The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-08-20

as Phillips of Minneapolis; the out
going Legionaires who have occupied
tile: positions during the past year
be- - NJ. Weyrens, of ST. Cloud;
Edgar Hall of Cokato, and Miss Mar
garet Reamy of ST. Paul. Rev. Fred
Errington of Moorhead takes the
place of Rev. M. D. Haferman of
Lindstrom as Department Chaplain.
Clarence Winter of Minneapolis is
the Minnesota Legion Department
Historian-for five years.
Between state conventions the
Minnesota Legion is governed by the
Department Executive Committee,
made up of the officers listed above,
together with two others from each
congressional district. At Thief River
Falls one representative from each
district was elected for a two year
term. The following is the complete
committee by districts, the first nam
ed member of each district being the
incoming representatives First Dis
trict, Jim Pruett, Rochester, and Jay
HORNED, Austin. Second District,
Ray Engan, Luverne and T. 0.
Streissguth, New Ulm. Third Dis
trict, Howard Juni, Jordan and Mil
ton Lindbloom, Saltwater. Fourth
District, Gerhard Bundle, st. Paul
and Ernest Reiff, North St. Paul.
Fifth District, j. C. Sullivan, Min
neapolis and Luther Youngdahl,
Minneapolis. Sixth District, R. d.
MCGEE, Benidji and Frank E. Muir
ply, Crosby. Seventh District, DR..
A. F. Branton, Willmar and E. E.
Howard, Wheaton. Eighth District,
Clarence Keller, Cloquet and A. B.
Kapplin, Duluth. Ninth District, L.
E. Zumwinkle, Pelican Rapids and
J. K. Mccarthy, Detroit. Tenth Dis
trictfi Sidney Berggren, Princeton and
Everett Stromgren, Center City. The
new executive committee elected
Lloyd Lilygren of St. Paul as depart
ment treasurer for another term.
1rie Mallette of St. Paul, COM
mander of Ramsey County Legion
aires, nominated Joe O'Hara of Glen
coe for state commander in a talk
eulogizing the Glencoe Legionaire
and telling of his work in behalf of
the Legion; and following O'Hara's
unanimous choice, demonstration
that reverberated through the con-
vention hall for many minutes greet
ed the new commander. Visibly NOV
ed by the ovation, Commander
O'Hara responded with brief talk
accepting the honor and pledging his
best efforts to advance the Legion's
program and ideals.
Though held way up in North
western Minnesota, further from the
states center than any previous con-
vention, the Thief River Falls gath
ering is rated among "the best ever"
Approximately 5000 Legion and
Auxiliary members attended and all
came away with praise for the hos
pitality of Pennington County and
Thief River Falls citizens, and for the
smoothly working plans and program
arranged by the convention leaders
and Loyalty supported by every citi-
zen. The Gopher Gang appreciates
this cooperation.
Mankato Gets 1925 Convention
Mankato was selected as the 1926
convention city of the Minnesota Lee
gion and Auxiliary at the annual con-
Falls. Mankato did great deal of
missionary work in behalf Of the
city's invitation and was unopposed
when it came to the selection of a
1926 meeting place. Hibbing, which
had been a prominent rival of Man
kato for the honor, failed to put in
bid, deciding that 1927 would be
more opportune time to stage anoth-
er Minnesota gathering.
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Mrs. Spencer Reelected Auxiliary
President
Mrs. M. l.. Spencer of Winona
was reelected president of the Min
nesota's Legion Auxiliary at the
Thief River Falls state convention.
Her excellent work along membership
lines and her other accomplishments