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Show Utah Legion Boys Are to Be Hosts The biggest attractions vore offered offer-ed to Utah ex-service men and their j ladies are being announced for the I stale conventions of the American j Legion and Auxiliary that will be j held in Trice August 2-3-1. j It is now certain that National Commander Alvin M. Owsley of the j American Legion will be there. It is also positive that Dr. Kate Waller Barrett, national president of the Auxiliary and E. J. Eivers, national chef de chemin de fer of the Forty and Eight will be present. Besides these attractions there have been arranged a parade that will make a regimental guard mount look like a rainy reveille; a trip to Hiawatha and through the famous Black Hawk mine; receptions, balls and Mardi Gras, initiations something some-thing good every minute not taken up in convention sessions. Every ex-service man in Utah is urged to go to Carbon county for these three days, meet his buddies and their ladies, and if for no other ' reason, hear these national speakers. speak-ers. Arrangements are being made to care for hundreds of men and women. This will also be the occasion for the first grande promenade of the Utah 40-8, which means that there will be plenty of good legion fellowship. fellow-ship. The legion's election of state officers may become a riot but Carbon Car-bon county and Price officials are very human. Take the woman, buddy, bud-dy, and live over the old days with the outfit. It is likely that several of the Legion Le-gion boys from Gunnison will attend at-tend the convention. It is also being be-ing talked to send the "gold star" mothers to Price. There are two of the latter in this valley and those boosting the convention are very desirous de-sirous of having all the "gold star" mothers present. |