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Show - WRICT 1ICT LEGIONNAIRES ARE AREROYALLY ' ROYALLY ENTERT ENTERTAINED AINEO AT MOAB V1L f . to-f to f 'of of ' - the most successful Americanr AmericanconentiOiiS American Americanconventions icomentlOl1S r conventions conentiOiiS % ever e\cr e cr eer \ held in Utah Utahote Utahlote-the Utahlote the ote- ote otethe - . - the opinion opmion of the d depart- depart departomrnander depart-ommander depart ommander part - . ; ommander omrnander and other high state stateS stateIs S of the Legion-was Legion was Legion - was staged atSaturday atSaturday at atSaturday Saturday and Sunday , when whenL whenres whenaires whenlalres aires L res and their wh wi wives es fiom flom horn dis diso dIsO disro o 5 , comprising all aU of eastem estein eastemgathered esteingathered easteingathered gathered herefor here - for -for their annual annualther annualther annualether ther From the time the firstex first arrived arrlvcd early earlyay earlyay earlyay ; : ex cx service ) ' men l'len llen ay afternoon , until late Sunday ? , when they departed for theirthere theirthere their theirthere there was not an idle moment1embers momentiembers momentlembers 1embers iembers of Grand county post posttand postand tand , the local women's womens ' auxiliary auxiliaryd auxiliaryfed d the convention in m a Dlanner manner DlannerItlected mannerected mannerluected Itlected ected . , high credit upon their theirtaUon their.ation theiratlon taUon .ation ation . as v . well ell eli as a.s . upon the com- com coal- coal comas coalV com-r com r - V , as a .a . , whole The local post , , and andarty andany andarly arty any the hard working wOJh.1ng wOJh1ng : . committee committeers committeera committeei's ra i's is ' , , have received unstinted praise praisehe praisehe praisohe he visiting Legion officials and andhe andhe andhe he townspeople for the capable capabler r In which they entertained entertamed the theL theLwho 0 > ) , who numbered close to 200 200L L 1 " , . , their alrival airival ai rival In Moab Satur Saturrternoon Saturftennoon Saturitemoon rternoon ftennoon , the visitors called at atheadquarters atheadquarters at\ at atheadquarters \ headquarters in the Meador Meadortate Meadortate Meadortate tate office oUlce , where they registered registered.were registeredwere MeadorI . I were then tnen taken in m charge by by'gionnaires bykionnalres glonnaires 'gionnaires gionnaires > ' and assigned to then the11 theli the11At theliAt thenAt At 5 30 pm p m , the Grand coun couni 1 I school band , under the leader- leader leaderBandmaster leaderBandmaster leader-Bandmaster leader Bandmaster - Bandmaster E B W Stout Stouf , parad- parad paradough paradough parad-pugh parad pugh - - | ough town and gave a concert concertrip concertdJl concertnjl rip dJl maneuvers on ofl Main Mam street , tlere Itlere tlerewItnessed vere iee : witnessed by a large throng throngflc I ; ; It Ita ijjfO ; , a banquet was staged In the theI theIjChool theschool theh I { school gymnasium One im im'bIe imalible blef blefIn 'bIe bIe ' , in the form fonn of a horse- horse horse"been horseebeen horse-lla.been horsella.been horse lla.been llabeen - IjChool . "been been ebeen " arranged , , and close to toe toe to1@Je @ e were seated The tables tableslIfaut1f tablesautTfully tablespautlfully lIfaut1f autTfully 1ly decorated with pop popLbt popi poptid Lbt i cg ( " the gymnasium itself was waspropriately wasipropnately I iSpropr13tely propriately dressed in m patriotic : * < The vast va.st . room presented patrioticI a .a . aappearance . I 'pi pi ' appearance A bounteoust'cas bounteous bounteouswas t'cas tcas + . ' was v.as vas served , the menu havmg having havingarefully I ) refuUy arefully selected , prepared andI andT and I 2 ; T . Foy Fay , commander of theI theJcountJ the thecountv I 1 1eount JcountJ countv eount post , Introduced V "RI-I "RI RI I "RIII.S "Ri-is "Ri Ri is " - - I.S IS 3,5 35 . , toastmaster , who called on a ar ar ar r " ct cf of thelsiting the \ visiting ISIting \lsiting lsiting Legion and andtry andry try 117 ; officials as \ ' well 