The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-16
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In the public appeal for the American
Legion $5,000,000 endowment fund for
the disabled and the orphans of the
World "a Legionnaires and the gen
eral public are giving generously of
time, effort and money to the fund.
Many posts are raising their local
quotas for the fund in a day or two of
effort. At Corydon, Ind, Commander
G. A. Keller and his post service officer
raised the quota of $3.50 in two after
moons by their own efforts. Evansville,
Ind, home of State Chairman Marcus
S. Sonntag, raised nearly its entire
quota of more than $4,000 in three
days.
Indiana was the first state to make
the public appeal. The mine disaster
at Sullivan, Ind, in which 81 men lost
their lives shortly before the campaign,
drove close home to the people of that
state the need of such work for the
disabled and the orphans as the Lee
gion is doing and as the fund is in
tended to maintain Kentucky was the
second state to start the campaign,
following a ~three-night radio barrage.
Westfield, Ind, ~resorted to an inter-
esting device In raising its quota
of $3.50. A Legionnaire remembered
that there were precisely $50 pockets
in the machine gun belts used by the
Germans in the war. The belt was
placed conspicuously / n a store win
dow. AS contributions came in, the
pockets were stuffed with dollar bills.
The quota was quickly completed.
Senator William B. Mckinley of Illi-
nois was the first person to make a
large individual contribution to the
fund. Lieut.. Wayland Brooks, D. S. c.,
and Michael J.. Cullen, D. S. c., pre-
sented the appeal for the endowment
to the senator. They suggested that
he contribute $1,000. He handed them
a check for $1,000. Brooks and Gull
len are members Of the Combat Medal
Mems association of Chicago, which
was the first organization in Illinois to
contribute.
A Chicago newspaper feature col
umn recently ran this:
81 believe says the I Believe card
of the American Legion in its drive
for a $4,000 900 endowment fund, that
the orphan children of those who made
the supreme sacrifice for America are
entitled to the same chance In life
which they would have received had
not their fathers given their lives to
| the nation That's pretty easy to be-
lieve. But believing isn't enough. We
want to do something besides just be-
lieving. Therefore-now watch us
closely, American Legion-we do here
and now gedunk 500 into said endow-
ment fund. SplashI"
Tennessee's first contribution came
from Canada. 1t was a check for $50
from Phillip N. Libby of Lemiskaming.
Province of Quebec. Libby is a for
mer member Of Hammond post, Kings
port, Tenn.
Many governors and former gov
errors are interesting themselves ac-
lively in the endowment movement in
their respective states. Among the
honorary chairmen chosen are: Gov.
Austin Peay, Tennessee; Gov. Henry
L. Fuqua, Louisiana former Gov.
Thomas C. McRae, Arkansas; Gov. w.
w. Brandon, Alabama Gov. Clifford
M. Walker, Georgia, joint honorary
chairman with Chancellor David 9.
Barrow, University of Georgia. Among
the active chairmen are: Gov. e. w.
Morgan, West Virginia; former Gov.
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Gov. Hugh NJ. Dorsey, Georgia.