Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-11 | Page 3 | Provo Hails Veterans of Spanish War

BOVO HAILS i VETERANS OF I SPANISH WAR cleats Resound With MarchIng Marchi March- March Feet of U. U S. S W. W V. V i Ing Delegates I J. J I The Telegram jp ll 19 to June Provos Provo's streets J with the marching feet teet of or fought in Cuba the faraway whO Seines and who drilled in Amer- Amer wi Saps in 98 and 99 as the annual of the Utah department Sri Spanish War Veterans was wasLa wasl l La Jj brie ere e Saturday saturdayS JUt j-JUt About delegates were in attend attend- Ct by delegations of t u augmented when Depart- Depart r organizations commander Francis B. B Tripp of t called the convention to order or- or 2 Elks home The veterans re rc- der ir d a royal faal welcome from Mayor TN N N. who s said id Provo to have them come here for tor tW id yearly gathering JUrO WELCOMES WELCO MEN l MENIa MENla his 1115 address of ot welcome Mayor la Ia 11 characterized war var as an un- un social disease He called the veterans to teach everyone sensible method deviSe e some more II the gratification of motives that ft fo fir I lid fid d to war ar The cynic he said who 1 society Is overdeveloped and the therold ro-ld ro overpopulated in his tics tica of war is a lone wolf volf doing i to build up the nation George S. S Ballif Balli of Provo state stale commit com corn mit Ider ider of the American legion was iso asO a speaker He lIe told of the value valued tf d patriotic organizations of veterans cd iad declared that the they were doing sore core ore in the final analysis to abolish all aU other agencies Mr Ball BalU Bal Bal- l U lf als also referred to the tremendous being put forth b by the legion ta meliorate unemployment He said that In the past few lew weeks the drive d a I the tte legion against unemployment h lid d put more than men to CAMPS REPRESENTED Among the delegates to the con- con Uon two camps of the United Spanish War Veterans l In Salt Lake tw 1 a in Ogden and one in Provo are arc rt represented of the auxiliaries met rith ih the veterans for tor the opening ses- ses liri ars ol ot the convention Their afternoon after alter noon DE session was held separately at temple The annual busi- busi Ills session occupied their attention fG th the afternoon Arrangements for forlie fortee forthe the tee s of the women of the tc were made by Mrs C C. H. H Fk of ot Provo Pro Mrs Alice P. P M. M Skater Sleater tt of Silt Salt Lake st state stale te president pre pre- d After a luncheon for tor officers of the represented at the meet meet- t were resumed at 1 30 to elect tied state officers and delegates to toCe Ce national convention at Milwaukee 1 St AtZ 2125 25 The parade at 5 p. p m m. was the out out- c public function in E tm with the convention The pro- pro elISion was headed by the Provo American legion drum and bugle