The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-12-24
American Legion
SANTA CLAUS is COMM

SANTA CLAUS is COMING
Minnesota Legion posts and their
Auxiliary units will this year, as in
the past pay particular attention to
the needs of disabled men and men,
bers of their families, to veterans of
the World War who are in need of
assistance through financial assist
ance, and to children of the various
communities.
The Auxiliary organizations all
over the state are cooperating in a
state wide move to see that every dis
abled man in Government hospital
is remembered with gifts of edibles
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 Wis
it's to the patients and distribute the
remembrances. In cases where there
are no hospitals, the units will for
ward 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 6S
and Thomas Hospital, Minneapolis;
the Veterans Bureau Hospital in St.
Cloud, and elsewhere. Some Mime
sofa men hospitalized at Whipple
Barracks in Arizona will be remem-
bered, as will those scattered among
the other institutions in the United
States.
Many posts and units are cooperat-
ing in staging community Christmas
tree programs, or are leading the way
in such observances. In some cases
programs will be held Christmas
night, and in practically all the towns
that boast a Legion organization.
Legionnaires and Auxiliary members
will take part in services held in the
churches.
MINNESOTA 4O-S LEADS
Minnesota LegiondOm scored an
other national victory when Harry
Hinck, Grand Chef De Care of the
40 and 8, won the first red chevron
to be awarded any member of the or
ganization for obtaining seven new
members for the Legion. Hans
Hunsdorf of st. Paul was the second
4O-8er to claim the honor. Every
Voyageur, as member of the Box Car
Society, is expected to fill his own
squad of eight men. If the seven
memberships he obtains result in
seven new members for the 40 and 8
before the year is up, the red-chevron
winner may change to silver chevron.
s374 GIVEN TO HOSPITAL
Minnesota Legion posts and Auxili
airy 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 themselves.
Most of the cash goes for room and
board, since through an arrangement
with Mayo Clinic, the medical treat
ment proper is given free of charge
| when the Legion assures the clinic
that the patient is unable to pay. The
work is about the most important be-
ing carried on by Minnesota Legion
naires, Department Commander Edwin
Lindell says. To the first Minnesota
Legion district whose posts each con-
tribute their share for the support OF
the Association, gold mounted and
suitably engraved gavel will be pre-
scented.
TRIPS TO OMAHA PRIZES
| AS one factor in speeding up thu
membership campaign of the Mime
sofa Legion, Department Commando
Edwin Lindell, Director of Member
ship Luwig Roe, and Adjutant Stat
ford King announce that the Legion
naire signing the most members TO
/ the organization outside the .Twil
; Cities or Duluth will be given fire,
trip to the 1925 National Convention
. in Omaha. A similar prize will b
: given the campaigner signing tn
. most members in the Twin Cities O
Duluth. The prizes are to be know
as "D. C. o." decorations-"D eserv
ing of a Celebration in Omaha.
, The membership war game is pro
crossing satisfactorily in nearly ev