The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
AMERICAN LEGION
Legion Frames Program


At a meeting of Minnesota Legion
and Auxiliary officers recently, ten
tative program was formulated for
! the Spring Conference, which will be
held in Minneapolis April 3 and 4
Friday and Saturday.
Posts and Auxiliary Units from all
manders and adjutants, presidents
their will be talks by district COM
manders and DISCREET presidents,
chairmen of standing committees, and
department officers. Department
Commander Edwin L. Lindell will
preside at the Legion sessions and
Mrs. M. L. Spencer of Winona, Aux
iliary President, will occupy the
chair at the meetings of her organiza-
ton. The two-day session will be
held at the Curtis Hotel.
Friday, April 8, will see the con
| ference opened with registration Of
delegates, Mayor George E. Leach of
Minneapolis will give an address of
welcome Friday afternoon, and there
will be reports of standing commit
tees and short talks by district COM
manders. Frederic D. Mccarthy of
St. Paul, National Committeeman,
will speak, A feature of the Legion
meeting will be the presentation of
District membership trophies by Com
mander Lindell, and the presentation
by Rufus Rand, Jr., president of the
Legion Hospital Association, of CAV
ell to District Five for having set the
pace in support of the 1925 hospital
program.
On Friday evening there will be a
meeting of the Department EXecu-
tive Committee and district command
ers, and joint meetings of Legion and
Auxiliary Welfare and Americanism
committees. Michael B. Hurley of
Pine City is the Legion's Americanism
Chairman, while Mrs. H. w. Haislet
of ST. James occupies similar Of
flee in the Auxiliary. Mrs. Richard
WEIGH of Litchfeld is chairman of
the Auxiliary Welfare committee, and
Frank Morse of Mankato heads the
Legion committee.
The Legion conferees will take up
unfinished business Saturday morn
ing, and will hear a report by Lud-
wig 1. Roe of Montevideo, director
of Membership. Department Com
ma nder Ben Webster of Iowa will
speak, as will National Vice Com
mander William Stearns of Fargo, N.
D.
The Saturday afternoon sessions
will be a joint meeting of Legion and
Auxiliary ENJOYS. 1t will be opened
with a talk by Department Command
er Howard Savage of Illinois, and
Mrs. M. l.. Spencer will give an adj
dress. Then National Commander
James A. Drain will sound the key
note for Minnesota's part in the ma
tion-wide five million dollar child
welfare campaign, the purpose of
which is the establishment of an en-
dowment fund for war orphans and
disabled veterans.
The big entertainment event of the
conference will be a banquet Satur-
day evening. The D. K. Baldwin
membership trophy will be presented
to District Two, represented by Dis
trict Commander Tom Streissguth of
New Ulm. Mrs. Eugene Fenelon, ma
tional vice president of the Auxiliary; ;
Larry Doyle, Montana national Of
ficer of "The Forty and Eight" So
ciety, and others will speak. The ad-
dress of the evening will be given by
National Commander Drain. The
double quartet of the Hennepin Coun-
ty Auxiliary Glee Club will sing, an
orchestra will play, and dancing will
follow the banquet.
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Fair Building Planned
i Department Commander Edwin L.
Lindell in a letter this week to post
commanders throughout the state,
| IL of a
titude relative to the proposal to erect
a $4,000 Legion building on the
State Fair Grounds.
He explains that the movement
was launched several years ago. 1t
was to be financed entirely by Le-
gionaires and the building would be
used by them and their families dur
ing State Fair week.
''Members of the G. A. R. have
no place at the Fair Grounds where
they can hang their hats or sit and
chat" he points out. "The Legion
wants to provide for them, and for
itself. Now we have come to the
point where the plan is about to be
perfected.
"The building will contain a kit
chen, dining room, main lounge, and
l mems laVatOry, and Will nave large
screened porch. The estimated cost
is about $4,000. The proposition
has been approved by the Depart
ment Executive Committee and per-
mission has been given to solicit con-
tributions from the individual posts.
1t has been suggested that contribut-
ing posts shall have their names suit
ably placed somewhere in the build
ing.
president Coolidge will be here
. during the Norse-American Centen-
NAL. If he is not too busy it is quite
: possible that he would be willing to
dedicate this building of our on June
! g." The commander says 1--WE must
work fast, and asks post command
ers, what do you think of the plan
can your post contribute; if so, how
much?" He would like to have detail
} ed answers as soon as possible.
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II "Call to Farley"
u Both Department Commander Ed
win L. Lindell of the American Lee
j gion and Mrs. M L. Spencer of Wi