The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-11-18

| dies gone into the Sunset.
For The American Legion carries
on. Comrades may fall by the way
side but other hands grasp the fall,
ing torch and bear it aloft. All LIE.
gionaires love America and are ready
to prove it at any price; Minnesota
Legionaires are no exception but fol-
The Land Of Ten Thousand Lakes
there's special warm corner in THEN
hearts.
Whether in national convention OF
on the football field, they are not
slow to rally to the standard of the
North Star State When Minnesota
Hail To Thee" is sung, you'll FIND
them swelling the mighty chorus. Sc
too when their comrade, famous
former University cheer leader, Staff
King, now Legion National Vice
Commander, signals them to start
that Locomotive
Immediately after the Minnesota
Michigan Little Brown jug" game
November 20, Gopher Legionaires
will assemble at Hotel bennington.
Minneapolis, there to map campaign
which is destined to retain for Min
nesota another 'Iittle Brown Jug,
emblematic of the annual Michigan
Minnesota Legion membership bat,-
tie, begun in 1926 and won by Min
nesota, but only for the time being
They must win again in 1927 to re-
tain it.
Hanford MacNider, Assistant Sec
rotary of War, and Watson Miller,
Legion National Rehabilitation Chair
man, are coming all the way from
Washington, D. C. to take part in the
Gopher Football and Banquet rally
Mrs. Adalin Maccauley of Wisconsin
new Legion Auxiliary National Pres
ident, has promised to be there
Around them will gather Minnesota
Legion leaders.-For it's good for
old comrades to get together.
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Legion Committees Selected for 1927
Legionaires from every section OF
Minnesota serve on department COM
mittees for the coming year, Rufus
R. Rand, state commander, an
nounces. Chairman include Aeronau.
tics Paul Wendlandt, Olivia; Military
Affairs, George Gurley, Pipestone
Finance Gerald Barron, Cloquet; Ma,
val Affairs, Tom Brodie, st. Paul
Child Welfare Sherman Child, Min
neapolis; Legislative Ray Rossberg,
Crookston; Post Activities, Paul Goer.
st. Paul; Hibbing Convention, James
Sutherland, Minneapolis; Conserva
ton of Minnesota Resources Dean
Rundlett, Edna.
Serving with the chairmen on these
committees are: Aeronautics Ray
Miller, st. Paul, Hobert Hutchinson,
Minneapolis, Alex Nemzeck, Moor
head; J. A. Benson, St. Cloud. FL
nance, Henry Brucholz, Minneapolis,
Lloyd Lilygren, St. Paul. Legislative,
Frank Clark, Mortified; L. L. Col
Inns, Minneapolis. Post Activities H.
E. Olson, Cambridge, DIR. C. A. Gun
narson, Warren.
Military Affairs Oscar Hemstad,
West Duluth, Joseph Kreuzer, New
Richland; VIM. Wood, Long Prairie
Ben Hawkins, Red Wing. Hibbing
Convention Gerhardt Bundle, st.
Paul; DR.. D. w. Smith, Pipestone, C.
w. lillian, Austin; Rev. A. E. Saun-
ders, Hibbing. Naval Affairs Earl ].
O'Brien, Brainerd, C. C. Kelly, Du-
luth; DR.. c.. J. Wittbecker, Battle
Lake; Eugene Calvin, Minneapolis,
Child Welfare DIR. A. F. Branton,
Willmar, DR.. j. J. Morrow, Austin
Sumner Mcknight, Minneapolis; DR..
D. w.. Smith, Pipestone, Mrs. J. M.
Bishop, Thief River Falls.
Conservation Joseph P. O'Hara,
Glencoe, M. D. Haferman, Lindstrom,
Stafford King, St. Paul; A. B. Kap-
plin, Duluth; C. H. Whitney, Ellen
dale; John Nelson, Bemidji. Commit
tees yet to be announced are Amer
icanism, Trophies and Awards, We'll
fare and France Convention. Com