The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-19
WITH THE
Legion
AuxiIiary
IN INDIANA

War VIII benefit by improvements
in Veteran Bureau Administration
by provision Of 5000 additional hos.
pital beds and by broadening Of
compensation privileges, as a result
Of legislation enacted at the recent
session of Congress. The national
rehabilitations and legislative COM
mittees Of the American Legion have
been very persistent in their battle
for the passage Of a number of bills
for the benefit OF the disabled.
A former service man with an ad-
vanced case Of tuberculosis In a hos
pital FRI Johnson City, Tenn, con-
tributed a months Government com.
rensation to the Legion endowment
fund.- saying that he had no use for
his money in the hospital and
wanted some comrads who had a
chance to pull through to be bene-
fitted by his contribution.
The c. w. Scribner Unit, No.
255 of Russellville, held the March
meeting with Mrs. Sable Mccall.
d. ADIn IIlcGllllR Will no Will WIS. ~.
Compton. The unit has outlined
plans for giving play, half of the
proceeds to go to the poppy fund. A
joint meeting will be held soon with
the Legion post.
Mrs. Coda l.. Mossop, Franklin,
has been appointed chairman of
committee of three to select arti-
cles made by the disabled soldiers
1 and to sell the quota of $25 which
\ each unit in the department under
takes to sell each year.
The State department now has
2,2S7 paid up members for 1925. The
Kendallville unit met recently in
the Legion clubrooms. Next meet
ing will be April ID.
The unit will adopt Carl Misner
at the Irene Byron Hospital in FIT.
Wayne.
Miss Esther Harris, State mem
bership chairman and publicity Off
Ger for the Stineman unit of Wa
bash, reports a thriving member
ship drive at Wabash. The unit has
held the record as the largesh in the
department for the past three years.
The Greensburg unit Is running
close second. OF the fifty member
ships brought into the unit by Miss
Harris, five were new members.
Mrs. W. Hamilton has resigned
ais secretary of the William ..
Frazier Unit, No. 1888, Of Hagers-
town. and Mrs. Grover Brewer
elected to fill the office. The unit
has six new members.
Tell City has three new members,
according to Mrs. Mary Schlachter,
secretary.
The Thornton William Unit, No.
81, Monticello, has asked for copy
of Garland Powell's book, Service"
The Goodland unit has contributed
toward the furnishing of national
headquarters, ordered poppies and
Ahas three new members. Mrs. Pau
Zine Bassett is president. Mrs. Bas-
sett is also chat man of the child
welfare committee in Districts 10,
IL, IL and Is.
The Eel River unit Of North Man
chester has contributed the units
quota to the Otter Lake billet prof.
ect Mrs. Moness Lessig, secretary
of the John c. Peterson unit, No. 40.
of warsaw, reports five' new mem
bers.
Thornton Williams unit has ordered
peoples. The Ray p. Harrison unit,
No. SO, of Columbia City has sent,
q donation to State headquarters for
the endowment fund. Mrs. Katie B.
Stungard, secretary of the unit at
/, Clinton, has placed an order for 1000
peoples with State headquarters.
The Prell Bland unit OF Batesville
has been issued 1926 membership
cards for eighteen new members.
Miss Eunice Shook, secretary, re.
ports the unit holding meetings
twice each month. Next meeting
will be April 20.
The Irvington unit has sent a con-
tribution to the fund for furnishing
new national headquarters in Me-
mortal Plaza The unit also has five
new members. Mrs. Maude Smith
is treasurer; Mrs. Clarence Hughel,
president; Mrs. Brook Reisler, CORE
speeding and recording secretary.
The Harry Bohannon Unit of Del
Mphi has furnished q clubroom and
#dedicated it by entertaining all the
patriotic societies in Delphi. Miss
Freda B. Engle, secretary, reports
an early application for permanent
charter.