| Show I Legion Auxiliary Of Million Sea Seals Thursday NEW NEV YORK Aug 26 6 UP UP-A UP A certain grandmother with a fresh hairdo and more orchids than she can count could be considered considered consid consid- ered the envy of all candidates for office this election year Mrs Irs Eve Ashton has no opposition opposition for office of national president president dent of the American Legion Auxiliary Shell She'll be installed officially of or officially Thursday with the unanimous unanimous unanimous a approval p p pro r a v val a 1 of women Pays Pass Off Favors You might say she's pa paying ing off favors but in a way no investigating investigating investigating gating committee could criticize Friends who drop by her hotel suite here hero leave with a tiny jar of honey and a ceramic dinosaur The girls in the auxiliary at home borne made the dinosaurs a t thousand of them Mrs said a d proudly Home is Vernal Utah where Mrs Ashton's husband husband husband hus hus- band who died a year ago owned a department store now run by bythe bythe bythe the new auxiliary president and her Iler two sons Mrs Ashton was wearing two golden olden orchids on the shoulder of her black dress when she was interviewed An orchid lei leil from rom the Hawaiian Auxiliary department department department depart depart- ment and two white orchids from Utah's governor and his wife wiCe stored in the hotel refrigerator Not All Flowers A little questioning however ever revealed that getting to be the unopposed president of women was not all flowers and honey I started with auxiliary work in 1924 Mrs Ashton recalled I was head of all the committees committees committees commit commit- tees of my unit then state and finally national vice president in 1946 That was the year the Utah department of the American Legion Legion Legion Le Le- gion started indorsing Mrs Ashton Ashton Ashton Ash Ash- ton as presidential material Two years ago she had a strong hint th that t she would be approved as president for 1952 A An n old friend Mrs H H. C. C McShane l of Salt Lake City became her official official ci cial l campaign j J Jm m manager m fer t I 1 a vy L tin k r r Mrs Eve Ash Ashton ion will lead l Legion i iII Auxiliary II |
