The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-14
CITY LEADERS
PROMISE AID
Legion at Annual Banquet
Launches Drive for
Buddies' Orphans.
COMMITTEES NAMED
Announce Personnel Of Com
mittees Named to Put Ke-
nosha Over the Top.

A barrage for their disabled COM
rades and for the orphans of their
honored dead, was laid down Tuesday
evening by the Kenosha post of the
American Legion when it opened its
campaign to raise Kenosha's quota of
the $5,000,0O0 endowment fund being
raised by the American Legion of the
entire country for this work. The
campaign was launched at the annual
banquet Of the Kenosha post Of the
American Legion held in the main
auditorium of the Elks' club on Tues
day night.
More than two hundred members of
the Legion with score of leading
business men, manufacturers and Of
ficials of the city were present at the
banquet and all showed an enthusiast
tic interest in putting Kenosha over
the top one hundred per cent in this
campaign.
Kenoshas quota has not yet been
set definitely by the state department
of the American Legion, but it is
known that it will be. between $4,000
and $4,000. The quota for Racine is
approximately $4,000
hneHeGrOm "Opens Appeal
Post Commander Elmer Rhenstrom,
an ace in the aviation service in war
days, opened the program following
the banquet. There had been stir
ring music by the posts own band,
recalling the martial days of the
World War. George S. Whyte, who
has long been a friend of the post,
was introduced as POSTMASTER for
the evening.
1.-THE Kenosha post of the American
Legion has been real asset to this
city," said Mr.. Whyte. you answered
your country's call in war days and
you are answering its continued APP
peal in times of peace. Kenosha
will help the Legion carry on its
work, l am sure"
The same assurance of aid in this
great project was given by w. H. AL
ford, president of the city council,
who in a short talk on the subject
of Service and Sacrifice" praised the
ndowment fund as worthy under
aking and pledged his support and
lat of the city to putting Kenosha
Z over the top.
GtAlk DOAUS our Dubys
"You have done your duty well, but
YOU are not through" said Mr.. Afford
to the Kenosha veterans. "The war
is over and you have assumed other
respou sibilities-one to care for your
manned and disabled comrades and
another to provide for the orphans of
YOUR honored dead. The Kenosha Le-
rion has done much for the civic pro-
gress of Kenosha; it has upheld the
hands of the city administration and
given it courage to go ahead with its
plan to make Kenosha a better city
for people TO live in for generations
to come. As an appreciation of this
splendid support, / pledge to continue
to give support to every worthy under
taking that the Kenosha American
Legion may undertake. This endow-
ment fund is certainly a most worthy
project and hope that you and all
citizens Of Kerosha will respond and
Kenosha will meet its quota in this as
it did meet every quota in war days
over the top 100 per cent"
The object of the endowment fund
was explained by several state officers
of the American Legion. One of these
was Villas Whaley, of Racine, former
state commander, who stated that the
American Legion was formed to keep
alive the memory of the men who
fought, of those chiefly who came not
back or who came back disabled. "Ou1
principal purpose" he said, sis to see
to it that the men who met the enemy
fire be cared for and that their orphans
need not be in want. The Legion goes
on binding up the nations wounds,
caring for the widows and orphans OF
those who fell their faces TO the foe
"The Kenosha Legion has made this
city the most talked of city in Wis
consin," continued Mr.. Whaley. 81
know Kenosha will never forget what
has done. Kenosha will keep faith
with those who live and faith with
those who died"
James Burns, rehabilitation officer
for Wisconsin and state finance of
Ger Austin Petersen, gave the details
of the Legion endowment fund plan
1t was explained that two-thirds Of
the amount raised in Wisconsin would
go to the national fund for caring fol-
the orphans of veterans, as outlinel
previously, and for keeping up the
fight for the wounded and disabled
veterans. The other third will &c
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