The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-11-02
DISTRICT LEGION
AND AUXILIARY.
MRS. PETER SCHAEFER AND
MRS. E. A. LABEAU RE
ELECTED TO OFFICES.

the American Legion and Legion
/ Auxiliary convened in Duluth Fri
day and Saturday and the attend
ance was much larger than at any
previous meeting. Friday evening
the Legion entertained the listing
delegates with a social affair and a
boxing show in which the opponents
of the manly art of the entire dis
trict participated.
Saturday afternoon was taken up
with informal committee meetings
and sightseeing trips TO the steel
plant and other places of interest
at the Zenith City. Saturday even
ing a banquet of both the Legion
and Auxiliary took place at the
Chamber of Commerce with Warren
E. Greene acting as POSTMASTER,
Addresses were made at thes BAN
quet by Warren S. lamar, COM
mander of the David Visited Post
of Duluth, Paul o. Stone, command
err of the Eighth District and Mrs.
Peter Schaefer, president of the
Eighth District Auxiliary. Musical
numbers were also given and other
entertainment features presented.
After the banquet the official
meeting of the Legion Posts was
held at the club rooms of the Du-
luth Post. Twenty Posts in the
district were represented. A new
amendment to the constitution, rel
alive to representation, was intro
duced and final action will be taken
at the meeting next month at
Marble which was selected as the
November meeting place. At that
time it is expected Duluth will
officially return to the district.
Mrs. Peter Schaefer was unani-
mously reelected president of the
Eighth District Legion Auxiliary
and Mrs. E. A. LaBeau was also
unanimously reelected secretary
treasurer, thus honoring Ely and its
Auxiliary Post Mrs. G. P. Halvor-
| son of Nashwauk was elected vice
president.
Members of both the Legion and
Auxiliary at the meetings Saturday
afternoon and, evening condemned
the Federated Women's Clubs at
Hibbing for their recent attack on
the veterans of the Worlds War.
The Federated Clubs had adopted
resolution severely criticising Lee
| gionaires ''for using Intoxicating
liquors and creating disturbances
at Legion Conventions. Resolutions,
worded in unmistakable language
were adopted by both the Auxiliary
and Legion at the meeting in which
it was declared that responsibility
| for drunkenness and disturbances at
Legion Conventions "was due to
persons entirely outside the Legion,
who take advantage of any con-
vention to create disturbances and
impressions that are contrary to the
ideals and precepts of the Ameri-
can Legion" A copy of the resolu-
ton was ordered sent to the presi-
dent of the Federated Clubs. to the
headquarters of the Legion for Min
nesota, to the press and to the
American Legion Weekly.
Mrs. G. P. Halvorson of Nash
wauk was chairman of the commit
tee that introduced the resolution
at the Auxiliary meeting, the other
members of the committee being
Mrs. ]. B. Graham and Mrs. Carrie
A. Cox of Duluth and Mrs. R. P.
Pearsall of Virginia. The resolu-
tion follows:
Whereas, it has come to the at
tention Of the American Legion
Auxiliary of the Eighth district, in
convention assembled, of the action
taken by the Minnesota Federation
of Women's Clubs at its recent
state convention, held at Hibbing,
whereby a resolution was passed by
that body in criticism of the Ameri-
can Legion men during their con-
ventions, and
Whereas, We feel this criticism
to be unjust, and
Whereas, The said resolution
was published in several newspapers,
thereby holding them up to public
ridicule and condemnation.
"Be it hereby resolved, That we
enter protest to the action taken by
your body and request that in JUS
tice to these loyal Americans, it re-
scind this action and that it will do
all in its power to counterfeit the
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