Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-10-02 | Page 3 | Trophy is Given to Idaho Legion

IS GIVEN TO m IDAHO Department Is Honor Honored d for Greatest Percentage Increase of Members BOISE Ida Oct 2 AP Idaho's AP-Idaho's Idaho's department of the American legion has be been n a awarded warded the Mac MacNIder lder membership trophy as us the department having the highest percentage Increase over last years year's total membership Lester I F F. Albert state state adjutant was notified by national national national na na- na- na headquarters at Indianapolis The MacNIder trophy the second to be won by Idaho legionnaires this year ear ranks the Idaho department department department depart depart- ment as the banner department of the organization for 1926 Idaho's membership increase e of per cent was the highest on record This award gives the Idaho de department department department de- de the two major awards of the national organization a record made only once before by the Florida department The first award was the Henry Hemy D. D LIndsley trophy for the grea greatest st proportionate proportion proportion- ate number of new members prior to February 28 1926 The MacNider cup will wll be presented presented presented pre pre- Ernest W. W Ellis Moscow state commander at the eighth an annual annual annual an- an nual convention in Philadelphia October 11 to 15 by the donor Hanford MacNIder former national commander and now assistant secretary secretary sec eec of war Idaho delegates to the convention are Commander El Ellis El- El lis ha lis Adjutant Albert Sam Vance Jr JI Jc Hazleton National Committeeman Norman ODonnell O'Donnell Elk River E. E H. H Helphrey Emmett O. O W U Boise Robert F. F Ham Ham- ilton Pocatello Cyril Crit C. C Thompson Boise Alvin Denman Idaho Falls Fails N. N 1 P. P Fitch Payette L. L A. A Thomas Thom Thom- as Malad l and Mrs F. F D. D Conner Filer Mrs Conner who served as a nurse during the World war is the first woman delegate to the national national na- na convention from Idaho