Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-19
AMERICAN LEGION
NEWS HERE, THERE
ISSUED by Minnesota Department
American Legion.
Van Dyke Urges Action ON Insurance.

Van Dyke Urges Action on Insurance.
Past Department Commander Ar
thur A Van Dyke OF ST Paul, who
has served In many other capacities
for Minnesota LegionnaIres, includ-
ing that Of local, state, and national
rehabilitation committeeman, Joins
other former Gopher Legion command
ers in warning former service men
who have not reinstated their govern
menf insurance that the time limit
July 2, 1920 is nearing, and that
they should not wait until the eleF-
enth hour before acting, lest an un-
foreseen event prevent them from re-
Installing until It is too late. ANY
Legion post adjutant viii supply
blanks and help in completing them.
Legion Posts Nationally Henored.
In the list of Legion Posts to which
national attention is called by Com
mander Howard Savage this week,
eight are from Minnesota. including
those at Winona, Brandon, Two Har-
bors, Window, West Concord, St. Char
les, Hutchinson, and NaVy-Marine
Post Of St Paul Among the good
deeds mentioned are installing of
public drinking fountain, erecting
community Christmas trees, sponsor
ing boys base ball and basket ball
teams, industrial shows, maintaining
rooms in hospitals, establishing a base
ball park, helping motorize fire de-
partment, backing child welfare move
ment, milk fund, municipal and boys
band, a 60-piece drum corps, and Le-
gion German band. Navy-Marine Post
of St Paul, teaches boys various
trades in a night school.
Put I'm Crops fer Sick Legion Buddy.
One Sunday recently q Fergus
Falls Legionnaires turned out at 8
a. m and spent the day on the farm
of a sick comrade, putting in his
crops, digging bitches, and doing
other farm work Judges and pen
pushers planted potatoes, operating a
manure spreader and other farm i'm
plements like experts. Four BARRIERS
in particular did yeoman service. Old
Glory, flying from the Deist store,
indicated to struggling Legionnaires
where they should turn from the
main road to lend a helping hand.
Another Legion Post Formed.
Richfeld, now Minneapolis suburb
on South Lyndale Avenue, but soon to
become part of the Mill City, is Min
nesota's latest Legion post Mayor
Frank Drew as publicity officer, got
the boys together and Minneapolis
Legionnaires helped them complete
charter application blanks. With 20
initial members, membership Of 125
this year is the aim, prospects being
sought over the territory including
Oxboro Heath and Bloomington.
Drum Corps Recks Many Happy
Homes.
A Minnesota Legion post without a
quartette, glee club, drum corps, or
cbestra or band, feels that it isn't
keeping UP with the parade these
days. A dozen new Legion drum
corps are now being organized
througout the state, Jerry Cannon Of
St. Paul Post Eight Corps helping.
Mrs. J. M. Bishop, Auxiliary state
president, On a recent visit to Bemidji
received an urgent appeal from Aux
Hilary members there, who complain
that their chair bottoms, pans, tables,
pots, etc, are going to pieces, and no
one can sleep because of the eternal
practice being carried on by mem
bers of Bemidji's new Legion drum
Corps .BemidI boys are determined
TO have that corps, but its organiza-
ton may result in disrupting many
happy homes" Mrs. Bishop warns.
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