Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-08-20 | Page 5 | Saltair Legion Mecca Today

1TI LEGION Former Service Men WiU Gather for Extensive Celebration. "That reminds me of something a little French girl said to me the day we marched out of a half-wrecked village on our way to the front lines" thus will begin be-gin the stories of many war memories, dimmed by but a few months of peace, but brushed to glowing brightness by contact con-tact with another "buddy's" experience, today at Saltair where all former service men and their friends will be the guests of the American Legion. The posts of Ogden, Halt Lake, Midvale and Murray have combined to make this the first big reunion of the veterans of t. the world war. A record crowd will fill the popular resort re-sort to overflowing, it is believed. News comes from Ogden that hundreds of former for-mer service men, scores of whom are so new to civilian attire that the tickling of the breezes around their trouser cuffs reminds them with startling frequency IV that they have forgotten their legglns, : are preparing to besiege the Bamberger trains until they all have set foot at the Saltair depot. ' Similar reports have reached the committees from Midvale and Murray. Indications at Salt Lake also point to the biggest gathering of the summer to loy the many normal attractions, to- -her with the elaborate program planned the committee in charge. . The Saltair electric trains will maintain a fifteen-minute service all day. The committee in charge of the events consists of Ray McCarty, chairman; Murray Mur-ray McCarty, "W. R. Hutchinson, Jr., C. -A. Gray, John Lynch, Wallace Kelly, Charles Hanson, James G. Woolley, Royal Douglas and C. H. Walker of Ogden. Following Is the elaborate program ar- : ranged for the day: j 6 p. m. Swimming contest, 50 yards, " for men: First prize, $5 hat; second prize, : man's bathing suit. Swimming contest, ' 25 yards, for women: First prize, ?5 hat. ; second prize, pair silk hose. ! 5 :30 p. m. Wrestling contest for all 1 men who were in the service or are In It i at the present time. First prize, pair of wrestling tights; second prize. $2 necktie. 6 p. m. Feature, Chinese boxing con- test between Sergeant Frank K'usch and i Sergeant Fred Walker of the United States marine recruiting station. First j prize, sget of boxing gloves; second prize, j box of chocolates. 6:30 p. m. Sack race. First prize, Wa- j terman fountain pen; second prize, stickpin. stick-pin. 7 Cash distribution for wounded and crippled soldiers. 7: SO p. m. Blowing up boats with depth bombs. 9:30 p. m. Dancing contests: Fox-trot for service men and their dancing partners. part-ners. Man, first prize, $10 silk shirt; L lady, first rrize, $10 cut glass bowl. t Waltz : First prize for man, ?10 pair -shoes. First prize for lady, pumpkin h boudoir lamp. t