The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-09-24
AUXILIARY AND LEGION START
 3-DAY SESSION
Veterans Organizations Begin Annual Conclave
 Here This Morning

The American Legion and Aux Hilary, convening here this morning in tenth annual conclSve, launch ed business proceedings without de- lay and this afternoon both were fully organized for the sessions which will last three days.
 Mrs. Mary J. Fla was presiding ever the Auxiliary sessions at the Dugout, and First Vice-Commander Maurice L. Sharp, Anchorage, was in the chair at the Legion meet ings in Elks Hall.
 Delegates Are Seated
 Delegates from Anchorage, Ju- reau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka, Seward, Valdez and Cordova were aeated. Fairbanks and Wrangell were not represented at the opening meeting but proxies are expected to be received from those posts before the convention completes it's work.
 i NGAiNI HUH N4o-tk-o VI NAAS NN@+ venticns arrived at a. m. today on the cannery tender Beryl E, chartered by the Ketchikan post.
 Aboard it were: Legionnaires- Capt. W. + Barton, of the Light house tender Fern, in command of the Beryl E., Arthur Thompson, Karl Draeer, I. A. Talbot, H. Brun- ner, Verl Groves, R. A. Bartholomew, Clyde M. McGillyary, Robert E. Spaeth. Roy F. Jones, all Ketchi- kan; H. F. Dawes and Frederick Nelson, Petersburg; Bill Breslin, Fairbanks; Auxiliary - MeSdames Clyde McGillvary, Elaine Talbot, J. H. Russell, R. A. Bartholomew, Les Hudson, Casey Williams, Joel Ream, Clyde Morgan, Arthur Bartholomew and Miss Harriet Rossiter, Ket- chikan, and Mrs. Andrew Johnson, Petersburg.
 First Vice Commander Sharp ar rived on the Alaska from Anchor age.
 List of Delegates
 Delegates from out of town pre- senting credentials to the Auxil- iary convention were: Mrs. c. A. Morgan, Mrs. L. H. Hudson Miss Harriet Rossiter, Mrs. J. H. Rus sell, Mrs. C. P. Williams and Mrs. c. L. McGillvary, Ketchikan, and alternates, Mrs. J. S. Ream, Mrs J. A. Talbot, Mrs. Arthur Barthole- mew and Mrs. R. A. Bartholomew Ketchikan, and Mrs Andrew John son, delegate from Petersburg.
 Delegates seated at the Legion convention were: Maurice L. Sharp Anchorage, Karl Drager, Ketchi- kan, representing Valdez, Roy Jones, J. A. Talbot and w. H. Barton, Ketchikan, Robert Kaufman, E. F. Hermann. William Myren and T J. Mccartney, Juneau, R. R. Spaeth representing Seward, E. M. Policy representing Cordova, Oscar Shine man, Sitka, Frederick Nelson, Pet ersburg.
 Alternates were: H. Brunner, V J. Groves R. A. Bartholomew, c L. McGillvary, and Arthur Thomp- son. Ketchikan, A. Stonehouse and M. J. Bavard, Juneau.
 Drive Over Highway
 This afternoon the visitors were guests of the local American Legior post on an auto tour of Glacier Highway.
 Tomorrow evening the post vii oe hosts at a mixer to be givel at Salmon Creek at Wagner's road house. All Legionnaires with auto mobiles are asked to be at tn, Dugout at o'clock tomorrow even ing to provide transportation fo the crowd.
 Tomorrow afternoon the visitor will be taken through the Alask; Juneau gold mill. Thursday nool they are guests of the Chambe of Commerce at a luncheon at tn Arcade Cafe. During the afternoon they will go through the Museum.
 Thursday evening the n n u banquet will be held in Moos Hall, followed by the Convention Ball at Elks' Hall.
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