Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-28
LEGION POST
HOLDS FIRST
MEET OF YEAR

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Fred F1ilburn post of the American
legion met at the Moose home on
I Tenth street last evening in the first
official gathering OF the post for the
year 1928 The meeting was featured
by number OF re-organizations OF
the executive staff of the post and by
some very timely and eloquent adj
dresses on the services of the post and
the aims that it should adopt,
H. L. Hurnes resigned as post histoc-,
ian asking that some charter member
be elected to fill that important posi-
ton William G. Hathaway was unan-
imously elected to the position, being
veteran of several wars and a charter
member and very active worker in the
post. Humes had held the position as
historian for long time but said that
he would be unable to put into history
many things in connection with the
life of the post that charter member
Hathaway, who accepted the position
as post adJutant during the summer
of 1927 when vacancy occurred sud
denly, was voted the thanks of the
post for his excellent services and was
awarded his 1928 membership card with
the dues marked paid.
H. H. Becker spoke on scouting and
said that the boy scout committee OF
the post had appointed him SCOUT
master of the legion troop which IS
troop No. of Douglas. He reported
that some 30 boys had been recruited
for the troop which was all but de-
funct month ago. He asked that the
entire membership of the post get be-
hind the boy scout movement and aid
in every way in this work.
II c. G. Hinton also advocated cooper
alton in the scout work, and A. b.
Prescott scout executive of Cochise
county who is also a member of the
post, brought out that Bisbee has more
and better scouts and much greater
adult cooperation than does this city
and he held these facts up as chal-
lenge to the legion to get behind the
Il LEGION troop and make it an example
to all other scout troops both for the
1 scouting ability of the boys and. for
l the adult cooperation.
4 Russell Mills, who served as COM
mander of the post following the de-
parture of Commander Jack Weiss
from the city in the middle of the past
year was. voted the past commanders
medal.
N A letter from the adjutant of the
department. of Arizona enclosing the
bands for the colors showing that the
Fred Eilburn post colors were in the
parade at the san Francisco conven-
ton, was read before the meeting. The
band showing that the colors of Fred
Hilburn post were also carried in the
parade at the Paris convention in
1927, was displayed among the mem
bers.
The letter from the department
adjutant congratulated Fred Hilburn
post on having carried it's colors 10
more national conventions than any
other post in the department.
The post voted to give prizes to the
scouts of the legion troop for advance
ment in the scout work They voted
to purchase the badges which the
scouts will win and which they must
ordinarily pay for out of their own
pockets G. G. Hinton passed the scout
fund pledge cards among the mem
berS of the post, thus for the cause OF
scouting breaking rule Of the post
with the unanimous consent of the
members present.
1t was brought to the attention of
the membership that the appointment
of H. H. Beck, of the executive COM !
Emittee to the position of post adjutant,
thad created vacancy on the execu-
tive committee. H. l.. Henry was
unanimously elected to fill that va
/ cancy.
plans were laid for the sponsoring
of famous carnival company on
weeks tour of Douglas if the proper
guarantees can be secured from the
company, which would arrive here
either in April or May. The discus
sion most deeply interesting to the
members of the post was that of mem
bership.
It was brought out that there is a
floating population of veterans in this
district and that the membership rolls
change from year to year wiUll many
men moving away and transferring
their memberships to other posts, While
at the same time many new men come
to Douglas who are eligible for mem
bership but who are not known to the
legionaires.
1t was the unanimous agreement OF
the meeting that membership drive,
which is already launched, should be
O great success this year as every
means is to be taken to locate all
e1ioihIn residents
1 It was decided that at an early date
the legion scout troop shall attend a
legion meeting and give demonstra-
/ ton of scout work SO that the men
who once wore a uniform more grim
may more fully understand what it is
they are backing these boys nj doing.
The full official ritual Of the legion
was employed at the meeting last eve
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