Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-08-05
EVERY HIGHWAY
GOES TO MANKATO
From Sunday, August s, to Wed.
nesday, August III, Legion
and Auxiliary Will Assemble


One buddy goes down the Minnesota
river by canoe. Another straddles his
motorcycle at Aitkin. Pipestone leg
ionaires travel by a duplicate of the
French box cars of war days. Sew
eral airmen will leave Minnesota
earth for Minnesota air on the way to
the annual Legion and Auxiliary con-
ventions. Special trains and special
buses galore will gravitate to 1.-THE
Key City" Perhaps the greatest
caravan of all will consist of per-
sonally conducted flivvers and their
rich relations.
The business sessions are Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, August 9-1O-11
But thousands will arrive Sunday af-
ternoon, to register, seek rooms, and
participate in special religious SER
vices by Legion clergymen of all de-
nominations, held in the open air at
the Sibley Park band stand, with Sc
lections by the Mankato Orpheus
Club. Department Chaplain Fred Err
| rington of Moorhead, is in charge.
Special committees will meet on this
date, credentials, rules, executive,
trophies, awards, etc. Buddies will
swap stories. A Veterans Bureau
inquiry desk will be kept open at the
Armory.
Convention Begins.
Monday the Legion and Auxiliary
conventions start, the former in the
Armory, the Auxiliary in the Teach
ers College. The Legion program be-
| gins with selections by the Coleraine
Band and Red Wing Drum Corps.
Commander Haferman calls the
meeting to order; Chaplain Erringon
gives the invocation; colors are pre-
sented, Star Spangled Banner played,
and then for thirty seconds all sill
emily face the east Coward Flanders
and the Argonne) in remembrance of
missing comrades of 1917 and Is.
Softly the voice of the Official Min
nesota Legion Tenor, Charles Young
of Duluth, sings There is No Death, "
all join in prayer, the convention call
is read, rules and credentials check
ed, districts caucus for 90 minutes,
the convention reconvenes and once
more the Gopher Gang gets down to
its annual business
Many Guest Speakers.
The balance of Monday and Tues
day, with Wednesday forenoon, are
occupied with convention meetings
and reports, district reports, reports
of department officers and election Of
| incoming state of6corS JpfarrDarcac
are addresses by Mayor Steiner, Com
mander Anderson, General Chairman
Hauck; greetings from G. A R. Span
lsh War veterans, ID. A. v, Foreign
War veterans, Canadian veterans anl
surrounding Legion departments. De
partment and National representa-
uyes of the 40-S will talk. TT
40-S will hold business session Mon
day noon Monday afternoon a join
session of Legion and Auxiliary will
hear the Legion Hospital association
report and elect new officers. Legion
, and Auxiliary trophies and prizes will
, be officially awarded.
40-s Promenades
Monday evening the 40 and viii
D hold a Promenade at the Mankat
Fair grounds. Among Tuesday
D speakers will be Senator Daniel Steel
D of Iowa, c. d. Hubbard, T. S. v. B. di
rector, Col. Pierce, sSth Div. Chief o
Staff. Mrs. Rose Spencer, Auxiliar
President and Hon. E G. Hall, Presi
5 dent Of State Federation of Labor. Tn
Minneapolis Glee club sings. Tn
big parade and air derby line up a
5 5:45 p. N, Tuesday. August TO- Nor
D than score of bands and drum corp
/, and hundreds of flags and floats will
r march.