The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-31

the largest crowds on record fo that event. The Convention Bal was the last official entertainment l on the program The entertain ment was not limited to the event on the official program but tn I homes of Petersburg people werl thrown wide open to us and ever, possible courtesy was extended t, us," said MT. Petrich.
 1 Welcomed by Mayor On behalf of his community 1 Mayor Earl N. Dinner official, welcomed the delegates on t.it opening day of the convention. T s. Elsemore also extended a vel. come for the Commercial Club. Re sponses were made by J. A. Tal. bot, retiring Department Con- manoer. st
 Ketchikan probably had the larg- est delegation in attendance. About 50 Ketchikan Legionnaires ano Auxiliary members came north or two boats. Mayor N. L. Walker oi Ketchikan flew there by plane piloted by Anscel Eckmann, him. self a Legionnaire.
 Others in the Ketchikan con tingent included: Department Com mander and Mrs. J. A. T Talb t Leith Russel, Post Commander and Post Adjutant and Mrs. I. R. An derson.
 From Wrangell came a delegation of 25 or more, headed by Ernest M Campbell, Post Adjutant, Mrs Campbell, and Leonard Campbell Service Officer. The latter came 1 by plane.
 The Coast Guard Cutter Alert, Capt. Albert Nelson, of Ketchikan, was in port throughout the con- vention. as
 List of Delegates Among those returning here on 1 the Northwestern were: Depart ment Commander Reeser, Leonard Hopkins of the Alaska Railroad at Seward, Warren A. Taylor, Cor dova, Past Department Command CT and Judge Advocate, Mrs. R. C.. Kaufman and daughter, Mrs. c. P. Seelye and son Wesley, President Sheelor of the Auxiliary, Mrs. H. G. Nordling, Mrs. John Walmer, who represented the Sitka Auxil- iary Unit, M. s. Jorgenson, R. R. Hermann, G. H. Walmsley, Claud Helgesen, Service Officer; Mrs George Baggen and MT. and Mrs J. T. Petrich, all of Juneau; Oscar Shineman and Peter Kostrometin- off of Sitka.
 List of Officers
 Newly elected officers are: DeN partment Commander Ralph B. Reeser, Fairbanks: First Vice Commander, Clyde R. Ellis, Cor doya; Second Vice-Commander Dwight A. Chase, Cordova; Depart ment Adjutant, J. T. Petrich, Ju- neau, reelected to serve his sev- enth term; Department Service Off, ficer, Claud Helge esen, Juneau; Judge Advocate, Warran A. Tay- Tor, Cordova; Chaplain, Rev Bert J. Bingle, Cor do va; Sergeant-at- Arms, L. J. Chilberg, Seward; De- partment Committeeman-a Large, E. M. Policy, Juneau, reelected, and Arthur w. Johnson, Fairbanks
 Delegates to the National Con- vention at Detroit, Dalton L. Barr, Cordova and Robert s. Kelly, Ket- chikan post. MT Kelly is. a War rant Officer on the U. s. s. Detroit who joined the First City Post when that vessel visited Ketclli- kan last summer
 Mrs. Harry l. O'Neil, whose hus- band is a prominent businessman of Cordova, and who. has herself been active in Auxiliary circles was elected to represent the De- partment Auxiliary at the Depart ment conclave.
 Reeser North Tomorrow
 Department Commander Reeser, who will sail north from here for Seward on the steamer Yukon to- morrow, is now serving his second crm as Commander of the Norman H. Baker Post at Fairbanks. He is active in fraternal work in the Interior metropolis, being, Presi- dent of the Farthest North Shrine club, Worthy Patron, Order of East ern Star, Vice President of the Fairbanks Automobile Association and Chairman of the Eielson Me morial Committee. He is in charge of the United States radio and telegraph stations at Fairbanks Commander Reeser conducted ap active campaign for several months prior to the Petersburg convention to bring the l932 Legion gathering to Fairbanks, and was successful