The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-12-18

and clothing. These outside Mime
sofa as we'll as those in the state hos.
pitfalls, will be sent gift packages and
boxes. In towns where hospitals are
situated, the local units will pay visits
to the patients and distribute the
remembrances. In cases where there
are no hospitals, the units will for
word their gifts to Minneapolis, st.
Paul, ST. Cloud, ST. Peter, Walker,
and other cities and towns where vet
Grams are, being cared for. Big par
ties are being planned at the Aber-
deem Hospital, St. Paul; Hospital 60
and Thomas Hospital, Minneapolis;
the Veterans Bureau Hospital in st.
Cloud, and elsewhere. Some Mime
sofa men hospitalized at Whipple
Barricks, in Arizona will be rer en-
bered, as will those scattered among
the other institutions in the niti
States.
Many posts and units are. coopt rat
ing in staging community Christmas
tree programs, or are leading the
way in such observances. In some
cases programs will be held Christ
mas night, and in practically all the
towns that boast a Legion organiza.
ton, Legionaires and Auxiliary mem.
bers will take part in services held
in the churches.
1914 Given to Hospital
Minnesota Legion posts and Auxi-
liary units set new record recently
when they paid 1914 for the support
of the Minnesota Legion Hospital AS
ISOLATION in a single week. The larg-
est total previously recorded was for
the preceding week-$306. The mon
ey is used in caring for men in need
of medical treatment who are not in
a financial position to help them
selves. Most of the cash goes for
room and board, since through ali
arrangement with the Mayo Clinic,
the medical treatment proper is given
free of charge when the Legion as
sures the clinic that the patient is
unable to pay. The work is about
the most important being carried on
by Minnesota Legionaires, Depart
ment Commander Edwin Lindell says.
To the first Minnesota Legion district
whose posts each contribute their
share for the support of the Associa-
ton, a gold mounted and suitable en-
graved gavel will be presented.
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Revolving Fund at Work
Mrs. Julia Williams, chairman of
rehabilitation for the Minnesota Lee
gion Auxiliary, made a trip recently
through the northern farm colonies,
and she reports as a result of her
observations that she is sure the ere.
volving cow fund is the biggest and
most effective work ever undertaken
by Minnesota Legion Auxiliary units.
The use of the fund involves a plan
for loaning money to trainees of the
U.S.. Veterans Bureau on the colonies
for the purchase of cows and chick
ems. The loans are repaid in small
over a long period of
time and as soon as one debter re-
mits, the money is loaned to another
trainee.
Two Things to Remember
Less than two weeks left for bud
dies to register their claims for hos
pital treatment, vocational training,
or compensation, with the U. S. Vet
Grams Bureau. Time limit expires |
January 1, 1925, after which no
claims are received. Go now to the
nearest u. S. V. Bureau doctor and
be examined. Such examination
placed on file with the Bureau, will
enable you to secure any necessary |
aid later on. Failure to thus regist-
err your claim before January 1st,
outlaws your claim, as the law now
reads. That's one thing to remem
Der; another is that if you have de-
oendents, and die before making ap.
olication for the federal bonus,'
your dependents will receive only
,ne-third the amount they would get
we're your claim filed. Instead of
getting s'paid-up insurance" the de-
pendent would get the "cash value"
If your bonus, which is about one
bird of the insurance value. Any
legion post (there are 500 in Mime
L To-.