The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-10-21

VII1C0S JW
Coming Year
DIR. BUDIK, NEWLY ELECTED
COMMANDER TO BEGIN DU-
TIES AT ONCE; AUXILIARY TO
ELECT NEXT MONTH,
The Melvin Daskam Post Number
38 of the American Legion held its
annual election Of officers at the Le-
gion club rooms in the Arlnory Tues
day night, October 18TH. There were
over forty members present for this
noted event and due to the smoke
barrage that was put over by the
gang an accurate count had to be tax
en- after each ballot. Dr.. Budik, that
young man who speaks as he thinks.
was elected as post commander,
good bet; more power to You. Doe.
Leon Brown, the local arbiter was
Docs, mate. Leon being the choice
for adjutant.
Out Of the mist Of the last game
Of the worlds series Commander
Sanders, with the use of his gavcJ,
beat a merry tune upon a peFfectly
good table but due to Peckinpaugh's
error in the eighth inning and the
fact that Walter johnson was left in
the box caused the Commanders ger
erous appeals to go unheeded for
fully five minutes, mess call had to
be sounded to quiet the gang. The
thought of changing club rooms was
soon given up when it was learned
that there were no other rooms avail :
able with a kitchen large enough to
handle said eats, it being understood
that the American Legion is compos-
ed of entirely ex-service men. For
the fact that Miller and Baldwin
were SO enthused over the final
classic of the baseball season it was
decided that committee be appoint
ed to attend the meeting Of the heads
of the B-W-R Tri-county league and
try to place team from Redwood
Falls in the league for The season Of
1925. The members were informed
by Mr., Albrecht of Morgan, men,
Der of this post, that the Morgan
baseball team, after paying all ex-
penses. came out very we'll; let's
boost for a 1925 team.
The committee report on the Armis-
tice Day program was very favor
able. An added attraction will be
the football game between Redwood
Falls and Sleepy Eye high schools.
The post has been very fortunate in
securing the services of. Lud Roe of
Monteyideo, past Department Com
mander of Minnesota as speaker of
the day. Mr.. Roe is well known
throughout the state and a large
gathering is expected to hear his ad-
dress.
Ernie Gallea, treasurer of the post.
was next to have the floor, his finan-
.cial report was music to the ears of
I'll present. The building fund cor
tinues to grow and it must be said that
Number 38 is settin' as pretty as most
posts. in this department ~
Chairman Bollum OF tne nominal
ing committee, after working {as i.
were) on his report for eight days led
with left and the fight was on. The.
first office voted upon was that Of the
commander. Much excitement pre-
vailed throughout. due, to the adver-
tising that had been; done at the last
minute. Doc won easily; Comman-
der Sanders giving up bis chair to
the newly elected boss. The office
Of first vice commander was a hot
contest, three ballots were taken t.,
decide the winner. Frank Baldwin
Of the Pirates. with. his usual amount
Of strategy was returned the victor.
At this moment the past vice COM
'naander, Leo. O'Hara dropped in to
give the gang the double-O and WIS
with. much cheeYin9.e The
free cigarettes that had been furnish
ed were disappearing in uDheard of
numbers; the old adage, The hand is
quicker than the eye"
Hillig, Jr., of Hillig 4 Hillig, was
the winner of the office of the second
vice commander The folding of the
ballots each time proved to the fatsl
to some, j. Farrell must be consid-
cred in the future. Next to the ell
ection Nof the commander, the election
cf the post adiutant caused the most
excitement After many witty re-
marks cast back and forth, nro and
con, it was decided that due to the
executive ability of Mr.. Brown and
the fact that he is one Of few
who have that well known art of pass
ing the buck to the stenographer, he
was elected to said office.
Mr.. Laythe was the choice for the
office of treasurer and according to
Kim Glassco. he is the logical man
for the position. Your right, Kim
knows. The election of the post
chaplain was one of the many excit-
ing events of the evening. The race
wasA between Chester Baldwin, also
cf the Pirates and C. NJ. Showalter.
Mr.. Showalter was awarded the post.
The semi final bout of the evening
was between two evenly matched
men; our well known druggist, Rex
Miller and one of our Uncle Sans
employees, Lee Winter, for the dis
tinguished Office of serzcant-at-arm.;
Competition was hot, just before the
hell of the final round it could be;
plainly seen that both men wish to
win via the knockout route. The ref
cree awarded the decision to Rex.
much to the displeasure of the crowd
as it is thought that the decision
should have been a draw, therefore
giving each man unlimited authority
to do big things.
In the last election event of the
evening, which was the choosing OF
the executive committee, the retiring
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