Show e TilE e er r Copy for tor This Thill Department nt Supplied by br tb American Legion News CAREER OF BOOTH UTAH'S COMMANDER To his lon long and ond successful work In Inthe Inthe inthe the American Legion John E. E Booth commander of the department of ot Utah has hils brought the thc energy ability and determined determined de de- de effort which has made his career as a self-made self man an outstanding success lie He Is a stalwart supporter of the principles of the Legion Legion Le Le- Le- Le gion glon and has time and again proved himself a true friend of ot the service man As a boy he worked on the farms and as ns water boy when the first city water works was Installed In his home hometown hometown hometown town of or Spanish Fork lIe He helped to tolay tolay tolay lay the first cement sidewalk In Spanish Span Span- ish Fork With the money that he saved from his work he attended the grammar schools By working In a drug store after school hours he mad his way through high school He lie graduated graduated graduated grad grad- In pharmacy at the University of ot California went Into the drug business and Is today owner of one of ot the finest I drug stores In the state Sir Mr Booth married Miss Beatrice J. J McKell McKeil In 1917 Mrs Booth came from froma a family of pioneers When her husband hug hus band went Into the service she ran the drug store herself Commander Booth first served as a private In the Infantry He was transferred transferred trans trans- to the field artillery and then was made a medical sergeant He was discharged January 21 1919 1010 Before a post of the Legion was organized organized or or- at Spanish Fork Mr Booth took the Initiative In seeing that vet vet- II 4 c k j I onn jonn Li Co erans were given military funerals He collected money for floral pieces and guns to fire a military salute On March 7 1922 1022 he was one of ot the leaders In a meeting of ot service men In Spanish Fork at which a post was or or- For three terms he served the post as Its commander It has carried car car- ned ried on a highly successful program of ot activities and has won a 11 place for itself It Itself Itself it- it self as one of the liveliest and best In Utah Mr Booth has been a del delegate to department de do- and national conventions He was elected national executive committeeman committeeman commit- commit teeman for 10 1922 2 1023 He was Instrumental Instrumental instrumental mental In organizing the first county council counell of the Le Legion lon In the state Under Under Under Un Un- der his direction the first Legion playground playground play play- ground 1 In Utah was built at Spanish Fork In the time spring of 10 1923 3 Through Mr Booths Booth's efforts Spanish Fork was chosen as the department convention con city for fat 1 1924 l He was general gen gen- oral eral chairman for tor the convention At Atthe Atthe Atthe the closing session of the convention h he was elected department commander In recognition of his work In making the conclave a n success ess lie He was chairman chair chair- nina man of the Utah delegation to the St. St Paul national convention und and is now nowa a member of the national Americanism commission appointed for a year three-year term expiring In 1927 1027 I |