The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-03-29
|~COnvalescent Home
Ready For Patients
American Legion Institution for
This District Will Receive Any
Vet. Honorably Discharged.

The American Legion Convalescent
Home, for District No. 6, comprising
Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland
Counties, which was formally opened
on March End with appropriate cere-
monies and a crowd OF over 5000 peo-
pie in attendance, after further i'm
proyements is now ready TO receive
properly qualified applicants for ad-
mission.
AS its name indicates, this is not a
hospital, but a Conyalescent Home, to
which deserving e~x-seryice men who
may be recovering from operation or
illness, or otherwise temporarily inca
pacitated, but who do not require spe-
cial nursing or medical attention can
be sent to rest and recuperate.
In selecting applicants for admission
to the Conyalescent Home, preference
will be given to men from the three
counties comprising the Sixth District,
and membership in the American Le-
gion is not a necessary requisite, as
any man who holds an honorable dis
charge from the Army, Navy OF Ma
rine Corps of the United States for
service in any of the wars in which
this country has participated, is eligi-
BILE for admission.
Any person who knows of an ex-
service man who is a resident of one
of the three counties, who is deserv-
ing of admission to the Home and who
would be benefited thereby, is earnest
ly requested to call the attention of
the case to the American Legion Post
in his vicinity, or to n one of the
fn1lnvuinr anIInfu nCnffaIizofinn off
GERS who have been designated by the
Board of Governors of the Home to
pass upon the eligibility of the appli-
cants: DR.. A. S. Wescoat, of Atlantic
City, for Atlantic County; DIR. Willard
F. Sewell, of Bridgeton, for Cumber-
land County, and DR.. Alex C. Ioon, of
Cape May Court House, for Cape May
County.
This Conyalescent Home is one of
six established by the American Le-
gion of New Jersey, which state has
been a leader in this respect in its
work for the disabled and needy vet
eran, and is under the jurisdiction of
the Reconstruction Board of the State
Department of the Legion.
The Board of Governors is composed
of men and women representing the
American Legion and Auxiliary OF the
three counties comprising the Sixth
District, as well as men and ONE
from civilian life, all of whom are in
tensely interested in rehabilitation
work for deserving war veterans and
who are giving their services free of
charge in the management of this
project.
Maintenance of the Home is to be
carried on by voluntary contributions,
which may be secured by the sale of
dollar memberships annually, similar
to those of the Red Cross; also from
proceeds from entertainments given
under the sanction of the Board of
Governors, and by donations of food
stuffs, furniture and household equip
ment of all kinds.
= All pubic Spirited citizens of the
three counties who are interested in
this splendid work the American Le-
gion is carrying on for needy and de-
serving war veterans, are cordially in
vited to visit and inspect the Home
and grounds at Menantico, four miles
south of Millville, on the Port Eliza
beth road, at any time, and if possible,
to donate their mite in money or equip
ment to assist in this most worthy
project.