The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1961-08-03
Doings Of The
American Legion
by Tom Jessepe

Notice to the Z. Burke Handy
family, Denver, Colorado:
The Montana delegation to the
1861 National American Legion
convention at Denver, Colorado
September Ola, has been assign
ed two motels for use so that
all Montana delegates and visi-
tors can be together.
Riviera Motel, 80 rooms, the
Crest Motel, 16 rooms and pos
sibly another one nearby, will
be used by Montanans.
Montana will be 10th out of the
50 departments in parade position
as well as seating in the conven.
ton hall due to its membership
standing up to May l, 1861. Since
the Monday parade will start at
10 am. il appears that the Mon
tana delegation will assemble
shortly after / pm.
In this connection, a para.
graph from a letter from Mon
tana Department Adjutant Chef
Shore states: Il hear that the
Billings Auxiliary drill team may
be on hand, that the Crow Agen-
cy will have a uniformed color
guard and possibly an Indian
dance team, and that the Brown
ing post may have a uniformed
color guard"
Shore wants confirmation of
the Browning posts participa-
ton in the huge parade by Aug
ust 10. and ii will take about that
long TO find out whether the
color guard can be on hand.
A great amount of publicity
can come TO Montana, the-Black
feet, and Glacier National Park
should the color guard take part
in the parade. II might mean too,
should the Milwaukee Braves or
the Cleveland Indians ever win
the world series again, they
could be invited to take part in
the flag ceremonies before each
game.
The facts that the Blackfeet's
late Two Guns White Calf help.
ed to model the Indian head on
the buffalo nickel" and that the
late Eddie Big Beaver Sr. model
ed the Indian astride the horse
in the statue "The End of the
Trail" located in the big park in
Denver, can make good copy for
the Denver Post and the wire
services. Big Beaver too. modelled
statue at a water fountain in
one of the big public buildings
in Denver.
Your letter arrived after our
regular meetings were postponed
for the summer months. A new
slate of officers was elected, both
for the post and the auxiliary.
and il seemed with the closing
of schoof every one either went
out on a ranch, on vacation. or
hunting or fishing, or some place
II was so interesting / shovel
the missile to many people. hut
somewhere along the line it be
came lost.
Your compliment regarding
this column is appreciated. The
only disadvantage in writing il
is that veterans think you are
an expert on veterans problems
and want you to take care of
their problems for them. An UNI
friendly lie gislature the last
two times around took healthy
cuts from the Montana Vet.
Grams Welfare Commission ap-
preparations, and this fact great.
ly hampers the services that can
be rendered to the states veter-
ans. AS you know, even a full
time Philadelphia lawyer would
have trouble keeping up with
state and national legislation as
1t affects veterans.
No doubt Montanans attending
the convention, particularly from
District 3, will find the way TO
your home for backyard barbe-
que. IL the Browning delegation
is there. il might make il very
interesting for the youth in your
area.
NOTICE TO VETERANS
Henry J. Ludwig, Service Off
Ger of the Veterans Administra-
ton, will be at the city library
August 10 from 3 to 4 pm.
Dues Are Due For ~
Color guard commander Frank
Juneau thanks Bill Grissom, Joe
Upham Jr., Teak" Racine, Babe
Armstrong, Kenny Chomo and
Don Cobell for their participation
in the military funerals in con-