'isell isell ell as se\ se seeral seeralitizens severalitizens \ eral eralItlzens Itlzens itizens foi fol talks A program of ofg ofg ofg g and music , Interspersed Interspersedhout interspersedbout interspersedhout hout bout the meeting meetmg , was highlyi hIghlyrl highLyii hIghly rl ii Among the numbers on them thein the theSre theI I m in were ; the following fonowJng Tap dance dancerjory , .Marjory Marjory . Baldwin and Norma NormaxweU NormaellF . Sre xweU weUfvocal vocal duet , , Rex Norma.l Normal Bron- Bron BronMrs BronL'cMrs Bron-kirs Bron kirs - - L'cMrs LcMrs " ( ' Mrs C J Meador , . ' 'Littleince Littleince ' Little LittleDance ? "Dance Dance ' " , , " Miss M15S Madge Bender Benders Benderst s Sf I ) > t f ! nine girls , , acrobatic aciobatic dance danceSender , , I I:3ender :3ender 3ender : , . , bandana dance , , junior juniordancmg juniordancing juniordancing dancmg dancing class , , solo tap dance danceJean juniorI , , I Jean , Som Somerville Somrville vllle , , high hat dance dancelittle , , little gills guls gnls , , vocal solo , , Arch Archn I In Ia n a of Montlcello Monticello accompamed accompanied accompanieds 5 Bronsonwing Bronsonwing Bronson Bronsonwing , wing the banquet , a public publicg g was held at the high school schoolium schoolrium schoolrlum ium rium , Ernest Erne.st . Crocker of Dudistrict Dudistrict Du- Du Dudistrict - - , district c d commander mmander , presIded presidedwere presidedwere were given by Norman Sims ofske of ofke ske ke City , department command commandrs rs . J .7 7 C Rebholtz of Salt Lake Laketate Lakeitate Lakektate tate itate , president of the Auxiliary ' ; yeisley iV'eisley iVeisley V'eisley Veisley adjutI ' , ' of Salt Lake City , adjut adjut- adjut - : - adjut-f adjut f It I . W Keller Kener of Monticello , dlS- dlS ths- ths dlSvice thse dis-ylcc dis ylcc - - vice e commander Among the musical numbersVCle numbers \ wcie \VCle VCle a trio tno 'Tenting Tenting 'TentingTOnIght ' ' TentingTonight TentingTonight TOnIght , , " by V P Walker and sons sonsJack sonsJack sonsJack Jack and Bill , accompanied accompamed by Mrs MrsWalker MrsWalker MrsWalker Walker , and a solo , 'Flag Flag ' Without Wlthout a aStain aStain aStain Stain , ' , ' by Arch Bronson of MontIcello Monticelloaccompanied , accompanied by Mrs BronsonFollowmg BronsonFollowing Bronson BronsonFollowing f Bronsonf Following Followmg the public publlo publio meetings , the theLegIon theLegion theLegion LegIon and Auxiliary held separate separatemeetmgs separatemeetings separatemeetings meetmgs meetings for the purpose of electing electingoff1cers electingofficers electingofficers off1cers officers for the ensuing cnsumg year At tM thC tMLegIon thCLegion theLegion LegIon meeting meetmg Scott Fausetfc Fausett of ofPrIce ofPrice ofPrice PrIce v . was as elected district commander commanderand , and Leslie Leshe T Foy Fay Fey of Moab was elected electedvice 1 . , Ice commanderDl commanderDi commander _ _ Di Dl Sanford Balllnger BaJ1inger Ballinger , comni commander nder of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Price post , \ was uas \ as unanimously unammously en endorsed endorsed endorsed dorsed by the district delegates for the theposItion theposition theposition posItion of commander of the Utah de de- de depaitment de-pal de pal - - . paltment paitment tment The office will wlll be filled fUled at atthe atthe atthe the annual state convention to be held heldat heldat heldat at Richfleld Richfield in m AugustMrs AugustMrs August AugustMrs Mrs Eva Ashton of Vernal was elect elected elected elected ed district president of the AuxlUary Auxiliary AuxlUarywlth Auxiliarywith Auxiliarywith wlth with Mrs D E Baldwin Baldv.ln Baldvln . of Moab as asS asvice S . ice president Mrs Waneta Lindeman Lindemanof of Hiawatha was named chaplain chaplainA A grand ball at the WOW W 0 W com com- corn- corn completed cornpleted completed - pleted the day days s festivities This event eventwas eventwas eventwas was attended b bv } a crowd that fJIled filled fJIledthe filledthe filledthe the hall to its capacity capacityA A boat trip down ! the he