
mortal Day, Mrs. Sandy Hamilton, I
Auxiliary State President, is linking
this remembrance flower with good
work whereby the disabled boys in
the government hospitals Of our state 4
are furnished with materials out of !
which they are making thousands of
peoples, part of the profits of which,
when sold by the Legion units of Min
nesota, will go to these boys. Thus, 4
while tending to keep them busy and
happy, this plan will furnish these
sick buddies with much needed pock-
It money.
give hundred members in Nine
teen Hundred and Twenty Two" is
slogan of Albert Lea Legionaires,
whose post is named after Leo Mar :
Tin Carey, first Albert Lea boy to die 4
for his country in the great war.
When death faced him he played the
game, sticking to his post in the
radio room and sending out distress :
signal after signal while German :
sent his ship to a watery
grave. He went down with the colofs
# Old Glory floating high above
aim.
Last year William Mccoy Post of
Rochester had 1913 members. This
yeas it set out to gain five hundred :
N membership campaign now on. :
And already it has surpassed the five
hundred members mark and expects