The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
LEGION MEETING
LARGE AFFAIR
EIGHTH DISTRICT CONVENTION
OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND
AUXILIARY AT BUHL ATTRACTS
MANY FROM ALL POSTS IN THE
DISTRICT.


Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Knutson, Mr.
and Mrs. L. M. Bang and Mrs. Anna
Anderson attended the Eighth DIS
trict meeting of the American Legion
at Buhl on Saturday afternoon and
evening. A. o. Knutson officially re-
presented the Legion and Mrs L. M.
Bang the Auxiliary.
Those who attended report an ex-
cellent meeting with about 200 in at
tendance at the sessions held in the
afternoon. A group of notables 10
state Legion and Auxiliary circles were
on the program and this is given as
the cause of the large attendance.
Not only was Commander Oscar
Youngdahl of the state legion and Mrs.
F. c. Barnes, president of the auxiliary
present, but also President-elect of the
auxiliary, Mrs. H. D. Cory of Winona,
and Past Commanders G. v. Barron of
Cloquet and Abe Kapplin of Duluth.
Youngdahl, in his address at the
Eighth district convention banquet held
the Minnesota LegionnaireS to carry
out during the coming year. In adj
dition to carrying forward its past pro-
gram of securing aid for the disabled
veterans, he stated that the American
Legion would place foremost on its
program the task of aiding the govern
ment and all organizations in taking
care of the unemployment situation
during the coming winter.
Among the many ways which he
pointed out the legion could help in
solving the unemployment problem he
issued call to all those legionnaireS
who had steady employment to give at
least one days work each month in
improving his nome or premises to
some person without employment. He
said that he felt sure that out of the
10000 legionnaireS in Minnesota, at
least $4,000 were well able, could and
would give this days work to the un-
employed as a material means in help
ing solve this most important problem.
Mrs. Barnes of Fergus Falls, who is
completing her last week as president
Of the state auxiliary also sang her
swan song in that position. Mrs.
Barnes gave well received talk. Mrs.
H. D. Cory of Winona, the incoming
president, in a short talk pointed out
additional lines of work and effort
which the auxiliary would take up the
coming year in cooperating with the
legion in order that their work might
be more effectively carried out.
The entertainment numbers on the
program included violin solos by Ralph
Borelli, vocal solos by Mrs. Melvin
Anderson of Tower, and a speciality
plumber by a part of the cast of the
minstrel show given at Buhl last
spring. L. R. Simmons of Buhl pre-
sided as POSTMASTER.
In connection with the legion ac-
tivities the new Buhl fire hall was
dedicated during the afternoon. At
the district meeting of the legion which
was held in the new clubrooms of the
second floor of the firehall, District
Commander L. L. Huntley of Grand
Rapids and other district officials were
installed by Commander Youngdahl
The auxiliary at its meeting which was
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lie library, also installed its new dis
trict officers, including Mrs Decker of
Cloquet, its new president. The aux
iliary officers were installed by Mrs.
John Rowe of Eveleth, past district
president.
Following the plea of Tower legion
naires, motion was passed for pres
entation to Governor Olson and to the
state game and fish commission, asking
that the netting of whitefish in the
Tower area of Lake Vermilion be per-
mitted, on the claim that the white
fish are laying so much spawn that
pike have such an abundance of food
that they will not bite hooks with any
other kind of bait.
A motion also carried endorsing the
resolution of International Falls resi-
dents asking that the executors of the
BackuS-Brooks mill encourage Amer
lean publishers to use American-made
news print instead of the Canadian
product it being pointed out that had
a certain American newspaper given
its contract to the American instead of
the Canadian firm, quite large num-
Der of men might have kept in en-
ployment