Colorado river riverto riverto riverto to the H H Turner ranch topped oft off oftIth offuth offwith \\Ith Ith uth ' \ a fish fry dinner , was perhaps the thefeature thefeature thefeature feature of the ' convention C'onvenfion Convenfion that most mostdelIghted mostdelighted mostdelighted delIghted the visitors The two lar large largeboats largeboats e eboats boats of the Big Six Oil company and andC andC andC C C Stewart wel weie e used to transportthe transportthe transport the ci clowd clo\\d clo d oss \ d down the theriver -river river 11ver - iver , each craft craftmaking craftmaking making two trips The visiting eX eXservlce exservice exservice and their ladles ladies . . - servlce service men pronounc pronounc- pronounced pronounced - ed the trip one of the most unusual unusualand unusualand and enjoyable experiences of their theirhves theirlives lives hves The crowd returned to town late lateSunday lateSunday lateSunday Sunday afternoon the visitors leaving leavingfor leavingfor leavingfor for their homes that evenmgAmong eveningAmong evening evenmg eveningAmong Among the Legionnaires and Auxil- Auxil Audl- Audl Auxilhry AudlI'try Auxll-iiry Auxll iiry - - hry I'try Itry ' members from outside points who whoattended whoattended whoattended attended the convention were the thefollowing thefollowing thefollowing thefollowingNorman following followingNorman Norman Sims Suns depirtment dep\rtment dep rtment ' \ ccmmand command commander ccmmander er , and Mrs SimS Slm Sims : ; , chairman of the thechJld thechild thechild chJld child chJldelfare \ ' welfare \\elfare elfare 'celfare celfare \ department , both of Salt SaltLake SaltLake SaltLake Lake Citv Cit3 Clt , . Otto Weisley Welsley , department departmentadjutant departmentadjutant departmentadjutant adjutant , J C Rebholts , past pa.st . depart depart- department department department - ment commander , and Mrs Rebholtz Rebholtz"ho Rebholtzio Rebholtzwho "ho ho " \io io \ is state president of the Auxll Audi Audii Au-tiliary Au tiliary - i Fy ry , Ray Adams veterans placement placementoffIcers placementofficers placementofficers offIcers Salt Lake City ; Ted Little- Little Littlefield Littlefield Little-field Little field - field managei managel Veterans Bureau SaIt Salt SaItLake SaltLake SaltLake Lake City , Glen Ballmger BaIJmger Ballinger of cf Helper Helperdepartment , department vice commandei commandel , E W WCrocker WCrocker WCrocker Crocker , district comman commancTer commander er , Duchesne Duchesneand , and Mrs Crocker , "John John " F Hurst HurstWJlham HurstWilliam HurstWilliam WJlham William J Scheuss Mr and Mrs Phil PhilHurst PhilHurst PhilHurst Hurst , . Mr and Mrs M F Lyman and andGUY andGuy andGuy GUY Washburn , . BlandmgMr BlandingMr Blanding Blandmg BlandingMr Mr and ana Mrs F . , E Steele , , Mr and andMrs andMrs andMrs Mrs Ben Ward , , Mr and Mrs R H HFrandsen HFrandsen HFrandsen Frandsen Mr and Mrs Don Hacking Hacking.Leon HackingLeon , . Leon Anderson Mr and Mrs H B BLldeman BLideman BLideman Lldeman Lideman Elmer T Bertot , , W H fOY : 'oy oy ' , , William WJJl1am W Hakato Scott Fausett FausettHarvey , , Harvey Thomas Mr and Mrs J FIrvme FIrvine P F Prvine Irvme Irvine rvine , . Mrs Flossie Martin Martm and San- San Sanford Sanford San-ford San ford - ford Ballinger , PriceMr PriceMr Price PriceMr Mr and Mrs William WiJlIam Grogan R J JMcGonigal JMcGonigal JMcGonIgal McGonigal , Mr and Mrs J F FLSher Fisher FisherPete , Pete Alello Aiello , Lester J Worley , WalterTaylor WalterTaylor Walter Taylor , Mr and Mrs W D Dougheitz DougheltzMr , Mr and Mrs Arthur P Craven , PrIce PriceMr . , Mr an and Mrs Horace Allred , Mr andMrs andMrs and Mrs Wiltord WHford Wilford Fost Feat , Mr and Mrs Laur- Laur Laurence Laurence Laur-ence Laur ence - - ence Black and F P W Keller . , Monti Monti- Monticello Monticello Monticello - - cello , John C Egger , G 0 E McNitt and andGay andGay andGay Gay Warner , Salt Lake City . Mrs MrsEva MrsEva MrsEva Eva Ashton , Leath Wulls Willis , Mrs rvIrs Rowena RowenaLambert RowenaLainbert RowenaLambert Lambert Lainbert . and .and Afton Strmgham Vernal |