Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-24
Legion Drive To
Be Staged Here
All Next Week
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more Youngsters in large buildings
and conducting their lives on the
same plan that prison convicts
must follow.
Plans made. by the endowment
fund committee of Boyce Aten Post.
for raising the local quota include
several methods of achieving this
object. none of which win succeed
unless the post is given the support
Of the people of El Centre.
Three Methods Planned
While the campaign for the
quota is not to open officially
Ivtil Monday, boxes in which
the public can drop their con-
tributions will be paced tomor-
row in various public places.
The committee has been assur-
cd the cooperation Of the banks,
the drug stores, hotels, pool halls
and other public places in the
city, where these boxes will be
set up. The contents of the
! boxes will be removed each night
and the amount taken from each
vii be published in the Press.
The management of this paper has
donated the use of space each day
dtning the campaign, in which the
names of those aiding the legion
cause will be printed. Donations
to be acknowledged through this
column may be sent to the Press.
care of the Legion Column, or to
Hugh Osborn at the Southern Trust
and Commerce bank.
On Tuesday and Wednesday
nights of next week, Boyce
Aten Post will show at the Pal
ace Airdome, the stirring war
picture, lover the Top With
the Allies This picture shows
actual battle scenes in France
and forms part of the govern
ments official records of the
war During the filming of
scenes shown in this picture, IL
of Uncle Sans cameramen,
members of the signal corps,
Photographic section, gavo up
their lives.
Manager Brick, of the Palace Air
dome, has generously turned over
the entire use of his theateF to the
Boyce Aten Post on these two eve
nings, and is cooperating in every
wav to make the show a success.
On Friday night of next week
the proceeds Of the regular box
ing show at the Imperial Valley
Athletic Club will be turned
over to the post s endowment
fund quota.
This offer came from the directors
of the' Imperial Valley Athletic club
without any solicitation on the part
of the legion, and the members of
the committee, as well as Com
mander Thannum, wish to give pub,
lie expression Of their appreciation
for the wonderful spirit of cooper
alton shown by the directors.
Display Your Flags
Another local body to cooperate
with the legion is the Ell Centre
Chamber of Commerce which has
made the request that the mer-
chants Of the city who are supplied
with flags. display them Uring the
coming week in order to remind the
public that it is Legion Endowment
week.
information on any subject CON
nected with tho campaign can be
obtained by getting in touch with
the members of the committee who
are: Hugh Osborne, Southern Trust
Lee Nuffer. district attorneys of,
flee; Harry Woodbury.. post office
y. C. Farrar, so Main street;
Jimmy Greene, Imperial Valley
Press.
This committee feels certain that
the people of FL Centre will accord
them the same cooperation as given
BY the merchants, the chamber
of commerce, Manager Brick and
the directors of the Imperial Valley
Athletic Club. and that when the
campaign is brought TO a close next
week it win not { said that FL
Centre is one city that failed to
raise its quota, for the American
Legion Endowment Fund.