The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-03-23
HALL Of FAME
BANQUET MARCH 81.
MANY FROM ELY INTEND TO AT
TEND THE EIGHTH DISTRICT
. MEETING AND HALL OF FAME
DINNER IN DULUTH.

Ely will send large delegation of
American Legion and Auxiliary men,
bers to the bi-monthly meeting OF the
Eighgth District Board of the Legion
and Auxiliary and joint Hall OF
Fame dinner at Duluth Saturday,
March 81, when Edward E. Spafford,
national commander, will be/the guest
Of honor and principal speaker.
David visited Post of Duluth, which
Is sponsoring the affair, has sent in
vitations to the local post and auxil-
larry and is now making reservations
for the gathering, which is the out
standing civic event of Duluth each
year.
In addition to official delegates, a
large number of friends of local leg
tonnaires and their families will &C
company them to the novel gathering,
which has been opened to the public
for the first time this year.
National Commander Spatford Will
attend the gathering. L. E. zumwinkle
of Fergus Falls, state commander,
and Mrs. j. M. Bishop Of Thief River
Falls, state auxiliary presidents, Will
be among the distinguished v1s,oors at
the affair.
Announcement of the banquet
plans and bi-montly meetings of the
district legion and auxiliary and the
visit of Commander Spafford was
made yesterday by A. B. Kapplin, OF
Duluth, Eighth district commander,
and chairman of the Hall of Fame
Committee in charge Of the big civic
gathering at Duluth. More than 800
men and women are expected to at
tend the affair, as Visited post has
opened the dinner to the public, in
response to general request from
the community.
Recently the Duluth post invited
Commander Spafford to its Hall of
Fame dinner and he sent word to
state headquarters that he would
gladly accept, If the original date was
changed to Marc. 81, offering to fly
from Florida, where he is booked to
speak the previous week. He will
stop of at Washington March 20 to
meet President Coolidge and will
leave the national capital that day
for duluth. He plans to start from
Duluth Sunday, April /, for Chicago,
where he Is scheduled to appear at a
public function that same evening.
the Arrowhead airport and will be
escorted into the city by Duluth and
Superior Legionnaires, the latter plan
ming to come over in body to attend
the affair.
His visit to Duluth will keep the re-
cord of national commanders I'M
broken, as General Drain was the
guest Of honor at the first Hall OF
Fame dinner in 1925, Howard Savage
In 1926 and Hanford MacNider last
year. Mr.. MacNider, then assistant
secretary OF war, also flew to Duluth
from Washington.
The Eighth district board and aux
Hilary will meet in the afternoon,
about 2O0 delegates are expected for
the two sessions, who will later at
tend the Hall Of Fame banquet at
o'clock. Commander Kapplin will
preside at the legion meeting and
Mrs Ralph w. Pond, district presi-
dent, at the auxiliary gathering.
The American Legion band Of Du-
luth, under the leadership of Glen S.
Locker, will play during the dinner
and for dancing following the pro-
gram.
A. G. Schaefer, post commander,
will welcome the visitors and Geo.
w. Athmore, Jr, will be POSTMASTER.
Commander Spafford will deliver the
principal address, while Commander
Zumwinkle, Mrs. Bishop and other
distinguished guests will speak. There
viii be several entertainment num-
bers.
During the evening Commander
Kapplin will announce the fourth
member of the Hall of Fame, who
will be presented with the Legion
plaque emblematic of his member
ship. Nominations for this 'immort-
al" body of Duluthians were made by
community clubs and the public of
Duluth since January "a, closing last
Monday, March 10. On Friday even
ing, March %, the presidents Of the
twenty-one leading civic, service and
women's clubs, acting on the board OF
Judges will meet at the Spalding