The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-30
Legion Notes

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Legion Notes
Fred R. Heintzelman post No.
II, American Legion, meets Tues
day February a.
Herschell j. Hamilton post No.
112, American Legion, meets Mon
day February 6.
Fairmont post No $40, v. f. w.
meets Tuesday February IL at K.
Of P. hall.
National Convention Dates
The Fourth National Convention
of the American Legion will be at
New Orleans October 1920 inclu-
slye. It will require I'VE days to
attend to the bus iness OF the con-
yention this year. Legionaires
who are thinking Of taking advan-
tage Of this opportunity to attend
q national convention during vaca.
ton should stick a pin in this date.
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom
Come
The play 1.-THE Little Shepherd
OF Kingdom Come" will be pre-
scented tonight at tho Normal
school by the Foremost Dramatic
Players, This is the third number
Of the entertainment course OF the
Fred r Heintzelman post No.. II.
American Legion. Z
Join Tho Legion
Marshall N. Hamilton, post
treasurer, Of Fred r. Helntzelman
post No. IL has issued an INVITA-
tlon to ali ex-service men and wo-
mon to Join the post. Mr.. Hamil-
ton can be found at the H-H drug
store. The He'ntzelman post is
planning several events next
month that all members Of the post
will want to attend and so every
ex-servlce man Is urged to join
now In order to'be in line when the
big doings are pulled off. The
post is expecting to get new quar-
ters soon and other evene will
come later.
Down with tho stars and
stripes" yelled 9. E. Swazey at a
meeting of the American Legion
post at Marion. o. Just us Presi-
dent Harding's fellow citizens were
rolling up their sleeves they learn
ed he was only mlmickinE the mat
ing call OF the Bolshevik.
a light wines and beer bill
Solely to provide revenue for the
payment Of a soldiers bonus Is OPP
posed by a Syracuse, N. Y, post OF
the American Legion.
.Far-seeing friends presented
rolling pins to'two brides Of Amer
lean Legion men at initiation exer-
ctses'of the Vinton. Ia, unit Of the
auxiliary.
Kings and thinkers and makers Of
books-all are out OF a job. In
one week three American Legion
post adjutants applied for work at
the Municipal Employment bureau
in Now York City.
20 please send me 9 mani"
pleaded a frenzied voice fover the
telephone. Rufus Bethea, Amer
lean Legion's employment mana
ger In Birmingham, Ala, seized a
base ball bat and went. All he
had to rescue was a Persian kit
ten.
Stephen F. Tillman. youngest
war veteran" enlisted at IA years,
His story was reported by the
American Legion post at Washing
ton, D. c., and within a week he
had received two offers to join the
movies and had been elected fire
marshall of Rainier, Md, his home
town.
The right Of the navy depart
ment to make notation on a sailors
official record two years after his
discharge has, been denied by AS
slstant Secretary Roosevelt on ap-
peal OF the American Legion Of
New York.
Move the house and you can
have it." With this injunction,
the Carbonate. Pa, post OF the
American Legion rolled up its
sleeves and became possessed Of a
large, commodius mansion for its
clubhouse.
1t took SO American Legion ex-
soldiers just "a hours to build a
four-room.and-bath house In Los
Angeles for q disabled buddy
whose home was destroyed by hre,
Exception to the statement Of
Gen. Amos A Fries, chief Of the
Chemical Warfare service, that
poison gas is Humane" Is TAKEN
by William F. Deegan, head Of the
American Legion Of New York. He
cites x.ray proof to show that SO
per cent OF the states tubercular
war veterans are victims Of gas.
Atlantic City, N. J., as the site