The Ely miner., 1930-02-21
HALL Of FAME
DINNER MONDAY
LARGE DELEGATION FROM HERE
WILL AUTHORIZATION COM
MANDER TO BE PRESENT-SIXTH
MEMBER OF HALL OF FAME TO
BE ANNOUNCED.

Ely will send large delegation of
American Legion and auxiliary men,
berS to the sixth annual Hall of Fame
dinner at Duluth next Monday evening
Feb. "a, when 0. l.. Bodenhamer nat
ional commander of the legion, will be
guest Of honor and principal speaker.
There will be joint Eighth district
service rally for the legion and aux
iliary at 80 p. m. at the Hotel Duluth,
which will be attended by several del
egateS from the local post and unit.
State department officials will address
this gathering to which have been in
Vited all post and unit officials of the
district, as well as the service officers.
David visited post of Duluth, which
is sponsoring the Hall of Fame dinner,
has extended invitations to all service
men and their families in the Arrow
head country to join the Duluth Legion
men in honoring the national COM
mander. The dinner is scheduled to
start at p M as a special accom-
modation to range delegations unable
to get away until late in the afternoon.
National Commander Bodenhamer
will arrive from st. Paul late Monday
afternoon and will be met at the 500
station by delegation of Duluth and
range Legionnaires. He will be ac-
companied by Earl v. Cliff of Orton-
vile, state commander and Mrs. A. E.
Amundsen of Little Falls, department
president, who will be guests at the
dinner They will also address the rally
Immediately after their arrival.
Announcement of the banquet plans
and legion service rally, as well as
Commander Bodenhammer's visit, was
received by local legion officers from
A. B. Kapplin of Duluth, past district
commander and chairman of the Hall
of Fame Committee in charge of the
big civic gathering in Duluth. More
than 800 men and women are expected
to attend the affair." as visited post
has opened the dinner to the public In
response to a general request from the
community.
Commander Bodenhammer's visit to
Duluth will keep the record of national
commanders unbroken, six of them
having attended the six dinners TO
date; General Drain in 1925; Howard
Savage in 1926; Hanford MacNider in
1927; Edward Spafford in 1928 and
Paul v. McNutt last year.
About $50 delegates from Eighth
District posts and auxiliary units will
aCCenO CEe rally IN Clle aICerIlOOn. his
gathering will be in charge Of Nate v.
Keller of Virginia, district commander
and Mrs John Rowe of Eveleth, dis
trict president
George B. Sjoselius, commander of
visited post, will welcome the visitors
at the dinner and Donald D. Harries
will be POSTMASTER. Commander Bod
enhammer will deliver the principal
address, while the program will include
several entertainment numbers and
dancing. During the evening Mr..
Kapplin will announce the sixth men,
ber of the Hall Of Fame, who will be
presented with the legion plaque en-
blematic of his membership. Nomina-
tions were made by civic clubs and by
individuals since January 2, closing
last Monday night This evening the
presidents of the twenty leading clubs
and women's societies, acting as the
board of judges, will meet at the Spal-
ding Hotel and formally elect the sixth
member of the Hall of Fame, whose
name will not be made known until
the night of the dinner next Monday
evening.